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- Erik the Red (5731 bytes)
2: ... people]]). Born in the Jaeder district of south-west [[Norway]], he was the son of Þorvaldr Ásvalds...
4: ... he called "Gunnbjarnarsker" ("Gunnbjörn's skerries"). Gunnbjorn's accidental discovery pushed him as...
6: ...used for rope), ivory from tusks, and beached whales if they happened to be so lucky.
8: ...[[ship]]s, fourteen of which made the journey successfully; of the other eleven, some turned back, whi...
10: ...ncluding Erik in the winter of [[1003]]. Nevertheless, the colony was able to bounce back and survived... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...d that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
3: ...hout running out of food or getting stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the...
5: ...s likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...]]. He never reached the present-day [[United States]] where "Columbus Day" ([[12 October]], the anniv...
9: ...ficial to humans, such as [[tomato]]es, [[potato]]es, [[maize]], and [[horse]]s), and the first large-... - 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). - 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. - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
1: [[Image:Messalinde-Jerusalem.JPG|frame|A queen accepting feal...
5: ...f Tripoli]]; and [[Ioveta of Bethany|Ioveta]], abbess of St. Lazarus in [[Bethany (Israel)|Bethany]].
9: ...yre]] wrote "reseditque reginam regni potestas penes dominam Melisendem, Deo amabilem reginam, cui jur...
11: ...nce. Baldwin raised his daughter as a capable successor to himself and Melisende enjoyed the support o...
13: ...de sole queen and to strengthen her position, he designated Melisende as guardian for the young Baldwi... - Margaret I of Denmark (7423 bytes)
4: ...d attention to [[Sweden]], where the mutinous nobles were already in arms against their unpopular king...
6: ...alk?g]], and Margaret was now the omnipotent mistress of three kingdoms.
10: ...eptember 1398, in exchange for commercial privileges.
12: ...d customs and be administered by its own dignitaries, as tending in her opinion to prevent the complet...
16: ...ined; the licence of the nobility was sternly repressed; the kingdoms of Sweden and Norway were treate... - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
5: ...ourteen when she was married (1533), at [[Marseilles]], to the duke of Orl顮s, whose elder brother wa...
7: ...an Emperor|Charles V]], was only too glad of the opportunity to strengthen his influence in the Italian penins...
9: When her maternal aunt the Duchess of Albany died, Catherine inherited the [[County...
11: ...ver, soon grew weary of the domination of the Guises, and entered upon a course of secret opposition. ...
13: ..., or even fewer centimetres (17, 15, or fewer inches). - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
2: ...ow host in the United States, and has an audience estimated by Arbitron at 20 million listeners weekly...
8: ...to an undisclosed medical problem [http://www.snopes.com/military/limbaugh.htm]. Limbaugh stated that ...
10: ...one". (This claim is now a reality as Limbaugh does use a golden microphone on ''The Rush Limbaugh Sh...
16: ...nto, California]]. After achieving some local success, he moved to [[New York City]] (and his current ...
18: ...States|Vice President]] [[Dick Cheney]] or even President George W. Bush. - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
1: ...s.jpg|thumb|270px|H.I.M. Yelizaveta Petrovna, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias (1709-62)]]
3: ...[[St Petersburg]]. Generally, she was one of the best loved Russian monarchs, because she didn't allow...
5: ==Life before becoming Empress==
7: Elizabeth, the youngest daughter of [[Peter the Great]] and [[Catherine ...
9: ...es with more fluency than accuracy. From her earliest years she delighted every one by her extraordina... - Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
1: ... of Sweden]]. As the [[heir presumptive|heiress presumptive]] she succeeded her father to the throne o...
12: <tr valign=top><td>'''Predecessor'''<td>[[Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden]]
13: <tr valign=top><td>'''Successor'''<td>[[Charles X of Sweden]]
22: ...ve was open, a team of scientists examined her bones in an attempt to determine if she was [[intersexu...
25: ...uite distraught temperament, and her attempts to bestow guilt on Christina for her difficult birth, or... - 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]]. - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
12: | [[Allahabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh|UP]]
20: | [[Indian National Congress|Congress (I)]]
30: ! Predecessor:
33: ! Successor:
34: | [[Morarji Desai]] - Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
12: |'''Predecessor'''
15: |'''Successor'''
25: |[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
27: ...s nominated by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Bill Clinton]] on [[February 11]], [[199...
30: ...mother, raised her children and then became an investigative reporter for the Miami News. Janet Reno h... - 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]]... - Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
3: ...ames Franck. The couple moved to the [[United States]], Mayer's home country.
5: ...scientific projects. In [[1946]] she became a professor in [[Chicago]] at Sarah Lawrence College. Here...
7: ...e Earth itself is spinning around the Sun. Maria described the idea elegantly:
9: ... waltzers. Suppose they go round the room in circles, each circle enclosed within another. Then imagin...
11: ...e Nobel Prize for [[Physics]] "for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure". Maria was qu... - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
2: ...maker]] renowned for her [[aesthetics]] and advances in film technique. Her most famous works are [[do...
5: ...''[[The Blue Light]]'' she took it; her main interest was initially in fictional films.
7: ... widely regarded as one of the most effective pieces of [[propaganda]] ever produced, even though Rief...
9: ...pia]]'', a film celebrated for its technical and aesthetic achievements. She was the first to put rail...
11: ...a.jpg|thumb|right|150px|22 Jews digging their graves, picture by Leni Riefenstahl]] - Eliska Junkova (2642 bytes)
1: ...[Czech Republic]], is regarded as one of the greatest female drivers in [[Grand Prix motor racing]] hi...
4: ...gh to compete in races around Europe against the best male drivers of the time.
6: ...race, her performance earned her a great deal of respect. Shortly thereafter, she won the two-liter sp...
8: ...Devastated, she gave up racing and sold her vehicles.
10: ...eering effort been given the recognition it deserves. - Pre-historic art (9744 bytes)
7: ... Mask of La Roche-Cotard]] in [[France]], now suggests that Neanderthal humans may have developed a so...
9: ...corated by someone and used as a figurine, regardless of how it may have been formed. [http://news.bbc...
11: ===Mesolithic===
12: ...t. Patterns on utilitarian objects, like the paddles from [[Tybrind Vig]], [[Denmark]], are known as w...
15: ...s and vessels decorated with patterns made by impressing the wet clay with braided or unbraided cord a... - United Nations (29685 bytes)
1: ...more information, see [[United Nations member states]].
3: ...l these obligations. The General Assembly determines admission upon recommendation of the Security Cou...
5: ...ions]], which committed the Allies to the principles of the [[Atlantic Charter]] and pledged them not ...
12: *[[UN Trusteeship Council]]
18: ''Main articles: [[League of Nations]] and [[History of the Unite... - Pipe organ (24478 bytes)
1: ...n organ to be purely decorative, with the real pipes behind them.]]
3: ...r]] through [[wood]] or [[metal]] [[organ pipe|pipes]].
5: ...organs having tens of thousands. All but the smallest have more than one [[musical keyboard|keyboard]]...
7: ...ey are also found in town halls, and in arts centres intended for the performance of [[classical music...
9: ==Styles of pipe organ==
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