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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ... is the northernmost and westernmost country in [[Latin America]] and the most populous [[Spanish languag...
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... - Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...sometimes refered to as the "[[Switzerland]] of [[Latin America]]."
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: ...ure, and electronics exports. The economy emerged from [[recession]] in 1997 and has since shown stron... - Periodic table (7298 bytes)
9: ...ombination of Roman numerals and [[Latin alphabet|Latin]] letters. The Roman numeral names are the origin... - List of elements by symbol (14812 bytes)
5: ...r><td>Ag</td><td>[[silver]]</td><td>47</td><td>([[Latin]] ''Argentum'')</td></tr>
11: <tr><td>Au</td><td>[[gold]]</td><td>79</td><td>(Latin ''Aurum'')</td></tr>
29: <tr><td>Cu</td><td>[[copper]]</td><td>29</td><td>(Latin ''Cuprum'')</td></tr>
37: <tr><td>Fe</td><td>[[iron]]</td><td>26</td><td>(Latin ''Ferrum'')</td></tr>
39: <tr><td>Fr</td><td>[[francium]]</td><td>87</td><td></td></tr> - Hanging Gardens of Babylon (4963 bytes)
7: ...th gardens that existed at [[Nineveh]] as tablets from there clearly showing gardens have been found. ...
15: ...n alliance between the nations. The land she came from, though, was green, rugged and mountainous, and...
17: ...ranslation of the Greek word [[kremastos]] or the Latin word [[pensilis]], which means not just "hanging&...
49: [[fr:Jardins suspendus de S魩ramis et murs de Babylon... - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
15: ...tlantic]] transit of ships between Brazil, the [[Africa]]n colonies, and Europe. Fortresses were built...
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.
25: ... year, the capital of Brazil was officially moved from Rio to Bras�a. - 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 ...
13: ...olumbus'' is a Latinized form of his surname. The Latin roots of his name can be translated "Christ-beare...
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 ... - Middle Colonies (4101 bytes)
5: ...ere used to make soups and stews. Pies were made from gathered raspberries, strawberries, and cherrie...
7: ...ame from the roots of the madder herb; brown came from the hulls of black walnuts.
9: The average life expectancy on the frontier was 25 years old. Many children died of di...
11: ...n the frontier. By adulthood, most people on the frontier had received less schooling than the averag...
13: ...and dancing was popular among both women and men. From time to time, acrobats, tightrope walkers, and ... - Puritan (15882 bytes)
4: ...d unevenly to a number of [[Protestant]] churches from the late sixteenth century to the early eightee...
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...
28: ...nwealth period, the Church of England was removed from Royal control and reorganized to grant greater ...
32: ...nd formed individual colonies, their numbers rose from 17,800 in 1640 to 106,000 in 1700. [http://www.... - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
4: ...], thought the seafaring trailblazers setting out from European docks were travelling to [[East Asia]]...
12: ...ngs, so Waldseem�ller based the new name on the Latin form of Vespucci's first name, taking the feminin...
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: ...tters, whether or not he wrote them all himself. From these letters, the European public learned abou... - Adela of Normandy (2741 bytes)
7: ...pirited and educated woman, with a knowledge of [[Latin]]. - 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... - Agnes of Courtenay (6051 bytes)
5: ...e de Jherusalem". Both these charges however come from sources biased towards Willaim; Bernard Hamilto...
7: ...ntess of Jaffa and Ascalon and received a pension from that fief's income. Agnes soon thereafter marri...
11: ...became archbishop of Caesarea and, in [[1180]], [[Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem|Patriarch of Jerusalem]], ...
15: ...lla or Isabella. Sibylla herself was not excluded from the succession. Guy had become very unpopular a...
20: ...], and [[Yolanda of Flanders]]. She married [[Geoffrey II Villhardouin]], [[Principality of Achaea|pri... - Yolanda of Flanders (2422 bytes)
1: ...ntinople]] for her husband [[Peter of Courtenay]] from [[1217]] to 1219.
5: ...id not want the throne. As Robert was still in [[France]] at the time, there was technically no emper...
7: Yolanda also held [[Namur]], which she inherited from her uncle Philip of Namur in 1212 and left to h...
10: ...Namur, who declined the offer of the crown of the Latin Empire
11: * [[Robert of Courtenay]] (d. 1228), Latin Emperor - 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: ... was herself the Princess Mary's first teacher in Latin.
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 ... - 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 [[... - 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... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...] from [[20 June]] [[1837]], and Empress of India from [[1876]] until her death. Her reign lasted more...
12: ... Duke of York were already married, but estranged from their wives) and father children to provide an ...
14: ...anguage|Greek]], [[Latin]], and [[French language|French]]. Her educator was the Reverend [[George Da...
20: ... own marital surname was. After examining records from the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha archives, they reported t...
23: [[Image:queen_victoria.jpg|framed|left|A young Victoria is depicted at her coro... - Anna Comnena (3243 bytes)
5: ...fective afterwards, as she was obviously isolated from her Palace sources.
13: ...nce, "[http://www.deremilitari.org/RESOURCES/PDFs/FRANCE2.PDF Anna Comnena, the Alexiad and the First ...
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