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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ... Unidos Mexicanos'' ; regarding the use of the variant spelling ''M骩co'', see section [[#The name|Th...
18: official_languages = [[Spanish Language|Spanish]] |
64: ...s, sculpture, architecture, engraving, feather-mosiac work, the invention of the calendar, were due to...
66: ...], marked the beginning of the 300 year-long colonial period of Mexico as [[New Spain]].
70: ... declared independence, with the exception of [[Chiapas]]. - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...lity vehicle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the sci...
8: ...rtuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...rtuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
10: ...6th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[Indonesia]])
11: ...[[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]]) - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
3: ...and [[List of explorers|explorer]] of the [[Victorian era]], now best remembered because of his meetin...
8: ... Africa. Within 6 months, they had rejected Christianity. He married in [[1844]], and his wife travell...
10: ==Discovery of Victoria Falls==
11: ...thumb|right|David Livingstone memorial at [[Victoria Falls]]]]
12: ...h, Queen [[Victoria I of the United Kingdom|Victoria]]). Livingstone was one of the first Westerners t... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
4: ...ist of Presidents of Nigeria|dictator]] of [[Nigeria]] (1993-1998)
5: ...varisto Abaco|Abaco, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
15: ...k Abbandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
20: ...ah of Persia)|Abbas I]], (1557-1629), shah of Persia
32: *[[William Abbot|Abbot, William]], (1798-1843), British actor - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: ...ngdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India]]
7: ...he first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
9: ...technological change in the United Kingdom. Victoria was the last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]];...
12: ...l of Leiningen|Karl, Prince of Leiningen]]. Victoria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensin...
14: ...ventually learned to speak [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Greek language|Greek]], [[Latin]], and [[Fr... - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
3: ...torian era]], whose novels, largely set in provincial England, are well known for their [[realism]] an...
8: ...d a translation of Feuerbach's ''Essence of Christianity'', and it was at that time that she began to ...
21: ...g out the hypocrisy of the country squires and socially conscious. ''[[Felix Holt, the Radical]]'' an...
31: * ''[[Romola]]'' (1863)
54: *[http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/eliot/eliotov.html Biography and ... - Ouida (1938 bytes)
5: ...ied in poverty on [[January 25]], [[1908]], in [[Viareggio]], [[Italy]].
15: * ''Helianthus '' (1908)
16: * ''Held in Bondage'' (1863) (first published with the title ''Granville de V...
18: * ''Idalia'' (??)
37: * http://www.indiana.edu/cgi-bin-ip/letrs/vwwplib.pl - This site con... - Mary Edwards Walker (4835 bytes)
10: ...n)" by the Army of the Cumberland in September, [[1863]], becoming the first ever female U.S. Army Surge...
12: ...nded for the Medal of Honor by [[General]]s [[William T. Sherman]] and [[George Henry Thomas]]. On [[...
16: :''Whereas it appears from official reports that Dr. Mary E. Walker, a graduate of m...
18: ...fferings should be: It is ordered, That a testimonial thereof shall be hereby made and given to the sa...
22: ...ker and, interestingly enough, [[Buffalo Bill|William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody]]. Although ordered to r... - Sarah Bernhardt (3531 bytes)
8: ...hardt made several cylinders and discs of famous dialogue from various productions. One of the earlies...
10: ...ques Damala]]) in London in [[1882]], but the marriage, which legally endured until Damala's death in ...
12: ...lm, as it had accompanying cylinders with dubbed dialogue.) She went on to star in eight motion pictur... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
1: ...lthough technically in [[Giza]], The Great [[Egyptian Pyramids|Pyramids]] have become a symbol of Cair...
4: ...9;ر) pronounced ''Maşr'' in the local dialect.
6: ...he foundation of the city. The planet Mars, asssociated with destruction was called "Al Najm Al Qahir"...
14: ...e [[Nile|Nile River]] in the north of Egypt, immediately south of the point where the river leaves its...
18: ...ernment buildings are located and government officials live. Bridges also cross the Nile attaching th... - War (7002 bytes)
1: ...sical force between [[combatant]]s or upon [[civilian]]s. Other terms for war, which often serve as [[...
6: ...The earliest city states and empire in [[Mesopotamia]] became the first to employ [[standing army|stan...
14: .... This position was forcefully defended by the Indian leader [[Mohandas K. Gandhi]] (called "Mahatma" ...
16: ...st]] states of the [[1930s]]. The defeat and repudiation of the fascist states and their [[militarism]...
22: ...ar]] is the modern term for the targeting of civilians and the mobilization of an entire society. - Nile (13738 bytes)
12: ...first, the lengths of rivers vary over time (especially in plains, where rivers often change course), ...
14: ...0 miles) long. Measuring instead from Lake Victoria gives a length of approximately 5584 km (3470 mil...
20: ...torial East Africa, and the Blue Nile, from Ethiopia. Both branches formed on the western flanks of t...
24: ...for 690 km (429 miles) before reaching Lake Victoria.
26: ... Lake Victoria, the river is known as the [[Victoria Nile]]. It flows further for approximately 500 k... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
16: | vicepresident=[[William R. King]]
18: ...ial election]], Pierce and his running mate [[William R. King]] won in a landslide, beating [[Winfield...
20: ... lifelong struggle with [[alcoholism]] as his marriage to [[Jane Means Appleton Pierce]] fell apart. H...
22: ...ote in ''The American President'' what many historians believe about Pierce: that he was "a good man w...
25: ...onary War|Revolutionary War]] soldier, state militia general, and two-time [[governor of New Hampshire... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
44: ...rritories, and his victory in the [[1860 presidential election]] further polarized the nation. Before ...
46: ... [[U.S. presidential election, 1864|1864 presidential campaign]].
48: ...onal banking and banks, and admitted [[West Virginia]] and [[Nevada]] as states. He also encouraged ef...
53: ...ssippi]] [[river]]s. While in [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]] he may have witnessed a slave auc...
59: ...a captain in a company of the [[Illinois]] [[militia]] drawn from New Salem during the [[Black Hawk Wa... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
13: ...f the United States|First Lady]]:'''</td><td>[[Julia Grant]]</td></tr>
24: ...s a successful general, he is considered by historians to be one of America's worst presidents, who le...
26: Historians agree that Grant was not personally corrupt; it...
30: ...tanner]], and his mother were born in [[Pennsylvania]]. In the fall of [[1823]] they moved to the vill...
32: ... adopted the form of his new name with middle initial only, never acknowledging that the "S" stood for... - Schuyler Colfax (2924 bytes)
2: ...use of Representatives|Representative]] from [[Indiana]] and the 17th [[Vice President of the United S...
4: ...ted States Whig Party|Whig]] organ of northern Indiana.
6: ...es|Speaker of the House of Representatives]] in [[1863]]. He was not a candidate for renomination in [[...
10: ...h Bend, Indiana]]. The town of [[Colfax, California]], is named in his honor. The "Jewel of the Midw...
13: ...heodore Medad Pomeroy]] | years=[[December 7]], [[1863]] – [[March 3]], [[1865]];<br>[[December 4]... - William A. Wheeler (2833 bytes)
5: |+ <font size="+1">William A. Wheeler</font>
7: ...enter;" colspan=2 | [[Image:Vpww.gif|Photo of William A. Wheeler]]
44: '''William Almon Wheeler''' ([[June 30]], [[1819]]–[[...
46: ...ongress]] ([[March 4]], [[1861]] - [[March 3]], [[1863]]). He was a delegate to the state constitutiona...
51: ...after=[[Chester A. Arthur]]|years=[[U.S. presidential election, 1876|1876]] (won)}} - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...ed on the [[Mediterranean Sea]] coast, '''Alexandria''' (in [[Arabic language|Arabic]], '''ا...
5: ...[Image:Alexandria egypt 4.jpg|thumb|right|Alexandria's state-of-the-art [[library]], designed by [[Chr...
7: ..._egypt_6.jpg|thumb|right|Fishing Boats in Alexandria's Eastern Harbour, close to Kait Bey Castle]]
11: The history of Alexandria covers four periods:
19: ... Alexandria's role as the shipping-point for Egyptian grain, which fed the [[Hellenistic Greece|Hellen... - Australia (39438 bytes)
2: native_name =Commonwealth of Australia|
3: common_name =Australia|
4: image_flag =Australia_flag_large.png|
6: image_map =LocationAustralia.png|290px|
7: national_motto =None (formerly Advance Australia)| - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ... proven especially influential in [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [[Africa]].
15: | '''[[Official language]]''' || [[Greek language|Greek]]
21: ...dents of Greece|President]]''' || [[Karolos Papoulias|KᲯlos Papo?]]
50: ...ies to the east of mainland Greece while the [[Ionian Sea]] lies to the west. Both, parts of the easte...
52: ...h its culture has proven to be especially influential in [[Europe]], [[Northern Africa]] and the [[Mid...
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