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- Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ...[[Margaret Thatcher]]. [[David Ben-Gurion]] once described her as "the only man in the Cabinet." She i...
6: ... left for the United States in [[1903]], and the rest of the family followed in [[1906]]. They settled...
8: ==Emigration to the United States, 1906==
10: ... time each morning as her mother was buying supplies at the market.
12: When she was 14, her mother suggested that she give up school for work and to marry ... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
4: ... she was very active in various [[socialist]] causes in the [[New York City]].
6: ...], ''[[Meshes of the Afternoon]]'' (1943). ''Meshes of the Afternoon'' is recognized as a seminal Ame...
8: ...6mm [[experimental film]] at [[Cannes]] for ''Meshes of the Afternoon''.
12: ...]]. Some have speculated that her death was the result of a [[Vodoun|voodoo]] curse.
14: ...'[[The Changing Light at Sandover]]'' (1982). James Merrill paid for the completion of several of Der... - Mosaic (6524 bytes)
5: ... Roman mosaic laid in AD 325 at Woodchester, Gloucestershire, England.]]
7: ..._of_salonica.jpg|thumb|150px|Early 12th-century [[Kiev]]an mosaic depicting [[St. Demetrius]].]]
12: ...pottery (known as ''[[tesserae]]'', diminutive ''tessellae'') or of colored glass or clear glass backe...
14: ==Uses of mosaic==
16: ...e extension of refined mosaics to cover the surfaces of wall and ceilings in the ''[[Domus Aurea]]'', ... - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
4: *[[List of capitals and larger cities by country]]
5: *[[list of capitals of subnational entities]]
11: <tr><td>[[Abu Dhabi]] <td>[[United Arab Emirates]]
51: <tr><td>[[Bucharest]] <td>[[Romania]]
52: <tr><td>[[Budapest]] <td>[[Hungary]] - Ukraine (22193 bytes)
1: ...he west, [[Romania]] and [[Moldova]] to the southwest and the [[Black Sea]] to the south.
3: ...n]], and the republic's present borders were only established in [[1954]]. It became independent once ...
24: | '''[[Capital]]''' || [[Kiev]] ({{lang-ua|''Kyiv''}})
26: | '''[[President of Ukraine|President]]''' || [[Viktor Yushchenko]]
30: ...nbsp; Total<br> % water || [[List of countries by area|ranked 43rd]]<br>[[1 E11 m2|603,700 km?]]... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
7: ...small>Emblem of the [[Palaeologus]] dynasty, as preserved today at the entrance of the Ecumenical Patr...
10: | Constantine makes Constantinople his capital.
13: ...is permanently split into Eastern and Western halves, following the death of Theodosius I.
15: | [[527]] || Justinian I becomes emperor.
24: | The [[Lombard]] invasion results in the loss of most of Italy. - World War II (58065 bytes)
1: ...sion]] over [[Nagasaki]] rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air. [[August 9]], [[1945]]]]
2: ... every inhabited continent. Virtually all countries that participated in [[World War I]] were involve...
4: ...ino-Japanese War]]), or earlier yet the 1931 Japanese invasion of [[Manchuria]]. Still others argue th...
6: ...ctory]] Days), but continued in Asia until [[Japanese Instrument of Surrender|Japan surrendered]] on [...
8: ... of World War II casualties by country|died as a result of the war]], including acts of genocide such ... - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
3: ...gustus, the pre-Augustan state is conventionally described as the [[Roman Republic]], since the struct...
5: ...and the [[Western Roman Empire]]. The end of the Western Empire is traditionally set in [[476]], when ...
7: ...zantine Empire]], [[Eastern Roman Empire]] and [[Western Roman Empire]], which are used interchangably...
9: ...ays of imperial majesty were common from the earliest days of the Empire.
11: ...]), the [[History of Russia|Russian/Kiev]] dynasties (see [[tsar|czars]]), and the [[German Empire]] (... - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ...donesia]], [[Brazil]], [[Pakistan]], and [[Bangladesh]].
4: ...l member of the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]], since the union's dissolution in December [[19...
13: ...ch as the [[Merya]], the [[Muromian]]s and the [[Meshchera]].
15: ...ies]] this state of [[Kievan Rus]] became the largest in Europe and was quite prosperous, due to diver...
17: ...om the [[Belarusians]] and [[Ukrainians]] in the west. - History of Christianity (35391 bytes)
2: ...s the history of '''[[Christianity]]''' and provides links to relevant topics.
8: ...early rift between Christianity and the temple priesthood, and later rabbinic Judaism.
10: ...interpretations of various passages from the Old Testament (or [[Tanakh]]).
12: ...iblical canon|canonized]] the books of the [[New Testament]].
15: ...[prophecies allegedly fulfilled by Christ|prophecies]] - Byzantine architecture (9737 bytes)
6: ...Irene, St Sophia, and St Sergius. Secular structures include the [[walls of Constantinople]] and [[Yer...
12: == Detailed description ==
14: ... the long body of the church is covered by two domes.
16: ...Hagia Sophia]], showing many features of the grandest Byzantine architecture.]]
18: ...south of the dome, it is supported by vaulted aisles in two storeys which bring the exterior form to a... - Genghis Khan (31537 bytes)
1: ...on [[identity]] to [[Mongols]] after their centuries of internal feud.
5: ...e one of the world's largest [[Mongol Empire|empires]]. Though often outnumbered, he used superior mil...
7: ...any millions of deaths, and, in the longer term, resulted in massive depopulation of much of Asia [htt...
9: ... half later, separate Khanates existed for centuries afterwards.
11: ...ules and customs continued to be followed by his descendents, and he is regarded as the founder of [[M... - Viking (18085 bytes)
4: ...ided the coasts of Scandinavia, the [[British Isles]], and other parts of [[Europe]] from the late [[...
6: Vikings travelled westward; [[Varangian]]s travelled eastward.
12: ...image made from several sides of the [[Ledberg Runestone]] having illustrations of what probably are [...
13: ...200 years, [[European]] history is filled with tales of Vikings and their plundering.
15: ...n [[Russia]] and along the [[Baltic]] coast. Stories tell of raids in the [[Mediterranean]] and as far... - Holocaust (53541 bytes)
2: ...azi concentration camps|Concentration camp]] inmates during the Holocaust]]
4: ...t]] [[pogrom]] and the [[T-4 Euthanasia Program]] established by [[Hitler]] that killed some 200,000 p...
6: ..., the total death toll rises considerably. Estimates place the total number of Holocaust victims at up...
10: ...uthors to reference large catastrophes and massacres.
12: ... Hebrew (as opposed to simply '''Churban''', the destruction of the [[Second Temple]]), is also used. ... - Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
10: ...gifts, and hanging stockings are very similar to Western celebrations.<ref name=autogenerated1 />
12: ...ember 25. Both are former [[colony|colonies]] of Western powers with (nominal) [[Christian]] cultural ...
14: ... interest in this Western phenomenon, and, sometimes, as part of retail marketing campaigns.
20: ...countries. In addition, increasing numbers of stores and buildings are displaying Christmas decoration...
22: ...services, for example, they go caroling to the homes of older church members, where they are usually t...
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