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- China (38909 bytes)
5: ...tory characterized by repeated divisions and reunifications amid alternating periods of peace and war ...
7: ...t of ongoing political disputes on [[Chinese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
16: ... [[Qing dynasty]], although being continually redefined while the central political influence expanded...
21: ...he ''[[Book of Poetry]]'' explicitly gives this definition.
22: ...empire. Three are with the Man and Yi barbarians. Five are in ''Zhongguo''." - Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
2: ...latter is not certain to have ruled). She was the first ''known'' female to take the title Pharaoh, th...
4: ...successful Pharaohs. She was one of the most prolific builders in Ancient Egypt, commissioning hundred...
13: ... be [[regent]] until the boy king came of age. At first it seemed that Hatshepsut was patterning herse...
20: ... assumed all of the regalia and symbols of that office with many statues existing that show her in a f...
28: ...hich she suffixed the epithet Khenmetamun, and prefixed the praenomen, or throne name Maat-ka-re. In [... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
4: ...in honour of Saint John the Evangelist. A court official described the new baby as "a small, but compl...
6: ...d]], and Ferdinand-Karl ? already had important official roles within the [[Hapsburg]] Empire.
7: ...as considered one of the most brilliant political figures in Europe.]]
15: ...eing going on intermittently since [[1494]] would finally end. [[Louis XV]]'s heir was his grandson, L...
22: ...ing, Marie-Antoinette was presented with the magnificent jewels which traditionally belonged to a Fren... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
5: |'''Period in Office:'''
27: ...ed the '''Iron Lady''' in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]...
33: Her popularity finally declined when she replaced the unpopular [[R...
36: ...cal politics, serving as an [[Alderman]] (while officially described as '[[Whig|Liberal]] Independent'...
38: .... She was a member of the team that developed the first soft frozen ice cream. - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
11: ...nd ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]''. Her philosophy and her fiction both emphasize, above all, her concepts of [...
13: ...s a right to exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing self to others nor others to self; and
19: ...irst name is said to have come from the name of a Finnish writer whom she had not read, but whose name...
22: ...[[naturalized citizen]] of the United States. Her first literary success came with the sale of her scr...
24: ...an]] government under [[Benito Mussolini]]. These films were re-edited into a new version which was ap... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
2: ...ious disappearance during a flight over the [[Pacific Ocean]].
6: ...ility to provide for his family, Amelia spent the first twelve years of her life living with her mothe...
8: ...om some of her family, in 1922 Earhart bought her first [[airplane]], a [[Kinner Airstar]]. After her ...
10: ...the [[White House]]. From then on, flying was the fixture of Earhart's life. She placed third at the C...
16: ...he took delivery of a [[Lockheed 10E]] "Electra," financed by [[Purdue University]], she started plann... - Hanna Reitsch (3751 bytes)
4: ...ider]] aerobatic and endurance records, being the first woman to fly the Alps in a glider, and was rat...
6: ...ke-Wulf Fw 61|Focke-Achgelis Fa 61]], the world's first [[helicopter]]. This made her a star of the Na...
8: ... one of only two women awarded the [[Iron Cross]] First Class during world War 2, and the only woman a...
10: ...ved in testing the [[V-1 Flying Bomb]], which was fitted with a cockpit in order to be used during gli...
12: ...scaped Berlin through heavy Russian anti-aircraft fire. - Edith Cavell (1802 bytes)
3: [[Image:Eca dead2.jpeg|thumb|234px|A propaganda image of Edith Cavell]]
7: ... Her case became an important article of British propaganda throughout the war [http://www.stephen-stratford.... - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
2: ...]s for the German [[Nazi Party]]. Shut out of the film industry after [[World War II|the war]], she la...
5: ... it; her main interest was initially in fictional films.
7: ...o make a film about the German [[Wehrmacht]]: the film was released in [[1935]] as ''[[Tag der Freihei...
9: ...technical and aesthetic achievements. She was the first to put railways on the stadium to shoot the st...
13: ...f her using [[concentration camp]] inmates on her film sets, but those claims could not be proved in c... - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ...]], [[Tajikistan]] and [[Vietnam]]. Although it officially remains a [[communist state]], the PRC has ...
15: ...a's unity and [[sovereignty]] was assured for the first time in a century, and there was development o...
17: ...his to natural disasters; still others doubt this figure entirely, or claim that many more people died...
25: ...d [[unemployment]] associated with layoffs at inefficient state-owned enterprises, and has introduced ...
33: ...and China]]. See also: [[Chinese nationalism]], [[Propaganda in the People's Republic of China]], [[Imperialis... - Finland (29511 bytes)
1: ... is '''Suomi.''' In the Swedish language it is '''Finland'''.
4: |+<big>'''Suomen tasavalta'''<br>'''Republiken Finland'''</big>
7: ...center width=130px| [[Image:Finland_coa.png|100px|Finland: Coat of Arms]]
9: ...) || align=center width=130px| ([[Coat of Arms of Finland|In Detail]])
14: ...9f9f9;" | [[image:LocationFinland.png|Location of Finland]] - Culture of China (15738 bytes)
3: ...g much of Chinese thought, Confucianism was the official philosophy throughout most of Imperial China'...
5: ...f 20th Century China is one of experimentation to find a new system of social, political, and economic...
12: ...mperial China, porcelain was introduced and was refined to the point it gave the word ''China'' to be ...
18: Late imperial China was marked by two specific dynasties: Ming and Qing. Of Ming Dynasty poetr...
25: ...ommon to Chinese architecture, regardless of specific region or use. - Ant (13019 bytes)
21: ...cept Antarctica. Each species has adapted to specific environmental conditions, influencing their dist...
27: ...ir efforts through pheromones, enabling them to efficiently locate and gather food.
32: ... by worker ants. The lifespan of ants varies significantly, with workers living for a few months to a ...
42: ...at destruction and climate change can impact specific ant populations. Some species are considered pes...
43: [[Image: ants.jpg|400px|right|Fire ants, originally from South America.]] - Women's suffrage (11832 bytes)
3: ...g Territory]] in the [[United States]] became the first modern polity where equal suffrage was extende...
4: ...en first achieved the right to stand for public office in [[South Australia]] in [[1894]], along with ...
13: ...rst women's suffrage (with the same property qualifications as for men) was granted in [[New Jersey]] ...
15: The first unrestricted women's suffrage in terms of voti...
17: The first to grant universal suffrage and allow women to... - Sport (14061 bytes)
13: ...al thousands of years ago, including swimming and fishing. Other sports included javelin throwing, hig...
17: ...tion on an increasing scale, for example hunting, fishing, horticulture. The Industrial Revolution and...
20: == A classification of sports ==
35: ... are: [[Rugby football|Rugby]], [[ice hockey]], [[field hockey]], [[softball]], [[basketball]], [[Amer...
49: ... defined as "conduct and attitude considered as befitting participants, including a sense of fair play... - Albania (24647 bytes)
15: ...olspan="2" | <small>''National [[motto]] (not verified): Feja e Shqiptareve 볨t렓hqiptaria'' (The re...
19: | '''[[Official language]]''' || [[Albanian language|Albanian...
68: ...at [[Scupi]] (near Skopje) , which has been identified with the Zg벤hesh hill-fort near [[Kruja]] in ...
70: ... times inhabited by the semi-Illyrian Liburnians, first mentioned in [[360 BC]].
72: ...], Byzantine historian [[Michael Attaliates]] was first to refer to the Albanoi as having taken part i... - Trajans Column (10003 bytes)
5: ...op was crowned by [[Pope Sixtus V]] with a bronze figure of [[St. Peter]], which remains to this day.
9: ... the [[Dacia]]ns; the lower half illustrating the first (101-102), and the top half illustrating the s...
11: The two sections are separated by a personification of [[Victoria (mythology)|Victory]] writing...
13: ...diers, statesmen and priests, showing about 2,500 figures in all and providing a valuable source of in...
17: ...e, having offered the visitor in antiquity a magnificent view over the surrounding Trajan's forum; 43 ... - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
2: ...he revolution began before the [[first shot]] was fired at [[Battle of Lexington and Concord|Lexington...
4: ...on was a unique and radical event, producing significant changes that had a profound impact on world h...
10: ...llion]]—had, if not conquered, at least pacified the western frontier. Most white colonists in A...
16: ...asoning. The implications of the earlier [[scientific revolution]] began to have a greater effect on e...
19: ...]] views throughout the colonies. It was also the first event that swept through all the British colon... - World War I (62979 bytes)
2: ...m the sky was executed, and some of the century's first large-scale [[genocide|civilian massacres]] to...
6: ...orld Order (political)|world order]], marking the final demise of [[political absolutism|absolutist]] ...
8: ...me scholars, who regard World War I as merely the first phase of a three-decade long war spanning the ...
10: ...Western Front]]. Over 9 million died on the battlefield, and nearly that many more on the home front d...
19: ...s ever been reached as for the exact cause of the First World War. - World War II (58065 bytes)
4: ...wars]] are one conflict separated only by a "ceasefire".
6: ...ld War II|Middle East]], in the [[Pacific War|Pacific and South East Asia]], and it continued in China...
20: ...ading and occupying parts or the whole of Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Romania.
22: ... States]], from December 1941. [[China]] had been fighting Japan since 1937. The independent dominions...
24: ...r in their neighborhood. Sovereignty was often difficult to maintain as many countries that did not di...
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