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- Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...se she didn't allow Germans in the government and not a single person was executed during her reign.
7: ...he 18th of December [[1709]]. As her parents were not married at that time, her illegitimacy would be ...
9: ... was both imperfect and desultory. Her father had no leisure to devote to her training, and her mother...
15: ... a lover of Alexis Shubin, a sergeant in the Semyonovsky [[Leib Guard|Guards]] regiment, and after his...
19: ...nstead of the 15,000 she demanded of him, he took no part whatever in the actual [[coup d'etat]] which... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...France]] and Archduchess of [[Austria]] (born [[2 November]] [[1755]] ? executed [[16 October]] [[1793...
4: ...[[Joseph II|Archduke Josef]] and ''Johanna'' in honour of Saint John the Evangelist. A court official ...
13: ...cation. She was flighty, artistic and read almost nothing. Her French was imperfect and she preferred ...
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 ... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...pean interiors until the 18th century. The hand-knotted pile carpet probably originated in [[Mongolia...
12: ...sturdy fabric such as burlap. This type of rug is now generally made as a [[handicraft]].
14: ...ary weft is attached to the warp by one of three knot types (see below) to form the pile or nap of the...
16: ...nder the weft and are attached without forming a knot. Because of the loom structure only five colors ...
19: ...nen weaving. [[Mary Stewart]] Queen of Scots is known to have been an avid embroiderer. 16th century... - Thomas R. Marshall (6779 bytes)
5: Marshall was born in [[North Manchester, Indiana]], where he frequently spe...
7: ...ogressive platform through the state legislature, nor in raising a convention to rewrite the state con...
11: ...t is said that Marshall initially turned down the nomination, assuming the job would be boring.
13: ... advantage of the opportunity to show that he had no intention of trusting Marshall with delicate busi...
17: ...lity while travelling in [[Europe]] to sign the [[Versailles treaty]] and push his [[League of Nations]] idea.... - Andorra (11532 bytes)
59: ...]] and its status as a [[tax haven]]. Andorra is not to be confused with the [[Andora|Comune di Andor...
69: ...tury]] a dispute arose between the bishop and his northern French neighbour over Andorra.
79: ...rmany]], having been forgotten on the [[Treaty of Versailles]] and remaining legally at war.
87: ...inces serve coequally with limited powers that do not include veto over government acts. They are repr...
103: ...s higher altitude means there is on average more snow in winter and it is slightly cooler in summer. - The Gambia (13678 bytes)
59: ...d the [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]] (now [[Ghana]]).
61: ... French retained a tiny enclave at Albreda on the north bank of the river, which was ceded to the Unit...
63: ... times under the jurisdiction of the British governor general in Sierra Leone. In 1888, The Gambia bec...
69: ...e armed forces of the two nations and to unify economies and currencies. The Gambia withdrew from the ...
73: The AFPRC announced a transition plan for return to democratic c... - Germany (46412 bytes)
1: ... [[Europe]]. It is bordered to the north by the [[North Sea]], [[Denmark]], and the [[Baltic Sea]], to...
51: ...ages per the [[European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages|ECRML]].<br>
57: ...e [[G8]] nations and a founding member of what is now the [[European Union]].
62: ...o back more than a thousand years, the state now known as Germany was unified as a modern nation-state...
66: ...ading state of Germany, from the more western and northern parts. - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
27: | '''[[Governor General]]'''
39: | '''[[Sovereignty]]'''<br> - Autonomy<br> - Independence
59: ...was regained by the British under the [[Treaty of Versailles]] in [[1783]]. Conflict between the British and t...
61: ...kers, as depressed world sugar prices kept the economy stagnant until the turn of the century.
65: ...region through a unified administration. The most notable was the [[West Indies Federation]], which co... - Indiana (20194 bytes)
12: Governor = [[Mitch Daniels]] |
13: Lt. Governor = [[Becky Skillman]] |
27: ...C]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|-5]] <small>(extreme northwest and southwest)</small> |
43: [[USS Indiana|USS ''Indiana'']] was named in honor of this state.
47: ...ution]], soon after which it became part of the [[Northwest Territory]], then the [[Indiana Territory]... - Kentucky (15076 bytes)
12: Governor = [[Ernie Fletcher]] |
38: ...entucky and its residents are probably most well known for [[thoroughbred horse]]s and [[horse racing]...
41: ...evolutionary War]] hero, was named the first Governor of the Commonwealth Of Kentucky.
48: ...of Representatives]]. See [[List of Kentucky Governors]]. The judicial branch of Kentucky is made up o...
55: ... [[Virginia]], [[Tennessee]], [[Missouri]], [[Illinois]], [[Indiana]], and [[Ohio]]. - Ptolemy II of Egypt (4048 bytes)
1: ...09]]-[[246 BC]]), with [[Arsinoe II of Egypt|Arsinoë II]].]]
2: ...ior-chief of the old style. E.J.Bickermann (''Chronology of the Ancient World'', 2nd ed. 1980) gives t...
8: ...lendid court in [[Alexandria, Egypt|Alexandria]]. Not that Egypt held aloof from wars. [[Magas of Cyre...
10: ...lemy sustained losses on the seaboard of [[Asia Minor]] and agreed to a peace by which Antiochus marri...
12: ...easons, his full-sister [[Arsinoe II of Egypt|Arsinoë II]], the widow of [[Lysimachus]], by an Eg... - History of the United States (21226 bytes)
7: [[Native American]]s arrived on the [[North America]]n continent at some time between the ...
24: ...en it benefitted them, but opposed it when it did not.
28: ...type goods such as cotton, indigo, and sugar were not as widely avaliable.
34: ...ed in support of native claims to land, but was ignored by Andrew Jackson, president at the time, in f...
36: ...question their right to colonize vast expanses of North America beyond their country's borders, especi... - World War I (62979 bytes)
2: ...ace. Four dynasties, the [[Habsburg]]s, the [[Romanov]]s, the [[Ottoman]]s and the [[Hohenzollern]]s, ...
6: ...heavily on [[technology]], and would thus involve non-combatants in war as never before.
10: ...more on the home front due to food shortages, [[genocide]], and ground combat.
16: ...s death these were largely aimed at the Serbian minority. Though this assassination has been linked as...
19: ...etween Germany and Russia reinforced one another. No single concise or conclusive assessment has ever ... - World War II (58065 bytes)
4: ... [[7 July]] [[1937]] (the start of the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]), or earlier yet the 1931 Japanese...
8: ...aft]], and [[RADAR]] are only a few of many [[Technology during World War II|war-time inventions]].
10: ...|spheres of influence]], the former undergoing economic reconstruction under the [[Marshall Plan]] and...
18: ...ntries did not have a profound impact on the war, nor did they supply the Axis powers with any great a...
22: ...Canada, France, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Greece, and Denmark were also counted among ... - Timeline of United States history (1900-1929) (8003 bytes)
33: ...t negotiates [[Treaty of Portsmouth]], receives [[Nobel Peace Prize]]
44: ... - [[Robert Peary]] plants [[American flag]] at [[North Pole]]
79: *[[1919]] - [[Treaty of Versailles]] ends World War I
80: *[[1919]] - [[Senate]] rejects [[Treaty of Versailles]] and [[League of Nations]]
82: *[[1919]]-[[1920]] [[Red Scare]] (NOTE: the time that this event occurred can be debat... - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...ce among the imperial powers of the age. This economic boom was accompanied by the rise of [[populism...
7: ...tion of infrastructure, followed by exploitive economic policies in the defeated region after the war,...
11: ...ments or adequate protection for life or property now exist in the rebel States."
13: ...gs]]. Republicans took control of all state governorships and state legislatures, often installing bl...
19: ...f that election as the "[[Compromise of 1877]]". Not all historians agree with this theory; in any ca... - Causes of the French Revolution (11170 bytes)
5: ...ed) power and prerogatives of the [[Second Estate|nobility]] and the [[First Estate|clergy]], the remn...
7: ...e [[Catholic Church]] and the prerogatives of the nobles.
9: ...nment of the aims of the bourgeoisie, albeit in a non-bourgeois manner. The entire French terrorism wa...
11: == Economics ==
13: ...ble titles and other privileges; however, because noble titles exempted the holder from future taxes, ... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ... I of France|Napoleon Bonaparte]], the revolution nonetheless spelled a definitive end to the ''[[anci...
17: * Resentment at noble privilege and dominance in public life by the ...
21: ...rlement]]s'' (law courts), dominated by the "Robe Nobility," which saw themselves as the nation's guar...
23: ... a show of support from a hand-picked Assembly of Notables would restore confidence in French finances...
25: ..., including the famous "Day of the Tiles" in [[Grenoble]]. Even more importantly, the chaos across Fr... - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
5: ... were the sons of a [[paper]] manufacturer at [[Annonay]], south of [[Lyon]], [[France]]. When playin...
9: ...s a first public demonstration, they sent up at Annonay a 900 m³ linen bag inflated with hot air....
11: ...e air at higher altitude. This was performed at [[Versailles]], before [[Louis XVI of France]], to gain his pe...
15: On [[November 21]], [[1783]], the first free flight by hu...
22: ...eated air rather than lighter-than-air gasses did not return until the [[1960s]], when [[Raven Industr... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
11: ...Socialist German Workers Party]] (NSDAP), better known as the Nazi Party.
13: ...luding 6 million [[Jew]]s, in a [[genocide]] now known as [[the Holocaust]].
20: ...of [[Linz]] in the province of [[Upper Austria]], not far from the [[German Empire|German]] border in ...
22: ...er, Adolf was accused by his political enemies of not rightfully being a Hitler, but a Schicklgruber. ...
24: ...pelled from Graz in the [[15th century]] and were not allowed to return until well after Maria Schickl...
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