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- Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...he known Islamic world, extending also to present-day [[India]], the [[Maldives]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[So...
4: ...natively be rendered '''ibn Batuta''', '''ibn Batuda''' or '''ibn Battutah'''. He is also sometimes kn...
6: ...f this intial manuscript may be translated as ''A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities an...
8: ... about Ibn Battuta's life comes from one source – Ibn Battuta himself (via Ibn Juzayy). In place...
11: ...tely) twenty Ibn Battuta went on a ''[[hajj]]'' – a pilgrimage to [[Mecca]]. Once done, however,... - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...beth II in an official portrait as [[Queen of Canada]] (on the occasion of her [[Golden Jubilee of Eli...
7: ...s]], [[Barbados]], [[Belize]], [[Canada]], [[Grenada]], [[Jamaica]], [[New Zealand]], [[Papua New Guin...
15: ... of York (n饠[[Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]]), the daughter of [[Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of...
17: As a granddaughter of the British sovereign in the male line, ...
20: ...[[Entente Cordiale]] and numerous visits to [[Canada]]. She was instructed in religion by the [[Archbi... - Theodora (11th century) (2075 bytes)
2: ...[[1055]] to [[August 31]], [[1056]]. She was the daughter of [[Constantine VIII of the Byzantine Empi... - Margaret I of Denmark (7423 bytes)
2: ...ingborg Castle]], the daughter of [[Waldemar Atterdag of Denmark|Valdemar IV of Denmark]] and Helvig o...
4: ...86), but under such stringent conditions that the Danish crown got all the advantage of the arrangemen...
6: At a conference held at [[Dalaborg]] Castle, in March 1388, the Swedes were co...
12: ... [[Kalmar]] in June [[1397]]; and on [[Trinity Sunday]], on [[June 17]], Eric was solemnly crowned kin...
16: ... and Norway were treated as integral parts of the Danish state, and national aspirations were frowned ... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...er]] [[1755]] ? executed [[16 October]] [[1793]]) Daughter of [[Maria Theresa of Austria]], wife of [[...
4: ...-Antoinette was the fifteenth child (the youngest daughter; she had a brother one year younger) of the...
9: ... he would like the hand of the Empress's youngest daughter in marriage - Marie-Antoinette (much to the...
15: ...ria-Antonia should be sent to France to marry the dauphin.
17: ...rteen. The Empress's parting words to her sobbing daughter was, "Farewell, my dearest child. Do so muc... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...a Eleanor Roosevelt''' ([[October 11]] [[1884]] – [[November 7]] [[1962]]) was an [[United State...
9: ...oman, in an autocratic house. On [[St. Patrick's Day]], [[1905]] she married [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]...
11: ...szen van Rosenvelt]] who emigrated to [[New Amsterdam]] ([[Manhattan]]) from [[Holland]] in the 1640s....
13: ...es, Eleanor found herself at odds with his eldest daughter, [[Alice Roosevelt Longworth]] who was enra...
15: ...ntually become the Mrs. Roosevelt?s column ''[[My Day]]''. After a few years away from Washington Hick... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ...|nursing]]. Each year, the [[International Nurses Day]] is celebrated on her birth anniversary.
11: ...nfirmary]] in [[London]] that became a public scandal, Nightingale became the leading advocate for imp...
19: ...46]]), a position he would hold again ([[1852]] – [[1854]]) during the [[Crimean War]]. Herbert ...
23: ...ctivity, and the [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] foundations of the hospital. While at Kaiserwerth, Flore...
31: ...arly in November [[1854]]. In [[Scutari]] (modern-day [[ܳk? in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]) Nightingale ... - Kuan Yin (8111 bytes)
1: ...e:Daienin_Kannon.JPG|thumb|right|Kannon statue in Daienin, Mt. Koya, Japan]]
12: ...a depiction which derives from the earlier ''[[Pandaravasini]]'' form.
16: ...t and sides, Avalokiteshvara possesses the unique gift to see everywhere at once and reach out to the ne...
70: ...ourage her. The monks forced Kuan Yin to work all day and all night, while others slept, in order to f...
78: ... Mary]] of [[Christianity]]. The [[Tzu-Chi]] Foundation commissioned a potrait of Kuan Yin and a baby... - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
1: '''Ingrid Bergman''' ([[August 29]], [[1915]] – [[August 29]], [[1982]]) was an [[Academy Awar...
3: ...was an enormous success and "Sweden's illustrious gift to [[Hollywood]]" had arrived.
7: ...rgman was branded as "Hollywood's apostle of degradation." One of Rossellini's and Bergman's children...
9: ...6 movie)|Anastasia]]'', Bergman made her post-scandal return to Hollywood and won Best Actress for a s...
13: She died of [[cancer]] on her birthday in [[1982]] in [[London]], [[England]]. She was ... - Apple (20408 bytes)
6: ..._classis_entry | taxon = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]}}
58: *'[[Idared]]': [[Idaho]] (1942)
63: *'[[McIntosh]]': [[Canada]] (1811)
91: ...rf]] rootstocks are generally more susceptible to damage from wind and cold. Full dwarf trees are ofte...
95: ...roduced with a dwarfing "interstem" between a standard rootstock and the tree, resulting in two grafts... - Relic (11473 bytes)
13: ====Romano-Christian [[daemon]]s and the "virtue" of relics====
17: ...se mystic potency that emanated from inhabiting [[daemon]]s who were conceived of as alien and hostile...
36: ...ce. The bones or ashes of [[Aesculapius]] at [[Epidaurus]], and of [[Perdiccas I]] at Macedon were tre...
42: ...Kanishka's stupa in Peshawar, Pakistan, now in Mandalay, Burma. Teresa Merrigan, 2005]]
44: ...e gold stupa in which they were transported to Mandalay may be seen in the photo to the left of the mo... - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
8: ...ng to the dynasty of the ruling [[pharaoh]]. The dating of
10: ... dates are not supported by any reliable absolute date for a span of about three millennia. There is a...
13: ...tic Period of Egypt|Early Dynastic Period]] (1st–2nd Dynasties)
14: * [[Old Kingdom of Egypt|Old Kingdom]] (3rd–6th Dynasties)
15: ...Period of Egypt|First Intermediate Period]] (7th–11th Dynasties) - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1801]]
6: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1809]]
7: | preceded=[[John Adams]]
9: | date of birth=[[April 13]], [[1743]]
12: | date of death=[[July 4]], [[1826]] - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
13: | [[March 4]], [[1861]] – [[April 15]], [[1865]]
19: | '''Date of birth:''' || [[February 12]], [[1809]]
24: | '''Date of death:''' || [[April 15]], [[1865]]
42: ... '''Great Emancipator''', was the 16th ([[1861]]–[[1865]]) [[President of the United States]], a...
44: ... U.S. forts and other properties within their boundaries. These events soon led to the [[American Civi... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...the period were [[Christopher Columbus]], [[Vasco da Gama]], [[Pedro ?vares Cabral]], [[John Cabot]], ...
11: ...e route to the east became far more difficult and dangerous. The [[Black Death]] of the fourteenth cen...
18: ...[Indian Ocean]] was possible. In [[1498]] [[Vasco da Gama]] made good on this promise by reaching Indi...
26: ...found the wealth it had sought in the form of abundant gold. In the Americas the Spanish found a numbe...
31: ... on the [[Gold Coast (Africa)|Gold Coast]], [[Luanda]], [[Mozambique]], [[Zanzibar]], [[Mombassa]], [[... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
7: ...1974]] and the subsequent entry in the [[EEC]] (today's [[European Union]]) in [[1986]]. Portugal made...
20: ... Consolidation of the Monarchy in Portugal|Consolidation of the kingdom]]'''''
23: ...set up kingdoms, and became assimilated. The [[Vandals]] ([[Silingi]] and [[Hasdingi]]) and the sarmat...
31: ...ing with no male heirs. His only child, a single daughter, married King [[John I of Castile]] who wou...
40: ...s had their own objective, searching for the legendary Christian Kingdom of [[Prester John]]. - Aswan Dam (6375 bytes)
3: ...'', and the older '''Aswan Dam''' or '''Aswan Low Dam'''.
10: ...s raised in two phases, 1907–1912 and 1929–1933.
12: ...t rather than raise the dam a third time a second dam would be built 6 km up-river.
13: ...s and heavy machinery. The enormous rock and clay dam was designed by the Russian Zuk [[Hydroproject I...
15: ...]]. The reservoir began filling in 1964 while the dam was still under construction and first reached c... - Ming Dynasty (65624 bytes)
6: ...s [[Han Chinese]] groups and Zhu declared the foundation of the Ming Dynasty in [[1368]], establishing...
12: ...self-supporting agricultural communities. Neo-feudal land-tenure developments of late [[Sung Dynasty|...
14: ... of literature and philosophy was revamped. Candidates for posts in the civil service or the officer ...
16: ...wu attempted to, and largely succeeded in, consolidating control over all aspects of government, so th...
18: ...insisting that they remained illiterate, and liquidating those who commented on state affairs. Hongwu... - Flower (10503 bytes)
8: *'''''calyx''''' – the outer whorl of ''[[sepal]]s''; typically t...
9: *'''''corolla''''' – the whorl of ''[[petal]]s'', which are usually...
10: ...'''' (from Greek ''andros oikia'': man's house) – one or two whorls of ''[[stamen]]s'', each a '...
11: ...rom Greek <i>gynaikos oikia</i>: woman's house) – consisting of a '''pistil''', with one or more...
18: ...ys self-fertilize, such as the [[dandelion|common dandelion]]. Conversely, many species of plants have... - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
3: ...homas Alva Edison''' ([[February 11]], [[1847]] – [[October 18]], [[1931]]) was an [[United Stat...
7: ...homas Edison bought a house in [[Fort Myers, Florida]] (Seminole Lodge) as a winter retreat. [[Henry F...
10: ...anged. He and his family fled to Nova Scotia, Canada, settling on land the British government gave tho...
16: ...ing. His mother had been a school teacher in Canada and happily took over the job of schooling her so...
18: ...er to be typeset and printed on a moving train. Today, the paper is known as the Port Huron [[''Times-...
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