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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ... is the northernmost and westernmost country in [[Latin America]] and the most populous [[Spanish languag...
10: native_name = Estados Unidos Mexicanos |
22: leader_titles = [[President of Mexico|President]] |
68: ...a Catholic priest in the small town of [[Dolores Hidalgo|Dolores]], causing a long [[Mexican War of In...
74: ...esident, followed in office by Santa Anna. As president, in 1834 Santa Anna abrogated the [[1824 Const... - Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...sometimes refered to as the "[[Switzerland]] of [[Latin America]]."
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10: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Costa rica flag large.png|125...
11: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Costa Rica|Full Size]])
12: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:CostaRica_coa.jpg]] - Periodic table (7298 bytes)
3: ...able#Standard periodic table|standard table]] provides the necessary basics. There are also [[Periodic...
9: ...ombination of Roman numerals and [[Latin alphabet|Latin]] letters. The Roman numeral names are the origin...
15: ...e (standard)|standard table]] (same as above) provides the basics.
17: *The [[Periodic table (big)|big table]] provides the basics plus full element names.
18: *The [[Periodic table (huge)|huge table]] provides the basics plus full element names and [[atomic... - List of elements by symbol (14812 bytes)
5: ...r><td>Ag</td><td>[[silver]]</td><td>47</td><td>([[Latin]] ''Argentum'')</td></tr>
11: <tr><td>Au</td><td>[[gold]]</td><td>79</td><td>(Latin ''Aurum'')</td></tr>
29: <tr><td>Cu</td><td>[[copper]]</td><td>29</td><td>(Latin ''Cuprum'')</td></tr>
37: <tr><td>Fe</td><td>[[iron]]</td><td>26</td><td>(Latin ''Ferrum'')</td></tr>
46: ...[[Mercury (element)|mercury]]</td><td>80</td><td>(Latin ''Hydragyrum'' - quicksilver)</td></tr> - Hanging Gardens of Babylon (4963 bytes)
1: [[image:ogrody_semiramidy.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Gardens of Semiramis, 20th...
3: ...ramis]]''') and the walls of [[Babylon]] were considered one of the [[Seven Wonders of the World]]. T...
5: ...nce for their existence. Some (circumstantial) evidence gathered at the excavation of the palace at [...
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13: ...e World. According to the tradition, the gardens did not hang but rather grew on the roofs and terrace... - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ...]] celebration. It also has the biggest forest inside an urban region, called "Floresta da Tijuca". Th...
21: ..., which then became the only European capital outside of Europe. Since there was no physical space nor...
23: ...med the independence of Brazil in [[1822]], he decided to keep Rio de Janeiro as the capital of his ne...
25: ...the territorial center were considered, until president [[Juscelino Kubitschek]] was elected in [[1955...
27: ..., for administrative and political reasons, a presidential decree known as ''A Fus㯧' (The Fusion) re... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...hristopher_columbus_99w.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
2: ...:Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
3: ...that Columbus fought with opposition based on the idea that the earth was flat is a literary [[myth]] ...
5: ...t to reach the American mainland (which Columbus did not reach until his third voyage). However, there...
7: ...g in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]]. - Middle Colonies (4101 bytes)
1: ...[[agriculture]] than the New England colony. The Middle Colonies were also known as the "bread basket"...
3: There were many [[brick]] buildings in the middle colonies due to the amount of clay along the r...
7: Originally, clothing in the middle colonies for the most part resembled the Dutch...
9: ...years living there. The people that lived in the Middle Colonies mostly had shipping-related jobs such...
11: ...milies hired private tutors to teach their sons [[Latin]], [[Greek language|Greek]], and other advanced s... - Puritan (15882 bytes)
4: ... the early eighteenth century. However, Puritans did not, by and large, use the term for themselves, a...
5: ...he seventeenth century the group had become so divided that "Puritan" was most often used by opponents...
8: ...ion towards Elizabeth's religious [[via media]] (middle way).
12: ...jected to ornaments and ritual in the churches as idolatrous (vestments, surplices, organs, genuflecti...
22: ...nformity with a distasteful religious regime, or did they take the separatist and illegal step of with... - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
12: ...ngs, so Waldseem�ller based the new name on the Latin form of Vespucci's first name, taking the feminin...
16: ...ing 6�S, before turning around and seeing [[Trinidad]] and the [[Orinoco River]] and returning to [[... - Adela of Normandy (2741 bytes)
7: ...pirited and educated woman, with a knowledge of [[Latin]].
24: ... drowned in the wreck of the [[White Ship]] alongside her husband. She lived long enough to see her so... - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
9: ...their authority. Contemporaries of Melisende who did rule, however, included [[Urraca of Castile]] ([[...
15: ...to the throne as joint rulers. However, with the aid of his crusader knights Fulk excluded Melisende f...
19: ...ces, such as [[William of Tyre]], discount the infidelity of Melisende and instead point out that Fulk...
21: ...llenge Fulk, as Fulk's unfounded assertions of infidelity was a public affront that would damage Melis...
23: ...], was born. When Fulk was killed in a hunting accident in [[1143]], Melisende publicly and privately ... - Agnes of Courtenay (6051 bytes)
7: ...re her marriage with Amalric. Meanwhile, Amalric did make a more advantagous marriage to [[Maria Comne...
11: ...became archbishop of Caesarea and, in [[1180]], [[Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem|Patriarch of Jerusalem]], ...
15: ...ession. Guy had become very unpopular and it was widely held that he should not have even an indirect ...
20: ...aughter of [[Peter of Courtenay]], [[Latin Empire|Latin emperor]], and [[Yolanda of Flanders]]. She marri... - Yolanda of Flanders (2422 bytes)
1: ...'Yolanda of Flanders''' (d. [[1219]]) ruled the [[Latin Empire]] in [[Constantinople]] for her husband [[...
5: ...on [[Robert of Courtenay]] because her first son did not want the throne. As Robert was still in [[Fr...
10: ...Namur, who declined the offer of the crown of the Latin Empire
11: * [[Robert of Courtenay]] (d. 1228), Latin Emperor
23: | width="30%" align="center" | Preceded by:<br>'''[[Pet... - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
3: ...t and most powerful women in Europe during the [[Middle Ages]]. She was [[Queen consort]] of both [[Fr...
8: ...well versed in music and literature, and enjoyed riding, hawking, and hunting. She became heiress to [...
10: ...ble heiress in Europe. These were the days when kidnapping an heiress was seen as a viable option for...
12: ...she illegally married Raoul of Vermandois; the incident started a war and caused conflict between Elea...
14: ... believed that it was really her directive. This did nothing for her popularity in [[Christendom]]. - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
15: ... was herself the Princess Mary's first teacher in Latin.
17: ...th England. A marriage treaty was signed; it provided that the Princess Mary should marry either Fran...
19: ...with Catherine void and the marriage with Anne valid. Since the [[Pope Clement VII|Pope]] had previou...
21: ...s marriage to Catherine was officially null and void from the beginning. She lost the dignity of a Pr...
23: ...and Hunsdon were among her principal places of residence. - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
9: ...([[1516]] – [[1558]]), and whose reign coincided with that of Mary, Queen of Scots.
19: ...ngly opposed the marriage proposition, went into hiding in [[Stirling Castle]], where preparations wer...
24: ...ston in solemn procession to the Chapel Royal. Inside, Lord Livingston brought Mary forward to the alt...
26: Quickly, Cardinal [[David Beaton]] put the Coronation Oath to her, which Lo...
31: ...part soon after Mary's coronation. The betrothal did not sit well with the Scots, especially since Hen... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
9: ... to circumnavigate the globe; [[Francis Bacon]] laid out his philosophical and political views; and En...
16: ...ges of treason (adultery against the King was considered treason), incest with her elder brother, and ...
18: ... relationship with Elizabeth and remained her confidante and good friend for life. She had been appoin...
20: ...'s enormous weight. However, from her father she did inherit her red hair.
22: ...nguage|Spanish]], [[Greek language|Greek]], and [[Latin]]. Under the influence of Catherine Parr and Asch... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
12: ...um|Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield]] and widow of [[Karl of Leiningen|Karl, Prince of Leininge...
14: ...n language|Italian]], [[Greek language|Greek]], [[Latin]], and [[French language|French]]. Her educator ...
16: ...queen's minority. Ignoring precedent, Parliament did not create a council to limit the powers of the R...
20: ... royal, princely, and ducal families, his family did not use theirs. Victoria asked her staff to dete...
27: ...it was growing unpopular and, moreover, faced considerable difficulty in governing the British colonie... - Anna Comnena (3243 bytes)
5: ...h political and religious. Her models are [[Thucydides]], [[Polybius]] and [[Xenophon]], and her style...
12: ...rth: Penguin, 1969. (This print version uses more idiomatic English and has more extensive notes)
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