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- Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...he best known of the Scottish monarchs, in part because of the tragedy of her life.
14: ...ons, who were listed in that parliamentary act, because the legitimacy of Robert's children of first m...
15: ...emi-Salic]] situation, Mary ascended the throne because all other male lines of the royal house had go...
17: ...e birth and prophesied, "The devil go with it! It came with a lass, it will gang with a lass!" The Ste...
19: ...riage proposition, went into hiding in [[Stirling Castle]], where preparations were made for Mary's co... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
1: ...ith]] Beheading [[Holofernes]]'' (1612-21) Oil on canvas 199 x 162 cm Galleria degli [[Uffizi]], Flore...
3: ...irst female painter to become a member of the [[Accademia dell' Arte del Disegno]] in Florence. She wa...
7: ...er father's style took heavily inspiration from [[Caravaggio]] during that period, her style was just ...
10: ...e of the [[Bologna]] school (which had [[Annibale Carracci]] among its major artists).
12: ...iosi Palace]] in [[Rome]], so Orazio hired the Tuscan painter to tutor his daughter privately. The unf... - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
8: ...1576;يّة المتّحدة<br>Al-Imārā...
19: | align=center style="vertical-align: top;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[List of stat...
21: ...olspan=2 style="background: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationUnitedArabEmirates.png]]
26: | '''[[Capital]] and largest city'''
56: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling code]]''' - Djibouti (8746 bytes)
2: ... eastern [[Africa]], located in the [[Horn of Africa]]. Djibouti is bordered by [[Eritrea]] in the nor...
4: ...1585;ية جيبوتي<br>Jumhuriyaa Jibuti<BR>Ré°µblique de Dji...
17: ...center colspan=2 | [[image:LocationDjibouti.png|Location of Djibouti]]
22: | '''[[Capital]]'''
56: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]''' - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
1: ...257;n افغانستان) is a country in [[Central Asia]] ...
5: ...1740; افغانستان'''<br>'''Da Afghanistan Islami Daw...
19: | align="center" colspan=2 | [[image:LocationAfghanistan.png]]
23: | '''[[Capital]]'''<br> - Population:<br> - [[Coo...
50: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling code]]''' - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
1: ...n [[Southeast Asia]]. It consists of two geographical regions divided by the [[South China Sea]]:
3: ... and is [[Johor#Links_to_Singapore|connected by a causeway and the second-link bridge]] on the south w...
8: ...<big><big>'''ڤرسكوتوان مليس...
20: | align=center style="vertical-align: top;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National mot...
22: ...olspan=2 style="background: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationMalaysia.png]] - Kuwait (15932 bytes)
2: ... the south and [[Iraq]] in the north. Kuwait is located in the [[Middle East]].
5: ...1604;ة الكويت<br>(Dawlat al Kuwayt)'''</big></big>
17: ...olspan=2 style="background: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationKuwait.png]]
22: | '''[[Capital]]'''
53: | [[Rhanterium epapposum]]<br>Locally called ''Arfaj'' - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...lic of Portugal'') is a [[democratic republic]] located on the west and southwest parts of the [[Iberi...
5: ...centuries]], Portugal was a major economic, political, and cultural power. The [[Portuguese Empire]] s...
7: ... social and economic progress in the subsequent decades, with a clear slow-down in the last few years.
15: ...Douro]] and [[Tagus]] rivers, and the [[Gallaecia|Callaeci]] who lived north of the Douro river among ...
17: ...s of [[Culture of Ancient Rome|Romanization]] was carried out, leading [[Lusitania]] to gain [[Latin R... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
13: *[[Pablo Picasso]], ([[1881]]-[[1973]]), Spanish [[Cubism|cubis...
26: *[[Bernard Accama]] ([[1697]]-[[1756]])
57: *[[Carl Andre]] ([[1935]]-)
73: *[[Hendrick Avercamp]] ([[1585]]-[[1634]]) - Politics (7193 bytes)
2: ...an group interactions including [[corporate]], [[academic]], and [[religious]].
4: ...al behavior and examines the acquisition and application of power, i.e. the ability to impose one's wi...
8: ==A political animal==
14: ...n were the institutionalization of social stratification, non-agricultural specialized crafts (includi...
16: ... for city-state, "Polis". Corporate, religious, academic and every other polity, especially those con... - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
2: ...s main work, the ''Essays'', unprecedented in its candidness and personal flavor, he takes mankind and...
6: ... exclusively in [[Latin]], the language of the educated class.
8: ...]. While serving at the Bordeaux Parlement, he became very close friends with the humanist writer [[&...
16: ...cted as a moderating force, respected both by the Catholic [[Henry III of France|King Henry III]] and ...
18: Beginning in 1578, Montaigne suffered from painful [[kidney stone]]... - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
4: <tr><td>[[image:mercator.jpg|200px|Gerardus Mercator]]</td></tr>
7: ...pher]] of German descent, remembered for the [[Mercator projection]] named after him.
9: ...] to construct a terrestrial [[globe]]. Later, Mercator produced a map of [[Palestine (region)|Palesti...
11: ...rmapFullEurope16thcentury.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Mercator map of Europe]]
12: ...552]], he moved to [[Duisburg]] where he opened a cartographic workshop. He completed a six-panel map ... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
65: *[[Ammonius Saccas]], (3rd century){{fn|C}}
80: *[[Anselm of Canterbury|Anselm]], (1034-1109){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn...
81: *[[Antiochus of Ascalon]], (c. 130-68 BC){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
165: *[[Cesare, Marquis of Beccaria]], (1738-1794){{fn|C}} - Quran (41479 bytes)
2: ... literal meaning is "the recitation" and is often called "Al Qur'ān Al Karīm": "The Noble Qu...
6: ...names]].) The suras are not arranged in chronological order (in the order in which Islamic scholars be...
10: ... structure is provided by the [[ruku'at]], semantical units resembling paragraphs and comprising rough...
14: ...n Arabic. It is written in an early form of classical [[Arabic language|Arabic]] termed in English ...
16: ...akers, [[Arabic grammar]] and lexicography soon became important sciences, and the model for the liter... - Libya (12985 bytes)
1: ...are [[Tripolitania]], the [[Fezzan]] and [[Cyrenaica]].
3: ...etimes referring to the entire continent of [[Africa]].
6: ...1576;ية الإشتراكية<br>al-Jam...
16: | align=center style="vertical-align: top;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National mot...
18: ...ckground: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationLibya.png|Location of Libya]] - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
1: :''For biblical characters named Elam, see [[Elam (Hebrew Bible)...
4: ...]]. The Elamite period is considered to last from ca. [[2700 BC]] to [[539 BC]], with a preceding [[Pr...
8: ...brew Bible|Hebrew Old Testament]], where they are called the offspring of Elam, eldest son of [[Shem]]...
10: ...ital, [[Susa]], and geographers after [[Ptolemy]] called it ''Susiana''. Though primarily centred in t...
19: ...s dating to beginning of the [[Akkadian Empire]], ca. [[2300 BC]]. - Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
1: ...e science of [[taxonomy]] or [[systematics|biological systematics]].
9: ...ner]] (1516–1565). Gesner's work was a critical compilation of life known at the time.
11: ...rd Tyson]] (1649–1708). Advances in classification due to the work of [[entomologist]]s and the ...
13: ...ral theology. The approach he took to the classification of plants in his [[Historia Plantarum]] was a...
17: ...or his introduction of a method of modern classification; he created systematic zoology and botany in ... - Vernier scale (1907 bytes)
1: ...mer and mathematician [[Pedro Nunes]] ([[1492]]-[[1578]]) who invented the principle.
3: ...nists' measuring tools (all sorts, but especially calipers and [[micrometer]]s) and on [[theodolite]]s...
5: ...llest gradations on this scale. The indicating scale ("vernier" in the diagram) is used to provide a...
8: ...ent corresponding to the best-aligned pair of indicator & data gradations yields the value of the fine...
11: ...ations covering the same length as 9 on the data scale. Note that the vernier's 10th gradation is omit... - Mobile phone (30513 bytes)
8: [[transmission (telecommunications)|transmission]] and conventional [[telephone...
10: ...'s largest mobile phone manufacturers include [[Alcatel]], [[Audiovox]], [[Kyocera]] (formerly the han...
12: There are also specialist communication systems related to, but distinct from mobile ...
16: ...customer base, as mobile network costs are mostly call volume related, while fixed-line telephony has ...
18: ...ame technical issues affect mobile telephony in [[Canada]], as it uses the same mix of incompatible st... - Industry (5421 bytes)
2: ...tment before any [[profit]] can be realized, also called "heavy industry."
4: ... Industrial countries then assumed a [[capitalism|capitalist]] economic policy. [[Railroad]]s and [[St...
10: ...ors of economic activity for [[statistics|statistical]] and national accounting purposes.
13: *Wilshire 5000 Index market cap size: '''11% + 5%''' ([http://www.streetauthorit...
15: ... and software is together with the second largest category of the Wilshire 5000.
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