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- Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...na]], a distance readily surpassing that of his prior, near-contemporary and traveller [[Marco Polo]].
4: ...rly in the Islamic East, meaning "the Sun of Religion". His full title and name is given as '''Shams a...
6: ...he ''Rihla'', or "Journey". Whilst apparently fictional in places, the ''Rihla'' still gives as comple...
8: ...ing account assumes the former where it is not obviously the latter.
13: ...y he was forced to turn back due to a local rebellion. - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
10: ...reat Britain) was a product of subsequent negotiations.
12: ...English armies in the [[War of the Spanish Succession]].
15: ...e into adulthood. Anne suffered from an eye infection; for treatment, she was sent to [[France]]. She ...
17: ...s, but made no serious attempt to effect a conversion.
19: ... her descendants were to be in the line of succession after William and Mary. They were to be followed... - Denise Bloch (2657 bytes)
5: ...ve]] (SOE). She began resistance work with SOE radio operator [[Brian Stonehouse]] until his arrest ne...
7: ...SOE trained her as a wireless operator in preparation for a return to France.
9: ... great hardship from exposure, cold, and malnutrition.
11: ... As one of the SOE agents who died for the liberation of France, she is listed on the "Roll of Honor" ... - Culture (23440 bytes)
1: ...give such activity significance. Different definitions of "culture" reflect different theoretical base...
4: ===Culture as civilization===
6: ...eliminate popular or mass culture from the definition of culture.
8: ... [[punk rock]] or than the indigenous music traditions of aboriginal peoples of [[Australia]].
12: ...he interpretation of refinement and of sophistication as corrupting and unnatural developments which o... - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
4: ... covers an approximate area of [[1 E12 m2|2.5 million]] [[square kilometre|km²]] (965 000 [[...
6: ... the origin and development of [[Western Civilization]].
9: ... + ''terra'', 'land, earth'), in [[Greek]] "mesogeios".
11: ...1493;ן), "the middle sea", a literal adaptation of the German equivalent ''Mittelmeer''. In [[Tu...
13: ... for the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding regions when employed in informal speech. - Europe (23835 bytes)
1: ...tionEurope.png|thumb|250px|World map showing location of Europe]]
4: ...nd the [[Caspian Sea]] (for more detailed description see [[Geography of Europe]]).
6: ...ghly 705,500,000: about 11% of the world's population.
11: ...ogical queen of Crete, not a geographical designation. Later ''Europa'' stood for mainland Greece and ...
18: ...arked the start of a period of discovery, exploration, and increase in scientific knowledge. In the [[... - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ...tories|disputed]]). Due to the [[Spanish colonisation of the Americas]], the Spanish language remains ...
11: image_map = LocationSpain.png |
12: national_motto = ''[[Plus Ultra]]''<br>([[Latin]]: "Fur...
13: national_anthem = ''[[Marcha Real]]'' |
25: population_estimate = 43,209,511 | - Pytheas (6447 bytes)
1: ...|aurora]] and [[Polar ice]], and the first to mention [[Germanic tribes]].
4: ...le Star]] to fix latitude and understood the relationships between tides and phases of the Moon. In no...
6: ...mented has him traveling from Marseille in succession to Bordeaux, Nantes, Land's End, Plymouth, Isle ...
8: ...[Strait of Gibraltar]] to all ships from other nations. Some historians therefore believe that he trav...
10: ... the islands in Greek as ''Prettanike'', which [[Diodorus]] later rendered ''Pretannia''. This support... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...nes one hour apart. However, the one hour separation is not universal and, as the map below shows, t...
6: ...inct from time determined by astronomical observation as formerly carried out at Greenwich.
10: The time for a location is given relative to UTC. Some examples:
12: *[[Toronto, Ontario|Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]: UTC − 5 (e.g. if it is 11:00...
18: ...e of midnight from UTC, then the date at the location is one day later or earlier. Some examples: - List of politics by country articles (10131 bytes)
22: ... of Estonia|Estonia]] - [[Politics of Ethiopia|Ethiopia]]
28: ...litics of Ghana|Ghana]] - [[Politics of Gibraltar|Gibraltar]] - [[Politics of Greece|Greece]] - [[Politics of...
62: [[Politics of R鵮ion|R鵮ion]] - [[Politics of Romania|Romania]] - [[Politics... - Flood (7770 bytes)
5: ...the world, the [[soil]] has very poor water retention characteristics, or the amount of rainfall excee...
7: ... farmlands and can result in their eventual depletion. The annual cycle of flood and farming was of gr...
10: ... such as [[Bangladesh]], due to their extended periods of [[rainfall]].
12: ...mounts of [[precipitation (meteorology)|precipitation]] associated with hurricanes. The eye of a hurri...
14: Under some rare conditions associated with [[heat wave]]s, [[flash flood]]... - Ape (10931 bytes)
2: <!-- {{Taxobox_image | image = | caption =}} -->
12: ...vision | color = pink | plural_taxon = [[Family (biology)|Families]]}}
17: ...], including [[human]]s. There are two [[family (biology)|families]] of '''hominoids''':
26: ...f tropical rainforest habitat, though some populations are further imperiled by hunting for [[bushmeat...
28: ==Biology== - Ocean (6829 bytes)
6: ...gnized in maritime tradition, was officially sanctioned only in [[2000]], and is unique in being defin...
10: Smaller regions of the oceans are called [[sea]]s, [[gulf]]s, [...
12: ...n a piece of oceanic sea floor like the Strait of Gibraltar.)
14: ... Ocean is 361 million km?, its volume is 1370 million km?, and its average depth is 3790 m. This does ...
18: ... for a detailed discussion of ocean water composition, most notably its [[salinity]]. - Henry Morgan (5671 bytes)
4: ...gan commanded a ship in Edward Mansfield's expedition which seized the island of [[New Providence]] (S...
6: ...onsiderably exceeded the terms of Morgan's commission and had been accompanied by frightful cruelties ...
8: ... his evacuating the place, and finally by an ingenious stratagem faking a landward attack on the fort,...
10: ...[1670]], and on the [[December 27]] gained possession of the castle of Chagres, killing 300 of the gar...
12: ...ving previously received royal support for his actions against Spanish holdings, Morgan was arrested a... - Henry the Navigator (6878 bytes)
1: ... in the early days of European [[colonial]] expansion.
3: ...e [[North Africa]]n coast across the [[Straits of Gibraltar]] from the Iberian peninsula. The Portuguese conq...
5: ...nity. For the purposes of his interest in exploration, however, the appointment proved important as a ...
7: ...f this tax. Henry also arranged for the colonization of the Azores during Pedro's regency (1439&ndash...
9: ...rs Ugolino and Guido Vivaldo had sailed into oblivion. - March 17 (9666 bytes)
7: *[[1577]] - formation of the [[Cathay Company]] to send [[Martin Frobi...
8: ...uette]] and [[Louis Jolliet]] begin their exploration of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi river.
10: *[[1776]] - [[American Revolution]]: [[United Kingdom|British]] forces evacuate [[...
15: ...S Utopia|SS ''Utopia'']] sinks off the coast of [[Gibraltar]], killing 574.
16: ...aris]], 11 years after his death, creates a sensation. - March 20 (10075 bytes)
14: ...h; Signature of [[Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property]].
15: *[[1899]] – At [[Sing Sing Correctional Facility|Sing Sing]] prison, [[Martha M. Place...
17: ...tionalist party (KMT), is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
18: ..., the first international [[figure skating]] championship takes place.
20: ...sh; The [[USS Langley|USS ''Langley'']] is commissioned as the first [[United States Navy]] [[aircraft... - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ...[Canada]]. It ranks eighth in the world in population, following [[China]], [[India]], the [[United St...
4: ...ssolution in December [[1991]]. In the [[Soviet Union]] Russia was called the [[Russian Soviet Federat...
6: ...but is still far from that of the former Soviet Union.
13: ...s]]. The Slavs constituted the bulk of the population from the [[8th century]] onwards and slowly assi...
15: ...o the Varangians and the Slavs who peopled the region. In the [[10th century|10th]] to [[11th century|... - Economy of Russia (68844 bytes)
2: ...ided some insight into the effects of such transition. However, no two countries have had the exact sa...
5: ...'Main article: [[Economic history of the Soviet Union]]''
7: ...efficient supply systems hinder efficient utilization of those resources.
9: ...which the Russian economy must deal in its transition to a market economy.
11: ...put plan. Central planning operated on the assumption that if each unit met or exceeded its plan, then... - List of national anthems (17969 bytes)
3: ...'list of [[national anthem]]s'''. The names of nations that no longer exist, or are not independent st...
4: ...y if they have an anthem separate from or in addition to that of their mother country.
21: ...Let_us_all_unite_and_celebrate_together|African Union Anthem]]
35: ...l Anthem|Himno Nacional Argentino]] (Argentine National Anthem)
39: |''[[Aruba]]''||''[[Aruba Dushi Tera]] (Aruba Precious Country)''
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