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- Printing press (12986 bytes)
1: ...of a [[text]] on rectangular sheets of [[paper]]. First invented in [[China]] in [[1041]], the printin...
4: ...ostly used to print [[Bible]]s. Because of the difficulties inherent in carving massive quantities of ...
6: ...o used Chinese characters in literature), the benefit of the technique is not as apparent as with alph...
8: ...ake the text. Gutenberg is also credited with the first use of an oil-based [[ink]], and using "rag" [...
12: ...r day. Books produced in this period, between the first work of Johann Gutenberg and the year 1500, ar... - Andorra (11532 bytes)
18: | '''[[Official language]]''': || [[Catalan language|Catalan]...
69: ...harter to the Andorran people in return for their fighting the [[Moors]]. Overlordship over the territ...
81: ...oroughly modernized in 1993, the year in which it finally became a member of the United Nations.
87: ..., [[legislative]], and [[judicial]] branches. Ratified and approved in 1993, the [[Constitution of And...
101: Befitting its location in the eastern [[Pyrenees]] mou... - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ...idely spoken outside of the country, and is the official language of nearly all [[Central America|Cent...
14: official_languages = [[Spanish language|Spanish]]<sup>...
37: sovereignty_type = [[Reconquista|Unification]] |
48: ...], the [[Aranese]] dialect of [[Occitan]] is co-official<br><sup>2</sup> Prior to [[1999]]: [[peseta|S...
62: ...ᤩz]]) near Tartessos. In the 8th century BC the first Greek colonies, such as Emporion (modern [[Emp... - Religion (72319 bytes)
1: ...h such belief. In its broadest sense some have defined it as the sum total of answers given to explai...
5: [[image:FishersOfMen.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Fishers of men; Oil on panel by [[Adriaen van de Ve...
10: ...from one of two combinations of Latin roots. The first is ''re + legio'' or "re-reading," a meaning a...
12: ===Defining "religion"===
15: Beyond the above, very broad definition of religion, there are a variety of uses an... - Trajan (7787 bytes)
3: ... '''Trajan''', was the second of the so-called "[[five good emperors]]" of the [[Roman Empire]]. Under...
5: ...province of [[Hispania Baetica]] in what is now [[Andalusia]]. Trajan himself was just one of many well-known...
9: ...Trajan succeeded without incident, making him the first non-[[Italy|Italian]] Roman to become Emperor.
11: ...enate]] eventually bestowed upon Trajan the honorific of ''optimus'', meaning "the best".
15: ... of the Danube to join him. Trajan again took the field, with his engineers building a [[Trajan's brid... - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
2: ...European]] to sail the [[Pacific Ocean]], and the first to lead an expedition for the purpose of [[cir...
9: ...ong the way. It was here that Magellan would also first experience battle: when a local king refused t...
13: ... [[1513]]) and received a severe knee wound while fighting against the Moorish-Moroccan stronghold. Al...
20: ... help of Juan de Aranda, one of the three chief officials of Seville's India House, and of other frien...
22: ...thought to be the [[Rio de la Plata]], to the Pacific Ocean, forming a large bay-like [[river delta]].... - Quran (41479 bytes)
14: ... say that they were created after Muhammad. Only five [[pre-Islamic Arabic inscriptions]] survive.)
16: ...cographers came to seek out Bedouin to explain difficult words or elucidate points of grammar. Partly...
18: ... "The Qur'an." The title must always include a defining adjective (avoiding conceivable confusion wit...
28: ...ch with [[metre]] and [[rhyme]]) nor [[prose]] (defined as normal speech or rhymed but non-metrical sp...
38: ...ive a less loose example, the whole of surat [[al-Fil]]: - Atlantis (41399 bytes)
2: ...ence and location have never been confirmed. The first mentions we have are from the [[classical Gree...
12: ...e island of Atlantis. Atlantis might be a work of fiction, yet an extended [[parable]] intended to ill...
14: ...n the centre of the island at a distance of about fifty [[Ancient_weights_and_measures#Length_4|stadia...
17: ...tinent beyond the islands, in order to offer sacrifice to the gods of the ocean.
23: ...] and the wise Silenus mentions the Meropids, the first men with huge cities of gold and silver. Silen... - Castanets (2430 bytes)
1: ... of hardwood, although [[Glass-reinforced plastic|fibreglass]] is becoming increasingly popular.
3: ...mb and the castanets resting on the palm with the fingers bent over to support the other side. Each pa...
5: ...word for [[chestnut]], which they resemble. In [[Andalusia]] they are usually referred to as ''palillos'' (l...
9: ...y rapid alternation of the two castanets with the fingers. - Culture of Spain (17671 bytes)
4: ...pg|thumb|right|Political Spain in 1854, after the first [[Carlist]] War]]A strong sense of regional id...
6: ...ly all Catalan nationalists) currently seek to fulfill their aspirations by peaceful means.
8: ...n, there is a great sense of regional identity: [[Andalusia]], [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]] and [[Navarre]] ea...
12: ... the core kingdom under which Spain eventually unified after centuries of evolution and incorporations...
17: ...es and (especially for Catalan and Basque) a significant book publishing industry. Many citizens in th... - Bullfighting (25773 bytes)
2: ...the bull by a well-placed [[sword]] thrust as the finale.
4: ...ween human participants. Although there is a significant degree of skill and danger involved, the bull...
8: ==Where bullfighting is practiced==
10: ...ortugal, some 2,500 bulls are killed in about 300 fights annually.
12: ...cated to the patron saint of [[Navarre]], [[Saint Firminus]]. A similar activity, [[Jallikattu]], take...
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