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- Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
3: ...the singular or plural, although pipers most commonly talk of "pipes" and "the bagpipe".
16: ...ed either by a blowpipe or a set of bellows; the inlet to the bag normally has a one-way [[valve]] whi...
20: ...lown. Sometimes the term is also somewhat mistakenly used to describe the general sound produced by a...
33: ...l known are the [[Great Highland Bagpipe]]s (commonly abbreviated GHBs), which were developed in [[Sco...
53: ...iping careers. Another common choice is to have only the drones, without regulators. This is known a... - Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present (16426 bytes)
61: ... that inmates on death row are not guaranteed "painless executions" under the Constitution.
113: - Ionic order (6526 bytes)
4: ... of the great Ionic temples, though it stood for only a decade before an earthquake levelled it, was t...
6: Unlike the Greek Doric order, Ionic [[column]]s norma...
10: ...tect [[John Russell Pope]] wanted to convey the manly stamina combined with intellect of [[Theodore Ro...
14: ...k his hints, to interpret the Ionic Order as matronly in comparison to the Doric Order, though not as ...
16: The [[Parthenon]], although it conforms mainly to the Doric order, also has some Ionic elements... - Ancient Greek theatre (7531 bytes)
17: Only four playwrights from this period have complete ...
21: ...was [[Greek comedy#New Comedy|New Comedy]]. The only extant playwright from the period is [[Menander]...
37: ...the side of a hill. Greek theatres, then, could only be built on hills that were correctly shaped. A...
43: ...ndicate objects. The convention of plays having only two or three actors meant that an actor had to p... - China (38909 bytes)
7: ...f as ''[[Taiwan]]'', which is also the usage commonly adopted in the West (see [[political status of T...
16: ...ng the [[Spring and Autumn Period]], it was used only to describe the states politically descended fro...
27: The Republic of China as it controlled mainland China, and later, the People's Republic of Chi...
30: The most commonly accepted theory as to the origin of the [[Englis...
34: ...;中華地區) refers to [[Mainland China]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Macau]], [[Taiwan]],... - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
7: Secondly, unlike other countries, Chinese belief systems allow ...
46: ... of [[Shangchuan]], without having reached the mainland. In [[1582]], Jesuits once again initiated mis...
54: ...s call to preach the gospel across China and the enlargement of the house church movement.
80: ==Mainland China== - June (1973 bytes)
- Burundi (13403 bytes)
58: ...undian government issued arrest warrants for the FNL leaders Agathon Rwasa and Pasteur Habimana, and d...
60: ...otiations are now under way, amid fears that the FNL will demand a blanket amnesty in exchange for lay...
70: ...Ruzizi River]], north of Lake Tanganyika, is the only area below 3,000 ft: this area forms part of the...
74: ...s in Burundi. Although [[Lake Victoria]] is commonly considered to be the source of the Nile, the [[K...
89: ...second highest in [[Sub-Saharan Africa]], behind only Rwanda. The Twa are thought to be the original ... - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
- Raccoon (4751 bytes)
22: ...ve up to 12 years in the wild, but most live for only a few years. - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
27: ... at home. She was the first (and as of 2005 the only) female member of the royal family to actually s...
66: .... This is one reason why it is considered highly unlikely that she will ever [[abdicate]]. Like her mo...
70: The only public issue on which Elizabeth makes her views ...
98: ... II]] these proceedings were deemed to have been unlawful.
102: ...re Trudeau]] stated: "I was always impressed not only by the grace she displayed in public at all time... - Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
11: ...ut exerted tremendous influence. Thutmose II had only two daughters with Hatshepsut, Nefrure and Merit...
13: ...istory, but it soon became apparent that she had only one model in mind, Sobekneferu, the last monarch...
20: ...eriod of transission ended all depictions of her only showed her in a masculine form. The symbols she ...
22: ...gists have claimed that her foreign policy was mainly peaceful, there is evidence that she led a succe... - Arsinoe II of Egypt (1899 bytes)
- Cleopatra VII of Egypt (8634 bytes)
6: ...ll these cases, her co-rulers were king in title only, with her keeping the true authority.
21: ...this, when she ordered the second course — only a cup of strong vinegar. She then removed one of... - Boudicca (6973 bytes)
15: ...most eighty thousand Britons fell" compared with only four hundred Romans. Boudicca, according to Taci...
17: ...r ten as her supposed resting place) but this is unlikely. [[Manduessedum]] near the modern day town o...
23: ...ne]] under Suetonius Paulinus, which almost certainly gave Tacitus an eyewitness source for Boudicca's... - Reproduction (2286 bytes)
3: '''Reproduction''' is perhaps most commonly used in the context of [[biology|biological]] re...
10: ...uce few offspring. Others reproduce quickly, but unless raised in an artificial environment, most offs... - Performance (3170 bytes)
- Theodora (6th century) (3433 bytes)
- Empress Wu (14478 bytes)
11: ...e a temple name. In China, empresses<br>consort, unlike ruling emperors, are not given a temple name.<...
14: ...l name '''Wu Zhao''' (武曌), was the only female emperor in the [[history of China]], foun...
24: ...r of China [[Qin Shi Huang]]. Indeed she was the only woman in the 2100 years of imperial China ever t...
26: ...erial name was definitely set as Emperor Tiance Jinlun Shengshen (天冊金輪 ...
69: ... Dynasty]] was restored that same day, but the Shenlong era continued to be used until [[707]]) - Isabella of Jerusalem (7928 bytes)
9: ...as recognized unanimously as king, as he was the only male available, but the concerns of illegitimacy...
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