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- Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...] and early [[19th century]] resulting from the replacement of an economy based on manual labor to one...
10: ...the surplus population who could no longer find employment in [[agriculture]] into the cities to seek ...
12: ... other nations, such as [[France]], markets were split up by local regions, which often imposed tolls ...
14: ...to produce more goods to meet the needs of the people.
16: From 1430, people in Europe discovered sea routes to Asia and Amer... - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
3: ...d. Her husband, [[Asif Ali Zardari]], has been implicated as well, and remained in jail until [[Novem...
6: The daughter of former [[Pakistan]]i premier [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]], Benazir was educated in ...
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... - Helen Clark (4005 bytes)
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37: |[[Jenny Shipley]]
45: ...sive Coalition Party (2002, with parliamentary supply and confidence from [[United Future New Zealand ...
47: ... administrations of [[Jim Bolger]] and [[Jenny Shipley]] during the [[1990s]]. She is seen as an Auckl...
53: ... [[Auckland]], living at her official residence [[Premier House]] while in the [[capital]] or at her privat... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
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...
55: .... It is better that things are stated clearly and plainly: We shall not let this happen."—Golda ... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ...e'''. She became celebrated especially for her exploits in [[Germany|German-occupied]] [[Poland]] and...
7: ...zy Giżycki]] {[[1899]]-[[1970]]), and the couple soon moved to [[British East Africa]].
9: ... into Poland. Arriving in [[Warsaw]], she vainly pleaded with her [[Jew]]ish mother to leave a [[Pola...
17: ... 17]], [[1941]], to Polish Commander-in-Chief and Premier [[Wladyslaw Sikorski|Władysław Sikorski...
26: ...ents that would lead to some of her most famous exploits. - Australia (39438 bytes)
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48: ...88]]. As the population grew and new areas were explored, six self-governing [[Crown Colony|Crown Colo...
50: ...aterway across the border by Papua New Guinean people and [[Torres Strait Islander]]s.
54: ...to use the word "Australia" was [[Alexander Dalrymple]] in his ''An Historical Collection of Voyages a...
62: ...claiming the land for Britain in [[1770]]. This replica was built in 1988 for Australia's bicentennial... - United States (58223 bytes)
9: national_motto = <br>''[[E Pluribus Unum]]'' ([[1789]]–present)<br>([[Lat...
35: ...s Constitution|'''Constitution''']]<br> - completed<br> - ratified<br> - effective|
52: ... profoundly changed in [[1788]] when the states replaced the [[Articles of Confederation]] with the [[...
58: ...er long [[Federalist papers|debate]], this was supplanted by the [[United States Constitution|Constitu...
60: ... rebellion, though full emancipation did not take place until after the end of the war in [[1865]], th... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...e you have arguments or evidence to the contrary, please provide them on the talk page, and wait until...
3: ...or Canada. To keep this overview article concise, please consider adding information instead to one of...
10: ...e for [[as of 2005|June 2005]] is 32.2 million people [http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/clock/populat...
21: ...tates|U.S.]], with which it has had a long and complex relationship (''see'' [[U.S.-Canada relations]]...
86: ... that the [[Aboriginal peoples in Canada|First Peoples]] have inhabited parts of what is now called Ca... - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
1: ...nd became a mere province of the Kingdom and was split into North and South Holland in [[1840]]. There...
72: ...]] (gypsies), gay and lesbian individuals, and people with mental retardation and other disabilites. A...
77: People from other parts of The Netherlands sometimes ob...
79: ...g the [[Eighty Years' War]] but only after the people had turned solidly [[Roman Catholic]] as a resul...
81: ...h originally meant "(Language) of the (common) people" in contrast with the medieval elite who spoke L... - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ...Western world|Western civilization]] and the birthplace of [[democracy]], Greece has a long and rich h...
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...
68: ...he Byzantine Empire, centered around [[Constantinople]] (known in ancient times as [[Byzantium]]), rem... - Kyrgyzstan (23226 bytes)
1: ...ia]]. Landlocked and mountainous, it borders [[People's Republic of China|China]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[T...
52: ...201 BC]]. The earliest ancestors of the Kyrgyz people, who are believed to be of [[Turkic]] descent, l...
54: ...ry draft on the Kyrgyz and other Central Asian peoples, caused many Kyrgyz to flee to China.
58: ...d [[Kyrgyz alphabet]] was introduced, which was replaced by [[Latin script]] in [[1928]]. In [[1941]] ...
72: ...[[referendum]] asking for a renewed mandate to complete his term of office. He received 96.2% of the v... - South Africa (40100 bytes)
3: ...en the black majority and the white minority have played a large part in the country's [[History of So...
13: ...nto Namibia and Botswana, and elsewhere. These people, who are a physically distinct population from o...
24: ...ulations displaced earlier [[hunter-gatherer]] peoples as they migrated.
26: ...d [[Cape Frontier Wars]] against the [[Xhosa]] people, and imported [[slaves]] from [[Indonesia]], [[M...
32: ... tactics much better on local conditions. For example, the Boers wore [[khaki]] clothing, which was th... - Democratic Republic of the Congo (21095 bytes)
59: ===European exploration and administration (1870–1960)===
61: ...]]'s novella ''[[Heart of Darkness]]'' also takes place in Congo Free State. In 1908, the Belgian parl...
67: ...into existence (June, 1960) Lumumba was its first premier and minister of defense.
72: ... was not believed by many). Riots of protest took place in many parts of the world. See his ''Congo: M...
74: The [[CIA]] had aided Mobutu and was pleased with the outcome, having viewed the [[Soviet... - 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 ... - Iowa (24205 bytes)
38: ...or the [[Native American]] [[Iowa tribe|Iowa]] people.
45: *French explorers [[Louis Joliet]] and [[Jacques Marquette]] a...
49: ...minus for the [[Union Pacific]] railroad. The completion of five major railroads across Iowa brough m...
55: ...[[washing machine]]s, [[fountain pen]]s, [[farm implement]]s, and food products that are shipped aroun...
67: The topography of the state is gently rolling [[plains]]. [[Loess]] hills lie along the western bord... - Ming Dynasty (65624 bytes)
2: ...and [[army]] was built, with four masted ships displacing 1,500 tons and a standing army of one millio...
10: ...o be subordinated by the scholar bureaucracy. Simply put, maintaining a strong military was essential...
14: ...or nearly a century under the Yuan dynasty were replaced by the Han Chinese. The traditional [[Imperia...
16: ...ve body under past dynasties, after suppressing a plot for which he had blamed his chief minister. Wh...
20: ...ommendations to the throne), imperial edicts in reply, reports of various kinds, and tax records. - Government (12596 bytes)
1: ..., whether over an area of land, a set group of people, or an association.
13: ...m of government|forms of government]] have been implemented. A government in a developed state is like...
24: ... lack the authority to declare war or carry out diplomatic negotiations).
47: ...[[Ochlocracy]] - [[Oligarchy]] - [[Panarchy]] - [[Plutocracy]] - [[Technocracy]] - [[Theocracy]] -[[ty...
53: *[[Plato]] - [[Aristotle]] - [[Thucydides]] - [[Cicero]... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
8: ...73]] - Captain [[James Cook]] becomes the first explorer to cross the [[Antarctic Circle]].
14: * [[1893]] - American [[sugar]] planters led by the [[Committee of Safety (Hawaii)|C...
20: ...oviet Union|Soviet]] forces capture the almost completely destroyed [[Poland|Polish]] city of [[Warsaw...
22: * 1945 - [[Sweden|Swedish]] diplomat [[Raoul Wallenberg]] disappears in [[Hungary]...
36: ...r second full-length album, [[Kerplunk (album)|Kerplunk]]. - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
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54: ...ivisions in preference to the static theories exemplified by the [[Maginot Line]].
56: ...ble exception of [[Paul Reynaud]] who would later play a major role in de Gaulle's career.
63: - Stock car racing (7372 bytes)
7: ...years, the cars were so "stock" that it was commonplace for the drivers to drive themselves to the com...
9: ...ock" cars are stock in name only, using a body template modeled after currently-available automobiles,...
11: ...andard cars on the road. For example, NASCAR (the premier stock car organization in the US) requires [[carb...
19: ...97]], an average live audience of over 190,000 people for each race. The most famous event in the seri...
27: ...D]] terminals well before any actual racing takes place.
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