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  1. Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
    19: ! Political party:
    57: ...itical power. As a woman occupying the highest position of government in, what was at that time, a ver...
    59: ...party leader, and thus Prime Minister of India. Initially she was dubbed as ''goongi gudiya'' ([[Hindi...
    63: ...[[cabinet]]s, centralizing her own personal authority in a way her predecessors never had.
    65: ...ress party following the November [[1969]] split within the governing [[Indian National Congress]].
  2. St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
    2: ...ntioch]] and later first [[Bishop of Rome]]. Tradition holds that his [[tomb]] is below the baldochin...
    4: ...iovanni in Laterano]]. However, due to the proximity of the Papal residence, most Papal ceremonies ta...
    8: ...eror Constantine]] officially recognized Christianity he started construction in [[324]] of a great ba...
    10: ... should be rebuilt. [[Pope Nicholas V]] asked architect [[Bernardo Rossellino]] to start adding to the...
    12: ...he church. [[Carlo Maderno]] became the chief architect later on, and designed the entrance.
  3. List of religions (13836 bytes)
    1: ...ble a religion will only be listed once. The definition of religion for this page is fairly liberal.
    5: ...d to be real or legitimate, only those religions with Wikipedia articles will be listed in order to en...
    12: **[[Kharijites]]
    14: **[[Shi'a Islam|Shiite]]
    15: ***[[Alawites]]
  4. List of popes (77758 bytes)
    4: ...tenure of [[Pope Siricius]], and there have been either 265 or 266 popes, depending on whether a sourc...
    6: ... [[Archbishop]] and [[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus Servor...
    7: ...been [[Sovereign]] in the State of the [[Vatican City]] (the [[Holy See]]).
    36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 Sep...
    57: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); feast day [[26 Oct...
  5. Pope John XIV (938 bytes)
    3: His original name was Peter, but he changed it to avoid being linked to [[St. Peter]] himself.
    5: ...prison, in [[Castel Sant'Angelo]], where he died either by starvation or poison.
  6. Pope Gregory V (2336 bytes)
    5: ...anted many exceptional privileges to monasteries within the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. One of his first ac...
    7: ...nd when it was taken, Crescentius was hanged upon its walls ([[998]]).
    9: Gregory died suddenly, and not without suspicion of foul play, on [[February 18]], [...
  7. Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
    3: ...iavelli was also a key figure in [[realist]] [[political theory]], crucial to European statecraft duri...
    10: ...argely occupied with events arising out of the ambitions of [[Pope Alexander VI]] and his son, [[Cesar...
    12: ...rea in Percussina]], where he devoted himself to literature. He died in Florence in [[1527]] and his r...
    15: ...n its Index &ndash; a list of books against the faith.
    17: ...emporaries, often used in the introductions of political tracts of the sixteenth century that offered ...
  8. Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
    3: ...Nolano''' or '''Bruno the Nolan''' was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[philosopher]], [[astronomer]], and [[occ...
    9: ...sm|pantheistic]] [[hylozoism]], and not the [[Trinity]].
    13: ...left Naples to avoid the attention of the [[Inquisition]]. He left [[Rome]] for the same reason and ab...
    15: ...f mnemonics, but many of his contemporaries found it easier to attribute them to magical powers.
    17: ... summarizing some of his cosmological positions, titled ''Il Candelaio'' ("The Torchbearer").
  9. Venice (22017 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Venice_italy_2.jpg|thumb]]
    2: ...agoon]] along the [[Adriatic Sea]] in northeast [[Italy]]. The saltwater lagoon stretches along the sh...
    6: ...oa]], [[Pisa]], and [[Amalfi]]). Its strategic position at head of the Adriatic made Venetian naval an...
    8: ...o silver from Germany; the last autocratic doge, Vitale Michiele, died in 1172.
    10: ...llied to the defence of Venetian sovereignty when it was threatened by invaders.
  10. Hadrian (6480 bytes)
    5: Hadrian was born in [[Italica]], [[Hispania]], to a well-established settl...
    9: ...terature that he was nicknamed "''Graeculus''" ("Little Greek").
    11: ...]] for a brief time, and was elected an Athenian citizen.
    13: ...nce of military action in his reign, Hadrian's military skill is not well attested, however his keen i...
    15: ... the armies of Syria and the senate ratification. It is speculated that [[Plotina]], Trajan's empress ...
  11. Malta (18511 bytes)
    20: |'''[[Capital]]'''
    23: |'''Largest City'''
    38: ...l ([[2003]]) <br>&nbsp;- [[Population density|Density]]
    42: |From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br>[[September 21]], [[1964]]
    62: ... in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] directly south of [[Italy]]. These strategically located islands have be...
  12. Politics of Malta (9667 bytes)
    1: {{Politics of Malta}}
    2: ... a [[Governor-General]] exercised executive authority on her behalf, while the actual direction and co...
    4: ...rime Minister the leader of the party with a majority of seats in the [[unicameral]] House of Represen...
    6: ...ates for any vacancies are determined by the majority of votes obtained by a candidate during the prev...
    8: ...tion of the constitution, and invalidity of laws. It also has jurisdiction in cases concerning dispute...
  13. French language (40201 bytes)
    3: ...go]], [[Gabon]], [[Comoros]], [[Djibouti]], [[Mauritius]], [[Seychelles]].
    5: |speakers=77 million (128 million with second language speakers)|rank=11
    7: &nbsp;[[Italic languages|Italic]]<br>
    9: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Italo-Western languages|Italo-Western]]<br>
    10: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Western Italo-Western languages|Western]]<br>
  14. July 24 (8660 bytes)
    1: ...r]]s) of the year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 160 days remaining.
    6: *[[1701]] - [[Detroit, Michigan]] founded.
    7: ... toward [[Niagara]] to halt [[Jacob Brown]]'s [[United States|American]] invaders.
    9: ...y, resulting in the establishment of [[Salt Lake City]].
    10: ... [[Jubal Anderson Early|Jubal Early]] defeats [[United States|Union]] troops led by General [[George C...
  15. Rome (33048 bytes)
    8: |align="center" width="140px"|[[Image:Rome city flag.png|100px]]
    11: |align="center" width="140px"|City [[flag]]
    12: |align="center" width="140px"|City [[Seal (device)|seal]]
    15: ...n=2 style="border-bottom:3px solid gray;"|<small>City [[motto]]: ''Senatus Populusque Romanus &ndash; ...
    23: |[[Area]]<br />&nbsp;- City Proper || <br />&nbsp;1290 [[1 E6 m�|km&sup2;]...
  16. Sikhism (31029 bytes)
    2: ...oly book. It departs from some of the social traditions and structure of [[Hinduism]] and [[Islam]] (...
    4: ... wanted to go beyond what was being practised by either religion and hence a well-known saying of [[Gu...
    6: ...in AD [[1699]] ; and thus gave a distinctive identity to the Sikhs. The five baptised Sikhs were named...
    8: ...s including [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Sanskrit]], [[Bhojpuri]] and [[Persian language|Persian]].
    10: ...the "True Name" because he wanted to avoid any limiting terms for God. He taught that the True Name, a...
  17. Pantheon, Rome (8255 bytes)
    3: ...t and which has been in continuous use throughout its history.
    6: ...ription reads <small>M?AGRIPPA?L?F?COS?TERTIUM?FECIT</small>, "Marcus Agrippa, son of Lucius, [[consu...
    9: ...the bricks reveal. It was totally reconstructed, with the text of the original inscription (referring ...
    11: Hadrian was a cosmopolitan emperor who travelled widely in the east and wa...
    13: ...ints]] (''Santa Maria ad Martyres''), which title it retains.
  18. Leone Battista Alberti (5967 bytes)
    1: ... described in [[Giorgio Vasari]]'s ''Vite''. In [[Italy]], his first name is usually spelled '''Leon''...
    3: ...rtial loss of memory; Alberti then turned his abilities to science and art.
    10: ...Italian]] translation of ''De pictura'' (''Della pittura'') was published the year following the Latin...
    11: ...nger [[Aldus Manutius]], who edited and published it as the genuine work of [[Lepidus]].
    12: ...typographic qualities and illustrations have made it legendary as one of the most beautiful books ever...
  19. Boxing Day (3345 bytes)
    1: ... [[26 December]]. In many [[Europe]]an countries it is also a holiday, called '''[[St Stephen]]'s Day...
    5: ...nkhol.htm government holiday listings] of the [[United Kingdom]] for [[2004]], the public holiday in l...
    9: ...mon for a cricket test match, played against a visiting international team, to start on this day.
    13: ...hen's Day, or [[Wrens Day|Wren's Day]]; in Wales, it is known as ''G&#373;yl San Steffan'' (St Stephen...

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