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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... - Narcissi (1567 bytes)
15: ...sian]] word of this plant, نرگس (''Nargis'').
19: ... but strictly speaking that name belongs only to the rush-leaved [[Jonquilla Narcissi]] and its cultiv...
21: [[Daffodil]]s are the large trumpeted varieties of narcissi. - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...as 19 [[kilometre|km]] (12 [[mile]]s) east, near the ancient city of [[Canopus (Egypt)|Canopus]]. It h...
3: ...ended, and it fell into a long decline, which by the late [[Ottoman]] period had seen it reduced to li...
5: ...ia egypt 4.jpg|thumb|right|Alexandria's state-of-the-art [[library]], designed by [[Christoph Kapellar...
11: The history of Alexandria covers four periods:
13: ...ounding of the city and ends with the arrival of the Romans (blue). - Brunei (7197 bytes)
1: ...[southeast Asia]]. Apart from its coastline with the [[South China Sea]], it is completely surrounded ...
3: ...ciation of Southeast Asian Nations]] (ASEAN) and the [[Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation]] (APEC).
5: ...1606;ي دارالسلام<br>Negara Brunei Darussalam...
44: | '''[[National anthem]]'''
55: ...14th]] through [[16th century]], covering the southern [[Philippines]], [[Sarawak]] and [[Sabah]]. [[E... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...f Aqaba]] (also known as Gulf of [[Eilat]]), and the [[Dead Sea]].
6: ...sra'el")<br>دولة اسرائيل<br>("Dawlat I...
12: national_anthem = ''[[Hatikvah]]'' |
13: official_languages = [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], [[Arabic]] |
18: leader_names = [[Ariel Sharon]]<br>[[Moshe Katsav]] | - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
1: ...he country. It is among the poorest countries in the world.
3: ...nstitution]] the country is now officially named the '''[[Islamic republic|Islamic Republic]] of Afgha...
5: ...1605;ی افغانستان'''<br>'''Da Afghanistan Isl...
36: | From [[United Kingdom|the British]]<br>[[1919]]
46: | '''[[National anthem]]''' || ''[[Sououd-e-Melli]]'' - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ...outhwest, [[Chad]] to the west, and [[Libya]] to the northwest.<!--
8: ...1607;ورية السودان <br> Jumhuriyat as-S...
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]] | - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
1: ... consists of two geographical regions divided by the [[South China Sea]]:
3: ...y and the second-link bridge]] on the south with the island of [[Singapore]];
5: ...sia]] and borders the Sultanate of [[Brunei]] on the east, south, and west.
8: ...1578;وان مليسيا'''</big></big>
43: | From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br>[[August 31]], [[1957]] - Aswan (1042 bytes)
1: [[Image:Spices.jpg|thumb|right|Spices at the outdoor market in Aswan. Photo courtesy of [http:...
6: ...e. It stands on the east bank of the [[Nile]] at the first [[cataract]] and is a busy market and touri...
8: ...erally do not bother to roof all of the rooms in their houses.
10: ... and attempted to determine the circumference of the Earth.
12: ...See also:'' [[Aswan Dam]], [[Elephantine]], [[Kitchener's Island]], [[Nag Hammadi]] - Trajans Column (10003 bytes)
1: ...ef]], which commemorates [[Trajan]]'s victory in the [[Trajan's Dacian Wars|Dacian Wars]]. Its design ...
3: ...lumn weighs 53.3 tons which had to be lifted to a height of ca. 34 m.
5: ...ared in the [[Middle Ages]]. On December 4 1587, the top was crowned by [[Pope Sixtus V]] with a bronz...
9: ...e first (101-102), and the top half illustrating the second (105-106).
11: ... a variety of different perspectives are used in the same scene, so that more can be revealed (e.g. a ... - Politics (7193 bytes)
2: '''Politics''' is the process and method of making decisions for groups...
4: ...wer, i.e. the ability to impose one's will on another.
6: ...swell]], has defined politics as "who gets what, when, and how."
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11: - 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... - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
1: ...mage:Columbus.jpg|thumb|In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue]]
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns ev...
7: ...on one of the [[Bahamas]] Islands, "discovering" the [[New World]] (for [[15th century]] [[Europe]])
8: *[[1494]]-[[Treaty of Tordesillas]] divides the New World between [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]]
9: ...ng]]s to reach the North American mainland, which he claims for [[England]] - Monsoon (5846 bytes)
2: ...zed by very heavy [[rainfall]], and specifically the rainfall that is associated with this wind.
5: ...f of the year and from the northeast during the other.
7: ...ely that he was simply the first Greek to master the monsoon, as Yemeni sailors were trading with Indi...
10: ...ws from the ocean. The [[rainfall]] is caused by the moist air rising up mountains and cooling.
12: ... ocean. Since the temperature difference between the ocean and land is less than in summer, this wind ... - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ...esy|heretic]], popularly regarded as a martyr to the cause of [[freedom of thought]] because his ideas...
7: ...]] of Saint Domenico near [[Naples]]. In [[1572]] he was ordained a priest.
9: ...[[pantheism|pantheistic]] [[hylozoism]], and not the [[Trinity]].
10: ...o Bruno's mnemonic devices: in the spandrels are the four [[classical element]]s: earth, air fire, wat...
11: ...d by the newly rediscovered ideas of [[Plato]]. Other influences included [[Thomas Aquinas]], [[Averro... - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
7: ...cartographer]] of German descent, remembered for the [[Mercator projection]] named after him.
9: ...tion book of italic script to be published in northern [[Europe]].
12: ...grapher to [[Duke Wilhelm of Cleve]] in [[1564]]. He devised a new projection and first used it in [[1...
14: ...in [[1587]] after his father's map of 1567 (published in 1595)]]
15: ...d [[Greece]] in [[1588]], further maps were published in [[1595]] after his death by his son [[Rumold ... - Seljuk Turks (7657 bytes)
1: ...sia]], fighting and conquering various tribes on their way to [[Transoxiana]].
3: ...rusade|Crusaders]] from the West, and conquering the [[Byzantine Empire]].
5: ...urkish nomads from [[1153]] to [[1156]] and died the following year.
7: ...beyliks]], which in turn were later conquered by the Ottomans.
30: [[Kerman province|Kerman]] was a nation in southern Persia. It fell in 1187, probably conquered by ... - Bahrain (16123 bytes)
1: ...nk Bahrain to Qatar as the longest fixed link in the world.
42: ...dence]]'''<br />- From [[Iran|Persia]]<br>- From the [[United Kingdom]]<br />
51: | '''[[National anthem]]''' || [[Bahrainona]] (Our Bahrain)
61: ...rsian]] name [[Mishmahig]] when it was a part of the [[Persian Empire]].
63: ...of water, sweet water springs and salty water in the surrounding seas. - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], [[1799]] &nda...
41: *[[Svante Arrhenius]] ([[Sweden]], [[1859]] – [[1927]])
42: *[[Arzachel (Al-Zarqali)]] (Muslim Spain, [[1028]] – [...
68: *[[Wilhelm Beer]] ([[Germany]], [[1797]] – [[1850]])
71: *[[Friedrich Bessel|Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel]] ([[Germany]], [[1784]] – [[1846]...
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