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- China (38909 bytes)
5: ...]]ese invasion. Imperial monarchy in China ended with the establishment of the [[Republic of China]] i...
7: ... extent of ''China'' is the subject of ongoing political disputes on [[Chinese reunification]]/[[Taiwa...
14: ...e (or centre) land," referring to the historic position of China at the centre of her known world, sur...
16: ...l political influence expanded territorially, and its culture assimilated alien influences.
18: ...gh acceptance or denial of such claims remains politically controversial, especially where Zhongguo me... - Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
1: ...ut_(cropped).jpg|thumb|right|175px|Carved sphinx with face of Hatshepsut, Cairo Museum]]
2: ...gain, Nitocris may have also ruled and taken the title.
10: ...utmose II of Egypt|Thutmose II]] and assumed the title of ''Great Royal Wife''.
11: ...nly two daughters with Hatshepsut, Nefrure and Meritre, but managed to father a male heir, [[Thutmose ...
13: ...emale regents of Egypt's then recent history, but it soon became apparent that she had only one model ... - 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 ... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
21: |'''[[Political Party]]:'''
27: ...on|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellation that stuck.
29: ...h the [[United States]], and formed a close bond with [[Ronald Reagan]]. Thatcher also dispatched a [[...
31: ...rgaret Thatcher assert that [[Thatcherism|Thatcherite]] policies were responsible for this.
33: ...'; since then her direct political work has been within the [[House of Lords]] and as head of the That... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
9: place_of_death=[[New York City]], [[New York]]
11: ...as the ideal and made it the express goal of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed:
13: ...dividual has a right to exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing self to others nor others to self;...
19: ...present when Ayn chose the name Rand from a typewriter.
22: ...e United States. Her first literary success came with the sale of her screenplay ''[[Red Pawn]]'' in [... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
2: ...1897]] - c.[[July 2]], [[1937]]) was a famous [[United States|American]] [[aviator]], known for breaki...
6: ... spent the first twelve years of her life living with her mother's parents.
8: ...tts]]. During this time, she was able to keep up with aviation as a weekend hobbyist. She was even fea...
10: ...hart referred to the marriage as a "partnership" with "dual control."
14: ...pasture near [[Derry]], [[Northern Ireland]], [[United Kingdom]]. She received the [[Distinguished Fly... - Hanna Reitsch (3751 bytes)
1: ...image:Hanna_Reistch.jpg|thumb|right|288px|Hanna Reitsch in the Fa 61]]
2: ...]] [[Germany|German]] [[test pilot]], and a favourite of the upper echelon of the [[Nazi]] party.
6: ... star of the Nazi party, always looking for publicity, and in 1938 she flew the Fa 61 every night insi...
8: ... the Luftwaffe Combined Pilot and Observer Badge with Diamonds. She survived many accidents and was b...
10: ..., dropped from a [[Heinkel He 111]] bomber. Later it was suggested that similarly equipped V-1 would b... - Edith Cavell (1802 bytes)
1: ...roject Gutenberg eText 14676.jpg|frame|right|'''Edith Cavell''']]
2: ...[National Portrait Gallery, London|National Portrait Gallery]], [[London]]]]
3: ...ca dead2.jpeg|thumb|234px|A propaganda image of Edith Cavell]]
5: '''Edith Louisa Cavell''' ([[December 4]], [[1865]] - [[O...
7: ...out the war [http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/edith_cavell.htm]. - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
2: ...mous works are [[documentary film|documentary]] [[propaganda film]]s for the German [[Nazi Party]]. Shut out o...
5: ...ue Light]]'' she took it; her main interest was initially in fictional films.
7: ...ted that she would ever have a relationship with Hitler.
9: ...Olympia_(film)|Olympia]]'', a film celebrated for its technical and aesthetic achievements. She was th...
13: ...r atrocities—a position which many of her critics dismiss as ridiculous. - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ... remains a one-party [[authoritarian]] state from its true communist days.
4: ...independent state]]. See '''[[China]]''' and [[Political status of Taiwan]] for more information.
6: ...'''", especially by its political opponents and critics, in reference to the association between the c...
13: ...China]] and the [[Kuomintang]] ended in [[1949]] with the Communists in control of [[mainland China]] ...
15: ...in jumpstarting China's development and purifying its culture. Supporters may also doubt statistics or... - Finland (29511 bytes)
1: ...r Finland is '''Suomi.''' In the Swedish language it is '''Finland'''.
18: |'''[[Capital]]''' || [[Helsinki]]
20: |'''Largest City''' || [[Helsinki]]
29: ...l ([[2003]]) <br> - [[Population density|Density]]
51: ...e Stone Age, possibly even among the first [[Mesolithic]] settlers. The arrival of the [[Battle-Axe]] ... - Culture of China (15738 bytes)
3: ...mastery of Confucian texts provided the primary criterion for [[Imperial examination|entry into the im...
5: ...xperimentation to find a new system of social, political, and economic organization that would allow f...
10: ...ered for their bronze casting art work, noted for its clarify of detail. Early Chinese music and poet...
12: ...became highly appreciated arts in court circles, with a great deal of work done on silk until after th...
14: ...sculpture thrived in the Sui and Tang dynasties, with the Tang dynasty giving openness to foreign infl... - Ant (13019 bytes)
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6: {{Taxobox_subordo_entry | taxon = [[Apocrita]]}}
12: ... ants can be found in almost every terrestrial habitat. The most distinctive feature of ants is their ...
17: ...o three segments: the head, thorax, and abdomen, with a narrow waist (pedicel) between the thorax and ... - Women's suffrage (11832 bytes)
1: ...ed votes) rather than ''universal suffrage'' (abolition of discrimination due to, for instance, race),...
2: ... 1912.jpeg|thumb|350px|Suffrage parade, New York City, 1912]]
3: ... the [[United States]] became the first modern polity where equal suffrage was extended to women.
4: ...office in [[South Australia]] in [[1894]], along with universal suffrage in that state.
13: ... latter half of the nineteenth century, starting with [[South Australia]] in [[1861]]. - Sport (14061 bytes)
1: ...of purpose is what characterises sport, combined with the notion of individual (or team) skill or prow...
9: ...out social changes, and about the nature of sport itself.
11: ...easonable to extrapolate that there was some activity at these times resembling sport.
13: ...tling. Ancient [[Persian]] sports such as the traditional [[Iran]]ian martial art of [[Zurkhaneh]] had...
15: ... of Greece was an influence on the development of its sports and vice versa. The [[Olympic Games]] wer... - Albania (24647 bytes)
1: ...diterranean]] country in southeastern [[Europe]]. It is bordered by [[Montenegro]] in the north, [[Kos...
21: | '''[[Capital]]'''<br><br> - Population:<br> - [[Co...
36: ...pulation]]'''<br> - Total: <br> - [[Density]]:
39: ...P|2003]])<br> - GDP/capita<br> - GDP/capita
40: ...,230 ([[List of countries by GDP (Nominal) per capita|Nominal]]) - Trajans Column (10003 bytes)
1: ...tory in the [[Trajan's Dacian Wars|Dacian Wars]]. Its design has inspired numerous [[victory column]]s...
3: ...s access to a viewing platform at the top. The capital block of Trajan's Column weighs 53.3 tons which...
5: ...4 1587, the top was crowned by [[Pope Sixtus V]] with a bronze figure of [[St. Peter]], which remains ...
9: ...l. The relief portrays Trajan's two victorious military campaigns against the [[Dacia]]ns; the lower h...
11: ...he imagery is not realistic as the sculptor pays little attention to perspective. Often a variety of d... - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
1: ... Note that this map does not show the bulk of [[British North America]] of that time.]]
2: ...Lexington and Concord]] and continued after the British surrender at [[Battle of Yorktown (1781)|Yorkt...
4: ...pretations fall somewhere in between these two positions.
7: ... summarize the political, social, economic, etc. situations before the revolution, and the trends whic...
10: ...th the same rights and obligations as people in Britain. - World War I (62979 bytes)
1: ...res 1917.jpg|thumb|300px|Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the [[Battle of Passchendaele]]. Battle after...
2: ...diers or involved so many in the field of battle. It was then the second-bloodiest conflict of all tim...
4: ...iplomatic and political origins|Diplomatic and political origins]] below).
6: ...hus the outbreak of [[World War II]] in [[1939]]. It also greatly increased the use of mass industrial...
8: .... Scholars have also cited German diplomatic ineptitude as well as a tremendous tide of nationalism th... - World War II (58065 bytes)
2: ...in [[World War I]] were involved in World War II. It was the most extensive and expensive armed confli...
4: ...ich date the war began is also debated, cited as either the German [[Polish September Campaign|invasio...
6: ... it continued in China. In Europe, the war ended with the surrender of Germany on [[8 May]] [[1945]] (...
8: ...ments in [[Pingfan]]. As a case of [[total war]], it involved the "[[home front]]" and [[Strategic bom...
10: ... led to its democratization, and China came to split into the Communist [[People's Republic of China]]...
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