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- Alexander Aetolus (705 bytes)
- Alexander Balas (1851 bytes)
5: ...emaic dynasty]]. At first unsuccessful, Alexander finally defeated the reigning king [[Demetrius I of ...
7: Demetrius Soter's son profited by the opportunity to regain the throne. Ptole... - Alexander I of Epirus (1407 bytes)
7: ...m, turned against him. Although the advantage at first rested with Alexander, he gradually lost it, a... - Alexander I of Macedon (1759 bytes)
- Alexander II of Epirus (655 bytes)
- Alexander II Zabinas (1089 bytes)
- Alexander IV of Macedon (2891 bytes)
- Alexander of Aphrodisias (2599 bytes)
18: He identified the active intellect (''nous poietikos''), thro... - Alexander of Greece (rhetorician) (612 bytes)
1: ...]] and [[Julius Rufinianus]] under the title ''De Figuris Sententiarum et Elocutionis.'' Another epito... - Alexander of Pherae (1959 bytes)
7: ...se the man had softened his heart, as iron in the fire.'' - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
6: Following the unification of the multiple city states of [[Ancient Gr...
9: ...ed not by Philip, who was afraid of her and her affinity for sleeping in the company of snakes, but by...
11: ...he [[Oracle]] of Ammon at Siwah, according to all five of the extant historians ([[Arrian]], [[Quintus...
23: ...Halicarnassus]], Alexander successfully waged the first of many sieges, eventually forcing his opponen...
27: ...tle of Gaugamela]]. Darius was forced to flee the field after his charioteer was killed, and Alexander... - Pope Alexander I (624 bytes)
1: ...or [[109]] to [[116]] or [[119]]. Many have identified him as a [[martyr]], but there appears to be no... - Alexander Graham Bell (18688 bytes)
23: ... States Patent and Trademark Office|U.S. Patent Office]] granted him [[Patent]] Number 174,465 coverin...
25: ...r the [[photophone]], one for the [[phonograph]], five for aerial vehicles, four for hydroairplanes, a...
35: ...rolific inventor, and had a keen interest in many fields.
39: ...on) of a similar kind only 2 hours after Bell had filed for his patent.
43: ...tus designed by Gray. An official at the patent office later admitted to selling Gray's idea to Bell's...
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- Periodic table (7298 bytes)
1: ...bular display of the known [[chemical element]]s. First created by [[Dmitri Mendeleev]], the elements ...
6: ...riodic table. Elements in a group have similar configurations of their [[valence shell]] electrons, wh...
21: ...iodic table (electron configurations)|Electron Configurations]]
23: *[[Periodic table (block)|Periodic table filled by blocks]]
36: ...t subshells, which as atomic number increases are filled in roughly this order: - Lighthouse of Alexandria (3491 bytes)
7: ... which reflected [[sunlight]] during the day; a [[fire]] was lit at night. As it can be seen from imag...
9: Legend has it, the fire from the lighthouse could be used to burn enemy...
17: ...e Lighthouse shortly thereafter. The building was finished during the reign of his son, Ptolemy II Phi... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...eplacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
12: ... Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
17: ...[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a sin...
21: ...(1796—1878), [[British Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]...
23: ...9]]), [[Spain|Spanish]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving Europ... - Persepolis (15450 bytes)
6: ... stand erect. Several of the buildings were never finished. F. Stolze has shown that in some cases eve...
12: ...o [[Artaxerxes II]] and [[Artaxerxes III]]. The unfinished one is perhaps that of [[Arses of Persia]],...
18: ... the rulers of the empire, a remote place in a difficult alpine region was far from convenient, and th...
20: ... bears evident traces of having been destroyed by fire. The locality described by Diodorus after [[Cle...
26: ...thy of Alexander alone. When the king had caught fire at their words, all leaped up from their couche... - Treasury (1846 bytes)
5: ...Exchequer]]. The traditional honorary title of [[First Lord of the Treasury]] is held by the [[Prime ...
7: ...dget and coordinating government expenditure. The Finance Minister is responsible for government [[pro...
9: ...d the [[Ministry of Finance]] and the head is the Finance Minister. Examples include [[New Zealand]], ...
28: *[[Finance Minister]] - Ancient Greek theatre (7531 bytes)
9: ...ommentators. Thespis is therefore considered the first Greek "[[actor]]."
13: By the [[fifth century BC]], theatre had become formalized an...
35: ...the religious festival and taken down when it was finished. Later on, theatres included permanent str...
43: With such a large space to fill, ancient Greek actors could not be subtle in th...
49: ... exaggerated costumes and masks, they would be difficult to see. Actors wore thick boots to add to th... - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
14: ...Agatho of Alexandria]], (pope 665-681), religious figure
35: ...nnish theologian & scholar and creator of written Finnish language
50: ...ilio]], (1869-1964), [[Philippines]] independence fighter - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...equeen.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Elizabeth II in an official portrait as [[Queen of Canada]] (on the occas...
20: ...s]] was [[Marion Crawford]], better known as "Crawfie". She studied history with C. H. K. Marten, Prov...
23: ...stances". In [[1940]] Princess Elizabeth made her first broadcast, addressing other children who had b...
27: ...her than have them educated at home. She was the first (and as of 2005 the only) female member of the...
29: Elizabeth made her first official visit overseas in [[1947]], when she accompan... - Cleopatra VII of Egypt (8634 bytes)
9: ...gs had to marry their sisters in order to be qualified to rule. Following the deaths of her brothers s...
21: There are a number of unverifiable but famous stories about Cleopatra, of which ...
29: ...nd culture, Cleopatra is reputed to have been the first member of her family in their 300-year reign i... - Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
17: ...hikov, and the Supreme Privy Council. She was the first royal owner of the Sarskoje Selo estate, later... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...tion of the [[Imperial Academy of Arts|Academy of Fine Arts]] in [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]]. ...
19: ... existing government. The idea seems to have been first suggested to her by the French ambassador, La ...
25: ...this may be added that she was ever ready to sacrifice the prejudices of the woman to the duty of the ...
29: ...Sweden ceded to Russia all the southern part of [[Finland]] east of the river Kymmene, which thus beca...
39: ...lness of the empress, which began with a fainting-fit at [[Tsarskoe Selo]] (September 19, 1757), nor t... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: ...ngdom of Great Britain|Kingdom]], Anne became the first Sovereign of [[Great Britain]]. She continued ...
15: ...ames, Duke of York, (afterwards James II) and his first wife, the [[Lady Anne Hyde]] (daughter of [[Ed...
17: ...Catholicism. Princess Anne, however, declared her firm adherence to [[Anglicanism]]; James II continue...
22: ...te monarch), Mary II dismissed him from all his offices. Lady Marlborough was subsequently removed fro...
24: ...our by restoring Lord Marlborough to all of his offices. In return, Princess Anne publicly supported W... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
5: ...y, especially during State occasions. She was the first Queen consort to attend the coronation of her ...
13: ...s May was close to her mother and acted as an unofficial secretary, helping to organise parties and so...
17: ...d sense of duty. Albert Victor was Princess May's first cousin once removed; May was the daughter of H...
42: ...ng [[Australia]], the Duke and Duchess opened the first session of the Australian Parliament, when the...
69: ...g and Queen, even attending their coronation, the first [[Queen dowager|dowager Queen]] to do so. - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
14: ...[[Prime Minister]], however the results were nullified and the military refused to hand over power. Th...
18: ...said that she was free to move "because we are confident that we can trust each other." Aung San Suu K...
19: ...be extended. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4064211.stm (BBC)] - Alexandra Kollontai (3203 bytes)
1: ...[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] [[Communist]] revolutionary, first as a member of the [[Menshevik]]s, then from [...
7: ...ditions of women's lives in the [[Soviet Union]], fighting illiteracy and educating women about the ne...
13: ...et Ambassador to [[Norway]], becoming the world's first female Ambassador. She later served as Ambass...
15: Alexandra Kollontai is an unusual figure in the history of the [[Soviet Union]], as sh...
17: Kollontai was the subject of the 1994 TV film, ''A Wave of Passion: The Life of Alexandra Kol... - Blanche Lincoln (2886 bytes)
22: ...exander, Jr.|Bill Alexander]] and served in his office until [[1984]]. Lincoln defeated Alexander in ...
24: Lincoln serves on the Senate Finance Committee; Special Committee on Aging; Selec... - Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
3: ... of anarchism in the US and Europe throughout the first half of the twentieth century. She immigrated ...
13: ... with [[Alexander Berkman]], who was an important figure of the anarchist movement in the United State...
21: .... After undergoing intense cross-examining in confinement for several weeks, they were released due t...
32: ...y may even have shared an apartment (see also the film [[Reds]]).
38: ...n]] to support the [[Spanish Revolution]] and the fight against [[Franco]]'s [[fascism]], known as the... - Anna Akhmatova (2156 bytes)
1: ...] of Anna Andreevna Gorenko, one of the most significant Russian [[Acmeist poetry|Acmeist poets]].
3: ...nd memory, the fate of creative women, and the difficulties of living and writing in the shadow of [[S... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
6: ...ing painting at the [[Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] (1861-...
8: ...ly, but art supplies and models were difficult to find in the small town. Her father continued to resi...
12: The jury accepted her first painting for the [[Paris Salon]] in [[1872]]. ...
20: ...]]). [[Mary Cassatt]]. Oil on canvas. [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]].]]
21: ...orward approach. By [[1886]], she no longer identified herself with any art movement and experimented ... - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: ...], [[1892]] – [[May 29]], [[1979]]) was a [[film|motion picture]] [[actor|star]], known as "Amer...
9: ... for Best Actress]] in [[1929]], but retired from films four years later, after a series of disappoint...
11: ...83-1939)|Douglas Fairbanks]], an action-adventure film star. The phrase "by the clock" became a secret...
13: She finally divorced Moore in [[March]] [[1920]] and mar...
18: * [[1909]]: discovered by [[David Wark Griffith]] at [[American Mutoscope and Biograph Company|...
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