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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... - Erik the Red (5731 bytes)
4: ...victed of these murders and was forced into exile from Iceland. This event led him and a group of foll...
6: ...e commodities such as seal (used for rope), ivory from tusks, and beached whales if they happened to b...
12: ...ren. He had a daughter, [[Freydís Eiríksdóttir|Freydís]], as well as three sons, the [[List of exp... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...] from [[20 June]] [[1837]], and Empress of India from [[1876]] until her death. Her reign lasted more...
12: ... Duke of York were already married, but estranged from their wives) and father children to provide an ...
14: ...anguage|Greek]], [[Latin]], and [[French language|French]]. Her educator was the Reverend [[George Da...
20: ... own marital surname was. After examining records from the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha archives, they reported t...
23: [[Image:queen_victoria.jpg|framed|left|A young Victoria is depicted at her coro... - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
3: ...ted Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights]], from [[1997]] to [[2002]]. She first rose to promine...
25: ...the time Catholics were forbidden by church rules from studying in Trinity, founded by [[Elizabeth I o...
31: ...n requirement that all women upon marriage resign from the civil service and to the right to the legal...
43: ...n Rogers]]. Shortly afterwards, Robinson resigned from the party in protest at the [[Anglo-Irish Agree...
51: ...tical parties (even ones he had himself founded), from [[Clann na Poblachta]] to Fianna Fᩬ, Labour ... - 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. - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
1: ... Middle Ages of Western Europe are commonly dated from the end of the [[Western Roman Empire]] ([[5th ...
6: ...ern European historians. That term has now fallen from favor, partly to avoid the entrenched stereotyp...
8: ... lost. Administrative, educational and military infrastructure quickly vanished, leading to the rise o...
12: ...oon converted, following the example of the pagan Frank [[Clovis I]]. The interaction between the cult...
14: ...ying cultural influence, preserving its selection from Latin learning, maintaining the art of writing,... - United Nations (29685 bytes)
1: ... and/or some international diplomatic recognition from selected states, but are not UN members. For mo...
5: The term "united nations" was coined by [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] during [[World War II]], to ...
20: ... August to October [[1944]], representatives of [[France]], the [[Republic of China]], the [[United Ki...
24: ...curity Council]] — [[Republic of China]], [[France]], the [[Soviet Union]], [[United Kingdom]], ...
26: ... land purchased by an 8.5 million dollar donation from [[John D. Rockefeller, Jr.]], and designed by a... - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
29: ...d grassy plains and temporary lakes that resulted from seasonal rains. The people who settled there mu...
31: ...xture of [[Europe]]an, [[Middle East]]ern, and [[Africa]]n''").
48: ...retation of the process. Poorly embalmed bodies (from the Late Period) are often black and very britt...
50: ...erent way to treat your Pharaoh. The answer came from the [[Nile]].
54: ...es. They became so good at this that one example from the [[Fifth dynasty of Egypt|5th Dynasty]] of a... - Old Kingdom (5401 bytes)
4: ...urial places. For this reason, the Old Kingdom is frequently referred to as ''"the Age of the Pyramids...
10: .../a-s/history/herlin/textsup.htm#_ftn18 ''ANCIENT AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS TO ca. 1500: Pharaonic Egypt to...
16: ...a]] ([[2528 BC|2528]]–[[2520 BC]]) and [[Khafra]] ([[2520 BC|2520]]–[[2494 BC]]) may have ...
22: ...ed unity and energetic government and also caused famines. But regional autonomy and civil wars were not t...
24: Rulers of the Sixth Dynasty saw themselves confronted with the worst excesses of civil war, which ... - First Intermediate Period of Egypt (2409 bytes)
4: ...thiopia and East Africa, contributed to the great famine and the subsequent downfall of the Old Kingdom.
8: ...l apart and regional leaders had to cope with the famine.
10: ...ir capital in [[Herakleopolis Magna]], descended from a Pharaoh named [[Akhtoy]]. In the meantime, ho... - Africa (35389 bytes)
1: ...graphic.jpg|thumb|A satellite composite image of Africa]]
3: '''Africa''' is the [[world]]'s second-largest [[contine...
6: ...onAfrica.png|thumb|World map showing location of Africa]]
8: ...ontinent, as the [[Africa (province)|province of Africa]] with its capital [[Carthage]], corresponding...
10: The origin of ''Afer'' may either come from: - Eritrea (12964 bytes)
36: | From [[Ethiopia]]<br /> [[May 29]], [[1991]]<br...
53: ... Having achieved independence on May 24, [[1993]] from [[Ethiopia]], it is one of the youngest indepen...
57: ...ΑΙΑ (''Erythra'), which derives from ΕΡΥΘΡΑ Θ[...
66: ...cement, reduced economic development, and one of Africa's more severe landmine problems. The [[Ethiop...
71: ...s entirely populated by members of the [[People's Front for Democracy and Justice]] (PFDJ). This assem... - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ...y, it remains a one-party [[authoritarian]] state from its true communist days.
15: ...time in a century, and there was development of infrastructure, industry, healthcare, and education, w...
17: ...irely, or claim that many more people died due to famine or other consequences of political chaos during t...
19: ...r. Mao remained head of the Party but was removed from day to day management of economic affairs which...
23: ...ut) and a much wider range of personal rights and freedoms for average Chinese as evidence of the succ... - Slovakia (19892 bytes)
56: ...vs. Federal Republic of Germany or [[France]] vs. French Republic.
63: ...tained a chain of outposts around the [[Danube]]. From 20 to 50 AD, the Kingdom of [[Vannius]], a barb...
67: ...hs]] (from the 14th century), and [[Hungarians]] (from the late Middle Ages).
69: ...ion of the [[Mongols]] in 1241 and the subsequent famine. However, medieval Slovakia was characterized rat...
71: ...especially in rural areas. As the Turks retreated from Hungary in the 18th century, Slovakia's influen... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
40: established_dates = From [[United Kingdom|UK]] by treaty<br>[[21 January...
58: ... "Republic of Ireland" in order to distinguish it from the island of Ireland as a whole. The name ''Re...
60: ...dence in [[1922]] it became known as the "[[Irish Free State]]", a name that was retained until [[1937...
67: ...in and Ireland]]. From [[1874]], but particularly from [[1880]] under [[Charles Stewart Parnell]], the...
69: ...of an independent Irish State whereby the [[Irish Free State]] (in the [[Gaelic|Irish language]] ''Sao... - Tajikistan (10867 bytes)
37: | From [[Soviet Union]]<br/> [[September 9]], [[1...
69: ...m to have been flawed, arrousing many accusations from opposition parties that President Emomali Rakhm...
73: ...neworld.org/ips2/may/tajik.html Account of events from independence leading to the Bishkek agreement o...
100: ...st [[2001]], the [[Red Cross]] announced that a [[famine]] was striking Tajikistan, and called for interna...
105: ...his is a relatively new phenomenon and originates from the conquest of Central Asia by the Russian Emp... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ...cratic Republic of the Congo]] and the [[Central African Republic]] to the southwest, [[Chad]] to the ...
40: established_dates = From [[Egypt]] and the [[United Kingdom]] <br> [[Jan...
64: ...7 years of [[First Sudanese Civil War|civil war]] from [[1955]] to [[1972]].
66: ...s born of the North (Arab, Muslim) versus South (African, Christian and animistic) and has a strong ec...
70: ...d, a growing insurgency in the south, drought and famine, in [[1984]]-5 another military coup led by Gen.... - Democratic Republic of the Congo (21095 bytes)
1: ...ocidal]] [[Second Congo War]] (known also as the African World War), the deadliest conflict since [[Wo...
16: official_languages = [[French language|French]] |
41: established_dates = From [[Belgium]] <br> [[June 30]], [[1960]] |
42: currency = [[Congolese franc]] |
50: ...on regression; other PPP figures are extrapolated from the latest International Comparison Programme b... - Kuwait (15932 bytes)
41: | [[June 19]], [[1961]] from the United Kingdom
65: ...rn shore of the Persian Gulf from the Najd, their famine-stricken homeland in central [[Arabia]]. They set...
66: .... The current rulers of the country are descended from Sabah I, who was chosen by the community, which...
68: ...was occupied by tribes and used for spice trading from [[India]]. By the [[18th century]], most of the...
70: ...8 (largely due to the desire for Iraqi protection from Shiite [[Iran]]), Kuwait was invaded and annexe... - Ukraine (22193 bytes)
37: ... Soviet Union|Independence]]'''<br> Date || From [[Soviet Union]]<br>[[August 24]] [[1991]]
55: ...r the name. Most translate it as "borderland" or "frontier" (compare [[Krajna]], [[Krajina]] - in Poli...
60: ... the speakers of the Proto-Iranian language moved from Ukraine to the southeast but many also remained...
64: ...us' was founded by [[Varangian]]s, Scandinavians, from present-day [[Sweden]]. The Varangians later be...
66: ...ars]] (a [[Turkic]] semi-[[nomad|nomadic people]] from [[Central Asia]] who adopted [[Judaism]]) found...
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