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- Historical capital of China (5927 bytes)
1: Numerous cities have been the '''[[capital]] of [[China]]''' during the course of history.
3: * [[Anyang]] was the capital during the Yin period of [[Shang Dynasty]]: calle...
5: ...ng'') was and has been the capital of various Chinese governments including (sorted chronologically):
8: ...lled Yanjing (燕京 Yānjīng "capital of Yan")
10: ...ngdu (中都 Zhōngdū "central capital") - January 6th capital (4599 bytes)
4: ...plications, especially for students between the ages of 12 and 16. We will explore the incident's back...
7: ...tions and court rulings finding no evidence of widespread voter fraud.
10: ...ese results, leading to a series of legal challenges and public demonstrations.
13: ...results, officially confirming Joe Biden as the President-Elect.
16: ... thousands of attendees marched to the United States Capitol.
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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...a]] to the southeast. It is the northernmost and westernmost country in [[Latin America]] and the most...
10: native_name = Estados Unidos Mexicanos |
18: official_languages = [[Spanish Language|Spanish]] |
19: capital = [[Mexico City]] |
22: leader_titles = [[President of Mexico|President]] | - Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...e of political stablity in the region, and sometimes refered to as the "[[Switzerland]] of [[Latin Ame...
21: ...[English language|English]] and indigenous languages on the Atlantic coast)
23: | '''[[Capital]]'''
26: | '''[[President of Costa Rica|President]]'''
30: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 125th]] <br /> [[1 E10 m2|51,100 k... - List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
2: This is a '''list of U.S. state capitals''':
5: ! State !! Capital !! Year of current [[capitol]] construction
57: | [[1867]] — [[1876]] (design), [[1884]] — [[1887]] (construction)
64: | [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]]
69: ...[[1873]] (east wing), [[1879]] — [[1881]] (west wing), [[1884]] — [[1906]] (center) - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ...led "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]].
9: ... after [[S㯠Paulo]] and used to be the country's capital until 1960, when [[Bras�a]] took its place.
13: ...lorers in an expedition led by Italian [[Amerigo Vespucci]] in January of 1501. Since the Europeans th...
15: ...and an alliance was formed with nearby native tribes to defend the settlement against invaders - neigh...
17: ...ntown (Centro, see below) to southwards and then westwards, an urban movement which lasts until nowada... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...ration merged to create the familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
5: == Prehistoric times ==
7: ...tself as a cultural center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically significa...
14: ...f the ''Three Dynasties'' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 三代; [[pinyin]]: sāndài) t...
18: ... [[Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood. - Mesopotamia (2719 bytes)
1: [[Image:Mesopotamia_4.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Mesopotamia the reputation of being the "[[Cradle of ...
2: ...itories bounded by the [[Arabian Desert]] to the west and south, the [[Persian Gulf]] to the immediate...
5: {{Template:Ancient Mesopotamia}}
6: ... the capital of [[Iran|Persia]], was situated in Mesopotamia.
8: ...izations arose from earlier settlements and cultures which were among the first to make use of [[agric... - Persepolis (15450 bytes)
2: '''Persepolis''' was an ancient capital of the [[Persian Empire]], situated some 70 km no...
6: ...hey represent the Persepolis captured and partly destroyed by [[Alexander of Macedon]] has been beyond...
8: ...y be reached by means of an apparatus of ropes. Ctesias mentions further, with regard to a number of P...
12: ...III]] (Codomannus), who is one of those whose bodies are said to have been brought "to the Persians."
14: ...r, a good hour's walk above ''Takhti Jamshid''. These formed a single building, which was still intact... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...ending also to present-day [[India]], the [[Maldives]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Southeast Asia]] and [[China]...
4: ...'', a title or honorific at times given to the names of scholars particularly in the Islamic East, mea...
6: ...ently fictional in places, the ''Rihla'' still gives as complete an account as exists of some parts of...
8: ...ting or story-telling. The following account assumes the former where it is not obviously the latter.
11: ... Muslim world, and beyond (about 44 modern countries). - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...ction machines for manufacturing in other industries.
3: ...ut [[1850]], when technological and economic progress gained momentum with the development of steam-po...
5: ...[agriculture]] and gave up its [[nomad|nomadic lifestyle]].
9: ==Causes==
10: ...on]] of the 17th century. But one of the main causes was the invention of the steam engine. - Ionic order (6526 bytes)
1: ...der: Julien David LeRoy, ''Les ruines plus beaux des monuments de la Grèce'' Paris, 1758 (Plate XX)]]...
2: ... [[Corinthian order|Corinthian]]. (There are two lesser orders, the stocky [[Tuscan order]] and the ri...
4: ... Ionic temple was the [[Temple of Artemis]] at Ephesus, one of the [[Seven Wonders of the World]].
6: ...ek Revival]], it conveyed an air of archaic freshness and primitive, perhaps even republican, vitality...
8: ... of the column was exaggerated. Roman fluting leaves a little of the column surface between each hollo... - China (38909 bytes)
3: ...ilizations, as a single [[state]] or multiple states, and as a single [[nation]] or multiple nations.
5: ..., the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], and the [[Chinese Civil War]].
7: ...inese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
10: ...''Main article: [[Name of China in various languages]]''
14: ...r known world, surrounded by lesser tributary states. - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...he country's name derives from its [[Bantu languages|Bantu]] language, [[Kirundi]].
3: ...l size belies the magnitude of the problems it faces in seeking to bring an end to the supremacist cla...
10: ...賠([[French language|French]]: Unity, Work, Progress) |
13: official_languages = [[Kirundi language|Kirundi]] and [[French...
14: capital = [[Bujumbura]] | - Cleopatra VII of Egypt (8634 bytes)
4: ... name, "Cleopatra Thea Philopator" means "the Goddess Cleopatra, Beloved of Her Father."
6: ...rother-husband, and son. However, in all these cases, her co-rulers were king in title only, with her ...
9: ...e named her eldest son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV [[Caesarion]] ([[44 BC|44]]–[[30 BC]]).
11: ... a short war, Ptolemy XIII was killed and Caesar restored Cleopatra to her throne, with Ptolemy XIV as...
13: ...oy his heir, naming his grand-nephew [[Augustus Caesar|Octavian]] instead. - Boudicca (6973 bytes)
1: ...[61]] during the reign of the emperor [[Nero]]. These events are told by two historians, [[Tacitus]] (...
3: ...castatue.jpg|thumb|300px|Statue of Boudicca near Westminster Pier]]
7: ...revious Icenian rebellion in [[47]]). Hoping to preserve his line, Prasutagus made the [[Roman emperor...
9: ...their loans. Tacitus does not mention this, but does single out [[procurator]] [[Catus Decianus]] for ...
11: ...a'']], attempted to relieve the city, but his forces were routed. - Empress Wu (14478 bytes)
1: {{Chinese_Emperor_1 |
2: ...amily_name=Wu (武)|posthumous_name_full=Empress Zetian Shunsheng<sup><small><small>8</sup></smal...
8: posthumous_name_short=Empress Zetian<sup><small><small>7</sup></small></small>...
9: notes=''General note: Dates given here are in the [[Julian calendar]].<br>The...
11: ...'given to her in February [[705]] by her son the restored emperor<br>Zhongzong. The honorific name was... - Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
1: ...vna, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias, Duchess of Courland]]
3: ...hess of [[Courland]] from 1711 to 1730 and as Empress of [[Russia]] from 1730 to 1740.
7: ...death of her husband, but was reputed by her enemies to indulge in a love affair with [[Count Biron]] ...
10: ...sing her popularity with the imperial guards and lesser nobility.
13: ==Policies of her reign== - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
3: ...]] [[philosopher]] and [[writer]]. Born in [[Langres]], [[Champagne, France]] in 1713, he was a promin...
5: ... which many an article and sermon about consumer desire have been based.
7: ...o her are among the most graphic of all the pictures that we have of the daily life of the philosophic...
10: ... he presently added to this a short complementary essay on the sufficiency of [[natural religion]].
12: ...omable uncertainty of the philosophy which professes to be so high above both church and world. - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: ... United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India]]
7: ...was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
9: ...last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; her successor belonged to the [[House of Windsor|House of Sa...
12: ...ria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]], the sister of Princess Charlotte's widower [[Leopold I of Belgium|Princ...
14: ...r was the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]]. - Helen Clark (4005 bytes)
25: |'''Electorates:'''
36: |'''Predecessor:'''
40: |[[27 November]] [[1999]]<br> to the present
45: ...the Green Party) and with [[Jim Anderton]]'s Progressive Coalition Party (2002, with parliamentary sup...
49: ...st term (1981-1984) she was a member of the Statutes Revision Committee. In her second term (1984-198... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
9: |'''PM Predecessor:'''
10: |[[James Callaghan]]
12: |'''PM Succesor:'''
27: ... of [[privatisation]] of government-owned industries. Even before coming to power she was nicknamed th...
29: ... "[[special relationship]]" with the [[United States]], and formed a close bond with [[Ronald Reagan]]...
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