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- Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...to return [[England]] from [[Protestantism]] to [[Roman Catholicism]]. To this end, she had almost three ...
13: ...e a healthy son; Catherine's sixth and last child was a stillborn daughter.
15: ...scholar [[Juan Lu�Vives]] upon the subject, but was herself the Princess Mary's first teacher in Lat...
17: ... for an alliance with England. A marriage treaty was signed; it provided that the Princess Mary shoul...
19: ...l courts to the Pope were abolished, and the King was acknowledged as "Supreme Head" of the [[Church o... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...loriana''', or '''Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch of the [[Tudor dynas...
9: ... father [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]], she was a writer and poet. She granted [[Royal Charter]]...
11: The reign was marked by prudence in the granting of [[British ...
13: ...and afterwards a member of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen".
16: ... succession after [[Edward VI of England|Prince Edward]] under the [[English Act of Succession|Act of ... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: ...t British monarch of the [[House of Stuart]]; she was succeeded by a distant cousin, [[George I of Gre...
10: ...h united England and Scotland into Great Britain) was a product of subsequent negotiations.
12: ...arlborough]], who led the English armies in the [[War of the Spanish Succession]].
15: ...Henrietta Maria|Queen Henrietta Maria]], and afterwards with her aunt, [[Henrietta Anne Stuart|Henriet...
17: ...nded the Throne as James II. James, desirous of a Roman Catholic successor, suggested to Princess Anne th... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
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58: ...urpose of the act being to declare that the state was a [[republic]] rather than a form of [[constitut...
60: ... known as the "[[Irish Free State]]", a name that was retained until [[1937]].
67: ...[[World War I|Great War]]. (The war at that stage was expected to be ended by 1915, not the four years...
69: ...]] ''Saorstᴠɩreann'') with [[dominion status]] was created. The [[Dᩬ]] narrowly ratified the trea... - Guatemala (8475 bytes)
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60: ...owlands area of the [[Peten]] region of Guatemala was the heart of the flourishing [[Maya civilization...
65: This confederation fell apart in a war from [[1838]] to [[1840]], and Guatemala became ...
67: ...85]] to date. The most recent democratic election was in [[2003]]. Guatemala still has to build an ope...
95: ... December [[1996]], which ended 36 years of civil war, removed a major obstacle to foreign investment.... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
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52: ...Officially recognised regional languages:<br>in [[Wales]]: [[Welsh language|Welsh]]; and in [[Scotland...
54: ...ich — the ancient nations of [[England]], [[Wales]] and [[Scotland]] — are located on the ...
58: ...which, until 1949, the King of the United Kingdom was also King of Ireland). This state later became t...
62: ...o refer officially to Scotland and to England and Wales as, respectively, "North Britain" and "South B... - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
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40: ...4 at the [[Mount Washington (New Hampshire)|Mount Washington]] weather observatory in the [[Presidenti...
44: ...egion; and the [[New Hampshire International Speedway]] (formerly Loudon Racetrack), home of the [[Lou...
46: [[USS New Hampshire|USS ''New Hampshire'']] was named in honor of this state. - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
3: |+<big><big>'''''Romania'''''</big></big>
35: | The Emperor Romanus IV is defeated by the [[Seljuk Turks]] at the [...
46: ...nization]] and [[Christianization]] was well underway.
51: ...mperator Romanorum" (Emperor of the Romans) which was now reserved for the Frankish monarch, but as "I...
53: ...an history in different terms. Nevertheless, this was not intended in a demeaning manner since he ascr... - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ...litary camp, in turn the plural of ''castrum'' or watchpost), is a [[fort]], a [[camp]] and the logica...
12: ...ely to impress, and inside the castle is geared towards family living.
14: ...orial expansion and control of a region. A castle was a stronghold from which a lord or baron could co...
17: ...German kingdom, castle building exploded as local warlords staked claims to minor kingdoms from behind...
26: ...aron]], as well as lower grade housing within the walls to accommodate some of the key population of t... - Mars (27704 bytes)
4: ...hology]] (the counterpart to [[Ares]], the god of war in [[Greek mythology]]) because of its [[red]] c...
8: Mars has always fascinated people. Its red, fiery appearance is...
11: ...oxygen]] and [[water]]. In [[2003]], [[methane]] was also discovered in the atmosphere by Earth-based...
15: ...ty/20041213a/merb_sol290_clouds-B313R1_br.jpg] of water-ice that were photographed by the Opportunity ...
20: ...t|Microscopic rock forms indicating past signs of water taken by ''[[Opportunity rover|Opportunity]]''... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
9: #[[Roman Catholicism]] (the largest single denomination, w...
14: ...rally believe that faith in [[Jesus]] is the only way to achieve salvation and to enter into [[heaven]...
21: ...a]]. After Jesus' death, early Christian doctrine was taught by [[Peter|Saint Peter]], [[Paul of Tarsu...
23: ...ellion ([[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] 23:1–5): he was called the "King of the Jews" by [[Pontius Pilat...
27: ...hough some scholars argue that it was an ordinary Roman trial of a rebel. According to Christians, the [[... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
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42: ...], he inspired a new constitution<sup>1</sup> and was the [[Fifth Republic]]'s first [[president]] fro...
45: ...nders]]. Born in [[Lille]], de Gaulle grew up and was educated in [[Paris]].
47: ...ugh traditionalist and [[monarchist]], the family was legalist and respected the institutions of the F...
50: ...s. He made five unsuccessful escape attempts, and was put in solitary confinement in a retaliation cam... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...ss]] and [[paper mill]]. His best known assistant was [[Johannes Kepler]].
8: .... [[Otte Brahe]], Tycho's father, a [[nobleman]], was an important figure in the [[Denmark|Danish]] Ki...
10: ... and where Tycho began a Latin education until he was 12 years old.
12: ...bjects and became interested in [[astronomy]]. It was, however, the [[eclipse]] which occurred on Augu...
16: ...nstruments of the highest accuracy obtainable. He was able to improve and enlarge the existing instrum... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...s [[canonization|canonized]] in [[1935]] by the [[Roman Catholic Church]], in which he became the [[patro...
5: ... London, where he studied law with his father and was admitted to [[Lincoln's Inn]] in [[1496]]. In [...
9: ... classical education at a time when such learning was usually reserved for men.
12: ...[[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]], More was knighted and made undertreasurer in [[1521]]. A...
14: ...e House of Commons]]. He later served as high steward for the universities of Oxford and [[University... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...lute monarchy]] and the [[Roman Catholic Church]] was forced to undergo radical restructuring. While [...
8: ... [[bourgeoisie]], allied with aggrieved peasants, wage-earners, and individuals of all classes who had...
13: ...ntment of the [[seigneurial system]] by peasants, wage-earners, and, to a lesser extent, the bourgeois...
23: ... France's financial situation, determined that it was not sustainable, and proposed a uniform land tax...
25: ...new taxes. The King, seeing that Calonne himself was now a liability, dismissed him and replaced him ... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
4: A [[bicameralism|bicameral]] Congress was created as a result of the [[Connecticut Comprom...
6: ... [[United States Capitol|Capitol]] building, in [[Washington, D.C.]], the national capital. The House ...
10: ...ongress was a unicameral body in which each state was equally represented. The inefficacy of the feder...
12: ...fence against...fickleness and passion". [[George Washington]], in answer to a question by Thomas Jeff...
14: ... associated with the Union's victory in the Civil War. The efforts of "[[Radical Republicans]]" led to... - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
3: ... [[Greece]] in the [[Persian Wars]]. The building was officially called the '''Temple of Athena the Vi...
5: ...temple, the Parthenon was used as a treasury, and was the location of the treasury of the [[Delian Lea...
9: ...awn from the treasury of the Delian League, which was moved from the Panhellenic sanctuary at [[Delos]...
11: ... platform on which the columns stand. It curves upwards slightly for optical reasons. ''Entasis'' refe...
13: ...diameter. The stylobate has an upward curvature towards its centre of 60 millimetres on the east and w... - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: ...ll the way to the [[Atlantic Ocean]], introducing Roman influence into what has become modern [[France]],...
4: ...the [[Roman Republic]] and the beginning of the [[Roman Empire]] under Caesar's grand-nephew and adopted ...
9: ... was the son of [[Venus (goddess)|Venus]]. Caesar was raised in the Subura, a lower-class neighborhood...
11: ... Marius]], a talented general and reformer of the Roman army. Marius became one of the richest men in Rom...
13: ... connections. Not only was he Marius' nephew, he was also married to Cornelia Cinnilla, the youngest ... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
11: ...]]) of [[Germany]] from [[1933]] to his death. He was leader of the [[National Socialist German Worker...
13: ...ers]] dominated much of [[Europe]] during [[World War II]]. The [[Racial policy of Nazi Germany|racial...
15: ...mately defeated Germany. In the final days of the war, [[Hitler's death|Hitler died]] by [[suicide]] i...
20: ...t Alois Hitler treated his son more strictly than was usual for that time and place.
22: ...ities. He was legally born a Hitler, however, and was ironically closely related to Hiedler through hi... - Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
2: ... of the [[United States 2000 Census|2000 Census]] was 181,743. The Salt Lake City-[[Ogden, Utah|Ogden]...
4: ...north end of the [[Salt Lake Valley]] along the [[Wasatch Front]] at an elevation of 4,330 ft (1,320 m...
6: ... city has developed a strong tourism industry and was host to the [[2002 Winter Olympics]].
15: ...ing an isolated area to practice their religion, away from the persecution they had faced in the East....
17: ... the territorial capital in [[1858]] and the name was subsequently abbreviated to Salt Lake City. The ...
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