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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
15: national_motto =''Sufragio efectivo, No reelecci󮧧
16: ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Effective suffrage, no reelection)'' |
43: established_dates = From [[Spain]]<br>[[September 16]], [[1810]]<br>[[Se...
51: calling_code = 52 |
64: ...au, the Mexica, or Aztecs, as they were sometimes called in memory of [[Aztlan], the starting point of t... - Persepolis (15450 bytes)
2: ... km northeast of [[Shiraz, Iran|Shiraz]], not far from where the small river Pulwar flows into the Kur...
4: ...s, the ruins of Persepolis still inspire visitors from far and near.]]
6: ...al buildings, all constructed of dark-grey marble from the adjacent mountain. The stones were laid wit...
8: ...of these seven tombs were kings might be inferred from the sculptures, and one of those at ''Nakshi Ru...
18: ...remote place in a difficult alpine region was far from convenient, and the real capitals were [[Susa]]... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ... leader") and High [[Medieval]] Welsh texts often call him ''amerauder'' ("[[emperor]]").
2: [[Image:Arthur3487.jpg|right|framed|Victorian image of '''King Arthur''' in plate...
7: Some members of this school, most notably Geoffrey Ashe and Leon Fleuriot, have argued for identif...
15: ...[Scots]] king [[Aedan mac Gabran]], who had a son called Artuir and whose life was somewhat similar to A...
19: ..., chief giver of feasts, with his tall blades red from the battle which all men remember." - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ...e major discoverers of [[Canada]], or more specifically, the interior eastern region that would become t...
5: ... His good name in Saint-Malo is recognized by its frequent appearance in baptismal registers as godfat...
13: ... he planted a cross and claimed the territory for France. During this trip he took [[Domagaya]] and [[...
17: ...Hurons came to the edge of the river to greet the Frenchmen. The site of their arrival has been confi...
19: ...Stadacona as it was by then too late to return to France. Cartier and his men prepared for winter by ... - Steel (28384 bytes)
2: [[Image:Steel framework.jpg|thumb|300px|Steel framework]]
3: ...on alloys with up to 5.1 percent [[carbon]]; ironically, alloys with higher carbon content than this are...
5: ...d alloys that can be [[plasticity (physics)|plastically]] formed (pounded, rolled, etc.).
8: ...ults in an alloy containing too much carbon to be called steel.
11: ...cubic to a [[face-centered cubic]] configuration, called '''[[austenite]]''' or '''γ-iron''', whic... - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...ng in the [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
5: ...as one of the world's most [[technology|technologically]] advanced civilizations, and East Asia's domina...
7: ... formally surrendering its claims, has moved away from its former identity as the ruler of China, and ...
14: The Chinese call their country ''Zhongguo'', which is usually tran...
16: ...eir nation as culturally and politically distinct from - and as the [[axis mundi]] of surrounding nati... - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
11: ...was regarded as the [[Son of Heaven]], and he typically led the imperial court in performing elaborate a...
13: Minor religions introduced from abroad include [[Islam]] and [[Christianity]].
23: ...by emperors. Estimate of Buddhists in China range from 70 million to 150 million.
44: In [[1289]], [[Franciscan]] friars from Europe initiated mission work in China. This mi...
46: ... attempt to reach China was made in [[1552]] by [[Francis Xavier]], but he died the same year on the C... - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
20: ...ost recently during her [[2004]] state visit to [[France]] to commemorate the centenary of the [[Enten...
29: ...7]], when she accompanied her parents to [[South Africa]]. On her 21st birthday she made a broadcast t...
33: ...t-great-grandmother. They are also both descended from [[Christian IX of Denmark]] (she being a great-...
38: ...] [[1996]]) [[Diana, Princess of Wales|Lady Diana Frances Spencer]] ([[1961]]–[[1997]]); married...
55: ...e's health declined during [[1951]] and Elizabeth frequently stood in for him at public events. She vi... - Boudicca (6973 bytes)
9: ...uding [[Seneca the Younger]], chose this point to call in their loans. Tacitus does not mention this, bu...
15: ...he call, but nonetheless the governor was able to call on almost ten thousand men. He took a stand at an...
19: ...cianus led to an investigation headed by Nero's [[freedman]] Polyclitus, and Suetonius was removed as ...
25: ... sequence of events and adds details, such as the calling in of loans, that Tacitus does not mention. He...
29: ... all sorts of atrocities in the name of a goddess called [[Andraste]], who he claims is the British equi... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ... Queen of Scots,''' was the ruler of [[Scotland]] from [[December 14]], [[1542]] – [[July 24]], ...
12: ... [[1542]] to King [[James V of Scotland]] and his French wife, [[Marie de Guise]].
17: ...ted the French spelling Stuart during her time in France, and she and her descendants stuck with it.)
24: ... there. Then he stood by, holding her to keep her from rolling off.
31: ...ted them to break their traditional alliance with France. Fearing an uprising among the people, the [[... - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
8: ...yst]]" and "a [[American football|football]] knee from [[high school]]" [Colford, pp 14 – 20].
12: ...l years in [[music radio]], Limbaugh took a break from radio and accepted a position as director of pr...
16: ...yndicated on [[August 1]], [[1988]] via a company called Premiere Broadcasting. Limbaugh refers on-air t...
18: ...United States. The show is usually split between call-in segments and monologues by Limbaugh; on very r...
22: ...o raise [[tax]]es). President [[George W. Bush]] "called in" to a live broadcast during the week of the ... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...VII]]. She was guillotined at the height of the [[French Revolution]].
4: ... [[Maria Theresa of Austria|Maria Theresa]] and [[Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor]]. She was born at the...
13: ...as flighty, artistic and read almost nothing. Her French was imperfect and she preferred to speak Germ...
15: ... was decided that Maria-Antonia should be sent to France to marry the dauphin.
17: ...arewell, my dearest child. Do so much good to the French people that they can say that I have sent the... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
51: ...ary 19]], [[1966]] to [[March 24]], [[1977]], and from [[January 14]], [[1980]] until her [[assassinat...
67: ...-aligned). India subsequently withdrew its forces from west Pakistan, but the independent [[Republic o...
69: ...had collapsed with depositors getting back only a fraction of their money. Moreover a large number of ...
80: ...be removed from her seat in Parliament and banned from running for an additional six years. Rather tha...
84: ... help of the parliament, thus protecting herself from legal prosecution once emergency rule was revok... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
27: ...first [[African American]] [[woman]], the second African American (after [[Colin Powell]]), and the se...
31: ...isor]] during his first term. She was the second African American (after Powell) and the first female ...
37: ...air]] was killed in the bombing of the primarily African-American [[16th Street Baptist Church bombing...
41: ...]] and [[international relations]] and led her to call Korbel, "one of the most central figures in my li...
43: ...s [[Russian language|Russian]], [[French language|French]], and [[Spanish language|Spanish]]. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
10: |[[James Callaghan]]
27: ... was the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] from [[1979]] to [[1990]], the only woman [[as of 20...
29: ...y]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]].
31: ...and]], and increased wealth inequalities. However from the mid 1980s a period of sustained economic gr...
33: ...d Monetary Union]]. Her leadership was challenged from within and she was forced to resign in [[1990]]... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
1: [[Image:RosaLuxemburg.jpg|right|frame|Rosa Luxemburg]]
2: ...right-wing [[militia]]s collectively called the [[Freikorps]], which were sent in by the government. L...
6: ...: L?stein). Rosa had a growth defect and was physically handicapped all her life.
8: ...r of the "Proletariat", a left-wing Polish party, from [[1886]]. The Proletariat had been founded in [...
10: ... flying colours. After fleeing to [[Switzerland]] from imminent detention in [[1889]], she attended [[... - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
5: ...efore dying of [[tuberculosis]]. After graduating from [[Claverack College]] in [[Hudson, New York|Hud...
7: ... also started writing a column for the ''New York Call'' entitled "What Every Girl Should Know." Distrib...
9: ...es Socialist Party|Socialist Party]] paper, ''The Call''.
15: ...egate of the Birth Control Federation of America. From 1952 to 1959, she served as president of the In...
17: ...lable [[birth control pill]]. She toured Europe, Africa, and Asia, lecturing and helping to establish ... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
6: ...is time that they spent together sheltered Amelia from her father and his [[alcoholism]]. Because of E...
8: ... lessons from [[Neta Snook]]. With financial help from some of her family, in 1922 Earhart bought her ...
10: ...gan to include George Putnam. The two developed a friendship during preparation for the Atlantic cross...
14: ...Gold Medal of the [[National Geographic Society]] from President [[Herbert Hoover]].
16: ...Oakland, California]]. Later that year she soloed from [[Los Angeles]] to [[Mexico City]] and back to ... - Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
7: ...t woman and first civilian to fly into space. Her call sign in this flight was '''Chayka''' ([[English]]...
9: ...he Communist Party]]. In [[1997]] she was retired from the [[VVS|air force]] and the cosmonaut corps b... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
12: ...ngers) toured [[Europe]] and North America, classically opening their shows with the famous Ellington's ...
22: Already blinded because she suffered from [[diabetes]], she lost her [[leg]]s in [[1993]]...
24: ...1980' s hit "Ella , elle l' a" by French singer [[France Gall]].
33: *1955 ''[[Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues]]''
54: *1960 ''[[Sings Songs from Let No Man Write My Epitaph]]''
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