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- Boston Tea Party (4518 bytes)
1: ...olitical protest by [[Boston, Massachusetts]] residents against the [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British...
2: [[Image:Boston tea party.jpg|thumb|Destruction of tea at the "Boston Tea party".]]
3: ... Harbor and throwing chests of tea overboard on [[December 18]], [[1773]]. Created/published: [[1784]]...
5: ...nd he was charged with [[smuggling]]. He was defended by [[John Adams]] and eventually the charges wer...
7: ...he usual colonial tax, thereby allowing them to undercut the prices of the colonial merchants and smug... - Republican Party (United States) (31573 bytes)
7: senateleader= [[Bill Frist]]|
8: houseleader= [[Tom DeLay]]|
10: ideology = [[Conservatism]] |
11: international = [[International Democrat Union]] |
18: ...ntatives]], as well as in governorships. In the modern political era, the GOP is the more [[conservati... - Party system (1277 bytes)
3: The party system of a state determines how many political parties in a state hav...
14: * [[List of democracy and elections-related topics]] - United States Republican Party (30737 bytes)
6: senateleader= [[Bill Frist]]|
7: houseleader= [[Tom DeLay]]|
9: ideology = [[Conservatism]] |
10: international = [[International Democrat Union]] |
17: ...ntatives]], as well as in governorships. In the modern political era, the GOP is the more [[conservati...
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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...is a [[country]] located in [[North America]], bordered by the [[United States]] to the north, and [[B...
17: national_anthem = ''[[Mexicanos, al grito de guerra]]'' |
21: government_type = [[Federal Republic]] |
22: leader_titles = [[President of Mexico|President]] |
23: leader_names = [[Vicente Fox ]] | - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval ...
9: *[[Afonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] na...
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...any were eventually assimilated into the Chinese identity. These cultural and political influences fro...
7: ...ultural center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically significant of those ...
11: ...s such as [[Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[Chin...
14: ...ished during the [[Xia Dynasty]], and that this model was perpetuated in the successor [[Shang Dynasty...
15: ...ming_tombs.jpg |thumb|left|Ming Tombs. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar... - George H. W. Bush (1569 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=George Herbert Walker Bush
4: | order=41st President
7: | preceded=[[Ronald Reagan]]
8: | succeeded=[[Bill Clinton]]
11: | dead=alive - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
2: ...sident of the United States]], and the first Presidential candidate of a major party to run on a platf...
4: ...[Image:Fremonts men marker.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Modern marker for site where two of Frémont's men wer...
5: ...to view [[Lake Tahoe]]. He is also credited with determining that the [[Great Basin]] had no outlet t...
7: ...dential]] candidate, but he lost (see [[U.S. presidential election, 1856]]) to [[James Buchanan]].
9: ...nd declared [[martial law]] in [[Missouri]]. This declaration led to a conflict with [[Abraham Lincoln... - Erik the Red (5731 bytes)
2: ...habited by the [[Dorset people]]). Born in the Jaeder district of south-west [[Norway]], he was the so...
4: ...). Gunnbjorn's accidental discovery pushed him aside in the history of Greenland and Erik the Red has ...
8: ...volved twenty-five [[ship]]s, fourteen of which made the journey successfully; of the other eleven, so...
10: ...tury]], shortly before [[Christopher Columbus]] made his fateful journey.
12: ...n converted by his wife Þjóðhildr while on his deathbed. - 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). - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...e [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
3: ...nding on one's point of view, modern China can be described as a single [[civilization]] or multiple c...
5: ...of China]] in [[1912]]; however the next four decades were marred by warlordism, the [[Second Sino-Jap...
7: ...utes on [[Chinese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
14: ...of China at the centre of her known world, surrounded by lesser tributary states. - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
1: ...0px|Temple incense near Beijing China. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
3: ... religions dot the landscape of China. The most widespread religion of China is [[Chinese traditional ...
9: ...r belief systems that developed within China include [[ancestor worship]], [[Chinese folk religion]], ...
11: ...etween the forces of heaven and earth. A central idea of the [[dynastic cycle]] was that an unjust imp...
13: Minor religions introduced from abroad include [[Islam]] and [[Christianity]]. - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
8: ...Moscow]] China Town taken by [[Russia]]n troops under command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozharski|Dmitr...
10: ...[[Kingdom of Sardinia|Sardinia]], which soon expanded to become [[Italy]].
12: ...bombard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: ... Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Grover Cleveland]] defeats [[United States Republican Party|Republican]... - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...den Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Canadian Orders.)]]
9: ...f state in the world, after King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] of Thailand.
14: ...eft|"Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover of ''Time'' in 1929, at age three.]]
15: ... of her paternal great-grandmother [[Alexandra of Denmark|Queen Alexandra]] and grandmother Queen Mary...
17: ...t the time of her birth, she was third in the [[Order of succession to the British throne|line of succ... - Theodora (6th century) (3433 bytes)
1: [[image:Theodora.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Theodora, depicted on a Byzantine mosaic]]
8: ... the [[Nika riots]] of [[532]], her advice and leadership for a strong (and militant) response caused ...
10: ...ething of a voice for prostitutes and the downtrodden. She also helped to mitigate the breach in Chris...
12: ...n to own and inherit property, and enacting the [[death penalty]] for [[rape]], all of which raised wo...
14: ... [[Italy]], which was completed a year before her death. - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
1: ...al, possibly Melisende herself, from the [[Melisende Psalter]]]]
3: '''Melisende''' ([[1105]] - [[September 11]], [[1161]]) was [[...
5: ... was named after her paternal grandmother, Melisende of Montlhery, wife of Hugh I, [[Count of Rethel]]...
9: ...reginam, cui jure hereditario competebat." Melisende was no mere regent-queen (for her son Baldwin III...
11: ...hter as a capable successor to himself and Melisende enjoyed the support of the ''[[Haute Cour of Jeru... - Agnes of Courtenay (6051 bytes)
3: ...]], and it seems that they waited until Fulcher's death to marry. Agnes bore Amalric two children, fir...
5: .... Despite the annulment, their two children were declared legitimate.
7: Amalric ascended the throne after the marriage was annulled. Agne...
11: ...s to maintain her own household, which later included several nobles as clients, such as [[Amalric II ...
13: ...s an opponent of Raymond III of Tripoli she persuaded Baldwin IV not to allow him to enter the kingdom... - Isabella of Jerusalem (7928 bytes)
5: ...V of Toron]] in [[1183]] (the contract had been made several years earlier, as a sort of thanks to Hum...
7: ... pointed out to him. Thereupon Saladin gave out orders throughout his army that no attack should be di...
9: ...er Sibylla's position for the entire period. In order to prepare for the future after Baldwin IV, Isab...
11: ...s settlement, both Sibylla and Isabella were considered equally entitled to succeed.
13: ...ion. Now, that both Baldwin IV and Baldwin V were dead, it was easier to resurrect that legal grounds ... - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
1: ...horoscope_catherine_de_medici.jpg|thumb|Catherine de' Medici]]
3: ...r lived in [[France]] under the name '''Catherine de M餩cis''', was Queen of France as the wife of Ki...
5: ...t [[Marseilles]], to the duke of Orl顮s, whose elder brother was alive at the time, but who would bec...
11: ...il 1]], [[1560]] she named as chancellor [[Michel de l'H?al]], who advocated a policy of conciliation.
13: ...upport was the [[corset]], with laces and stays made of whalebone or metal. They forcefully shrank wom... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...of Scots,''' was the ruler of [[Scotland]] from [[December 14]], [[1542]] – [[July 24]], [[1567]...
9: ...[[1516]] – [[1558]]), and whose reign coincided with that of Mary, Queen of Scots.
12: ...ames V of Scotland]] and his French wife, [[Marie de Guise]].
15: ...es of the royal house had gone extinct before the death of Mary's father.
17: ...Stuart during her time in France, and she and her descendants stuck with it.) - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
2: ...''' (born [[January 12]], [[1951]] in [[Cape Girardeau, Missouri]]) is an [[United States|American]] [...
6: ... a [[judge]] whose wealth and power gave him considerable influence in Southeastern [[Missouri]], had ...
8: ...dropout|dropped out]]. This would have normally made him eligible for the [[draft]], but he was classi...
10: ... claim is now a reality as Limbaugh does use a golden microphone on ''The Rush Limbaugh Show''.)
18: ...tes|Vice President]] [[Dick Cheney]] or even President George W. Bush. - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
1: ...age:DiderotVanLoo.jpg|thumb|right|''Portrait of Diderot'' by [[Louis-Michel van Loo]], 1767]]
3: '''Denis Diderot''' ([[October 5]], [[1713]] – [[July 31]...
5: ...n which many an article and sermon about consumer desire have been based.
7: ...s]]. In 1743 he married Anne Toinette Champion, a devout [[Roman Catholic]]. He had affairs with the w...
10: - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: ...monarch of the [[House of Stuart]]; she was succeeded by a distant cousin, [[George I of Great Britain...
10: ... crippling the Scottish economy by restricting trade) were used to ensure that Scotland would co-opera...
12: Anne's reign was marked by the development of the two-party system. Anne personally...
15: ...rom France in [[1670]]. In about [[1673]], Anne made the acquaintance of Sarah Jennings, who would bec...
17: ...nued to send her Catholic books and essays, but made no serious attempt to effect a conversion.
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