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- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
7: ...Queen Elizabeth II''' (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary [[House of Windsor|Windsor]]), styled '''''HM The Quee...
15: ...after her mother, while her two middle names are those of her paternal great-grandmother [[Alexandra o...
20: ...]. She was instructed in religion by the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] and has always been a strong bel...
23: ...e her first broadcast, addressing other children who had been evacuated.
27: ...ilitary, though other royal women have been given honorary ranks. - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
6: {{House of Tudor}}
8: ...own as '''Bloody Mary'''. Her religious policies, however, were in many cases reversed by her successo...
10: ...d [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary I, Queen of Scots]], who lived at approximately the same time.
13: ...ons that she was created Princess of Wales, even though he was deeply disappointed that his wife had a...
15: ... her mother, who not only consulted the Spanish scholar [[Juan Lu�Vives]] upon the subject, but was ... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
5: {{House of Tudor}}
9: ... Gilbert|Sir Humphrey Gilbert]]. Elizabeth was a short-tempered and sometimes indecisive ruler. This l...
11: ...dence in the granting of [[British honours system|honours and dignities]]. Only eight peerage dignitie...
16: ... wife, [[Anne Boleyn]], Marchioness of Pembroke, whom he secretly married sometime between the winter ...
18: ...eath. Later, Parker would become the first Archbishop of [[Canterbury]] after Elizabeth became queen i... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
6: {{House of Stuart}}
8: ... [[George I of Great Britain|George I]], of the [[House of Hanover]].
10: ...he [[Scottish Parliament]] refused to accept the choice of the English Parliament, various coercive ta...
12: ...was [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough]], who led the English armies in the [[War of the Spanis...
15: ...John Churchill (the future Duke of Marlborough), who would later become one of Anne's most important g... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
5: {{House of Hanover}}
7: ...ctoria [[Wettin (dynasty)|Wettin]], ''[[n饝]'' [[House of Hanover|Hanover]]) ([[24 May]] [[1819]] &nd...
9: ... her successor belonged to the [[House of Windsor|House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha]].
14: ...ter she became three years old however, she was schooled in [[English language|English]]. She eventual...
16: ...nited Kingdom|Duke of Clarence and St Andrews]], who became King William IV. As the new king was child... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
13: Though she was noted for her pioneering [[charity]] w...
15: ...ere even calls for her to be nominated for [[sainthood]] — while her detractors saw her life as ...
22: ...ildren, but Lord Althorp's rank, aided by Lady Althorp's mother's testimony against her daughter durin...
24: ...d [[Institut Alpin Videmanette]], a [[finishing school]] in [[Rougemont]], [[Switzerland]]. Diana was...
30: ...kground, could not have been previously married, should be, preferably, a virgin, and Protestant. Dia... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
4: ...e, [[Anne Witcher Keene]]. Her sister [[Irene Langhorne]] was the wife and model of the artist [[Charl...
8: ...ember in [[1918]], [[Constance Markiewicz]], had chosen not to do so.
10: ...l]] as his replacement. Her son [[David Astor]], who became editor/owner of ''The Observer'' newspaper...
12: It is generally believed that it was Nancy Astor who, during a [[World War II]] speech, first referred...
14: ...or died in 1964 at her daughter's home at [[Grimsthorpe]] in [[Lincolnshire]]. - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
2: |+ <font size="+1">'''The Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell'''</font>
31: ...]] from [[June 25]] to [[November 4]], [[1993]]. Though she was not popularly elected, she remains [[N...
33: ... doctorate in Soviet Government at the [[London School of Economics]].
35: ...were divorced in [[1983]], and Campbell married [[Howard Eddy]] in [[1986]].
41: Upon her election to the [[Canadian House of Commons]] in [[1988]], Campbell became Canada's first fem... - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
4: ...e poet [[W. B. Yeats]] who frequently visited the house, and were influenced by his artistic and polit...
6: Constance studied art at the Slade School in [[London]] and then in [[Paris]], where in [...
8: ... Connolly]]'s [[Irish Citizen Army]] (ICA), and, though a member of the landed [[gentry]], she devoted...
10: ...-elected to the [[Second Dᩬ]] in the [[House of Commons of Southern Ireland]] elections of 1921.
12: ...the Irish Republic|Third Ministry]] of the Dᩬ. Holding cabinet rank from April to August 1919, she ... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
2: |+ style="font-size:larger" | '''The Rt Hon. Margaret Thatcher'''
24: |'''Retirement honour:'''
27: The Right Honourable '''Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness That...
31: ...ern England]], and increased wealth inequalities. However from the mid 1980s a period of sustained eco...
33: ...n her direct political work has been within the [[House of Lords]] and as head of the Thatcher Foundat... - The Valiant Five (3833 bytes)
1: ...mous Five''' were five [[Canada|Canadian]] women who, in [[1927]] asked the [[Supreme Court of Canada]...
3: The women, all of whom were from [[Alberta]], were:
8: ...(one of two women first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]], and
20: ...House of Lords. The right of women to sit in the House of Lords remained a point of legal and politic...
28: ...ember of the [[Canadian House of Commons|House of Commons]]. - Asia (16910 bytes)
1: [[Image:LocationAsia.png|thumb|250px|World map showing location of Asia]]
2: [[Image:Asia satellite orthographic.jpg|thumb|250px|A satellite composite imag...
4: ...|Geologically]] and [[geography|geographically]], however, Asia is not considered a continent or a [[s...
6: ...[Dardanelles]], the [[Sea of Marmara]], the [[Bosphorus]], the [[Black Sea]], the ridges of the [[Cauc...
82: ...menia]], a tiny portion of Russia and almost the whole of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] and [[Azerbaij... - Canada (35540 bytes)
3: ...e: This overview article is already too long and should serve only as an introduction for Canada. To k...
15: ...the [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]], who is the head of government, have official residenc...
17: ... the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], and [[La Francophonie]]. Canada is officially [[Bilingualism in Cana...
61: |align=left|[[Yukon]]||[[Whitehorse, Yukon|Whitehorse]]||-8
77: ''Canada'' is [[International Phonetic Alphabet|pronounced]] {{IPA|[ˈkʰ&#... - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
65: ...ected by the Supreme Council every five years. Although unofficial, the Presidency is hereditary to th...
71: ...t have led many to call it the [[Singapore]] or [[Hong Kong]] of the Middle East.
88: ...tion along southern approaches to the [[Strait of Hormuz]] makes it a vital transit point for world cr...
94: ... mostly [[Muslim]] (Islam is the state religion). However, there are sizable minorities of Christians,...
97: ...not legally allowed to provide long distance telephone services. - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
58: ...o distinguish it from the island of Ireland as a whole. The name ''Republic of Ireland'' came into use...
67: ...nteers]] supported the Allied cause, and tens of thousands joined the British Army.
69: ...'Kelly]] to the [[Paris Peace Conference, 1919]]. However it was not admitted. After the bitterly foug...
71: ...nment of Ireland Act 1920]]'') could opt out and choose to remain part of the United Kingdom, which it...
75: ...lican Army]] (IRA) split into two opposing camps. However, through the lack of an effective command st... - Guatemala (8475 bytes)
2: ... to the north, [[Belize]] to the northeast, and [[Honduras]] and [[El Salvador]] to the southeast.
62: ...tinued until conquered by the [[Spain|Spanish]], who first arrived in [[1523]] and colonised the area....
84: ...n in the north, Guatemala is mountainous, with a hot tropical climate - more temperate in the highlan...
99: Growth should remain at the same level in 2000 provided worl...
106: Though most of Guatemala's population is rural, urban... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
59: ...cluding the [[Silk Road]]. It exists in a region whose history has overlapped that of many empires (e....
62: ...o rule independently was probably [[Strato II]], whose reign ended about [[10]] [[Common Era|CE]]. Var...
69: ...the [[Ghaznavid Empire]], the [[Muhammad of Ghor|Ghorid]] kingdom, and the [[Delhi Sultanate]], the re...
72: ...y vulnerable. The British did not gain strong footholds in the Pakistani region until the early 19th c...
74: ... Independence, were arrested and beheaded at the Khooni Derwaza (Blood Gate) in Delhi by Major Hudson ... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
46: ...sed as legitimate [[autochthonous language|autochthonous]] [[regional language|(regional) languages]] ...
50: ...ish]]: ''An Rywvaneth Unys a Vreten Veur hag Iwerdhon Gl館''
54: ...n''' or '''England''' (the most populous of the [[home nation]]s). The UK has four constituent parts,...
56: ...h overseas territory|overseas territories]] throughout the world, and relationships with several [[Cro...
58: ...les|included Wales]] as a [[principality]]) with those of, first, [[Kingdom of Scotland]] and then [[K... - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
38: ...ate" because it has numerous granite quarries, although that industry has declined greatly in recent d...
40: New Hampshire is home to the highest winds ever recorded on Earth: 23...
42: ... attention for having the first openly [[gay]] bishop, [[Gene Robinson]], within the [[Anglican Commun...
44: ...rnational Speedway]] (formerly Loudon Racetrack), home of the [[Loudon Classic]], the longest-running ...
46: ...ew Hampshire|USS ''New Hampshire'']] was named in honor of this state. - Space (10661 bytes)
41: ...ons, was popularised by the [ancient Greeks]], although earlier societies had developed measuring syst...
49: ...e, and temporal measurements are used to quantify how far apart [[event]]s occur.
51: ...patial geometry is a convention). Two important thought-experiments connected with these questions ar...
53: ==The psychology of space==
55: ...lysing the perception of space are concerned with how recognition of an objects physical appearance o...
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