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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...igration and emigration merged to create the familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
7: ... store and redistribute crops, and to support specialist craftsmen and administrators: in short, civil...
14: ...inherited rulership was established during the [[Xia Dynasty]], and that this model was perpetuated in...
16: === Xia Dynasty ===
18: ... BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood. - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: ...the year (309th in [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
8: * [[1612]] - [[Moscow]] China Town taken by [[Russia]]n troops under command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich ...
9: ... of Orange]]. They would later be known as [[William and Mary]].
10: ...nt (Italy)|Piedmont]]-[[Kingdom of Sardinia|Sardinia]], which soon expanded to become [[Italy]].
11: ...shington|Seattle]], [[Washington]] as the Territorial University - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
4: ...rch Acacius|Acacius, Patriarch]], (died 489), patriarch of Constantinople
9: ...Chinua Achebe|Achebe, Chinua]], (born 1930), Nigerian writer
14: ...]], (died 313), Coptic Pope, Patriarch of Alexandria
32: ...hristian Wilhelm Ackermann|Ackermann, Ernst Christian Wilhelm]] (1761-1835)
33: ...ristian Benedict Ackermann|Ackermann, Georg Christian Benedict]] (1763-1833) - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...II|Golden Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Canadian Orders.)]]
7: ...w Guinea]], [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]], [[Saint Lucia]], [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]], the [[So...
9: ... Europe, The Americas, and [[Australasia|Australasia]], and is the second-longest-serving current head...
20: ...to commemorate the centenary of the [[Entente Cordiale]] and numerous visits to [[Canada]]. She was in...
23: ... [[Princess Margaret]] were [[Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II|evacuated]] to [... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...mes referred to as '''The Virgin Queen''', '''Gloriana''', or '''Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was t...
9: ...ge, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[British East India Company]] ([[1600]]).
13: [[Virginia]], an English [[13 colonies|colony in North Ameri...
18: ...rker]], her mother's favourite priest, took a special interest in Elizabeth's well-being, particularly...
20: ...mother's delicate bone structure, physique and facial features. Luckily, she also inherited her mother... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
1: ...a Mary of Teck.jpg|thumb|250px|HSH Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, image by Lafayette of Bond Street, ...
3: ...ingdom]]. Queen Mary was also the [[Empress of India]] and [[Queen of Ireland]]. Prior to her accessio...
5: ... the model of regal formality and propriety, especially during State occasions. She was the first Quee...
9: ...sburgs]], the once powerful ruling family of Austria.(Cite [[Almanach de Gotha]]). Her mother was [[He...
11: .... The Duchess of Teck was however granted a [[Parliament]]ary [[Annuity]] of [[UKP|?]]4000 plus ?4000 ... - Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
3: ... is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] politician and [[physician]], and an international leader in [[sustainable ...
5: ...[[Harvard University]] in [[1965]]. She was Norwegian Minister for Environmental Affairs 1974-79, and ...
9: ...Minister for two subsequent terms - from May 9, [[1986]] until October 16, [[1989]] and from November 3,...
15: In 2004 the British newspaper [[The Financial Times]] listed her the 4th most influental Europ...
20: ... | before=[[Odvar Nordli]]| title=[[List of Norwegian Prime Ministers|Prime Minister of Norway]] | yea... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
13: | [[Brian Mulroney]]
22: | [[Port Alberni, British Columbia]]
25: | [[politician]]
31: ...ven]] (now [[G8]]) leaders, the eight most industrialized countries in the world, after British Prime ...
33: ...was educated at the [[University of British Columbia]] (B.A., LL.B.) and studied towards a doctorate i... - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
1: [[Image:Maria Cantwell.jpg|frame|Maria Cantwell]]
3: '''Maria E. Cantwell''' (born [[October 13]], [[1958]]) is...
7: ...antly Irish neighbourhood on the south side of Indianapolis. Her father, Paul, served as county county...
9: ...Mountlake Terrace]] because it reminded her of Indianapolis. She led a successful campaign to build a ...
13: ... develop comprehensive growth plans, and she negotiated its passage. She also worked on legislation re... - Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo (549 bytes)
1: '''Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo''' ([[January 18]],[[1930]]-...
3: ...dent in [[1986]] and served in the [[European Parliament]] from [[1987]] to [[1989]]. - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
34: ...n of the Graduate School of Journalism at [[Columbia University]], writes, "Birmingham had one notably...
35: ...y of Denver. Her name is a variation on the [[Italian]] musical term "con dolcezza" which is a directi...
37: ...[[1963]]. Rice states that growing up during [[racial segregation|segregation]] taught her determinati...
41: ...an classes with the goal of becoming a concert [[pianist]]. Her plans changed when she attended a cour...
43: ...uage|English]], she speaks [[Russian language|Russian]], [[French language|French]], and [[Spanish lan... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
29: ...foreign relations, Thatcher maintained the "[[special relationship]]" with the [[United States]], and ...
31: ...-scale [[unemployment]], especially in the industrial heartlands of [[northern England]], and increase...
36: ... politics, serving as an [[Alderman]] (while officially described as '[[Whig|Liberal]] Independent', i...
38: ...rman of the [[Oxford University Conservative Association]] in [[1946]], the third woman to hold the po...
41: ...r|Mark]] were born. On returning to work, she specialised in tax issues. - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
1: [[Image:Steinem.jpg|right|thumb|195px| Gloria Steinem.]]
2: '''Gloria Steinem''' (born [[March 25]], [[1934]]) is a [[U...
5: ...h her mother in Toledo. As a child in Toledo, Gloria cared for her ill mother and helped to support th...
8: ...e graduated in [[1956]] and left to study in [[India]] for two years.
12: ...ng this time she toured the country with the brilliant lawyer [[Florynce Rae Kennedy | Florynce Rae ("... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...ria University in the University of Toronto|Victoria College]] in [[Toronto]]. After living in various...
4: ...ed work. She has also been associated with [[Canadian nationalism]] in the [[1960s]] and [[1970s]].
6: ...anks as a key figure in [[Canadian poetry]], especially as one of [[Toronto]]'s new voices in the [[19...
8: ...ders know Atwood for her tale of a future [[dystopia]] in the science fiction [[novel]] ''[[The Handma...
10: ... championed by [[Toronto]] City Councillor [[Olivia Chow]] in [[2005]]. In addition, the [[French lan... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
4: ...a]], which is now part of [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]], she was the daughter of a well-do-t...
6: ...y of the Fine Arts]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] (1861-1865). Tired of patronizing instructors a...
8: ... United States at the outset of the [[Franco-Prussian War]], she lived with her family, but art suppli...
29: ...nosed with [[diabetes]], [[rheumatism]], [[neuralgia]] and [[cataract]]s in [[1911]], she did not slow...
37: ...J. Cassatt]] was the president of the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] from [[1899]] until his death in [[190... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
5: ... de Guerre]] while serving with the [[Canada|Canadian]] army in the [[First World War]].
29: ...ern Marriage and Other Observations'' (posthumous 1986, USA) - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
1: ... artist and writer, known as the '''Queen of Bohemia'''.
5: ...and, the [[Norway|Norwegian]] artist [[Roald Kristian]].
7: ...] from [[1917]] to [[1918]]. After divorcing Kristian, she took up with another free spirit, composer ...
13: ...rea known as [[Fitzrovia]] was London's main Bohemian artistic centre. The place took its name from th...
15: ... published ''Laughing Torso'', a tale of her bohemian life, which become a bestseller in the [[United ... - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
8: ...f Solomon]], a tale of the renunciation of [[materialism]] and the strength of [[brotherly love]]. She...
29: *[[Dreaming Emmet]] (performed 1986) - Georgia O'Keeffe (2572 bytes)
1: [[Image: Georgiaokeefe.jpg|thumb|Georgia O?Keeffe in Abiquiu, New Mexico, photographed by ...
2: ... ([[November 15]], [[1887]] – [[March 6]],[[1986]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[art]]ist b...
6: ...arted teaching at [[Columbia College]] in [[Columbia, South Carolina]].
8: ...d him to exhibit some of them. Stieglitz was especially impressed with O'Keeffe's interpretations of l...
14: ...anta Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]] until her death in 1986. Her home was in [[Abiquiu, New Mexico]]. - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
7: place_of_birth=[[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]] |
11: ...vels were based upon the [[archetype]] of the Randian [[hero]], a man whose ability and independence l...
19: ... message, attracting the attention of Soviet officials). There is a story told that she named herself ...
22: Initially, Rand struggled in [[Cinema of the United Stat...
24: ...by Rand and re-released as ''We the Living'' in [[1986]].
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