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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 ]] | - Lighthouse of Alexandria (3491 bytes)
1: ...it resided), was considered one of the [[Seven Wonders of the World]].
3: ... BC and remained operational until it was largely destroyed by two [[earthquake]]s in the 14th century...
5: ...e Pharos of Alexandria, an ancient lighthouse, is depicted in this hand-coloured engraving by Martin H...
7: ...s built of blocks of white stone. The tower was made up of three stages, a lower square with a central...
9: ...ver, this is highly unlikely due to the lack of modern optics and reflective technology in the time pe... - Persepolis (15450 bytes)
6: ...eyond dispute at least since the time of [[Pietro della Valle]].
8: ...nd one of those at ''Nakshi Rustam'' is expressly declared in its inscription to be the tomb of [[Dari...
12: ...ngs buried at ''Nakshi Rustam'' are probably, besides Darius, [[Xerxes I]], [[Artaxerxes I]] and [[Dar...
18: ...he city until it was taken and plundered by Alexander the Great.
20: ...es of having been destroyed by fire. The locality described by Diodorus after [[Cleitarchus]] correspo... - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: '''Jacques Cartier''' ([[December 31]], [[1491]] – [[September 1]] [[15...
5: ...d his social status in 1520 by marrying Catherine des Granches, member of a leading ship-owning family...
9: ...ere victims of an epidemic ashore, he may be considered one of the most conscientious explorers of the...
13:
17: ... The site of their arrival has been confidently identified as the beginning of the Sainte-Marie sault... - 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). - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...t of all-metal machine tools in the first two decades of the nineteenth century enabled the manufactur...
3: ...wth of the [[internal combustion engine]] and the development of [[Electric power|electrical power gen...
5: ...red to the [[Neolithic revolution]], when mankind developed [[agriculture]] and gave up its [[nomad|no...
10: ...he accompanying development of international [[trade]], creation of [[financial market]]s and accumula...
12: ...h often imposed tolls and [[tariff]]s on goods traded among them. - Ionic order (6526 bytes)
1: ...avid LeRoy, ''Les ruines plus beaux des monuments de la Grèce'' Paris, 1758 (Plate XX)]]
2: ...variant of Corinthian, the [[Composite order]], added by 16th century Italian architectural theory and...
4: ...le of Artemis]] at Ephesus, one of the [[Seven Wonders of the World]].
6: ...e so much the standard, that when a Greek Ionic order was eventually reintroduced, in the later [[18th...
8: Below the volutes, the Ionic column may have a wide collar or banding separating the capital from the... - Ancient Greek theatre (7531 bytes)
7: ...impossible to know for sure how fertility rituals developed into tragedy and comedy.
9: ...tors and commentators. Thespis is therefore considered the first Greek "[[actor]]."
11: == Golden Age ==
13: ...ddition, the subject matter of the plays had expanded so that rather than just Dionysus, they treated ...
15: ...lso during this period, Greek theatre spread outside of Athens. Athens' Dionysia remained the most im... - 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... - 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. - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...al monarch of the [[Tudor dynasty]], having succeeded her half-sister, [[Mary I of England|Mary I]]. S...
9: ...]. Elizabeth was a short-tempered and sometimes indecisive ruler. This last quality, viewed with impat...
11: The reign was marked by prudence in the granting of [[British honours system|ho...
16: ...on after [[Edward VI of England|Prince Edward]] under the [[English Act of Succession|Act of Successio...
18: ...daughter's spiritual welfare to Parker before her death. Later, Parker would become the first Archbish... - 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. - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...7]], and Empress of India from [[1876]] until her death. Her reign lasted more than sixty-three years ...
12: ...ged from their wives) and father children to provide an heir for the king. At the age of fifty the Duk...
16: ...Regent during the queen's minority. Ignoring precedent, Parliament did not create a council to limit t...
18: ...an prince) and out of a sense of duty (his family desired the match). Whatever Albert's original reaso...
20: ...h II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s descendants a separate family surname, [[Mountbatten... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
5: dead=dead |
8: date_of_death=[[31 August]], [[1997]] |
9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
11: ...t always called '''Princess Diana''' by the media despite never having had the right to that title, as...
13: ... [[charity]] work, the Princess's philanthropic endeavours were overshadowed by a [[scandal]]-plagued ... - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
3: ... a member of the [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic Party]].
7: ... predominantly Irish neighbourhood on the south side of Indianapolis. Her father, Paul, served as coun...
9: ...e, Washington|Mountlake Terrace]] because it reminded her of Indianapolis. She led a successful campai...
13: ...anagement Act of 1990]], which required cities to develop comprehensive growth plans, and she negotiat...
15: ...e to narrowly defeat her in the Republican landslide year of [[1994]]. - Alexandra Kollontai (3203 bytes)
1: ...ne of the very few "[[Old Bolshevik]]s" to escape death during the [[Great Purge]]s of the [[1930s]].
5: ...Vladimir Lenin]] in [[1903]], Kollontai did not side with either faction. However, she came to dislik...
7: ... known for founding the [[Zhenodtel]] or "Women's Department" in [[1919]]. This organization worked to...
11: ... Kollontai was more or less totally politically sidelined.
13: ... [[Sweden]]. She was also a member of the Soviet delegation to the [[League of Nations]]. She died i... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
6: |'''Order'''
12: |'''Predecessor'''
27: ...[Colin Powell]]), and the second woman (after [[Madeleine Albright]]) to serve in that post.
34: ...icle for the ''[[New Yorker]]'', Nicholas Lemann, dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at [[Colum...
35: ...d an administrative position at the University of Denver. Her name is a variation on the [[Italian]] m... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
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25: |[[Order of the Garter|Order of the Garter]]<br>Life Barony
27: ... Kesteven" -->''', [[Order of the Garter|LG]] [[Order of Merit|OM]] [[Privy Council|PC]] [[Royal Socie...
29: ...he Conservative leadership in [[1975]]. She was undefeated at the polls, winning the [[United Kingdom ... - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
1: [[Image:MargaretSanger-Underwood.LOC.jpg|thumb|Margaret Sanger.]]
5: ...ew York|Corning]], [[New York]]. Her mother was a devout [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] who ...
7: ...he dissemination of contraceptive information and devices.
9: ...first of its kind in the United States. It was raided by the police and Sanger was arrested for violat...
11: ...ulius]] "[[Little Blue Books]]." It not only provided basic information about such topics as [[menstru...
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