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- Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
1: [[Image:ELEANOROFAQUITAINE.jpg|right|frame|Eleanor of Aquitaine]]
3: ...iddle Ages]]. She was [[Queen consort]] of both [[France]] and [[England]] in her lifetime.
8: ...chest of the provinces that would become modern [[France]], when her brother, William Aigret, died as ...
10: ...|Louis VI]] had died, and Eleanor became Queen of France.
12: ... of women in the campaign, with her, the Queen of France, as their leader. - 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... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
12: ... later when the Duchess of Marlborough was banned from court during the [[War of the Spanish Successio...
15: ...nce of Sarah Jennings, who would become her close friend and one of her most influential advisors. Jen...
19: ...rth to a son ([[James Francis Edward Stuart|James Francis Edward]]) in [[1688]], for a Roman Catholic ...
22: ...ffices. Lady Marlborough was subsequently removed from the Royal Household, leading Princess Anne to a...
24: ...mplete trust of her brother-in-law, who refrained from making her his Regent during his military campa... - 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 ... - 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... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
9: ...axhiu, were [[Albanian]] Catholics that emigrated from south Kosovar city of [[Prizren]], even though ...
11: ...counted that she felt a vocation to help the poor from the age of 12, and decided to train for mission...
15: ...946]], by her own account, she received a calling from [[God]] "to serve Him among the poorest of the ...
17: ...ntary helpers, and she received financial support from church organizations and the municipal authorit...
24: ...emple into the [[Kalighat Home for the Dying]], a free [[hospice]] for the poor. Soon after she opened... - Maple (3638 bytes)
14: ...me 'acer' derives from the Latin "acris" (sharp), from the hardness of the wood, used for lances in th... - Liver (11441 bytes)
1: ...e liver often start in ''hepato-'' or ''hepatic'' from the [[Greek language|Greek]] word for liver, ''...
7: ...liac trunk]]. The portal vein brings venous blood from the digestive tract, so that the liver can proc...
9: ...to form the common hepatic duct. The cystic duct (from the gallbladder) joins with the common hepatic ...
14: ...m]], a thin, double-layered membrane that reduces friction against other organs. The peritoneum folds ...
16: The [[falciform ligament]] is visible on the front ([[anterior]] side) of the liver. This divides... - Bass clarinet (3454 bytes)
13: .... It is also used in school bands, and are a good option for starting players.
16: ...t is probably "The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from [[Tchaikovsky]]'s ballet ''[[The Nutcracker]]''...
24: [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]]'s ''In Freundschaft'' (1977) can also be played on the bass... - Appalachian dulcimer (3259 bytes)
3: ...boards allowing two players to closely sit across from each other to perform duets, hence the name.
5: ...d pluck or strum the strings with one hand, while fretting with the other. In practice, a wide variety...
7: ... as "noters". More contemporary play has borrowed from chord theory and guitar analogues to create a v...
10: The [[fret]]s of the Appalachian dulcimer are arranged in ...
14: ...uments. Modern dulcimer enthusiasts run the gamut from traditional folk music through experimental for... - Barbados (21887 bytes)
9: ...m'''. In the [[13th century]], the Caribs arrived from South America in the third wave, displacing bot...
11: The name "Barbados" comes from a [[Portuguese colonization of the Americas|Por...
13: ...the Caribbean coast found the island uninhabited. From the arrival of the first British settlers in [[...
15: ...o work the plantations, slaves were brought from Africa; the [[slave trade]] ceased a few years before...
19: ...dos was made in [[1951]], when universal adult suffrage was introduced. This was followed by steps tow... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
43: | From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br>[[August 31]], [[1...
66: ...wly-built [[Putrajaya]]</small><br> <small>2. 020 from [[Singapore]]</small>
76: The earliest recorded Malay kingdoms grew from coastal city-ports established in the [[10th ce...
78: ...by a prince (Parameswara) from Palembang who fled from the island Temasek (now known as Singapore). Wi...
82: ...formed. These settlements were collectively ruled from the [[British East India Company]] seat of gove... - Malawi (22306 bytes)
1: ... remains unclear; it is held to be either derived from that of southern tribes, or noting the 'glitter...
7: national_motto = Unity and Freedom |
35: established_dates = From the [[United Kingdom]]<br>[[July 6]], [[1964]] ...
49: ...similar to peoples living today in the [[Horn of Africa]]. At another site, dated 1500 BC, the remains...
51: ...f traders, mostly from [[Glasgow]], formed the [[African Lakes Company]] to supply goods and services ... - Inca mythology (10365 bytes)
3: ...s known is based on what was recorded by priests, from the [[iconography]] on Incan pottery and archit...
8: ...|Tici Viracocha]]. In another, he was brought up from the depths of [[Lake Titicaca]] by the sun god ...
10: ...e sent up to the earth by the sun god and emerged from the cave of Puma Orco at [[Pacaritambo]] carryi...
12: ...erging from a cave in Cuzco, the siblings emerged from the waters of [[Lake Titicaca]]. Since this wa...
16: == Deities ==<!-- This section is linked from [[Ekkeko]] --> - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
10: ...Babe Ruth, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding up bat, in baseball uniform, on field...
12: ...itcher. Brother Matthias promptly switched George from catcher to pitcher to teach him a lesson. But, ...
15: ...rs, placed a team in Baltimore, across the street from minor league Orioles, and the competition hit O...
25: ...9 his physique had changed from the tall athletic frame of 1916 to a rotund shape with which he was us...
29: ...e the [[Black Sox Scandal|1919 World Series]] and Frazee's own failings as a theater promoter meant th... - Florida (24937 bytes)
43: ... of the United States of America. Florida seceded from the Union on [[January 10]], [[1861]] and was o...
56: ... is 6 percent. Local governments may levy a local option sales on top of that, so sales taxes vary by coun...
64: ...nasa.florida.750pix.jpg|right|thumb|Florida taken from NASA Shuttle Mission STS-95 on 31st October 199...
72: ...ces, September 2nd.jpg|left|thumb|138px|Hurricane Frances near peak strength.]]
76: .... These thunderstorms which are caused by airflow from the [[Gulf of Mexico]] seemingly "pop up" in th... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
38: ...British possession after France's defeat in the [[French and Indian War]]. For many years, rightful co...
44: ...north to south, is 159 miles. Its greatest width, from east to west, is 89 miles (the narrowest width ...
52: ...particular variant of the tree; it rather results from a number of soil and climate conditions unique ...
58: ...ing the era Native Americans migrated year-round. From [[1000 BCE]] to [[1600|1600 CE]] was the Woodla...
60: ..., [[1609]], [[French colonization of the Americas|French explorer]] [[Samuel de Champlain]] claimed th... - American football (39287 bytes)
7: ...le. American football evolved as a separate sport from [[Rugby football]] in the early 20th century. [...
51: ...eld Goals over 50 yards (measured as the distance from the point where the ball is kicked to the end l...
52: ...an '''extra point''' or '''conversion attempt''') from just outside the end zone. They can either att...
53: ...es 2 points and gains possession from the ensuing free kick (''see "Kickoff" below''). Typically this...
61: ...ame. The team that was scored upon kicks the ball from its own 20-yard line. In this case, a tee canno... - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...rded history aspects of this desire have surfaced from time to time. The most well known is the legen...
15: ...d and it was constructed in the late 20th century from materials that would have been available to da ...
17: ...est. Yet there are sufficient proofs and examples from nature that such flights can take place without...
19: ...n [[1783]]. [[Francois Pilatre de Rozier]] and [[Francois d'Arlandes]] went 5 miles (8 km) in a [[hot...
21: ...y, the [[airship]] was considered to be a serious option for air transport. - India (27950 bytes)
5: ...indus'' in [[Persian language|Persian]], was used from [[Mughal]] times onwards, though its contempora...
13: ...an]] kingdoms, and finally the [[Kushan Empire]]. From the [[3rd century]] onwards the [[Gupta|Gupta d...
21: ...ndia. On [[1947-08-15]] India gained independence from British rule, later becoming a [[republic]] on ...
23: ...as a [[secular]] democracy barring a brief period from [[1975]] to [[1977]] during which the then [[Pr...
32: ...rime Minister, but this option has been exercised from time to time.
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