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- Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...ntil her death. Her reign lasted more than sixty-three years — longer than that of any other Bri...
14: ...erness, during her early years. After she became three years old however, she was schooled in [[Englis...
16: ... [[heir presumptive|heiress-presumptive]] to the throne. Since the law at that time made no special pr...
25: ...tus was also the heir-presumptive to the British throne.
27: When Victoria ascended the throne, the government was controlled by the [[Whig]]... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
11: ... would imply that she was a [[princess]] by [[birthright]] rather than by marriage.
13: ...ioneering [[charity]] work, the Princess's philanthropic endeavours were overshadowed by a [[scandal]]...
32: ...n of Burma as a potential spouse for the heir to throne some years before, reportedly due to her age (...
34: ...st Englishwoman to marry an heir-apparent to the throne since 1659, when [[Anne Hyde|Lady Anne Hyde]] ...
38: ... [[The Boy Who Cried Wolf|crying wolf]] when she threatened to kill herself. If the suicide attempts d... - Asia (16910 bytes)
6: ...ridges of the [[Caucasus]] (according to others, through the [[Kuma-Manych Depression]]), the [[Caspia...
8: ...sion consists of the part of Eurasia and nearby [[island]]s in the [[Indian Ocean|Indian]] and [[Pacific O...
50: * The [[Pacific Ocean]] islands of [[Taiwan]] and [[Japan]].
60: ...ntains the [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Indochina]] and islands in the [[Indian Ocean]] and [[Pacific Ocean]]. T...
64: ...in both Asia and Oceania|some]] of the Indonesian islands also lie in the [[Melanesia]] region of [[Oceani... - Canada (35540 bytes)
8: ... of Canada|territories]]. Initially constituted through the [[British North America Acts|British Nort...
23: Canada has ten provinces and three territories.
52: ...e Edward Island]]||[[Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island|Charlottetown]]
92: ...3-1791)|Province of Quebec]], and [[Prince Edward Island]] (created 1769). To accommodate the Loyalists, B...
96: ...ies of [[British Columbia]] in 1848 and Vancouver Island in 1849. By the late-1850s, politicians in the Pr... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ...ore than four million. The remaining sixth of the island of Ireland is known as [[Northern Ireland]] and i...
13: national_anthem = ''[[AmhrᎠna bhFiann]]'' |
58: ...c of Ireland" in order to distinguish it from the island of Ireland as a whole. The name ''Republic of Ire...
67: ...mmon in contrast to the more agrarian rest of the island. (Any tariff barriers would, it was feared, most ...
69: ...sed to take their seats in the [[British House of Commons]]. Instead they set up an extra-legal Irish parli... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
51: ...Scots]]: ''Unitit Kinrick o Great Breetain an Northren Ireland''<br/>
54: ... is [[Northern Ireland]], which is located on the island of [[Ireland|Ireland]].
56: ...ritish overseas territory|overseas territories]] throughout the world, and relationships with several ...
58: ... Six counties in the north-eastern portion of the island, meanwhile, remained a part of the United Kingdom...
62: ...]] (often also including its smaller neighbouring islands, though never Ireland). Politically, the term Gr... - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
49: ...n [[John Mason]] and first settled in 1623, just three years after the Pilgrims landed in Massachusett...
62: ...House of Representatives and the British House of Commons. Based on 2000 Census data, this averages out to ...
88: ... offshore are the [[Isles of Shoals]], nine small islands best known as the site of a 19th-century art col...
90: ...inion over several islands (now known as [[Seavey Island]]) that include the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard as ...
106: ...95.1% [[Caucasian]] (making New Hampshire number three in the highest [[caucasian]] percentage in the ... - Cave (10592 bytes)
11: *'''[[Lava tube]]s''' are formed through volcanic activity. They are the most common p...
13: ...es are found on [[Hawaii]] ([[Hawaii (island)|Big Island]]). [[Kazumura Cave]] near [[Hilo]] is the longes...
15: *'''Blister caves''' are also formed through volcanic activity.
35: ...orned with calcium carbonate formations produced through slow precipitation, including the most common...
47: ...ygobites), such as the endangered [[Alabama cave shrimp]], live in bodies of water found in the caves ... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
11: ...fit immensely. It was in this atmosphere that [[Christopher Columbus]] left Spain on his famous westw...
16: ...] and national assertiveness blossomed under the threat of Spanish invasion, assisted by a degree of [...
25: ...irginia|Jamestown]] - named after the recently enthroned [[James I of England|James I]] - very nearly ...
31: ...umbers of [[Africa]]ns to the [[sugar]]-producing islands of the [[Caribbean]].
42: ...rovince of New Hampshire]], and [[Colony of Rhode Island]].'' - Christianity (47078 bytes)
1: {{christianity}}
2: ...based on the life and teachings of [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]] as described in the [[New Testament]] of the...
6: ...Christian]]'' means "belonging to Christ" or "of Christ".
8: ...nd sects. Christianity is generally grouped into three main branches, which split from one another in ...
10: #[[Orthodox Christianity]] (including [[Eastern Orthodoxy]] and [... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
18: ...a fellow Danish nobleman. This occurred in the [[Christmas]] season of [[1566]], after a fair amount o...
27: ...e became a binding [[morganatic]] marriage after three years.
43: ...onstruction of two observatories for Tycho on the island of [[Hven]] in [[Copenhagen]] Sound. These were [...
45: ...e Tycho disagreed with [[Christian IV of Denmark|Christian IV]], the new king of his country, he moved...
80: * John Robert Christianson: ''On Tycho's Island: Tycho Brahe, science, and culture in the sixteen... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...[utopia]]", a name he gave to an ideal, imaginary island nation whose political system he described in a b...
14: ... British House of Commons|Speaker of the House of Commons]]. He later served as high steward for the unive...
17: ...wer left-hand corner describing to a listener the island of Utopia, whose layout is schematically shown ab...
19: ...d Thomas More sought to reexamine and revitalize Christian [[theology]] by studying the [[Bible]] and ...
23: ...eigning [[Tudor dynasty]], which had wrested the throne from Richard at the end of the [[Wars of the R... - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
21: ...ow tree. These birds nest in colonies, usually on islands.
23: ...fornia]]Pesticides like [[DDT]] and [[dieldrin]] threatened its future in the southwest [[United State...
34: {{commons|Pelecanus occidentalis}} - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
10: ...nvention]] in [[1787]]; all states except [[Rhode Island]] agreed to send delegates. Many delegates called...
33: ...icle I, Section 3 of the Constitution sets forth three qualifications for senators: each senator must ...
37: ...nize the qualifications of members. As a result, three individuals that were Constitutionally disquali...
62: .... In most cases, cloture requires the support of three-fifths of the Senate; however, if the matter be...
80: ...hich only the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] may originate such measures. - Forest (3705 bytes)
24: ...uan Island.jpg|thumb|300px|A forest on [[San Juan Island]] in [[Washington]]]]
25: {{Commons|Forest}} - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
13: ...ctatorship. Caesar was tied to the Marius party through family connections. Not only was he Marius' ...
15: ... life you so much desire will one day be the overthrow of the part of nobles, whose cause you have sus...
21: ...r, since they had treated him well, he had their throats cut before they were crucified to lessen thei...
34: ... (millions of [[Euro]]s in today's currency) and threatened to be an obstacle for his future career. H...
76: ...bes, one million men sold to slavery and another three million dead in battle fields. - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
1: ...d [[British North America]], resulted in the overthrow of British rule in the thirteen colonies and th...
10: ...ach colony instead provided for its own defenses through the use of local [[militia]]. Militiamen serv...
12: ... regular troops with short-term colonial militia throughout the war. Although as many as 250,000 men m...
41: ...e of the American forces. The standoff continued throughout the fall and winter, until in early March ...
52: ...le on [[Lake Champlain]] (the [[Battle of Valcour Island]]) in October. Arnold fell back to Fort Ticondero... - Russia (28007 bytes)
13: ...zars]], ruled the western portion of these lands through the eighth century. They in turn were displa...
17: ...who pillaged the Russian principalities for over three centuries. Also known as the [[Tatars]], they ...
23: ...Russia remained the only more or less functional Christian state on the Eastern European frontier, all...
29: ... cities of the [[Russian Empire]] and to the overthrow in [[1917]] of the Romanovs.
53: ...of Russia|federal districts]]'' (four in Europe, three in Asia) have been added as a new layer between... - Native American (42651 bytes)
7: ...s]]" and "Native Canadians". First Peoples are enshrined in the Canadian Constitution with various tre...
11: ... [[American Samoa]] (USA) and natives of [[Easter Island]] ([[Chile]]).
19: Based on [[anthropology|anthropological]] and [[genetics|genetic]] evidence, sc...
21: ...s ago]]), and that they followed an inland route through Alaska and Canada that had just been freed of...
26: ...Aborigine]]s or the [[Negritos]] of the [[Andaman Islands]]. These hypothetical [[American Aborigine]]s wo... - Global warming (53726 bytes)
3: ... the [[greenhouse effect]] caused primarily by anthropogenic (human-generated) [[carbon dioxide]] (CO<...
11: ...te/ipcc_tar/wg1/518.htm]. Sometimes the term "anthropogenic climate change" is used to indicate the p...
18: ... is a scientific consensus on the reality of ''anthropogenic'' climate change. It was also pointed o...
34: * For attribution see: '''[[Anthropogenic climate change]]'''
36: ...r atmosphere for the 25 years; others show up to three times as much warming]]
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