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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
65: The native people of the [[Mayans]] and [[Aztecs]] were conquere...
95: ==Geography==
96: ''Main article: [[Geography of Costa Rica]]''
109: ...With their high level of educated residents, they make an attractive investing location. Several global...
129: ...y friendly, laid back, and environmentally aware people. The phrase that you will hear many Tico's sa... - Periodic table (7298 bytes)
82: ... elements out of strict mass sequence in order to make a better match to the properties of their neighbo... - Mesopotamia (2719 bytes)
6: ...[Assyria|Assyrians]] and the [[Persian Empire]]. Peoples who threatened or invaded these lands include...
8: ...ements and cultures which were among the first to make use of [[agriculture]].
10: * [[Neolithic]] settlements e.g., [[Jarmo]], [[Tell Abu H... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ...hington Irving]]. Contrary to this belief, most people at that time accepted that the earth was round...
5: ...s of expeditions to the Americas by a variety of peoples throughout time; see '''[[Pre-Columbian trans...
11: ...ns, if not hundreds, of millions of [[indigenous people]]s, exploitation of the Americas by Europe, an...
21: ...e younger brothers, [[Bartolomeo Columbus|Bartolomeo]], Giovanni Pellegrino, and Giacomo, and a sister...
25: ... studied [[cartography]] with his brother Bartolomeo. Christopher received almost no formal education;... - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
6: ...Scotland]] and first studied [[medicine]] and [[theology]] at the [[University of Glasgow]]. While wo...
8: ...huanaland]] (now [[Botswana]]), but was unable to make inroads into [[South Africa]] because of [[Boer]]...
12: ...). Livingstone was one of the first Westerners to make a transcontinental journey across Africa. The pur...
19: ...one's brother Charles (the one exception being [[George Rae]], an engineer) either died, resigned, or ... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
25: ...jor stop was [[Aden]], where his intention was to make his fortune as a trader of the goods that flowed ...
32: ...he Black Sea, Ibn Battuta landed in Caffa (now [[Feodosiya]]), in the Crimea, and entered the lands of...
93: [[Category:Geographers|Ibn Battuta]]
99: [[eo:Ibn Batuta]] - Middle Colonies (4101 bytes)
3: ...t their homes. Many streets were paved, and many people had their shops and homes in the same building...
5: ...en mixed with spices, milk, and sugar which many people thought improved the taste.
7: ...ets, and moccasins. Forest products were used to make a dye. Yellow came from butternut tree bark; red ...
9: ...s, and many other professions. A number of other people worked at industries related to [[metal]]: [[...
11: ...few schools in the frontier. By adulthood, most people on the frontier had received less schooling th... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
3: ...ly [[1760]]-[[1830]], in effect, the reigns of [[George III]], The [[Regency]], and part of [[William ...
5: ...ty]] was enormous and is often compared to the [[Neolithic revolution]], when mankind developed [[agri...
14: ...d to produce more goods to meet the needs of the people.
16: From 1430, people in Europe discovered sea routes to Asia and Am...
22: ...d order, and set their minds into manufacturing. People earned a lot of money form the slave trade, so... - Steel (28384 bytes)
11: Even in the narrow range of concentrations that make up steel, mixtures of carbon and iron can form in...
21: ...hand [[sulfur]], [[nitrogen]], and [[phosphorus]] make steel more brittle, so these commonly found eleme...
26: ...n recovered from meteorite falls allowed ancient peoples to manufacture small numbers of iron artifact...
28: ...obert Peary]] shipped the largest piece of the meteorite to the [[American Museum of Natural History]]...
32: ...g|smelted]] iron objects (distinguishable from meteoric iron by their lack of [[nickel]]) appear in [... - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
47: ...e GHB, sometimes called "light music" (Gaelic '''Ceol Beag'''), includes marches (2/4, 4/4, 6/8, 3/4, ...
53: ... at the end of the chanter bore, which supposedly makes it easier to close the pipe completely with the ...
79: ...rmer popularity. Bagpipe makers in Pakistan still make the chanters.
103: ...sually played by the [[Laz]] and [[Hemşin]] people. - China (38909 bytes)
7: ...hinese Civil War]] in [[1949]] established the [[People's Republic of China]] (PRC) in [[1949]] which ...
25: ...g]]. The term ''Zhongguo'' came to be related to geographic, cultural and political identity and less ...
27: ...en'' (中國人), or ''Zhongguo'' people. Their disparate histories are collectively th...
30: The most commonly accepted theory as to the origin of the [[English language|Engl...
34: ...ntexts, "China" is commonly used to refer to the People's Republic of China or mainland China, while "... - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
7: ...in multiple belief systems. It is possible for someone to claim to be a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] while li...
9: ...nese astrology|astrology]], [[Feng Shui]], and [[geomancy]].
11: ...was not believed to be a [[deity]], but rather someone who mediated between the forces of heaven and e...
35: ...ui]], the [[Uyghur]]s, and the [[Kazakh]]s. These make up majorities in [[Ningxia]] and [[Xinjiang]] [[A...
46: ...nd astronomy. One of these missionaries was [[Matteo Ricci]]. - Raccoon (4751 bytes)
16: ...s may be albino. The characteristic eye colorings make the animal look like it is wearing a "bandit's ma...
24: ...accoons were aggressively trapped for their fur. People such as [[Daniel Boone]] and [[Davy Crockett]]...
27: ... breeders or orphan raccoons raised by humans may make suitable pets; however, raccoons are not [[domest... - Cleopatra VII of Egypt (8634 bytes)
3: [[Image:ac.cleopatra.jpg|thumb|Cleopatra]]
4: ... "Cleopatra Thea Philopator" means "the Goddess Cleopatra, Beloved of Her Father."
6: ...med predecessors having been largely forgotten. Cleopatra was never in fact the sole ruler of Egypt; s...
9: Cleopatra VII was Greek and born in [[Alexandria]], Eg...
10: [[Image:The-cleopatra2.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Image provided by [htt... - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
9: ...reginam regni potestas penes dominam Melisendem, Deo amabilem reginam, cui jure hereditario competebat...
13: ...]. As an indication of Baldwin II's intentions to make Melisende sole queen and to strengthen her positi...
25: ...reginam regni potestas penes dominam Melisendem, Deo amabilem reginam, cui jure hereditario competebat...
65: ...'Uppity Women of the Medieval Times''", by Vicki Leon. Conari Press, 1997 - Agnes of Courtenay (6051 bytes)
5: ...councillors believed he could make a more advantageous diplomatic marriage. Despite the annulment, th...
7: ...her marriage with Amalric. Meanwhile, Amalric did make a more advantagous marriage to [[Maria Comnena]],...
20: ...or]], and [[Yolanda of Flanders]]. She married [[Geoffrey II Villhardouin]], [[Principality of Achaea|... - Sibylla of Jerusalem (11497 bytes)
27: ...lla was undisputed sovereign, as Isabella did not make an overt claim.
41: ...d Crusade]] against Muslim-held Acre, desiring to make that town the seat of kingdom. Guy besieged the t... - Yolanda of Flanders (2422 bytes)
3: ...essor states, and was able to make peace with [[Theodore I Lascaris]] of the [[Empire of Nicaea]], who...
18: * Marie, who married [[Theodore I Lascaris]] of the [[Empire of Nicaea]]
19: * Agnes, who married [[Geoffrey II de Villehardouin]], [[Principality of Ach... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
1: :''For other people with this name, see [[Mary Tudor]]''
13: ...nd bad [[headache]]s. Her poor health has been theorised by some authors to be from congenital [[syph...
19: ...e marriage of the Princess Mary's parents was in jeopardy. Queen Catherine had failed to provide Henr...
51: ...ious pamphlets of Protestant origin inflamed the people with hatred against the Spaniards. But perhap...
58: ...s Palace]] on [[17 November]] 1558. It has been theorised that an ovarian [[cyst]] prevented her from ... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
31: ...iance with France. Fearing an uprising among the people, the [[Scottish Parliament]] broke off the tre...
49: ...Scotland]] of the time. Religion had divided the people, and Mary's illegitimate brother, [[James Stew...
53: ...dom of having crossed Elizabeth, and attempted to make up the breach by inviting her to visit Scotland. ...
55: ...bassador to tell Mary that, if she would marry someone (as yet unnamed) of Elizabeth's choosing, Eliza...
81: ...le]] and [[Sheffield Manor]] in the custody of [[George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury]] and his redou...
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