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- 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. - 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... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...lom'' in [[Catalan]], ''Cristoforo Colombo'' in [[Italian]], ''Cristóbal Colón'' in [[Spanish]], ''C...
3: ...er it would be possible to get around the planet without running out of food or getting stuck in windl...
5: ... his claims. There are also many theories of expeditions to the Americas by a variety of peoples throu...
7: ...h America]]. He never reached the present-day [[United States]] where "Columbus Day" ([[12 October]], ...
9: ...ns, such as [[virus]]es, [[bacteria]], and [[parasite]]s, and beneficial to humans, such as [[tomato]]... - Puritan (15882 bytes)
1: The '''Puritans''' were members of a group of radical [[Protes...
4: ...would be "[[Fundamentalism|fundamentalist]]": Puritanism was a movement rather than a denomination.
5: ...ents, and not by the simple and nebulous term "Puritan."
8: ...utheran Germany]]. These contacts shaped their position towards Elizabeth's religious [[via media]] (m...
10: ...sthood of all believers]]. However, in church polity (organization of church power), they differed. - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
3: ...humb|150px|'''Anne''' <br><small>Queen of Great Britain and Ireland</small>]]
8: ...ceeded by a distant cousin, [[George I of Great Britain|George I]], of the [[House of Hanover]].
10: ...] (which united England and Scotland into Great Britain) was a product of subsequent negotiations.
15: ...ta Maria|Queen Henrietta Maria]], and afterwards with her aunt, [[Henrietta Anne Stuart|Henrietta Anne...
22: ...hat is, one who believed that James II was the legitimate monarch), Mary II dismissed him from all his... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: ...ria''' <br>Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India]]
7: ...and]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
9: ...cial, economic, and technological change in the United Kingdom. Victoria was the last monarch of the [...
12: ...s youth. The eldest son, the [[George IV of the United Kingdom|Prince of Wales]] (the future King Geor...
14: ...he eventually learned to speak [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Greek language|Greek]], [[Latin]], and ... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...[Princess]] of Teck in the Kingdom of [[W?berg]] with the style [[HSH|''Her Serene Highness'']]. To h...
5: ...itish Royal Family]], as the model of regal formality and propriety, especially during State occasions...
9: ...s]], the once powerful ruling family of Austria.(Cite [[Almanach de Gotha]]). Her mother was [[Her Roy...
11: ...taly]], for a time. There Princess May enjoyed visiting the [[art gallery|art galleries]], [[church]]e...
13: ...f Cambridge]]). May wrote to her aunt every week without fail. During [[World War I]], the Swiss Embas... - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
6: ...San]], who negotiated Burma's independence from Britain in [[1947]] and was [[assassination|assassinat...
8: ...chool of Oriental and African Studies]], [[University of London]]. While in [[England]], Suu Kyi met a...
10: ...tion]], which were violently suppressed. A new military junta took power.
12: ...sophy of nonviolence, Aung San Suu Kyi entered politics to work for democratisation and was put under ...
14: ...]], however the results were nullified and the military refused to hand over power. This resulted in a... - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
1: ...to.jpg|frame|200px|Benazir Bhutto; a formal portrait from when she was Prime Minister]]
3: ...was dismissed three years later amid various [[Political corruption|corruption]] scandals by the then ...
6: ... [[power politics]]. Her remaining years in the United States included active participation in various...
8: ...as the first Asian woman to be President of the [[Oxford Union]], after the election had to be re-run beca...
11: ...her father's party, but was unable to make her political presence felt in Pakistan until the death of ... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
21: |'''[[Political Party]]:'''
27: ...on|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellation that stuck.
29: ...h the [[United States]], and formed a close bond with [[Ronald Reagan]]. Thatcher also dispatched a [[...
31: ...rgaret Thatcher assert that [[Thatcherism|Thatcherite]] policies were responsible for this.
33: ...'; since then her direct political work has been within the [[House of Lords]] and as head of the That... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
1: ...ten (chopped) 2.jpg|thumb|Jane Austen, in a portrait based on one drawn by her sister Cassandra]]
2: ...in Chawton).jpg|thumb|House of Jane Austen (today it is a museum)]]
3: ...[[Western canon]]. She stands as a model of the writer whose apparently sheltered life did nothing to ...
5: ...lative seclusion, and began to suffer ill-health. It is now thought she may have suffered from [[Addis...
7: ...ited for their perfection of form, while modern critics continue to unearth new perspectives on Austen... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...ded school at [[Victoria University in the University of Toronto|Victoria College]] in [[Toronto]]. Af...
4: ...]] and edited work. She has also been associated with [[Canadian nationalism]] in the [[1960s]] and [[...
6: ...[[Toronto]]'s new voices in the [[1960s]], along with [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]], [[Dennis Lee]] and [[Mich...
10: ..., was included in the French version of the competition, ''Le combat des livres'', in [[2004]].
12: ...lled the "Unotchit" (and pronounced "You-No-Touch-It"), will allow an author to remotely sign a book a... - Marie de France (1845 bytes)
1: ...e|Anglo-Norman]] in which her works are composed, it is supposed that she was raised in [[Normandy]]. ...
3: ...e de France was a member of their court. The identity now known as "poet Marie de France" could be sam...
7: ...rie de France: Text and Context''. Athens: University of Georgia Press, c1987.
9: ...r S. Loomis (ed.). Clarendon Press: Oxford University. 1959. ISBN 0198115881
14: *[[Anglo-Norman literature]] - Amy Johnson (2606 bytes)
4: ...went to work in [[London]] as secretary to a solicitor. She was introduced to flying as a hobby, gaini...
6: From this, she went on to qualify as the first British-trained woman ground engineer.
8: ...don]]. She received a [[Harmon Trophy]] in recognition of this achievement.
10: ...] in a [[De Havilland]] [[Puss Moth]] co-piloted with [[Jack Humphreys]].
14: In [[1932]], she married the famous British pilot [[Jim Mollison]], who had proposed to he... - Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1937 bytes)
1: ...]], [[1910]]–[[July 29]], [[1994]]) was a British [[scientist]], born Dorothy Mary Crowfoot in [...
3: ...yrightKaihsuTai.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Order of Merit medal of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, displayed in t...
5: ...in]], [[ferritin]], [[tobacco mosaic virus]], [[vitamin B12]], and [[insulin]]. This latter achieveme...
7: ...n [[1965]] she was appointed to the [[Order of Merit]], filling the vacancy left by [[Winston Churchil...
11: ... Volume in Honour of Professor Dorothy Hodgkin''. Oxford: The Clarendon Press. - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
2: ... been described as having had an "indomitable spirit" and is best remembered for organizing the [[Amer...
6: ...ung Clara was home-educated and extremely bright. It is said that her older brothers and sisters were ...
8: As a child, Clara was a shy and retiring little girl, but at the age of 11, when her brother b...
12: ...unity's need for free education, and despite opposition, set up one of the first free public schools i...
14: ... she was appointed to a job as a clerk in the [[United States Patent and Trademark Office|Patent Offic... - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
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2: ...us]]. She is also a [[Roman Catholic]] [[saint]] with a [[Calendar of saints|feast day]] of [[July 22]...
6: ...hn 20:1|1]], [[John 20:2|2]]), (gaining her the epithet "apostle to the apostles") and again immediate...
11: ...e, in a dramatic 19th-century popular image of penitence painted by [[Ary Scheffer]].]]
12: ...tic references to the ''Gospel of Mary''. These writings reveal the degree to which the gospel was des... - Hildegard of Bingen (14070 bytes)
6: ...1136]] Hildegard was chosen superior of the community, and eventually moved the group to a new [[monas...
8: ...lding them inside. She was finally convinced to write by members of her order after falling physically...
11: ...ng of the religious texts, and commanded her to write down everything she would observe in her visions...
12: ... and suddenly I understood of the meaning of expositions of the books...
13: ...also overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy and hesitated to act. - Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
2: ...mber]] [[1934]]) is a renowned [[United Kingdom|British]] stage, film and television actress.
4: ...itish Empire|Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (DBE); in [[2005]], she was made a [[...
9: ...veloped her reputation as arguably the greatest British actress of the post-[[1945]] period primarily ...
11: ...kespeare Company]] and made numerous appearances with the company in [[Stratford]] and [[London]] over...
13: ...Laurence Olivier Awards]]. She has also appeared with success on [[Broadway]]. - Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
2: ...22]] – [[January 25]], [[1990]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]].
4: ...vinia Gardner was born in the small farming community of [[Grabtown, North Carolina|Grabtown]], [[John...
6: ...actresses in [[Hollywood]]. She also had affairs with the Spanish bullfighter [[Luis Miguel Dominguin]...
8: ...Miss Judith Fellowes, however, was nominated, albeit in the best supporting actress category.
10: ...n]] at [[Oxford University]] in November 1964. Neither was aware of the fame of the other.
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