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- Cleopatra VII of Egypt (8634 bytes)
4: ...ancient Egypt]]. She was the last member of the [[Macedonia]]n [[Ptolemaic dynasty]] and hence the last [[Hel...
6: ...ncient Egypt's rulers, and is usually known as simply '''Cleopatra''', all of her similarly-named pred...
21: ...of the lavish dinners she shared with Antony, she playfully bet him that she could spend ten million [...
29: A Graeco-[[Macedonia]]n by language and culture, Cleopatra is reputed ...
35: *[http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Africa/Egypt/_Texts/BEVHOP/13*.html Cleopatra... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
6: She was awarded the [[Templeton Prize]] in [[1973]] , the [[Nobel Peace Prize...
9: ...native Macedonia are [[Macedonian Orthodox Church|Macedonian Orthodox]].
22: ...nted, unloved, uncared for throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are...
24: ... she converted an abandoned [[Hinduism|Hindu]] temple into the [[Kalighat Home for the Dying]], a free...
29: ...ity Brothers was founded in [[1963]], and a contemplative branch of the Sisters followed in [[1976]]. ... - Greek language (35285 bytes)
3: ...epublic of Macedonia|Former Yugloslav Republic of Macedonia]], central and south [[Bulgaria]], [[Turkey]] and...
25: ... historical stages of the Greek language that are placed prior to the creation of the [[Greek alphabet...
36: ...Italian]] is to [[Latin language|Latin]], for example. It is claimed that an "educated" speaker of the...
41: ...re probably most closely related to it, [[Ancient Macedonian language]] (perhaps even a [[dialect]] of Greek)...
44: Greek is spoken by about 12 million people mainly in [[Greece]] and [[Cyprus]] but also in ... - Culture (23440 bytes)
6: ...ntries as more civilized than others, and some people as more cultured than others. Thus some cultural...
8: ... the indigenous music traditions of aboriginal peoples of [[Australia]].
10: ...different culture"; but class as "uncultured". People lacking "culture" often seemed more "natural", a...
12: ... (philosophy)|authentic]] unblemished lives, uncomplicated and uncorrupted by the highly-stratified [[...
14: ...ties produced for, and consumed by, non-élite people or the [[proletariat|masses]]. (Note that some c... - Ptolemy I of Egypt (7434 bytes)
7: ...e seven "body-guards" attached to his person. He played a principal part in the later campaigns of Al...
9: ... by the imperial government in [[Macedonia]], and placed it temporarily in [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]]....
13: ...is in Cyprus (306 BC)|Battle of Salamis]]. The complete loss of Cyprus followed.
17: ..., was finally subjugated about [[300 BC|300]] and placed under his stepson [[Magas of Cyrene|Magas]].
19: ...portance to events. Although lost, it was a principle source for the surviving account by [[Arrian]] o... - Europe (23835 bytes)
18: ...hs]] marked the start of a period of discovery, exploration, and increase in scientific knowledge. In ...
44: ...heart lies the [[North German Plain]]. An arc of uplands also exists along the northwestern seaboard, ...
46: ... counted as part of Europe, while the latter are upland areas that were once joined to the mainland un...
53: ...civilisations for millennia, Europe's animals and plants have been profoundly affected by the presence...
55: ...at caused incalculable disruption to the original plant and animal ecosystems. - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
3: ...country]], [[state]], [[nation state]] for some explanation of the difference between these.
68: ...a continent in the 5 continent systems, called simply Asia in one of them.
81: * [[China, People's Republic of]] - [[Beijing]]
86: ...ng]], [[Special Administrative Region|SAR]], [[People's Republic of China|China]]
99: ...au]], [[Special Administrative Region|SAR]], [[People's Republic of China|China]] - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
36: <tr><td>[[Beijing]] <td>[[People's Republic of China]], see also [[Capital of Chi...
194: <tr><td>[[Skopje]] <td>[[Republic of Macedonia]] - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ...Western world|Western civilization]] and the birthplace of [[democracy]], Greece has a long and rich h...
50: ...y [[Bulgaria]], the [[Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia]] and [[Albania]] to the north and by [[Turkey]] ...
52: ...n world|western civilization]] and being the birthplace of [[democracy]], [[philosophy]], the [[Olympi...
57:
65: ...nglish/greece/living/read_greek/alphabet.html]. [[Plato]] described how the Greeks live round the Aege... - Serbia and Montenegro (13848 bytes)
23: | [[Serbian language|Serbian]] (implicitly)<sup>1</sup>
85: ... extremely varied, with much of Serbia comprising plains and low hills (except in the more mountainous...
87: ...each with populations of about 140,000-180,000 people.
114: ...tion of Serbia]] (DOS) coalition government has implemented stabilization measures and embarked on an ...
120: ...important element in policy formation. Severe unemployment remains a key political economic problem. C... - Germany (46412 bytes)
73: ...to draw up a constitution for the new Germany, completed in [[1849]]. However, the Prussian king [[Fre...
93: ...ncentration camp]]s were set up for groups and people perceived as threats. Open persecution of [[Jew]...
97: ... million more [[Roma (people)|Roma]], [[Slavic people|Slavs]], [[homosexual]]s, [[communist]]s, [[Jeho...
101: ...ern forces [[Berlin Airlift|airlifted food and supplies]].
103: ...t Germany benefitted from the American [[Marshall Plan]] for the reconstruction of Europe after the wa... - Ancient Greece (23806 bytes)
17: ...ntrate almost wholly on political, military and diplomatic history, and ignore economic and social his...
20: ...y Greek geography, where every island, valley and plain is cut off from its neighbours by the sea or m...
24: ...Libya]]. Modern [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracuse]], [[Naples]], [[Marseilles]] and [[Istanbul]] had their be...
28: As colonization was bound to exhaust the supply of desirable territory, first [[Crete]], then in...
32: ... onwards, the aristocracies were overthrown and replaced by [[populist]] leaders called [[tyrant|tyran... - Ancient Rome (25155 bytes)
19: ... consuls, initially patrician but later opened to plebeians, were elected officials who exercised exec...
21: The Romans gradually subdued the other peoples on the Italian peninsula, mostly related ''Ital...
23: ...ring [[Sicily]] and [[Iberia]]. After defeating [[Macedonia]] and the [[Seleucids]] in the [[2nd century BC]]...
25: ...e of the senators, however, and was murdered in a plot organised by [[Brutus]] and [[Gaius Cassius Lon...
27: ... any bloodshed (or even much resistance), thus completing Octavian's (now renamed [[Augustus]]) projec... - Agathon (3124 bytes)
1: ... [[Aristotle]] (''Poetica,'' 9) tells us that the plot of his ''Antho'' was
4: He is introduced, by Plato, as a handsome young man, well dressed, of pol...
6: ... do not see that that would be to purge Agathon's play of Agathon." His poetry was full of trope, infl... - Agesilaus II (5597 bytes)
3: ...395 BC]]. [[Tithraustes]] was thereupon sent to replace Tissaphernes, who paid with his life for his c...
4: ...r states. A rapid march through [[Thrace]] and [[Macedonia]] brought him to [[Thessaly]], where he repulsed ...
29: ... forth. The worst trait in his character is his implacable hatred of Thebes, which led directly to the... - Alexander Aetolus (705 bytes)
1: '''Alexander Aetolus''', of Pleuron in [[Aetolia]], Greek poet and man of letter...
5: ... tragic ''Pleiad''; we only know the title of one play (''Astragalistae.'') He also wrote short epics,... - Alexander I of Macedon (1759 bytes)
3: ...ea]] in [[479 BC]]. Alexander eventually regained Macedonia's independence after the end of the [[Persian War...
5: ... whose colonies near Macedonia were threatened by Macedonian expansion), Alexander claimed descent from [[Arg... - Alexander II of Epirus (655 bytes)
1: ...ia, but was in turn driven out of both Epirus and Macedonia by [[Demetrius I of Macedon|Demetrius]], the son ... - Alexander IV of Macedon (2891 bytes)
10: ...ut as Alexander came closer to adulthood, some people loyal to the Royal house still looked forward to...
14: ...donia.com/english/kings.html List of the Kings of Macedonia] - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
6: ...s lifetime, and especially after his death, his exploits inspired a literary tradition in which he app...
9: ...eeping in the company of snakes, but by [[Zeus]]. Plutarch (''Alexander'' 2.2-3) relates that both Phi...
11: ...er was [[Zeus]], rather than Philip. According to Plutarch (''Alexander'' 2.1), his father descended f...
14: ...omannus]], the recently crowned King of Persia. [[Plutarch]] mentions an irate letter from Alexander t...
16: ...ad pledged allegiance to Philip were not quick to pledge it to a 20-year-old boy. He immediately order...
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