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- Lighthouse of Alexandria (3491 bytes)
3: ...as built in the 3rd century BC and remained operational until it was largely destroyed by two [[earthq...
7: ...very corner of the building. Also in the Roman period there was a statue atop the tower.
9: ...n optics and reflective technology in the time period in which the lighthouse existed. Probably more a...
16: == Location ==
17: ...s) made himself king in 305 BC and began construction of the Lighthouse shortly thereafter. The buildi... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...r him, ever actually existed: in the earliest mentions and Welsh texts he is never given the title "Ki...
7: ... [[Roman Emperor]] [[Anthemius]]. Unfortunately, Riothamus is a shadowy figure of whom we know little,...
9: ...storical career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to be little reason for...
13: ...thought argue that another Roman Briton of the period, for example [[Ambrosius Aurelianus]], led the f...
17: ==Earliest traditions of Arthur== - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ... stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas, they ...
5: ...hroughout Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...e isles of Juana ([[Cuba]]) and Espanola ([[Hispaniola]]), as well as the coasts of [[Central America|...
9: ...[[horse]]s), and the first large-scale [[colonization]] of the Americas by Europeans.
11: ...sive boost his explorations gave to Western expansion and culture. [[Italian American]]s hail Columbus... - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ...]], or more specifically, the interior eastern region that would become the first european-inhabited a...
9: ...one of the most conscientious explorers of the period.
17: ...s the beginning of the Sainte-Marie sault, a location where the [[Jacques Cartier Bridge]] now stands....
19: ...nd the winter of 1535-1536 in Canada but the decision must have been made by his arrival in Stadacona ...
25: ...remedy probably saved the expedition from destruction and by the end of the winter, 85 Frenchmen were ... - Rani Lakshmi Bai (4917 bytes)
1: ...]] of northern [[India]], was one of the great nationalist heroes of the [[Revolt of 1857]], and a sym...
5: ... girl fell to her father. She completed her education and martial training, which included horse ridin...
9: ==Annexation==
10: ...a's heir and successor as per the [[Hindu]] tradition, the British rulers rejected Rani's claim that D...
12: ...ermined to defend Jhansi. She proclaimed her decision with the famous words :''Mai apni Jhansi nahi do... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
5: ...yle of song writing. Personal and often self-consciously "poetic", her songs were strengthened by Mitc...
11: ... (1974) was a huge success, producing the international hit "[[Free Man in Paris]]" (inspired by stori...
13: ...rrior Drums]] of [[Burundi]] making up the foundation of "The Jungle Line"). During 1975 Mitchell als...
15: ...eived mixed reviews: some enjoyed its experimentation and originality; many others found it un-engagin...
17: Mitchell's next work was to be a collaboration with legendary bassist [[Charles Mingus]], who d... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
3: ...der public for a [[dance]] [[remix]] of "[[Professional Widow]]", her sole single to reach number one ...
5: ==Biography==
7: ...ike for a competition involving the [[Baltimore Orioles]]. This song won the contest and became her fi...
10: ...ted to a band called "Tess Makes Good" with "additional vocals by Ellen Amos".
13: ... Gun", which received considerable critical attention. When the album was released in the UK, it went ... - Elise Rivet (1599 bytes)
3: ...ally used her convent to store weapons and ammunition for the [[Mouvements Unis de R鳩stance]] (MUR).
5: ... [[Berlin, Germany]]. There, stripped of her religious garments, she was forced into hard labor. With ... - Catherine Deneuve (2766 bytes)
4: ...967), and the Franco-English production ''[[Repulsion]]'' ([[Roman Polanski]], 1965).
8: ... Mastroianni]] (born 1972), by her four-year relationship with [[Marcello Mastroianni]]. She has been ...
36: * ''[[Repulsion]]'' ([[Roman Polański]]), (1965) - Martina Navratilova (16246 bytes)
3: ...won the women's singles title at [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] a record 9 times.
9: ...she turned professional. She won her first professional singles title in [[Orlando, Florida]] in [[197...
11: ...entually made extreme levels of fitness and conditioning a hallmark of her game.
13: ...o the offices of the [[Immigration and Naturalization Service]] in [[New York City]] and informed them...
19: ...|74-match winning streak]] (a record for a professional) by beating Navrátilová 1-6, 6-3, 7-5. - Hillary Rodham Clinton (17176 bytes)
4: ==Early life, education, and career==
10: ...r future husband, [[Bill Clinton]]. After graduation, she advised the Children's Defense Fund in Camb...
12: ...ince Foster, who worked in the Clinton Administration as a deputy counsel for a brief time before he c...
17: In 1980 Bill Clinton was defeated for reelection as governor. In 1982, as part of his successful...
20: ...ime as First Lady, she chaired the Arkansas Educational Standards Committee, co-founded the Arkansas A... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
1: ...|Pyramids]] have become a symbol of Cairo internationally]]
2: ...iro is the [[List of metropolitan areas by population|thirteenth most populous metropolitan area]] in ...
6: ...e city. The planet Mars, asssociated with destruction was called "Al Najm Al Qahir" in Arabic, from wh...
10: ...umb|200px|right|Average temperature and precipitations in Cairo]]
14: ...ree branches into the low-lying [[Nile Delta]] region. - George Washington (29551 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
14: | place of death=[[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount Vernon]], [[Virginia]]
19: ... United States Constitution|Constitutional Convention]].
21: ...gures in U.S. history. Unlike many other [[revolution]]ary leaders, he voluntarily relinquished power ...
24: ...irth year. His birthplace was Pope's Creek Plantation, south of [[Colonial Beach, Virginia|Colonial Be... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
40: | '''Occupation:'''
52: ==Biography==
53: ...t Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in [[1830]]. Buchanan served as one of the mana...
55: ...xual]] relationship began at the time and have periodically been revived by historians, but there isn'...
57: ... He was chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations (Twenty-fourth through Twenty-sixth Congresses)... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
31: | '''Profession:''' || [[Lawyer]]
44: ...|seceded]][[Confederate States of America#International Diplomacy and Legal Status |<small><sup>1</sup...
46: ...f the peace issue in the [[U.S. presidential election, 1864|1864 presidential campaign]].
48: ...e stage for the complete abolition of the institution.
50: ... is criticized by some for overstepping the traditional bounds of executive power. - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
3: ...font size="+1">'''Ulysses S. Grant'''</font></caption>
10: ...'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Point Pleasant, Ohio]]</td></tr>
14: <tr><td>'''Occupation:'''</td><td>[[General]]</td></tr>
22: ...sh; [[July 23]], [[1885]]) was a [[Union army | Union]] [[general]] in the [[American Civil War]] and ...
24: ...ration plagued by severe [[scandal]] and [[corruption]]. - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...y of [[Canopus (Egypt)|Canopus]]. It has a population of approximately 3,341,000.
3: ... a long decline, which by the late [[Ottoman]] period had seen it reduced to little more than a small ...
11: The history of Alexandria covers four periods:
13: * The [[#Foundation|Ptolemaic era]] which starts with the founding o...
18: === Foundation === - United States (58223 bytes)
2: ...a high level of local autonomy under the [[federation|federal]] system.
9: national_motto = <br>''[[E Pluribus Unum]]'' ([[1789]]&...
10: image_map = LocationUSA.png |
11: national_anthem = ''[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]'' |
22: population_estimate = 333,287,557 [http://www.census.gov/cg... - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
1: ... of countries by date of nationhood|by date of nationhood]] and by [[time zone]].
3: ...y]], [[state]], [[nation state]] for some explanation of the difference between these.
27: *[[Ethiopia]] (Itiopia) - [[Addis Ababa]]
48: *[[R鵮ion]] - [[Saint-Denis, R鵮ion|Saint-Denis]] (France)
86: * [[Hong Kong]], [[Special Administrative Region|SAR]], [[People's Republic of China|China]] - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
2: '''Madagascar''' is an [[island]] [[nation]] in the [[Indian Ocean]], off the eastern coast...
10: national_motto = Tanindrazana, Fahafahana, Fa...
11: image_map = LocationMadagascar.png |
12: national_anthem = ''Ry Tanindraza nay malala &...
24: population_estimate = 17,501,871 |
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