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- Cherry (2620 bytes)
4: ...ral, from the [[Old Norman French]] word, in turn from Latin ''cerasum'')
5: is both a [[tree]] and its fleshy [[fruit]], a type known as a [[drupe]] with a single h...
7: ..., with major commercial orchards extending from [[Iberia]] east to [[Asia Minor]]; they are also grown to ...
9: ...ngton]] supply mainly sweet cherries intended for fresh use. Major sweet cherry varieties include the ...
12: ..."double" flowers), so are sterile and do not bear fruit. They are grown purely for their [[blossom]] a... - Clavichord (3295 bytes)
3: ...urished in German-speaking lands, Scandinavia and Iberia. Although most of the instruments built before th...
5: In the clavichord the strings run transversely from an anchorage at the left-hand end to tuning-peg...
7: ...te 18th century, clavichords were often built ''unfretted'', with a separate pair of strings for each ...
11: ...sichord]], [[piano]], and [[organ (music)|organ]] from the period circa 1400-1800 can be played on the... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...e so-called '''Age of Exploration''' was a period from the early [[15th century]] and continuing into ...
3: ...f first the [[Carrack]] and then [[caravel]] in [[Iberia]]. These that were a combination of traditional E...
7: ... East was almost completely controlled by traders from the Italian city states. Their close links to t...
9: ...[[Marco Polo]] who traveled throughout the Orient from [[1271]] to [[1295]]. His journey was written u...
15: ...iving European sailors some idea of the shape of Africa and Asia. - Europe (23835 bytes)
6: ...the third largest continent after [[Asia]] and [[Africa]]. The population of Europe is roughly 705,500...
13: ...which means "sunrise" and is the land to the east from a [[Mesopotamian]] perspective.
18: ...g large colonial empires with vast holdings in [[Africa]], [[the Americas]], and [[Asia]].
20: ...to power and set out on a conquest, forming a new French empire that soon collapsed. After these conqu...
22: ...Economic Consequences|aftermath of World War I]]. From the end of [[World War II]] through the end of ... - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ...e cities of [[Ceuta]] and [[Melilla]] in [[north Africa]], and a number of uninhabited islands on the ...
58: ...led throughout the peninsula, becoming the [[Celt-Iberian]]s.
62: ...e 6th century BC the [[Carthaginians]] arrived in Iberia while struggling with the Greeks for control of t...
66: ...]] after two centuries of war with the Celtic and Iberian tribes and the Phoenician, Greek and Carthaginia...
70: ...s present languages, religion, and laws originate from this Roman period. - Ancient Rome (25155 bytes)
1: ...vilization]] that existed in [[Europe]], [[North Africa]], and the [[Middle East]] between [[753 BC]] ...
9: [[Image:Lupaegemelli.jpg|framed|right|The female wolf, feeding the baby twins...
11: ...Palatine Hill]], approximately eighteen [[mile]]s from the [[Tyrrhenian Sea]] on the river [[Tiber]]. ...
23: ...t two [[Punic wars]], conquering [[Sicily]] and [[Iberia]]. After defeating [[Macedonia]] and the [[Seleuc...
25: ... each other for power. Caesar emerged victorious from the resulting Civil War, and was made dictator ... - Louisiana (26375 bytes)
12: ...[English language|English]] and [[French language|French]] de facto |
13: ...glish language|English]] 91.2%, [[French language|French]] 4.8% |
45: ...the main language of everyday life, but traces of French survive in local dialects.
53: ...macha]]s''' occupied the southeastern parishes of Iberia, Assumption, St Mary, Lower St. Martin, Terrebone...
60: ...avelier de La Salle]] in honour of [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]] in [[1682]]. The first permanent... - Crusade (28507 bytes)
2: ...ian Crusade]] against the [[Cathars]] of southern France and the [[Northern Crusades]].
7: ...ght an outlet for their violence. A plea for help from the Byzantine Emperor [[Alexius I]] in opposing...
9: ...day Spanish Catholics are allowed to substitute [[Friday abstinence]] with prayer or alms (except duri...
18: ...n and consider how the idea of a holy war emerged from this background.'' — [[Norman F. Cantor]]
21: ... Eastern church, [[Alexius I]] expected some help from a fellow Christian. However, the response was m... - Classical antiquity (3940 bytes)
1: ...ng period of [[Europe]]an, Middle East and North African [[history]], that begins roughly with the ear...
9: ...] is a [[monarch]] who outranks a mere king dates from this period. In this political ideal, there wo...
11: ...rse, and the endless use of characters and themes from [[Greek mythology]] left a deep mark on Western...
15: ...the strict rules of the [[Three Unities]] derived from a remark by Aristotle. The desire to [[dance]]...
19: ...sion of Greek and Roman culture by their admirers from the more recent past. It remains a vision that... - Carthage (20744 bytes)
1: [[Image:Carthage_location.png|right|frame|A map of the central [[Mediterranean Sea]], sh...
3: ...ted on the eastern side of [[Lake Tunis]], across from the center of modern [[Tunis]] in [[Tunisia]]. ...
6: ... was founded by [[Phoenicia|Phoenician]] settlers from the city of [[Tyre]], bringing with them the ci...
8: ...the city began a systematic conquest of both the African interior and the coastal lands.
10: ... had also been established in [[Iberian peninsula|Iberia]]. - Warren G. Harding (30163 bytes)
13: | place of death=[[San Francisco]], [[California]]
18: .... A [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] from the [[U.S. state]] of [[Ohio]], Harding was an ...
20: ...ly three years into his term due to complications from [[pneumonia]] and possible food poisoning. He w...
23: ...] (later [[Muskingum College]]) in [[Iberia, Ohio|Iberia]].
25: ...ion, Ohio|Marion]], where he raised $300 with two friends to purchase the failing ''[[Marion Daily Sta... - Trajan (7787 bytes)
5: ...ius Traianus, a prominent [[senator]] and general from [[Ulpius|a famous Roman family]]. The family ha...
7: ...ome of the most contentious parts of the empire's frontier, along the [[Rhine river]]. He took part in...
11: ...e bloodiness that had marked Domitian's reign. He freed many people who had been unjustly imprisoned b...
15: ..., Decebalus soon began stirring up trouble on the frontier again, trying to get the neighboring kingdo...
20: ...monuments and roads in [[Italy]] and his native [[Iberia]]. His magnificent [[Trajan's Forum|forum]], incl... - Nero (23127 bytes)
2: [[Image:nero.JPG|frame|Nero]]
32: ...n]] [[island]]s. Lucius was presumably separated from his mother at this point.
34: ...s first decisions was the recalling of his nieces from exile.
52: ...]], and the ''praefectus praetorianus'' [[Sextus Afranius Burrus]]. The first five years under Nero be...
54: ... state affairs. However problems would soon arise from Nero's personal life and the increasing competi... - Poodle (6836 bytes)
1: ... from ''pudeln'', meaning "to splash about". In [[France]] the poodle is known as a ''caniche''.
23: |Possibly France or Germany
80: ...ilitate swimming but the joints needed protection from the cold.
87: ...ing hair at a manageable length and to prevent it from matting.
91: ...in Germany or Russia, but it may have come from [[Iberia]]. Related breeds are the [[Portuguese Water Dog]... - Madrid (20882 bytes)
14: ...he first historical data we have from the city is from the middle of the IX Century, when [[Mohamed I]...
18: ...sh Indies]], but Madrid controlled Seville. Aside from a brief period, 1601 - 1606, when [[Philip III ...
20: ...have a lasting impact on French rule in Spain and France's image in Europe in general.
24: ...rero Blanco would continue the dictatorship after Franco's death--contribute to lead the country towar...
26: ...se of left-wing and republican ideology) accepted Franco's wishes of being succeedled by [[Juan Carlos...
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