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- Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...orer]], whose account documents his travels and side-excursions over a period of almost thirty years, ...
4: His name may alternatively be rendered '''ibn Batuta''', '''ibn Batuda''' or '''ibn B...
6: ...lated as ''A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Travelling'', but ...
10: ==The Hajj (with detours)==
11: ...eadth of the Muslim world, and beyond (about 44 modern countries). - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ... or [[19 July]] 1553 (''[[de facto]]'') until her death. Mary, the fourth and penultimate monarch of t...
13: ...was created Princess of Wales, even though he was deeply disappointed that his wife had again failed t...
15: ...[[English language|English]]. Other studies included [[Greek language|Greek]], [[science]], and [[mus...
17: ...h England. A marriage treaty was signed; it provided that the Princess Mary should marry either Franc...
19: ... [[Roman Catholic Church]]. All appeals from the decisions of English ecclesiastical courts to the Po... - Margaret of Anjou (3729 bytes)
14: ...uchet, Lord Audley]] defeated by a Yorkist army under [[Richard Neville]].
16: ...t [[St Albans]] on 22 February 1461, at which she defeated the Yorkist forces of [[Richard Neville, Ea...
18: ... to Margaret's son, Edward, Prince of Wales, in order to cement the alliance, and Margaret insisted th...
20: ...e of Tewkesbury]] in [[1471]], at which they were defeated and her son was killed. Over the previous t... - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
6: ...cade later in the songwriting, singing, and attitude of singers such as Aguilera, [[Avril Lavigne]], a...
10: ...an older brother, Chad, and a [[twin]] brother, Wade.
23: With the support of her parents and a relentless desire to succeed, Morissette traveled with Howe to ...
26: :''And your fake identification''
30: :''I'll be dealing with".'' - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ... between [[1450]] and [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, [[Paris]], AE II 2490).]]
2: ...[[20th century]]; currently being a focus of considerable interest in the [[Republic of Ireland]], [[C...
7: ...e River|Meuse]] to [[Jacques D'Arc]] and Isabelle de Vouthon, a [[peasant]] family later granted [[nob...
11: ...mb|''Jeanne d' Arc'' by Eugene Thirion ([[1876]]) depicts Joan's awe upon receiving a vision from the ...
12: ...lies to the city of [[Orl顮s]], which had been under siege by the English since the previous October.... - Bess Truman (3712 bytes)
5: ...him. They attended the same schools from fifth grade through high school.
7: For Bess and Harry, [[World War I]] altered a deliberate courtship. He proposed and they became en...
9: ...ath on April 12, 1945, Harry Truman took the President's oath of office--and Bess, who managed to look...
11: ...ept for the social season when her duties were needed.
13: ...ter her husband left office was "return to Independence" although she had briefly entertained the thou... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=George Washington
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5: | order=1st President
8: | preceded=None
9: | succeeded=[[John Adams]] - Luxor (8772 bytes)
7: ...touring [[Upper Egypt]], and is a popular holiday destination, both in its own right and as a starting...
11: ...everal of them never came to be true, like the golden obelisk of [[Hatshepsut]], but who says that the...
13: ... a debate in metaphysics. And yet, on the other side of the river, the supreme masters of [[Kemet]] &m...
16: ...of [[Ay]], the high priest of Amun, since he intended to ascend to the throne of Thebes through such a...
18: ...ny more, but rather the whole city was to be considered as an entire mausoleum and therefore venerated... - Abydos, Egypt (9715 bytes)
2: ...bydos, like the city on the [[Hellespont]]; the modern [[Arabic language|Arabic]] name is [[Arabet el ...
6: ...c Period|Ptolemaic]] times the place continued to decay and no later works are known (Petrie, ''Abydos...
10: ...r times, so that at last the whole place was considered as sacred to him (''Abydos'', ii. 47).
14: ...ler building was erected behind it, enclosing a wide hearth of black ashes.
15: ...hese were probably the substitutes for sacrifices decreed by [[Khufu (pharaoh)|Khufu]] (or Cheops) in ... - West Virginia (24258 bytes)
21: DensityRank = 29<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 29.0 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 35<sup>th</sup> |
26: Latitude = 37°10'N to 40°40'N |
27: Longitude = 77°40'W to 82°40'W | - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
2: ...erTheGreat_Bust.jpg|thumb|right|[[Bust]] of Alexander III in the [[British Museum]].]]
4: ... as the [[Middle-Persian]] literature as '''Alexander the Cursed''' due to his burning of the Persian ...
6: ...ady during his lifetime, and especially after his death, his exploits inspired a literary tradition in...
9: ...[Aristotle]] was Alexander's tutor; he gave Alexander a thorough training in rhetoric and literature a...
11: ...racles]] through [[Caranus]] and his mother descended from [[Aeacus]] through [[Neoptolemus]] and [[Ac... - Macau (16856 bytes)
1: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
4: {| border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="background:...
22: ...'<br>- Total ([[2004]])<br>- [[Population density|Density]]
27: <br>[[20 December]] [[1999]]
36: | '''[[List_of_country_calling_codes|Calling Code]]''' || +853 - Great Wall of China (10504 bytes)
1: ...story|nomadic tribes]] coming from areas now in modern day [[Mongolia]] and [[Manchuria]].
5: ...ut to insure that semi-nomadic people on the outside of the wall could not cross with their [[horses]]...
16: ...all of China. It remains the world's longest manmade structure.]]
18: ...e oases of the [[Silk Road]]. Jiayu Pass was intended to greet travelers along the [[Silk Road]]. Eve...
20: ...rategic value as the people who the Wall was intended to keep out were ruling the country (becoming th... - Medieval fortification (8517 bytes)
1: ...aspect of [[Medieval technology]] that covers the development of [[fortification]] construction and us...
5: ...hpost), is a [[fort]], a [[camp]] and the logical development of a [[Fortification|fortified enclosure...
9: ...ure of the walls of a medieval town or city would depend on the resources available for building them,...
11: ...e wall. The word is a [[medieval]] and later one, derived from the classical [[Latin]] ''post murum'',...
13: ...he end of the [[sixteenth century]], the word had developed further in common use, into ''pomery''. - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
11: *[[Archimedes]], (circa 287 BC-212 BC), [[Greece]]
12: *[[Manfred von Ardenne]], (1907-1997), [[Germany]]
14: ...s]],(1927 - June, 1996)of the [[Canada|Canadian]] Department of Agriculture — instant mashed po...
19: *[[Robert Baden Powell]]- scouting movement
22: ... U.S. solar inventor and developer; architectural designer. - American Civil War (47733 bytes)
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6: [[Military history of the Confederate States]]
14: |Result||Defeat of seceding CSA
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27: | width="50%" valign="top"|[[Confederate States of America]]<br />[[Image:starsnbars.p... - Barbecue (24807 bytes)
1: ...Airpork Crew barbecue team prepares [[pork]] shoulder at the [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] in May Wor...
4: ...be cooked in large brick or metal ovens specially designed for that purpose.
6: ...lling is barbecuing except when it means double-sided frying with something like a [[sandwich toaster]...
8: ...ich is frowned upon by purists in some areas. The device used for cooking barbecue can usually be used...
10: ...barbecue" restaurants, but nevertheless many consider this to be a distinct cooking process called smo... - 2006 (7939 bytes)
5: | align="center" colspan=2 | <small>'''[[Decades]]:'''</small> <br> [[1970s]] [[1980s]] [[1990s]...
11: ...nday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. It has been designated:
12: * The ''International Year of [[Deserts]] and [[Desertification]]''
14: ...Austrian composer ''Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart''.
19: ...[[January 1]] - Deadline by which the small remainder of non-metric road distance signs in the [[Repub... - Saint Peter (16028 bytes)
2: ...shop]], declaring that the office of bishop was a development of later [[Christianity]]. Furthermore,...
4: ...f Saint Peter]] in [[Vatican City]]. He is often depicted in art as holding the keys to the gates of ...
7: ...tatue.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Saint Peter is usually depicted in art holding the keys to the gates of hea...
8: ...ble or piece of rock (but can just as easily be understood to be Matthew changing the feminine "Petra"...
11: ...are no other contemporary accounts of his life or death. Before becoming a disciple of Jesus, Simon ('... - Donatello (10376 bytes)
3: ...''Donato di Niccolo Betto Bardi''') ([[1386]] - [[December 13]], [[1466]])
7: ... eventually construct the cupola of [[Santa Maria del Fiore]] in Florence, while Donatello acquired hi...
10: ...hitectural setting. In fact, so strong is this tendency that the ''Saint Mark'', when inspected at the...
13: [[Image:Davide (Donatello).jpg|right|thumb|100px|[[Donatello's D...
14: ... copied from life with all their angularities and deviations from the lines of beauty.
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