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- Ancient Greek theatre (7531 bytes)
3: ...The [[polis]] of [[Athens]], the political and military power in Greece during this period, was the ep...
7: ... it is impossible to know for sure how fertility rituals developed into tragedy and comedy.
9: ...d as if he were the character, and he interacted with the chorus, who acted as narrators and commentat...
13: ...er than a narrator (see [[Greek chorus]]). In addition, the subject matter of the plays had expanded ...
15: ...eatre in every city probably kept its connection with religious festivals and mythology. - Irene (empress) (3748 bytes)
6: ...for ten years, displaying great firmness and sagacity in her government.
8: ...eunited the [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Eastern church]] with that of [[Rome]]. (See [[Seventh Ecumenical Coun...
10: ...y the empress, who demanded that the oath of fidelity should thenceforward be taken in her name alone....
12: ...ys' duration were attributed by the common superstition to the horror of heaven.
14: ...nscrupulous princess, "who never lost sight of political power in the height of her religious zeal," w... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
1: :''For other people with this name, see [[Mary Tudor]]''
8: ...– [[17 November]] [[1558]]) was [[List of British monarchs|Queen of England]] and [[King of Irel...
10: Mary I is sometimes confused with her first cousin, once removed [[Mary I of Scotl...
13: ...s been theorised by some authors to be from congenital [[syphilis]] transferred to her from her mother...
15: ...harpsichord|virginals]]. A great part of the credit of her early education was undoubtedly due to her... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
9: ...6]] – [[1558]]), and whose reign coincided with that of Mary, Queen of Scots.
12: She was born at [[Linlithgow Palace]], West Lothian, [[Scotland]], on [[De...
14: ...questionable. Females and female lines could inherit only after extinction of male lines.
15: ...y have inherited. In this sort of [[Semi-Salic]] situation, Mary ascended the throne because all other...
17: ...in France, and she and her descendants stuck with it.) - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: | [[Image:Elizabeth_I_(Ermine_Portrait).jpg|thumb|right|220px|'''Elizabeth I''' <br><sma...
7: ...]] – [[24 March]] [[1603]]) was [[List of British monarchs|Queen of England]] and [[King of Irel...
9: ...[Trinity College, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[British East India Company]] ([[1600]]).
11: ...m|honours and dignities]]. Only eight peerage dignities, one [[earl|earldom]] and seven [[baron|baroni...
13: ...orth America]] and afterwards a member of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Vir... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: ...ria''' <br>Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India]]
7: ...and]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
9: ...cial, economic, and technological change in the United Kingdom. Victoria was the last monarch of the [...
12: ...s youth. The eldest son, the [[George IV of the United Kingdom|Prince of Wales]] (the future King Geor...
14: ...he eventually learned to speak [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Greek language|Greek]], [[Latin]], and ... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
6: ...nand-Karl ? already had important official roles within the [[Hapsburg]] Empire.
7: .... She was considered one of the most brilliant political figures in Europe.]]
11: ...the Prince of [[Parma]] and Maria-Antonia's favourite sister, Maria-Carolina, was married to King Ferd...
13: ... the next child to be involved in her mother's political games.
15: ...eresa]]'s daughters. With Johanna-Gabriella dead, it was decided that Maria-Antonia should be sent to ... - Anna Comnena (3243 bytes)
3: ...upon Alexius I during his last illness to disinherit his son John and give the crown to Anna's husband...
5: ...c Greek|Atticism]] characteristic of the period, with the result that the language is highly artificia...
12: * Anna Comnena, ''The Alexiad'', edited and translated by E.R.A. Sewter. Harmondsworth:...
13: * John France, "[http://www.deremilitari.org/RESOURCES/PDFs/FRANCE2.PDF Anna Comnena, t... - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
3: ... for their [[realism]] and psychological perspicacity.
5: ...d to prevent scandals attending her relationship with [[George Henry Lewes]].
8: ...th [[George Henry Lewes]] in an extramarital cohabitation.
10: ... to her in name only, while he made house solely with Evans.
12: ...80]] she married a friend, [[John Cross]], an [[United States|American]] banker, who was 20 years her ... - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: ...], known as "America's Sweetheart" and "the girl with the curl." She became one of the [[Canadian pion...
5: ...oduction of ''The Silver King'', as Baby Gladys Smith. She subsequently played in many melodramas and...
7: ...]] play, ''The Warrens of Virginia'', which was written by William C. DeMille, brother of [[Cecil B. D...
9: ...ies of disappointing roles and the public's inability to accept Pickford in roles that reflected her o...
11: ...ame secretly involved in a romantic relationship with [[Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939)|Douglas Fairbank... - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
3: ...war]]s, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the [[Bloomsbury gro...
7: ...stently in dialogue with Bloomsbury, particularly its tendency (informed by [[G.E. Moore]], among othe...
9: ...els and essays as a public intellectual to both critical and popular success. Much of her work was sel...
11: ...e dark," and her literary achievements and creativity are influential even today.
13: ...f life through the art, sexual ambivalence and meditation on the themes of flux of time and life, pres... - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
2: ... been described as having had an "indomitable spirit" and is best remembered for organizing the [[Amer...
6: ...ung Clara was home-educated and extremely bright. It is said that her older brothers and sisters were ...
8: As a child, Clara was a shy and retiring little girl, but at the age of 11, when her brother b...
12: ...unity's need for free education, and despite opposition, set up one of the first free public schools i...
14: ... she was appointed to a job as a clerk in the [[United States Patent and Trademark Office|Patent Offic... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
9: ...eaking career at the age of 13 in this context, writing letters to the newspaper defending [[evolution...
13: ...September 17, after which she returned to the [[United States]].
15: ...er in this work. While so occupied in [[New York City|New York]], she met her second husband, Harold S...
23: ...ullhorn. On the road between sermons, she would sit in the back seat typing sermons and other religio...
25: ...filed for separation. His petition for divorce, citing abandonment, was granted in 1921. - Mata Hari (3970 bytes)
1: ...cted [[espionage|spy]], made her name synonymous with ''[[femme fatale]]'' during [[World War I|WWI]]....
5: ...ve had affairs with many military officers and politicians.
7: ...e ever produced any substantial intelligence for either side. All of the stories about the fortunes of...
11: ...perly. The tale is highly unlikely to be true, as it bears a suspicious resemblance to [[Puccini]]'s p...
13: "[[Harlot]], yes. But [[traitor]]ess? Never!" —attributed to Mata Hari, on... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
2: ...1926]] – [[August 5]], [[1962]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]] of the [[20...
6: ...''' in the charity ward of Los Angeles County Hospital. Her grandmother, Della Monroe Grainger, later ...
8: ...red adopting her, which they could not have done without Gladys's consent.
10: ...died; Gladys's father, Otis, died in a mental hospital near [[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardin...
12: ...o think little of herself, yet also developed a gritty, opportunistic side and a super-human drive. Sh... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
24: | '''[[Capital]] and Largest City'''
36: ...tal (2003) <br /> - [[Population density|Density]]
40: | from the [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br />[[28 February]], [[1922]]<br ...
58: ... It is bordered to the north and east by the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and the [[Red Sea]], respectively.
60: ...f the [[Sahara]] [[Desert]] and are sparsely inhabited. - George Washington (29551 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
19: ... [[History of the United States Constitution|Constitutional Convention]].
26: ...h in July [[1752]], he rented and eventually inherited the estate, [[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount V...
29: ...72.JPG|thumb|right|275px|This, the earliest portrait of Washington, was painted in [[1772]] by [[Charl...
31: ...ecame an international incident, and helped to ignite the [[French and Indian War]], which eventually ... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
22: | [[Hardin County, Kentucky]]<br />(site now in [[LaRue County, Kentucky|LaRue County]])
28: | '''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''
33: ...List of political parties in the United States|Political Party]]:'''
34: | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
36: | '''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:''' - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
13: | place of death=[[New York City, New York]]
15: | party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
18: ...mber 19th, and Arthur became [[President of the United States|President]], serving until [[1885]].
20: ...Chester Arthur pronounced his middle name, Alan, with the stress on the ''second'' syllable -- "Al-AN.... - Ancient Rome (25155 bytes)
1: ..., as well as the entire area surrounding the [[Mediterranean]] Sea and some of the area surrounding th...
11: The city of [[Rome]] grew from settlements on and around ...
17: ...publican Rome by William R Shepherd (died 1934) edited.jpg|thumb|200px|A map of Republican Rome.]]
19: ...h the Roman Senate, which grew in size and power with the establishment of the Republic.
21: ...scans]]. The last threat to Roman [[hegemony]] in Italy came when [[Tarentum]], a major [[Greek]] colo...
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