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- China (38909 bytes)
1: ...ng in the [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
5: ...[country]]'s territorial extent expanded outwards from a core area in the [[North China Plain]], and v...
7: ... formally surrendering its claims, has moved away from its former identity as the ruler of China, and ...
16: ...eir nation as culturally and politically distinct from - and as the [[axis mundi]] of surrounding nati...
25: ... political legitimacy. It was used in this manner from the tenth century onwards by the competing dyna... - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
1: ...fealty from a vassal, possibly Melisende herself, from the [[Melisende Psalter]]]]
3: ...) was [[Kingdom of Jerusalem|Queen of Jerusalem]] from [[1131]] to [[1153]].
9: ...the [[Count of Boulogne|County of Boulogne]] in [[France]]. Melisende was the heir of this dynasty, an...
13: ...son of previous marriage, [[Geoffrey of Anjou|Geoffrey]] was in these same years married to Empress Ma...
15: ...d of his crusader knights Fulk excluded Melisende from granting titles and other forms of patronage, a... - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
2: ...]] as '''Rosa Louise McCauley''') is a retired [[African-American]] [[seamstress]] and figure in the [...
14: ...atic Party of the United States|D]]-[[Michigan]]) from [[1965]] until [[1988]]. She continues to resid...
25: Parks was not the first African-American to refuse to give up her seat to a w...
29: ...', where characters discuss earlier instances of African-Americans refusing to give up their bus seats...
32: [[Image:Parkstoday.jpg|frame|Rosa Parks in the year 2000]] - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
7: ...Since her father's style took heavily inspiration from [[Caravaggio]] during that period, her style wa...
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...
26: ...was rising. The success and the fashion radiating from her figure fueled many voices about her private...
28: From this period we remember the [[La Conversione de... - 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. - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
9: ...y in [[1845]], evoking intense anger and distress from her family, particularly her mother.
19: ...ted to each other and they became life-long close friends. Herbert was instrumental in facilitating Ni...
33: ...anizing patient care. Although she met resistance from the doctors and officers, her changes vastly im...
45: ...r030502 CBC story: 'Florence Nightingale suffered from bipolar disorder']
47: In response to an invitation from Queen Victoria, and despite the limitations of ... - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
6: Alanis's Surname "Morissette" is French in origin. Her [[1995]] international debut ...
12: ...er early idols, and said over the intercom at the front gates: ''"Hi, I'm Alanis. I want to meet you o...
23: ...he would later write about in songs such as "UR" (from the album ''[[Supposed Former Infatuation Junki...
38: ...is''. The album attempted to move Morissette away from her debut album's dance-pop sound. However, ''N...
42: ...to [[Nashville]] a few months later also proved unfruitful. - 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: ...onsidered it a step sideways rather than forwards from ''Little Earthquakes''. In February, she began ...
20: ...buse and Incest National Network. RAINN is a toll-free help line in the US which connects callers with... - 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... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ...tic circles since the [[19th century]], became an inspiration to [[Allies|Allied]] forces during the [[World Wa...
4: ...ponsible for a revitalization of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]'s faction during the [[Hundred ...
7: ...[[Duke of Orl顮s]] and later of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]). The groups were involved in a...
11: ...876]]) depicts Joan's awe upon receiving a vision from the [[archangel]] [[Michael (archangel)|Michael...
16: ...May 7]], the remaining English forces were pulled from their [[siege]] lines on [[May 8]]. The lifting... - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
5: ...]], the youngest of three children born to Karl Alfred Gustafsson ([[1871]]-[[1920]]) and Anna Lovisa ...
10: From [[1922]] to [[1924]], she studied at the presti...
14: [[Image:Temptress1.jpg|frame|Greta Garbo in 1926]]
23: ... "I think I'll go back to [[Sweden]]!" This would frighten the [[movie studio]] heads, who gave in to ...
35: ...]," but this never came to fruition. She withdrew from the entertainment world completely and moved to... - Mia Hamm (6476 bytes)
5: ...ship at the age of 19. In [[1993]], she graduated from college with the all time records for [[Atlanti...
9: ...the gold medal in the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in front of 80,000 spectators in [[Athens, Georgia]], t...
13: ...ion by her adoptive brother and original athletic inspiration Garrett, an [[Amerasian]] who died of a bone marr...
21: In a friendly against [[Australia women's national footba...
23: ...ional team members who announced their retirement from international play at the end of the tour; the ... - Glass (26176 bytes)
1: ...iginally, which can be seen in its [[conchoidal]] fracture.
3: The word ''glass'' comes from [[Latin]] ''glacies'' (ice) and corresponds to ...
18: ...nto other shapes and colors as shown in this ball from the [[Verrerie of Brehat]] in [[Brittany]].]]
22: ...plify]] transmitted signals by [[laser]] emission from within the glass itself.
26: Glass is sometimes created naturally from volcanic [[magma]]. This glass is called [[obs... - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
2: '''Calligraphy''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] καλ...
4: Calligraphy should be distinguished from the studies of [[epigraphy]] or [[palaeography]...
12: ...uan-shu and contained more than 3,000 characters. From that time to the present, there have been five ...
14: ... as a guide, hiragana and katakana were developed from simplified cursive versions of characters. In t...
52: ...clerical script is highly stylised, a development from seal script form. They are highly angular in ap... - Saxophone (14311 bytes)
1: [[Image:Baritonesax.jpg|right|frame|Saxophones of different sizes play in differen...
7: ...legated to military bands--this despite his great friendship with the influential Parisian composer [[...
9: ...phone]], has also been speculated to have been an inspiration. It is likely, however, that Sax's intent was in ...
16: ...instrument to learn, especially when transferring from other woodwind instruments, though a great amou...
20: ... number of saxophones being commercially produced from materials other than brass. Silver, copper and ... - Alphorn (1746 bytes)
3: The alphorn is carved from solid softwood, generally spruce but sometimes ...
8: ...is First Symphony (played in the orchestra by the French Horn) was an alphorn melody he heard in the R... - 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: - Americas (7154 bytes)
13: ...referring to U.S. citizens. In [[French language|French]], ''鴡ts-unien'' (''鴡ts-unienne'' for wom...
23: ...troductio]]'', explains that the name was derived from the [[Latin]]ized version of the explorer [[Ame...
25: ...ver no copies survive) and that this was the true inspiration for Waldseem?
27: ...ld, and even changed the spelling of his own name from ''Alberigo'' to ''Amerrigo'' to reflect the imp...
29: ... death, people forgot where the name America came from, so they changed his name to Amerigo to explain... - Cuba (25106 bytes)
10: ...ns.After some delay, a [[Constitution]] of Soviet inspiration was adopted in [[1976]].
14: ... to the U.S., mostly aboard vessels that departed from the U.S. Eventually the U.S. stopped the flow ...
16: ...eople, our country could not have survived the confrontation with imperialism".
18: ...espite being denied access to [[development aid]] from the [[IMF]] and [[World Bank]] because Cuba is ...
20: ...ed at sea. All Cuban migrants interdicted at sea from this point on were interviewed by INS officials... - Egyptian hieroglyph (6639 bytes)
5: The word ''hieroglyph'' comes from the [[Greek language|Greek]] words ἱε...
14: ...ount for misleading quality of surviving comments from Greek and Roman writers about hieroglyphs. Anot...
16: ...r [[Theodosius I]]; the last known inscription is from a temple far to the south not too long after [[...
18: ...luding the ''[[Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]]'' of [[Francesco Colonna]].
20: ...homas Young (scientist)|Thomas Young]] and [[Jean-Fran篩s Champollion]] beginning the very early 1800...
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