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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...eate the familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
7: ...itation; however, any connection between these people and modern Chinese is speculative. The ''[[Homo ...
14: ...metimes said to be the ancestor of all Chinese people. Following this period Sima Qian relates that a ...
24: ...in early China is known to have been much more complicated. Hence, as some scholars of China suggest, ...
38: ... from Persian or Sanskrit origins for "Chinese People" which ultimately was derived from 秦 qín and ... - China (38909 bytes)
3: ...ltiple states, and as a single [[nation]] or multiple nations.
5: ...ed outwards from a core area in the [[North China Plain]], and varied according to its moving fortunes...
7: ...nese Civil War]] in [[1949]] established the [[People's Republic of China]] (PRC) in [[1949]] which ha...
21: ... or imperial domain. The ''[[Book of Poetry]]'' explicitly gives this definition.
23: # The area now called the [[North China Plain]]. The ''[[Sanguo Zhi]]'' records the followin... - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
1: [[Image:China_temple.jpg|thumb|300px|Temple incense near Beijing China. Image provided by [h...
3: ...ginning of its [[history of China|history]]. [[Temple]]s of many different religions dot the landscape...
5: The study of '''religion in China''' is complicated by several issues. Because many Chinese bel...
7: ... living life according to [[Taoism|Taoist]] principles and participating in [[ancestor worship]] ritua...
35: ...e ethnic groups|minority groups]] as the [[Hui people|Hui]], the [[Uyghur]]s, and the [[Kazakh]]s. The... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
12: ...ate]] troops bombard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material...
24: ...orders the [[United States Customs Service]] to implement the [[Neutrality Acts|Neutrality Act of 1939...
31: ...d as the [[Arno]] and [[Po]] rivers flood; 113 people die, 30,000 are rendered homeless, and countless...
51: *[[1883]] - [[Nikolaos Plastiras]], Greek general and politician (d. [[1953...
53: ...[1909]] - [[Skeeter Webb]], American [[baseball]] player (d. [[1986]]) - Burundi (13403 bytes)
28: population_census_year = 1978 |
58: ...hat year, FRODEBU leader [[Domitien Ndayizeye]] replaced Buyoya as President. Yet the most extreme Hut...
70: ...est corner. The average elevation of the central plateau is 5,600 ft, with lower elevations at the bo...
89: ...alf of whom are aged 14 or less. This estimate explicitly takes into account the effects of [[AIDS]],... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
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98: ...p://www.nyjournalnews.com/newsroom/090303/b05w03abplanalp.html]
103: *[[Harold Abrahams|Abrahams, Harold]], (1899-1978), track and field athlete - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
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4: ... Patriarch]], (died 489), patriarch of Constantinople
8: *[[Marcel Achard|Achard, Marcel]], (1899-1974), playwrighter and scriptwriter
18: *[[Jean Acker|Acker, Jean]] (1893-1978)
29: ...[Nate Ackerman|Ackerman, Nathanael Leedon]] (born 1978) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
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14: ==== People named Adam ====
32: ===== People named Adams =====
45: *[[Edwin Adams Cotto|Adams Cotto, Edwin]], (1978-2005), Puerto Rican who was convicted of drug dea...
61: *[[Michael Adams|Adams, Michael]], (1971-), chess player - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
9: ...-1824), translator, political writer, librettist, playwright, member of the Acad魩e fran硩se
10: *[[Clay Aiken|Aiken, Clay]], (1978-), singer
19: ...1959), [[basketball]] player, coach, [[baseball]] player - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
11: ...f fiefdoms and other forms of patronage, and in diplomatic correspondence. Baldwin raised his daughter...
13: ...ternal grandfather of [[Henry II of England|Henry Plantagent]] (Fulk's son of previous marriage, [[Geo...
25: Melisende's victory was complete. Again she is seen in the historical record gr...
29: ... the Holy Sepulchre, our Lady of Josaphat, the Templum Domini, the order of the Hospital, the leper ho...
37: ...dessa. Damascus and Jerusalem were on very good diplomatic terms and held a peace treaty between them.... - Sibylla of Jerusalem (11497 bytes)
1: ...f Jerusalem|Queen Melisende]] had provided an example of successful rule by a queen regnant earlier in...
13: All these plans were wrecked however, when on [[Easter]], [[11...
17: ...Baldwin of Ibelin was himself still in Constantinople. With pressure mounting to have to have the [[He...
21: ...ernment. Agnes advanced the compromise that would place Baldwin V above Sibylla in the order of succes...
27: ...by affirming that she was "li plus apareissanz et plus dreis heis dou romoame". It was widely held, de... - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
8: ...in one of Europe's most cultured courts, the birthplace of [[courtly love]]. She was highly educated f...
10: ... existence, a [[rock crystal vase]] that is on display at the Louvre. Within a month of their marriage...
14: ... leader with no concept of maintaining troop discipline or morale, or of making informed and logical t...
18: ...al in developing trade agreements with Constantinople and ports of trade in the Holy Lands.
22: ...ment, Eleanor married [[Henry II of England|Henry Plantagenet, Count of Anjou and Duke of Normandy]]. ... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
21: | '''Place of Birth:'''
28: | [[Diplomat]]
35: ...[[Czech Republic]]), [[United States|American]] diplomat, served as the 64th [[United States Secretary...
42: ...or foreign policy legislation. From [[1976]] to [[1978]], she served as Chief Legislative Assistant to S...
51: ...olitics, and was responsible for developing and implementing programs designed to enhance women's prof... - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
3: ...d. Her husband, [[Asif Ali Zardari]], has been implicated as well, and remained in jail until [[Novem...
11: ... she was leader in [[exile]] of the [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (PPP), her father's party, but was unab...
17: ...humb|200px|left|Benazir Bhutto at a [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] event in Newark, CA, [[28 September]] [...
21: ...] and says she wants to return to office, most people in Pakistan are convinced that she and her husba...
32: ... the office again, and some said it was largely implemented due to the President's own fear of maintai... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ...''; [[May 3]], [[1898]] – [[December 8]], [[1978]]) was a founder of the State of [[Israel]]. She...
10: ...ort time each morning as her mother was buying supplies at the market.
16: ...]], then [[British Mandate of Palestine]]. The couple and her sister Sheyna emigrated to Palestine in ...
20: ...nity. Her duties there included picking almonds, planting trees, caring for chickens, and running the...
28: ...pendence]], I couldn't imagine these were real people doing something real. And there I was sitting do... - Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
21: |'''Place of Birth'''
38: ...ted to the Office of State Attorney in November [[1978]] and was returned to office by the voters four m...
40: ...roblems when it was revealed she had previously employed an undocumented immigrant as nanny. Reno rema...
70: ...ggressive and masculine. This is perhaps best exemplified by [[Will Ferrell]]’s tough-talking, e... - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
3: ...enate]]. 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: ...y firsts as a woman, but also for her early principled opposition to the tactics of Senator [[Joseph M... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
5: ...s, a position in which she served from [[1975]]-[[1978]]. She has also worked as a social worker, and a ...
11: ...ats' agenda and priorities. Reid was elected to replace Minority Leader [[Tom Daschle]], who lost a re... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
18: |'''Place of Birth:'''
31: ..., her policies initially caused large-scale [[unemployment]], especially in the industrial heartlands ...
33: ...At the same time the Conservative Party began to split over her sceptical approach to [[European Union...
36: ...derman, a decision which affected his daughter deeply.
47: ...sexuality]], and she voted in favour of the principle of [[David Steel]]'s Bill to legalise [[abortion... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
12: ...ers may find the world she describes, in which people's chief concern is obtaining socially prominent ...
14: The order in which she began and completed her novels is different from that of their pu...
26: *The Watsons (incomplete novel)
27: *[[Sanditon]] (incomplete novel)
39: ...ence: David Cecil, ''A portrait of Jane Austen'' (1978)
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