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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... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
2: [[Image:Arthur3487.jpg|right|framed|Victorian image of '''King Arthur''' in plate...
7: Some members of this school, most notably Geoffrey Ashe and Leon Fleuriot, have argued for identif...
19: ..., chief giver of feasts, with his tall blades red from the battle which all men remember."
25: ...r's soldiers; Arthur was awarded a herd of cattle from Cadoc as [[wergeld]] for his men; Cadoc deliver...
29: ...tury]] at Cadbury Castle, and in several parts of France. - Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
1: ...nce|French]] [[List of explorers|explorer]] and [[French Navy|naval officer]], who explored the south ...
4: ...]. He immediately arranged for the government of France to acquire one of the most valuable and famou...
6: ...|Captain Duperrey]], and brought home a very fine collection of animals and plants.
8: ...und out the probable place of the death of [[Jean-François de La Pérouse|La Perouse]].
10: ... a coastal area of Antarctica that he named the [[French Southern Territories|Adélie Coast]] in honor... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
5: ... herself for formal events, Queen Mary's valuable collection of jewels built up over her years as queen are no...
9: ...the House of W?berg, Mary was distantly descended from the [[Habsburgs]], the once powerful ruling fam...
11: ...ment]]ary [[Annuity]] of [[UKP|?]]4000 plus ?4000 from her mother, the Duchess of Cambridge. Despite t...
13: ...ld War I]], the Swiss Embassy helped pass letters from Mary to her aunt, who lived in [[Germany]].
32: ...[[1919]]<td> suffered from epilepsy, raised apart from his royal siblings, and died young. - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...VII]]. She was guillotined at the height of the [[French Revolution]].
4: ... [[Maria Theresa of Austria|Maria Theresa]] and [[Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor]]. She was born at the...
13: ...as flighty, artistic and read almost nothing. Her French was imperfect and she preferred to speak Germ...
15: ... was decided that Maria-Antonia should be sent to France to marry the dauphin.
17: ...arewell, my dearest child. Do so much good to the French people that they can say that I have sent the... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...moting the [[New Deal]] and visited troops at the frontlines during [[World War II]]. She was a [[Firs...
5: ...tes of America|United Nations Association]] and [[Freedom House]]. She chaired the committee that draf...
9: ...exual explorations outside marriage by FDR (See [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|FDR]] for more information...
11: ...rom the Johannes branch and Franklin is descended from the Jacobus branch.
13: ...f the Democratic Party, which Alice viewed as an afront to Theodore Roosevelt's position as President.... - Sojourner Truth (2794 bytes)
3: ... born into [[slavery]]. (later changed to '''Baumfree'''). Other sources list her name as "Isabella V...
13: ... During the [[American Civil War]], she organized collection of supplies for the Union, and moved to [[Washing... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
6: ...[[Salvador Allende]], the President of [[Chile]] from [[1970]] to [[1973|73]]. In 1945, her parents ...
8: ...tion, and there she met her first husband, Miguel Fr�, whom she married in 1962.
10: From 1959 to 1965, Allende worked with the [[United ...
12: ...Panchita" and "Lauchas y Lauchones," as well as a collection of articles, ''Civilice a su troglodita''. She a...
14: ...of a violent coup and died of his wounds (whether from murder or suicide is a matter of controversy). ... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
1: [[image:Margaret_Atwood.jpg|right|framed|Margaret Atwood]]
10: ...'', ''La servante 飡rlate'', was included in the French version of the competition, ''Le combat des l...
31: === Poetry collections ===
33: :''[[The Circle Game (collection)|The Circle Game]]'' ([[1964]])
35: :''[[Speeches for Doctor Frankenstein]]'' ([[1966]]) - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...r her account of living in [[Kenya]], ''[[Out of Africa]]''.
5: ... Dinesen]] won the British [[Victoria Cross]] and French [[Croix de Guerre]] while serving with the [[...
9: ...orks simultaneously in Danish and English, mostly collections of short stories; she also wrote a novel entitle...
11: ...fered for many years from [[syphilis]] contracted from her husband.
20: * ''[[Out of Africa]]'' (1937 in Denmark and England, 1938 in USA) - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
7: ...Since her father's style took heavily inspiration from [[Caravaggio]] during that period, her style wa...
9: ...|left|thumb|200px| Susanna and the Elders, Sch?rn Collection, Pommersfelden]]
10: ...he Elders"'') ([[1610]]), located in the [[Sch?rn collection]] in [[Pommersfelden]]. The picture shows how, un...
18: ... marry [[Pierantonio Stiattesi]], a modest artist from [[Florence]]. Shortly afterwards the couple mov...
24: ...nd the protection of influential people, starting from Granduke Cosimo II de' [[Medici]] and expecial... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
14: #That no one has the right to seek values from others by physical force, or impose ideas on ot...
19: ...to have been present when Ayn chose the name Rand from a typewriter.
22: ...an aspiring young actor, [[Frank O'Connor (actor)|Frank O'Connor]], who caught her eye. The two were m...
24: ...]] by Scalara Films, [[Rome]], despite resistance from the [[Italy|Italian]] government under [[Benito...
33: ... the infamous [[Red Scare]], Rand testified as a "friendly witness" before the [[House Committee on Un... - Murasaki Shikibu (2682 bytes)
8: ...and published posthumously. The Murasaki Shikibu Collection was a compilation of 128 poems written by Murasak...
10: ...s show that her father suddenly returned to Kyoto from his governor's mansion, or between 1025 and 103...
16: ....). ''The Tale of Genji'', published in 6 volumes from 1921-33.
20: * [http://www.crock11.freeserve.co.uk/shikibu.htm Murasaki's Grave] - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
5: ...ally began in the 1960s. Tsvetaeva's poetry arose from her own deeply convoluted personality, her ecce...
8: ...ghly literate woman. She was also volatile and a (frustrated) concert pianist, with some [[Poland|Poli...
10: ... but deeply wrapped up in his studies and distant from his family. He was also still deeply in love wi...
12: ...g the course of her travels she acquired Italian, French and German languages.
14: ...oloshin came to see Tsvetaeva and soon became her friend and mentor. - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
1: [[Image:VirginiaWoolf.jpeg|frame|right|Virginia Woolf]]
11: ...s of characters, and the various possibilities of fractured narrative and chronology. She has, in the ...
13: ... Lily Briscoe; "The Waves" present a group of six friends whose reflections (closer to recitatives tha...
20: ...ian]] themes in her work, such as in the [[1997]] collection of critical essays, ''Virginia Woolf: Lesbian Rea...
22: ...ayal of Woolf in the movie. The film was adapted from [[Michael Cunningham]]'s Pulitzer Prize-winning... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
12: ...scored by Riddle, and [[Duke Ellington]], a later collection devoted to one composer occured during the [[Pabl...
22: Already blinded because she suffered from [[diabetes]], she lost her [[leg]]s in [[1993]]...
24: ...1980' s hit "Ella , elle l' a" by French singer [[France Gall]].
33: *1955 ''[[Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues]]''
54: *1960 ''[[Sings Songs from Let No Man Write My Epitaph]]'' - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
1: [[Image:Joni Mitchell-Both Sides Now.jpg|frame|right|Self portrait by Joni Mitchell, on the c...
5: ...singer Chuck Mitchell in [[1965]]. She performed frequently in coffee houses and [[folk clubs]] and b...
9: ...ms of its pressure and of the loss of privacy and freedom it entails.
11: ...inspired by stories told by her producer and then-friend [[David Geffen]]). It remains her best selli...
13: ...y diverse, with complex vocal harmonies set with African drumming (the [[Drum|Warrior Drums]] of [[Bur... - Patti Smith (6059 bytes)
6: ... Sohl ([[piano]]). Financed by money from Smith's friend and former lover [[Robert Mapplethorpe]] the ...
10: ...hile touring in support of the record, Smith fell from a stage in [[Tampa, Florida]], falling 15 feet ...
13: ...[Wave (album)|Wave]]'' was less successful, with "Frederick" only gaining minor radio airplay.
15: ...ream Of Life]]'' in [[1988]], the most known song from which was her semi-[[revolution]]ary anthem "Pe...
17: Following Fred's death in [[1994]], Patti toured briefly with ... - Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
1: [[Image:Lucinda Williams-Sweet Old World.jpg|frame|right|Lucinda Williams on the cover of her alb...
6: ...cords]]. Titled ''Ramblin' on My Mind'', it was a collection of country and [[blues]] covers. She followed it ...
10: ...orded a bowdlerized cover of "Passionate Kisses" (from ''Lucinda Williams'') in 1992, and the song bec...
16: ...ontaining the single "Still I Long for Your Kiss" from the [[Robert Redford]] film ''[[The Horse Whisp...
18: ...With God", an atypically uptempo gospel-rock tune from the otherwise rather low-key release. - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
3: ...os’s voice and mostly piano-based music has frequently been compared to that of [[Kate Bush]], [...
7: ... she adopted the name "Tori," after a friend of a friend told her that she looked more like a Tori tha...
10: ...by ear at Peabody and her difficulty with playing from sheet music – with Caton, [[Matt Sorum]] ...
16: ...a]]n edition of the album included "More Pink", a collection of B-Sides including a cover of the [[Joni Mitche...
20: ...buse and Incest National Network. RAINN is a toll-free help line in the US which connects callers with...
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