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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... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
9: ...ce by her counsellors, often saved her from political and marital misalliances. Like her father [[Henr...
13: ...]], an English [[13 colonies|colony in North America]] and afterwards a member of the [[United States]...
16: ..., along with her half-sister, Mary, daughter of [[Catherine of Aragon]], was reinstated in the line of...
18: ...st Archbishop of [[Canterbury]] after Elizabeth became queen in [[1558]].
20: ...lerant. Elizabeth also inherited her mother's delicate bone structure, physique and facial features. L... - Veronica Franco (1937 bytes)
1: '''Veronica Franco''' ([[1546]]-[[1591]]) was a [[poet]] and ...
3: ...emost courtesans of Venice in the "catalog," ''Il Catalogo di tutte le principale et piu honorate cort...
5: ... and ''Lettere familiari a diversi'', in 1575 and 1580, respectively. She published books of letters and...
7: While prosperous in her dual career, Veronica Franco's life was not without hardship. In 1575,...
9: The life and times of Veronica Franco were made into the 1998 movie, "Dangerous ... - Ellen MacArthur (3652 bytes)
1: ...ge:Ellen McArthur RdR2002.jpg|thumb|200px|Ellen MacArthur]]
2: Dame '''Ellen Patricia MacArthur''', [[Order of the British Empire|DBE]] (bor...
8: ...sponsors, [[Kingfisher plc]]), and subsequently MacArthur was awarded an [[Order of the British Empire...
10: In [[2003]] she captained a round-the-world record attempt for a cre...
12: ...ents specifically arranged to take into account MacArthur's 5 foot 2 [[inch]] (1.57 metre) height. - Egypt (18830 bytes)
2: |+<big><big>'''جمهوريّة...
16: ...gn=center colspan=2 | [[image:LocationEgypt.png|Location of Egypt]]
24: | '''[[Capital]] and Largest City'''
25: | [[Cairo]]
54: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]''' - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...[Vasco da Gama]], [[Pedro ?vares Cabral]], [[John Cabot]], [[Juan Ponce de Le, and [[Ferdinand Mag...
3: ...the invention of first the [[Carrack]] and then [[caravel]] in [[Iberia]]. These that were a combinati...
7: ... much of Eurasia creating trade routes and communication lines stretching from the Middle East to Chin...
9: ... first of these travelers was [[Giovanni de Plano Carpini]] who journeyed to [[Mongolia]] and back fro...
11: ...kly as it formed and soon the route to the east became far more difficult and dangerous. The [[Black D... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: ...ca]], and the second largest country on the [[Africa]]n continent. It is bordered by [[Tunisia]] in th...
3: ...1607;ورية الجزائرية ا...
17: | align="center" colspan=2 | [[image:LocationAlgeria.png]]
23:
53: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]''' - Iraq (19222 bytes)
1: ...on of Iraq|invasion]] led by [[United States|American]] and [[United Kingdom|British]] forces which dr...
3: |+<big><big>'''الجمهورية ا...
15: ...olspan=2 style="background: #ffffff;" | [[Image:LocationIraq.png]]
19: | '''[[Capital]]''' || [[Baghdad]]
42: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]''' || 964 - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
4: |+<big><big>'''الجمهوريّة...
17: ...span="2" style="background: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationLebanon.png]]
25: | '''[[Capital]]'''
62: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]'''
66: ...''laban'' which means "white" and refers to snow-capped mountains. An Arabic cognate of the word ''l... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
3: native_name = República Argentina |
7: image_map = LocationArgentina.png |
11: capital = [[Buenos Aires]] |
31: GDP_PPP_per_capita = $11,982 |
32: GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 52nd | - Djibouti (8746 bytes)
2: ... eastern [[Africa]], located in the [[Horn of Africa]]. Djibouti is bordered by [[Eritrea]] in the nor...
4: ...1580;مهورية جيبوتي<br>Jumhuriyaa...
17: ...center colspan=2 | [[image:LocationDjibouti.png|Location of Djibouti]]
22: | '''[[Capital]]'''
56: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]''' - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ...tic Republic of the Congo]] and the [[Central African Republic]] to the southwest, [[Chad]] to the wes...
8: native_name = جمهورية ا...
13: image_map = LocationSudan.png |
16: capital = [[Khartoum]] |
36: GDP_PPP_per_capita = 2,046 | - 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... - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ... America|Central]] and [[South America|South American]] countries.<!--
11: image_map = LocationSpain.png |
15: capital = [[Madrid]] |
20: leader_names = [[Juan Carlos I of Spain|Juan Carlos I]]<br>[[Jos頌uis Rodr�ez Zapatero|Jos頌u...
35: GDP_PPP_per_capita = $24,803 | - 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]]) - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...ory|theoretical]] [[astrophysicist]]", although [[Carl Sagan]] also refers to him as the last scientif...
4: ...ler was an assistant to [[Tycho Brahe]]. Kepler's career also coincided with that of [[Galileo Galilei...
9: ...fortunes were in decline. His father earned a precarious living as a [[mercenary]], and abandoned the...
11: ...ied, and was plagued by a belief that he was physically repulsive, thoroughly unlikable and, compared ...
13: ... of [[1580]], recording that he remembered being "called outdoors" to see it and that the moon "appear... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...odology for [[science|scientific]] inquiry, often called the ''[[Baconian method]]''. Induction implie...
10: ...ater, was delicate. He entered [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], in 1573 at the age of 13, living for th...
12: ...y his precocious intellect, and was accustomed to call him "the young Lord Keeper."
16: ...of France|Henry III]] afforded him valuable political instruction.
18: ... with insufficient means, he borrowed money and became habitually in debt. To support himself, he took... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
7: ...sant girl. It has also been suggested, albeit on scanty evidence, that she was a [[Middle East|Middle ...
9: ...s". Presumably he did not use his father's name because of his illegitimate status.
14: Later, he became an independent painter in Florence.
16: ...e]]. After two months in jail, he was acquitted because no witnesses stepped forward. For some time af...
20: ...al]]. One of his loves may have been Gian Giacomo Caprotti da Oreno (nicknamed Salai (Little Devil)). ... - 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 [[&...
12: ...egan work on his ''Essays'', first published in [[1580]].
16: ...cted as a moderating force, respected both by the Catholic [[Henry III of France|King Henry III]] and ... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...d to the [[Counter-Reformation]] within the Roman Catholic Church.
4: * Anti-hierarchical movements: [[Cathar]]ism, [[Waldensian]]ism, and others
5: * [[Avignon Papacy]] ("Babylonian Captivity of the Church"), [[Avignon]], [[Western Sc...
13: * [[John Calvin]] and [[Geneva]]
15: * Radical Reformers -- [[Thomas_Muentzer|Müntzer]], [...
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