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- Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ... the best known of the Scottish monarchs, in part because of the tragedy of her life.
12: ...w Palace]], West Lothian, [[Scotland]], on [[December 8]], [[1542]] to King [[James V of Scotland]] an...
14: ...at parliamentary act, because the legitimacy of Robert's children of first marriage were questionable....
15: ...er male lines of the royal house had gone extinct before the death of Mary's father.
17: ...Scotland. Instead, through Mary's son, it was the beginning of their reign over a united Scotland and ... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: ...I_(Ermine_Portrait).jpg|thumb|right|220px|'''Elizabeth I''' <br><small>Queen of England and Ireland</s...
7: ...', '''Gloriana''', or '''Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch of the [[Tudo...
9: ...d [[Humphrey Gilbert|Sir Humphrey Gilbert]]. Elizabeth was a short-tempered and sometimes indecisive r...
11: ... Elizabeth's reign. Elizabeth also reduced the number of [[Privy Council|Privy Counsellors]] from thir...
13: ...er of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen". - Veronica Franco (1937 bytes)
5: ... and ''Lettere familiari a diversi'', in 1575 and 1580, respectively. She published books of letters and...
7: ...d. On her return in 1577 she was to face a trial before the [[Inquisition]] for [[Witchcraft|witchcra...
9: ... Franco were made into the 1998 movie, "Dangerous Beauty".
13: ...books of poems and letters by Veronica Franco may be found at
16: A portrait may be found at http://www.jazzbabies.com/home/franco.ht... - Ellen MacArthur (3652 bytes)
2: ...stest solo [[circumnavigation]] of the [[Earth|globe]].
8: ...hur was awarded an [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] for services to sport.
12: ...2004]], was specially designed by Nigel Irens and Benoit Cabaret for her to break solo records. The 75...
16: ... Universal Time|UTC]] on [[February 7]], [[2005]] beating the previous record set by French sailor [[F...
18: ...ome after their respective circumnavigations in [[1580]] and [[1967]]. MacArthur was also made an honora... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
2: |+<big><big>'''جمهوريّة...
62: ...ity of [[Luxor]] contains a particularly large number of ancient artifacts. Today, Egypt is widely reg...
73: ...mpletion of the [[Suez Canal]] in [[1869]], Egypt became an important world transportation hub; howeve...
75: ... Canal]] leading to the [[1956]] [[Suez Crisis]]. Between [[1958]] and [[1961]] Egypt and Syria formed...
82: ...[2004]], following the resignation of Dr. [[Atef Ebeid]] from his office. - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
3: ... first the [[Carrack]] and then [[caravel]] in [[Iberia]]. These that were a combination of traditiona...
7: ...rds. These were almost all Italians as the trade between Europe and the Middle East was almost comple...
11: ... and trade. The land route to the East was always be too long and difficult for profitable trade and i...
13: ==Exploration begins in Portugal==
15: ... crucial to their survival. At the same time the Iberians learnt much from their Arab neighbours. The ... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: ...our islands which lay off that city's coast until becoming part of the mainland in [[1525]].
3: ...1607;ورية الجزائرية ا...
21: ...'''[[Second language]]''' || [[Berber language|Berber]], [[French language|French unofficial but commo...
23:
40: | '''[[National Day]]''' || [[1 November]] - Iraq (19222 bytes)
1: ...ower. Although, the legality of the invasion has been disputed by the United Nations Secretary Genera...
3: |+<big><big>'''الجمهورية ا...
29: | '''[[Independence]]''' || [[1 October]] [[1919]] from the [[Ottoman Empire]]
30: [[3 October]] [[1932]] from the [[United Kingdom|British]]
49: ...], changing the political face of Iraq, which had been mostly dominated by its [[Sunni]] minority sinc... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
4: |+<big><big>'''الجمهوريّة...
26: | [[Beirut]]
45: | [[22 November]] [[1943]]
71: ...day countries that comprise what is considered to be the [[Cradle of Humanity]]. It is the historic h...
78: ...il interspersed with prosperity built on [[Beirut|Beirut's]] position as a regional center for finance... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
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8: ...<br>([[English language|English]]: In Union and Liberty)|
48: ...a country in southern [[South America]], situated between the [[Andes]] in the west and the southern [...
57: ...and federationist groups waged a lengthy conflict between themselves to determine the future of the na...
61: From [[1880]] to [[1930]] Argentina became one of the world's 10 wealthiest nations base... - Djibouti (8746 bytes)
2: The '''Republic of Djibouti''' ({{lang-ar|جيبوتي}}, Ǧ...
4: ...1580;مهورية جيبوتي<br>Jumhuriyaa...
62: ...the [[Afar]] and the [[Somali]] [[Isa]]. These tribes had regular trade contacts with the Arabs, and a...
66: A civil war led by [[Afar]] rebels in the early [[1990s]] was stopped by a peace a...
77: ... ''Chambre des Deputes'', which consists of 65 members which are elected every five years. - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ...t years the [[definite article]] has increasingly been dropped in common usage) is the largest country...
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60: Although [[Christianity]] had been introduced into Sudan in the third or fourth ce...
62: ...on]] was killed. The Mahdist state survived until being overwhelmed by an Anglo-Egyptian force under [... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...located on the west and southwest parts of the [[Iberian Peninsula]] in southwestern [[Europe]], and i...
5: ...reek language|Greek]] and [[Latin]] name meaning "Beautiful Port". During the [[15th century|15th]] an...
15: ...ived north of the Douro river among some other tribes. {{Inote | ''Hist de Portugal - A Forma磯 d...
17: ...and ransacked [[Conistorgis]], the Conii capital, because of their alliance with Rome. [[Viriathus]], ...
23: ...vaded the Iberian peninsula, set up kingdoms, and became assimilated. The [[Vandals]] ([[Silingi]] and... - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ...[[strait of Gibraltar]], known as ''[[Plazas de soberan�]'', such as the [[Islas Chafarinas|Chafarin...
12: ...otto = ''[[Plus Ultra]]''<br>([[Latin]]: "Further Beyond") |
58: ...ed throughout the peninsula, becoming the [[Celt-Iberian]]s.
62: ... 6th century BC the [[Carthaginians]] arrived in Iberia while struggling with the Greeks for control o...
66: ...d the Phoenician, Greek and Carthaginian colonies becoming the province of [[Hispania]]. It was divide... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
24: *[[Edwin Austin Abbey]] ([[1852]]-[[1911]])
26: *[[Bernard Accama]] ([[1697]]-[[1756]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]]) - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...er]], [[mathematician]] and [[astrologer]]. He is best known for his [[Kepler's laws of planetary moti...
9: ...ft]]. Born prematurely, Johannes is said to have been a weak and sickly child, but despite his ill he...
11: ...pler was frequently bullied, and was plagued by a belief that he was physically repulsive, thoroughly ...
13: ...lipse]] of [[1580]], recording that he remembered being "called outdoors" to see it and that the moon ...
15: ...]], becoming a part of the T?n faculty. However, before he took his final exams he was recommended fo... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...unt St Albans''' in [[1621]]; both peerage titles becoming extinct upon his death.
4: ... professional life as a lawyer, but he has become best known as an philosophical advocate and defender...
8: ..., Lord Burghley, the great minister of Queen Elizabeth.
10: Biographers believe that Bacon received an education at home in ...
16: ...let]], the English ambassador at Paris. The disturbed state of government and society in [[France]] un... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ... [[geometer]], and [[painter]]. He has been described as the [[archetype]] of the "[[Renaissance man]]...
7: ...ely a peasant girl. It has also been suggested, albeit on scanty evidence, that she was a [[Middle Eas...
9: ...cis". Presumably he did not use his father's name because of his illegitimate status.
12: ... pupils was Leonardo da Vinci, in whom, besides a beauty of person never sufficiently admired and a wo...
14: Later, he became an independent painter in Florence. - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
2: ... [[Renaissance]] writer, generally considered to be the inventor of the personal [[essay]]. In his ma...
6: ...gressive views on education there, and he and had been the mayor of [[Bordeaux]]. His mother, Antoniet...
8: ...X]]. While serving at the Bordeaux Parlement, he became very close friends with the humanist writer [...
12: ...egan work on his ''Essays'', first published in [[1580]].
18: ...gne suffered from painful [[kidney stone]]s. From 1580 to 1581, Montaigne travelled in France, Germany, ... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
9: == Reformation begins ==
20: ...even revolution, since the system must eventually be adjusted or disintegrate, and the failure of the ...
22: ...e]], and [[Spain]] the move toward centralization begun in the thirteenth century was carried to a suc...
24: ...nd the [[Netherlands]] and new textile industries began to develop.
28: ...philosophical arguments, eroding the old alliance between [[reason]] and [[faith]] of the medieval per...
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