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- Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...ttish monarchs, in part because of the tragedy of her life.
9: ...nd]] ("Bloody Mary"), who lived at approximately the same time ([[1516]] – [[1558]]), and whose ...
12: She was born at [[Linlithgow Palace]], West Lothian, ...
14: ...re questionable. Females and female lines could inherit only after extinction of male lines.
15: ...se had gone extinct before the death of Mary's father. - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...d her half-sister, [[Mary I of England|Mary I]]. She reigned during a period of great religious turmoi...
9: ...uding [[Trinity College, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[British East India Company]] ([[1600]]).
11: ...during Elizabeth's reign. Elizabeth also reduced the number of [[Privy Council|Privy Counsellors]] fro...
13: ... [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen".
16: ...ter [[Edward VI of England|Prince Edward]] under the [[English Act of Succession|Act of Succession 154... - Veronica Franco (1937 bytes)
1: ...as a [[poet]] and [[courtesan]] of Venice during the sixteenth century.
3: ...d as one of the foremost courtesans of Venice in the "catalog," ''Il Catalogo di tutte le principale e...
5: ... founded and funded a charity for courtesans and their children.
7: ...|witchcraft]], but was acquitted of the charges. Her later life is largely obscure, though surviving ...
9: ...life and times of Veronica Franco were made into the 1998 movie, "Dangerous Beauty". - Ellen MacArthur (3652 bytes)
2: ...ord for the fastest solo [[circumnavigation]] of the [[Earth|globe]].
4: ...llows and Amazons]]'' books and is the Patron of the Nancy Blackett Trust which owns and operates Rans...
6: ... Yachting Association]] Yachtsman of The Year in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] and "Sailing's Young Hope" ...
8: ...subsequently MacArthur was awarded an [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] for services to sport.
10: ...', but was thwarted by a broken mast in the [[Southern Ocean]]. - Egypt (18830 bytes)
2: |+<big><big>'''جمهوريّة...
6: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Flag of the Arab Republic of Egypt 1984.png|125px|Flag of Egy...
10: ...0px" | [[Coat of Arms of Egypt|The Great Seal of the Republic]]<!--
21: | '''Other widely spoken languages'''
40: | from the [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br />[[28 February]], [[192... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...ost famous explorers of the period were [[Christopher Columbus]], [[Vasco da Gama]], [[Pedro ?vares Ca...
3: ...ely passive [[Mediterranean]] and sail safely on the open [[Atlantic]].
6: ...was one of the most accurate world maps prior to the age of European exploration]]
7: ...ched expeditions in hopes of finding coverts, or the fabled [[Prester John]].
9: ...is journey was written up as ''[[Travels]]'' and the work was read throughout Europe. - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: ...lay off that city's coast until becoming part of the mainland in [[1525]].
3: ...1607;ورية الجزائرية ا...
15: ...anslation): The Revolution by the people and for the people''</small>
23:
25: | '''[[President of Algeria|Head of State]]''' || [[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]], <sma... - Iraq (19222 bytes)
1: ...s reported by BBC news, CNN, The New York Times, The Economist)
3: |+<big><big>'''الجمهورية ا...
29: ...Independence]]''' || [[1 October]] [[1919]] from the [[Ottoman Empire]]
30: [[3 October]] [[1932]] from the [[United Kingdom|British]]
32: ...t|GDP]]''' (PPP)<br> - Total ([[2003]])<br> - GDP/head</td><td>[[List of countries by GDP|Ranked 76th]... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
2: ...Syria]] on the east and north, and [[Israel]] on the south.
4: |+<big><big>'''الجمهوريّة...
53: | '''[[National anthem]]'''
66: ...to snow-capped mountains. An Arabic cognate of the word ''laban'' also means "[[yogurt]]".
71: ...volved in the [[Crusades]]. It was then taken by the [[Ottoman Empire]]. - Argentina (30219 bytes)
9: national_anthem = [[Argentine National Anthem|Himno Nacional Argentino]] |
34: established_events = - [[May Revolution]]<br/> - Declared<br...
35: established_dates = from [[Spain]]<br/> [[May 25]], [[1810]]...
44: ...and (Malvinas) Islands]] and [[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]]
48: ...rica after Brazil and the 8th largest country in the [[world]]. - Djibouti (8746 bytes)
2: ...ed Sea, on the [[Arabian Peninsula]], 20 km from the coast of Djibouti, is [[Yemen]].
4: ...1580;مهورية جيبوتي<br>Jumhuriyaa...
50: | '''[[National anthem]]'''
51: | ''[[National anthem of Djibouti|Flag song]]''
62: ...ontacts with the Arabs, and adopted [[Islam]] as their religion. - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ...outhwest, [[Chad]] to the west, and [[Libya]] to the northwest.<!--
8: native_name = جمهورية ا...
14: ... = [[Nahnu Jund Allah Jund Al-watan]] ("We Are the Army of God and of Our Land") |
39: established_events = - Date |
40: established_dates = From [[Egypt]] and the [[United Kingdom]] <br> [[January 1]], [[1956]] | - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...ira Islands|Madeira and Porto Santo]] (including the [[Savage Islands]]).
5: ...] stretched across the world. After the rise of other colonial powers, Portugal declined.
7: ...he subsequent decades, with a clear slow-down in the last few years.
15: ...stablished in southern Portugal for a long time. The [[Celtic|Celtics]], a later wave of Celts, settle...
17: ...achieved by bribing Lusitanian officials to kill their own leader. During this period, a process of [[... - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ...ins widely spoken outside of the country, and is the official language of nearly all [[Central America...
12: ...al_motto = ''[[Plus Ultra]]''<br>([[Latin]]: "Further Beyond") |
13: national_anthem = ''[[Marcha Real]]'' |
19: ...>[[President of the Government of Spain|Pres. of the Gov.]] |
38: established_events = | - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painte...
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
22: *[[Hans von Aachen]] ([[1552]]-[[1615]])
27: *[[Andreas Achenbach]] ([[1815]]-[[1910]]) - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...", although [[Carl Sagan]] also refers to him as the last scientific [[astrologer]].
4: ...his career, Kepler was an assistant to [[Tycho Brahe]]. Kepler's career also coincided with that of [[...
6: ...i''' ("The Harmony of the world") in Linz during the early 17th century.
9: ...eak and sickly child, but despite his ill health, he was precociously brilliant.
11: ...r. This ostracizing probably led him to turn to the world of ideas, as well as an abiding religious c... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...esman]], [[spy]], [[freemason]] and [[essayist]]. He was knighted in [[1603]], created '''Baron Verula...
4: ...d with occult trends of [[hermeticism]] and [[alchemy]].
8: ...ose sister married William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the great minister of Queen Elizabeth.
10: ..., living for three years there with his older brother [[Anthony Bacon]].
12: ...cious intellect, and was accustomed to call him "the young Lord Keeper." - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ... in his lifetime. In addition, he helped advance the study of [[anatomy]], [[astronomy]], and [[civil ...
7: ... been suggested, albeit on scanty evidence, that she was a [[Middle East|Middle Eastern]] [[slave]] ow...
9: ...not "da Vincis". Presumably he did not use his father's name because of his illegitimate status.
11: ...ndrea del Verrocchio]], who subsequently took on the fourteen-year old Leonardo as an apprentice. In t...
12: ... of intellect that whatever he turned his mind to he made himself master of with ease" ([[Giorgio Vasa... - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
1: ...e:Michel-eyquem-de-montaigne 1.jpg|thumb|right|Michel de Montaigne]]
2: ...nd and especially himself as the object of study. He was a [[Skepticism|skeptic]] and a [[Humanism|hum...
6: ... spoke exclusively in [[Latin]], the language of the educated class.
8: ...aux Parlement, he became very close friends with the humanist writer [[Étienne de la Boé...
10: ...nherited the Château de Montaigne, to which he moved back in 1570. - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...t also led to the [[Counter-Reformation]] within the Roman Catholic Church.
3: == Roots of the Reformation ==
4: ...ovements: [[Cathar]]ism, [[Waldensian]]ism, and others
5: * [[Avignon Papacy]] ("Babylonian Captivity of the Church"), [[Avignon]], [[Western Schism|Great Sch...
7: * [[Northern Renaissance]]
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