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- 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. - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...model for him, ever actually existed: in the earliest mentions and Welsh texts he is never given the t...
5: ...nd the extent and kind of power he wielded continues to rage.
7: ... and scholars are not certain whether the "Brettones" he led were [[Britain|Britons]] or [[Armorica|Br...
9: ... surrounding the historical career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to b...
11: ...ic deity devolved into a personage (citing sometimes a supposed change of the sea-god [[Lir]] into [[L... - 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-... - Puritan (15882 bytes)
1: ...itans''' were members of a group of radical [[Protestants]] which developed in [[England]] after the [...
4: ...a particular church. The closest analogy in the present day to the meaning of "Puritan" in the 17th ce...
5: ...rs knew themselves as members of particular churches or movements, and not by the simple and nebulous ...
8: ... Geneva]] and [[Lutheranism|Lutheran Germany]]. These contacts shaped their position towards Elizabeth...
10: ...d, to one degree or another, a belief in the [[priesthood of all believers]]. However, in church poli... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
10: ...ctics (such as crippling the Scottish economy by restricting trade) were used to ensure that Scotland ...
12: ...he English armies in the [[War of the Spanish Succession]].
15: ...aunt, [[Henrietta Anne Stuart|Henrietta Anne, Duchesse d'Orl顮s]]. Anne returned from France in [[167...
17: ...James II continued to send her Catholic books and essays, but made no serious attempt to effect a conv...
19: ...illiam and Mary. They were to be followed by any descendants of William by a future marriage. - 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]]. - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
1: ...ge:Victoria Mary of Teck.jpg|thumb|250px|HSH Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, image by Lafayette of Bon...
3: ...[[W?berg]] with the style [[HSH|''Her Serene Highness'']]. To her family, she was known as '''''May''...
5: ...ls built up over her years as queen are now priceless.
9: ...]]). Her mother was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge]], the third child an...
11: ...ting the [[art gallery|art galleries]], [[church]]es and [[museum]]s. - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
8: ... and at the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]], [[University of London]]. While in [[England]]...
10: ...racy|democratisation]], which were violently suppressed. A new military junta took power.
12: ... for democratisation and was put under [[house arrest]] in [[1989]]. She was offered freedom if she wo...
14: ... a [[health]] and [[education]] trust for the Burmese people.
16: ...sed with [[prostate cancer]] in [[1997]], the Burmese government denied him an entry visa. Aung remain... - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
3: ...o Swiss companies during her regime and remain unresolved. Her husband, [[Asif Ali Zardari]], has bee...
6: ...cluded active participation in various social causes.
8: ...as the first Asian woman to be President of the [[Oxford Union]], after the election had to be re-run beca...
11: ...r's party, but was unable to make her political presence felt in Pakistan until the death of General [...
13: ...overnment of a Muslim-majority state in modern times. - 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]]... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
3: ...ovelist]] whose work is considered part of the [[Western canon]]. She stands as a model of the writer ...
5: ...ere two months later and was buried in the [[Winchester_Cathedral|cathedral]].
7: ... modern critics continue to unearth new perspectives on Austen's keen commentary regarding the predica...
10: :''That young lady has a talent for describing the involvements of feelings and character...
12: ...ocial security other than degrading work as governess, or living as hanger-on in a relative's househol... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...to the novelist [[Graeme Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwood Gibson, was born in [[1976]].
4: ...sm]]. She also has a reputation for her deep interest in [[Canada]] and [[Canadian literature|Canadian...
6: ...try]], especially as one of [[Toronto]]'s new voices in the [[1960s]], along with [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]...
10: ...h version of the competition, ''Le combat des livres'', in [[2004]].
12: ...mote book-signing device" at an invitation-only presentation in Toronto. The device, also called the ... - Marie de France (1845 bytes)
1: ...''Marie ai nun, si sui de France'', which translates as, "My name is Marie, I am from France."
3: ...eldest daughter Mary, Princess of France and Countess of Champagne, though this identification is far ...
7: ...xt and Context''. Athens: University of Georgia Press, c1987.
8: ... of Marie de France''. Durham, N. C.: Labyrinth Press, 1982.
9: ...e Ages'', Roger S. Loomis (ed.). Clarendon Press: Oxford University. 1959. ISBN 0198115881 - Amy Johnson (2606 bytes)
8: ... Australia]] on [[May 24]] after flying 11,000 miles. Her aeroplane for this flight a [[De Havilland]]...
16: ...ine Sands]], South [[Wales]], to the [[United States|USA]] in 1933. The plane ran out of fuel and cras...
20: ...ary. Although she was seen alive in the water, a rescue attempt failed and her body was lost. - Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1937 bytes)
5: ...nufactured synthetically; and also those of [[cholesterol]], [[lactoglobulin]], [[ferritin]], [[tobacc...
7: ...n [[1960]] she was appointed Wolfson Research Professor at the [[Royal Society]]. In [[1964]] she was...
9: ==References==
11: ...fessor Dorothy Hodgkin''. Oxford: The Clarendon Press.
13: ===Obituary notices=== - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
1: ...|''Famed American [[nurse]] Clara Barton, first president of the [[American Red Cross]]'']]
2: ...bed as having had an "indomitable spirit" and is best remembered for organizing the [[American Red Cro...
6: ...s and sisters were kept busy answering her many questions, and each sibling taught her complementary s...
8: ...ne, including the "great, loathsome crawling leeches." This was an early indication of what would beco...
12: ...zed the community's need for free education, and despite opposition, set up one of the first free publ... - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
2: ...bably means "Mary of [[Magdala]]", a town on the western shore of the [[Lake of Tiberias]]. The life o...
4: ==Mary Magdalene in the New Testament==
6: ...g to him, but he forbade her: "[[John 20:17|17]] Jesus said to her, 'Do not cling to Me, for I have no...
8: This is the last entry in the canonical New Testament regarding Mary of Magdala, who now returned...
12: ...stions of the risen Savior (a designation that dates the original no earlier than the [[Second century... - Hildegard of Bingen (14070 bytes)
3: ...]], [[1179]]) was a [[German people|German]] [[abbess]], [[Monasticism|monastic]] leader, [[Mystics|my...
6: ...o the church (as was customary in [[medieval]] times). Hildegard was put in the care of Jutta (sister ...
8: ... of her, "Write what you see". At first she was hesitant about writing her visions, holding them insi...
11: During all these years Hildegard confided of her visions only to ...
13: ...s also overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy and hesitated to act. - Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
2: ... Kingdom|British]] stage, film and television actress.
6: ...ion appearances include the series ''[[As Time Goes By]]'' and the aforementioned ''A Fine Romance''.
9: ...r reputation as arguably the greatest British actress of the post-[[1945]] period primarily through he...
11: ...er the next two decades, winning several best actress awards.
13: ... Olivier Awards]]. She has also appeared with success on [[Broadway]]. - Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
2: ...]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]].
6: ...] and [[Mario Cabr靝, industrialist [[Howard Hughes]], and actor [[George C. Scott]], in the mid-[[19...
8: ... was nominated, albeit in the best supporting actress category.
10: She met author [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] at [[Oxford University]] in November 1964. Neither was aware...
12: ...den, [[Frank Sinatra]] paid all her medical expenses. She died of [[pneumonia]] in [[London]], [[Engla...
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