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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
17: *[[Roald Amundsen]], (1872-1928), [[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first ...
75: *[[Alexandra David-Néel]], (1868-1969), French explorer, visited [[Lhasa]], [[Tibe...
131: ...lls]] and the [[Saint Anthony Falls]] (the only [[waterfall]] on the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]...
134: *[[Sir Edmund Hillary]], with [[Tenzing Norgay]] was the first person to the summit of [[Mount Everes...
191: *[[Tenzing Norgay]], with [[Sir Edmund Hillary]] was the first person to the summit of [[Mount Everes... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...ces from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves of immigration and emigration merged to create...
7: ...d; the most archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
14: ...d during the [[Xia Dynasty]], and that this model was perpetuated in the successor [[Shang Dynasty|Sha...
18: ...e, where a bronze smelter from around [[2000 BC]] was unearthed. Early markings from this period, foun...
28: ...122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] king until [[256 BC]], he was largely a figurehead and held little real power. - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
21: *[[Irmgard Adam-Schwaetzer|Adam-Schwaetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government minis...
41: ...s Francis, Jr.]] (1835-1915), son of above, Civil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Rai...
45: ...ams Cotto, Edwin]], (1978-2005), Puerto Rican who was convicted of drug dealing in the Laura Hernandez... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...nited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empres...
9: ...hnological change in the United Kingdom. Victoria was the last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; he...
12: ...ningen]]. Victoria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on [[24 May]] ...
14: ...s the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]].
16: ...ssed the ''[[Regency Act 1831]]'', under which it was provided that Victoria's mother, the Duchess of ... - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
2: ...eorgine Markiewicz''' ([[1868]]–July 1927), was an [[Ireland|Irish]] politician and [[nationalis...
8: ...ntence was commuted to life imprisonment, and she was released under the amnesty of [[1917]].
10: ...of [[Dᩬ ɩreann]], a new Irish Parliament. She was re-elected to the [[Second Dᩬ]] in the [[House...
12: ... record until 1979 when [[Mᩲe Geoghegan-Quinn]] was apointed to the then junior cabinet post of [[Ir...
14: ...ection,_1922|Irish General Election of 1922]] but was re-elected in the 1923 and June 1927 elections. ... - Susan B. Anthony (3977 bytes)
3: ...ry 15]], [[1820]] – [[March 13]], [[1906]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[civil rights]] l...
5: She was born in [[Adams, Massachusetts]], the daughter o...
7: ...de preceding the outbreak of the [[American Civil War]], she took a prominent part in the anti-[[slave...
9: ...speaker and writer. From [[1868]] to [[1870]] she was the proprietor of a weekly paper, ''[[The Revolu...
13: ...views of Susan B. Anthony. Many early feminists, aware of how the procedure endangered women's health ... - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
3: ... November]] [[1819]] - [[22 December]] [[1880]]), was an [[England|English]] [[novelist]]. She is one...
5: ...ir own names, but Eliot wanted to ensure that she was not seen as a writer of romances. An additional...
8: ...f Feuerbach's ''Essence of Christianity'', and it was at that time that she began to live with [[Georg...
10: ...ovelistic career. Evans' cohabitation with Lewes was a scandalous matter. Lewes' wife refused to be ...
12: ...e of 61 in London of a [[kidney]] [[ailment]] and was [[interred]] in [[Highgate Cemetery]] (East), [[... - Apple (20408 bytes)
27: ...ery important food in all cooler climates, and it was probably the earliest tree to be cultivated. To ...
45: *'[[Cameo (apple)|Cameo]]': [[Washington]] (1980s)
55: *'[[Granny Smith]]': Australia (1868), [[California]])
67: *'[[Red Delicious]]': [[Iowa]] (1870s), elsewhere in United States
78: ...e, the [[U.S. state]] of [[Washington#Agriculture|Washington]] made its reputation for apple growing o... - Shakuhachi (6042 bytes)
3: ...ike the familiar Western [[transverse flute]]. It was used by the monks of the [[Fuke Zen|Fuke]] sect ...
10: ...mical and as an archaic measure of length), which was roughly equal to 30.3 [[centimeters]] (ca. 0.994...
26: ...ies out in the guise of Fuke monks as well. (This was made easier by the baskets that the Fuke wore ov...
30: ...mitted by repetition and practice, and much of it was lost, along with many important documents.
32: ...instrument to the [[koto]], [[shamisen]], etc. It was not until later that honkyoku were allowed to be... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...c figures. During the [[Cold War]], the President was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free...
7: The United States was the first nation to create the office of [[Presi...
12: ...e United States at the time the U.S. Constitution was adopted), be at least 35 years of age, and have ...
14: ...] [[Elaine Chao]], born in [[Republic of China|Taiwan]]; [[United States Director of National Intellig...
16: ...endment XXII]] (which took effect in [[1951]] and was first applied to [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] starti... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
29: | [[June 1]], [[1868]]
50: ...liding]] into [[schism]] and the [[American Civil War]] and as a result, he is widely considered to be...
53: ...tee on the Judiciary (Twenty-first Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in [[1830]]. B...
55: ...orians, but there isn't any decisive evidence one way or the other.
57: ...5]], [[1845]], to accept a Cabinet portfolio. He was chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations (... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
40: ...mber 29]], [[1808]] – [[July 31]], [[1875]]) was the sixteenth [[Vice President of the United Sta...
42: ...]; he was the first President to be impeached. He was subsequently acquitted by a single vote in the [...
45: ...ge of 13 he was apprenticed to a tailor, but ran away to Greeneville, Tennessee in [[1826]], where he ...
48: ...arch 4]], [[1843]] to [[March 3]], [[1853]]). He was chairman of the Committee on Public Expenditures...
51: ...es to continue participation in Congress. Johnson was then appointed by President Abraham Lincoln as M... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
22: ...rmy | Union]] [[general]] in the [[American Civil War]] and the 18th ([[1869]]–[[1877]]) [[Presi...
24: ...and is credited with winning the war. Although he was a successful general, he is considered by histor...
26: ...s agree that Grant was not personally corrupt; it was his subordinates in the executive branch who wer...
30: ...io]], where Grant spent most of his time until he was 17.
32: ...rant, and although Grant protested the change, it was difficult to resist the [[bureaucracy]]. Upon gr... - Schuyler Colfax (2924 bytes)
2: ...ch 23]], [[1823]]–[[January 13]], [[1885]]) was a [[United States House of Representatives|Repre...
4: ...ith his parents to [[New Carlisle, Indiana]]. He was appointed deputy auditor of [[St. Joseph County,...
6: ...]]. He was not a candidate for renomination in [[1868]], having become the Republican nominee for Vice ...
8: ... 4, 1869, served until March 3, [[1873]]. Colfax was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in [[...
10: He was a lecturer after leaving public office, and died... - William A. Wheeler (2833 bytes)
44: ...[[June 30]], [[1819]]–[[June 4]], [[1887]]) was a [[United States House of Representatives|Repre...
46: ...utional conventions in [[1867]] and [[1868]], and was elected to the Forty-first and to the three succ...
48: ...ts because of ill health, and died in Malone. He was interred in Morningside Cemetery. - Australia (39438 bytes)
14: ...Elizabeth II]]<br>[[Michael Jeffery]]<br>[[John Howard]]|
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48: ...ion|federated]] and the Commonwealth of Australia was formed. Since [[federation]], Australia has had ...
50: ... allowing access for traditional uses of the waterway across the border by Papua New Guinean people an...
54: ...rst writer in English to use the word "Australia" was [[Alexander Dalrymple]] in his ''An Historical C... - Cuba (25106 bytes)
6: ...ates]] occupied the island until its independence was granted in [[1902]], though limited by the [[Pla...
8: ...the point that by the late fifties the cuban peso was valued very close to the us dollar. Illiteracy ...
10: ...e delay, a [[Constitution]] of Soviet inspiration was adopted in [[1976]].
12: ...the invasion. The failed attempt to liberate Cuba was an international embarrasment to the newly elect...
16: ...his oil was consumed by Cuba, while the remainder was sold on the world market. Cuba supported communi... - Luxembourg (11321 bytes)
11: ...2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: Mir w묬e bleiwe wat mir sinn<br>([[Luxembourgish language|Luxembourg...
25: |'''[[Area]]''' <br> - Total <br> - % water
53: ... gave formal autonomy to Luxembourg, the country was disputed between [[Prussia]] and the [[Dutch kin...
55: ...by [[Germany]] during [[World War I]] and [[World War II]].
57: In [[1945]] after [[World War II]] Luxembourg abandoned its politics of [[neut... - Flag of Florida (1749 bytes)
3: ...seal superimposed on the center. The current flag was approved by popular referendum in 1900.
6: ...-fifth the hoist, shall extend from each corner towards the center, to the outer rim of the seal."
8: ...historically, the first Spanish flag over Florida was white, with a "broken" red cross [[saltire]]. - Alabama (10792 bytes)
22: WaterArea = 2,696 mi?/4,338 |
23: PCWater = 3.20 |
59: ...was much controversy as to whether or not Alabama was included. Nevertheless, Alabama became the 22nd...
61: ...and Alabama was readmitted to the Union in June [[1868]].
66: *The current [[Alabama Constitution]] was adopted in [[1901]].
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