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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...
107: ...endent on tourism, agriculture, and electronics exports. The economy emerged from [[recession]] in 1997 ... - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ...t forest inside an urban region, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]].
13: ...e area where Rio de Janeiro is now was reached by Portuguese explorers in an expedition led by Italian [...
15: ...or instance, was founded by a native chief for supporting defense.
17: ...estwards, an urban movement which lasts until nowadays.
19: ...or]]. In [[1763]], the colonial administration in Portuguese America was moved to Rio. - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ... the Kingdoms of [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]] or [[Portugal]] among others. He was an [[explorer]] and [[...
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...
13: ...''Cristòfor Colom'' and in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] ''Cristóvão Colombo''. ''Columbus'' is ... - 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: ...ny others there is no way to know whether he is reporting or story-telling. The following account assume...
11: ...tely) twenty Ibn Battuta went on a ''[[hajj]]'' – a pilgrimage to [[Mecca]]. Once done, however,... - 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).
19: ...]] begins when 40,000 [[sailor]]s take over the [[port]] in [[Kiel]].
35: ...�tien]] takes office as [[Prime Minister of Canada]]. - 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]] |
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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]] ... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
18: | '''Date of Birth:'''
22: | [[Port Alberni, British Columbia]]
28: | [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]]
31: ...]]'s only female head of a national government to date. She was also the second woman in history to si...
39: ...on]] as a [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]]. - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
8: ...nasium]] there from [[1880]]. Even in those early days she was a member of the "Proletariat", a left-w...
21: ... [[general strike]] to rouse the workers into solidarity and prevent war, but the party leadership ref...
25: ...part in the Russian Social Democrats' Fifth Party Day in [[London]], where she met [[Vladimir Lenin]]....
32: ...re declared war against [[Russia]]. The following day, the [[Reichstag]] unanimously agreed to finance...
36: ...a number of scores, and presciently warned of the danger that a [[dictatorship]] would develop under B... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
8: ... later joined her sister Muriel in [[Toronto, Canada]] where she worked as a nurse's aide in a militar...
10: ... on [[June 17]], [[1928]], and arrived at [[Burry Port]], [[Wales]], [[United Kingdom]] approximately 21...
14: ...onor]] from the French Government, and the Gold Medal of the [[National Geographic Society]] from Pres...
18: ...p him establish his own navigation school in Florida.
20: ...op (aviation)|ground-looped]] the plane. Severely damaged, the aircraft had to be shipped to [[Califor... - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
2: ...''Janis Lyn Joplin''' ([[January 19]], [[1943]] – [[October 4]], [[1970]]) was an American [[blu...
4: .... Joplin graduated from Jefferson High School in Port Arthur in [[1960]] and went to college at the [[U...
8: After a return to Port Arthur to recuperate, she again moved to San Fran...
16: ...be one of the last decisions of her life and it reportedly proved to be a rather unhappy experience for ...
24: ...-influenced styles that were common at the time — as well as for her lyrical themes of pain and ... - Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
3: ... was later accidentally changed) in the town of [[Port Arthur, Texas]] and acquired her nickname "Babe" ...
5: ...ter the Games, Shiley and Didrikson split their medals.
9: ...arlier, she had picked up the sport of golf, the sport by which she would become most famous. She became...
11: ...f|Grand Slam]] of the three women's majors of the day, the [[US Open (golf)|US Open]], the Titleholder...
23: ... Official Site of the Babe Didrikson Zaharias Foundation - on archive.org] - Pottery (17136 bytes)
8: ... remains of non-literate cultures and help in the dating of some historic cultures as well.
21: ...y virtually identical plates, vases or bowls in a day. Because of its nature, wheel work can only be u...
32: ...l clay body, and then add a colourant to separate portions of the same body. The different coloured cla...
42: ...ting plus metal oxides or carbonates). This is important for functional [[earthenware]] vessels, which ...
46: ... Kilns can either be "[[oxidized]]" by opening a port to allow oxygen into the interior or "[[reduced]]... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
6: ...y of the name evolved into the title "Qahirat Al Adaa" meaning "subduer of the enemies". This title wa...
11: ...g|thumb|left|200px|This Envisat ASAR Wide-Swath radar multicolour composite image is focused over the ...
18: ...idges link the Nile islands of [[Gezira]] and [[Roda]], where many government buildings are located an...
24: ...hich is now a popular neighborhood and contains important buildings of Islamic architecture. ]]
26: ...too far from the ancient course of the Nile to support a city. Just to the south of the modern city's lo... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
58: ...ares land borders with [[Libya]] to the west, [[Sudan]] to the south, and [[Israel]] to the northeast....
62: ...particularly large number of ancient artifacts. Today, Egypt is widely regarded as the main political ...
73: ...in [[1869]], Egypt became an important world transportation hub; however, the country also fell heavily ...
75: ...uk I, a constitutional monarch, to abdicate in support of his son King Ahmed Fouad II. Finally the '''Eg...
82: ...g the assassination of former President [[Anwar Sadat]] on [[October 6]] [[1981]]. President Mubarak i... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1809]]
6: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1817]]
9: | date of birth=[[March 16]], [[1751]]
10: | place of birth=[[Port Conway, Virginia]]
12: | date of death=[[June 28]], [[1836]] - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
6: ...Term of Office:'''</td><td>[[March 4]], [[1837]]–[[March 4]], [[1841]]</td></tr>
9: <tr><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[December 5]], [[1782]]</t...
11: <tr><td>'''Date of Death:'''</td><td>[[July 24]], [[1862]]</td>...
15: <br>(daughter-in-law, widowed)</td></tr>
22: ...''Martin Van Buren''' ([[December 5]], [[1782]] – [[July 24]], [[1862]]), nicknamed '''Old Kinde... - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
5: | date1=[[September 20]], [[1881]]
6: | date2=[[March 3]], [[1885]]
9: | date of birth=[[October 5]], [[1829]]
12: | date of death=[[November 18]], [[1886]]
18: ...Chester Alan Arthur''' ([[October 5]], [[1829]] – [[November 18]], [[1886]]) was an [[Politics o... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...nd largest city, and the capital of the [[Al Iskandariyah]] governate. It is located at {{coor dm|31|...
3: ... [[Hellenistic civilization|Hellenistic]] world — second only to [[Rome]] in size and wealth thr...
13: * The [[#Foundation|Ptolemaic era]] which starts with the foundin...
18: === Foundation ===
19: ...er the Great]] in or around [[334 BC]] (the exact date is disputed). Alexander's chief architect for t... - Australia (39438 bytes)
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28: established_dates=From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]:<br>[[1 January...
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54: ...glish to use the word "Australia" was [[Alexander Dalrymple]] in his ''An Historical Collection of Voy... - Land bridge (3351 bytes)
1: .... A historic land bridge surviving to the present day is the [[Sinai]], connecting [[North Africa]] wi...
6: ...ng [[subduction|subducted]] in a [[convergent boundary]] under the North American Plate to the north a...
15: ...]]. The combined [[subcontinent]] is called [[Sundaland]].
20: ...[[containerization|containers]] by rail between [[port]]s on either side of a land mass, such as [[North...
23: ... project of railway constructions to link cities, ports and mines within the country, and potentially wi...
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