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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...blity in the region, and sometimes refered to as the "[[Switzerland]] of [[Latin America]]."
10: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Costa rica flag large.png|125px|]]
12: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:CostaRica_coa.jpg]]
18: | align=center colspan=2 | [[image:LocationCostaRica.png]]
21: ...h language|English]] and indigenous languages on the Atlantic coast) - Main Page (2698 bytes)
11: ...l library which features [[animals]] from around the world. Includes videos and animal pictures and cl...
16: ...|96px]] || [[Image:Anteater 00000.jpg|96px]] || [[Image:koala_ack.jpg|96px]]
20: ....jpg|96px]] || [[Image:spiders_ack.jpg|96px]] ||[[Image:sea_turtle_ack.jpg|96px]]
24: ...96px]] || [[Image:TN_reptiles_ack.jpg|96px]] || [[Image:Arthropod_ack.jpg|96px]]
31: [[Image:Great_wall2.jpg|220px|right|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroo... - Grapefruit (4275 bytes)
2: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[image:Grapefruit_700x490.jpg|250px|A basket of grapefru...
16: The '''grapefruit''' is a sub-tropical [[citrus]] [[t...
18: ... and [[Texas]]. In Spanish the fruit is known as the ''toronja''.
20: ... [[tangelo]] (1905), the [[minneola]] (1931) and the [[sweetie]] (1984).
22: ... not determined until the [[1950s]]. This led to the official name being altered to ''Citrus × p... - Pennsylvanian (1543 bytes)
1: :''The '''[[Pennsylvanian (Amtrak)|Pennsylvanian]]''' is...
3: ...eriod are well identified, but the exact date of the start and end are uncertain by a few million year...
5: ... general.jpg|thumb|Generalized geographic map of the [[United States]] in Middle [[Pennsylvanian]] tim...
6: ... continental deposits and are lumped together as the Carboniferous period.
8: Refer to the [[Carboniferous]] period article for information ... - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: ...e city called Rio de Janeiro. For the state with the same name, see [[Rio de Janeiro (state)]].''
3: [[Image:Rio_de_Janeiro-Ipanema_Beach.jpg|thumbnail|250px|...
4: [[Image:Redentor.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Cristo Redentor]]]]
5: ...ro_LE2002059_lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro]]
7: ...de an urban region, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]]. - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...tion and emigration merged to create the familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
7: ...l center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically significant of those was fo...
9: == Into the Bronze Age ==
14: ...三代; [[pinyin]]: sāndài) that the historical China begins to appear.
15: ...ge:Statute_ming_tombs.jpg |thumb|left|Ming Tombs. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroo... - Mesopotamia (2719 bytes)
1: ...|thumb|200px|Mesopotamia the reputation of being the "[[Cradle of Civilization]]"]].
2: ...os Mountains]] and the [[Caucasus]] mountains to the north.
6: ...g "Iran's Heart" and the metropol [[Ctesiphon]], the capital of [[Iran|Persia]], was situated in Mesop...
8: ...arlier settlements and cultures which were among the first to make use of [[agriculture]].
15: * [[Uruk period]], named after the city [[Uruk]]. - Persepolis (15450 bytes)
2: ...far from where the small river Pulwar flows into the Kur (Kyrus).
4: ...:Takht-jamshid.jpg|thumb|380px|After 2500 years, the ruins of Persepolis still inspire visitors from f...
6: ...Macedon]] has been beyond dispute at least since the time of [[Pietro della Valle]].
8: ...ere brought "to the Persians," or that they died there.
9: ...ge:Persepolis 2.JPG|thumb|300px|Persepolis (L)]][[Image:Persepolis 1.JPG|thumb|300px|Persepolis (R)]]</ce... - George H. W. Bush (1569 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=George Herbert Walker Bush
3: | image name=Georgebush.jpg
19: ...] ([[1981]]–[[1989]]). He is the father of the current president [[George W. Bush]].
22: ...the prominent investment banking firm [[Brown Brothers Harriman]].
24: ... Massachusetts]] from [[1936]] to [[1942]], where he demonstrated early leadership, capta - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
1: [[image:JohnCFremont.jpg|frame|John C. Frémont]]
2: ...ty to run on a platform of opposition to slavery. He was born in [[Savannah, Georgia]].
4: ...rker.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Modern marker for site where two of Frémont's men were lost in Colorado]]
5: ...mining that the [[Great Basin]] had no outlet to the sea.
7: ...f the United States|presidential]] candidate, but he lost (see [[U.S. presidential election, 1856]]) t... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...liest mentions and Welsh texts he is never given the title "King." Early texts refer to him as ''[[du...
2: [[Image:Arthur3487.jpg|right|framed|Victorian image of '''King Arthur''' in plate armour with visor r...
3: ==The Arthur of history==
5: ...tre of his power and the extent and kind of power he wielded continues to rage.
7: ... scholars are not certain whether the "Brettones" he led were [[Britain|Britons]] or [[Armorica|Breton... - Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
1: ... and [[French Navy|naval officer]], who explored the south and western [[Pacific]], [[Australia]], [[N...
3: [[Image:Dumont-d'Urville.web.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''L'As...
4: ...n the world. The [[Venus de Milo]] now stands in the [[Louvre]] in [[Paris]].
6: In [[1822]] he sailed on a voyage around the world under [[Louis Isidore Duperrey|Captain Dupe...
8: ...her islands, and found out the probable place of the death of [[Jean-François de La Pérouse|La Perou... - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (3639 bytes)
1: ... and other parts of the southwest of what is now the [[United States]].
3: [[Image:Coronado expedition.jpg|thumb|500px|The Coronado Expedition 1540-1542.]]
5: He was born in [[Salamanca]], [[Spain]].
7: ...rest, and he decided to try to get that [[gold]]. He set out in 1540, joined by a large expedition of ...
9: ...ad described, it was just a simple [[pueblo]] of the [[Zuni]] Indians. Marcos was sent back to [[Mexic... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...l [[sphere]], and argued that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
2: [[Image:Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroo...
3: ...icas, they inaugurated permanent contact between the New and Old Worlds.
5: ...t Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...tober]], the anniversary of Columbus' landing in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]]. - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
1: [[image:david_livingstone.jpg|thumb|right|David Livingsto...
3: ...with [[Henry Morton Stanley]] which gave rise to the popular quotation, "''Dr. Livingstone, I presume....
6: ...fat, whose daughter he later married, and joined the [[London Missionary Society]], becoming a ministe...
8: ...regnant – but returned to [[England]] with their children.
11: [[Image:David Livingstone memorial at Victoria Falls, Zim... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...f more production machines for manufacturing in other industries.
3: ...growth of the [[internal combustion engine]] and the development of [[Electric power|electrical power ...
5: ... often compared to the [[Neolithic revolution]], when mankind developed [[agriculture]] and gave up it...
7: ... [[Louis-Auguste Blanqui]] in the second half of the [[19th century]].
10: ... But one of the main causes was the invention of the steam engine. - Steel (28384 bytes)
1: :''See [[Steel (disambiguation)]] for other uses.''
2: [[Image:Steel framework.jpg|thumb|300px|Steel framework]]
3: ....1 percent [[carbon]]; ironically, alloys with higher carbon content than this are known as [[cast iro...
5: ...sses of steels in which carbon is replaced with other alloying materials, and carbon, if present, is u...
8: ...ast 6000 years (since the [[Bronze Age]]). Since the oxidation rate itself increases rapidly beyond 80... - Puritan (15882 bytes)
1: ...otestants]] which developed in [[England]] after the [[Reformation]].
4: ...|fundamentalist]]": Puritanism was a movement rather than a denomination.
5: ... of particular churches or movements, and not by the simple and nebulous term "Puritan."
8: ...ranism|Lutheran Germany]]. These contacts shaped their position towards Elizabeth's religious [[via me...
10: ...in church polity (organization of church power), they differed. - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
1: [[Image:Bagpipe performer.jpg|right|thumb|150px|A bagpipe...
3: ...though pipers most commonly talk of "pipes" and "the bagpipe".
6: [[Image:annotated_stand.jpg|right|thumb|A set of Scottish...
16: ...cularly Highland pipers. In the Middle east, and the Balkans, a whole goatskin is used, cured with sal...
18: ...ores for the Zampogna, and cylindrical bores for the Musette and Scottish Small Pipes). In general, c... - Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present (16426 bytes)
3: Further information: Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency and Presidency of Barack ...
4: ...f gallons of oil into the sea. The spill becomes the worst oil spill in American history.
5: ...publicans retake the House of Representatives as the Democrats lose 63 seats.
8: ... being the hardest hit. 324 people are killed in the deadliest American natural disaster since Hurrica...
9: ... bin Laden, leader of al-Qaeda and mastermind of the September 11 attacks, is killed in Abbottabad, Pa...
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