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- Europe (23835 bytes)
1: ...ope.png|thumb|250px|World map showing location of Europe]]
2: ...ic.jpg|thumb|250px|A satellite composite image of Europe]]
4: ...(for more detailed description see [[Geography of Europe]]).
6: ... after [[Asia]] and [[Africa]]. The population of Europe is roughly 705,500,000: about 11% of the world's ...
13: ...a [[Middle East]]ern viewpoint, the sun sets over Europe: the lands to the west. Likewise, [[Asia]] is als...
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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
43: established_dates = From [[Spain]]<br>[[September 16]], [[1810]]...
64: ...g, feather-mosiac work, the invention of the calendar, were due to the former inhabitants of Tula, the...
68: ... Catholic priest in the small town of [[Dolores Hidalgo|Dolores]], causing a long [[Mexican War of Ind...
74: ...formed the modern states of [[California]], [[Nevada]], and [[Utah]], and most of [[Arizona]], [[New M...
78: ...d prosperity is known as the "Porfiriato". His mandate, however, was mostly undemocratic and benefited... - Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...t. Figueres also abolished the [[military]] and today, Costa Rica has only a national [[police]] force...
16: ... colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: ?Pura vida!<br>(Popular saying meaning "Pure life!")''</smal...
39: <br /> - Date
71: ...tural country, has achieved a relatively high standard of living. Land ownership is widespread and [[t...
107: ...ime zone as central US and direct ocean access to Europe and Asia. - Pennsylvanian (1543 bytes)
3: ...ine the period are well identified, but the exact date of the start and end are uncertain by a few mil...
6: ...een the [[Mississippian]] and the [[Permian]]. In Europe, the Mississippian and Pennsylvanian are one more... - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ...t forest inside an urban region, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]].
13: ...[Amerigo Vespucci]] in January of 1501. Since the Europeans thought at first the Bay of Guanabara was actu...
15: ...ips between Brazil, the [[Africa]]n colonies, and Europe. Fortresses were built and an alliance was formed...
17: ...estwards, an urban movement which lasts until nowadays.
19: ... transport out the wealth than farther [[Salvador da Bahia|Salvador]]. In [[1763]], the colonial admin... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer...
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
21: ...] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
23: ...acific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the South American continent.
38: *[[Saint Brendan]] - [[Ireland|Irish]] [[abbot]] who sailed the [... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
9: ...little reason for him to have become a major legendary figure.
15: ...ed the later legends, like the [[Scots]] king [[Aedan mac Gabran]], who had a son called Artuir and wh...
19: ... [[Taliesin]] are possibly from a similarly early date: ''The Chair of the Sovereign'', which refers t...
23: ...]] by [[Caradoc of Llancarfan]], Arthur killed Gildas' brother Hueil, a pirate on the [[Isle of Man]]....
27: ...ls the demands of Olwen's [[giant]] father [[Ysbaddaden]], which includes his hunt for the great [[boa... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...lumbus''' ([[1451]]<sup>[[#Early life|1]]</sup> – [[20 May]] [[1506]]) ( ''Cristòfor Colom'' in...
5: ...merica was known to the general public throughout Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[pri...
7: ... in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]].
9: ...t large-scale [[colonization]] of the Americas by Europeans.
11: ...genous people]]s, exploitation of the Americas by Europe, and slavery in the [[West Indies]]. Others honou... - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ...terior eastern region that would become the first european-inhabited area of that country.
9: ...g that Cartier made three voyages of discovery in dangerous and hitherto unknown waters without losing...
13: ...], the sons of Huron [[Chief Donnacona]], back to Europe.
17: ...pressive than the small and squalid village of Stadacona, more than a thousand Hurons came to the edge...
19: ...decision must have been made by his arrival in Stadacona as it was by then too late to return to Franc... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
3: The dating of the Industrial Revolution is not exact, bu...
5: The effects spread throughout [[Western Europe]] and [[North America]], eventually affecting the...
10: ... institutional changes wrought by the end of [[feudalism]] in [[Great Britain]] after the [[English Ci...
14: ...the improvement in agriculture, and the people in Europe became wealthy because of overseas trade. The num...
16: From 1430, people in Europe discovered sea routes to Asia and America. Englan... - Steel (28384 bytes)
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32: ...copper-smelting sites on the [[Sinai Peninsula]], dated to about 3000 BC. Some iron oxides are effect...
34: ...] died in [[1323 BC]] and was buried with an iron dagger with a golden hilt. An [[Ancient Egyptian]] [...
36: ...as fully into the iron age by [[900 BC]], central Europe by [[800 BC]]. The reason for this sudden adopti...
40: ...artifact is a knife found on [[Cyprus]] at a site dated to [[1100 BC]]. - Puritan (15882 bytes)
4: ...in the 17th century would be "[[Fundamentalism|fundamentalist]]": Puritanism was a movement rather th...
8: ...rew Melville]] had gone into exile as Puritans in Europe, where they came into close contact with the radi...
12: ... resemble more closely the Protestant churches of Europe, especially Geneva. The Puritans objected to orn...
16: ...e absence of doctrine, is a set of specifically ordained rules. His thinking on the matter became the...
20: ... of the Church he saw Puritanism as a potentially dangerous movement; he authorized the [[King James B... - China (38909 bytes)
5: ...ll behind, and was too weak militarily to repel [[Europe]]an interference or [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]ese ...
32: ...along the [[Silk Road]] before it finally reached Europe and England. The Western "China", transliterated ...
34: ...low [[political divisions of China|provincial boundaries]]. In many contexts, "China" is commonly used...
38: ...hina]]" (中國大陸,''zhōngguó dàlù'' in Mandarin), especially when contrasting it with other, p...
45: ...hang]], who settled along the [[Huang He]] river, dating from the 18th to the 12th centuries BC. The S... - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
11: ...ad lapsed into [[corruption]] could lose the [[Mandate of Heaven]] and be overthrown by a [[rebellion]...
28: ...genous religion. Its primary written work, the [[Dao De Jing]] is attributed to [[Lao Zi]], who may o...
42: ...as the introduction of [[Nestorianism]] spread by European or Middle-Eastern travellers who came to China ...
44: In [[1289]], [[Franciscan]] friars from Europe initiated mission work in China. This mission col...
60: ==Judaism== - May (3270 bytes)
1: {{MayCalendar}}
3: ...of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 [[day]]s.
9: In [[Japanese calendar|old Japanese calendar]], the month is called ''Satsuki'' (皐...
15: ...r]], and a public holiday is held on the first Monday in May.
16: ...ay]] is [[May 1]]. This is celebrated as [[Labor Day]] in many countries. - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...it enjoys access to the Tanzanian ocean port of [[Dar es Salaam]]. The country's name derives from its...
18: leader_names = [[Domitien Ndayizeye]] |
37: established_events = - Date |
38: established_dates = From [[Belgium]] <br> [[July 1]], [[1...
41: time_zone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]] | - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
4: ...ought the seafaring trailblazers setting out from European docks were travelling to [[East Asia]].
16: ...ng 6�S, before turning around and seeing [[Trinidad]] and the [[Orinoco River]] and returning to [[S...
18: His next voyage in [[1501]]–[[1502]] was in service of [[Portugal]], when h...
20: Little is known of his last voyage, in [[1503]]–[[1504]], not even whether it actually took pla...
22: ...; its existence became generally known throughout Europe within a few years after their publication. - Raccoon (4751 bytes)
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8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Procyonidae]]}}
12: ... lotor | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1758]]}}
16: ...nd the eyes, and have a bushy tail with light and dark alternating rings. The coat is a mixture of gra...
20: ... occurs in January or February and a litter of 4–5 young are born in April or May (varies by cli... - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...beth II in an official portrait as [[Queen of Canada]] (on the occasion of her [[Golden Jubilee of Eli...
7: ...s]], [[Barbados]], [[Belize]], [[Canada]], [[Grenada]], [[Jamaica]], [[New Zealand]], [[Papua New Guin...
9: ...e is the longest serving current Head of State in Europe, The Americas, and [[Australasia|Australasia]], a...
15: ... of York (n饠[[Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]]), the daughter of [[Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of...
17: As a granddaughter of the British sovereign in the male line, ... - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
5: Melisende was the eldest daughter of King [[Baldwin II of Jerusalem]] and the...
11: ... in diplomatic correspondence. Baldwin raised his daughter as a capable successor to himself and Melis...
13: ...re heirs. His intention was for a consort for his daughter, not a reigning king-consort. Baldwin chose...
21: ...ons of infidelity was a public affront that would damage Melisende's position entirely.
37: ...hem. The result of this breach of treaty was that Damascus would never trust the Crusader states again... - Constance of Antioch (2293 bytes)
3: ...porters of the regency had secretly summoned from Europe; Alice was tricked into believing Raymond was goi...
9: ...lso became co-ruler of Antioch. Constance had two daughters from Raynald:
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