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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ... is the northernmost and westernmost country in [[Latin America]] and the most populous [[Spanish languag...
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... - Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...sometimes refered to as the "[[Switzerland]] of [[Latin America]]."
16: ... colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: ?Pura vida!<br>(Popular saying meaning "Pure life!")''</smal...
39: <br /> - Date
65: ...e people of the [[Mayans]] and [[Aztecs]] were conquered by [[Spain]] in the [[16th century]]. Costa ...
71: ...tural country, has achieved a relatively high standard of living. Land ownership is widespread and [[t... - Periodic table (7298 bytes)
3: The [[periodic table#Standard periodic table|standard table]] provides the necessary basics. There ar...
6: ...e of the elements. There are 18 groups in the standard periodic table. Elements in a group have simila...
9: ...ombination of Roman numerals and [[Latin alphabet|Latin]] letters. The Roman numeral names are the origin...
11: ===Standard periodic table===
15: *The [[Periodic table (standard)|standard table]] (same as above) provides the basics. - List of elements by symbol (14812 bytes)
5: ...r><td>Ag</td><td>[[silver]]</td><td>47</td><td>([[Latin]] ''Argentum'')</td></tr>
11: <tr><td>Au</td><td>[[gold]]</td><td>79</td><td>(Latin ''Aurum'')</td></tr>
29: <tr><td>Cu</td><td>[[copper]]</td><td>29</td><td>(Latin ''Cuprum'')</td></tr>
31: <tr><td>Ds</td><td>[[darmstadtium]]</td><td>110</td><td></td></tr>
37: <tr><td>Fe</td><td>[[iron]]</td><td>26</td><td>(Latin ''Ferrum'')</td></tr> - Hanging Gardens of Babylon (4963 bytes)
3: ...adnezzar II]] around [[600 BC]] (present-day [[Iraq]]). However, there are doubts as to whether they...
7: ...crew]] as a process of raising the water to the required height.
15: ...chadnezzar's homesick wife, [[Amyitis]]. Amyitis, daughter of the king of the Medes, was married to Ne...
17: ...ranslation of the Greek word [[kremastos]] or the Latin word [[pensilis]], which means not just "hanging&...
26: * [[History of Iraq]] - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ...t forest inside an urban region, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]].
9: ...s of 2004]]), occupying an area of 1256 km? (485 sq. miles). The larger [[metropolitan area]] populat...
15: ...ently popular, second half of its name. It was frequently attacked by [[Piracy|pirates]] and privatee...
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... - 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]].
9: ...dinavians, Columbus's voyages led to a relatively quick, general and lasting recognition of the exist...
11: ...ome – including many [[Native Americans]] – view him as responsible, directly or indirectl... - Middle Colonies (4101 bytes)
1: ...sey]], [[Delaware]] and sometimes [[Maryland]]. Today these areas are described as the [[Mid-Atlantic ...
5: ... ate a form of pudding called cornmeal mush every day of the year. [[Johnnycake]], bread made with co...
7: ...he most part resembled the Dutch form of dress. [[Quakers]] wore neat and simple clothing as their [[...
11: ...d less schooling than the average second grader today. The only book owned by many families was the [[...
13: ...iends and relatives along with [[gardening]], and dancing was popular among both women and men. From t... - Puritan (15882 bytes)
4: ...in the 17th century would be "[[Fundamentalism|fundamentalist]]": Puritanism was a movement rather th...
14: ... of the structure and liturgy that the monarchy required. Attempts by the [[bishop]]s of the Church ...
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...
22: ...the Puritan congregations with a new crisis. The question was whether they were to continue in outwa... - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
4: ...ent had been discovered, a bold contention in his day when everyone, including [[Christopher Columbus]...
12: ...ngs, so Waldseem�ller based the new name on the Latin form of Vespucci's first name, taking the feminin...
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... - Adela of Normandy (2741 bytes)
5: ...daughter of [[William I of England|William the Conqueror]] and the mother of both [[Stephen of Englan...
7: ...pirited and educated woman, with a knowledge of [[Latin]].
9: ...89]], making him one of the wealthiest men of his day. He was a proud and self-indulgent man, who had ...
22: ...n Henry pledged to the Church at [[Cluny]]. Adela quarrelled with her eldest son Guillaume, "''defici...
24: ...status of her children. Later that same year, her daughter Lucia-Mahaut was drowned in the wreck of th... - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
1: [[Image:Messalinde-Jerusalem.JPG|frame|A queen accepting fealty from a vassal, possibly Meli...
3: ...tember 11]], [[1161]]) was [[Kingdom of Jerusalem|Queen of Jerusalem]] from [[1131]] to [[1153]].
5: Melisende was the eldest daughter of King [[Baldwin II of Jerusalem]] and the...
9: ...ere regent-queen (for her son Baldwin III), but a Queen Regnant, reigning by right of hereditary and ...
11: ... in diplomatic correspondence. Baldwin raised his daughter as a capable successor to himself and Melis... - Agnes of Courtenay (6051 bytes)
3: Agnes was the daughter of [[Joscelin II of Courtenay]], [[County o...
5: ...ul]], a continuation of William; "car telle n'est que roine doie iest di si haute cite comme de Jheru...
9: ...abella of Jerusalem|Isabella]]. There was no such questioning of Baldwin's rights.
11: ...rch of Jerusalem]], although William was the more qualified choice. There were rumours that she was a...
13: ...f [[Humphrey IV of Toron]] to Amalric and Maria's daughter Isabella; one of the terms of marriage was ... - Yolanda of Flanders (2422 bytes)
1: ...'Yolanda of Flanders''' (d. [[1219]]) ruled the [[Latin Empire]] in [[Constantinople]] for her husband [[...
3: ...is]] of the [[Empire of Nicaea]], who married her daughter. However, she soon died, in 1219.
7: Yolanda also held [[Namur]], which she inherited from her...
10: ...Namur, who declined the offer of the crown of the Latin Empire
11: * [[Robert of Courtenay]] (d. 1228), Latin Emperor - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
1: ...ge:ELEANOROFAQUITAINE.jpg|right|frame|Eleanor of Aquitaine]]
3: ...n in Europe during the [[Middle Ages]]. She was [[Queen consort]] of both [[France]] and [[England]] ...
6: ...se was the long-time mistress of [[William IX of Aquitaine]], the [[Troubador]]. Eleanor was named af...
8: ...g, hawking, and hunting. She became heiress to [[Aquitaine]], the largest and richest of the province...
10: ...of France|Louis VI]] had died, and Eleanor became Queen of France. - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
3: ...and.jpg|right|thumb|220px|'''Mary I''' <br><small>Queen of England and Ireland</small>]]
8: ... hundred religious dissenters executed; as a consequence, she is often known as '''Bloody Mary'''. He...
10: ...cousin, once removed [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary I, Queen of Scots]], who lived at approximately the sa...
13: ... Catherine's sixth and last child was a stillborn daughter.
15: ... was herself the Princess Mary's first teacher in Latin. - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
2: ...mb|right|140px|Mary I of Scotland; known as Mary, Queen of Scots]]
7: ... of [[Scotland]] from [[December 14]], [[1542]] – [[July 24]], [[1567]]. She is perhaps the best...
9: ...]]), and whose reign coincided with that of Mary, Queen of Scots.
14: ...imacy of Robert's children of first marriage were questionable. Females and female lines could inheri...
17: ... during her time in France, and she and her descendants stuck with it.) - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: ...pg|thumb|right|220px|'''Elizabeth I''' <br><small>Queen of England and Ireland</small>]]
7: ...''The Virgin Queen''', '''Gloriana''', or '''Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final ...
9: ...empered and sometimes indecisive ruler. This last quality, viewed with impatience by her counsellors,...
13: ...tates]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen".
16: ...abeth, and she, along with her half-sister, Mary, daughter of [[Catherine of Aragon]], was reinstated ... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: ...victoria.jpg|thumb|right|200px|'''Victoria''' <br>Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ir...
7: ...other British monarch. As well as being [[Monarch|queen]] of the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain an...
12: ...future King George IV), did marry, but had only a daughter, [[Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales]]. W...
14: ...French]]. Her educator was the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]].
16: ...nt and Strathearn, would act as Regent during the queen's minority. Ignoring precedent, Parliament di... - Anna Comnena (3243 bytes)
1: ...ena''' ([[December 1]] [[1083]] - [[1153]]) was a daughter of the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] emper...
5: ...mpire, Anna Comnena regards the [[Crusades]] as a danger both political and religious. Her models are ...
11: ...d.html The Alexiad]'', translated by Elizabeth A. Dawes in 1928
14: ...ey=B6VC1-47X6TVK-4-1&_cdi=5941&_orig=browse&_coverDate=03%2F31%2F2003&_sk=999709998&view=c&wchp=dGLbVt...
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