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- Printing press (12986 bytes)
1: The '''printing press''' is a mechanical device for [[printing]] many copies of a [[text]...
4: ...and used words sparsely. As a new block had to be carved for each page, printing different [[book]]s w...
8: ...press in Europe is not accepted by all. The other candidate advanced is the [[The Netherlands|Dutchman...
12: ...s wrote them out by hand. Books were therefore a scarce resource. While it might take someone a year t...
14: ...r encountered in much of the Islamic world, where calligraphic traditions were extremely important, an... - Andorra (11532 bytes)
16: | align="center" colspan=2 | [[image:LocationAndorra.png]]
18: ...''[[Official language]]''': || [[Catalan language|Catalan]]
20: | '''[[Capital]]''':<br> - Population:<br> - [[Co...
40: | '''[[Religion]]s''': || [[Roman Catholic]] (established religion)
49: ...nal anthem]]''': || ''[[El Gran Carlemany|El Gran Carlemany, Mon Pare]]'' - 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 | - Religion (72319 bytes)
2: Occasionally, the word "religion" is used to designate...
17: * One definition, sometimes called the "function-based approach," defines religi...
19: * A second definition, sometimes called the "form-based approach," defines religion a...
21: ...le, religious and non-religious, who see metaphysical claims as necessary to explain natural phenomena...
23: * A fourth definition, sometimes called the "organizational approach," defines religi... - Trajan (7787 bytes)
3: ...nly called '''Trajan''', was the second of the so-called "[[five good emperors]]" of the [[Roman Empir...
5: ...province of [[Hispania Baetica]] in what is now [[Andalusia]]. Trajan himself was just one of many well-known...
7: ...n [[September 18]], [[53]], in the city of [[Italica]]. As a young man, he rose through the ranks of t...
11: ...deal of private property which Domitian had confiscated; a process begun by Nerva before his death. Hi...
13: ...to him a year later, after Trajan took the Dacian capital [[Sarmizegetusa]]. Trajan then returned to R... - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
7: ...ght by [[Martin Behaim]]. In [[1496]], Magellan became a [[squire]].
9: ...llan would also first experience battle: when a local king refused to pay tribute, Almeida's party att...
11: ... [[1510]], Magellan was promoted to the rank of [[captain]]. However, after secretly sailing a ship ea...
13: ...nee wound while fighting against the Moorish-Moroccan stronghold. Although wounded and the recipient o...
20: ...f Charles and the powerful Juan Rodriguez de Fonseca, bishop of [[Burgos]] and the persistent enemy of... - 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... - Atlantis (41399 bytes)
2: ...[Straits of Gibraltar]]), though some think its location would have been more suitable in one of the c...
5: According to historical accounts, the story of Atlantis was about the co...
12: ...se Plato gives some information on the size and location of the island of Atlantis. Atlantis might be ...
14: ..."''Atlantic''". The island was facing the country called the region of [[Gades]] (Greek, [[Eumelus]]; ...
17: ...ia'' about five days' sail to the west of what is called nowadays [[Britain]]. He added that westwards... - Castanets (2430 bytes)
1: ... music]]. The instrument consists of a pair of concave shells joined on one edge by string. These are ...
3: ...nd, with the string hooked over the thumb and the castanets resting on the palm with the fingers bent ...
5: ...word for [[chestnut]], which they resemble. In [[Andalusia]] they are usually referred to as ''palillos'' (l...
7: ... band]] music can also be considered forms of the castanet.
9: ... roll is obtained by rapid alternation of the two castanets with the fingers. - Culture of Spain (17671 bytes)
1: ...]ish [[Islam]], tension between the centralized [[Castilian]] state and its regions, and its minority ...
4: ...|right|Political Spain in 1854, after the first [[Carlist]] War]]A strong sense of regional identity e...
6: ...ough most Basque nationalists (like virtually all Catalan nationalists) currently seek to fulfill thei...
8: ...ge of nationalists than in the Basque Country and Catalonia.
10: ...alist feeling, have strong regional identities: [[Cantabria]], [[Asturies]], [[Rioja]], [[Valencia]], ... - Bullfighting (25773 bytes)
4: ...ill and danger involved, the bulls are often physically compromised before or during the match.
10: ...[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]] and [[Ecuador]]), in [[California]] and in the south of [[France]]. Especia...
12: ...shadowed the ''corrida'' itself; the event is dedicated to the patron saint of [[Navarre]], [[Saint Fi...
19: ...g spread from Spain to its Central and South American colonies, and also in the [[19th century]] to Fr...
21: ...y dangerous (Belmonte himself was gored on many occasions), his style is still seen by most matadors a...
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