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- China (38909 bytes)
1: ...e [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
3: ...nding on one's point of view, modern China can be described as a single [[civilization]] or multiple c...
5: ...of China]] in [[1912]]; however the next four decades were marred by warlordism, the [[Second Sino-Jap...
7: ...utes on [[Chinese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
14: ...of China at the centre of her known world, surrounded by lesser tributary states. - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...ean port of [[Dar es Salaam]]. The country's name derives from its [[Bantu languages|Bantu]] language,...
3: ...of the ruling [[Tutsi]] minority with the growing demands for political participation of the [[Hutu]] ...
13: ... and [[French language|French]]. [[Swahili]] is widely spoken.|
17: ...r_titles = [[President of Burundi|President]] |
18: leader_names = [[Domitien Ndayizeye]] | - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
4: ...bacha|Abacha, Sani]], (1943-1998), [[List of Presidents of Nigeria|dictator]] of [[Nigeria]] (1993-199...
9: *[[Abati]] ''aka'' Niccolo Dell'Abbato, (1512-1571), artist
50: *[[Abd-el-Kader]], (circa 1807-1883), Emir of Mascara
52: ... Abdo|Abdo, Hussam]], (born 1989), Palestine suicide bomber
55: *[[`Abdu'l-Bah, (died 1921), religious leader - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...den Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Canadian Orders.)]]
9: ...f state in the world, after King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] of Thailand.
14: ...eft|"Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover of ''Time'' in 1929, at age three.]]
15: ... of her paternal great-grandmother [[Alexandra of Denmark|Queen Alexandra]] and grandmother Queen Mary...
17: ...t the time of her birth, she was third in the [[Order of succession to the British throne|line of succ... - Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
2: ...beknefru]] and Pharaoh [[Nitocris]] actually preceded her (though the latter is not certain to have ru...
4: ...ghout Egypt. She also began rebuilding Egypt's trade networks which had been disrupted by the [[Hyksos...
10: ...fe of Amun'' before either parent died. After the death of her father in [[1492 BC]] she married her h...
11: ...ose III]], by a lesser wife named Isis before his death.
13: ...t it soon became apparent that she had only one model in mind, Sobekneferu, the last monarch of the Tw... - Cleopatra VII of Egypt (8634 bytes)
4: ...l name, "Cleopatra Thea Philopator" means "the Goddess Cleopatra, Beloved of Her Father."
6: ...ly '''Cleopatra''', all of her similarly-named predecessors having been largely forgotten. Cleopatra w...
9: ...lowing the deaths of her brothers she named her eldest son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV [[Caesarion]] ([[44 ...
10: ...ge:The-cleopatra2.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
11: ... seeking sanctuary, Ptolemy had him murdered in order to ingratiate himself with Caesar. Caesar was so... - Boudicca (6973 bytes)
7: ...[47]]). Hoping to preserve his line, Prasutagus made the [[Roman emperor]] co-heir, along with his two...
9: ... this, but does single out [[procurator]] [[Catus Decianus]] for criticism for his "rapacity".
11: ... the rebels destroyed it, besieging the last defenders in the temple for two days before it fell. The ...
13: ...us. [[Verulamium]] ([[St Albans]]) was next to be destroyed.
15: ... German king [[Ariovistus]] is reported to have made the same mistake in [[Julius Caesar]]'s [[Gallic ... - Irene (empress) (3748 bytes)
1: ...mb|300px|This [[solidus (coin)|solidus]] struck under Irene reports the legend <small>bASILISSH</small...
4: ... and confidence of her feeble husband, and at his death in [[780]] was left by him sole guardian of th...
10: ...[790]] into open resistance, and the soldiers, headed by the [[Armenia]]n guard, formally proclaimed C...
12: ...palace at [[Constantinople]]; and there, by the orders of his mother, his eyes were stabbed out. An [[...
14: ...n Constantine and Charlemagne's daughter, [[Rothrude]], was in turn broken off by Irene. In 802 the pa... - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
1: ...al, possibly Melisende herself, from the [[Melisende Psalter]]]]
3: '''Melisende''' ([[1105]] - [[September 11]], [[1161]]) was [[...
5: ... was named after her paternal grandmother, Melisende of Montlhery, wife of Hugh I, [[Count of Rethel]]...
9: ...reginam, cui jure hereditario competebat." Melisende was no mere regent-queen (for her son Baldwin III...
11: ...hter as a capable successor to himself and Melisende enjoyed the support of the ''[[Haute Cour of Jeru... - Agnes of Courtenay (6051 bytes)
3: ...]], and it seems that they waited until Fulcher's death to marry. Agnes bore Amalric two children, fir...
5: .... Despite the annulment, their two children were declared legitimate.
7: Amalric ascended the throne after the marriage was annulled. Agne...
11: ...s to maintain her own household, which later included several nobles as clients, such as [[Amalric II ...
13: ...s an opponent of Raymond III of Tripoli she persuaded Baldwin IV not to allow him to enter the kingdom... - Sibylla of Jerusalem (11497 bytes)
1: ...Melisende of Jerusalem|Queen Melisende]] had provided an example of successful rule by a queen regnant...
5: ... former Queen [[Melisende of Jerusalem]], who founded the convent of St. Lazarus in Bethany for her si...
9: ...t cousin of Sibylla, arrived in [[1177]] and demanded to have the princess married to one of his own v...
11: ...tween the princess and his prisoner, Saladin demanded a large ransom, which Baldwin himself could not ...
19: ...he accord between Jerusalem and Egypt. Baldwin IV deposed Guy as regent in [[1183]] and attempted to h... - Isabella of Castile (4156 bytes)
2: ...ain|Ferdinand V]] as co-ruler. She was also the ''de-facto'' co-ruler of her husband's dominions. This...
5: ...-granddaughter to [[Nuno Alvares Pereira]], Count de Barcelos and his wife Leonor Alvim, Countess of B...
8: ...Her final set of grandparents were [[Afonso, Duke de Braganza]], a son of John I of Portugal by Inez P...
10: ... [[Henry the Navigator]], and his wife [[Isabella de Bragan硝].
19: As a reaction, Isabella was despised by opposers to Franco. - Margaret I of Denmark (7423 bytes)
1: ...png|frame|[[Seal (device)|Seal]] of Margaret I of Denmark 1381 and 1403]]
2: ...on to [[Magnus VII of Norway]], [[Magnus II of Sweden]].
4: ...n, could now give her undivided attention to [[Sweden]], where the mutinous nobles were already in arm...
6: ...eld at [[Dalaborg]] Castle, in March 1388, the Swedes were compelled to accept all Margaret's conditio...
8: ...I of Denmark 1390.png|thumb|Seal of Margaret I of Denmark 1390]] - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
3: '''Eleanor of Aquitaine''' ([[Bordeaux]], [[France]], c. [[1124]] – [[March 31]...
6: ...], [[Duke of Aquitaine]], and her mother was Ʈor de Chⴥllerault, the daughter of Aimeric I, Vicomte...
8: ... and richest of the provinces that would become modern [[France]], when her brother, William Aigret, d...
10: ...uld remain independent of France, and Eleanor's eldest son would be both King of France and [[Dukes of...
12: ...paign, with her, the Queen of France, as their leader. - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
1: ...horoscope_catherine_de_medici.jpg|thumb|Catherine de' Medici]]
3: ...r lived in [[France]] under the name '''Catherine de M餩cis''', was Queen of France as the wife of Ki...
5: ...t [[Marseilles]], to the duke of Orl顮s, whose elder brother was alive at the time, but who would bec...
11: ...il 1]], [[1560]] she named as chancellor [[Michel de l'H?al]], who advocated a policy of conciliation.
13: ...upport was the [[corset]], with laces and stays made of whalebone or metal. They forcefully shrank wom... - Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
1: '''Diane de Poitiers''' ([[September 3]], [[1499]] - [[April ...
3: ...ng Fran篩s I]], she gained the title of Duchesse de Valentinois.
5: ...e noble foreigner [[Catherine de' Medici]], Diane de Poitiers would remain his lifelong true love. The...
7: [[Image:DianedePoitiers.jpg|left|frame|Diane de Poitiers]]
9: ...Paul III]] sent the new Queen Catherine the "[[Golden Rose]]", he did not forget to present the royal ... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ... or [[19 July]] 1553 (''[[de facto]]'') until her death. Mary, the fourth and penultimate monarch of t...
13: ...was created Princess of Wales, even though he was deeply disappointed that his wife had again failed t...
15: ...[[English language|English]]. Other studies included [[Greek language|Greek]], [[science]], and [[mus...
17: ...h England. A marriage treaty was signed; it provided that the Princess Mary should marry either Franc...
19: ... [[Roman Catholic Church]]. All appeals from the decisions of English ecclesiastical courts to the Po... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...of Scots,''' was the ruler of [[Scotland]] from [[December 14]], [[1542]] – [[July 24]], [[1567]...
9: ...[[1516]] – [[1558]]), and whose reign coincided with that of Mary, Queen of Scots.
12: ...ames V of Scotland]] and his French wife, [[Marie de Guise]].
15: ...es of the royal house had gone extinct before the death of Mary's father.
17: ...Stuart during her time in France, and she and her descendants stuck with it.) - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
6: ...ragmatic Sanction when it was issued, on Charles' death ([[1740]]) the [[War of Austrian Succession]] ...
8: ...______") and 5 sons surviving to adulthood. She made him co-regent of her Austrian dominions, but she ...
25: ...a Beatrice d'Este, heiress of Breisgau and of [[Modena]]; had issue ([[Austria-Este]]). Duke of Breisg...
29: ... Additionally, the army was weak and the treasury depleted due to two wars near the end of her father'...
31: ...she focused her internal and external policies on defeating Prussia and regaining the lands that had b... - Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
7: ...]], as her adviser. She never remarried after the death of her husband, but was reputed by her enemies...
10: ...in [[1730]]. They had hoped that she would feel indebted to the nobles for her unexpected fortune and ...
17: ... specially constructed house of ice, where the bride caught a cold and died within several days.
19: ...le hands of two other foreigners, who thoroughly identified themselves with Russia, [[Andrey Osterman]...
24: ...]] Anna declared war on [[Turkey]], but Charles made a separate peace with the Porte, forcing Russia t...
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