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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: [[Image:China2.jpg|thumb|]][[China]] is one of the world's oldest contin...
7: ...as we know it. In late [[Neolithic]] times, the [[Huang He]] valley began to establish itself as a cul...
15: [[Image:Statute_ming_tombs.jpg |thumb|left|Ming Tombs. Image provided by [http://clas...
28: ...bsorb smaller powers, and vie for hegemony. The [[Hundred Schools of Thought]] of Chinese philosophy b...
30: ...mself the [[Qin Shi Huang Di|First Emperor]] (Shi Huangdi), forming the first Chinese empire under the... - China (38909 bytes)
1: [[Image:Greatwall_badling2.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[Great Wall of China]], stretching o...
3: ...en}} ({{zh-tspw|t=中國|s=中国|p=Zhōngguó|w=Chung-kuo}}) refers to a number of states and culture...
12: [[Image:China_4.jpg|thumb|250px]]
16: ...te)|Chu]] and [[Qin (state)|Qin]]. The "Chinese" thus defined their nation as culturally and political...
18: Thus "Zhongguo" quickly came to include areas farther... - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
1: [[Image:China_temple.jpg|thumb|300px|Temple incense near Beijing China. Image ...
5: ...religion or a [[philosophy]] can be problematic. Thus, some regard [[Confucianism]] and [[Taoism]] as ...
9: ...tices as [[Chinese astrology|astrology]], [[Feng Shui]], and [[geomancy]].
35: ...rity groups]] as the [[Hui people|Hui]], the [[Uyghur]]s, and the [[Kazakh]]s. These make up majoritie...
46: ...ed the same year on the Chinese island of [[Shangchuan]], without having reached the mainland. In [[15... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
18: * [[1918]] - [[World War I]]: [[Austria-Hungary]] surrenders to [[Italy]].
28: ...ngary]] to crush the [[Hungarian Revolution, 1956|Hungarian revolution]] that started on [[October 23]...
39: * [[2001]] - [[Hurricane Michelle]] hits [[Cuba]], destroying crops...
50: ...9]] - [[Will Rogers]], [[United States|American]] humorist and entertainer (d. [[1935]])
54: *[[1912]] - [[Vadim Salmanov]], composer (d. [[1978]]) - Burundi (13403 bytes)
3: ...wing demands for political participation of the [[Hutu]] majority.
28: population_census_year = 1978 |
58: ...President. Yet the most extreme Hutu group, Palipehutu-FNL (commonly known as "FNL"), continued to ref...
67: [[Image:By-map.png|thumb|left|250px|Map of Burundi]]
81: ...ucts include [[cotton]], [[tea]], [[corn]], [[sorghum]], [[sweet potato]]es, [[banana]]s, [[manioc]] (... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
52: *[[Hussam Abdo|Abdo, Hussam]], (born 1989), Palestine suicide bomber
54: *[[Humayun Abdulali|Abdulali, Humayun]], (1914-2001), [[India]]n [[ornithologist]]
103: *[[Harold Abrahams|Abrahams, Harold]], (1899-1978), track and field athlete - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
18: *[[Jean Acker|Acker, Jean]] (1893-1978)
29: ...[Nate Ackerman|Ackerman, Nathanael Leedon]] (born 1978) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
26: ...Valdas Adamkus|Adamkus, Valdas]], (born 1926), Lithuanian president
29: *[[Arthur Adamov|Adamov, Arthur]], (1908-1997), dramatist, author
45: *[[Edwin Adams Cotto|Adams Cotto, Edwin]], (1978-2005), Puerto Rican who was convicted of drug dea...
65: ...(1722-1803), American patriot & Governor of Massachusetts
111: *[[Gustavus Adolphus|Adolphus, Gustavus]], (1594-1632), King of Sweden - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
10: *[[Clay Aiken|Aiken, Clay]], (1978-), singer
14: *[[Arthur Aikin|Aikin, Arthur]], (1773-1854), English chemist and mineralogist - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
5: ...rnal grandmother, Melisende of Montlhery, wife of Hugh I, [[Count of Rethel]]. She had three younger s...
19: ...ty of the kingdom. Had Melisende been guilty the church and nobility likely would not have later ralli...
21: ...ter an unsuccessful assassination attempt against Hugh was attributed to Fulk or his supporters. This ...
23: ...em|Amalric]], was born. When Fulk was killed in a hunting accident in [[1143]], Melisende publicly and...
27: == Patroness of the church and arts == - Sibylla of Jerusalem (11497 bytes)
5: ...e convent Sibylla was taught scripture and other church traditions. Though not raised by her mother, S...
7: ...as Baldwin IV, she was his heir and her choice of husband was of paramount concern in the kingdom. [[R...
13: ...entered the kingdom with the intent of choosing a husband for Sibylla themselves.
19: ...arriage annulled through-out [[1184]]. Though her husband was in disgrace for his behaviour as regent,...
27: ...aim to the throne. With the clear support of the church Sibylla was undisputed sovereign, as Isabella ... - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
8: ... and literature, and enjoyed riding, hawking, and hunting. She became heiress to [[Aquitaine]], the la...
10: ...es of Aquitaine family tree|Duke of Aquitaine]]. Thus, her holdings would not be merged with France un...
12: ...luence. Her conduct was repeatedly criticized by Church elders (particularly [[Bernard of Clairvaux]] ...
16: ... cause of the crusade. Louis was directed by the Church to visit [[Jerusalem]] instead. When Eleanor d...
28: ...p [[Thomas Becket]] murdered at the altar of the church in [[1170]]. This aroused not only Eleanor's h... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
42: ...or foreign policy legislation. From [[1976]] to [[1978]], she served as Chief Legislative Assistant to S...
61: [[Image:Albright TIME.jpg|thumb|175px|On the cover of [[TIME]]]]
73: ...Image:Great_Leader_Comrade_Kim_Jong_Il_(122).jpg|thumb|300px|[[Kim Jong-Il]] with Madeleine Albright]]
82: ...och resembling a snake when she met with [[Saddam Hussein]]. - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
1: [[Image:bbhutto.jpg|frame|200px|Benazir Bhutto; a formal portrait from when she was Prime Min...
3: ...ies during her regime and remain unresolved. Her husband, [[Asif Ali Zardari]], has been implicated a...
6: ...[[United Nations]] to resolve the issue. Benazir Bhutto joined her father in [[New York City]] and act...
13: ...gest bloc of seats in the [[National Assembly]]. Bhutto was sworn in as Prime Minister of a [[coalitio...
15: ...ch were won by the PPP coalition, thus returning Bhutto back into office till [[1996]] when once again... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ...rican citizen to hold the post ([[Benjamin Netanyahu]] is a native-born [[Israeli]] whose family moved...
6: ...ere was tough; she and her two sisters were often hungry and cold. Her sisters' names were Shayna and ...
12: ...erson, a sign painter, who would later become her husband.
20: ...], the General Federation of Labor. By 1924, her husband tired of the kibbutz life and they left.
22: ...never divorced. The children stayed with her. Her husband died in [[1951]], Golda was away traveling a... - Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
38: ...ted to the Office of State Attorney in November [[1978]] and was returned to office by the voters four m... - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
5: ...]] to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, [[Clyde Smith]]. She served in the House un...
7: ...served one term in the Senate; he was defeated in 1978 by Republican [[William Cohen|Bill Cohen]]). - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
5: ...s, a position in which she served from [[1975]]-[[1978]]. She has also worked as a social worker, and a ... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
61: ...ies with the [[Trades Union]]s over the winter of 1978–1979, dubbed the '[[Winter of Discontent]]'...
65: [[Image:Reagan_thatcher.jpg|thumb|200px|Thatcher and President Reagan at [[Camp D...
69: ... as they capitalised on the gains made during the hunger strikes.
71: ...all Cardinal ӠFiach (the head of the [[Catholic Church]] in Ireland) by his proper name, insisting on...
73: ... the [[supply-side economics]] of [[Art Laffer|Arthur Laffer]] and [[Jude Wanniski]], which the govern... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
1: [[Image:Jane Austen (chopped) 2.jpg|thumb|Jane Austen, in a portrait based on one drawn b...
2: [[Image:Jane Austen (House in Chawton).jpg|thumb|House of Jane Austen (today it is a museum)]]
7: While her first novel, the posthumously published ''[[Northanger Abbey]]'', pokes f...
20: * ''[[Northanger Abbey]]'' (1818) posthumous
21: ... ''[[Persuasion (novel)|Persuasion]]'' (1818) posthumous
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