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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... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...ntury|18th]] and early [[19th century]] resulting from the replacement of an economy based on manual l...
3: ...[1850]], when technological and economic progress gained momentum with the development of steam-powered ...
7: ...erm industrial ''revolution'' was introduced by [[Friedrich Engels]] and [[Louis-Auguste Blanqui]] in ...
10: ...itain. The steam engine was created to pump water from coal mines, enabling them to be deepened]]effic...
12: ... occurred in Britain. In other nations, such as [[France]], markets were split up by local regions, wh... - Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
3: ...]] from 1711 to 1730 and as Empress of [[Russia]] from 1730 to 1740.
7: ...g as Duchess of Courland (now western [[Latvia]]) from 1711 to 1730, with the Russian resident, [[Best...
19: ...[Ernst Johann von Biron|Ernst Johann Biren]], who gained her particular favour and had considerable infl...
24: ...gitimate southern boundaries which was brought to fruition by [[Catherine the Great]]. Anna's reign sa...
28: ...], and exclude descendants of [[Peter the Great]] from inheriting the throne. - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...-63). Her domestic policies allowed the nobles to gain dominance in local government while shortening th...
9: ... these languages with more fluency than accuracy. From her earliest years she delighted every one by h...
11: ...XV]], but the pride of the [[Bourbons]] revolted against any such alliance. Other connubial speculations...
13: ...d her fathers sensual temperament and, being free from all control, abandoned herself to her appetites...
19: ... seems to have been first suggested to her by the French ambassador, La Chetardie, who was plotting to... - 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: ...rror story itself, may have prejudiced Christina against the prospect of having to produce a heir to the...
27: - 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...
18: ... entered into a relationship with her in order to gain social status (he was a minor German prince) and ...
20: ... own marital surname was. After examining records from the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha archives, they reported t... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
11: ... Wales|HRH The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales]]. From her marriage in [[1981]] to her divorce in [[19...
15: ...n [[AIDS]] issues and the international campaign against [[landmine]]s. During her lifetime, she was oft...
22: ...rank, aided by Lady Althorp's mother's testimony against her daughter during the trial, meant custody of...
27: [[Image:princessdi.jpg|frame|right]] - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
51: ...ary 19]], [[1966]] to [[March 24]], [[1977]], and from [[January 14]], [[1980]] until her [[assassinat...
67: ...-aligned). India subsequently withdrew its forces from west Pakistan, but the independent [[Republic o...
69: ...had collapsed with depositors getting back only a fraction of their money. Moreover a large number of ...
80: ...be removed from her seat in Parliament and banned from running for an additional six years. Rather tha...
84: ... help of the parliament, thus protecting herself from legal prosecution once emergency rule was revok... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
3: Halonen graduated from the [[University of Helsinki]] in 1968 and has ...
18: ...-class quarter. She obtained a [[Master of Laws]] from the [[University of Helsinki]] in [[1968]]. She...
20: ...tee of the parliament in [[1984]]–[[1987]]. From this position Halonen rose to the status of Min...
26: ...[[European Union]] in the autumn of 1999 was also fresh in people's memory.
28: ...ections, Halonen got the most votes but failed to gain the 50% needed to win directly. In the second rou... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
1: [[Image:RosaLuxemburg.jpg|right|frame|Rosa Luxemburg]]
2: ...right-wing [[militia]]s collectively called the [[Freikorps]], which were sent in by the government. L...
8: ...r of the "Proletariat", a left-wing Polish party, from [[1886]]. The Proletariat had been founded in [...
10: ... flying colours. After fleeing to [[Switzerland]] from imminent detention in [[1889]], she attended [[...
12: ...st members of parliament focused more and more on gaining further parliamentary rights and on material w... - Bessie Coleman (4340 bytes)
1: ...1892]] - [[April 30]], [[1926]]) was the first [[African American]] woman to become an [[airplane]] pi...
4: ...alk and pencils. Nevertheless, Coleman graduated from eighth grade and briefly attended college at Co...
6: ...n were better than African-American women because French women were pilots already.
8: ...oleman received financial backing from Binga, and from the Chicago Defender, who capitalized on her fl...
10: ...n. Coleman was the only non-white student at her French flight school, and she learned while using a ... - Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (3312 bytes)
1: [[Image:Eganderson.jpg|frame|Elizabeth Garrett Anderson]]
3: ...ian and [[feminism|feminist]], the first woman to gain a medical qualification in Britain.
5: ...xtra-Mural school. She had no less difficulty in gaining a qualifying diploma to practise medicine. Lo...
7: ...arted to enable poor women to obtain medical help from qualified practitioners of their own sex. The ...
9: ...dily at the development of the New hospital, and (from 1874) at the creation of the London Medical Sch... - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
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...
27: ...nd its humanitarian work during the war between [[France]] and [[Prussia]]. Created in [[1864]], the I... - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
6: ...g her the epithet "apostle to the apostles") and again immediately returned to the sepulchre. There she ...
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 ... - 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... - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
3: ...tars, named ''La Divine'' (the divine one) by the French press.
8: ...it would be good for her to compete in tennis and gain strength. Her first try at the game was in 1910, ...
10: ... the [[French Open]], was only open to members of French clubs until 1925.) She lost to reigning champ...
14: ...1920]], but the [[Wimbledon Championships]] were again organised after a four year hiatus. Lenglen enter...
16: ...d Brits also were in shock at the boldness of the French woman who also casually sipped [[brandy]] bet... - Christy Martin (2947 bytes)
3: ...ds. In her first defense, she defended her title against debutant [[Laura Serrano]], who held her to a s...
5: ...t the decision, and after that bout, she began to gain more celebrity, even appearing on the cover of [[...
7: ..., beating the likes of Robinson and DeShong once again, [[Marcela Acuna]] and [[Isra Girgrah]] before he...
13: ...es and 2 draws with 32 wins by knockout. She is a frequent visitor of the [[International Boxing Hall ... - Brain (22060 bytes)
9: .... The brains of arthropods and cephalopods arise from twin parallel nerve cords that extend through t...
11: The brains of craniates develop from the anterior section of a single dorsal [[neura...
20: ...ers are [[congenital]]. [[Tay-Sachs disease]], [[Fragile X syndrome]], [[Down syndrome]], and [[Toure...
38: ...derstand the nervous system, including the brain, from a biological perspective. [[Psychology]] seeks...
41: ... which are the mass changes in electrical current from the cerebral cortex, but can only detect change... - Chromosome (12667 bytes)
1: [[image:chromosome.png|frame|'''Figure 1:''' Chromosome. (1) <font color="#...
5: ...e [[centromere]], with one or two arms projecting from the centromere. The ends of the chromosomes are...
17: [[image:chromatin_chromosome.png|frame|none|'''Figure 2:''' Different levels of DNA c...
19: ...ed, the chromatids are uncoiled and can function again as chromatin. In spite of their appearance, chrom...
37: <td>[[Drosophila melanogaster|Fruit fly]]</td> - 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...
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