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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...s of immigration and emigration merged to create the familiar image of Chinese culture and people toda...
7: ...l center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically significant of those was fo...
9: == Into the Bronze Age ==
14: ...三代; [[pinyin]]: sāndài) that the historical China begins to appear.
18: ...1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood. - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: ...pg|thumb|right|200px|'''Victoria''' <br>Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empr...
7: ...Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
9: ... [[House of Hanover]]; her successor belonged to the [[House of Windsor|House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha]].
12: ...ince of Leiningen]]. Victoria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on ...
14: ...er educator was the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]]. - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...[[HSH|''Her Serene Highness'']]. To her family, she was known as '''''May'''''.
5: ...ary's valuable collection of jewels built up over her years as queen are now priceless.
9: ...ary Adelaide of Cambridge]], the third child and the younger daughter of [[HRH]] [[Prince Adolphus, Du...
11: ... for a time. There Princess May enjoyed visiting the [[art gallery|art galleries]], [[church]]es and [...
13: ...he Swiss Embassy helped pass letters from Mary to her aunt, who lived in [[Germany]]. - Annie Besant (4275 bytes)
1: ...Annie Besant''' activist, socialist and latterly theosophist]]
2: ...mber 20]], [[1933]]) was a prominent [[Theosophy|Theosophist]], [[women's rights]] [[activist]], [[wri...
4: ...], [[Fabian socialism]] and [[workers' rights]]. She was a prolific writer and a powerful orator.
5: ...r conversion to Theosophy came after reading ''[[The Secret Doctrine]]'' by [[H.P. Blavatsky]] in [[18...
7: ...r she devoted much of her energy not only to the Theosophical Society, but also to India's freedom and... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...h]]. She is best known, at least in English, for her account of living in [[Kenya]], ''[[Out of Afric...
5: ...ile serving with the [[Canada|Canadian]] army in the [[First World War]].
7: ... the coffee market in 1931 forced her to abandon the project.
9: ...eudonym of ''Pierre Andrezel''. She was awarded the [[Tagea Brandt Rejselegat]] in [[1939]].
11: ... for many years from [[syphilis]] contracted from her husband. - Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
1: ...rtment at the end of the 14th or commencement of the 15th century]]
2: ... This practice had been the norm for centuries rather than Pizan's invention.
4: ...s ducal and Royal households, in order to support her three children.
5: ...ege of Orleans]] and attacked the ''[[Romance of the Rose]]'' written by [[Jean de Meung]].
9: ... three children depending on her. This determined her to have recourse to [[literature | letters]] as ... - Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
4: ...e [[Montmartre]] quarter of [[Paris]] she pursued her interest in art.
6: ...e:ValadonSuzanne BlueRoom.jpg|thumb|300px|left|''The Blue Room''. ([[1923]]). [[Suzanne Valadon]].]]
8: ...] Toulouse-Lautrec painted her in the portrait ''The Hangover''.
10: ...eceived acclaim and some financial success during her lifetime.
12: ...ame of a close friend and as [[Maurice Utrillo]], he became one of Montmartre's well known artists. - Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
3: ...humann]], was one of the leading [[pianist]]s of the [[Romantic music|Romantic era]] as well as a comp...
7: ...ited with refining the tastes of audience through her presentation of works by earlier composers inclu...
9: ...[1892]], and in which she contributed greatly to the modern improvement in technique.
11: ...ly for the piano, and the authoritative editor of her husband's works for [[Breitkopf and H䲴el]].
14: ... Hanover, Germany who declared them a "marvelous, heavenly pleasure." - Snowdrop (3046 bytes)
14: ...y (biology)|family]] [[Amaryllidaceae]] that are the first bulbs to bloom in spring.
16: ...s'' can have inner segments similar in length to the outer ones.)
18: ...o use such methods as "twin-scaling" to increase the stock of choice varieties quickly.
19: ...ngs of the flower, the period of flowering, and other characteristics of interest to keen (even fanati...
21: ...ora von Deutschland, ֳterreich und der Schweiz'' 1885</small>]] - Bess Truman (3712 bytes)
3: ... wife of [[Harry S. Truman]] and [[First Lady of the United States]] from [[1945]] to [[1953]].
5: ...ut one girl in the world" for him. They attended the same schools from fifth grade through high school...
7: ...1919]]; they lived in Mrs. Wallace's home, where their daughter [[Margaret Truman|Mary Margaret]] was ...
9: ...Bess, who managed to look on with composure, was the new First Lady.
11: ...t in Washington except for the social season when her duties were needed. - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
1: ...sdent.jpg|200px|thumb|[[Seal of the President of the United States]]]]
3: ...deral government]] and [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[United States armed forces|armed forces]].
5: ...dent was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free world," a phrase that is still invoked today...
7: ...]]. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world in nations with a [[presidential system]] o...
9: The current President of the United States is [[George W. Bush]]. - John Adams (18716 bytes)
18: ...[John Quincy Adams]], was the sixth President of the United States ([[1825]]–[[1829]]).
22: ...], to [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his mother was Susanna Boylston Adams.
24: ...ions of this scene; it is instructive to compare the two accounts.
26: ...ional]] minister at [[Weymouth]], Massachusetts. Their son, John Quincy Adams, was born in [[1767]].
28: ...usness to be a handicap in his political career. These qualities were particularly manifested at a lat... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
8: <tr><td>'''Succeeded by:'''</td><td>[[Rutherford B. Hayes]]</td></tr>
11: ...r><td>'''Date of Death:'''</td><td>[[July 23]], [[1885]]</td></tr>
13: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''</td><td>[[Julia Gr...
15: <tr><td>'''[[List of political parties in the United States|Political Party]]:'''</td><td>[[Uni...
16: <tr><td>'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td> - Schuyler Colfax (2924 bytes)
2: ...rom [[Indiana]] and the 17th [[Vice President of the United States]].
4: ...he [[United States Whig Party|Whig]] organ of northern Indiana.
6: ...date for renomination in [[1868]], having become the Republican nominee for Vice President.
8: ...wing to charges of corruption in connection with the [[Cr餩t Mobilier of America scandal]].
10: ...braska, is also named after Colfax. The city is the county seat of Colfax County, Nebraska. - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Chester Alan Arthur
3: | image name=chester a arthur illustration.3.jpg
6: | date2=[[March 3]], [[1885]]
14: | wife=[[Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur]]
18: ...of the United States|President]], serving until [[1885]]. - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
9: [[March 4]], [[1885]] – [[March 3]], [[1889]]<br>
12: [[Chester A. Arthur]] ([[1885]])<br>
21: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Rose C...
23: <tr><td>'''[[List of political parties in the United States|Political party]]:'''</td><td>[[Uni...
24: <tr><td>'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td> - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
2: ...he [[lemur]]s. Madagascar and [[Mauritania]] are the only countries not to use a [[decimal currency]].
10: ...osoana <br> ''([[Malagasy language|Malagasy]]: Fatherland, Liberty, Progress)'' |
12: ...nindraza nay malala ô'' (Oh, Our Beloved Fatherland) |
37: established_events = Date |
38: established_dates = From [[France]] <br> [[26 June]],... - Turkmenistan (10788 bytes)
15: | '''[[National anthem]]'''
16: | ''[[Independent, Neutral, Turkmenistan State Anthem]]''
48: ...akhstan]], [[Uzbekistan]] and has a coastline on the [[Caspian Sea]].
52: ...as armies from one empire to another decamped on their way to more prosperous territories.
54: ...is time that the famous [[Silk Road]] was established as a major trading route between Asia and Europe... - Eritrea (12964 bytes)
44: | '''[[National anthem]]'''
53: ...May 24, [[1993]] from [[Ethiopia]], it is one of the youngest independent states.
57: ...ᬡssa''), the [[Greek language|Greek]] name for the [[Red Sea]].
62: ...pendence fighters rioted in the early [[1960s]], the land was annexed by [[Ethiopia]], starting a 30-y...
64: ...ended in [[1991]], when Eritrean forces defeated the Ethiopian army. Two years later, after a [[refere... - Belgium (31774 bytes)
1: ...]], [[Germany]], [[Luxembourg]], [[France]], and the [[North Sea]].
3: ...number of [[German language|German]] speakers in the east. This cultural and linguistic diversity is r...
23: |'''[[King of the Belgians|King]]''' || [[Albert II of Belgium|Albe...
44: | '''[[National anthem]]''' || [[The Braban篮ne]]
55: ...he [[Low Countries]], also designated as the [[Netherlands]].
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