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  1. Printing press (12986 bytes)
    1: ...mber 1 of the Top 100 Greatest Events of the Millennium by LIFE Magazine. Apart from Gutenberg, the [...
    12: ...ced in this period, between the first work of Johann Gutenberg and the year 1500, are collectively ref...
    35: ... had been printed on the new presses (Eisenstein, 1969; 52). The spread of works also led to the creatio...
    55: ...the single most important invention of the [[millennium]].
  2. Antarctica (14761 bytes)
    39: ...way]]: 44?38' E to 20?W; claimed [[1938]] as [[Dronning Maud Land]], a Norwegian territory
    60: * [[Casey Station|Casey]], [[Vincennes Bay]] ({{flagicon|Australia}} [[Australian Anta...
    75: ..., 1.2Km long, 30 mts. wide landing track (since [[1969]]) ({{flag|Argentina}}) [http://www.marambio.aq w...
    81: * [[Novolazarevskaya Station]], [[Dronning Maud Land]] ({{coor dms|70|46|26|S|11|51|54|E|...
    109: ... SG-1]] (TV; several episodes) ([[1997]], still running)
  3. Canada (35540 bytes)
    39: |align=left|[[Manitoba]]||[[Winnipeg, Manitoba|Winnipeg]]||-6 (Central)
    130: ...ht| Her Excellency The Right Honourable '''[[Adrienne Clarkson]]'''<br>[[Governor General of Canada]]]...
    178: ...anguages are English and French. On [[July 7]], [[1969]], French was made equal to English throughout th...
    222: ... years prior to and following the [[Canadian Centennial]] in [[1967]], and also due to a focus by the ...
    239: ...n|previous]] flags, the [[penny (Canadian coin)|penny]], and on the [[Coat of Arms of Canada|coat of a...
  4. Slovakia (19892 bytes)
    63: ... [[Danube]]. From 20 to 50 AD, the Kingdom of [[Vannius]], a barbarian kingdom founded by the Germanic...
    75: ...on]] and its [[Warsaw Pact]] from 1945 onward. In 1969, the state became a federation of the Czech Socia...
    142: ...h of the difficult transition from a centrally planned economy to a modern market economy. The Slovak ...
    148: [[Inflation]] dropped from an average annual rate of 12.0 % in 2000 to just 3.3 % in the el...
    197: ...'' Eugen Lazistan, Fedor Mikovic, Ivan Kucma and Anna Jureckova
  5. Pakistan (74854 bytes)
    62: ... Era|CE]]. Various Greek kings ruled into the beginning of the [[1st century]] CE, as petty rulers (su...
    72: ...akistani region until the early 19th century and annexed the entire area during the [[Great Game]] riv...
    75: [[Image:Quaid6_edited.jpg|thumb|right|160px| [[Jinnah]] ([[1876]] - [[1948]]) the founder of Pakistan...
    76: ...or the Muslims of British India. [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] a British-educated Indian Muslim leader, adop...
    81: ...ia and Pakistan involving [[Kashmir]] and the [[Rann of Kutch]] (Sir Creek) regions. Both nations have...
  6. Israel (51605 bytes)
    1: ...7th century BCE]] and [[Christianity]] at the beginning of the [[1st century]] CE. The name Israel tra...
    60: ...sted intermittently in the region for over a millennium until the failure of the [[Great Jewish Revolt...
    83: ...eadership rejected the plan to create the as-yet-unnamed Jewish state and launched a guerilla war.
    87: ...the State of Israel was proclaimed. Promising to annihilate the new Jewish state (though their actual ...
    89: ...pt and came under its control, but Egypt did not annex it.
  7. Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
    40: | '''[[Religion]]s''' || [[Sunni Islam]] <small>77%</small><br>[[Shi'a Islam]] <s...
    74: ... and diaspora met in [[Bonn]] and agreed on a [[Bonn Agreement (Afghanistan)|plan]] for the formulatio...
    88: Under the [[Bonn Agreement (Afghanistan)|Bonn Agreement]] the [[Afghan Constitution Commission]...
    96: ...t was the country's first national election since 1969, when parliamentary elections were last held.
    143: [[Image:AfghanistanNumbered.png|thumb|250px|right|Map showing province...
  8. Sudan (18856 bytes)
    60: ... years include [[Makuria]] and the [[Kingdom of Sennar]].
    66: ...minated in a second military coup on [[25 May]] [[1969]]. The coup leader, Col. [[Gaafar Muhammad Nimeir...
    68: ...vil war. In September [[1983]] President Nimeiri announced his decision to extend Islamic [[Shari'a]] ...
    92: ...t of the [[Sudan People's Liberation Army]]. Beginning from the mid-1990s Sudan gradually began to mo...
    98: ...iver Nile, Sudan|River Nile]], [[Sennar (state)|Sennar]], [[South Darfur]], [[South Kurdufan]], [[Unit...
  9. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
    40: | <br>[[1969]]<br>[[1979]]
    59: ...ecame known as ''[[Garifuna|black Caribs]]''. Beginning in [[1719]], [[France|French]] settlers cultiv...
    65: ...Vincent was granted associate statehood status in 1969, giving it complete control over its internal aff...
    67: ...w very active hurricane seasons, with hurricane Lenny in 1999 causing extensive damage to the west coa...
  10. Malaysia (27892 bytes)
    3: ... [[Thailand]] and is [[Johor#Links_to_Singapore|connected by a causeway and the second-link bridge]] o...
    92: ...a Lumpur, Malaysia Race Riots|racial riots]] in [[1969]]. The [[Philippines]] also made an active claim ...
    94: After the [[May 13 Incident|racial riots]] of 1969, the controversial [[Malaysian New Economic Polic...
    143: ...ate]] is [[equatorial]] and characterised by the annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (Oc...
    145: ...al [[Asia]] &mdash; if [[Singapore]], an island connected to the continent by a man-made [[causeway]],...
  11. Bolivia (30115 bytes)
    59: ...bly has been inhabited for some 20,000 years. Beginning about the 2nd century B.C., the [[Tiwanaku]] c...
    76: ...Estenssoro at the outset of his third term. The [[1969]] death of President [[Ren頂arrientos Ortu񯝝, ...
    85: ...uring which Sᮣhez de Lozada was Minister for Planning). The most dramatic change undertaken by the S...
    93: ...m. Quiroga was constitutionally prohibited from running for national office in [[2002]] but could do s...
    165: ...emisphere]] selected for eligibility for the Millennium Challenge Account and is participating as an o...
  12. Iowa (24205 bytes)
    47: ... Primarily, they were families from [[Ohio]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[New York]], [[Indiana]], [[Kentucky]...
    63: Iowa is bordered by [[Minnesota]] on the north, [[Nebraska]] and [[South Dak...
    169: Fish = Channel [[catfish]] (unofficial) |
    239: ...rhaul of the current education system is being planned. One of the suggested ideas is switching from 1...
    262: *[[Grinnell College]]
  13. Maine (17312 bytes)
    38: ...622]] land patent. Eastern Maine north of the [[Kennebec River]] was more sparsely settled and was kno...
    45: ...yndon Johnson]]), thanks to the presence of his running mate, Maine Senator [[Edmund Muskie]]. Maine h...
    47: ...sh family summer home in [[Kennebunkport, Maine|Kennebunkport]], and in [[1996]], Maine was again Pero...
    51: ... election. The other two go to the highest vote-winner in each of the state's two congressional distri...
    53: ...[George J. Mitchell]], [[Olympia Snowe]], and [[Hannibal Hamlin]].
  14. South Dakota (14035 bytes)
    41: ... by [[Nebraska]], to the east by [[Iowa]] and [[Minnesota]], and to the west by [[Wyoming]] and [[Mont...
    82: ...present-day [[Fort Pierre]], and this was the beginning of continuous Euro-American settlement of the ...
    132: ...es more than 8,000 feet beneath the surface. From 1969 until 1993, it was home to the Homestake Chlorine...
    138: The largest and most complete fossil of ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex]]'' ever found was uncovered near the ...
  15. Oregon (26551 bytes)
    43: ...n the first place. The state has pioneered some innovative solutions to the nation's environmental pr...
    49: ...can]] tribes, including the [[Bannock (tribe) | Bannock]], [[Chinook]], [[Klamath]], and [[Nez Perce]]...
    59: ... in earnest following the construction of the [[Bonneville Dam]] in [[1943]] on the Columbia River. Th...
    117: ...[[Union]]" and "[[Confederate]]" States, Oregon banned Negroes from moving into the State in the vote ...
    124: ...hibition]], it became a significant industry beginning in the 1970s, and Oregon is home to at least f...
  16. Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
    260: ...e Czech heritage of some early immigrants), the Mennonite Relief Sale (in Enid, OK), and the [[Junetee...
    400: ||1969
    490: ||[[Lynn Riggs Players of Oklahoma, Inc.]]
    514: ||biennial gubernatorial appointment
  17. Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
    17: ===[[9th millennium BC]]===
    21: ===[[8th millennium BC]]===
    24: ===[[7th millennium BC]]===
    29: ===[[6th millennium BC]]===
    33: ===[[4th millennium BC]]===
  18. List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
    23: *[[Morihei Ueshiba|Ueshiba, Morihei]], (1883-1969), Japanese founder of [[aikido]]
    37: *[[Gebhard Ullmann|Ullmann, Gebhard]], musician
    38: *[[Liv Ullmann|Ullmann, Liv]], (born 1938), Swedish-born actress
    59: *[[Johnny Unitas|Unitas, Johnny]], (1933-2002), American football player
    112: *[[Johan Peter Uz|Uz, Johann Peter]] (1720-1796), German author
  19. Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
    14: ...igated by [[Darius III of Persia|Darius III Codomannus]], the recently crowned King of Persia. [[Pluta...
    25: ...ersian army under the command of Darius III Codomannus at the [[Battle of Issus]] in [[333 BC]]. Proc...
    45: ...anks, he paid off the debts of his soldiers, and announced that he would send those who were over-aged...
    83: Of light cavalry, the ''prodomoi'' (runners) secured the wings of the army during battle a...
    91: ...xander's "one world" policies. Alexander, who planned an invasion of Arabia after he'd assembled a fo...
  20. Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
    2: ...x skull.gif|225px|]] | caption = Skull of ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex|T. Rex]]'' from the <br /> [[United St...
    34: ...technically correct, at least under the older [[Linnaean classification]] system, which accepts taxa t...
    66: ...onalgeographic.com/news/2002/12/1219_021219_dinocannibal.html], it was confirmed by tooth marks from M...
    118: ====Feathered dinosaurs and the bird connection====
    129: ...power of flight while keeping the feathers in a manner similar to the [[Ostrich]] and other [[ratites]...

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