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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...arian-based Chinese an advantage over neighboring nomadic and mountain-dwelling cultures. The developm...
7: ...and administrators: in short, civilization as we know it. In late [[Neolithic]] times, the [[Huang He]...
14: ...torical Records]]'' written by [[Sima Qian]], a renowned Chinese historiographer of the [[2nd century ...
18: ...aracter]]s, but such claims are unsupported. With no clear written records to match the Shang [[oracle...
24: ...he early Zhou (successor state of the Shang), is known to have existed at the same time as the Shang. - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...eginning in the [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
3: ...e existed and are viewed as having succeeded one another in [[continent]]al [[East Asia]] for the last...
5: ...decades were marred by warlordism, the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], and the [[Chinese Civil War]].
7: ...some islands in the South China Sea. The PRC does not recognize the ROC, as it claims to be the sole s...
9: ==Terminology== - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
5: ... of a sacred and sometimes spiritual world yet do not invoke a concept of [[God]], classifying a Chine...
7: ...stian concepts into Buddhism while the reverse is not necessarily the case.
11: ...rt in performing elaborate annual rituals. He was not believed to be a [[deity]], but rather someone w...
13: Minor religions introduced from abroad include [[Islam...
28: ...ing]] is attributed to [[Lao Zi]], who may or may not have been a real person. The philosophy is cent... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: '''November 4''' is the 308th day of the year (309th in...
4: {{NovemberCalendar}}
9: ...illiam, Prince of Orange]]. They would later be known as [[William and Mary]].
14: ... a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecutive terms.
15: ...legiance of a large majority of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving the way for him to be crowned [[emp... - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...f [[Africa]]. It is bordered by [[Rwanda]] on the north, [[Tanzania]] on the south and east, and the [...
3: ... the supremacist claims of the ruling [[Tutsi]] minority with the growing demands for political partic...
28: population_census_year = 1978 |
43: time_zone_DST = not observed |
47: footnotes = <sup>1</sup> Estimate is base... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
68: ...ls Henrik Abel|Abel, Niels Henrik]], (1802-1829), Norwegian mathematician
71: ...en Abell|Abell, George Ogden]], (1927-1983), astronomer
103: *[[Harold Abrahams|Abrahams, Harold]], (1899-1978), track and field athlete
109: *[[Norm Abrams|Abrams, Norm]]
112: *[[Norman Abramson|Abramson, Norman]] - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
4: ...s, Patriarch]], (died 489), patriarch of Constantinople
5: ...born 1954), boxer, former world title challenger, now promoter
18: *[[Jean Acker|Acker, Jean]] (1893-1978)
29: ...[Nate Ackerman|Ackerman, Nathanael Leedon]] (born 1978)
51: ...yd|Ackroyd, Peter]], (born 1949), English author, novelist - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
9: ...]], (1757-1840), U.S. soldier and statesman, governor of Kentuvky
25: ...cki, Karol]], (1866-1933), Polish engineer and economist
45: *[[Edwin Adams Cotto|Adams Cotto, Edwin]], (1978-2005), Puerto Rican who was convicted of drug dea...
56: ...ouch Adams|Adams, John Couch]], (1819-1892), astronomer
63: ...s (author)|Adams, Richard]], (born 1920), British novelist - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
10: *[[Clay Aiken|Aiken, Clay]], (1978-), singer
18: *[[Anouk Aim饼Aim饬 Anouk]], (born 1932), French actor
21: ...insworth|Ainsworth, Henry]], (1571-1622), English Nonconformist clergyman and scholar
24: ...ge Biddell Airy|Airy, George]], (1801-1892), astronomer
26: *[[Queen Aiswarya|Aiswarya, Queen]], (died 2001), non-reigning Nepalese queen - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
9: ..., cui jure hereditario competebat." Melisende was no mere regent-queen (for her son Baldwin III), but ...
11: ... Cour]]'', a kind of royal council comprising the nobility and clergy of the realm.
13: ... chose [[Fulk of Jerusalem|Fulk V of Anjou]], a renowned crusader and military commander, and in the f...
19: ... been guilty the church and nobility likely would not have later rallied to her cause.
21: ...buted to Fulk or his supporters. This was reason enough for the queen's party to openly challenge Fulk... - Sibylla of Jerusalem (11497 bytes)
5: ...ght scripture and other church traditions. Though not raised by her mother, Sibylla would later become...
7: ...i]], in his capacity as regent during Baldwin's minority (and beyond, as the king spent his brief adul...
9: ...[Antioch]]. Additionally, the [[Ibelin]] family manoeuvered to have the princess marry one of their ow...
11: ...anded a large ransom, which Baldwin himself could not pay, although Saladin did release Baldwin on sec...
17: ..., Baldwin of Ibelin was himself still in Constantinople. With pressure mounting to have to have the [[... - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
1: [[Image:ELEANOROFAQUITAINE.jpg|right|frame|Eleanor of Aquitaine]]
3: '''Eleanor of Aquitaine''' ([[Bordeaux]], [[France]], c. [[...
6: ...''langue d'oc'', but it became ''El顮or'' in the northern ''langue d'oil'' and in English.
10: ...[[Louis VI of France|Louis VI]] had died, and Eleanor became Queen of France.
12: ...ent started a war and caused conflict between Eleanor and Louis. She insisted on taking part in the [[... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
22: | [[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]] <br>now the [[Czech Republic]]
35: ... 15]] [[1937]] in [[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]], now in the [[Czech Republic]]), [[United States|Amer...
37: She was nominated by [[President of the United States|Presid...
40: ... Awarded a B.A. from [[Wellesley College]] with honors in [[Political Science]], she studied at the [[...
42: ...or foreign policy legislation. From [[1976]] to [[1978]], she served as Chief Legislative Assistant to S... - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
3: ... implicated as well, and remained in jail until [[November]] [[2004]].
6: ...r Ali Bhutto]], Benazir was educated in the west, notably at [[Radcliffe College]], where she was elec...
13: ...e first open election in more than a decade, on [[November 16]], [[1988]], Benazir's PPP won the singl...
21: ...charges of taking kickbacks. He was released in [[November]] [[2004]] [http://www9.sbs.com.au/theworld...
24: ...ve said that they only provided moral support and nothing more. The Taliban took power in [[Kabul]] in... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ...''; [[May 3]], [[1898]] – [[December 8]], [[1978]]) was a founder of the State of [[Israel]]. She...
30: ... by joint forces from [[Egypt]], [[Syria]], [[Lebanon]], [[Transjordan]] and [[Iraq]]. She was issued...
44: ...ar and captured large areas of territory. She saw no need to seek compromise with the [[Palestinians]]...
53: ... can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to."—Golda Meir, [[March...
55: ...t things are stated clearly and plainly: We shall not let this happen."—Golda Meir, in a speech ... - Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
2: ...le="font-size:larger; margin-left:1em"|'''Janet Reno'''
4: ... colspan="2"| [[Image:janetreno.jpg|180px|Janet Reno]]
27: ...d was the first woman to hold that post. She was nominated by [[President of the United States|Presid...
30: ...nvestigative reporter for the Miami News. Janet Reno has three younger siblings.
32: ...Florida|Coral Gables]] High School. In [[1956]] Reno enrolled at [[Cornell University]] in [[Ithaca, N... - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
3: ...he was the first woman to have her name placed in nomination at her party's convention (1964 [[United ...
7: ...served one term in the Senate; he was defeated in 1978 by Republican [[William Cohen|Bill Cohen]]).
11: ...gie" from his staff. Her speech, although it did not produce immediate backlash, was the beginning of... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
1: [[Image:Debbie Stabenow.jpg|right|Debbie Stabenow]]
3: '''Deborah Ann Stabenow''' (born [[April 29]], [[1950]]) is a [[United S...
5: ... is rumored to be a Republican candidate for Stabenow's [[2006]] reelection).
9: ...Senators were selected by the state legislature). No former Michigan state legislator had served in th...
11: ... Senator [[Dick Durbin]], D-Ill., was elected [[Minority Whip]], the Democrats' second-ranking spot. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
7: – [[28 November]] [[1990]]
24: |'''Retirement honour:'''
27: ...figurehead of a political philosophy that became known as [[Thatcherism]], which involves reduced gove...
31: ...ccured that led to an improvement in Britain's economic performance. Supporters of Margaret Thatcher a...
33: ...ical approach to [[European Union|European]] [[Economic and Monetary Union]]. Her leadership was chall... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
3: ...of the writer whose apparently sheltered life did nothing to reduce the stature and drama of her ficti...
5: ...dison's disease]], the cause of which was then unknown. She travelled to [[Winchester, Hampshire|Winch...
7: ...[[Northanger Abbey]]'', pokes fun at the [[Gothic novel]]s of [[Ann Radcliffe]], Austen is most famous...
9: Her novels were fairly well received when they were publ...
12: ...tedly because she did not know how men spoke when not in the presence of women. Some contemporary rea...
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