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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
2: ...ht|framed|Victorian image of '''King Arthur''' in plate armour with visor raised and with jousting shi...
9: ...al Roman of the [[2nd century]], whose military exploits in Britain may have been remembered for centu...
13: ... that another Roman Briton of the period, for example [[Ambrosius Aurelianus]], led the forces battlin...
19: ...f Arthur" and states "we went with Arthur in his splendid labours"; and the poem "Journey to Deganwy,"...
23: ..."Lives") of 6th-century [[saint|saints]]: for example, in the ''Life of Saint [[Illtud]]'', he is said... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...cia]] or [[Portugal]] among others. He was an [[explorer]] and [[trade]]r who crossed the [[Atlantic O...
3: ...etting stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas,...
5: ...t]]''', one of the most consistent is the first exploration (before 1472) of two, led by [[João Vaz C...
7: Columbus landed in the [[Bahamas]] and later explored much of the [[Caribbean]], including the isle...
11: ...ulture. [[Italian American]]s hail Columbus as an icon of their heritage. - Clip art (7441 bytes)
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78: ...ling with [[hobby|hobbies]] will publish images explicitly licensed to the magazine purchaser for use ... - Irene (empress) (3748 bytes)
6: ...he empire at her own discretion for ten years, displaying great firmness and sagacity in her governmen...
8: ... former of these, held in [[786]] at [[Constantinople]], was frustrated by the opposition of the soldi...
12: ...or was carried back to the palace at [[Constantinople]]; and there, by the orders of his mother, his e...
14: ...ges and [[monastery|monasteries]] has given her a place among the [[saint]]s of the Eastern Orthodox c... - Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
15: <tr valign=top><td>'''Place of Birth'''<td>[[Stockholm]]
17: <tr valign=top><td>'''Place of Death'''<td>[[Rome]]
18: <tr valign=top><td>'''Place of Burial'''<td>[[St. Peter's Basilica]], [[Ro...
22: ... pillion). This has caused her to later become an icon of the transgendered community. During the [[20th...
27: ...a prince would be trained. Even as a child she displayed a precociousness that astonished the brillian... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
7: place_of_birth=[[Sandringham]], [[Norfolk]], [[Engla...
9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
11: ...having had the right to that title, as it would imply that she was a [[princess]] by [[birthright]] ra...
13: ...pic endeavours were overshadowed by a [[scandal]]-plagued marriage. Her bitter accusations of [[adulte...
15: ... [[celebrity]] of her generation: a [[fashion]] [[icon]], an ideal of feminine [[beauty]], admired and e... - 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... - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
1: ...ing to give up her seat to make room for white people.]]
14: Afterwards, Parks became an icon of the civil rights movement. She moved to Detroi...
16: ==Debated aspects of Parks' story and its place in the civil rights movement==
19: ...[civil disobedience]] in [[1955]] refer to her simply as a "tired seamstress." Parks stated in her aut...
21: Also, some accounts downplay her prior involvement with the [[NAACP]] and th... - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
7: ...many small movie roles in the 1930s as a contract player for [[RKO]]. She switched to [[MGM]] (after l...
11: ...pressed with the pilot episode produced by the couple's [[Desilu]] production company, so the Arnazes ...
24: ... comedy in front of a live audience demanded discipline, technique, and close choreography. Among oth...
28: ...sode of ''[[The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour]]'', the couple [[divorce]]d. One of television's greatest marri...
32: ...t in production. For instance, she apparently completely misunderstood the premise of one of the comp... - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
23: ... Hari]]'' ([[1932 in film|1932]]). The censors complained about her revealing outfit shown on the movi...
25: ... getting her leading man, [[Laurence Olivier]], replaced on ''[[Queen Christina (film)|Queen Christina...
33: ...ning Garbo's image and making her less exotic, complete with the insertion of a scene in which her cha...
35: ...ion. She withdrew from the entertainment world completely and moved to a secluded life in [[New York C...
38: ...s forever. Her movies, she felt, had their proper place in history and would gain in value. On [[Febru... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...], [[1907]] – [[June 29]], [[2003]]) was an iconic star of [[United States|American]] [[film]], [[...
5: ...], helped to found the organization that became [[Planned Parenthood]]. Hepburn's father was a staunc...
7: ...nging Up Baby]]'', which is now held up as an exemplar of [[screwball comedy]].
12: ...ed. They decided to carry on their marriage in a platonic fashion, and the two would remain lifelong ...
17: Hepburn cut her acting teeth in plays staged at Bryn Mawr and later in revues staged... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
2: ... her a perennial [[sex symbol]] and later a [[pop icon]].
8: ...ven. The Bolenders were a religious couple who supplemented their meager income by being foster parent...
15: ...3.jpg|frame|right|Cover of the first issue of ''[[Playboy]]'']]
22: By 1952 Zanuck was nearly convinced and she played her first role as a leading lady in ''Don't B...
23: ...l, [[movie]] critics seemed to forget about the [[plot]] and focused on Marilyn and her unique connect... - Beehive (beekeeping) (7741 bytes)
5: ...dimensions, with or without frames, and finally replaced by Langstroth equipment.
17: ...ss]] or straw, called skeps, were used. In the simplest form, there is a single entrance at the bottom...
22: ...apiaries. Sometimes sticks or crossed sticks were placed under a board cover to give an attachment for...
25: ...uare or rectangular boxes without tops or bottoms placed one on top of another. Inside the boxes frame...
27: ...and Modified Dadant, top-bar or Kenya-type hives, plus regional variations such as the British Modifie... - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
1: ...hurch of the Holy Wisdom]] in former [[Constantinople]]—the image of Christ on the walls of the ...
3: ...''Medieval Art''' covers a vast scope of time and place, over 1000 years of [[art history]] in [[Weste...
9: ...dieval art can be seen as the history of the interplay between the elements of classical, early Christ...
15: ...enturies, when [[Arab conquest]]s and Byzantine [[iconoclasm]] halted the production of art in the East....
17: ... of native [[Celtic language|Celtic speaking]] peoples of Ireland and Britain from about the 5th centu... - Stained glass (3937 bytes)
9: ...in many different textures—smooth, wavy, rippled, hammered, pebbled, or very rough. These differ...
17: ...ersity's Master Craftsman Program who recently completed the world's largest secular stained-glass win...
31: ...bulk of the population was illiterate. See also [[icon]].
32: ***Important examples of stained glass windows include [[Sainte-Chape...
33: ...rosperous [[Victorian era]] and many domestic examples survive, typically depicting birds and flowers.... - Iconography (7643 bytes)
1: ...di.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[Salvator Mundi]]'' is an [[iconography]] depicting [[Christ]] with his right hand...
2: ...at [[symbolism|symbolically]] mean more than a simple depiction of the person involved.
4: ... blue-skinned (the color of [[heaven]]) with multiple arms holding various symbols depicting aspects o...
6: ...d paint making up the physical substance of the [[icon]]. A more modern illustration of this concept mig...
8: ...or shown them passes over to the [[archetype]], [[icon]]s are kissed, carried in procession, and venerat... - Berimbau (11944 bytes)
2: ...se musical bows, and very similar instruments are played in the southern parts of Africa. The Berimbau...
4: ...ample of an unaccompanied berimbau: [[Image:Sound-icon.png|30px]] [[media:Toque-de-angola.ogg|Toque de A...
11: ...ping the two middle fingers around the verga, and placing the little finger under the caba硧s string ...
16: ...d to the lower portion of the Berimbau, used to amplify and resonate the sound.
21: Capoeiristas split berimbaus in three categories: - Sudan (18856 bytes)
72: ...e services, and little prospects for productive employment in the small and weak economies of the sout...
76: ...killing and attacking non-muslims. Over 10,000 people are killed a month.
83: ...7, the structure of regional administration was replaced by the creation of 26 states. The executives,...
85: ...randum of understanding with the [[SPLA]]. He was placed in a maximum-security prison and remains in c...
92: ...retaliation for Ugandan support of the [[Sudan People's Liberation Army]]. Beginning from the mid-199... - Isis (20790 bytes)
5: ...male) of flesh'', i.e. [[mortal]], and she may simply have represented deified, real, [[Queen regnant|...
7: ...ghout the [[Middle East]] and [[Europe]], with temples to her built as far away as the [[British Isles...
19: ===Temples===
20: ...ell deeply in love within their mother's womb. Temples dedicated specifically to Isis become wide-spre...
22: By this period, temples to Isis begin to spread outside of Egypt. In ma... - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
2: ...umber One in its list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players."
4: ... he changed the nature of the game itself. His exploitation of the "power game" compelled other teams...
9: ... [[Roman Catholic]] priest, and the school's disciplinarian, became the major influence on his life, t...
12: ...ked the position because he was involved in every play. One day, as his team was getting pounded, Babe...
15: ...or cash, and sold Ruth's contract, with two other players to [[Joseph Lannin]], owner of the [[Boston ...
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