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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ... ethnicities, of which many were eventually assimilated into the Chinese identity. These cultural and ...
7: ...h itself as a cultural center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically signif...
14: ...this period of the ''Three Dynasties'' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 三代; [[pinyin]]: s&...
15: .... Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
18: ...stors of modern [[Chinese character]]s, but such claims are unsupported. With no clear written records... - China (38909 bytes)
3: ... another in [[continent]]al [[East Asia]] for the last 4000 years. Depending on one's point of view, m...
5: ...d outwards from a core area in the [[North China Plain]], and varied according to its moving fortunes....
7: ..., the ROC, while never formally surrendering its claims, has moved away from its former identity as th...
10: :''Main article: [[Name of China in various languages]]''
14: ...al State". It literally means "middle (or centre) land," referring to the historic position of China a... - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
1: .... Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
3: .... [[Temple]]s of many different religions dot the landscape of China. The most widespread religion of ...
5: ...al world yet do not invoke a concept of [[God]], classifying a Chinese belief system as either a relig...
7: ...le belief systems. It is possible for someone to claim to be a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] while living life...
11: ...le]] was that an unjust imperial dynasty that had lapsed into [[corruption]] could lose the [[Mandate ... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
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9: ... England|William, Prince of Orange]]. They would later be known as [[William and Mary]].
12: ...es|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: ... States Republican Party|Republican]] [[James G. Blaine]] in a very close contest to win the first of ...
15: ...pia|Menelek of Shoa]] obtains the allegiance of a large majority of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving... - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...s name derives from its [[Bantu languages|Bantu]] language, [[Kirundi]].
3: ...es in seeking to bring an end to the supremacist claims of the ruling [[Tutsi]] minority with the grow...
8: image_flag = Burundi flag large.png |
10: ...tto = Unit鬠Travail, Progr賠([[French language|French]]: Unity, Work, Progress) |
13: ... = [[Kirundi language|Kirundi]] and [[French language|French]]. [[Swahili]] is widely spoken.| - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
29: ...Abbot, Ezra]], (1819-1884), American biblical scholar
35: ...bbott|Abbott, Diane Julie]], (born 1953), British Labour MP
51: *[[Abd-el-latif]], (1162-1231), physician and traveller
53: *[[Paula Abdul|Abdul, Paula]], (born 1962), US musician
54: *[[Humayun Abdulali|Abdulali, Humayun]], (1914-2001), [[India]]n [[ornitholo... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
8: *[[Marcel Achard|Achard, Marcel]], (1899-1974), playwrighter and scriptwriter
14: *[[Achillas of Alexandria]], (died 313), Coptic Pope, Patria...
18: *[[Jean Acker|Acker, Jean]] (1893-1978)
29: ...[Nate Ackerman|Ackerman, Nathanael Leedon]] (born 1978)
64: *[[Marcela Acuna|Acuna, Marcela]], (born c. 1979), Argentine world boxing champio... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
34: ...gail Adams|Adams, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
44: ..., British author of [[Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]
45: ...to Rican who was convicted of drug dealing in the Laura Hernandez case
61: ...[[Michael Adams|Adams, Michael]], (1971-), chess player
69: ...rchitect)|Adams, Thomas]], (1871-1940), UK urban planner - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
7: ...mmed Farah]], (1934-1996), Somali politician and clan leader
9: ...1824), translator, political writer, librettist, playwright, member of the Acad魩e fran硩se
10: *[[Clay Aiken|Aiken, Clay]], (1978-), singer
13: ... 1697), hanged for blasphemy, near Edinburgh, Scotland.
19: ...959), [[basketball]] player, coach, [[baseball]] player - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
5: ...; and [[Ioveta of Bethany|Ioveta]], abbess of St. Lazarus in [[Bethany (Israel)|Bethany]].
9: ...egnant, reigning by right of hereditary and civil law.
13: ...Baldwin acquiesced to these demands as Fulk was relatively rich (even for a crusader) and would bring ...
17: == Palace intrigue ==
19: ...lty the church and nobility likely would not have later rallied to her cause. - Sibylla of Jerusalem (11497 bytes)
1: '''Sibylla of Jerusalem''' (c. [[1160]] - [[1190]]) was [[Ki...
5: ...s. Though not raised by her mother, Sibylla would later become closer with Agnes and inherit her polit...
7: ...d pregnant. In the tradition of the dynasty, Sibylla named her son [[Baldwin V of Jerusalem|Baldwin]].
9: ...rried to one of his own vassals. By marrying Sibylla to his vassal, Phillip could control the kingship...
11: ... the future good-will of the king-consort of Sibylla. - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
3: ...was [[Queen consort]] of both [[France]] and [[England]] in her lifetime.
6: ...oc'', but it became ''El顮or'' in the northern ''langue d'oil'' and in English.
8: ...hunting. She became heiress to [[Aquitaine]], the largest and richest of the provinces that would beco...
10: ...existence, a [[rock crystal vase]] that is on display at the Louvre. Within a month of their marriage,...
12: ...imonial launch of the [[Second Crusade]] from V麥lay, the rumored location of [[Mary Magdalene]]'s bu... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
21: | '''Place of Birth:'''
40: ...e from Columbia University's Department of Public Law and Government.
42: ...om [[1976]] to [[1978]], she served as Chief Legislative Assistant to Senator [[Edmund Muskie]].
44: ...t the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars at the [[Smithsonian Institution]] following an...
45: role of the press in political changes in [[Poland]] during the early [[1980s]]. - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
3: ...elected in [[1993]] but was dismissed three years later amid various [[Political corruption|corruption...
6: ...into [[East Pakistan]] -- soon to be called [[Bangladesh]] -- and her father, as [[Pakistan]]'s foreig...
11: ...her father's imprisonment and execution, she was placed under house arrest. Having been allowed in 198...
13: ...mber 16]], [[1988]], Benazir's PPP won the single largest bloc of seats in the [[National Assembly]]. ...
21: ...Pakistan made new friends and maintained better relations with many countries. - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ...ative-born [[Israeli]] whose family moved to [[Philadelphia]] when he was a teenager; he moved back to...
12: ...she met Morris Myerson, a sign painter, who would later become her husband.
16: ... [[1917]] and began planning to emigrate to the [[Land of Israel]], then [[British Mandate of Palestin...
20: ...them at [[Histadrut]], the General Federation of Labor. By 1924, her husband tired of the kibbutz li...
22: ...In 1928, she was elected secretary of the women's labor council of Histadrut. This required her to mov... - Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
2: |+ style="font-size:larger; margin-left:1em"|'''Janet Reno'''
21: |'''Place of Birth'''
34: ...rd degree, she had difficulty obtaining work as a lawyer because she was a woman.
36: ...fice in [[1976]] to become a partner in a private law firm.
38: ...ted to the Office of State Attorney in November [[1978]] and was returned to office by the voters four m... - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
3: ...nate]]. She was the first woman to have her name placed in nomination at her party's convention (1964 ...
7: ...served one term in the Senate; he was defeated in 1978 by Republican [[William Cohen|Bill Cohen]]).
11: ...speech, although it did not produce immediate backlash, was the beginning of the end for McCarthy. He ...
14: ...h="30%" align="center"|'''Preceded by:'''<br>[[Wallace H. White, Jr.]] - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
3: ...ator [[Spencer Abraham]] (whom [[George W. Bush]] later named [[United States Secretary of Energy|Secr...
5: ...s, a position in which she served from [[1975]]-[[1978]]. She has also worked as a social worker, and a ...
9: ...state legislature). No former Michigan state legislator had served in the U.S. Senate since [[1894]], ...
11: ...ts' agenda and priorities. Reid was elected to replace Minority Leader [[Tom Daschle]], who lost a re-...
15: ...ressional Delegations from Michigan|U.S Senator (Class 1) from Michigan]] | years=2001- | after=Incumb... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
1: ...t" style="margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; clear: right" class="toccolours"
2: |+ style="font-size:larger" | '''The Rt Hon. Margaret Thatcher'''
10: |[[James Callaghan]]
18: |'''Place of Birth:'''
19: |[[Grantham]], [[England]] - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
5: ...ress of her malady that she died there two months later and was buried in the [[Winchester_Cathedral|c...
7: ...rding the predicament of young, unmarried, upper-class English women in the early [[1800s]].
9: ...re published, with [[Sir Walter Scott]] in particular praising her work:
10: :''That young lady has a talent for describing the involvements of...
12: ... work as governess, or living as hanger-on in a relative's household.
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