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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
2: This is a '''list of U.S. state capitals''':
52: | [[Boise, Idaho|Boise]]
55: | [[Illinois]]
56: | [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]
60: | [[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis]] - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...]]. Also, see [[International Space Station]] for ISS explorers, and for the [[Ford Motor Company|Ford...
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] n...
11: ...cisco Alvarez]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
21: ...eorge Back]], (1796—1878), [[British Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Ca...
23: ... de Balboa]], (c. [[1475]]-[[1519]]), [[Spain|Spanish]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded... - History of China (45919 bytes)
1: {{History_of_China}}
2: ...lternated between periods of political union and disunion, and was occasionally conquered by external ...
5: == Prehistoric times ==
7: ...c]] times, the [[Huang He]] valley began to establish itself as a cultural center, where the first vil...
13: == Ancient history == - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
2: ...orders, and crushed by the remnants of the monarchist army and freelance right-wing [[militia]]s colle...
6: ...od trader/timber trader Eliasz Luxemburg III and his wife Line (maiden name: L?stein). Rosa had a grow...
8: ...Russian workers' parties, and started off by organising a [[general strike]]. As a result, four of its...
10: ...[[Middle Ages]] and economic and stock exchange crises.
12: .... But despite their revolutionary talk, the socialist members of parliament focused more and more on g... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
4: ...he capitals of Europe, including [[London]], [[Paris]], and [[Berlin]].
6: ...ters]] on her own and in [[1866]] she moved to Paris.
8: ...in [[1871]] when the archbishop of Pittsburgh commissioned her to paint copies of paintings in Italy, ...
10: ...atured, and in Paris, she studied with [[Camille Pissarro]].
12: The jury accepted her first painting for the [[Paris Salon]] in [[1872]]. The Salon critics claimed th... - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
5: Pickford was born '''Gladys Louise Smith''' in [[Toronto, Ontario]], [[Canada]] (fo...
7: ...he play was produced by [[David Belasco]], who insisted that she assume the stage name '''Mary Pickfor...
9: ...d from films four years later, after a series of disappointing roles and the public's inability to acc...
11: ...and Fairbanks was discussing the recent death of his mother, the clock stopped.
15: ...g "My darling is gone." She was unable to attend his funeral. - Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
1: ...utenberg eBook 12254.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|Christine de Pizan, showing the interior of an apartmen...
2: ...man was expected to take charge in his absence. This practice had been the norm for centuries rather t...
9: ...ctor, and with three children depending on her. This determined her to have recourse to [[literature |...
11: ...ent balades'', No. 50) that they were merely exercises. In [[1399]] she began to study the [[Latin]] p...
13: ...aluable as a first-hand picture of Charles V and his court. - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
5: ...ry|Acmeism]] and [[Russian Symbolist poetry|symbolism]].
8: ...o cause her to identify herself with the Polish aristocracy.)
10: ...nation. She wished her daughter to become a [[pianist]] and thought her poetry was poor.
12: ...e of affairs was allowed to continue until June [[1904]] when Marina was despatched to school in [[Lausa...
14: ...ilian Voloshin]], whom Tsvetaeva described after his death in 'A Living Word About a Living Man'. Volo... - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
3: ... [[United Kingdom|British]] [[author]] and [[feminist]]. Between the [[world war]]s, Woolf was a signi...
7: ...oore]], among others) towards doctrinaire rationalism.
9: ...ernists]], though she disdained some artists in this category, such as [[James Joyce]].
11: ... in the words of [[E.M. Forster]], pushed the English language "a little further against the dark," an...
13: ...lic narrative encompassing almost entire English history. - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
2: ...scribed as having had an "indomitable spirit" and is best remembered for organizing the [[American Red...
6: ...he could already spell 3 syllable words, and surprised her teacher by spelling "artichoke".
8: ...luding the "great, loathsome crawling leeches." This was an early indication of what would become Clar...
10: == Teaching, organizing, learning bureaucracy, a mission ==
14: ...l science in addition to French, German, ancient history, philosophy and religion. Afterward, she was ... - Painting (4567 bytes)
1: ...mb|The [[Mona Lisa]] is perhaps the best-known artistic painting in the [[Western world]].]]
2: ...ve been using written language. Artistic painting is considered by many to be among the most important...
4: [[Drawing]], by comparison, is the process of making marks on a surface by apply...
6: ==[[History of painting]]==
10: ''See also [[Art history]].'' - Piccolo heckelphone (2734 bytes)
1: ... a perfect fourth above the [[oboe]], its compass is from b to g"'#, sounding a perfect fourth higher....
3: ... a piccolo heckelphone in Eb be built for use in his composition [[Eine Alpensinfonie]]. Named the ter...
5: ...as that of a [[saxophone]]), giving it a characteristically strong and powerful tone.
7: ..., due to a number of factors. Firstly, its outlandish name makes immediate recognition of the instrume...
9: ...y be in the hands of private collectors awaiting discovery. - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
3: ...s Constitution|U.S. Constitution]], the President is also the [[head of government|chief executive]] o...
5: ... as "the leader of the free world," a phrase that is still invoked today, mostly by Americans.
7: ...of government in a [[republic]]. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world in nations wit...
9: The current President of the United States is [[George W. Bush]].
12: ...ution|Article II]] of the U.S. Constitution establishes the requirements one must meet in order to bec... - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
13: [[Benjamin Harrison]] ([[1893]])</td></tr>
15: [[Benjamin Harrison]] ([[1889]])<br>
21: ...s|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Rose Cleveland]] (sister)<br>[[Frances Cleveland]] (wife)</td></tr>
23: <tr><td>'''[[List of political parties in the United States|Politi...
25: [[Thomas A. Hendricks]] ([[1885]], [[List of leaders who died in office|died in office]])<... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...capital of the [[Al Iskandariyah]] governate. It is located at {{coor dm|31|12|N|29|15|E|}}, 208 km (...
3: ... had seen it reduced to little more than a small fishing village.
5: ...'s state-of-the-art [[library]], designed by [[Christoph Kapellar]], was inaugurated in [[2001]]]]
7: [[Image:Alexandria_egypt_6.jpg|thumb|right|Fishing Boats in Alexandria's Eastern Harbour, close ...
9: == History == - Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
1: ...rrive at the age of the Earth and outlines their history.
4: ...arth creationism]] (see [http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v24/i1/belief.asp Old-earth or young...
6: ...e]], who thought the Earth and [[universe]] had existed from eternity.
9: ...ence, was one of the first to undertake this exercise, suggesting in the mid-[[18th Century]] that the...
11: ...position and then measured its rate of cooling. This led him to estimate that the Earth was about 75,0... - Antarctica (14761 bytes)
4: ... is not to be confused with the [[Arctic]], which is located near the Earth's [[North Pole]] on the op...
6: ... resemblance to the Antarctic coast. (See also [[History of Antarctica]].)
8: ...indeed, it has no permanent population at all. It is also the continent with the highest average [[alt...
15: ...of Antarctica is covered by an [[ice sheet]] that is, on average, 2.5 kilometers thick.
17: See-also: [[sea level rise]]. - Samoa (9435 bytes)
1: ... short form) is a country comprising a group of [[island]]s in the South [[Pacific Ocean]]. Previous n...
14: ...[[National motto]]: Faavae i le Atua Samoa (Samoa is founded on God)''</small>
19: ...[Samoan language|Samoan]], [[English language|English]]
27: | '''Prime Minister'''
31: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 165th]] <br> 2944 [[... - Democratic Republic of the Congo (21095 bytes)
1: ...Congo-[[Kinshasa]] (after its capital, to distinguish it from the Republic of Congo, or Congo-[[Brazza...
15: national_anthem = [[Debout Congolais]] |
20: leader_titles = [[List of Presidents of the Democratic Republic of the ...
40: established_events = - Date |
41: established_dates = From [[Belgium]] <br> [[June 30... - Flag of Maryland (3908 bytes)
3: ...]. It was officially adopted by [[Maryland]] in [[1904]].
7: ...rnal family (in the 1st and 3rd quarters) and of his maternal family (in the 2nd and 4th quarters).
9: ==History==
13: ...fective [[March 9]], 1904). In [[1945]], the legislature made a gold cross bottony the official orna...
18: *(a) The State flag is quartered.
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