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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
31: ... for maritime activity with ships sailing for [[England]], [[Ireland]], [[Iceland]], [[Madeira]], [[Az...
71: ... a fleet of 100 caravels had been lost. (Astoundingly, both the Niña and the Pinta were spared.)
74: ...of the coveted Indian spices, such as the exceedingly expensive black pepper, ginger or cloves. In his...
97: ...gh he regained his freedom, he did not regain his prestige and lost his governorship. As an added insult, th...
112: ...one reason for his explorations, he grew increasingly religious in his later years. He claimed to hear... - Isabella of Castile (4156 bytes)
5: ...eat-great-granddaughter of King [[Edward III of England]] and his wife [[Philippa of Hainault]] and th...
10: ...ancaster]], a half sister of King [[Henry IV of England]]. Her maternal grandparents were Prince [[Joa...
18: The regime of [[Francisco Franco]] claimed the prestige of the Catholic Monarchs. - Nicole Kidman (11782 bytes)
21: ... it was not to be. She did however win a [[Golden Globe]] award.
26: ...d Wives (2004)|The Stepford Wives]]'' alongside [[Glenn Close]], [[Faith Hill]] and [[Bette Midler]]. ...
35: ...e Best Actress in a Drama Motion Picture [[Golden Globe]], in the years 2002-2005, for the following f...
43: ...m Critics Society]], [[London Critics Circle]], [[Prestige Academy of Motion Pictures & Television]], [[Russ...
50: ...s in the UK, also becoming the UK Christmas #1 Single for 2001). - Society (6217 bytes)
19: ===Ceremony and prestige===
20: ...y'' can be seen in all known cultures; typically, prestige or other cultural factor accrues to the generous ... - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
66: ...ng at, and decided to change it to a less steep angle. This resulted in an odd looking Pyramid whose t...
71: ...ile floods over two or three decades, caused by a global climatic cooling which reduced the amount of ...
103: ...curing internal stability and re-establishing the prestige that the country had before the reign of Akhenato...
115: ...ffins changed shape from the Middle Kingdom rectangle to the familiar mummy-shape with a head and roun...
120: ... and they were replaced without any apparent struggle by the Libyan kings of the [[Twenty-second dynas... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
24: ...n (new style) calendar date. Also note that the English year began on [[March 25]] ([[Annunciation]] D...
26: ...]] - [[August 25]], [[1789]]) were of [[England|English]] descent. He spent much of his boyhood at Fer...
31: ...gton could not read.) The "[[Battle of Jumonville Glen|Jumonville affair]]" became an international in...
62: ... not participate in the debates involved, but his prestige was great enough to maintain collegiality and to ...
93: ...erson]] wrote, "The moderation and virtue of a single character probably prevented this Revolution fro... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
72: ... the Senate by Northerners led by [[Stephen A. Douglas]]. Eventually, Congress voted to call a new vot...
163: ...before=[[Franklin Pierce]]| after=[[Stephen A. Douglas]] ''(northern candidate)''<br>[[John C. Breckin... - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
55: ...Presbyterianism]], [[Congregationalism]], and [[Anglicanism]].
61: In [[1947]], with French prestige at low ebb, a [[Madagascar revolt|nationalist upr...
74: In an increasingly weakened position, Ratsiraka acceded to negotiat...
109: During the power struggle after the presidential elections in 2001, five o...
190: Starting in [[1997]], [[globalization]] encouraged the government and Presid... - Greece (54754 bytes)
57: ...->. This name is also written as ''Hellas'' in English, following the [[ancient Greek]] pronunciation...
59: ...{lang|la|''[[Graecus]]''}}): [[English language|English]] ''Greece'', [[French language|French]] {{lan...
65: ... associated with the sea. After the internal struggle between Spartans and Athenians, all parts of Gre...
90: ...he Germano-Danish [[Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg|House of Oldenburg]]. During the 19th an...
104: ...n) of the city of Kalavrita were executed on a single day, [[13th December 1943]]. The occupiers murde... - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
21: ...c reformists, succeeded in winning the power struggle, and Mao's widow, [[Jiang Qing]] and her associa...
40: ...increasingly tolerated. Recently, under increasingly showing himself as conservative Hu Jintao, the P...
61: ...its pilot was killed. The damaged U.S. plane struggled to land on China's [[Hainan Island]], where its...
212: ...ivations for this program appears to be political prestige, China's efforts almost certainly will contribute... - Democratic Republic of the Congo (21095 bytes)
61: ...ional pressure in order to save their last bit of prestige in Europe, forcibly adopting the Free State as a ...
67: ...[[1960]], after almost a decade of political struggle; Belgium finally withdrew, fearing a war for ind...
72: ...sent troops to reestablish order, which were strongly supported by the United States, which believed L...
208: ...//www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/Africa/DRC.asp Globalissues.org - The Democratic Republic of Congo]... - Luxembourg (11321 bytes)
26: ...rea|Ranked 167th]]<br>[[1 E9 m2|2,586 km?]] <br>Negligible
96: ... recently dominated by steel, has become increasingly more diversified to include chemicals, rubber, a...
105: ...nings of the country, French enjoyed the greatest prestige, and therefore its preferential use as the offici...
115: ...e their higher education in French-, German- or English-speaking countries.
119: ...information is in French, German, and sometimes English or [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], since r... - Football (soccer) (22343 bytes)
7: ...names]] in some parts of the [[English language|English]]-speaking world, usually '''soccer''' or '''a...
11: ...ly in [[Europe]], [[Latin America]], and increasingly in [[Africa]] — football evokes great pass...
30: ... the [[public school (UK)|public schools]] of [[England]]. The first set of rules resembling the moder...
32: ...ng and holding. Other [[History of rugby union|English rugby clubs followed this lead]] and did not j...
134: ...strictions; consequently it carries international prestige considered comparable to that of the [[FIFA Women... - Memphis, Egypt (1908 bytes)
3: [[Image:Egypt-Hieroglyphs.jpg|thumb|right|[[Hieroglyph]]s in Memphis with a statue of [[Ramses II]] i...
5: ... two kingdoms of Egypt. Memphis reached a peak of prestige under the [[Sixth dynasty of Egypt|6th Dynasty]] ... - Ancient Rome (25155 bytes)
25: ...hree was elected consul before they began to struggle with each other for power. Caesar emerged victo...
27: In the last republican power struggle, Caesar's designated heir, [[Octavian]], defeate...
75: ...ll-educated Romans, brought about an increasing neglect of the old rites, and in the [[1st century BC]...
85: .... During the [[Roman Republic]], a series of struggles led to plebeians gaining equal, or nearly equal...
89: ...tion. Higher classes had more political power and prestige than lower classes. This system also lost its mea... - Alaska (24727 bytes)
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Alaska]] |
11: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
12: Languages = [[English language|English]] 85.7%, Native North American 5.2%, [[Spanish...
77: ...d several years earlier (circa 1975) adopted a single time zone identical to Pacific Standard Time), a...
89: ...s Southeast Alaska, is home to towns, tidewater [[glacier]]s and extensive forests; - Florida (24937 bytes)
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Florida]] |
8: Nickname = Sunshine State, Everglade State |
13: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
76: ...used by airflow from the [[Gulf of Mexico]] seemingly "pop up" in the early afternoon and can often br...
80: ... Florida was also the site of the most costly single weather disaster in U.S. history, [[Hurricane An... - Agesilaus II (5597 bytes)
24: In [[370 BC]] Agesilaus tried to restore Spartan prestige by an - Sumerian language (10760 bytes)
26:
43: ...age|Hittite]] (which also had a [[Hieroglyph|hieroglyphic script]], as did the [[Egyptians]]) and [[Ol...
45: Sumerian is an [[agglutinative language]], meaning that words could con...
49: ...d as a [[nominative-accusative language]] (like English) in others. Sumerian behaves as a nominative-a...
57: ...he most ancient known language, it has a peculiar prestige, and such proposals sometimes have a nationalisti... - Ming Dynasty (65624 bytes)
10: ... means "Vast Military" and reflects the increased prestige of the military.
12: ..., after the death of [[Yongle Emperor of China|Yongle Emperor]], independent peasant landholders predo...
16: ...nger son of Hongwu, who ruled as the Emperor [[Yongle]] from [[1403]] to [[1424]] and was responsible ...
24: The Hongwu Emperor increasingly feared rebelions and coups. He even made it a c...
27: ...London]].<br /><p align="center">(''' [[:Image:MingLacquerTable2.jpg|See the closeup for more detail]]...
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