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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...[Spanish language|Spanish]]-speaking country in the world.
10: native_name = Estados Unidos Mexicanos |
11: common_name = Mexico |
12: image_flag = Mexico flag large.png |
13: image_coat = Mexico CoA.png | - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...te the familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
5: == Prehistoric times ==
7: ...ded; the most archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
9: == Into the Bronze Age ==
11: ...i]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[China]]. - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ... could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
2: ...hristopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
3: ..., they inaugurated permanent contact between the New and Old Worlds.
5: ...s likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...y of Columbus' landing in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]]. - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
1: ...david_livingstone.jpg|thumb|right|David Livingstone]]
3: ...he popular quotation, "''Dr. Livingstone, I presume.''"
5: ==Early life==
6: ...e [[London Missionary Society]], becoming a minister.
8: ...ash; but returned to [[England]] with their children. - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
1: [[Image:IbnBattuta.jpg|thumb|250px|Ibn Battuta (1304-1377...
2: ...g that of his prior, near-contemporary and traveller [[Marco Polo]].
4: ...-Din Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Muhammed ibn Ibrahim Ibn Battuta al-Lawati al-Tanji'''.
6: ... exists of some parts of the world in the [[14th century]].
8: ...umes the former where it is not obviously the latter. - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...ction machines for manufacturing in other industries.
3: ...velopment of [[Electric power|electrical power generation]].
5: ...culture]] and gave up its [[nomad|nomadic lifestyle]].
7: ...guste Blanqui]] in the second half of the [[19th century]].
9: ==Causes== - Steel (28384 bytes)
1: :''See [[Steel (disambiguation)]] for other uses.''
2: [[Image:Steel framework.jpg|thumb|300px|Steel framework]]
3: ...ly, alloys with higher carbon content than this are known as [[cast iron|iron]].
5: ... (physics)|plastically]] formed (pounded, rolled, etc.).
7: ==Iron and steel== - Puritan (15882 bytes)
1: ...nts]] which developed in [[England]] after the [[Reformation]].
3: ==Terminology==
4: ...ist]]": Puritanism was a movement rather than a denomination.
5: ...or movements, and not by the simple and nebulous term "Puritan."
8: ...towards Elizabeth's religious [[via media]] (middle way). - May (3270 bytes)
1: {{MayCalendar}}
3: ...dar]] and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 [[day]]s.
5: ...e constellation of [[Aries]] and ends in the constellation of [[Taurus]].
7: ...] of fertility, [[Bona Dea]], whose festival was held in May.
9: ...ese custom that all [[schoolyear]]s and [[fiscal year]]s start on [[April]] 1st. - Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
1: ...x|Carved sphinx with face of Hatshepsut, Cairo Museum]]
2: ...n, Nitocris may have also ruled and taken the title.
4: ...pation of Egypt during the [[Second Intermediate Period]].
6: ...times spelled Hapshepsut, Hatchepsut or Hat-shep-set.
10: ...se II]] and assumed the title of ''Great Royal Wife''. - Kom Ombo (811 bytes)
1: ...ame with the erection of the temple in the [[2nd century BC]].
3: ... cane]] and [[cereal|corn]] account for most of the agricultural industry.
5: ...d from their land upon the creation of [[Lake Nasser]].
7: == See also ==
8: *[[Temple of Kom Ombo]] - Sibylla of Jerusalem (11497 bytes)
1: ...uccessful rule by a queen regnant earlier in the century.
5: ...loser with Agnes and inherit her political supporters.
7: ...asty, Sibylla named her son [[Baldwin V of Jerusalem|Baldwin]].
9: ...y manoeuvered to have the princess marry one of their own.
11: ...mperor was investing in the future good-will of the king-consort of Sibylla. - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
1: ...NOROFAQUITAINE.jpg|right|frame|Eleanor of Aquitaine]]
3: ... of both [[France]] and [[England]] in her lifetime.
6: ...El顮or'' in the northern ''langue d'oil'' and in English.
8: ...n [[France]], when her brother, William Aigret, died as a baby.
10: ...s VI]] had died, and Eleanor became Queen of France. - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: ...'Elizabeth I''' <br><small>Queen of England and Ireland</small>]]
5: {{House of Tudor}}
7: ... a period of great religious turmoil in [[England|English]] history.
9: ...ty College, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[British East India Company]] ([[1600]]).
11: ... from thirty-nine to nineteen, and later to fourteen. - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
3: ...''Anne''' <br><small>Queen of Great Britain and Ireland</small>]]
6: {{House of Stuart}}
8: ... Great Britain|George I]], of the [[House of Hanover]].
10: ... into Great Britain) was a product of subsequent negotiations.
12: ...he English armies in the [[War of the Spanish Succession]]. - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
1: ...an. She has been the [[President of Finland]] since 2000.
3: ... [[Pentti Araj䲶i]], after she was elected president.
5: ...humb|right|250px|President Tarja Halonen on a state visit to Brazil]]
6: ==Highlights of political career==
7: *Member of the [[Finland's Social Democratic Party]] [[1971]]–[[2000]] - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
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2: |+ style="font-size:larger;"|
4: ... Rice.jpg|200px|Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice-Bush]]
6: |'''Order'''
7: |66th Secretary of State - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
1: ..." align="right" style="margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; clear: right" class="toccolours"
2: ...font-size:larger" | '''The Rt Hon. Margaret Thatcher'''
3: ...efefef;" align="center" colspan="2"|[[Image:thatcher.jpg]]
5: |'''Period in Office:'''
7: – [[28 November]] [[1990]] - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
1: [[Image:Rosalind Franklin.jpg|180px|thumb|right|Rosalind ...
2: ...e fine structures of [[coal]], [[DNA]] and [[viruses]].
5: ...tle Jewish refugees from Europe who had escaped the ''Nazis''.
7: ==Cambridge and early career 1938-1950==
8: ...octoral degree in physical chemistry that she earned in 1945. - Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
1: ...t|Lucinda Williams on the cover of her album ''Sweet Old World'']]
2: ...ed "America's best songwriter" by ''Time'' magazine in 2002.
4: ...ughter showed an affinity for music at an early age, and was playing guitar at 12.
6: ... her own material. Neither album received much attention.
8: ... including [[Tom Petty]], who would later cover the song.
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