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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...identity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves ...
7: ...have reached China about 65,000 years ago from [[Africa]]. Early evidence for proto-Chinese [[rice pad...
14: ...he earliest written record of China's past, dates from the [[Shang Dynasty]] in perhaps the [[13th cen...
18: ... around [[2000 BC]] was unearthed. Early markings from this period, found on pottery and shells, have ...
22: ...[[Zhengzhou]] and [[Shangcheng]]. The second set, from the later Shang or Yin period, consists of a la... - Boudicca (6973 bytes)
19: ...cianus led to an investigation headed by Nero's [[freedman]] Polyclitus, and Suetonius was removed as ...
27: ...k on and gifted with a powerful voice. A flood of bright red hair ran down to her knees; she wore a golden...
31: ...y of the Roman conquest of Britain makes this far from certain. - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
8: ...rning to the United States at the outset of the [[Franco-Prussian War]], she lived with her family, bu...
12: ...he Salon critics claimed that her colors were too bright and that her portraits too accurate to be flatter...
14: ...nd absorb all I could of his art," she wrote to a friend. "It changed my life. I saw art then as I wan...
16: ...impressionist circle until [[1886]], she remained friends with Degas and [[Berthe Morisot]].
21: Her style evolved, and she moved away from impressionism to a simpler, straightforward app... - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
6: ...nior. Young Clara was home-educated and extremely bright. It is said that her older brothers and sisters w...
12: ..., and despite opposition, set up one of the first free public schools in the state.
14: ...y, mathematics and natural science in addition to French, German, ancient history, philosophy and reli...
21: ...Butler]] "lady in charge" of the hospitals at the front of the [[Army of the James]].
23: ...age]] movement. She also became acquainted with [[Frederick Douglass]] and became an activist for blac... - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
2: ...ur [[album]]s as the frontwoman for several bands from [[1967]] to a posthumous release in [[1971]].
4: ..., she began singing blues and [[folk music]] with friends.
6: ...acquired a reputation as a "[[Amphetamine|speed]] freak" and occasional [[heroin]] user. She also used...
8: ...Port Arthur to recuperate, she again moved to San Francisco in [[1966]], where her bluesy vocal style ...
12: ...perhitscover.jpg|left|thumb|Janis Joplin singing, from the cover of the posthumous album ''Super Hits'... - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (8386 bytes)
7: ...closed after dissatisfied customers complained of fraudulent activities.
13: ...arriage was not consummated either. She separated from Betanelly after a few months, and their divorce...
15: ... [[nineteenth century]] that took its inspiration from [[Hinduism]] and [[Buddhism]]. Madame Blavatsky...
21: ...ght's disease]] of the kidneys, and complications from [[influenza]], Madame Helena Petrovna Blavatsky...
59: ...d The Secret Doctrine'' by [[Max Heindel]] (1933; from Max Heindel writings & with introduction by [[M... - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
12: ...and dismissed by the early church fathers. In the fragmentary text, the disciples ask questions of the...
22: ...[Harvard Divinity School]], has observed, "The confrontation of Mary with Peter, a scenario also found...
31: ...:10); although the Roman Catholic Church withdrew from this linkage at the [[Second Vatican Council]] ...
33: ...ose critical scholars who are drawing conclusions from the canonic texts alone believe that the woman ...
36: ...rance]]. Though her bones were scattered at the [[French Revolution]], her head is said to remain in h... - Ellen G. White (5403 bytes)
7: ...s and 40 books; but today, including compilations from her 50,000 pages of manuscript, more than 100 t...
11: ...stians. She even considered Christian unity to be from Satan and one of the big apostasies of the last...
17: ...ave her health problems she never fully recovered from. In her weakened state, she was unable to retur...
23: ...aken into vision. The visions would last anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours.
25: ...ibed the vision experiance as being surrounded in bright light. In these visions she would be in the prese... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
1: [[Image:KH_40s-10.jpg|frame|right|Katharine Hepburn]]
5: ... encouragement, were unafraid of expressing their frank views on various topics, including sex. "We w...
7: ... teens, winning a bronze medal for figure skating from the [[Madison Square Garden]] skating club, sho...
10: ... check... Katharine Hepburn's mother got a degree from BM in history and philosophy; can this be a mis...
12: ...atonic fashion, and the two would remain lifelong friends. They divorced in [[1934]] after Hepburn wa... - Nicole Kidman (11782 bytes)
21: ...arred in ''[[To Die For]]'', earning high praise from critics. Although media speculation thought tha...
23: ...wing year Kidman came back to win the same praise from critics for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf in ...
26: ... love with a 10 year-old boy (played by [[Cameron Bright]]), who she believed to be a [[reincarnation]] of...
43: ...ccolades, Kidman has received Best Actress awards from the folowing critics' groups or award giving or...
50: ...th [[Ewan McGregor]] on the song "Come What May", from the film's soundtrack debuted and peaked at #27... - Gaillardia (3637 bytes)
15: ...ter M. Gaillard de Charentonneau, an 18th-century French magistrate who was a patron of [[botany]].
17: ...y-like single color and bi-color blooms in shades from buff to red to brown. The [[flower]]s bloom in ... - Phlox (1364 bytes)
17: Phlox range in color from pale blue to bright red to white. Some species such as [[Smooth Phlox... - Sunflower (5784 bytes)
2: ...flower.jpg|260px]] | caption = Sunflowers display bright yellow colors.}}
18: ... early in the [[16th century]]. ''Helianthus'' is from the [[Greek language|Greek]] for "sunflower".
23: ...hat we commonly call the seeds are actually the [[fruit]] (an ''[[achene]]'') of the plant, with the t...
29: ..., and when the blooming stage is reached the stem freezes in its eastward direction. Thus, blooming su...
34: ...s, because they reduce [[bird]] damage and losses from some [[phytopathology|plant disease]]s. There ... - Sweet pea (1311 bytes)
17: ... gardeners for their bright colours and the sweet fragrance that gives them their name. The species is... - African Lily (1955 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin | color=lightgreen | name=African Lily}}
2: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:African lily.png|200px|]] | caption = }}
14: ...ceae]] and a native of the [[Cape of Good Hope]], from where it was introduced to [[Europe]] at the cl...
18: ...ower stalk 2 to 3 ft. high, ending in an umbel of bright blue, funnel-shaped flowers.
24: ... in large pots or tubs that can be protected from frost. - Begonia (2934 bytes)
15: ...wo to four branched or twisted [[stigma]]s. The [[fruit]] is a winged capsule containing numerous minu...
17: The genus is named after [[Michel Begon]], a French patron of [[botany]].
21: ...nts should be stored in a dry place secure from [[frost]]; they are increased by late summer and autum... - Maple (3638 bytes)
14: ...me 'acer' derives from the Latin "acris" (sharp), from the hardness of the wood, used for lances in th...
21: ...g pins and bowling alley lanes. Some species have bright autumnal leaf coloring. The Sugar Maple (''Acer s... - Eye (21834 bytes)
9: ...yonic development, while mollusk eyes grow inward from skin cells.
13: ...rm the lenses of their eyes. In this, they differ from most other arthropods, which have soft eyes. Th...
24: ...ours, the [[aqueous humour]]. Most of the light refraction occurs at the [[cornea]] which has a fixed ...
25: ...from a single point of a distant object and light from a single point of a near object being brought t...
27: ...rising from the shape of the cornea and lens, and from the length of the eyeball. These include [[myop... - Aniridia (959 bytes)
1: ..., most individuals with aniridia are sensitive to bright outdoor light and their eyes may need protecting.... - Retina (13061 bytes)
1: ...room Clip Art]]] Many animals have eyes different from the human eye.]]
12: ...ina is defined by the [[ora serrata]]. The length from one ora to the other (or macula), the most sens...
14: ...e raw input from the eyes to the brain. (Modified from a drawing by [[Santiago Ramó® ¹ Cajal| Ramó® ¹ ...
18: ...nt of the photoreceptors can be perceived as tiny bright moving dots when looking into blue light. This is...
22: ... the retina. The macula has a yellow pigmentation from screening pigments and is known to ophthalmolog...
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