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- History of China (45919 bytes)
14: ...riod Sima Qian relates that a system of inherited rulership was established during the [[Xia Dynasty]]...
28: ... the Shang. The Zhou appeared to have begun their rule under a semi-feudal system. Nevertheless, power...
36: ...s soon as the Qin reign ended, the Qin imperial structure collapsed. The [[Qin Dynasty]] is well know...
44: ...n the midst of land acquisitions, invasions and struggles of [[consort clan]]s and [[eunuch]]s. The [[...
63: ...Northern Dynasties]], a sequence of local regimes ruling over regions north of [[Yangtze River|Yangtze... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...Sunni Islam]]ic scholar and [[Jurisprudence|jurisprudent]] from the [[Maliki]] [[Madhhab]] (a school o...
15: ...aces were along the route – [[Hebron]], [[Jerusalem]], and [[Bethlehem]], for example – an...
22: There he met [[Abu Said|Abu Sa'id]], the last ruler of the unified Il-Khanate. Ibn Battuta travell...
25: ...was [[Aden]], where his intention was to make his fortune as a trader of the goods that flowed into the Ara...
38: ...ther functionaries as possible to consolidate his rule. On the strength of his years of studies while ... - Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
1: ...M. Anna Ivanovna, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias, Duchess of Courland]]
3: ...[Courland]] from 1711 to 1730 and as Empress of [[Russia]] from 1730 to 1740.
7: ...w western [[Latvia]]) from 1711 to 1730, with the Russian resident, [[Bestuzhev-Ryumin|Peter Bestuzhev...
10: ...and soon she established herself as an autocratic ruler, using her popularity with the imperial guards...
17: ...her maids, dressed as clowns, in a specially constructed house of ice, where the bride caught a cold a... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
7: ...toinette's mother, the Empress Maria-Theresa, had ruled the Austrian Empire for fifteen years before A...
22: ...'s personal wedding gift to her. It was a fan, encrusted with diamonds.
25: ...mpotent]], but this was not the case. Nor was it true that he suffered from [[phimosis]]. Rather, it s...
34: ...Comte Mercy d'Argenteau, who reported with great frustration that she was doing nothing to further [[A...
36: ... [[Louis XV]] died of [[smallpox]]. The courtiers rushed over to Marie-Antoinette's apartments to swea... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
6: Allende was born in [[Lima, Peru]], to diplomat Tomá³ Allende, the cousin of [[Sal...
8: ...[[United Kingdom|British]] private school in [[Beirut]]. She returned to Chile in 1958 to complete he...
10: ... in [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]], and later in [[Brussels, Belgium]], and elsewhere in Europe. Her da...
28: *''Daughter of Fortune'' (1999). - Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
15: Her ''Mutation de fortune'', in which she finds room for a great deal of [[... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
6: ...ne for the theory that Mortensen was in fact her true father.
8: ...Wayne and Ida were her parents until Ida, rather cruelly, corrected her. After Marilyn's death, Ida cl...
16: ...arilyn Monroe has. Her [[face]] was certainly her fortune and to this very day - over 40 years after her my...
20: ...ilyn starring in one movie - ''[[Ladies of the Chorus]]'' in [[1948]] but once again she was dropped. ...
25: ...gan to surface. Shot by Tom Kelley when she was struggling, the prints were bought by Hugh Hefner and ... - Carnation (3475 bytes)
26: ...l places three carnations in her hair to tell her fortune. If the top flower dies first, her last years of ... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
8: ...from England, his uncle died and he inherited the fortune and business, making him the wealthiest man in Ma...
19: ...llion, he later became a public critic of British rule. On [[March 5]], [[1774]], the fourth anniversa... - Vietnam (18265 bytes)
6: ...700 years. For a thousand years, it was under the rule of successive dynasties of the [[China|Chinese ...
29: ...lities (''thந phố trực thuộc Trung ương'', singular and plural) existing...
37: ...he south is divided into coastal lowlands, [[Dai Truong Son]] (central mountains) with high plateaus, ...
47: ...ent has been rising steadily in recent years, and rural unemployment, estimated to be up to 35% during...
51: ...their dreams despite their low monthly income. Corruption, bribery and embezzlement committed by many ... - Democratic Republic of the Congo (21095 bytes)
1: ...Sudan]] on the north, [[Uganda]], [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], and [[Tanzania]] on the east, [[Zambia]] an...
61: ...ne for Leopold, who built several buildings in [[Brussels]] and [[Ostend]] to honour himself. During t...
67: ...ns but was released (1960) to participate in the Brussels Congo conference, where he emerged as a lead...
72: ...issolved in sulfuric acid a few days later. In February, it was announced that he had been killed by a...
80: ... bank note displayed his image,) and excessive corruption — in 1984 he was said to have [[USD]] ... - Palau (8171 bytes)
2: ...ppines]]. Having emerged from [[United Nations]] trusteeship (administered by the [[United States of A...
56: ...Remeliik]] in [[1985]] by assassination and [[Lazarus Salii]] in [[1988]] by suicide), Palau voted in ...
96: ...d the willingness of foreigners to finance infrastructure development.
103: ...of Christianity, traditional Palauan religion and fortune telling) and the Ancient Palauan Religion is stil... - Culture of China (15738 bytes)
10: ...ments, then later gave way to string and reed instruments.
83: ...ng]] - [[Fingerroot]] - [[Five-spice powder]] - [[Fortune cookie]] - [[Ginger root]] - [[Hakka cuisine]] - ...
133: ...sm]] - [[Dalai Lama]] - [[Falun Gong]] - [[Gedun Drub]] - [[Guanyin]] - [[Mahayana|Mahayana Buddhism]]...
143: ...ing rods]] - [[Traditional Chinese medicine]] - [[Rudder]]
151: ...cotta]] statues of Chinese Imperial soldiers constructed by one of China's emperors during its Imperia... - Ancient Rome (25155 bytes)
21: ...eek]] colony, enlisted the aid of [[Pyrrhus of Epirus]] in [[282 BC]].
25: ...wever, and was murdered in a plot organised by [[Brutus]] and [[Gaius Cassius Longinus|Cassius]], on t...
27: In the last republican power struggle, Caesar's designated heir, [[Octavian]], defe...
42: ...wine containers, [[plague|plagues]], political corruption, a non-productive urban culture, and transfe...
54: ...story books. Also the [[Holy Roman Empire]] and [[Russia]] have claimed the "Roman" legacy after the [... - Alexander of Pherae (1959 bytes)
1: ...despotism|despot]] of [[Pherae]] in [[Thessaly]], ruled from [[369 BC]] to [[358 BC]]. He was the son ...
3: ...ian withdrawal Alexander treated his subjects as cruelly as before. The Thessalians next applied to [...
5: ...Pelopidas,'' agree in describing Alexander as a cruel and suspicious tyrant:
8: :::—Plutarch, ''Moralia:'' "On the Fortune of Alexander." - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
6: ...d in centuries of Greco-Macedonian settlement and rule over non-Greek areas, a period known as the [[H...
9: ... the son of King Philip II of Macedon and of [[Epirus|Epirote]] princess [[Olympias]]. According to [[...
11: ... [[Junianus Justinus|Justin]], and [[Plutarch]]), rumors spread that the Oracle had revealed Alexander...
14: ...([[Pausanias (assassin)|Pausanias]]), who held a grudge against Philip because the king had ignored a ...
25: ...xander passed near but probably did not visit [[Jerusalem]]. - Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
2: ...l.gif|225px|]] | caption = Skull of ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex|T. Rex]]'' from the <br /> [[United States D...
17: ...osaur_bird_flying.jpg |thumb|300px|left|Tenontosaurus and deinonych]]
25: ...llosaurus_clipart_aca.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Allosaurus Image provided by <br> [http://classroomclipart....
38: ...ore|carnivorous]]; some [[biped]]al, others [[quadruped]]al. For details on the various types of dinos...
42: ... of soft tissue like skin is very rare. So reconstructing a skeleton by comparing the size and morphol... - Pilgrims (4873 bytes)
24: ...t sail aboard the ship ''[[Fortune (Pilgrim ship)|Fortune]]'', arriving at the [[Plymouth Colony]] on [[Nov... - Seven Years' War (11256 bytes)
1: ...ate)|Hanover]] against [[France]], [[Austria]], [[Russia]], [[Sweden]], and [[Saxony]]. [[Spain]] and ...
5: ... [[2nd Carnatic War]] while the fighting between Prussia and Austria is called the [[Silesian Wars|3rd...
8: ...]]. During that conflict, King [[Frederick II of Prussia]] had gained the rich province of [[Silesia]]...
10: ... continental Europe and thus allowed Britannia to rule the seas, as well as exert some influence on ma...
12: ... army had undergone an overhaul according to the Prussian system. Maria Theresa, whose knowledge of mi... - Roaring Twenties (28131 bytes)
17: ... the largest and a number of peripheral companies running gas stations, motels, and providing oil also...
23: ===New infrastructure===
25: ...way]]s, and a number of [[expressway]]s were constructed. There emerged a class of Americans with surp...
27: ...ing this decade electricity production almost quadrupled.
29: [[Telephone]] lines also were now being strung across the continent. Another important technol...
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