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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...e of political stablity in the region, and sometimes refered to as the "[[Switzerland]] of [[Latin Ame...
21: ...[English language|English]] and indigenous languages on the Atlantic coast)
26: | '''[[President of Costa Rica|President]]'''
30: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 125th]] <br /> [[1 E10 m2|51,100 k...
32: ...'[[Population]]'''<br /> - Total ([[2004]] [[Estimation|E]]) <br /> - [[Population density|D... - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ...led "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]].
9: ...3 million. It's Brazil's [[Second city|second-largest city]] after [[S㯠Paulo]] and used to be the co...
13: ...lorers in an expedition led by Italian [[Amerigo Vespucci]] in January of 1501. Since the Europeans th...
15: ...and an alliance was formed with nearby native tribes to defend the settlement against invaders - neigh...
17: ...ntown (Centro, see below) to southwards and then westwards, an urban movement which lasts until nowada... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...ration merged to create the familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
5: == Prehistoric times ==
7: ...tself as a cultural center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically significa...
14: ...f the ''Three Dynasties'' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 三代; [[pinyin]]: sāndài) t...
18: ... [[Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood. - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...model for him, ever actually existed: in the earliest mentions and Welsh texts he is never given the t...
5: ...nd the extent and kind of power he wielded continues to rage.
7: ... and scholars are not certain whether the "Brettones" he led were [[Britain|Britons]] or [[Armorica|Br...
9: ... surrounding the historical career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to b...
11: ...ic deity devolved into a personage (citing sometimes a supposed change of the sea-god [[Lir]] into [[L... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...d that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
3: ...hout running out of food or getting stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the...
5: ...s likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...]]. He never reached the present-day [[United States]] where "Columbus Day" ([[12 October]], the anniv...
9: ...ficial to humans, such as [[tomato]]es, [[potato]]es, [[maize]], and [[horse]]s), and the first large-... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...ending also to present-day [[India]], the [[Maldives]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Southeast Asia]] and [[China]...
4: ...'', a title or honorific at times given to the names of scholars particularly in the Islamic East, mea...
6: ...ently fictional in places, the ''Rihla'' still gives as complete an account as exists of some parts of...
8: ...ting or story-telling. The following account assumes the former where it is not obviously the latter.
11: ... Muslim world, and beyond (about 44 modern countries). - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...ction machines for manufacturing in other industries.
3: ...ut [[1850]], when technological and economic progress gained momentum with the development of steam-po...
5: ...[agriculture]] and gave up its [[nomad|nomadic lifestyle]].
9: ==Causes==
10: ...on]] of the 17th century. But one of the main causes was the invention of the steam engine. - Steel (28384 bytes)
1: :''See [[Steel (disambiguation)]] for other uses.''
3: ...ution in the alloy controls the qualities of the resulting steel. Steel with increased carbon content...
5: ...alloying materials, and carbon, if present, is undesired. A more recent definition is that steels are ...
8: ...dissolves carbon quite readily, so that smelting results in an alloy containing too much carbon to be ...
11: ...ts [[pearl]]-like appearance, or the similar but less beautiful [[bainite]]. - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
3: ...plural, although pipers most commonly talk of "pipes" and "the bagpipe".
6: ...ight|thumb|A set of Scottish Great Highland bagpipes.<br>
11: 5) Tenor drones<br>
16: ...sually consists of leather, but in more recent times many other materials, such as [[rubber]] and [[Go...
18: ...rical bores for the Musette and Scottish Small Pipes). In general, chanters with a cylindrical bore w... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
9: ...[[1677]] - The future [[Mary II of England]] marries [[William III of England|William, Prince of Orang...
12: ...ombard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: ...ublican]] [[James G. Blaine]] in a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecutive term...
22: ...d as the first woman governor in the [[United States]]. - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...he country's name derives from its [[Bantu languages|Bantu]] language, [[Kirundi]].
3: ...l size belies the magnitude of the problems it faces in seeking to bring an end to the supremacist cla...
10: ...賠([[French language|French]]: Unity, Work, Progress) |
13: official_languages = [[Kirundi language|Kirundi]] and [[French...
17: ...ader_titles = [[President of Burundi|President]] | - Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
2: ... Egypt]]. Many people also regard her as the earliest known [[queen regnant]] in history, though Quee...
4: ...Egyptology|Egyptologists]] as one of the most successful Pharaohs. She was one of the most prolific bu...
6: ...tes her reign lasted 22 years. Her name is sometimes spelled Hapshepsut, Hatchepsut or Hat-shep-set.
10: ...g relationship with her parents and assumed the prestigious title of ''god's wife of Amun'' before eit...
11: ...ir, [[Thutmose III of Egypt|Thutmose III]], by a lesser wife named Isis before his death. - Arsinoe II of Egypt (1899 bytes)
5: ...tly killed two of her sons; the third was able to escape. Arsinoe fled again, this time to [[Alexandri...
7: ...eeks. Arsinoe II shared all of her brother's titles and apparently was quite influential, having town... - Empress Wu (14478 bytes)
1: {{Chinese_Emperor_1 |
2: ...amily_name=Wu (武)|posthumous_name_full=Empress Zetian Shunsheng<sup><small><small>8</sup></smal...
8: posthumous_name_short=Empress Zetian<sup><small><small>7</sup></small></small>...
9: notes=''General note: Dates given here are in the [[Julian calendar]].<br>The...
11: ...'given to her in February [[705]] by her son the restored emperor<br>Zhongzong. The honorific name was... - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
1: [[Image:Messalinde-Jerusalem.JPG|frame|A queen accepting feal...
5: ...f Tripoli]]; and [[Ioveta of Bethany|Ioveta]], abbess of St. Lazarus in [[Bethany (Israel)|Bethany]].
9: ...yre]] wrote "reseditque reginam regni potestas penes dominam Melisendem, Deo amabilem reginam, cui jur...
11: ...nce. Baldwin raised his daughter as a capable successor to himself and Melisende enjoyed the support o...
13: ...de sole queen and to strengthen her position, he designated Melisende as guardian for the young Baldwi... - Agnes of Courtenay (6051 bytes)
1: '''Agnes of Courtenay''' (died c. [[1184]]) was the mother...
3: ...at they waited until Fulcher's death to marry. Agnes bore Amalric two children, first [[Sibylla of Jer...
5: ...d make a more advantageous diplomatic marriage. Despite the annulment, their two children were declar...
7: ...nd received a pension from that fief's income. Agnes soon thereafter married to [[Hugh of Ibelin]], to...
9: ...ella of Jerusalem|Isabella]]. There was no such questioning of Baldwin's rights. - Sibylla of Jerusalem (11497 bytes)
1: ...|Queen Melisende]] had provided an example of successful rule by a queen regnant earlier in the centur...
5: ...mother, Sibylla would later become closer with Agnes and inherit her political supporters.
9: ...he [[Ibelin]] family manoeuvered to have the princess marry one of their own.
11: ... Hamilton, it could be assumed the emperor was investing in the future good-will of the king-consort o...
13: ... intent of choosing a husband for Sibylla themselves. - Isabella of Jerusalem (7928 bytes)
5: ...umphrey's mother, [[Stephanie of Milly]], sent a message to Saladin telling him of the recent wedding ...
7: ... slave in the castle. And when Saladin received these gifts he was exceedingly delighted and gave than...
9: ...nce Isabella's father's previous marriage to [[Agnes of Courtenay]] had been annulled (though he had s...
11: ... and if Baldwin V should die, the question of succession would be adjudicated by the kings of [[Englan...
13: ...asier to resurrect that legal grounds for the succession of the now 16-year-old Isabella. - Isabella of Castile (4156 bytes)
2: ...s. This monarch is known by a variety of other names including ''Isabel I of Castile'' and ''Isabel La...
5: ...Count de Barcelos and his wife Leonor Alvim, Countess of Barcelos.
8: ...by Inez Perez, and his wife Beatriz Pereira, countess da Barcellos.
16: ...ear on a United States coin, an 1893 [[United States Commemorative Coin|commemorative]] quarter, celeb...
18: The regime of [[Francisco Franco]] claimed the prestige of the Catholic Monarchs. - Marguerite de Valois (5364 bytes)
4: ...France|Fran篩s II]], [[Charles IX of France|Charles IX]] and [[Henri III of France|Henri III]].
6: ...of Navarre, opposed the marriage, many of her nobles supported it, and the marriage was arranged. Jean...
8: ... be her husband, she did not answer; so King Charles IX, placed a hand on his sister's head, compellin...
10: ...on St Bartholomew's Day, Catherine de' Medici orchestrated the slaughter by French Catholics of thousa...
12: ...and seized power over [[Agen]], one of her appenages. After several months of fortifying the city, the...
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