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  1. History of China (45919 bytes)
    2: ... into the Chinese identity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as...
    7: ...times, the [[Huang He]] valley began to establish itself as a cultural center, where the first village...
    11: ...ological site]]s such as [[Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilizat...
    14: ...asty|Shang]] and [[Zhou Dynasty|Zhou]] dynasties. It is during this period of the ''Three Dynasties'' ...
    18: ...Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood.
  2. King Arthur (22450 bytes)
    1: ...t mentions and Welsh texts he is never given the title "King." Early texts refer to him as ''[[dux]] ...
    2: ... Arthur''' in plate armour with visor raised and with jousting shield]]
    5: ...gan]] [[Saxon]]s. His power base was probably in either [[Wales]], [[Cornwall]], or the west of what w...
    7: ...n whether the "Brettones" he led were [[Britain|Britons]] or [[Armorica|Bretons]].
    9: ...is identification unlikely, as there seems to be little reason for him to have become a major legendar...
  3. China (38909 bytes)
    5: ...]]ese invasion. Imperial monarchy in China ended with the establishment of the [[Republic of China]] i...
    7: ... extent of ''China'' is the subject of ongoing political disputes on [[Chinese reunification]]/[[Taiwa...
    14: ...e (or centre) land," referring to the historic position of China at the centre of her known world, sur...
    16: ...l political influence expanded territorially, and its culture assimilated alien influences.
    18: ...gh acceptance or denial of such claims remains politically controversial, especially where Zhongguo me...
  4. November 4 (10686 bytes)
    2: ...n [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
    7: ...[[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
    8: ...nder command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozharski|Dmitry Pozharsky]]
    10: ...dinia|Sardinia]], which soon expanded to become [[Italy]].
    11: ...attle]], [[Washington]] as the Territorial University
  5. List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
    5: *[[Evaristo Abaco|Abaco, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
    10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
    15: ...bandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
    30: ...rge Abbot|Abbot, George]], (1603-1648), English writer
    31: ... Abbot|Abbot, Robert]], (1588?-1662?), English Puritan divine
  6. List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
    18: *[[Ian Adam|Adam, Ian]], (born 1937), Canadian writer
    20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
    26: ...[[Valdas Adamkus|Adamkus, Valdas]], (born 1926), Lithuanian president
    34: ...ms, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
    37: ...drew Adams|Adams, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut
  7. List of people by name: Ah (925 bytes)
    6: *[[Alf Ahlberg|Ahlberg, Alf]], Swedish writer
    16: *[[Martti Ahtisaari|Ahtisaari, Martti]], (born 1937), UN diplomat & president of [[Finland]]
  8. Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
    2: | [[Image:Elizabeth_I_(Ermine_Portrait).jpg|thumb|right|220px|'''Elizabeth I''' <br><sma...
    7: ...]] &ndash; [[24 March]] [[1603]]) was [[List of British monarchs|Queen of England]] and [[King of Irel...
    9: ...[Trinity College, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[British East India Company]] ([[1600]]).
    11: ...m|honours and dignities]]. Only eight peerage dignities, one [[earl|earldom]] and seven [[baron|baroni...
    13: ...orth America]] and afterwards a member of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Vir...
  9. Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
    19: | [[May 15]], [[1937]]
    30: | '''[[Political party|Political Party]]:'''
    31: | [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
    35: ...tates|American]] diplomat, served as the 64th [[United States Secretary of State]].
    37: ...ate. After being unanimously confirmed by the [[United States Senate]], she was sworn in as the 64th S...
  10. Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Eleanor_Roosevelt.gif|White House portrait|thumb|right|175px|Eleanor Roosevelt]]
    3: ...e United States promoting the [[New Deal]] and visited troops at the frontlines during [[World War II]...
    5: ...tion]] and [[Freedom House]]. She chaired the committee that drafted and approved the [[UN Universal D...
    9: ...urvived infancy. However their marriage almost split over sexual explorations outside marriage by FDR ...
    13: ...ce viewed as an afront to Theodore Roosevelt's position as President.
  11. Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
    2: ...ol]] activist. Initially meeting with fierce opposition, Sanger gradually won the support of the publi...
    5: ... ten years in the affluent New York suburb of [[White Plains]]. In [[1902]], she married William Sange...
    7: ...hould Know." Distributing a pamphlet, ''Family Limitation'', to poor women, Sanger repeatedly risked s...
    9: ...e also contributed articles on health for the [[United States Socialist Party|Socialist Party]] paper,...
    11: ...ed the reality of sexual feelings in adolescents. It was followed in 1917 by ''What Every Mother Shoul...
  12. Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
    5: ...s]] and French [[Croix de Guerre]] while serving with the [[Canada|Canadian]] army in the [[First Worl...
    7: ...ed a [[coffee]] plantation. After several infidelities on the husband's part, the couple separated in...
    9: ...tions of short stories; she also wrote a novel entitled ''The Angelic Avengers'', under the pseudonym ...
    11: She died in Rungsted, apparently from malnutrition. She had suffered for many years from [[syphi...
    15: * ''The Hermits'' (1907, published in a Danish journal under the...
  13. Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
    5: ...llege]] under [[Franz Boas]] at [[Columbia University]].
    7: ...lainable for a number of reasons, cultural and political.
    9: ...o mimic the actual speech of the period, and thus it embraces the dialect and culture of Black America...
    11: ...m uh fightin' dawg and mah hide is worth money. Hit me if you dare! Ah'll wash yo' tub uh 'gator gut...
    13: ...s not deserving of respect. Recently, however, critics have praised her for her artful capture of the...
  14. Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
    3: ...], known as "America's Sweetheart" and "the girl with the curl." She became one of the [[Canadian pion...
    5: ...oduction of ''The Silver King'', as Baby Gladys Smith. She subsequently played in many melodramas and...
    7: ...]] play, ''The Warrens of Virginia'', which was written by William C. DeMille, brother of [[Cecil B. D...
    9: ...ies of disappointing roles and the public's inability to accept Pickford in roles that reflected her o...
    11: ...ame secretly involved in a romantic relationship with [[Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939)|Douglas Fairbank...
  15. Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
    1: ...nd catalyst in the development of modern art and literature, who spent most of her life in [[France]].
    3: [[Image:Homosexualitystein.jpg|thumb|right|Gertrude Stein and her love...
    7: ...legheny, Pennsylvania]] (now the North Side of [[Pittsburgh]]), her family moved to [[Vienna]] and the...
    9: ...image:Stein_by_picasso.jpg|thumb|left|326px|Portrait of Gertrude Stein by [[Pablo Picasso]], 1906]]
    11: ...o [[France]] during the height of artistic creativity gathering in [[Montparnasse]].
  16. Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
    2: ...1897]] - c.[[July 2]], [[1937]]) was a famous [[United States|American]] [[aviator]], known for breaki...
    6: ... spent the first twelve years of her life living with her mother's parents.
    8: ...tts]]. During this time, she was able to keep up with aviation as a weekend hobbyist. She was even fea...
    10: ...hart referred to the marriage as a "partnership" with "dual control."
    14: ...pasture near [[Derry]], [[Northern Ireland]], [[United Kingdom]]. She received the [[Distinguished Fly...
  17. Nancy Harkness Love (1763 bytes)
    1: ..., [[1914]] - [[October 22]], [[1976]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[aviator | pilot]] and squad...
    5: In [[1937]] and [[1938]] she was a [[test pilot]] for [[Gwi...
    7: ...dron commander. In [[1943]] the squadron merged with the
    11: ...illies]], a [[B-17]]. She was certified in 16 military aircraft, including the [[Douglas C-47]] and t...
    13: ... the women in her squadron to be recognized as military veterans. They were recognized in [[1977]], s...
  18. Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
    3: ...1]], [[1941]]) was a [[Russia]]n [[poet]] and [[writer]].
    5: ...e of language. Among her themes were female sexuality, and the tension in women's private emotions; sh...
    8: ...magination, and to cause her to identify herself with the Polish aristocracy.)
    10: ...affair before her marriage, and had not forgotten it. Maria Alexandrovna particularly disapproved of M...
    12: ...and during the course of her travels she acquired Italian, French and German languages.
  19. Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
    3: ...war]]s, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the [[Bloomsbury gro...
    7: ...stently in dialogue with Bloomsbury, particularly its tendency (informed by [[G.E. Moore]], among othe...
    9: ...els and essays as a public intellectual to both critical and popular success. Much of her work was sel...
    11: ...e dark," and her literary achievements and creativity are influential even today.
    13: ...f life through the art, sexual ambivalence and meditation on the themes of flux of time and life, pres...
  20. Hanna Reitsch (3751 bytes)
    1: ...image:Hanna_Reistch.jpg|thumb|right|288px|Hanna Reitsch in the Fa 61]]
    2: ...]] [[Germany|German]] [[test pilot]], and a favourite of the upper echelon of the [[Nazi]] party.
    6: ... star of the Nazi party, always looking for publicity, and in 1938 she flew the Fa 61 every night insi...
    8: ... the Luftwaffe Combined Pilot and Observer Badge with Diamonds. She survived many accidents and was b...
    10: ..., dropped from a [[Heinkel He 111]] bomber. Later it was suggested that similarly equipped V-1 would b...

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