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- Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
15: ... was herself the Princess Mary's first teacher in Latin.
17: ...th England. A marriage treaty was signed; it provided that the Princess Mary should marry either Fran...
19: ...with Catherine void and the marriage with Anne valid. Since the [[Pope Clement VII|Pope]] had previou...
21: ...s marriage to Catherine was officially null and void from the beginning. She lost the dignity of a Pr...
23: ...and Hunsdon were among her principal places of residence. - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
9: ... to circumnavigate the globe; [[Francis Bacon]] laid out his philosophical and political views; and En...
16: ...ges of treason (adultery against the King was considered treason), incest with her elder brother, and ...
18: ... relationship with Elizabeth and remained her confidante and good friend for life. She had been appoin...
20: ...'s enormous weight. However, from her father she did inherit her red hair.
22: ...nguage|Spanish]], [[Greek language|Greek]], and [[Latin]]. Under the influence of Catherine Parr and Asch... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
12: ...um|Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield]] and widow of [[Karl of Leiningen|Karl, Prince of Leininge...
14: ...n language|Italian]], [[Greek language|Greek]], [[Latin]], and [[French language|French]]. Her educator ...
16: ...queen's minority. Ignoring precedent, Parliament did not create a council to limit the powers of the R...
20: ... royal, princely, and ducal families, his family did not use theirs. Victoria asked her staff to dete...
27: ...it was growing unpopular and, moreover, faced considerable difficulty in governing the British colonie... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
52: ...'' in 1927.<br><sup>6</sup> Official estimate provided by the UK [[Office for National Statistics]]. A...
56: ...re is also a nominal frontier with France in the middle of the [[Channel Tunnel]]. The UK also has [[B...
64: ... (IONA) has been proposed, but is little used outside diplomatic circles.
71: ...tter remaining part of the United Kingdom. As provided for in the treaty, Northern Ireland, which cons...
74: ...tury, played a leading role in developing Western ideas of property, liberty, capitalism and [[parliam... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
1: ... 1em; background: #ffffff; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
29: ... of the Empire's remaining Italian territories, aside from some territories in the south.
38: | Constantinople is occupied by crusaders; Latin empire formed.
46: ...e empire into a ''pars Orientis'' and a ''pars Occidentis''. Others place it during the reign of [[The...
51: ...ncient presecessors. Standardization of the term did not occur until the 17th century when French auth... - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ...g)|earthworks]] (e.g. [[Hollingbury]] Castle, [[Maiden Castle]]).
5: ...jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Prague Castle Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
7: ...astle found along the coast of Ireland. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
10: ...astles - e.g. portcullises, battlements and drawbridges.
12: ...look was probably built merely to impress, and inside the castle is geared towards family living. - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
5: ... surname "Brahe". Apparently his contemporaries did so and the usage has persisted.
8: ...His twin brother was [[stillborn]] (Tycho wrote a Latin ode (Wittendorf 1994, p. 68) to his dead twin whi...
10: ...stle to which they moved, and where Tycho began a Latin education until he was 12 years old.
18: ...d [[alchemy]]. For the rest of his life, he was said to have worn a replacement made of [[silver]] and...
33: ...er, observed that the [[parallax]] of the object did not change from night to night, suggesting that t... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...oined the word "[[utopia]]", a name he gave to an ideal, imaginary island nation whose political syste...
5: ...ity of Oxford]] for two years, where he studied [[Latin]] and [[logic]]. He then returned to London, whe...
7: ...imself incapable of [[celibacy]], More finally decided to marry in [[1505]], but for the rest of his l...
9: ... her daughter by her previous husband. More provided his daughters with an excellent classical educa...
12: ...sheriffs of the city of London, a position of considerable responsibility in which he earned a reputat... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ...icantly, the [[President of the United States|President]] must ratify treaties and make important appo...
4: ...y represented in the Senate. The Constitution provides that the approval of both houses is necessary f...
12: ...], in answer to a question by Thomas Jefferson, said "we pour legislation into the senatorial saucer t...
14: ...[[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] President [[Andrew Johnson]] in [[1868]] for political p...
16: ...ns arose between [[1866]] and [[1906]]. Many individuals, furthermore, perceived the Senate as a basti... - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
9: ...under the general supervision of the sculptor [[Phidias]], who also had charge of the sculptural decor...
13: ...ast and west ends, and of 110 millimetres on the sides.
19: ...t is not known what was depicted on the northern side: it may have been scenes from the [[Trojan War]]...
21: ...stival honouring Athena. On the fourth, eastern, side was a frieze showing all the gods of the Greek [...
29: ... Jesus | Virgin Mary]]), and at the time of the [[Latin Empire]] it became a [[Catholic]] Church of [[Our... - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: '''Gaius [[Julius]] Caesar''' ([[Latin]]: <small>IMP?C?IVLIVS?CAESAR?DIVVS</small>[[#Not...
4: ...Republic. The dramatic [[assassin]]ation on the [[Ides of March]] was the catalyst for a second set of...
15: ...tor in relenting on Caesar’s proscription said, "He whose life you so much desire will one day b...
17: Despite Sulla's pardon, Caesar did not remain in Rome and left for military service ...
21: ...ight)|talents]], he laughed at them, saying they did not know whom they had captured. Instead, he ord... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
6: ...ks on political philosophy and other matters, providing an account of human nature as self-interested ...
12: ...little attracted by the scholastic learning". He did not complete his degree until [[1608]] but he was...
14: ...emocratic government could not survive war or provide stability and was thus undesirable.
16: ...ether by [[Marin Mersenne]]. From [[1637]] he considered himself a philosopher.
20: ...y Man came into relation with Man. Finally he considered, in his crowning treatise, how Men were moved... - Native American (42651 bytes)
9: ...Canada]] and the [[Mestizo]]s and [[Zambo]]s of [[Latin America]].
17: ===The Bering Strait Land Bridge Theory===
19: ...logy|anthropological]] and [[genetics|genetic]] evidence, scientists generally agree that most Native ...
21: ...s in this theory — in particular, growing evidence of human presence in [[Brazil]] and [[Chile]]...
23: ...nia earlier and followed a coastal route, thus avoiding the ice-covered interior. - Island (4674 bytes)
1: ...b|400px|The Island of Rhodes, Greece. Picture provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
6: ...h is not etymologically related), Latin being considered a more prestigious language at the time.
9: ...d]] off [[North America]], [[Barbados]] and [[Trinidad]] off [[South America]], [[Sicily]] off [[Europ...
19: [[Volcanic island]]s are built by [[volcano]]es. Mid-ocean examples are not ''geologically'' part of a...
28: {{commons|Island}} - Chile (39914 bytes)
18: leader_titles = [[President of Chile|President]] |
62: ...[Image:Santiago_chile_2.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
64: ...co Pizarro]]'s lieutenants. Although the Spanish did not find the extensive gold and [[silver]] they s...
68: ...]]. A movement for total independence soon won a wide following. Spanish attempts to reimpose arbitrar...
72: ... the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. The system of presidential absolutism eventually predominated, but wea... - Human societies (6587 bytes)
8: ...], in which most interactions are with other individuals belonging to the group. More [[abstraction|a...
10: ...origin of the word '''society''' comes from the [[Latin]] ''societas'', a "friendly association with othe...
15: ...ieties, also called [[civilization]]s. Some consider [[Industry|Industrial]] and [[Post-Industrial]]...
18: ...society to render aid, in some form, whether the aid is symbolic, linguistic, physical, mental, emotio...
20: ...ther cultural factor accrues to the generous individual or group. - Lemurs (4235 bytes)
12: *[[Cheirogaleoidea]]
13: **[[Cheirogaleidae]]
14: *[[Lemuroidea]]
15: **[[Lemuridae]]
16: **[[Lepilemuridae]] - Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
8: ...mb|left|A large artificial [[Christmas tree]] outside a shopping mall in [[Hong Kong]]]]
10: ...tmas-like festivities even though they do not consider themselves Christians. Many customs, including ...
12: ... and [[Macau]] designate Christmas as a public holiday on December 25. Both are former [[colony|coloni...
20: ...n language|Korean]], Local radio stations play holiday music on Christmas Day and a few days before, w...
22: ...cially enjoy the fellowship these observances provide; after the Christmas Eve services, for example, ... - Capricornus (6733 bytes)
2: ...t]]" or "That which has horns like a goat's" in [[Latin]], is one of the [[constellation|constellations]]...
5: ...his constellation is the dimmest in the zodiac besides [[Cancer (constellation)|Cancer]]. Its brighter...
8: ... sea-goat (in the same sense as a [[mermaid|sea-maiden]]). Depictions of a goat or goat-fish have been...
12: ...a of sky as ''the Augean Stable'', where they considered the sun ''stabled'' during the year. The caus...
19: This constellation is sometimes identified as [[Amalthea (mythology)|Amalthea]], the... - Pomegranate (4637 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_subclassis_entry | taxon = [[Rosidae]]}}
17: ... Its species name ''granatum'' derives from the [[Latin]] adjective ''granatus'', meaning 'granular'. The...
36: The [[acid]]ic juice of pomegranates is used in [[India]]n c...
41: {{commons|Punica granatum}}
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