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- Alexander Aetolus (705 bytes)
1: '''Alexander Aetolus''', of Pleuron in [[Aetolia]], Greek poe...
3: ... library; some ten years later he took up his residence at the court of [[Antigonus II Gonatas|Antigon...
5: ...wrote short epics, epigrams and elegies, the considerable fragments of which show learning and eloquen... - Alexander Balas (1851 bytes)
1: ...;ΑΝΔΡΟΥ (king Alexander). The date ΓΞΡ is year 163 of the...
3: '''Alexander Balas''' (i.e. "lord"), ruler of the [[Greece|Gr...
5: ... of the empire, he abandoned himself to a life of debauchery.
7: ...-in-law, went over to his side, and Alexander was defeated in a pitched [[Battle of Antioch|battle nea...
9: ...nt his head to Ptolemy, who had been mortally wounded in the engagement. - Alexander I of Epirus (1407 bytes)
1: ... - [[331 BC]]/[[330 BC]]), also known as '''Alexander Molossus''' was a king of [[Epirus]] ([[343 BC]]...
3: ...he brother of [[Olympias]], the mother of [[Alexander the Great]], and both son-in-law and brother-in-...
7: ...Although the advantage at first rested with Alexander, he gradually lost it, and his supporters dwindl...
9: In [[330 BC]] (or earlier in [[331 BC]]), he was defeated at Pandosia, near [[Cosenza]], by the ''Luc... - Alexander I of Macedon (1759 bytes)
1: '''Alexander I''' was ruler of [[Macedon]] from [[495 BC]] to...
3: ... Alexander eventually regained Macedonia's independence after the end of the [[Persian Wars]].
5: ... Games]], an honor reserved only for Greeks. He modeled his court after [[Athens]] and was a patron of...
7: In 450 he was succeeded by his son [[Perdiccas II of Macedon|Perdiccas I...
9: {| align="center" cellpadding="2" border="2" - Alexander II of Epirus (655 bytes)
1: ... Epirus and Macedonia by [[Demetrius I of Macedon|Demetrius]], the son of Antigonus. He subsequently r...
5: B. Niese, ''Geschichte der griechischen und makedonischen Staaten''; - Alexander II Zabinas (1089 bytes)
1: ...rios' son [[Antiochus VIII Grypus]]. Zabinas is a derogative name meaning "the bought one".
3: {| align="center" cellpadding="2" border="2"
5: ...ter" | Preceded by:<br>'''[[Demetrius II of Syria|Demetrius II]]'''
7: | width="30%" align="center" | Succeeded by:<br>'''[[Cleopatra Thea|Cleopatra]]''' - Alexander IV of Macedon (2891 bytes)
1: ...jor provinces, gaining enough power to act independently from the crown.
3: ... BC]] and [[309 BC]], four Regents acted in Alexander's name:
5: *[[Perdiccas]], between [[323 BC]] and his murder in [[June]], [[321 BC]].
7: ...ted considerable influence over Polyperchon and ordered the execution of Philip III in [[317 BC]].
8: ...]] the Regent Cassander held the young King Alexander as a prisoner. - Alexander of Aphrodisias (2599 bytes)
1: '''Alexander of Aphrodisias''', pupil of [[Aristocles of Mess...
6: Commentaries by Alexander on the following works of Aristotle are still ex...
10: *the ''De Sensu''
15: There are also several original writings by Alexander still extant.
16: ... ''On the Soul'', in which he contends that the undeveloped reason in man is material (''nous ulikos''... - Alexander of Greece (rhetorician) (612 bytes)
1: ...tentiarum et Elocutionis.'' Another epitome was made in the [[4th century]] by a [[Christianity|Christ... - Alexander of Pherae (1959 bytes)
1: '''Alexander''', tagus or [[despotism|despot]] of [[Pherae]] in [[Thessaly]], ruled from [...
3: ...phalae]] by the Thebans, although the victory was dearly bought by the loss of Pelopidas, who fell in ...
5: ... ''Life of Pelopidas,'' agree in describing Alexander as a cruel and suspicious tyrant:
7: ...ld not be permitted to disgrace the name of Alexander), as he watched a tragic actor, felt himself muc...
8: ...h;Plutarch, ''Moralia:'' "On the Fortune of Alexander." - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
2: ...erTheGreat_Bust.jpg|thumb|right|[[Bust]] of Alexander III in the [[British Museum]].]]
4: ... as the [[Middle-Persian]] literature as '''Alexander the Cursed''' due to his burning of the Persian ...
6: ...ady during his lifetime, and especially after his death, his exploits inspired a literary tradition in...
9: ...[Aristotle]] was Alexander's tutor; he gave Alexander a thorough training in rhetoric and literature a...
11: ...racles]] through [[Caranus]] and his mother descended from [[Aeacus]] through [[Neoptolemus]] and [[Ac... - Pope Alexander I (624 bytes)
1: ...artyr]], but there appears to be no historical evidence supporting such a conclusion.
3: ...ee also: [[Pope Alexander|other popes named Alexander]].
6: ...dvent.org/cathen/01285c.htm Article on Pope Alexander I] in the ''[[Catholic Encyclopedia]]''
9: Predecessor=[[Pope Evaristus|Saint Evaristus]]| - Alexander Graham Bell (18688 bytes)
2: subject_name=Alexander Graham Bell |
3: image_name=Alexader_g_bell_1.jpg|
8: dead=dead |
9: date_of_death=[[August 2]] [[1922]] |
10: place_of_death=[[Baddeck, Nova Scotia|Baddeck]], [[Nova Scotia]], [[Canada]]
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- Periodic table (7298 bytes)
1: ...chemical element]]s. First created by [[Dmitri Mendeleev]], the elements are arranged by [[electron]] ...
3: ...s for displaying the chemical elements]] for more details or different perspectives.
9: ... The IUPAC scheme was developed to replace both older Roman numeral systems as they confusingly used t...
15: ... (standard)|standard table]] (same as above) provides the basics.
17: *The [[Periodic table (big)|big table]] provides the basics plus full element names. - Lighthouse of Alexandria (3491 bytes)
1: ...it resided), was considered one of the [[Seven Wonders of the World]].
3: ... BC and remained operational until it was largely destroyed by two [[earthquake]]s in the 14th century...
5: ...e Pharos of Alexandria, an ancient lighthouse, is depicted in this hand-coloured engraving by Martin H...
7: ...s built of blocks of white stone. The tower was made up of three stages, a lower square with a central...
9: ...ver, this is highly unlikely due to the lack of modern optics and reflective technology in the time pe... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval ...
9: *[[Afonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] na...
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer... - Persepolis (15450 bytes)
6: ...eyond dispute at least since the time of [[Pietro della Valle]].
8: ...nd one of those at ''Nakshi Rustam'' is expressly declared in its inscription to be the tomb of [[Dari...
12: ...ngs buried at ''Nakshi Rustam'' are probably, besides Darius, [[Xerxes I]], [[Artaxerxes I]] and [[Dar...
18: ...he city until it was taken and plundered by Alexander the Great.
20: ...es of having been destroyed by fire. The locality described by Diodorus after [[Cleitarchus]] correspo... - Treasury (1846 bytes)
3: ...e Service|IRS]] is the revenue agency of the [[US Department of Treasury]].
7: ...onsible for government [[procurement]], policy guidelines for [[commonwealth]], [[statutory authories]...
9: ...d the head is the Finance Minister. Examples include [[New Zealand]], [[Canada]], [[Malaysia]], [[Sing...
12: * [[United States Department of the Treasury]]
19: * [[Alexander Hamilton]] (United States) - Ancient Greek theatre (7531 bytes)
7: ...impossible to know for sure how fertility rituals developed into tragedy and comedy.
9: ...tors and commentators. Thespis is therefore considered the first Greek "[[actor]]."
11: == Golden Age ==
13: ...ddition, the subject matter of the plays had expanded so that rather than just Dionysus, they treated ...
15: ...lso during this period, Greek theatre spread outside of Athens. Athens' Dionysia remained the most im... - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
11: *[[Alexander Emanuel Agassiz|Agassiz, Alexander Emanuel]], (1835-1910), American man of science
20: ...e immigrant to Germany who died as a result of an deportation attempt
21: ...n, David]], [[Brigadier General]] in the [[Israel Defence Forces]]
25: *[[Agnes de Poitou]], (1020-1077), regent of the [[Holy Roman...
27: ...ro Agnew|Agnew, Spiro]], (1918-1996), [[Vice President of the United States]] - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...den Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Canadian Orders.)]]
9: ...f state in the world, after King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] of Thailand.
14: ...eft|"Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover of ''Time'' in 1929, at age three.]]
15: ... of her paternal great-grandmother [[Alexandra of Denmark|Queen Alexandra]] and grandmother Queen Mary...
17: ...t the time of her birth, she was third in the [[Order of succession to the British throne|line of succ... - Cleopatra VII of Egypt (8634 bytes)
4: ...l name, "Cleopatra Thea Philopator" means "the Goddess Cleopatra, Beloved of Her Father."
6: ...ly '''Cleopatra''', all of her similarly-named predecessors having been largely forgotten. Cleopatra w...
9: ...lowing the deaths of her brothers she named her eldest son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV [[Caesarion]] ([[44 ...
10: ...ge:The-cleopatra2.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
11: ... seeking sanctuary, Ptolemy had him murdered in order to ingratiate himself with Caesar. Caesar was so... - Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
3: ...er, she was also co-ruler from [[1724]] until his death in the next year.
5: ...sant. She was married at the age of 17 to a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[dragoon]], having been working at th...
20: ...4]]-[[1725]]''<br>''De-facto ruler Prince [[Alexander Menshikov]] [[1725]]-[[1727]]''}} - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...s foundation of the [[Imperial Academy of Arts|Academy of Fine Arts]] in [[Saint Petersburg|St. Peters...
7: ...[[Kolomenskoye]], near [[Moscow]], on the 18th of December [[1709]]. As her parents were not married a...
9: ...luency than accuracy. From her earliest years she delighted every one by her extraordinary beauty and ...
11: ...hat on the death of her mother (May 1727) and the departure to [[Holstein]] of her beloved sister Anne...
15: ...banishment to [[Siberia]], minus his tongue, by order of the empress [[Anna of Russia|Anne]], consoled... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: ...monarch of the [[House of Stuart]]; she was succeeded by a distant cousin, [[George I of Great Britain...
10: ... crippling the Scottish economy by restricting trade) were used to ensure that Scotland would co-opera...
12: Anne's reign was marked by the development of the two-party system. Anne personally...
15: ...rom France in [[1670]]. In about [[1673]], Anne made the acquaintance of Sarah Jennings, who would bec...
17: ...nued to send her Catholic books and essays, but made no serious attempt to effect a conversion. - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
5: ...he tone of the [[British Royal Family]], as the model of regal formality and propriety, especially dur...
9: ... was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge]], the third child and the younger d...
11: ...f Cambridge. Despite this, the family was deep in debt and had to flee abroad to avoid their [[credito...
13: ...odge]] in [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]] as a residence. Princess May was close to her mother and acte...
17: ...May was the daughter of HRH [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge]], whose father, HRH The [[Prince Ad... - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: ...[Myanmar]]) is a [[nonviolence|nonviolent]] pro-[[democracy]] activist in [[Burma]]. In [[1990]] she w...
6: ...neral [[Aung San]], who negotiated Burma's independence from Britain in [[1947]] and was [[assassinati...
8: ...ibet|Tibetan]] culture. They had two sons, Alexander and Kim.
10: ...n, leading to mass demonstrations for [[democracy|democratisation]], which were violently suppressed. ...
12: ...olitics to work for democratisation and was put under [[house arrest]] in [[1989]]. She was offered fr... - Alexandra Kollontai (3203 bytes)
1: ...ne of the very few "[[Old Bolshevik]]s" to escape death during the [[Great Purge]]s of the [[1930s]].
5: ...Vladimir Lenin]] in [[1903]], Kollontai did not side with either faction. However, she came to dislik...
7: ... known for founding the [[Zhenodtel]] or "Women's Department" in [[1919]]. This organization worked to...
11: ... Kollontai was more or less totally politically sidelined.
13: ... [[Sweden]]. She was also a member of the Soviet delegation to the [[League of Nations]]. She died i... - Blanche Lincoln (2886 bytes)
5: | party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
8: | preceded=[[Dale Bumpers]]
9: | succeeded=Incumbent (2011)
12: | dead=alive
13: | date of death= - Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
3: ... language representative in [[London]] of the [[Federacinarquista Ib鲩ca|CNT-FAI]].
6: ...for her anarchist ideas and her independent attitude.
9: At the age of 17 she emigrated with her elder sister, Helene, to Rochester, NY, to live with t...
10: ...anberkman.jpe|thumb|240px|right|Goldman and Alexander Berkman]]
13: ...attempted assassination of [[Henry Clay Frick]] made her highly unpopular with the authorities. Berkma... - Anna Akhmatova (2156 bytes)
5: Akhmatova was born in [[Bolshoy Fontan]] near [[Odessa]]. Her childhood does not appear to have been ...
9: ...ith several poems written in the form of correspondence between the two.
11: ...ov]] was executed in [[1921]] for activities considered anti-Soviet; Akhmatova was effectively silence...
13: There is a museum devoted to Akhmatova at the Fountain House (more pro...
16: *[http://www.imwerden.de/akhmatova.html Akhmatova's poetry in MP3 format] - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
6: ...udents, and the slow pace of her courses, she decided to study the [[Old Masters|old masters]] on her ...
8: ...she lived with her family, but art supplies and models were difficult to find in the small town. Her f...
14: Upon seeing pastels by [[Edgar Degas]] in an art dealer's window, though, she knew she was not alone ...
16: ... circle until [[1886]], she remained friends with Degas and [[Berthe Morisot]].
21: ... of techniques. Nearly one third of her paintings depict a mother and child portrayed in intimate rela... - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
5: ...ther, n饠Charlotte Hennessy, began taking in boarders, and through one of these lodgers Gladys, aged ...
7: ...tten by William C. DeMille, brother of [[Cecil B. DeMille]], who was also in the cast. The play was p...
9: ... film era and the sound film era. She won an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] in [[1929]], but retir...
11: ...s driving and Fairbanks was discussing the recent death of his mother, the clock stopped.
13: ...March 28]] the same year. Together they were regarded as "Hollywood Royalty" and were famous for enter...
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