Tuesday, March 15, 2005

Cond�, Henri I De Bourbon, 2e Prince De (2nd Prince Of)

His father's death left him and his cousin Henry of Navarre (the future Henry IV) as titular leaders of the Huguenots. After the Peace of Saint-Germain (1570) Cond� retired to B�arn and married

Monday, March 14, 2005

Wambaugh, Sarah

The member countries of the Organisation for European Economic

Friday, March 11, 2005

Palembang

Kotamadya (municipality) and capital, Sumatera Selatan provinsi (�province�), Indonesia. It lies on both banks of the Musi River, there spanned by the Ampera Bridge. Sumatra's second largest city (after Medan), it was long the chief town of the Palembang sultanate. The city served as the capital of the Buddhist Srivijaya empire from the 7th century until the kingdom was overthrown

Friday, March 04, 2005

Sinn F�in

Political wing of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). Sinn F�in, organized in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, is a Nationalist party in Northern Ireland, representing Roman Catholics who want to achieve a united Ireland through whatever means are necessary, including violence. The party was led by Gerry Adams from 1983.

Thursday, March 03, 2005

Aurora

City, Adams, Arapahoe, and Douglas counties, north-central Colorado, U.S. An eastern suburb of Denver, Aurora was the third most populous city in Colorado at the start of the 21st century and, occupying 280 square miles (725 square km), the state's largest city in area. Founded during the silver boom of 1891 and named Fletcher after its Canadian-born founder, Donald Fletcher, it flourished

Wednesday, March 02, 2005

Interior Design, India

Words of Indian origin such as calico, chintz, and palampore indicate the importance of Indian textiles in the history of western interior design (see photograph). Yet the Indians themselves have never been very conscious of this role, their own domestic interiors being of the utmost simplicity, with hardly more than a carpet or prayer mat to offset stone floors and

Tuesday, March 01, 2005

Wilamowitz-moellendorff, Ulrich Von

Educated at the universities of Bonn and Berlin, Wilamowitz-Moellendorff served in the Franco-German War (1870) and traveled through Italy and Greece.