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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... - Narcissi (1567 bytes)
2: ...daffodils_redoute.JPG|225px|Daffodils redoute]] | caption = Daffodils}}
15: ...sian]] word of this plant, نرگس (''Nargis'').
19: ...ssi are sometimes called jonquils in [[North America]], but strictly speaking that name belongs only t... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ... east, near the ancient city of [[Canopus (Egypt)|Canopus]]. It has a population of approximately 3,34...
3: ...ig;val Islamic rulers its status as the country's capital was ended, and it fell into a long decline, ...
7: ...n Alexandria's Eastern Harbour, close to Kait Bey Castle]]
19: ... the arrival of flocks of birds to eat it. In any case, the story explains Alexandria's role as the sh...
23: ...to the author known as [[Alexander Romance|pseudo-Callisthenes]]. - Brunei (7197 bytes)
1: ...y '''Brunei''', is a [[petroleum]]-rich country located on the [[island]] of [[Borneo]], in [[southeas...
5: ...1606;ي دارالسلام<br>Negara Brunei Darussalam...
19: | align=center colspan=2 | [[image:LocationBrunei.png]]
23: | '''[[Capital]]''' || [[Bandar Seri Begawan]]
49: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]''' - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...1618;لَةْ اِسْرَائِي...
6: ...sra'el")<br>دولة اسرائيل<br>("Dawlat I...
11: image_map = LocationIsrael.png |
14: capital = [[Jerusalem]]<sup>[[#Footnotes|1]]</sup> |
34: GDP_PPP_per_capita = $22,944 | - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
1: ...;nistān افغانستان) is a country in [[Central ...
5: ...1605;ی افغانستان'''<br>'''Da Afghanistan Isl...
19: | align="center" colspan=2 | [[image:LocationAfghanistan.png]]
23: | '''[[Capital]]'''<br> - Population:<br> - [[Coo...
50: | '''[[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: ...1607;ورية السودان <br> Jumhuriyat as-S...
13: image_map = LocationSudan.png |
16: capital = [[Khartoum]] |
36: GDP_PPP_per_capita = 2,046 | - 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: ...1578;وان مليسيا'''</big></big>
20: | align=center style="vertical-align: top;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National mot...
22: ...olspan=2 style="background: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationMalaysia.png]] - Aswan (1042 bytes)
6: ...s on the east bank of the [[Nile]] at the first [[cataract]] and is a busy market and tourist center. - Trajans Column (10003 bytes)
1: ...s]] at the order of the [[Roman Senate]]. It is located in [[Trajan's Forum]], built near the [[Quirin...
3: ...s 53.3 tons which had to be lifted to a height of ca. 34 m.
5: ...disappeared in the [[Middle Ages]]. On December 4 1587, the top was crowned by [[Pope Sixtus V]] with a ...
9: ... relief portrays Trajan's two victorious military campaigns against the [[Dacia]]ns; the lower half il...
11: ...pectives are used in the same scene, so that more can be revealed (e.g. a different angle is used to s... - 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... - 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... - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
9: ...ean since the [[Viking]]s to reach the North American mainland, which he claims for [[England]]
15: *[[1519]]-[[HernᮠCort鳝] defeats [[Tlaxcala]], a small state neighboring the [[Aztec]] empi...
18: ...ce]], explores coastline from present-day [[North Carolina]] to [[Maine]]
19: ...ning Spanish claims to the interior of North America
21: *[[1587]]-Sir [[Walter Raleigh]] founds [[Roanoke Colony]... - Monsoon (5846 bytes)
1: ...bodia_monsoon.jpg|thumb|300px|Monsoon flooding in Cambodia]]
2: ...racterized by very heavy [[rainfall]], and specifically the rainfall that is associated with this wind...
5: ... [[Arabic language|Arabic]] word "موسم" (''mausem''), which means ''season''. It...
7: ... name for the monsoon wind in this region is also called ''Hippalus''. However, it is more likely tha...
10: ...nt wind blows from the ocean. The [[rainfall]] is caused by the moist air rising up mountains and cool... - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ...a martyr to the cause of [[freedom of thought]] because his ideas went against church doctrine.
7: ...me Giordano on becoming a [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] friar at the [[Monastery]] of Saint Domenico n...
10: ...ic devices: in the spandrels are the four [[classical element]]s: earth, air fire, water]]
13: ...icated]] for his adherence to [[Copernicus|Copernicanism]] and forced to leave for [[France]].
15: ...poraries found it easier to attribute them to magical powers. - 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 ... - Seljuk Turks (7657 bytes)
1: ...-Salājiqa''; [[Persian language|Persian]]: سلجوقيان...
5: ...n Baghdad. [[Ahmed Sanjar]] was captured and held captive by Turkish nomads from [[1153]] to [[1156]] ...
7: ... [[1260s]] and divided it into small [[emirates]] called the [[Anatolian beyliks]], which in turn were...
102: *[http://www.islamicarchitecture.org/dynasties/seljuks.html The Seljuks... - Bahrain (16123 bytes)
1: ...st and is connected to Bahrain by the [[King Fahd Causeway]], and [[Qatar]] is to the south across the...
18: ...er colspan=2 style="background:#fff;" | [[image:LocationBahrain.png]]
22: | '''[[Capital]]''' || [[Manama]]
55: | '''[[List_of_country_calling_codes|Calling Code]]'''
61: ...nd finally the [[Arabs]], under whom the island became [[Muslim]]. Bahrain was in the ancient times kn... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
39: ...tarchus]] ([[Samos]], circa [[310 BC]] – circa [[230 BC]])
55: *[[John Bahcall]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1934]] – )
109: *[[William Wallace Campbell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1862]] – ...
110: *[[Annie Jump Cannon]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1863]] – [[...
111: *[[Luigi Carnera]] ([[Italy]], [[1875]] – [[1962]])
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