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- Grapefruit (4275 bytes)
6: ...x_classis_entry | taxon = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_subclassis_entry | taxon = [[Rosidae]]}}
18: ... producer of the fruit, with plantations in [[Florida]] and [[Texas]]. In Spanish the fruit is known a...
20: ...os.org/grapefrt.htm]. It had developed as a [[hybrid]] of the [[pummelo]] (''Citrus grandis'') with th...
24: ...ium|bacteria]] and [[fungi]]. It also has [[antioxidant]] properties. - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...many were eventually assimilated into the Chinese identity. These cultural and political influences fr...
7: ...a about 65,000 years ago from [[Africa]]. Early evidence for proto-Chinese [[rice paddy]] agriculture ...
11: ...]s such as [[Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[Chi...
14: ...e of them, the [[Yellow Emperor]], is sometimes said to be the ancestor of all Chinese people. Followi...
15: ..._ming_tombs.jpg |thumb|left|Ming Tombs. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...y]] of [[Great Britain]], where he appears as the ideal of kingship in both war and peace. He is the ...
7: ... Geoffrey Ashe and Leon Fleuriot, have argued for identifying Arthur with a certain [[Riothamus]], "Ki...
9: ...ding the historical career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to be little...
19: ...hur" and states "we went with Arthur in his splendid labours"; and the poem "Journey to Deganwy," whic...
21: ...n the battle of [[Mons Badonicus]], where he is said to have single-handedly killed 960 men. According... - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
1: [[image:david_livingstone.jpg|thumb|right|David Livingstone]]
3: '''David Livingstone''' ([[March 19]], [[1813]] – [[...
6: ...whose daughter he later married, and joined the [[London Missionary Society]], becoming a minister.
11: ...al at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.jpg|thumb|right|David Livingstone memorial at [[Victoria Falls]]]]
14: ...urned to England to try to garner support for his ideas, and to publish a book on his travels. At this... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...humb|250px|Industrial Revolution Illustration provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa...
10: ...SIIM.jpg|thumb|300px|A Watt steam engine in [[Madrid]]. The development of the [[steam engine]] starte...
12: ...nce of a large domestic market should also be considered an important catalyst of the Industrial Revol...
16: ... made the greatest gain from overseas trade. The middle class in England became wealthy from overseas ...
20: The rapid growth of science and technology since the 17th c... - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
13: 7) Tuning Slide<br>
16: ...any pipers, particularly Highland pipers. In the Middle east, and the Balkans, a whole goatskin is use...
23: ...ions are thought to have marched to bagpipes. The idea of taking a leather bag and combining it with a...
25: ...Wha Hae]]", "Hey Tutti Taiti", is traditionally said to have been the tune played as [[Robert the Bruc...
35: ...ags that deal with moisture arguably better than hide or older synthetic bags. - Ionic order (6526 bytes)
1: ...rst real look at the Greek Ionic order: Julien David LeRoy, ''Les ruines plus beaux des monuments de l...
4: The Ionic order originated in the mid-[[6th century BC]] in [[Ionia]], the southwestern...
6: ...zi]] designed a version of such a perfectly four-sided Ionic capital, which became so much the standar...
8: Below the volutes, the Ionic column may have a wide collar or banding separating the capital from th...
10: ... on his [[Banqueting House at Whitehall]] Palace, London, and when Beaux-Arts architect [[John Russell Pop... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
14: * [[1884]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1884]]: [[United States Democrati...
16: ...London Railway]]: [[London]]'s first deep-level [[London Underground|tube]] railway opens between [[King W...
24: * [[1939]] - [[World War II]]: U.S. President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosev...
27: * [[1952]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1952]]: [[United States Republica...
34: ... Democrat Party|Democrat]] [[Jimmy Carter]] by a wide margin. - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
15: ...e. She was named after her mother, while her two middle names are those of her paternal great-grandmot...
23: ...nada]], but their mother the Queen refused to consider this, saying, "The children could not possibly ...
27: ...been taught together with other students. It is said that she greatly enjoyed this and that this exper...
35: ...lizabeth took up residence at [[Clarence House]], London. On [[14 November]] [[1948]] she gave birth to h...
60: ...sidence and considers [[Windsor Castle]], west of London, to be her home. She also spends time at [[Balmor... - Boudicca (6973 bytes)
11: ...ulinus]], was leading a campaign against the [[druids]] on the island of [[Anglesey]] in north [[Wales...
13: ...mportant mercantile settlement, but concluded he did not have the numbers to defend it. Londinium was ...
15: ...n, probably in the [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]] somewhere along [[Watling Street]], in a d...
17: ...ss]] in London (a nearby street is named Battle Bridge Road), and that Boudicca herself is buried unde...
31: ...[Gildas]], in his [[6th century]] polemic ''De Excidio Britanniae'', alludes to Boudicca in his typica... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
13: ...rn at the [[Palace of Placentia]] in [[Greenwich, London|Greenwich]] on Monday [[18 February]] [[1516]]. ...
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. - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ... of the best loved Russian monarchs, because she didn't allow Germans in the government and not a sing...
11: ... to the young French king [[Louis XV]], but the pride of the [[Bourbons]] revolted against any such al...
19: ... beauty to overthrow the existing government. The idea seems to have been first suggested to her by th...
23: At midnight on the 6th of December [[1741]], with a few ...
31: ... [[Frederick the Great]] and [[Louis XV]] to get rid of Bestuzhev, which made the Russian court during... - 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.
25: ...ly into London, her half-sister Elizabeth at her side. - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
8: ...wield actual power during most of her reign. She did, however, govern the realm when her husband was a...
11: Mary, who was born in [[London]], was the eldest daughter of the Duke of York (t...
15: ...ts. The first cousins Mary and William married in London on [[4 November]] [[1677]].
17: ...erlands]], where she lived with her husband. She did not enjoy a happy marriage; her three pregnancies...
20: ...e Queen's stillborn baby. Although there was no evidence to support the allegation, Mary publicly chal... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
12: ...ild of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on [[24 May]] [[1819]].
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...
33: ...ight|A likeness of Queen Victoria appears on the widely circulated [[1841]] [[Penny Red]] postage stam... - Anne Neville (4967 bytes)
5: ...awn]]. Much of her [[childhood]] was spent at [[Middleham Castle]], one of her [[father]]'s propertie...
9: ...dward IV of England]] to the throne, had changed sides and allied himself with [[Margaret of Anjou]], ...
11: ...rd, Duke of Gloucester, working as a servant in [[London]]. Whatever the truth, it is likely that Richard...
15: ...child, [[Edward of Middleham | Edward]], born at Middleham in around 1473. Anne's health was never go...
19: ... created [[Prince of Wales]]; however, Edward of Middleham died suddenly on [[April 9]], [[1484]] at [... - Catherine of Valois (1918 bytes)
3: ...Isabella of Valois]] having been the original candidate). The only issue of this marriage was the fut...
5: ...o marry secretly (but, if so, it was legally invalid), Owen Tudor, and give birth to at least four chi...
7: ...y]]. Catherine died on January 3, [[1437]], in [[London]], and was buried in [[Westminster Abbey]]. Her ... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
15: ...d emulated for her high-profile involvement in [[AIDS]] issues and the international campaign against ...
22: ...ustody of her children, but Lord Althorp's rank, aided by Lady Althorp's mother's testimony against he...
24: ... At age 16 she briefly attended [[Institut Alpin Videmanette]], a [[finishing school]] in [[Rougemont]...
30: ...urma|Lord Mountbatten of Burma]], any potential bride had to have an aristocratic background, could no...
32: ... the Young England [[kindergarten]] in [[Knightsbridge]]. [[Buckingham Palace]] announced the [[engage... - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
6: ...rs) and [[Jacquetta of Luxembourg]]. She was a maid of honor to [[Margaret of Anjou]], Queen of [[He...
10: ...vers]], began to be favored over him, he changed sides.
12: ...[[Norfolk, England|Norfolk]]. Katherine had been widowed three times and was nearly 80 years old but v...
16: ... the same thing Elizabeth Woodville did later: A widow who caught Edward's eye, she refused to give in...
18: ... crown and kept the two princes in the [[Tower of London]], where they had already been lodged to await th... - Margaret of Anjou (3729 bytes)
14: ...he [[battle of Blore Heath]], where Margaret is said to have witnessed her commander, [[James Touchet,...
18: ...gland to prove himself, before she followed. He did so, restoring Henry VI briefly to the throne towa...
20: ...was a broken spirit, imprisoned in the [[Tower of London]] until ransomed by the French king. She died on ...
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