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- Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
11: ... to [[Holstein]] of her beloved sister Anne, her only remaining near relation, the princess found hers...
23: ...e Preobrazhensky [[Leib Guard|Guards]] regiment, enlisted their sympathies by a stirring speech, and l...
25: ...ttle knowledge and no experience of affairs, suddenly found herself at the head of a great empire at o...
29: ...eden ceded to Russia all the southern part of [[Finland]] east of the river Kymmene, which thus became...
31: This triumphant issue was mainly due to the diplomatic ability of the new vice ch... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
19: ...e began the journey to [[the Palace of Versailles|Versailles]].
22: ...cted within hours of Marie-Antoinette arriving at Versailles. The Wedding Mass was celebrated with great pomp ...
25: ...kwardness between them. Within days, gossips at [[Versailles]] were already whispering that the royal marriage...
28: ...lles_castle.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The [[Palace of Versailles]], where Marie-Antoinette lived from her marriage...
36: ...-Auguste and Marie-Antoinette's life changed suddenly at 3 o'clock in the afternoon of 10th May [[1774... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...were primarily hung on walls or used on tables. Only with the opening of trade routes in the 17th cen...
16: ...ut forming a knot. Because of the loom structure only five colors can be used to create the design. Mo...
19: Unlike woven carpets, [[embroidery]] carpets are not ...
54: ...n]], were never installed as Louis XIV moved to [[Versailles]] in 1678. Their design combines rich [[acanthu...
63: ... can be used to cover a floor. They are usually only used in commercial settings and often are not af... - Thomas R. Marshall (6779 bytes)
7: ...ty|Democratic Party]] politics, but was regarded only as a competent small-town lawyer when he was giv...
17: ...lity while travelling in [[Europe]] to sign the [[Versailles treaty]] and push his [[League of Nations]] idea....
19: ...hat left him partially paralyzed and almost certainly incapacitated. Though Marshall was advised that...
31: ...lect Woodrow Wilson a book, inscribed "From your only Vice." He was known to greet citizens walking b...
36: ...ndiana|Governor of Indiana]] |before=[[J. Frank Hanly]]|after=[[Samuel M. Ralston]]|years=1909-1913}} - Andorra (11532 bytes)
59: ...isolated, it is currently a prosperous country mainly because of [[tourism]] and its status as a [[tax...
79: ...rmany]], having been forgotten on the [[Treaty of Versailles]] and remaining legally at war.
113: ...p]] raising. [[Manufacturing]] output consists mainly of cigarettes, cigars, and furniture.
115: ...een replaced by a single currency, the [[euro]]. Unlike other small European states that use the euro,...
120: ...rans constitute a minority in their own country; only 33% of inhabitants hold Andorran nationality. Th... - The Gambia (13678 bytes)
61: ...the Senegal and Gambia Rivers. The 1783 Treaty of Versailles gave Great Britain possession of The Gambia, but ... - Germany (46412 bytes)
62: ... as Germany was unified as a modern nation-state only in [[1871]], when the [[German Empire]], dominat...
78: ...pg|thumb|250px|left|Foundation of modern Germany, Versailles, 1871. Bismarck is in white in the middle.]]
79: ...sm|imperialistic]] course, [[New Imperialism|not unlike other powers]], but it led to friction with ne...
81: ...e war. Germany was forced to sign the [[Treaty of Versailles]] in [[1919]], whose unexpectedly high demands an...
87: ...arsh peace conditions dictated by the [[Treaty of Versailles]]. The German voters increasingly supported anti-... - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
59: ...was regained by the British under the [[Treaty of Versailles]] in [[1783]]. Conflict between the British and t... - Indiana (20194 bytes)
234: ...due University School of Technology at Versailles|Versailles]]
306: ...eil Armstrong's Purdue [[class ring]] may be the only such object that has ever traveled to the moon a... - Kentucky (15076 bytes)
168: *[[Versailles, Kentucky|Versailles]] <!-- Now effectively a suburb of Lexington. --> - Ptolemy II of Egypt (4048 bytes)
14: ...himself, but properly it belongs to Arsinoë only, not to the king.
18: ...d artificial, has been justly compared with the [[Versailles]] of [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]]. - History of the United States (21226 bytes)
47: ...ern states (The Union) eventually defeated the mainly rural and agricultural Southern states (the Conf...
59: ...United States Senate did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles; instead, the United States signed separate peace... - World War I (62979 bytes)
8: It was commonly called "The Great War" (a title previously used ...
19: ...of these nations was emphatic that victory would only be gained by striking first, and that mobilizati...
74: ...e of their enemy: the Anglo-French trenches were only intended to be 'temporary' before their forces b...
77: ...ne and operating a month-long four stage system, unless an offensive was underway. The front contained...
107: ...orious sector commander. Allied fortunes revived only temporarily with [[Romania]]'s entry into the wa... - World War II (58065 bytes)
4: ...ar I|two world wars]] are one conflict separated only by a "ceasefire".
8: ...c weapon]]s, [[jet aircraft]], and [[RADAR]] are only a few of many [[Technology during World War II|w...
20: ...ing and occupying parts or the whole of Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Romania.
24: ...iendly," despite the fact that neither country openly proclaimed any alliances. Such situations allowe...
31: ...g war two days later on [[3 September]].{{fn|1}} Only partly mobilized, Poland fared poorly against th... - Timeline of United States history (1900-1929) (8003 bytes)
10: *[[1901]] - [[William McKinley]] assassinated
79: *[[1919]] - [[Treaty of Versailles]] ends World War I
80: *[[1919]] - [[Senate]] rejects [[Treaty of Versailles]] and [[League of Nations]] - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
13: ...nal [[Ku Klux Klan]], in 1866; but it lasted for only three years.
71: ...re locked in a cycle of [[debt]], from which the only hope of escape was increased planting. This led ...
80: ... four-year span. To make matters worse, the [[McKinley Tariff of 1890]] was one of the highest the cou...
86: ... of work and destroying the industrial economy. Only the gold standard, they said, offered stability.
91: ...the election -- to the Republican's [[William McKinley]]. - Causes of the French Revolution (11170 bytes)
2: ...lasses who were influenced by the ideas of [[the Enlightenment]]. As the revolution proceeded and as p...
7: ...olution]] showed them that it was plausible that Enlightenment ideals about governmental organization ...
9: ...[Reign of Terror]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> they fought only for the attainment of the aims of the bourgeoisi...
15: ...penditures by [[Louis XIV]] on luxuries such as [[Versailles]] were compounded by heavy expenditures on the [[...
22: Unlike the trading nations, France could not rely alm... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
8: ...d come under the influence of the ideas of [[the Enlightenment]]. As the revolution proceeded and as p...
10: Certainly, causes of the revolution must include all of th...
14: * The rise of [[the Enlightenment|enlightenment]] ideals.
25: ... refused to endorse his measures, insisting that only a truly representative body — preferably t...
27: ...sed his position not to propose new reforms, but only to prepare for the meeting of the nation's repre... - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
5: ...the fire, slapping it with all their might. That only got them more burnt, so they were scarred from t...
11: ...e air at higher altitude. This was performed at [[Versailles]], before [[Louis XVI of France]], to gain his pe...
20: ...rothers ever flew in a balloon himself, and then only once. - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
20: ...is' niece and third wife. Of these six children, only Adolf and his younger sister [[Paula Hitler|Paul...
37: ...World War I]] in August [[1914]], he immediately enlisted in the [[Bavaria]]n army.
45: ...efers to Hitler's experience at the front as his only education and suggests he did have at least some...
47: ...e and its soldiers "in the back." The [[Treaty of Versailles]] imposed crippling reparations and declared Germ...
52: ...he war, Hitler remained in the army, which was mainly engaged in suppressing [[socialist]] uprisings b...
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