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- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
20: ...ost recently during her [[2004]] state visit to [[France]] to commemorate the centenary of the [[Enten...
29: ...7]], when she accompanied her parents to [[South Africa]]. On her 21st birthday she made a broadcast t...
33: ...t-great-grandmother. They are also both descended from [[Christian IX of Denmark]] (she being a great-...
38: ...] [[1996]]) [[Diana, Princess of Wales|Lady Diana Frances Spencer]] ([[1961]]–[[1997]]); married...
55: ...e's health declined during [[1951]] and Elizabeth frequently stood in for him at public events. She vi... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ... remembered for her attempt to return [[England]] from [[Protestantism]] to [[Roman Catholicism]]. To ...
13: ... who presumably would have contracted the disease from Mary's father. Whether or not he had the disea...
15: ..., [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[French language|French]] and [[Italian language|Italian]], as well a...
17: ...ovided that the Princess Mary should marry either Francis or his second son, [[Henry, Duke of Orl顮s]...
19: ... with the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. All appeals from the decisions of English ecclesiastical courts ... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...of great religious turmoil in [[England|English]] history.
9: ...th impatience by her counsellors, often saved her from political and marital misalliances. Like her fa...
11: ...the number of [[Privy Council|Privy Counsellors]] from thirty-nine to nineteen, and later to fourteen.
16: ...as addressed as Lady Elizabeth and lived in exile from her father as he married his succession of wive...
18: ...th Elizabeth and remained her confidante and good friend for life. She had been appointed to Elizabeth... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...] from [[20 June]] [[1837]], and Empress of India from [[1876]] until her death. Her reign lasted more...
12: ... Duke of York were already married, but estranged from their wives) and father children to provide an ...
14: ...anguage|Greek]], [[Latin]], and [[French language|French]]. Her educator was the Reverend [[George Da...
20: ... own marital surname was. After examining records from the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha archives, they reported t...
23: [[Image:queen_victoria.jpg|framed|left|A young Victoria is depicted at her coro... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
31: ...ernment to date. She was also the second woman in history to sit at the table of the [[G7|Group of Seven]] ...
39: ...ship of the party. A few years later she resigned from the legislature to run in the [[Canadian federa...
41: Upon her election to the [[Canadian House of Commons]] in [[1988]], Campbell became Canada's first fem...
45: Campbell's quick rise to fame from a relatively unknown [[Cabinet of Canada|cabine...
51: - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ... was the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] from [[1979]] to [[1990]], the only woman [[as of 20...
29: ...y]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]].
31: ...and]], and increased wealth inequalities. However from the mid 1980s a period of sustained economic gr...
33: ...d Monetary Union]]. Her leadership was challenged from within and she was forced to resign in [[1990]]...
36: ...hire]] in eastern [[England]]. Her father was [[Alfred Roberts]], who ran a grocers' shop in the town ... - Asia (16910 bytes)
4: ...defined by subtracting the [[Europe]]an peninsula from Eurasia. [[geology|Geologically]] and [[geograp...
6: ...sia and Europe: the demarcation between Asia and Africa is the [[isthmus]] of [[Suez Canal|Suez]]. The...
12: ...o the Semitic word 'erebu', which means "to set". From a Middle Eastern perspective, the east (Asia) i...
24: ...rderline cases between Asia and Europe, Asia and Africa and Asia and Oceania.
76: ... used to also refer to some countries in [[North Africa]]. Southwest Asia can be further divided into: - Canada (35540 bytes)
3: ...e of the many "main" articles about Canada linked from this article, e.g., [[Politics of Canada]], [[G...
10: ...[English language|English]] and [[French language|French]]. Its [[Statistics Canada|official]] populat...
17: ...ions]], the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], and [[La Francophonie]]. Canada is officially [[Bilingualism ...
18: * [[Canadian French|French]] is the majority language of [[Quebec]] and ...
46: ...t|[[New Brunswick]]||[[Fredericton, New Brunswick|Fredericton]] - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
59: == History ==
60: {{main|History of the United Arab Emirates}}
65: ...pointed 40-member Federal National Council, drawn from all the emirates, reviews proposed laws. There ...
67: ... bin Sultan Al Nahyan]] was the union's president from the nation's founding until his death on [[2 No...
71: ...as [[Burj Al Arab]] and [[The Palm Islands]], and friendliness to the West have led many to call it th... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
38: sovereignty_type = [[History of Ireland|Independence]] |
40: established_dates = From [[United Kingdom|UK]] by treaty<br>[[21 January...
58: ... "Republic of Ireland" in order to distinguish it from the island of Ireland as a whole. The name ''Re...
60: ...dence in [[1922]] it became known as the "[[Irish Free State]]", a name that was retained until [[1937...
62: == History == - Guatemala (8475 bytes)
39: | from [[Spain]]
57: == History ==
58: ''Main article: [[History of Guatemala]]''
60: From the [[4th century|4th]] to the [[11th century]]...
65: This confederation fell apart in a war from [[1838]] to [[1840]], and Guatemala became an i... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
39: established_dates = From the [[United Kingdom]]<br />[[1947-08-14]]<br /...
53: == History ==
54: ...ion: '''[[History of Pakistan]]''' (Including pre-history, civilizations of the region, and modern events t...
56: ...a]], [[History of Iran]], [[History of India]], [[History of Afghanistan]]''
59: ...kistani region has long been at the crossroads of history. Pakistan was the site of the [[Indus Valley civi... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
10: ...t mon droit]] (Royal motto)<br>([[French language|French]]: God and my right)''<sup>2</sup></small> |
56: ...r, although there is also a nominal frontier with France in the middle of the [[Channel Tunnel]]. The ...
62: ...d). This political usage of "Great Britain" dates from the personal union of the Crowns of Scotland an...
64: The [[British Isles]] is a term frequently used to refer to the [[archipelago]] whic...
66: == History == - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
36: ... the most famous of all [[state motto]]s: "[[Live free or die]]".
48: == History ==
51: ... modern [[Republican Party]] by [[Amos Tuck]] and friends. New Hampshire grew as a hotbed of [[Aboliti...
58: ...ther [[John H. Sununu]] was governor of the state from [[1983]]–[[1988]]. [[List of New Hampshir...
60: ...ampshire)| Executive Council]] that is a holdover from the [[Governor's Council]] of the Colonial era.... - Cave (10592 bytes)
2: ...caveexit.jpg|thumb|300px|The outside world viewed from a cave]]
26: ... between layers of less soluble rock. These rocks fracture and collapse in blocks.
37: ...us fumes, rather than by acidic water percolating from the surface.
40: Caves are sparse in [[South America]], [[Africa]], and [[Antarctica]], but are found widely in...
42: ...ng]] is popular (such as the [[United States]], [[France]], [[Italy]], the [[United Kingdom|UK]] etc.)... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
21: ...inian's generals reconquer North Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Ostrogoths]].
27: ...n the following decades, they take most of North Africa, and later conquer Sicily as well.
29: ...the Empire's remaining Italian territories, aside from some territories in the south.
51: ...ror of the Romans) which was now reserved for the Frankish monarch, but as "Imperator Graecorum" (Empe...
53: ...ribed his changes to ''historiography'' and not ''history'' itself. - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ...itionally in Britain it has also referred to [[Prehistory|prehistoric]] [[earthworks (engineering)|earthwor...
2: ...expanded into pleasure dwellings and power houses from the late 15th century, their "castle" designati...
4: ...figure prominently in [[History of Japan|Japanese history]], where the feudal [[Daimyo]] inhabited them.
10: ...st and foremost castles were places of protection from an invading enemy, a place of retreat. This can...
11: ...e weapons, built in otherwise hostile territories from which to control surrounding lands. - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
1: [[image:Francis_Bacon.jpg|thumb|250px|Sir Francis Bacon]]
2: ...lish]] [[philosopher]], [[statesman]], [[spy]], [[freemason]] and [[essayist]]. He was knighted in [[1...
4: ...n method]]''. Induction implies drawing knowledge from the natural world through experimentation, obse...
6: Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand [[Londo...
16: ...nt and society in [[France]] under [[Henry III of France|Henry III]] afforded him valuable political i... - Mars (27704 bytes)
4: '''Mars''' is the fourth [[planet]] from the [[Sun]] in the [[solar system]]. It is name...
6: ...#x2642; (a circle with a small arrow pointing out from behind it), is a stylized representation of the...
15: ...en summer and winter, giving rise to Earth-like [[frost]] and large [[cirrus cloud]]s [http://marsrove...
18: ...tic field would have helped to protect the planet from [[cosmic radiation]]. Other explanations have a...
22: ...been habitable for some period of time in Martian history". On the opposite side of the planet the mineral... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
1: {{Ushistory}}
4: ... features no matter what sort of colony it sprang from. By the late [[18th century]], these different...
9: ...d [[16th century|16th]] centuries, Europe emerged from the [[Middle Ages]] and entered the [[Renaissan...
13: ... as the Europeans were concerned, they were still free for the taking.
16: ...[over-population]] and the desire for [[religious freedom]] played their respective parts.
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