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- Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...senters executed; as a consequence, she is often known as '''Bloody Mary'''. Her religious policies, h...
13: ...at [[Ludlow Castle]] and many of the prerogatives normally only given to a [[Prince of Wales]], someti...
15: ... education was undoubtedly due to her mother, who not only consulted the Spanish scholar [[Juan Lu�V...
17: ...It was then suggested that the Princess Mary wed, not the Dauphin, but his father Francis I, who was e...
19: ...s to the Pope were abolished, and the King was acknowledged as "Supreme Head" of the [[Church of Engla... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...nd [[King of Ireland|Queen of Ireland]] from [[17 November]] [[1558]] until her death. Sometimes refer...
9: ...d political views; and English colonisation of [[North America]] took place under [[Walter Raleigh|Si...
11: ...nce in the granting of [[British honours system|honours and dignities]]. Only eight peerage dignities,...
13: [[Virginia]], an English [[13 colonies|colony in North America]] and afterwards a member of the [[Uni...
18: ...rnowne, who was often referred to as "Kat". Chapernowne developed a close relationship with Elizabeth ... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
5: {{House of Hanover}}
7: ...nasty)|Wettin]], ''[[n饝]'' [[House of Hanover|Hanover]]) ([[24 May]] [[1819]] – [[22 January]]...
9: ...Victoria was the last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; her successor belonged to the [[House of Wi...
12: ...rathearn, like many other sons of George III, did not marry during his youth. The eldest son, the [[Ge...
16: ...en's minority. Ignoring precedent, Parliament did not create a council to limit the powers of the Rege... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
5: native_name = United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
12: ...ial_languages = [[Languages in the United Kingdom|None]]; [[English language|English]] ''[[de facto]]'...
46: ...]] under the [[European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages]]. In each of these, the UK's offic...
51: ...and Scots]]: ''Unitit Kinrick o Great Breetain an Northren Ireland''<br/>
52: ...]. As of April 2005, the July 2004 estimates were not yet available.<br><sup>7</sup> [[ISO 3166-1]] is... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
7: ...the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul (Constantinople).</small>
10: | Constantine makes Constantinople his capital.
21: | Justinian's generals reconquer North Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Os...
27: ...ypt. In the following decades, they take most of North Africa, and later conquer Sicily as well.
29: | [[730]]-[[787]]; [[813]]-[[843]] || Iconoclasm controversies. This results in the loss of ... - Castle (27805 bytes)
2: ...''chau-fort,'' for in French a simple ''chau'' connotes a grand [[country house]] at the center of an ...
8: Castles were built not only as a defensive measure, and offensive weapo...
15: ... tried anything, were easily overcome as they had no refuge.(Hariulf, ''Gesta ecclesiae Centulensis'')
17: ...ing exploded as local warlords staked claims to minor kingdoms from behind newly-built castles.
30: ... many survive through to the modern day; they are now mostly considered monuments. - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ... [[printing press]] and [[paper mill]]. His best known assistant was [[Johannes Kepler]].
8: ...hie Brahe]]). [[Otte Brahe]], Tycho's father, a [[nobleman]], was an important figure in the [[Denmark...
10: ...h.'' Apparently this did not lead to any disputes nor did his parents attempt to get him back. Tycho l...
12: ...him that he began to make his own studies of astronomy helped by some of the professors. He purchased ...
14: ...s many measurements and methods as there are astronomers and all of them disagree. What's needed is a ... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...a [[treason|traitor]]. More was [[canonization|canonized]] in [[1935]] by the [[Roman Catholic Church...
9: ... several years his senior. His new wife bore him no children, but More raised as his own her daughter...
14: ...ed administrative and judicial control of much of northern England.
27: ...ative Christian, intended to offer the communist, non-Christian Utopia as a concrete model for politic...
34: ...mony that the marriage between her and Arthur had not been [[consummate|consummated]]. - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ...l exclusive powers enumerated in the Constitution not granted to the House; most significantly, the [[...
6: ...ber of the United States Senate is located in the north wing of the [[United States Capitol|Capitol]] ...
12: ... [[March 4]], [[1789]]. However, the Senate could not begin work until a majority of the members assem...
14: ...he populous North. Sectional conflict was most pronounced over the issue of slavery, and persisted unt...
18: ...bot Lodge]] and [[John Worth Kern]] becoming the unofficial leaders of the Republican and Democratic p... - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
1: [[image:ac.parthenon5.jpg|thumb|300px|The Parthenon seen from the hill of the Pnyx to the west]]
3: ...945;ρθένος'' (parthenos), a virgin.
5: ...|Persians]]. As well as being a temple, the Parthenon was used as a treasury, and was the location of ...
8: ...g|thumb|right|300px|The western face of the Parthenon remains relatively intact.]]
9: ...C]]. Some of the financial accounts for the Parthenon survive, and show that the largest single expens... - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: ...tin]]: <small>IMP?C?IVLIVS?CAESAR?DIVVS</small>[[#Notes|¹]]) (b. [[July 13]], c.[[100 BC]] d. [[M...
6: Caesar's military campaigns are known in detail from his own written [[Literary works...
9: Caesar was born in [[Rome]] to a well-known [[patrician]] family (''[[gens]]'' [[Julius|Jul...
11: ...ch by the standards of the Roman nobility. Thus, no member of his family had achieved any outstanding...
13: ... to the Marius party through family connections. Not only was he Marius' nephew, he was also married ... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
4: ... [[1588]] – [[December 4]], [[1679]]) was a noted [[English (people)|English]] [[Political philo...
12: ...tle attracted by the scholastic learning". He did not complete his degree until [[1608]] but he was re...
14: ...ian War]] showed that democratic government could not survive war or provide stability and was thus un...
16: ...en years as well as tutoring he expanded his own knowledge of philosophy, awakening in him curiosity o...
20: ...isery". Thus he proposed to unite the separate phenomena of Body, Man and the State. - Native American (42651 bytes)
3: ...a''') are those peoples [[indigenous people|indigenous]] to the [[Americas]], living there prior to [[...
5: ...and genetic commonality with other arctic peoples not native to the American continent, such as those ...
7: ...y exclude the [[Inuit]] and [[Inuvialuit]] in the north, although these are included in the terms "[[F...
11: ...slanders]] including: [[Native Hawaiians]] (also known as Kanaka Māoli and Kanaka 'Oiwi) in the [...
21: ...ter53/luzia/luzia.htm]. Thus other possibilities, not necessarily exclusive, have been suggested: - Island (4674 bytes)
2: ...type of island. A '''key''' or '''cay''' is also another name for a relatively small island. Groups of...
6: ... to link it to the [[Latin]] ''insula'' (which is not etymologically related), Latin being considered ...
9: ... include [[Greenland]] and [[Sable Island]] off [[North America]], [[Barbados]] and [[Trinidad]] off [...
13: Another subtype is the '''[[barrier island]]''': accu...
19: ...lcanoes where the subduction of one plate under another is occurring. Examples include the [[Mariana ... - Chile (39914 bytes)
1: ... [[Bolivia]] to the northeast and [[Peru]] to the north.<!--
13: national_anthem = ''[[National anthem of Chile|Himno Nacional]]'' |
48: ...r Island]] and [[Isla Sala y Gómez]]; does not include 1,250,000 km² of claimed territory ...
56: ... another meaning attributed to ''chilli'' is the onomatopoeic ''cheele-cheele''—the Mapuche imit...
61: ...]s briefly extended their empire into what is now northern Chile, but the area's remoteness prevented ... - Human societies (6587 bytes)
10: ...on objective. As such, society is often used as synonymous with the collective citizenry of a [[countr...
15: ...cientists identify [[hunter-gatherer]] societies, nomadic [[pastoralism|pastoral]] societies, [[hortic...
20: .... This type of ''generosity'' can be seen in all known cultures; typically, prestige or other cultural...
24: ...shared risk/reward, in common with other more technology-based civilizations.
29: ... time as other societies at the same level of technology and culture, but is also isolated geographica... - Lemurs (4235 bytes)
20: ... The two [[flying lemur]] species are not lemurs, nor are they even primates.
22: ...ically, the smaller lemurs are active at night ([[nocturnal]]), while the larger ones are active durin...
35: ** Suborder [[Strepsirrhini]]: non-tarsier prosimians
48: {{commons|Lemur}} - Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
2: {{Refimprove|date=November 2007}}
10: ...te Christmas-like festivities even though they do not consider themselves Christians. Many customs, in...
12: ...ormer [[colony|colonies]] of Western powers with (nominal) [[Christian]] cultural heritage.
14: ...ecting a cultural interest in this Western phenomenon, and, sometimes, as part of retail marketing cam...
20: ...a few days before, while television stations are known to air Christmas films and cartoon specials pop... - Capricornus (6733 bytes)
2: ...is in an area of the sky known as the [[Sea (astronomy)|Sea]]. Capricornus is one of the 88 modern co...
4: == Notable features ==
8: ...rn for the sun's rebirth might have rendered astronomical and astrological observation of this region ...
10: ...ne on earth where the sun is directly overhead at noon on that solstice.
12: ... location or name of ''Augeas'' is not currently known. However, during the classical period of Greek ... - Pomegranate (4637 bytes)
5: ...obox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
17: ...ia) that its true native range is not accurately known. The genus name, ''Punica'' is named after the ...
26: ...island of [[Socotra]]. It differs in having pink (not red) flowers and smaller, less sweet fruit.
41: {{commons|Punica granatum}}
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