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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ... today, Costa Rica has only a national [[police]] force. Unlike most of its [[Continent|continental]] nei...
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...
78: ...n and maintains only domestic police and security forces for internal security. - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...identity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves ...
7: ...have reached China about 65,000 years ago from [[Africa]]. Early evidence for proto-Chinese [[rice pad...
14: ...he earliest written record of China's past, dates from the [[Shang Dynasty]] in perhaps the [[13th cen...
18: ... around [[2000 BC]] was unearthed. Early markings from this period, found on pottery and shells, have ...
22: ...[[Zhengzhou]] and [[Shangcheng]]. The second set, from the later Shang or Yin period, consists of a la... - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (3639 bytes)
1: '''Francisco Vásquez de Coronado''' (ca. [[1510]] - [[...
7: ...lies, and 1000 slaves, both native Americans and Africans.
9: ...nt. Cibola was nothing like the great golden city fray Marcos had described, it was just a simple [[pu...
12: ..., New Mexico]]). During his wintering he suffered from fierce attacks by the Indians.
14: ...ound. Coronado returned to Tiguex, where his main force had remained behind. Here he spent another winter... - 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: ...is one thing that sets off Columbus' first voyage from all of these: less than two decades later, the ...
29: ... Atlantic Ocean. The fleet came under attack by [[French privateers]] off the [[Cape of St. Vincent]],...
31: ...and]], [[Madeira]], [[Azores|the Azores]], and [[Africa]]. Columbus's brother Bartolomeo worked as a ...
33: ... to purchase sugar, and along the coasts of West Africa between [[1482]] and [[1485]], reaching the Po... - 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...
12: ...; the imposition of its liturgical order by legal force and inspection sharpened Puritanism into a defini...
14: ... by the [[bishop]]s of the Church of England to enforce uniformity of usage in the ''Book of Common Praye...
20: ...authorized the [[King James Bible]] partly to reinforce Anglican orthodoxy against the [[Geneva Bible]], ...
22: ...ork was set for the eventual heirs of Puritanism, from the "low-church" Protestant and [[evangelicalis... - Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present (16426 bytes)
12: ... counts of providing false information to a law enforcement officer. She was released a week later becaus...
20: ... Edward Snowden leaks highly classified documents from the National Security Agency.
52: ...orge H. W. Bush dies from complications resulting from Parkinson's disease. He lies in the state at th...
54: ...Washington bans all persons under 21 years of age from purchasing a semi-automatic rifle.
55: ...ernment shutdown in American history, which lasts from December 22, 2018 to *January 25, 2019 (35 days... - Irene (empress) (3748 bytes)
2: ... "emperor," rather than ''basilissa'', "empress") from [[797]] to [[802]]. She was the wife of [[Leo I...
8: ...these, held in [[786]] at [[Constantinople]], was frustrated by the opposition of the soldiers. The se...
10: ...er autocratic sway. An attempt to free himself by force was met and crushed by the empress, who demanded ...
12: A hollow semblance of friendship was maintained between Constantine and Ir...
14: ...her religious zeal," was exiled to [[Lesbos]] and forced to support herself by spinning. She died the fol... - Sibylla of Jerusalem (11497 bytes)
1: ...) was [[Kingdom of Jerusalem|Queen of Jerusalem]] from [[1186]] to 1190. She was the eldest daughter o...
9: ...aldwin of Ibelin]], rebuffed Philip's advances. Affronted, Philip left Jerusalem to campaign in [[Anti...
11: ...]], the emperor previously receiving confirmation from his niece, the [[dowager queen]] [[Maria Comnen...
17: ...pt by Raymond and Bohemund, her political rivals, from marrying her daughter into the rival court fact...
21: ... succeed. Sibylla herself though was not excluded from the succession. Guy had become very unpopular a... - Eleonora di Arborea (2091 bytes)
7: ...ed the rebels and became regent to her infant son Frederick, who as next male heir became the official...
9: ... island during this war. After rallying Sardinian forces, Eleonora was able to negotiate a favourable tre...
11: ...s of women were preserved. These laws remained in force in Sardinia until [[Italy|Italian]] unification i...
13: ... was particularly interested in ornithology. As a friend of birds, she was the first to legislate prot... - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
1: [[Image:ELEANOROFAQUITAINE.jpg|right|frame|Eleanor of Aquitaine]]
3: ...iddle Ages]]. She was [[Queen consort]] of both [[France]] and [[England]] in her lifetime.
8: ...chest of the provinces that would become modern [[France]], when her brother, William Aigret, died as ...
10: ...|Louis VI]] had died, and Eleanor became Queen of France.
12: ... of women in the campaign, with her, the Queen of France, as their leader. - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ... remembered for her attempt to return [[England]] from [[Protestantism]] to [[Roman Catholicism]]. To ...
13: ... who presumably would have contracted the disease from Mary's father. Whether or not he had the disea...
15: ..., [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[French language|French]] and [[Italian language|Italian]], as well a...
17: ...ovided that the Princess Mary should marry either Francis or his second son, [[Henry, Duke of Orl顮s]...
19: ... with the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. All appeals from the decisions of English ecclesiastical courts ... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...eat''', reigned as [[tsar|empress]] of [[Russia]] from [[June 28]], [[1762]], to her death on [[Novemb...
5: ...onths later, on [[July 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to have been killed by ...
11: ...tion the throne as a legal body; freed the nobles from state service and taxes; made noble status here...
13: ...the Russian society. First, she established the [[Free Economic Society]] (1765) to encourage the mode...
17: ...|Nikita Panin]], exercised considerable influence from the beginning of her reign. Though a shrewd sta... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
9: ... these languages with more fluency than accuracy. From her earliest years she delighted every one by h...
11: ...tention to marry his second daughter to the young French king [[Louis XV]], but the pride of the [[Bou...
13: ...d her fathers sensual temperament and, being free from all control, abandoned herself to her appetites...
19: ... seems to have been first suggested to her by the French ambassador, La Chetardie, who was plotting to...
23: ...the 6th of December [[1741]], with a few personal friends, including her physician, Armand Lestocq, he... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...ngland]] and [[King of Ireland|Queen of Ireland]] from [[17 November]] [[1558]] until her death. Somet...
9: ...th impatience by her counsellors, often saved her from political and marital misalliances. Like her fa...
11: ...the number of [[Privy Council|Privy Counsellors]] from thirty-nine to nineteen, and later to fourteen.
16: ...as addressed as Lady Elizabeth and lived in exile from her father as he married his succession of wive...
18: ...th Elizabeth and remained her confidante and good friend for life. She had been appointed to Elizabeth... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
11: ... Wales|HRH The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales]]. From her marriage in [[1981]] to her divorce in [[19...
15: From the time of her [[engagement]] to the Prince of...
22: ...h; a great-grandmother was the American heiress [[Frances Work]] — she was also a descendant of ...
27: [[Image:princessdi.jpg|frame|right]] - 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... - Blanche Lincoln (2886 bytes)
18: ...]] [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from the State of [[Arkansas]]. She was the younges...
20: ...he attended Arkansas public schools and graduated from [[Randolph-Macon Woman's College]] in [[Lynchbu...
24: ...d Forestry Committee; Senate Social Security Task Force; Rural Health Caucus; Senate New Democrat Coaliti... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
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: ...leadership was challenged from within and she was forced to resign in [[1990]], her loss at least partly ...
36: ...hire]] in eastern [[England]]. Her father was [[Alfred Roberts]], who ran a grocers' shop in the town ... - Emmeline Pankhurst (1950 bytes)
1: [[Image:Emmeline_Pankhurst.jpg|frame|Emmeline Pankhurst]]
3: ...28]]) was one of the founders of the British [[suffragette]] movement. It is the name of "Mrs Pankhur...
5: ...s included the notorious [[Annie Kenney]], the suffragette "martyr", [[Emily Davison]] and the compose...
7: ...ter seeing her most ardently pursued goal come to fruition: the right to vote for women in the United ...
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