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- 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...
116: ...ega Indians, Bantu Africans and Spaniards. Descendants of black 19th-century Jamaican immigrant worke... - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ...t forest inside an urban region, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]].
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...
21: ...s no physical space nor urban structure to accommodate hundreds of noblemen who arrived suddenly, many...
27: ... with the state of Rio de Janeiro in 1975. Even today some ''[[carioca|cariocas]]'' claim the return o... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...he familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
7: ...addy]] agriculture is [[Radiocarbon dating|carbon-dated]] to about 6000 BC, and associated with the [[...
14: ...皇五帝). These rulers were legendary sage-kings and moral examplars, and one of them...
18: ...22799;朝) to some 4,000 years ago, but this date has not yet been corroborated. Some archaeolog...
22: ...he last of the six capitals of the Shang (c 1300–1046 BC). - 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: ...led by [[João Vaz Corte-Real]] to Terra Verde (today's Newfoundland). [[Giovanni Caboto]] (better kno...
7: ... in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]].
11: ...ome – including many [[Native Americans]] – view him as responsible, directly or indirectl...
21: ...ant, and his mother was Susanna Fontanarossa, the daughter of a woollens merchant. Christopher had thr... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...he known Islamic world, extending also to present-day [[India]], the [[Maldives]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[So...
4: ...natively be rendered '''ibn Batuta''', '''ibn Batuda''' or '''ibn Battutah'''. He is also sometimes kn...
6: ...Juzayy]], whom he had met while in [[Granada|Granada]]. This account, recorded by Ibn Juzayy and inter...
8: ... about Ibn Battuta's life comes from one source – Ibn Battuta himself (via Ibn Juzayy). In place...
11: ...tely) twenty Ibn Battuta went on a ''[[hajj]]'' – a pilgrimage to [[Mecca]]. Once done, however,... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
3: The dating of the Industrial Revolution is not exact, bu...
10: ... institutional changes wrought by the end of [[feudalism]] in [[Great Britain]] after the [[English Ci...
22: ...able as there was privilege and monopoly. The abundant supply of coal and iron ore made the making of ...
30: ...udy tour, gathering information where he could. Today this is called [[industrial espionage]], with mo...
59: ...ed about the need for stability and precision he adapted to the development of machine tools, and in h... - 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]] [...
40: ...artifact is a knife found on [[Cyprus]] at a site dated to [[1100 BC]].
46: ...and weapons. A mass grave in [[Hebei]] province, dated to the early third century BC, contains severa... - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
1: ...|right|thumb|150px|A bagpipe performer in [[Amsterdam]].]]
23: ...ntinue to be quoted and referenced to the present day). For example, an oft-repeated claim is that th...
25: ...though Ireland has references going back to the [[Dark Ages]]. An explosion of popularity seems to ha...
38: ...d often Irish) emigrant populations, namely [[Canada]], [[United States|America]], [[Australia]], [[Ne...
47: ...s, hornpipes, and jigs), slow airs, and more. It dates largely from the last two centuries, being eit... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: ...p year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
4: {{NovemberCalendar}}
7: ... captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
35: ...�tien]] takes office as [[Prime Minister of Canada]].
37: ...en 500 million and 1 billion [[US dollar|USD]] of damage. Half of the fires turn out to be [[arson]]. - 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...
53: ...he Belgian [[League of Nations]] mandate of [[Ruanda-Urundi]] in [[1923]], later a [[United Nations]] ... - Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
10: She was the daughter of [[Thutmose I of Egypt|Thutmose I]] and [...
11: ...ed tremendous influence. Thutmose II had only two daughters with Hatshepsut, Nefrure and Meritre, but ...
22: ...sful military campaign in [[Nubia]] and in modern-day [[Israel]] and [[Syria]] early in her career.
24: ...here it was made, and where it still lies to this day.
28: ...ted as m3‘t-k3-r‘ ḥ3t-špswt–<u>h</u>nmt-ỉmn, meaning "[[Maഝ] is the... - Arsinoe II of Egypt (1899 bytes)
7: ...thet "Philadelphoi" ("Brother-Loving") by the scandalized Greeks. Arsinoe II shared all of her brothe... - Empress Wu (14478 bytes)
9: ...br>They are not in the [[proleptic Gregorian calendar]].<br>———<br>1. Year deducted ...
18: ...'s harem most probably in [[638]] (other possible date: [[636]]), and was made a ''cairen'' (才&...
28: ...rable in the imperial court. Her power ended that day, and she had to step down while [[Emperor Zhongz...
69: ..., and the [[Tang Dynasty]] was restored that same day, but the Shenlong era continued to be used until... - 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... - Agnes of Courtenay (6051 bytes)
3: Agnes was the daughter of [[Joscelin II of Courtenay]], [[County o...
9: ...s questioned by supporters of Amalric and Maria's daughter [[Isabella of Jerusalem|Isabella]]. There w...
13: ...f [[Humphrey IV of Toron]] to Amalric and Maria's daughter Isabella; one of the terms of marriage was ...
20: ...nay]], [[Latin Empire|Latin emperor]], and [[Yolanda of Flanders]]. She married [[Geoffrey II Villhard... - Sibylla of Jerusalem (11497 bytes)
1: ...salem]] from [[1186]] to 1190. She was the eldest daughter of [[Amalric I of Jerusalem]] and [[Agnes o...
17: ...Bohemund, her political rivals, from marrying her daughter into the rival court faction, led by the Ib...
19: Sibylla bore her new husband two daughters, Alice and Maria. Initially Baldwin IV ves...
27: ...wing the precedent of Melisende, and as the elder daughter of King Amalric, Sibylla had the best claim...
37: ...o escape to [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]] with her daughters. - Isabella of Jerusalem (7928 bytes)
3: ...n of Jerusalem]] [[1192]]–1205. She was the daughter of [[Amalric I of Jerusalem]] and his secon...
23: ... (born [[1200]]), and one son, Amalric ([[1201]]–1205). King Amalric died in 1205, shortly befor...
25: ...er death in 1205, she was succeeded by her eldest daughter [[Maria of Montferrat]].
28: ...'[[Amalric II of Jerusalem|Amalric II]]''', 1197–1205)}} - Isabella of Castile (4156 bytes)
2: ...used in modern Spanish) ([[April 22]], [[1451]] – [[November 26]], [[1504]]) was [[Kings of Cast...
5: ...l de Beaumont]]. Finally she was great-great-granddaughter to [[Nuno Alvares Pereira]], Count de Barce...
7: She was great-granddaughter of [[John I of Castile]] and his wife [[Ele...
8: ...nez Perez, and his wife Beatriz Pereira, countess da Barcellos.
29: *[[Al-Andalus]] - Marguerite de Valois (5364 bytes)
2: ...''Marguerite de Valois''' ([[May 14]], [[1553]] – [[May 27]], [[1615]]), "Queen Margot" was Quee...
4: ...cknamed '''Margot''' by her brothers, she was the daughter of [[Henry II of France|Henri II]] and [[Ca...
10: ...cs of thousands of Huguenots, [[St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre|a massacre]] of such brutality that eve...
12: ...brother's court in France. But Henri III soon scandalized her reputation and forced her to leave the c...
14: ...i III]] and her former husband, Henri IV that scandalized the population. The beautiful and strong-min...
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