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- Europe (23835 bytes)
1: ...ope.png|thumb|250px|World map showing location of Europe]]
2: ...ic.jpg|thumb|250px|A satellite composite image of Europe]]
4: ...(for more detailed description see [[Geography of Europe]]).
6: ... after [[Asia]] and [[Africa]]. The population of Europe is roughly 705,500,000: about 11% of the world's ...
13: ...which means "sunrise" and is the land to the east from a [[Mesopotamian]] perspective.
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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...
68: On [[September 16]], [[1810]], independence from Spain was declared, by [[Miguel Hidalgo y Costi...
70: ...ntral America]] were all incorporated into Mexico from [[1822]] to [[1823]], when they declared indepe... - Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1:
40: | From [[Spain]]
63: ...amics.jpg|thumb|left|140px|Pre-Columbian Ceramics from Nicoya, Costa Rica]]
67: ...pital moved to [[San Jos鬠Costa Rica|San Jos靝. From the [[1840s]] on, Costa Rica was an independent...
107: ...ime zone as central US and direct ocean access to Europe and Asia. - Pennsylvanian (1543 bytes)
1: ...ian]]''' is also an [[Amtrak]] train that travels from [[New York City|New York]] to [[Pittsburgh, Pen...
3: ...Geologic Timescale|geologic (sub)period]] lasting from roughly 325 million years before the present (B...
6: ...een the [[Mississippian]] and the [[Permian]]. In Europe, the Mississippian and Pennsylvanian are one more... - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
13: ...[Amerigo Vespucci]] in January of 1501. Since the Europeans thought at first the Bay of Guanabara was actu...
15: ...ips between Brazil, the [[Africa]]n colonies, and Europe. Fortresses were built and an alliance was formed...
17: ...lo'' (Castle Hill). Therefore, the city developed from current Downtown (Centro, see below) to southwa...
19: ...y French - pirates and buccaneers, such as [[Jean-Fran篩s Duclerc]], [[Ren頄uguay-Trouin]], and [[Ni...
21: ...ed suddenly, many inhabitants were simply evicted from their homes. - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: ...[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portugues...
11: *[[Francisco Alvarez]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]]...
23: ...acific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the South American continent. - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
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...
19: ..., chief giver of feasts, with his tall blades red from the battle which all men remember."
25: ...r's soldiers; Arthur was awarded a herd of cattle from Cadoc as [[wergeld]] for his men; Cadoc deliver...
29: ...tury]] at Cadbury Castle, and in several parts of France. - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...ns claim he could have been born in other places, from the [[Aragonese_Empire|Crown of Aragó]] to the...
5: ...merica was known to the general public throughout Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[pri...
9: ...t large-scale [[colonization]] of the Americas by Europeans.
11: ...genous people]]s, exploitation of the Americas by Europe, and slavery in the [[West Indies]]. Others honou...
29: ... Atlantic Ocean. The fleet came under attack by [[French privateers]] off the [[Cape of St. Vincent]],... - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ...terior eastern region that would become the first european-inhabited area of that country.
5: ... His good name in Saint-Malo is recognized by its frequent appearance in baptismal registers as godfat...
13: ...], the sons of Huron [[Chief Donnacona]], back to Europe.
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 ... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...ntury|18th]] and early [[19th century]] resulting from the replacement of an economy based on manual l...
3: ... merged into the [[Second Industrial Revolution]] from about [[1850]], when technological and economic...
5: The effects spread throughout [[Western Europe]] and [[North America]], eventually affecting the...
7: ...erm industrial ''revolution'' was introduced by [[Friedrich Engels]] and [[Louis-Auguste Blanqui]] in ...
10: ...itain. The steam engine was created to pump water from coal mines, enabling them to be deepened]]effic... - Steel (28384 bytes)
2: [[Image:Steel framework.jpg|thumb|300px|Steel framework]]
3: ...s, which are naturally arranged in a [[lattice]], from sliding past one another. Varying the amount of...
8: ...rtant that smelting take place in a fairly oxygen-free environment. Unlike copper and tin, liquid iro...
11:
17: ...n this case, expansion occurs. Internal stresses from this expansion generally take the form of [[com... - Puritan (15882 bytes)
4: ...d unevenly to a number of [[Protestant]] churches from the late sixteenth century to the early eightee...
8: ...rew Melville]] had gone into exile as Puritans in Europe, where they came into close contact with the radi...
12: ... resemble more closely the Protestant churches of Europe, especially Geneva. The Puritans objected to orn...
22: ...ork was set for the eventual heirs of Puritanism, from the "low-church" Protestant and [[evangelicalis...
26: ...Dissenters]]. [[English Dissenters]] were barred from any profession that required official religious... - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...ng in the [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
5: ...ll behind, and was too weak militarily to repel [[Europe]]an interference or [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]ese ...
7: ... formally surrendering its claims, has moved away from its former identity as the ruler of China, and ...
16: ...eir nation as culturally and politically distinct from - and as the [[axis mundi]] of surrounding nati...
25: ... political legitimacy. It was used in this manner from the tenth century onwards by the competing dyna... - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
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.
42: ...as the introduction of [[Nestorianism]] spread by European or Middle-Eastern travellers who came to China ...
44: In [[1289]], [[Franciscan]] friars from Europe initiated mission work in China. This mission col...
46: ... attempt to reach China was made in [[1552]] by [[Francis Xavier]], but he died the same year on the C... - May (3270 bytes)
19: ...8 is [[Victory in Europe Day|VE Day]]. In Eastern Europe it is celebrated in May 9.
20: ...nion]] [[May 9]] is [[European Symbols#Europe Day|Europe Day]]
26: * [[No Pants Day]] is celebrated the first Friday in May. - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ... of [[Dar es Salaam]]. The country's name derives from its [[Bantu languages|Bantu]] language, [[Kirun...
3: ...he poorest and most conflict-ridden countries in Africa and in the world. Its small size belies the ma...
10: ... = Unit鬠Travail, Progr賠([[French language|French]]: Unity, Work, Progress) |
13: ...[Kirundi language|Kirundi]] and [[French language|French]]. [[Swahili]] is widely spoken.|
38: established_dates = From [[Belgium]] <br> [[July 1]], [[1962]] | - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
4: ...ought the seafaring trailblazers setting out from European docks were travelling to [[East Asia]].
14: ...oyage was made in [[1497]] (which allegedly began from [[C�diz]] on [[May 10th]] of that year). Litt...
16: ...9, while on this voyage. But his claim is clearly fraudulent, which casts more doubt on Vespucci's cre...
22: ...; its existence became generally known throughout Europe within a few years after their publication. - Raccoon (4751 bytes)
14: ...al]] native to [[the Americas]]. Its name derives from the [[Algonquian]] word ''aroughcoune'', "he wh...
18: ...ood before eating it (the term for the animal in French is ''raton laveur'', or "washing rat"; the Ge...
35: ...tablished itself in a small area of north-central France and in a considerable area of central Germany... - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
9: ...e is the longest serving current Head of State in Europe, The Americas, and [[Australasia|Australasia]], a...
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... - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
1: ...fealty from a vassal, possibly Melisende herself, from the [[Melisende Psalter]]]]
3: ...) was [[Kingdom of Jerusalem|Queen of Jerusalem]] from [[1131]] to [[1153]].
9: ...the [[Count of Boulogne|County of Boulogne]] in [[France]]. Melisende was the heir of this dynasty, an...
13: ...son of previous marriage, [[Geoffrey of Anjou|Geoffrey]] was in these same years married to Empress Ma...
15: ...d of his crusader knights Fulk excluded Melisende from granting titles and other forms of patronage, a... - Constance of Antioch (2293 bytes)
1: ...[principality of Antioch]] (a [[crusader state]]) from [[1130]] to her death.
3: ...Antioch for good when the marriage was performed. From this union three children were born:
9: ... co-ruler of Antioch. Constance had two daughters from Raynald:
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