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- Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
2: | [[Image:stuart.jpg|thumb|right|140px|Mary I of Scotland; known as Mary, ...
17: ...eath to have been caused by grief over the Scots' humiliating loss to the English at the [[Battle of S...
44: ...'s troubles were still further increased by the [[Huguenot]] rising in France, called the ''[[Amboise ...
51: ...tion of Scotland's leading Catholic magnate, Lord Huntly, in [[1562]].
61: ...hite following the then recent death of her first husband.]] - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: | [[Image:Elizabeth_I_(Ermine_Portrait).jpg|thumb|right|220px|'''Elizabeth I''' <br><small>Queen ...
9: ...h|Sir Walter Raleigh]] and [[Humphrey Gilbert|Sir Humphrey Gilbert]]. Elizabeth was a short-tempered a...
24: [[Image:ElizabethTudorAt13-woc-0475.jpg|thumb|left|Elizabeth at the age of 13 by William Scro...
30: [[Image:Elizabeth I coronation.jpg|thumb|right|275px|The coronation of Elizabeth]]
35: ...h acknowledging the Sovereign's control over the Church or face severe punishment. - Veronica Franco (1937 bytes)
3: ...iage turned out badly, and she chose to leave her husband. In order to support herself she turned to ...
5: ... and ''Lettere familiari a diversi'', in 1575 and 1580, respectively. She published books of letters and... - Ellen MacArthur (3652 bytes)
1: ...llen McArthur RdR2002.jpg|thumb|200px|Ellen MacArthur]]
2: Dame '''Ellen Patricia MacArthur''', [[Order of the British Empire|DBE]] (born [[...
4: ...nterest in sailing by reading [[Arthur Ransome|Arthur Ransome's]] ''[[Swallows and Amazons]]'' books a...
8: ...sors, [[Kingfisher plc]]), and subsequently MacArthur was awarded an [[Order of the British Empire|MBE...
12: ... specifically arranged to take into account MacArthur's 5 foot 2 [[inch]] (1.57 metre) height. - Egypt (18830 bytes)
2: ...al-ˁArabiyah'''</big></big><br>{{Audio|ar-Gumhuriyat_Misr_al-Arabiyah.ogg|listen}}
67: ...ge|Egyptian]] phrase ''ḥwt-k3-ptḥ'' ("Hut ka Ptah"), the name of a temple of the god [[Pta...
73: ...], Egypt became an important world transportation hub; however, the country also fell heavily into deb...
77: [[Image:Pyramids.jpg|thumb|right|The Pyramids of Giza are at the heart of ...
84: ..., there is expressed concern from international [[human rights]] observers concerning [[freedom of spe... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
6: [[Image:Al-Idrisi's world map.JPG|200px|thumb|right|This map, made by Arab geographer [[al-Id...
16: [[Image:Eertvelt, Santa Maria.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''The [[Santa Maria (ship)|Santa Mar...
26: ...le to trade with the Spanish ships. The islands thus became the focus of colonization efforts. It was...
28: ...nd the [[Spice Islands]] by travelling west, and thus placing them in the Spanish sphere. The expediti...
31: ... control all the major trade routes of the east. Thus forts and colonies were established on the [[Gol... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
3: ...1607;ورية الجزائرية ا...
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62: ...rab]] tribe, the [[Banu Hilal]], to weaken them, thus incidentally initiating the [[Arabization]] of t...
218: ...www.algeria-watch.org/francais.htm Algeria Watch] human rights organization critical of widespread tor... - Iraq (19222 bytes)
1: ...h]] forces which drove the former leader [[Saddam Hussein]] and his [[Ba'ath Party]] from power. Alth...
3: ...h Al-Iraqiyah)'''</big></big><br>{{Audio|Ar-al Gumhuriyah al Iraqiya.ogg|listen}}
13: ...r" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: [[Allahu Akbar]]<br>([[English language|English]]: God is ...
49: ...an]]-led [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] removed Saddam Hussein's Government from power, replacing it with a...
54: ... rule, under the leadership of president [[Saddam Hussein]]. The [[unicameral]] [[Iraqi parliament]], ... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
4: ...606;انيّة<br>(Al Jumhuriyah al Lubnaniyah)'''</big></big>
71: ...comprise what is considered to be the [[Cradle of Humanity]]. It is the historic home of the [[Phoeni...
97: ...ept his dismissal in Aoun's favour. Lebanon was thus left with no President, and two rival government...
107: [[Image:cedar_revolution_20050228.jpg|thumb|A sea of Lebanese flags carried by anti-governm...
114: The assassination resulted in huge anti-Syrian protests by Lebanese citizens in [[... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
57: ...anent colony on the site of [[Buenos Aires]] in [[1580]], although initial settlement was primarily over...
63: ..., played a key role in developing support for her husband. Peron reelection in [[1952]], but the m...
67: ... of corruption, public revulsion in the face of [[human rights]] abuses and, finally, the country's [[...
95: # [[Chubut Province|Chubut]]
146: [[Image:Ar-map.png|200px|thumb|Map of Argentina]] - Djibouti (8746 bytes)
2: The '''Republic of Djibouti''' ({{lang-ar|جيبوتي}}, Ǧ...
4: ... جيبوتي<br>Jumhuriyaa Jibuti<BR>R鰵blique de Djibouti'''</big></b...
96: [[Image:Djibouti_sm03.png|thumb|250px|Map of Djibouti]] - Sudan (18856 bytes)
8: ...#1604;سودان <br> Jumhuriyat as-Sudan |
72: ... the south resulted as well in what international humanitarian organizations call a "lost generation" ...
95: [[Image:Sudan political map 2000.jpg|thumb|300px|Political map of Sudan]]
103: [[Image:Sudan_sm02.gif|thumb|Map of Sudan]]
124: ... Black Africans and non-Arab Black Africans--with hundreds of ethnic and tribal divisions and language... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
17: ...tal, because of their alliance with Rome. [[Viriathus]], the Lusitanian leader, drove the Roman forces...
21: [[Image:Castelo guimaraes2.jpg|thumb|right|230px|The [[10th century|10th-century]] [...
27: ...nty. The city of [[Braga]], the [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] center of the Iberian Peninsula, fa...
42: ...(a trading post) for commerce with inland Africa thus, circumventing the Arab [[caravan]]s that crosse...
44: [[image:Get image.jpg|thumb|right|230px|[[Palace of Pena]] in [[Sintra]], o... - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ...z de la Gomera|V鬥z]] and [[Pede Alhucemas|Alhucemas]], and the tiny [[Parsley Island]] ([[Disput...
73: ...pain's distinctive art originates from this seven-hundred-year period, and many Arabic words made thei...
77: ...ain|Felipe II]], became King of [[Portugal]] in [[1580]], as well as of the other Iberian Kingdoms (coll...
118: ...he constitution via referendum ([[Hungary]], [[Lithuania]] and [[Slovenia]] approved it before Spain, ...
125: [[Image:ccaa-spain.png|thumb|400px|Autonomous communities of Spain]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
84: *[[Ludolf Bakhuysen]] ([[1631]]-[[1708]])
89: *[[Balthus]] ([[1908]]-[[2001]])
187: *[[Arthur Boyd]] ([[1920]]-[[1999]])
264: *[[Frederick Edwin Church]] ([[1826]]-[[1900]])
510: *[[Frans Hals]] ([[1580]]-[[1666]]) - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
13: ...er astronomical event, the [[Lunar eclipse]] of [[1580]], recording that he remembered being "called out...
32: [[Image:Kepler-solar-system-1.png|thumb|right|275px|Kepler's [[Platonic solid]] model o...
37: [[Image:Kepler-solar-system-2.png|thumb|right|275px|Closeup of the model]]
42: ...it, and those of the second group within… Thus I was led to assign the Cube to Saturn, the Tetr...
44: ...l spheres had a planet embedded within them, and thus defined the planet's orbit. - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
1: [[image:Francis_Bacon.jpg|thumb|250px|Sir Francis Bacon]]
8: ...icholas, a member of the Reformed or [[Puritan]] Church, and a daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, whose si...
14: ...ught him to the conclusion that the methods (and thus the results) were erroneous. His reverence for [...
21: ...]]). He wrote on the condition of parties in the church, and he set down his thoughts on philosophical...
27: [[Image:StatueOfFrancisBacon.jpg|thumb|left|Memorial to Francis Bacon, in the chapel o... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
1: [[Image:Leonardo da Vinci.jpeg|thumb|Leonardo da Vinci]]
26: [[image:leonardo_self.jpg|thumb|left|[[Self-portrait]] in [[red chalk]], circa ...
36: [[Image:Leonardo Da Vinci's house.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Clos Luc鮝]
39: ...his casket. He was buried in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert in the castle of [[Amboise]]. Melzi was his p...
43: [[Image:The_Last_Supper_Da_Vinci.jpg|thumb|300px|''[[The Last Supper (Leonardo)|The Last S... - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
1: [[Image:Michel-eyquem-de-montaigne 1.jpg|thumb|right|Michel de Montaigne]]
2: ... He was a [[Skepticism|skeptic]] and a [[Humanism|humanist]].
8: ... Parlement, he became very close friends with the humanist writer [[Étienne de la Boétie...
12: ...egan work on his ''Essays'', first published in [[1580]].
14: [[Image:Michel_de_Montaigne 1.jpg|left|thumb|Michel de Montaigne]] - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...[Counter-Reformation]] within the Roman Catholic Church.
5: ...[[Avignon Papacy]] ("Babylonian Captivity of the Church"), [[Avignon]], [[Western Schism|Great Schism]...
6: * [[Jan Hus]], [[John Wycliffe]], [[William Tyndale]]
12: * [[Huldrych Zwingli]] and [[Z?]
16: * Reformation in [[France]] -- [[Huguenot]]s, [[Pierre Viret]]
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