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  1. Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
    16: ...arly Highland pipers. In the Middle east, and the Balkans, a whole goatskin is used, cured with salt and al...
    18: ...t exceptions, including the Italian Zampogna, the French Musette du Cour, and several varieties of Sco...
    23: ...Proscription]], and the entire myth seems to stem from the letterpress of Donald MacDonald's Martial M...
    25: ...An explosion of popularity seems to have occurred from around the year 1000; the tune used by [[Robert...
    35: ...er is [[Mixolydian_mode|mixolydian]] with a range from one degree lower than the tonic to one octave a...
  2. Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
    40: ...umbia University]], and her Masters and Doctorate from Columbia University's Department of Public Law ...
    42: ...e was responsible for foreign policy legislation. From [[1976]] to [[1978]], she served as Chief Legis...
    44: From [[1981]] to [[1982]], Secretary Albright was aw...
    47: From 1981 to 1982 she also served as a Senior Fellow...
    59: ...vo]] and [[Bosnia war]]s as well US policy in the Balkans per se.
  3. Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
    27: ...first [[African American]] [[woman]], the second African American (after [[Colin Powell]]), and the se...
    31: ...isor]] during his first term. She was the second African American (after Powell) and the first female ...
    37: ...air]] was killed in the bombing of the primarily African-American [[16th Street Baptist Church bombing...
    41: ...Experience in America." [http://www.publiceye.org/frontpage/OpEds/berlet_condi_dad.html] At age 15, Ri...
    43: ...s [[Russian language|Russian]], [[French language|French]], and [[Spanish language|Spanish]].
  4. Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
    1: [[Image:RosaLuxemburg.jpg|right|frame|Rosa Luxemburg]]
    2: ...right-wing [[militia]]s collectively called the [[Freikorps]], which were sent in by the government. L...
    8: ...r of the "Proletariat", a left-wing Polish party, from [[1886]]. The Proletariat had been founded in [...
    10: ... flying colours. After fleeing to [[Switzerland]] from imminent detention in [[1889]], she attended [[...
    21: ...leadership refused, and in [[1910]] she split off from Kautsky.
  5. Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
    3: ...s in [[Germany|German-occupied]] [[Poland]] and [[France]]. She was the longest-serving and most capa...
    7: ...]]), and the couple soon moved to [[British East Africa]].
    9: ...vinced by her acquaintances, including journalist Frederick Voigt. She left for [[Hungary]], where in...
    11: ...ski made good their escape from Hungary via the [[Balkans]] and [[Turkey]].
    15: ...andated [[Syria]] from the pro-[[Vichy]] [[France|French]] [[consul]]. Only German spies, some Polish...
  6. Iris (plant) (13374 bytes)
    15: ...plant]]s with showy [[flower]]s ranging in colour from gold, copper-red or yellow to white, blue, blue...
    21: ... deserts of Europe, the Middle East and northern Africa, Asia and southern North America. Elevation is...
    23: ...e]]s (rhizomatous irises), or, in drier climates, from bulbs (bulbous irises). They have long, erect, ...
    25: ...aight outwards. The sepals and the petals differ from each other. They are united at their base into ...
    28: ...n the Northern Hemisphere) at irregular intervals from November to March, the bleakest period of the y...
  7. Greek language (35285 bytes)
    4: |region=The [[Balkans]]
    15: ...ied in schools and universities in many countries from the [[Renaissance]] onwards.
    17: ... known world, it was spoken from [[Egypt]] to the fringes of [[India]]. After the [[Roman]] conquest o...
    21: *'''[[Modern Greek]]''': Steaming directly from [[Koine Greek]], '''Modern Greek''' can be trac...
    32: ... this is found in the [[Linear B]] tablets dating from [[1500 BC]]. The [[alphabet]] normally used, wa...
  8. Europe (23835 bytes)
    6: ...the third largest continent after [[Asia]] and [[Africa]]. The population of Europe is roughly 705,500...
    13: ...which means "sunrise" and is the land to the east from a [[Mesopotamian]] perspective.
    18: ...g large colonial empires with vast holdings in [[Africa]], [[the Americas]], and [[Asia]].
    20: ...to power and set out on a conquest, forming a new French empire that soon collapsed. After these conqu...
    22: ...Economic Consequences|aftermath of World War I]]. From the end of [[World War II]] through the end of ...
  9. Turkey (41694 bytes)
    49: ...phorus straits]] that separate [[Southwest Asia]] from [[Southeast Europe]]. [[Anatolia]] is situated ...
    60: ...urkey was established on [[October 29]], [[1923]] from the remnants of the [[Ottoman Empire]]. The war...
    72: ...must win at least 10% of the vote in the province from which they are running.
    82: The freedom and independence of the Judicial System is p...
    84: ...emeanors and petty crimes, with penalties ranging from small fines to brief prison sentences. Three-ju...
  10. Greece (54754 bytes)
    1: ...cially influential in [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [[Africa]].
    11: ...#932;&#927;&#931;<br>''([[Greek language|Greek]]: Freedom or Death)''
    29: ...]'''<br>&nbsp;- Declared<br>&nbsp;- Recognised || From the [[Ottoman Empire]]<br/>[[25 March]] [[1821]...
    42: | '''[[National anthem]]''' || [[Hymn to Freedom]]
    52: ...especially influential in [[Europe]], [[Northern Africa]] and the [[Middle East]]. Today, Greece is a ...
  11. Romania (19812 bytes)
    57: ...g a derivate of the word "[[Ancient Rome|Roman]]" from [[Latin]]). Also, "''&#354;ara Rom⮥asc&#259;'...
    62: ...er Emperor [[Trajan]] in two campaigns stretching from [[101]] to [[106]], and the core of their kingd...
    70: ... thus recovering Bessarabia and northern Bukovina from the Soviet Union and taking part in the ensuing...
    72: ...equired the CDR to resign en masse after 200 days from a mixed coalition government (some members had ...
    164: ...tructural reform programme, but reform remained a frustrating stop-and-go process until [[2000]], when...
  12. Argentina (30219 bytes)
    35: established_dates = from [[Spain]]<br/> [[May 25]], [[1810]]<br/>[[July ...
    52: The name '''Argentina''' is derived from the [[Latin]] ''argentum'' ([[silver]]). The or...
    57: ...port. Buenos Aires formally declared independence from Spain on [[July 9]], [[1816]]. Argentines rever...
    59: ...es&mdash;especially the western pampas&mdash;came from throughout Europe.
    61: ... modern military and labor movements that emerged from the growing urban working class.
  13. Spain (36498 bytes)
    1: ...e cities of [[Ceuta]] and [[Melilla]] in [[north Africa]], and a number of uninhabited islands on the ...
    58: ...in the sense that they are not known to have come from elsewhere), consisting of a number of separate ...
    70: ...s present languages, religion, and laws originate from this Roman period.
    73: ...frica. Much of Spain's distinctive art originates from this seven-hundred-year period, and many Arabic...
    81: ...but the uncontrolled influx of goods and minerals from [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|Spanish ...
  14. Albania (24647 bytes)
    25: | [[Alfred Moisiu|Alfred Moisiu]], <small>''President''</small>
    43: | From the [[Ottoman Empire]]<br>[[November 28]], [[19...
    66: ...highlands". Alternatively, "Albania" may derive from the ancient [[Proto-Indo-European|Indo-European...
    68: ...e-names ending in ''-esh'' that appears to derive from the latin ''-enisis'' or ''-esis'', between the...
    72: ...://foreignaffairs.tripod.com/armillotta/albania01_frosina.html Arb벥sh띮
  15. Silk Road (23757 bytes)
    1: ...ally in [[Japan]]. ''Silk road'' is a translation from the [[German language|German]] ''Seidenstraߥ''...
    3: ...hrough the [[Levant]] into [[Egypt]] and [[North Africa]].
    13: ... the way from the shores of the [[Pacific]] to [[Africa]], and deep into the heart of [[Europe]]. Thes...
    18: [[Lapis lazuli]] was being traded from its only known source in the ancient world &#82...
    28: ...ains, routes across them were, apparently, in use from very early times.
  16. Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
    21: ...inian's generals reconquer North Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Ostrogoths]].
    27: ...n the following decades, they take most of North Africa, and later conquer Sicily as well.
    29: ...the Empire's remaining Italian territories, aside from some territories in the south.
    51: ...ror of the Romans) which was now reserved for the Frankish monarch, but as "Imperator Graecorum" (Empe...
    59: ...mained even though its constituent parts in the [[Balkans]] and [[Asia Minor]] contained an overwhelmingly ...
  17. Classical antiquity (3940 bytes)
    1: ...ng period of [[Europe]]an, Middle East and North African [[history]], that begins roughly with the ear...
    9: ...] is a [[monarch]] who outranks a mere king dates from this period. In this political ideal, there wo...
    11: ...rse, and the endless use of characters and themes from [[Greek mythology]] left a deep mark on Western...
    15: ...the strict rules of the [[Three Unities]] derived from a remark by Aristotle. The desire to [[dance]]...
    19: ...sion of Greek and Roman culture by their admirers from the more recent past. It remains a vision that...
  18. World War I (62979 bytes)
    2: ...rst time, the first mass bombardment of civilians from the sky was executed, and some of the century's...
    6: ...democratic Islamic state, Turkey. Activity by the French and British forces in the eastern part of the...
    8: ...nch defeat in the Franco-Prussian that would lead France to exploit a Balkan crisis as a precept for a...
    10: ...attlefield, and nearly that many more on the home front due to food shortages, [[genocide]], and groun...
    11: ...?E=0&O=03300083 French National Library] (Text in French language).]]
  19. World War II (58065 bytes)
    1: ...e:nagasakibomb.jpg|thumb|295px|[[Mushroom cloud]] from the [[nuclear explosion]] over [[Nagasaki]] ris...
    6: ...ranean Sea]], [[African Theatres of World War II|Africa]], the [[Middle East Theatre of World War II|M...
    8: ... a case of [[total war]], it involved the "[[home front]]" and [[Strategic bombing|bombing of civilian...
    18: ...7. Spain's fascist government lead by [[Francisco Franco]] was a great asset in trade to the Axis powe...
    22: ...of the British Empire, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Gr...
  20. History of the United States (1988-present2) (20668 bytes)
    10: ...[Estonia]] and [[Latvia]], declaring independence from the [[Soviet Union]]. On [[December 26]], [[199...
    12: ...ared the emergence of "a new world order... freer from the threat of terror, stronger in the pursuit o...
    14: ...d the future [[Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement]] (CAFTA) were developed based ...
    16: ...ier emphasis on [[human rights]], pressuring once-friendly dictatorships (such as [[Indonesia]] and [[...
    29: ...d Saudi Arabia. By the time Iraqi troops withdrew from Kuwait in late February, Iraq had lost an estim...

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