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- Aleksandra Lisowska (1848 bytes)
5: ...y in [[Rohatyn]]. She was captured and taken to [[Istanbul]] in the [[1520s]] as a [[slave]], but was select...
7: ... influence to have S?n's firstborn son, together with his mother, sent away to be a provincial governo...
9: ... active in foreign affairs and international [[politics]].
11: ...rusalem]], and the first to endow a [[mosque]] in Istanbul.
13: ...ril 18]] [[1558]]. She is buried in a mausoleum with her husband at the [[S?niye Mosque]]. - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ... [[1910]]), who came to be known as ''The Lady with the Lamp'', was the pioneer of modern [[nurse|nu...
7: ...r older sister (named [[Parthenope]] for the old city that is now [[Naples]]). A brilliant and strong-...
9: ...was particularly concerned with the appalling conditions of medical care for the legions of the poor a...
13: ...sed by the quality of medical care and by the commitment and practises of the sisters.
17: ...vinced that marriage would interfere with her ability to follow her calling to nursing, Nightingale co... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
3: ...ared to that of [[Kate Bush]], [[Bj?] and [[Joni Mitchell]].
7: ...)|Baltimore]]'' with her brother Mike for a competition involving the [[Baltimore Orioles]]. This song...
10: ...buted to a band called "Tess Makes Good" with "additional vocals by Ellen Amos".
12: ===''Little Earthquakes''===
13: ...ter, it was released in America to breakthrough critical success. The accompanying singles were "Me an... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ...-and-[[subversion]] organization's policy of recruiting increasing numbers of women.
7: ...899]]-[[1970]]), and the couple soon moved to [[British East Africa]].
9: ...and. Arriving in [[Warsaw]], she vainly pleaded with her [[Jew]]ish mother to leave a [[Poland]] whos...
11: ...eigning symptoms of pulmonary [[tuberculosis]]. (It did not hurt her cause that the Gestapo had not b...
13: ...s were viewed by the exile Poles and the British with disfavor. - United Nations (29685 bytes)
1: ...are not UN members. For more information, see [[United Nations member states]].
3: ...uarters is in [[New York City]], [[USA]]; see [[United Nations headquarters]].
5: ...s, English speakers were referring to it as the United Nations, or UN.
7: ...gans, part of what is collectively called the [[United Nations System]]:
10: *[[UN Security Council]] - Printing press (12986 bytes)
1: ...Laurens Janszoon Coster]] has also been credited with this invention.
4: ...t [[book]]s was an incredibly time consuming activity.
6: ...nal scholarly pursuits in [[Song China]] and facilitated more creative modes of printing. Nevertheless...
8: ...n 1440, Gutenberg had worked as a [[goldsmith]]. Without a doubt, the skills and knowledge of metals t...
12: ...pe had to be set manually for each page, which limited the number of different pages created per day. ... - Turkey (41694 bytes)
10: capital = [[Ankara]] |latd=52|latm=31|latNS=N|longd=13|...
11: largest_city = [[Istanbul]] |latd=41|latm=1|latNS=N|longd=28|longm=57|longE...
14: leader_titles = [[President of Turkey|President]]<br>[[List ...
21: area_magnitude = 1 E11 |
28: population_density = 89 | - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ..., Greece has a long and rich history during which its culture has proven especially influential in [[E...
17: | '''[[Capital]]''' || [[Athens]]
19: | '''Largest city''' || [[Athens]]
27: ...al ([[2004]])<br> - [[Population density|Density]] || [[List of countries by population|Ranked 70...
31: ...t|GDP]]'''<br> - Total<br> - GDP per capita - Ancient Greece (23806 bytes)
2: ...en known as [[Ionia]]), [[Sicily]] and southern [[Italy]] (known as [[Magna Graecia|Great Greece]]), a...
4: ...ut historians use the term more precisely. Some writers include the periods of the [[Minoan civilizati...
6: ...xtend the term back to about [[1000 BC]]. The traditional date for the end of the Ancient Greek period...
8: ... continuum running until the advent of [[Christianity]] in the [[third century]] AD.
10: ...ics, educational systems, philosophy, art and architecture of the modern world, particularly during th... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...ap below shows, the shapes of time zones can be quite irregular because they usually follow the bounda...
6: ...h Observatory]] in [[Greenwich]], [[London]], [[United Kingdom]] [http://greenwichmeantime.com/]. For ...
8: ...1—known in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] as [[British Summer Time]] (BST).
11: ...A]]: UTC − 8 (e.g. if it is 12:00 UTC, then it is 04:00 in Los Angeles)
12: ...a]]: UTC − 5 (e.g. if it is 11:00 UTC, then it is 06:00 in Toronto) - Sumerian language (10760 bytes)
12: ...aic]], which are [[Semitic languages]], and [[Elamite]], which is an [[Elamo-Dravidian]] language.
16: ...y) in the 1880s, but Rawlinson's volumes contain little Sumerian because they mainly reproduce tablets...
18:
20: The University of Pennsylvania began excavating Sumerian [[Nipp...
24: Credit for being first to scientifically treat a bilingu... - Crusade (28507 bytes)
2: ...]] The '''Crusades''' were a series of several military campaigns — usually sanctioned by the [[...
4: ...o have multiple meanings and connotations. For additional meanings see [[Crusade#Usage of the term "cr...
7: ...pulation. The Church tried to stem this violence with the [[Peace and Truce of God]] movements, forbid...
9: ... are allowed to substitute [[Friday abstinence]] with prayer or alms (except during [[Lent]]).
11: ...ort for the First Crusade, and the religious vitality of the 12th century. - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
7: ...at the entrance of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul (Constantinople).</small>
10: | Constantine makes Constantinople his capital.
13: | The Empire is permanently split into Eastern and Western halves, following the de...
21: | Justinian's generals reconquer North Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Ostrogoths]].
24: ...Lombard]] invasion results in the loss of most of Italy. - Formula One (29650 bytes)
2: ...rmula One race.jpg|thumb|215px|Cars jockey for position during the [[2004 Monaco Grand Prix|2004]] [[M...
7: ...tom-constructed courses or closed-off street circuits.
9: ... centred in [[Europe]], which undoubtedly remains its leading market, but races have also been held in...
21: [[image:rntbrm3litergp.jpg|thumb|Cover of [[Road & Track]] magazine,...
22: ...]]. Though [[Stirling Moss]] was able to compete with him regularly, Fangio is remembered for dominati... - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
3: ...Ancient Roman]] polity in the centuries following its reorganization under the leadership of Octavian ...
5: ...an Empire]]. The end of the Western Empire is traditionally set in [[476]], when [[Odovacar]] deposed ...
9: ...and ornate imperial ritual. We now know that the situation was far more nuanced: certain historical fo...
11: ...e adopted by successor states and other entities with imperial pretensions, including the [[Frankish]]...
14: ===Political Developments=== - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
1: ...-state actors, authorized by their national authorities, until this form of [[commerce raiding]] was o...
3: == Definition ==
4: ...net/article/piracy-challenges-global-governance |title=Piracy challenges global governance |date=2009-...
10: ...d as [[slave]]s.<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Parliament/2587/trade.html Phoenician Econo...
12: ...f superiority and good cheer throughout his captivity. When the pirates decided to demand a ransom of ... - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ...pulation, following [[China]], [[India]], the [[United States]], [[Indonesia]], [[Brazil]], [[Pakistan...
13: ...d gradually merged with [[Slavs]]. The Slavs constituted the bulk of the population from the [[8th cen...
15: ...d was quite prosperous, due to diversified trade with both Europe and Asia.
17: ...and Duchy of [[Lithuania]] and [[Poland]]. The political dissolution of Kievan Rus divided the [[Russi...
19: ...at affected the rest of the country. Nevertheless it had to fight the Germanic crusaders who attempted... - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
4: ... colspan=2 style="text-align: left; background: white;" |
11: ...<br/><small>''The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power''</small>
14: | ''El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious'' (as written in tugra)
19: | '''[[Capital]]'''
20: ...Istanbul|İstanbul]] ([[Constantinople]]/[[Asitane]]/[[Konstantiniyye]] ) - Hagia Sophia (7132 bytes)
2: ...agia-Sofia-01s.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Hagia Sofia, Istanbul, Turkey, June 1994]]
3: ...]], in [[Istanbul]], formerly [[Constantinople]]. It is universally acknowledged as one of the great b...
7: ...s of the first church that was built on the same site during the 4th century. Following the destructi...
10: ...ty of Constantinople]]; Anthemius, however, died within the first year. The construction is described ...
12: ... and [[marble]] pillars and coverings. The temple itself was so richly and artistically decorated that... - Ankara (15129 bytes)
2: ...(2005), and a mean elevation of 850 m. (2800 ft.) It was formerly known as '''[[Angora|Angora]]''' or ...
4: ... cat ([[Turkish Angora|Ankara Cat]]), white [[rabbits]], [[pear]], [[honey]], and the region's [[Musca...
6: ... tributary of the Sakarya (Sangarius) River. The city is located 39°52'30" North, 32°50' East ...
8: ...re|Roman]] and [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] architecture, the most remarkable being the temple of [[...
11: ...ed in the 2nd millennium BC by the [[Hittites|Hittites]], in the 10th century BC by the [[Phrygians]],...
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