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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
5: ...! Capital !! Year of current [[capitol]] construction
57: ...6]] (design), [[1884]] — [[1887]] (construction)
63: | [[Iowa]]
64: | [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]]
81: ...— [[1891]] (wing added), [[1909]] — [[1911]] (wings added) - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...ell as successive waves of immigration and emigration merged to create the familiar image of Chinese c...
7: ... craftsmen and administrators: in short, civilization as we know it. In late [[Neolithic]] times, the ...
11: ...ou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[China]].
14: ...ou Dynasty|Zhou]] dynasties. It is during this period of the ''Three Dynasties'' ([[Chinese language|C...
18: ...0 BC]] was unearthed. Early markings from this period, found on pottery and shells, have been alleged ... - Persepolis (15450 bytes)
8: ...ed by means of an apparatus of ropes. Ctesias mentions further, with regard to a number of Persian kin...
18: ...e empire, a remote place in a difficult alpine region was far from convenient, and the real capitals w...
20: ...een destroyed by fire. The locality described by Diodorus after [[Cleitarchus]] corresponds in importa...
25: :(Diod. 17.70.1-73.2) <i> 17.70 (1) Persepolis was the ...
26: ...ictory procession [epinikion komon] in honour of Dionysius. - China (38909 bytes)
3: ...states, and as a single [[nation]] or multiple nations.
5: ...interference or [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]ese invasion. Imperial monarchy in China ended with the estab...
7: ...ongoing political disputes on [[Chinese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
10: :''Main article: [[Name of China in various languages]]''
14: ...(or centre) land," referring to the historic position of China at the centre of her known world, surro... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: ...o, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
24: ...[[Edwin Austin Abbey|Abbey, Edwin Austin]], (1852-1911), artist, painter
55: *[[`Abdu'l-Bah, (died 1921), religious leader
74: *[[James Abercrombie Junior|Abercrombie Junior, James]], (died 1775), British Colonel, killed a...
91: ...aharashtra]], [[India]], in the center of a selection scam - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
5: ...''Jacques le fataliste'', which challenged conventions regarding [[novel]]s and their structure and co...
7: ... [[Paris]]. In 1743 he married Anne Toinette Champion, a devout [[Roman Catholic]]. He had affairs wit...
10: ...entary essay on the sufficiency of [[natural religion]].
14: ...tion]]. It is worth noticing, too, as an illustration of the comprehensive freedom with which Diderot ...
16: His speculation in the ''Lettre sur les aveugles'' was too hardy... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...ia]] and [[Queen of Ireland]]. Prior to her accession, she was also [[Princess of Wales]], [[Duke of C...
5: ...f for formal events, Queen Mary's valuable collection of jewels built up over her years as queen are n...
11: ...ks travelled throughout Europe, visiting their various relatives and staying in [[Florence]], [[Italy]...
40: The Duchess of York was not considered to be emotionally attached to her children. The royal nanny lo...
42: ...alia]], the Duke and Duchess opened the first session of the Australian Parliament, when the Commonwea... - Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
3: ...in the South of France where she wrote her [[autobiography]], [[Living my Life]], and other works, bef...
6: ...t workplace that Goldman was introduced to revolutionary ideas; she obtained a copy of [[Nikolai Chern...
8: ==Immigration to America==
9: ...ist movement, and at twenty she became a [[revolution]]ary. Following the uproar over the hanging, Gol...
13: ...ime. Her defense of Berkman's attempted assassination of [[Henry Clay Frick]] made her highly unpopula... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
4: ...ssatt grew up in an environment that valued education. Her parents believed travel was a way to learn...
6: ... her family's objections to her becoming a professional artist, she began studying painting at the [[P...
8: ...[[1871]] when the archbishop of Pittsburgh commissioned her to paint copies of paintings in Italy, aft...
14: ..., though, she knew she was not alone in her rebellion against the Salon. "I used to go and flatten my ...
16: ...mpressionist show. An active member of the impressionist circle until [[1886]], she remained friends w... - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
1: [[Image:george_eliot.jpg|thumb|right|George Eliot]]
3: ...''', better known by the [[pen name]] '''George Eliot''' ([[22 November]] [[1819]] - [[22 December]] [...
5: ...rutiny and to prevent scandals attending her relationship with [[George Henry Lewes]].
7: ==Biography==
8: ...[George Henry Lewes]] in an extramarital cohabitation. - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: ...with the curl." She became one of the [[Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood]].
5: ...en, was cast in Toronto's Princess Theatre production of ''The Silver King'', as Baby Gladys Smith. S...
9: ...llars a year (the first male actor who made a million dollar deal was [[Charlie Chaplin]]), and one of...
11: ... Fairbanks (1883-1939)|Douglas Fairbanks]], an action-adventure film star. The phrase "by the clock" b...
18: ...h]] at [[American Mutoscope and Biograph Company|Biograph]], worked for $5 a day - Marie Curie (5862 bytes)
2: ...]] chemist and pioneer in the early field of [[radiology]] and a two-time [[Nobel laureate]]. She foun...
4: ==Biography==
5: ...ear. Due to her gender, she was not allowed admission into any Russian or Polish universities so she w...
7: ...known radioactive component which was far more radioactive than uranium; thus on [[December 26]]th Mar...
9: ...he other was named [[radium]] from its intense radioactivity. - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
1: ...he Johnson Brothers]], one of the earliest professional gospel groups.
3: ...les in the history of [[Norway]]. She began a radio series on [[CBS]], and signed to [[Columbia Recor...
5: ...en she returned, she made one of her final television appearances on ''[[The Flip Wilson Show]]''. Jac...
7: ...humously inducted into the [[Gospel Music Association]]'s [[Gospel Music Hall of Fame]] in [[1978]].
11: ...shtml Biography at FemBio ? Notable Women International] - Hildegard of Bingen (14070 bytes)
1: ...ge:Hildegard.jpg|right|framed|A medieval illumination showing Hildegard von Bingen and the monk Volmar...
6: ...tta's death in [[1136]] Hildegard was chosen superior of the community, and eventually moved the group...
8: .... At first she was hesitant about writing her visions, holding them inside. She was finally convinced...
11: ...write down everything she would observe in her visions.
12: ...nd suddenly I understood of the meaning of expositions of the books... - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
1: ...:Lucyheadshot.jpg|thumb|right|210px|Lucille Ball (1911~1989)]]
2: '''Lucille Ball''' ([[August 6]], [[1911]] – [[April 26]], [[1989]]) was an [[United...
7: ...o become an actress and had some success as a fashion model for designer [[Hattie Carnegie]] and as th...
9: ...tely and eloped the same year to much press attention. However, Arnaz's philandering and drinking caus...
11: ...pisode produced by the couple's [[Desilu]] production company, so the Arnazes toured the road in a [[v... - Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
1: ...abe Didrikson in the 1932 Olympic javelin competition]]
3: ...Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias''' ([[June 26]], [[1911]] in [[Port Arthur, Texas]] – [[September 2...
5: ...of her style and declared Shiley the Olympic champion. After the Games, Shiley and Didrikson split the...
9: ... her fourth and fifth [[women's majors|major championships]].
11: ...nth and final major with a U.S. Women's Open championship. Her [[cancer]] reappeared in 1955 and limit... - Retina (13061 bytes)
1: ...[Image:Eye.jpg|thumb|Color Cross Section Illustration of the Human Eye courtesy of [http://classroomcl...
5: ... also plays a significant part in [[visual perception]]. In [[embryonal development]], the retina and ...
7: ...ar Granit]] won the [[1967]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] for their scientific research o...
9: ...etina have been used for [[biometric]] identification.
12: ...light and is responsible for our sharp central vision. Around the fovea extends the central retina for... - Cornet (3752 bytes)
5: ==Relationship to trumpet==
11: ...s a public domain image from Webster's Dictionary 1911]]
13: .... This instrument is frowned upon by cornet traditionalists and it is not clear what its intended role...
19: ...with three (or very rarely, four) valves. The action of each valve is to add a length of tubing (and ...
25: ...shed at the same time that the purchase of commission in the army was abolished in the army reform bil... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
20: ==Biography==
22: ...r, a farmer, also named John, was a fourth-generation descendant of Henry Adams, who emigrated from [[...
24: ...s undertook to write out, at length, his recollections of this scene; it is instructive to compare the...
26: ...4]]–[[1818]]), the daughter of a [[Congregational]] minister at [[Weymouth]], Massachusetts. The... - Prime Meridian (3211 bytes)
4: ... met in [[Washington, D.C.]], USA for the International Meridian Conference.
13: ...the application of the decimal system to the division of time and space would be supported.
15: ...ench did not adopt the Greenwich meridian until [[1911]].
17: The [[International Date Line]] (the jagged red line down the righ...
21: ... maps in 1884. Other reference meridians used previously include
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