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- Navajo Nation (14007 bytes)
2: ...ican]] nation established by the Din鮠The Navajo Nation Reservation includes about 27,000 square miles (7...
7: ...Monument]], [[Monument Valley]], [[Rainbow Bridge National Monument]], the [[Hopi]] Indian Reservation and...
9: ...Navaho''. Navajo call themselves ''Din駧, a term from the [[Navajo language]] that means ''people''. ...
11: ...ound-house-people') reservation within the Navajo Nation's reservation at a historic homeland where Hopi h...
17: ...n]]. Athapaskan peoples in North America fan out from west-central [[Canada]] where some Athapaskan-s... - Nation state (6102 bytes)
1: ...s have attempted to claim that their state is a ''nation-state'', in order to try and reduce tension betwe...
3: ==Examples of Nation-States==
4: ...t that most other independent states are not true nation-states. However, under specific requirements brou...
6: ==Not Nation-States==
7: ...sidered to show why certain countries are ''not'' nation-states, according to some highly specific require...
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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
15: national_motto =''Sufragio efectivo, No reelecci
16: ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Effective suffrage, no reelection)'' |
17: national_anthem = ''[[Mexicanos, al grito de guerra]]'' ...
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: ...the [[military]] and today, Costa Rica has only a national [[police]] force. Unlike most of its [[Continen...
16: | align="center" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: ?Pura vida!<br>(Popular saying meaning...
40: | From [[Spain]]
49: | '''[[National anthem]]'''
63: ...amics.jpg|thumb|left|140px|Pre-Columbian Ceramics from Nicoya, Costa Rica]] - 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. - 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: ...ry BC]] and takes the form of inscriptions of divination records on the bones or shells of animals—s...
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... - 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 ...
19: ...s's National Origin: Subject of Debate|Columbus's National Origin]].) The account that has traditionally b...
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 ... - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...ng in the [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
3: ...le states, and as a single [[nation]] or multiple nations.
5: ...[country]]'s territorial extent expanded outwards from a core area in the [[North China Plain]], and v...
7: ... formally surrendering its claims, has moved away from its former identity as the ruler of China, and ...
16: ...t from - and as the [[axis mundi]] of surrounding nations; a concept that continued well into the [[Qing d... - 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) |
12: national_anthem = [[Burundi bwacu]] |
13: ...[Kirundi language|Kirundi]] and [[French language|French]]. [[Swahili]] is widely spoken.| - 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... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
3: ...and [[writer]]. Born in [[Langres]], [[Champagne, France]] in 1713, he was a prominent figure in what ...
5: ... [[philosophy|philosophical]] ideas relating to [[free will]]. He is also known as the author of the e...
10: ...dash;1748) and about the same date he published a free rendering of Shaftesbury's ''Inquiry Concerning...
14: ...ing, too, as an illustration of the comprehensive freedom with which Diderot felt his way round any su...
23: ... Englishman [[John Mills]], and the German, [[Gottfried Sellius]]. Diderot accepted the proposal, but ... - 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: ...ofile involvement in [[AIDS]] issues and the international campaign against [[landmine]]s. During her life...
22: ...h; a great-grandmother was the American heiress [[Frances Work]] — she was also a descendant of ...
24: ...tudent, having failed all of her [[O-level]] examinations. At age 16 she briefly attended [[Institut Alpi... - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (2468 bytes)
2: ...called one another by pet names, Sarah being "Mrs Freeman" and Anne "Mrs Morley". In [[1677]], Sarah ...
4: ...m Palace]], the house built for him by a grateful nation. It was left to Sarah to oversee the remaining w...
6: ...ederick, Prince of Wales]]. The Duchess remained friendly with the prince and his family, however, ev... - Elisabeth Domitien (1229 bytes)
1: ...]] [[2005]]) was prime minister of the [[Central African Republic]].
3: ...oman to serve as prime minister of an [[Africa]]n nation.
5: ...brief prison term, after which she was prohibited from returning to politics, though she remained a pr... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
20: | [[Indian National Congress|Congress (I)]]
51: ... from [[January 14]], [[1980]] until her [[assassination]] in [[1984]].
59: ...s a member of Parliament in her father's [[Indian National Congress]] Party, and was appointed a minister ...
65: ...mber [[1969]] split within the governing [[Indian National Congress]].
67: ...-aligned). India subsequently withdrew its forces from west Pakistan, but the independent [[Republic o... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
1: [[Image:Goldmeir at whitehouse.jpg|frame|right|Golda Meir was the fourth [[Prime Minist...
2: ...r, and as the fourth [[Prime Minister of Israel]] from [[March 17]], [[1969]] to [[April 11]][[1974]]....
6: ...liest memories were of her father boarding up the front door in response to rumors of a [[pogrom]]. He...
14: ...egan speaking and advocating. She hosted visitors from [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]].
16: She eventually graduated from teachers' college and taught in the public scho... - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
3: ...as the first woman to have her name placed in nomination at her party's convention (1964 [[United States R...
5: ...partment in rapidly establishing bases across the nation, she was instrumental in resolving conflicts betw...
7: ...the U.S. Senate in 1948. She served in the Senate from [[1949]] to [[January 3]], [[1973]]. She was d...
9: ...he received the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] from President [[George Herbert Walker Bush|Bush]] i...
11: ...'s permanent ire and the nickname "Moscow Maggie" from his staff. Her speech, although it did not pro... - 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: ...d Monetary Union]]. Her leadership was challenged from within and she was forced to resign in [[1990]]...
36: ...hire]] in eastern [[England]]. Her father was [[Alfred Roberts]], who ran a grocers' shop in the town ... - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
6: ...rissette" is French in origin. Her [[1995]] international debut ''[[Jagged Little Pill]]'' became one of ...
12: ...er early idols, and said over the intercom at the front gates: ''"Hi, I'm Alanis. I want to meet you o...
23: ...he would later write about in songs such as "UR" (from the album ''[[Supposed Former Infatuation Junki...
38: ...is''. The album attempted to move Morissette away from her debut album's dance-pop sound. However, ''N...
42: ...to [[Nashville]] a few months later also proved unfruitful. - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
5: ...er]] and [[Ma Barker]], were notorious across the nation. They captivated the attention of the [[American]...
15: ...rested in late 1926, after running when police confronted him over a rental car he'd failed to return ...
19: ... most prevalent story is that it was through his friend Clarence Clay. Clarence's sister, Bonnie's si...
23: ...ts]] said that it was Eastham where Clyde turned "from a schoolboy to a rattlesnake."
25: ...s, embroiled in a plan to raid Eastham prison and free associate [[Raymond Hamilton]] and others. He r... - Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
9: ... to Eternity]]''. Kelly made three films with [[Alfred Hitchcock]]: ''[[Dial M for Murder]]'', ''[[Rea...
15: ...e Aumont]]. She reportedly was surprised to learn from Rainier that she was expected to give up her fi...
17: ...tle actual danger that [[Monaco]] would revert to France since, in [[1882]], a childless prince of Mon...
19: ...nd Rainier supposedly parted when a physical examination reportedly found her to be infertile (she later m...
28: ...n an independent nation, rather than reverting to France. Due to Prince Albert's enduring bachelorhood...
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