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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
28: percent_water = 2.5% |
33: population_census_year = 2000 |
41: sovereignty_type = [[Mexican War of Independence|Independence]] |
62: For more than 3,000 years, Mexico was the site of several [[Mesoamerica]]n civilizatio...
64: ... of [[Aztlan], the starting point of their tribes wanderings, never thought of themselves as anything ... - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
13: ...e Europeans thought at first the Bay of Guanabara was actually the mouth of a river, they called it "R...
15: ...st invaders - neighbor [[Niter, for instance, was founded by a native chief for supporting defense...
17: ... westwards, an urban movement which lasts until nowadays.
19: ...the colonial administration in Portuguese America was moved to Rio.
21: ...y European capital outside of Europe. Since there was no physical space nor urban structure to accommo... - 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. - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
2: ...to run on a platform of opposition to slavery. He was born in [[Savannah, Georgia]].
7: ... of Cahuenga]] which ended the [[Mexican-American War]] in California. He served (from [[1850]] to [[1...
9: ...mmand in the West on [[November 2]], [[1861]]. He was re-appointed to a different post (in [[West Virg...
11: Frémont was appointed [[Governor]] of the [[Arizona Territor...
13: ...t County, Idaho|Idaho]], [[Fremont County, Iowa|Iowa]] and [[Fremont County, Wyoming|Wyoming]]. Severa... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...calendar]] year 703, into a [[Berber]] family. He was a [[Sunni Islam]]ic scholar and [[Jurisprudence|...
4: ...bdullah ibn Muhammed ibn Ibrahim Ibn Battuta al-Lawati al-Tanji'''.
8: ...probably fanciful, but in many others there is no way to know whether he is reporting or story-telling...
13: ...'Aydhad]]. However, upon approaching that city he was forced to turn back due to a local rebellion.
15: ...ia]]. An additional advantage to the side journey was that other holy places were along the route &nda... - Steel (28384 bytes)
8: ...h as carbon. This process, known as [[smelting]], was first applied to metals with lower [[melting]] p...
11: ...rite phase, resulting in an excess of carbon. One way for carbon to leave the austenite is for [[cemen...
15: ...orms, then '''[[quenching]]''' the hot metal in [[water]] or [[oil]], cooling it so rapidly that the t...
26: Iron was in limited use long before it became possible to...
28: ...haeological sites more than 1000 miles (1600 km) away. When the [[United States|American]] polar expl... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...twerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
11: ...ton]] opens in [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], [[Washington]] as the Territorial University
12: * [[1864]] - [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Johnsonville]] - [[Confederate St...
15: ...ajority of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving the way for him to be crowned [[emperor]].
16: ... first deep-level [[London Underground|tube]] railway opens between [[King William Street]] and [[Stoc... - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...akes]] region of [[Africa]]. It is bordered by [[Rwanda]] on the north, [[Tanzania]] on the south and ...
12: national_anthem = [[Burundi bwacu]] |
13: ...uage|Kirundi]] and [[French language|French]]. [[Swahili]] is widely spoken.|
23: percent_water = 7.8% |
53: ...elgian administrative authority following [[World War II]]. - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
8: ...m/military/limbaugh.htm]. Limbaugh stated that he was not drafted because a physical found that he had...
10: ...n [[KQV]], using the name '''Jeff Christie'''. It was in Pittsburgh that many of Limbaugh's trademarks...
16: ...ew York City]] (and his current flagship station, WABC) in the late [[1980s]] and eventually became sy...
18: ... was largely responsible for the shift in [[mediumwave|AM]] [[broadcasting]] to a news-talk format aft...
22: ... Limbaugh became as much a political symbol as he was a broadcaster, comedian, and political satirist.... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...Germans in the government and not a single person was executed during her reign.
7: ...nd [[Catherine I of Russia|Martha Skavronskaya]], was born at [[Kolomenskoye]], near [[Moscow]], on th...
9: ...leisure to devote to her training, and her mother was too illiterate to superintend her studies. She h...
11: It was Peter's intention to marry his second daughter t...
13: ...scent nephew [[Peter II of Russia|Peter II]], who was rumoured to be her lover. The [[Dolgorukov]]s, w... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
13: | [[Warren Christopher]]
37: ...ry of State on [[January 23]], [[1997]]. Albright was the first female Secretary of State, which in tu...
40: ... graduated from Kent Denver high school in 1955. Awarded a B.A. from [[Wellesley College]] with honors...
42: ...well as a [[White House]] staff member, where she was responsible for foreign policy legislation. From...
44: ...rom [[1981]] to [[1982]], Secretary Albright was awarded a fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson Internatio... - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
6: ...Burma's independence from Britain in [[1947]] and was [[assassination|assassinated]] by rivals in the ...
12: ...d was put under [[house arrest]] in [[1989]]. She was offered freedom if she would leave the country, ...
16: ...When her husband Michael Aris, a British citizen, was diagnosed with [[prostate cancer]] in [[1997]], ...
18: ...r a surgical operation in [[September]] 2003, she was again placed under house arrest in Yang?
23: ...ritten about and dedicated to Suu Kyi. "Walk On" was banned by the Junta. Other artists such as [[Col... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
31: ...female head of a national government to date. She was also the second woman in history to sit at the t...
33: ...of British Columbia]] (B.A., LL.B.) and studied towards a doctorate in Soviet Government at the [[Lond...
35: ...re divorced in [[1983]], and Campbell married [[Howard Eddy]] in [[1986]].
39: She was elected to the British Columbia legislature as a...
43: ...ed, although the divorce was finalized before she was sworn in as Prime Minister. - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
3: ... Senate|United States Senator]] from [[Washington|Washington state]] and is a member of the [[United S...
7: ...resentative [[Andrew Jacobs]]. Her mother, Rose, was an administrative assistant.
9: ...then moved to Seattle suburb [[Mountlake Terrace, Washington|Mountlake Terrace]] because it reminded h...
11: ==In the Washington and United States Houses==
13: ...ell became the youngest woman ever elected to the Washington State Legislature at the age of 28. She h... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
1: .... She has been the [[President of Finland]] since 2000.
3: ...n-law partner, Dr. [[Pentti Araj䲶i]], after she was elected president.
7: ...and's Social Democratic Party]] [[1971]]–[[2000]]
10: ...rliament of Finland|parliament]] [[1979]]–[[2000]]
14: *Minister of Foreign Affairs [[1995]]–[[2000]] - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
29: ...firmed her nomination by a vote of 85-13, and she was sworn in later that day.
31: ...nal Security Advisor]] during his first term. She was the second African American (after Powell) and t...
34: ...ho preached on weekends; Rice's mother, Angelena, was a teacher." [http://www.newyorker.com/fact/conte...
37: ...e was eight when her schoolmate [[Denise McNair]] was killed in the bombing of the primarily African-A...
47: ...as quietly cerebral, friendly but decorous, and always popular among students. They often saw her exer... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
3: ...igan elected to the U.S. Senate, and along with [[Washington]]'s [[Maria Cantwell]] the first woman to...
5: ...he [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]]. Stabenow was considered the underdog for much of the Senate r...
9: ...uses of the [[United States Congress]]. The first was [[Thomas W. Ferry]]. Stabenow is also the first ...
11: ...[South Dakota]]. Senator [[Dick Durbin]], D-Ill., was elected [[Minority Whip]], the Democrats' second... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ...owned industries. Even before coming to power she was nicknamed the '''Iron Lady''' in [[Soviet Union|...
29: ...d Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]].
33: ...nadequate advice and campaigning. In [[1992]] she was created '''Baroness Thatcher'''; since then her ...
36: ... control of Grantham Council in [[1945]], Roberts was not re-elected as an Alderman, a decision which ...
38: ...develop methods for preserving [[ice cream]]. She was a member of the team that developed the first so... - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
1: ...saparksarrested.jpeg|thumb|right|330px|Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to mak...
2: ...55]] to give up a [[bus]] seat to a white man who was getting on the bus.
4: Rosa Parks was born in [[Tuskegee, Alabama]], daughter of James...
8: ...d as a second-class citizen and stood firmly. She was arrested, tried, and convicted for [[disorderly ...
10: ...ott, Rosa Parks helped make her fellow Americans aware of the history of the civil rights struggle. - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
5: ... Steinem was born in [[Toledo, Ohio]]. Her father was an antiques salesman. With his family in tow, h...
9: ...ble to find a job as a journalist because editors wanted male reporters. After two years she landed a ...
11: == Political Awakening and Activism ==
12: ... role, Gloria managed to organize her lectures in ways that also brought other notable feminists to th...
14: ...azine|Ms.]]'' and wrote for the magazine until it was sold in [[1987]]. Although ''Ms.'' has had a num...
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