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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
15: ...tlantic]] transit of ships between Brazil, the [[Africa]]n colonies, and Europe. Fortresses were built...
17: ...lo'' (Castle Hill). Therefore, the city developed from current Downtown (Centro, see below) to southwa...
19: ...y French - pirates and buccaneers, such as [[Jean-Fran篩s Duclerc]], [[Ren頄uguay-Trouin]], and [[Ni...
21: ...ed suddenly, many inhabitants were simply evicted from their homes.
25: ... year, the capital of Brazil was officially moved from Rio to Bras�a. - 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... - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...ng in the [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
5: ...]]an interference or [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]ese invasion. Imperial monarchy in China ended with the establ...
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... - Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
2: ...ueen regnant]] in history, though Queen [[Sobeknefru]] and Pharaoh [[Nitocris]] actually preceded her...
6: ...rs and 9 months, while [[Sextus Julius Africanus|Africanus]] (who was also quoting Manetho) states her...
11: ...mose II had only two daughters with Hatshepsut, Nefrure and Meritre, but managed to father a male heir...
20: ...he closest equivalent, which was used by [[Sobeknefru]], was ''King's Wife''), thus Queen Hatshepsut b...
22: ... buy [[myrrh]], which was said to be her favorite fragrance, and other goods. Although many Egyptologi... - 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... - Sibylla of Jerusalem (11497 bytes)
1: ...) was [[Kingdom of Jerusalem|Queen of Jerusalem]] from [[1186]] to 1190. She was the eldest daughter o...
9: ...aldwin of Ibelin]], rebuffed Philip's advances. Affronted, Philip left Jerusalem to campaign in [[Anti...
11: ...]], the emperor previously receiving confirmation from his niece, the [[dowager queen]] [[Maria Comnen...
17: ...pt by Raymond and Bohemund, her political rivals, from marrying her daughter into the rival court fact...
21: ... succeed. Sibylla herself though was not excluded from the succession. Guy had become very unpopular a... - Isabella of Jerusalem (7928 bytes)
3: ...had received the town and territory of [[Nablus]] from her husband the king. Isabella grew up in the c...
9: ...d (though he had succeeded in having his children from that marriage legitimized), Isabella was throug...
11: ...uld be adjudicated by the kings of [[England]], [[France]], and [[Germany]]. The selection would be de...
15: ...ithout surviving issue, in the midst of Saladin's invasion of the kingdom and capture of everything except t...
19: ...land|Richard the Lion-Hearted]], a close ally and friend of Humphrey, who sent him to Tyre as his repr... - Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
1: ...metime '''Count Dohna''', was Queen of [[Sweden]] from [[1632]] to [[1654]], was the daughter of King ...
10: ...op of the realm''") <!-- Official English version from www.royalcourt.se -->
22: ...he was educated in the manner typical of men, and frequently wore men's clothes (such as dresses with ...
25: ...Maria Eleonora]] of [[Prussia|Brandenburg]], came from the [[Hohenzollern]] family. She was a woman of...
27: - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...ngland]] and [[King of Ireland|Queen of Ireland]] from [[17 November]] [[1558]] until her death. Somet...
9: ...th impatience by her counsellors, often saved her from political and marital misalliances. Like her fa...
11: ...the number of [[Privy Council|Privy Counsellors]] from thirty-nine to nineteen, and later to fourteen.
16: ...as addressed as Lady Elizabeth and lived in exile from her father as he married his succession of wive...
18: ...th Elizabeth and remained her confidante and good friend for life. She had been appointed to Elizabeth... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
12: ...re avoiding the real war in France and the future invasion. The allied soldiers in Italy were so incensed, t...
20: # [[David Astor|Francis David Langhorne Astor]] (1912-2001) - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
27: ...first [[African American]] [[woman]], the second African American (after [[Colin Powell]]), and the se...
31: ...isor]] during his first term. She was the second African American (after Powell) and the first female ...
37: ...air]] was killed in the bombing of the primarily African-American [[16th Street Baptist Church bombing...
41: ...Experience in America." [http://www.publiceye.org/frontpage/OpEds/berlet_condi_dad.html] At age 15, Ri...
43: ...s [[Russian language|Russian]], [[French language|French]], and [[Spanish language|Spanish]]. - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
3: ...ted Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights]], from [[1997]] to [[2002]]. She first rose to promine...
23: ...Like many who came to [[Ireland]] with the Norman invasion, it was said of the Bourkes that they ended up "m...
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... - Sylvia Pankhurst (3170 bytes)
3: ...mber 27]], [[1960]]) was a campaigner in the [[suffragette]] movement.
9: ...anged its name accordingly, first to [[Women's Suffrage Federation]] and then to the [[Workers' Social...
13: ... organ she revolted. As a result she was expelled from the CPGB and moved to found the short-lived Com...
15: ...[[council communism]] and was eventually expelled from the organisation. Sylvia was an important figur...
17: ...nd anti-colonialism. She responded to the Italian invasion of [[Ethiopia]] by renaming the ''Workers Dreadno... - 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: ...Noise'' (with the single "1959" about the Chinese invasion of Tibet) in 1997, ''Gung Ho'' (with songs about ... - Sheryl Crow (8611 bytes)
7: ...' tour, where she was forced to wear a 4 1/2 foot fright [[wig]] and change her name to "Shirley". She...
11: ...eatured many of the songs written by Crow and her friends, including the first single, "Leaving Las Ve...
17: ...uded in her album, "Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park."
19: ...live album called ''Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live From [[Central Park]]''. The record found Crow singi...
21: ...uccessful single called "Picture" with rumored boyfriend [[Kid Rock]]. - 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... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
3: ...ard of at a time where female athletes were still frowned upon by many. It earned her the nickname ''"...
7: ...and set or tied 12 [[world record]]s. She retired from athletics in 1955, after which she became leade...
23: Just prior to the invasion, Koen had become engaged, and on [[August 29]], [...
35: ...the high jump competition in fourth, with bruises from the fall. The second day was more successful, a...
43: ... m final. [[Audrey Patterson]], the first [[African American]] woman to win an Olympic medal plac... - Pineal gland (4403 bytes)
17: ...PVN) into [[superior cervical ganglia]] (SCG) and from there into the pineal gland.
21: ... development of the reproductive glands since the invasion of the gland in children, by pathological growths... - Renaissance (14795 bytes)
5: ...e [[French language|French]] translation, used by French historian [[Jules Michelet]], and expanded up...
12: ... concentrate on the Renaissance as the transition from the Middle Ages to the Modern Age.
21: ... the humanist method of learning. These new ideas from the past (called the "new learning" at the time...
49: ...cumstances which helped these geniuses to come to fruition.
51: ...Burckhardt|Burckhardt]]. This argues for a change from collective neutrality towards the ''lonely geni... - Mosaic (6524 bytes)
3: ...mphitrite_mosaic.jpg|thumb|150px|Detail of mosaic from [[Herculaneum]] depicting [[Amphitrite]]]]
12: ...ior decoration]]. In mosaics, small [[tile]]s or fragments of pottery (known as ''[[tesserae]]'', dim...
16: ...istinguished luxurious Roman villas across north Africa. In Rome, Nero and his architects innovated th...
18: ...]. In Western Europe, the demanding techniques of fresco replaced the even more labor-intensive techni...
20: .... The process is known as [[zillij]] in [[North Africa]] and [[qashani]] further east. Some of the b...
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