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  1. History of China (45919 bytes)
    2: ...ration merged to create the familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
    5: == Prehistoric times ==
    7: ...tself as a cultural center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically significa...
    14: ...f the ''Three Dynasties'' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 三代; [[pinyin]]: sāndài) t...
    18: ... [[Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood.
  2. Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
    2: ... United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India]]
    7: ...was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
    9: ...last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; her successor belonged to the [[House of Windsor|House of Sa...
    12: ...ria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]], the sister of Princess Charlotte's widower [[Leopold I of Belgium|Princ...
    14: ...r was the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]].
  3. Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
    1: ...ge:Victoria Mary of Teck.jpg|thumb|250px|HSH Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, image by Lafayette of Bon...
    3: ...[[W?berg]] with the style [[HSH|''Her Serene Highness'']]. To her family, she was known as '''''May''...
    5: ...ls built up over her years as queen are now priceless.
    9: ...]]). Her mother was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge]], the third child an...
    11: ...ting the [[art gallery|art galleries]], [[church]]es and [[museum]]s.
  4. Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
    3: ...(whom [[George W. Bush]] later named [[United States Secretary of Energy|Secretary of Energy]]) in [[2...
    5: ... in [[2000]], but was elected to the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]]. Stabenow was considered the...
    7: ...Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry]], and the [[U.S. Senate Special Committee on ...
    9: ... legislator had served in the U.S. Senate since [[1894]], when [[Francis B. Stockbridge]] died.
    11: ... D-Nev., to set the Democrats' agenda and priorities. Reid was elected to replace Minority Leader [[To...
  5. Ouida (1938 bytes)
    5: Although successful, she did not manage her money well and died i...
    8: ...o published with the title ''Two Little Wooden Shoes'') [http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/13912 Gutenber...
    9: * ''Bimbi, Stories for Children'' (1882)
    17: * ''A Lemon Tree'' (1894)
    21: * ''The Massarenes'' (?)
  6. Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
    5: ...the tension in women's private emotions; she bridges the mutually contradictory schools of [[Acmeist p...
    8: ...) concert pianist, with some [[Poland|Polish]] ancestry on her mother's side. (This latter fact was to...
    10: ...ather was kind, but deeply wrapped up in his studies and distant from his family. He was also still de...
    12: ...ls she acquired Italian, French and German languages.
    14: ...d critic [[Maximilian Voloshin]], whom Tsvetaeva described after his death in 'A Living Word About a L...
  7. Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
    4: ...artre]] quarter of [[Paris]] she pursued her interest in art.
    8: ...rre-Auguste Renoir]] and [[Pierre Puvis de Chavannes]], and she had affairs with all of them. The mos...
    10: ..., Valadon received acclaim and some financial success during her lifetime.
    12: Despite her achievements, she lived in the shadows of...
    14: ...was, however, best known for her candid female nudes.
  8. Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
    1: [[Image:BessieSmith.jpg|thumb|250px|Bessie Smith photographed by Carl Van Vechten]]
    2: ... [[USA]] was the most popular and successful [[blues]] singer of [[1920s]] and [[30s]], and a huge inf...
    5: ...to sing but probably helped her develop a stage presence. Smith began developing her own act around [...
    7: ...s around, most notably [[Louis Armstrong]], [[James P. Johnson]], [[Joe Smith]], [[Charlie Green]], a...
    9: ...panied by members of [[Fletcher Henderson]]'s orchestra, the Hall Johnson Choir, and a string section-...
  9. Trumpet (13239 bytes)
    1: ...umpeter performing with the United States Air Forces in Europe Band]]
    2: The '''trumpet''' is the highest [[brass instrument]] in register, above the [[tu...
    6: ..., lowering the pitch of the instrument. Three valves make the trumpet fully [[chromatic]], allowing th...
    8: ...ng of extremely high register passages. Mouthpieces also vary with regard to rim diameter and shape.
    11: ...umpet now used by [[original instruments]] ensembles, the [[cornett]] or ''cornetto'' (not to be confu...
  10. Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
    6: 22nd President<br>
    7: 24th President</td></tr>
    11: <tr><td>'''Predecessor:'''</td><td>
    12: [[Chester A. Arthur]] ([[1885]])<br>
    14: <tr><td>'''Successor:'''</td><td>
  11. Turkmenistan (10788 bytes)
    21: | '''[[President]] and [[Prime Minister]]'''
    28: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 51st]]<br/>&nbsp;488,100 [[square ...
    31: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 113th]]<br/>&nbsp;4,603,244<...
    42: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]'''
    52: ...decamped on their way to more prosperous territories.
  12. Uganda (11554 bytes)
    1: ...portion of [[Lake Victoria]], within which it shares borders with Kenya and Tanzania.
    3: ...he historical [[Buganda]] kingdom, which encompasses a portion of the south of the country, including ...
    14: official_languages = [[English language|English]] |
    17: largest_city = Kampala|
    19: leader_titles = [[President of Uganda|President]] |
  13. Flag of Mississippi (1142 bytes)
    2: ...ag|Confederate battle flag]]. It was adopted in [[1894]].
    4: ... 1894 flag, over a new flag that some considered less offensive.
    13: *[[Flags of the Confederate States of America]]
    16: *[http://mshistory.k12.ms.us/features/feature2/flagsoverms.html Flags Over Mississippi]...
  14. Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
    1: ...g.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Ruth batting for the Yankees]]
    2: ...as Number One in its list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players."
    4: ...ion of nearly all the ballparks in the major leagues.
    9: ...o taught him baseball, working with him for countless hours on hitting, fielding and later, pitching.
    12: ...ed George from catcher to pitcher to teach him a lesson. But, instead of getting his comeuppance, Babe...
  15. Vermont (39851 bytes)
    10: LargestCity = [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]] |
    30: HighestElev = 1,339 |
    32: LowestElev = 29 |
    36: ...New Hampshire]] to the east, [[New York]] to the west, and the [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Quebe...
    38: ...[[Montpelier, Vermont|Montpelier]], while the largest city is [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]].
  16. Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
    1: ...estern]] [[U.S. state|state]] of the [[United States]] and its U.S. postal abbreviation is '''OK'''; o...
    8: Seal = Oklahomastateseal.jpg |
    13: LargestCity = [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma|Oklahoma Cit...
    32: HighestElev = [[Black Mesa Mountain]] 1,516 |
    34: LowestElev = [[Little River]] 88 |
  17. Women's suffrage (11832 bytes)
    1: ...cating ''equal suffrage'' (abolition of graded votes) rather than ''universal suffrage'' (abolition of...
    3: ...9]] the [[Wyoming Territory]] in the [[United States]] became the first modern polity where equal suff...
    4: ...and for public office in [[South Australia]] in [[1894]], along with universal suffrage in that state.
    11: ...us countries throughout the world. In many countries women's suffrage was granted before [[universal s...
    13: ...n [[1838]]. Various countries and states granted restricted women's suffrage in the latter half of the...
  18. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    12: ..., ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
    14: ...1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
    17: ..., ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
    33: *[[Jacques-Laurent Agasse]] ([[1767]]-[[1848]])
    42: *[[Mikolas Ales]] ([[1852]]-[[1913]])
  19. Castle (27805 bytes)
    1: ...contained [[fortress]], usually of the [[Middle Ages]], though traditionally in Britain it has also re...
    2: ...he dwelling, resulting in many un-castlelike castles and ''[[chaux]]''.
    4: ...lso figure prominently in [[History of Japan|Japanese history]], where the feudal [[Daimyo]] inhabited...
    6: ==Purpose of castles==
    8: ... for specific purposes, or evolved into new purposes over time:
  20. Aviation history (39698 bytes)
    3: ...The Bible]]. Nevertheless, it exemplifies man's desire to fly.
    5: ...e controlled by [[computer]]s, which can make planes that were otherwise unflyable able to fly, such a...
    13: ...e many claims and counter-claims how successful these were. See [[First flying machine]] for a review...
    15: ...also sketched designs for a helicopter, but this design would not have flown.
    17: ...for powered flight until the [[gasoline]] engine designed by the Wright Brothers.

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