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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...ample of political stablity in the region, and sometimes refered to as the "[[Switzerland]] of [[Latin...
13: ...r" width="140px" | ([[Coat of Arms of Costa Rica|Detail]])
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61: ...] were part of the [[Intermediate Area]] located between the [[Mesoamerican]] and [[Andean]] cultural ...
71: ...pg|thumb|left|140px|<i>Rich Coast:</i> fishermen set sail near Quepos, on the Pacific coast.]]Costa Ri... - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
9: ...n area of 1256 km? (485 sq. miles). The larger [[metropolitan area]] population is estimated at 10-13 ...
15: ...s formed with nearby native tribes to defend the settlement against invaders - neighbor [[Niter, f...
17: The exact place of Rio's foundation is at the feet of now world famous Sugar Loaf mountain (P㯭de-A...
23: ...Rio de Janeiro as the capital of his new empire, yet the city region was losing importance - economic ...
25: ...ital. Though many thought it was [[campaign]] [[rhetoric]], Kubitschek managed to have [[Bras�a]] bu... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ...the Americas, they inaugurated permanent contact between the New and Old Worlds.
5: ... third voyage). However, there is one thing that sets off Columbus' first voyage from all of these: le...
21: ...ni Pellegrino, and Giacomo, and a sister, Bianchinetta.
29: ...portunity to sail into the Atlantic Ocean. The fleet came under attack by [[French privateers]] off th...
31: ...maker in Lisbon. At times, the brothers worked together as [[draftsmen]] and book collectors. - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...,700 km). This journeying covered almost the entirety of the known Islamic world, extending also to pr...
4: ...bn Batuda''' or '''ibn Battutah'''. He is also sometimes known by the appellation '''Shams ad-Din''', ...
6: ...onal in places, the ''Rihla'' still gives as complete an account as exists of some parts of the world ...
8: ...ful, but in many others there is no way to know whether he is reporting or story-telling. The followin...
10: ==The Hajj (with detours)== - November 4 (10686 bytes)
15: ...tains the allegiance of a large majority of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving the way for him to be c...
16: ...d|tube]] railway opens between [[King William Street]] and [[Stockwell tube station|Stockwell]].
17: *[[1899]] - [[Sigmund Freud]]'s ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'' is published.
25: ...[Erwin Rommel]] leads his forces on a five-month retreat.
28: * [[1956]] - [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] troops invade [[Hungary]] to crush the [[Hungar... - Burundi (13403 bytes)
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58: ...mitien Ndayizeye]] replaced Buyoya as President. Yet the most extreme Hutu group, Palipehutu-FNL (comm...
60: ...r way, amid fears that the FNL will demand a blanket amnesty in exchange for laying down their armss. - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
31: ...n the world, after British Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]].
33: ...A., LL.B.) and studied towards a doctorate in Soviet Government at the [[London School of Economics]].
45: ...rom a relatively unknown [[Cabinet of Canada|cabinet member]] to [[Prime Minister of Canada]] came as ...
47: ...h the same attitudes and positions of her widely detested predecessor epitomised in the activist chant...
49: ...da|Liberal]] leader [[Jean Chr鴩en]]'s [[1993 Chretien ad|facial paralysis was mocked]] was largely r... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
8: ...en up. Some of its members managed to meet in secret; Rosa joined one of these groups.
10: .... After fleeing to [[Switzerland]] from imminent detention in [[1889]], she attended [[Zurich Universi...
14: ...ndent Poland. Luxemburg denied the right of self-determination for nations under [[socialism]], which ...
16: ... life, Luxemburg was to remain the principal theoretician of the Polish Social Democrats, and led the ...
19: ...y changes in the whole environment of production methods occurred. She wanted the Revisionists to leav... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
6: ...nger sister, Muriel. This time that they spent together sheltered Amelia from her father and his [[alc...
8: ...employed as a social worker in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. During this time, she was able to keep up wi...
10: ...hen the crew returned to the States, they were greeted with a ticker-tape parade in New York and a rec...
14: ...d the Gold Medal of the [[National Geographic Society]] from President [[Herbert Hoover]].
20: ... 22,000 miles (35,000 km) of the journey was completed. The remaining 7,000 miles (11,000 km) would al... - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
4: ...n [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], though she never completed a degree. There, she began singing blues and [[...
6: ...crease, and she acquired a reputation as a "[[Amphetamine|speed]] freak" and occasional [[heroin]] use...
8: After a return to Port Arthur to recuperate, she again moved ...
10: ...' featured more raw emotional performances and together with the Monterey performance, it made Joplin ...
14: ... capella'' "[[Mercedes-Benz]]", written by beat poet [[Michael McClure]]. - Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
1: ...ht|Babe Didrikson in the 1932 Olympic javelin competition]]
3: ...eved her greatest successes in [[golf]] and [[athletics]]. She was born Mildred Didriksen (her surname...
5: She first became known as an athlete, competing in the [[1932 Summer Olympics]] in [[Los Angel...
11: ...managed two wins which were her final ones in competitive golf. Cancer took its toll and Zaharias died...
13: ...ranked woman on [[ESPN]]'s list of the 50 top athletes of the 20th century. - Pottery (17136 bytes)
2: ...' is a form of [[ceramic]] [[technology]], where wet [[clay]]s are shaped and dried, then fired to har...
4: ... [[ceramics]], where the glaze and body fuse completely, are generally referred to as "products of cer...
16: ... to create one-of-a-kind works of [[art]]. These methods are often referred to as "handbuilding".
19: ... process of pressuring the clay into a radial symmetry, so that it does not move from side to side as ...
21: ...owed to dry to the leather-hard state then it is returned to the potter's wheel, usually with the rim ... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
2: ...tan areas by population|thirteenth most populous metropolitan area]] in the world. Cairo is located at...
6: ...t Mars during the foundation of the city. The planet Mars, asssociated with destruction was called "Al...
28: ...rt]], built about [[150|AD 150]], built near the settlement known as [[Babylon-in-Egypt]], which lay c...
32: ... the city Al-Qahirah after the planet [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] which was rising on the day the city was ...
38: ...in [[1517]], but the ruling [[Mameluks]] quickly returned to power as nominal vassals to the Ottoman S... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
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67: ... god [[Ptah]] at [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]]. For details see the article ''[[Copt]]''.
69: ...nnia. The last native dynasty, known as the Thirtieth Dynasty, fell to the [[Iran|Persia]]ns in [[341 ...
73: Following the completion of the [[Suez Canal]] in [[1869]], Egypt becam... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
18: ...ist of people known as the father or mother of something|Father of the]] [[United States Constitution]...
21: ...[[1769]], he left the plantation to attend [[Princeton University]] (it was called the ''College of Ne...
35: ...Congress; in [[1801]] he became Jefferson's [[Secretary of State]].
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59: ...ign="left"|[[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]]||align="left"|'''[[Robert Smith (U.... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
25: ...come to the [[New World]] in [[1631]] from the [[Netherlands]]. Martin's father was Abraham van Buren ...
27: ...ity|New York]], where he studied under [[William Peter van Ness]] ([[1778]]-[[1826]]), an eminent lawy...
33: ... Jackson|Jackson's]] [[United States Cabinet|cabinet]] in [[1829]].
39: ...suffrage]]. His course in the Senate was not altogether consistent, though in this respect he is not t...
43: ...rmation as [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] notwithstanding the "corrupt bargai... - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
20: ...nged pants several times a day. He was called "Chet" by family and friends. Interestingly, Chester A...
33: ...ed it with more employees than it really needed, retaining some for their loyalty as party workers rat...
37: ...[[United States Republican Party|Republican]] ticket with President [[James Garfield]] for the term be...
40: ...he indignation of the Stalwart Republicans, the onetime Collector of the Port of New York became, as P...
42: ... Government positions obtainable only through competitive written examinations. The system protected e... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...pic mouth of the [[Nile]] (now dry) was 19 [[kilometre|km]] (12 [[mile]]s) east, near the ancient city...
19: ...in particular [[Aristander of Telmessus]], interpreted this as an omen that the city would prosper, pa...
21: ...with exact knowledge of their appearance, erects metal effigies on the beach which succeed in frighten...
23: ...e five native villages scattered along the strip between Lake Mareotis and the sea, according to a his...
25: ...ion, Alexander left Egypt for the East and never returned to his city. His general, Ptolemy (later [[P... - Australia (39438 bytes)
14: ...ames = [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]]<br>[[Michael Jeffery]]<br>[[John Howard]]|
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48: ... Great Britain|British]] in 1770, and officially settled as a British colony on [[January 26]], [[1788...
50: ...bited island]], [[Boigu Island]], is about 5 kilometres from Papua New Guinea. This has led to a compl... - Land bridge (3351 bytes)
12: * There was a land bridge between the [[British Isles]] and the continental [[E...
13: ...hina]]. At the time, the [[Yellow Sea]] was completely land, and the [[Sea of Japan]] was a large lak...
14: ... became a large lake and eventually dried up completely.
15: * There were land bridges between [[Malay Peninsula]] and [[Indonesia]]. The c...
16: * There were land bridges between [[New Guinea]], [[Australia]], and [[Tasmania...
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