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- Grapefruit (4275 bytes)
2: ..._700x490.jpg|250px|A basket of grapefruit]] | caption = A basket of grapefruit}}
5: ...x_divisio_entry | taxon = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
6: ...xobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]}}
13: {{Taxobox section binomial botany | color = lightgreen | binomial_...
18: ...became a major producer of the fruit, with plantations in [[Florida]] and [[Texas]]. In Spanish the fr... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...ell as successive waves of immigration and emigration merged to create the familiar image of Chinese c...
7: ... craftsmen and administrators: in short, civilization as we know it. In late [[Neolithic]] times, the ...
11: ...ou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[China]].
14: ...ou Dynasty|Zhou]] dynasties. It is during this period of the ''Three Dynasties'' ([[Chinese language|C...
18: ...0 BC]] was unearthed. Early markings from this period, found on pottery and shells, have been alleged ... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...r him, ever actually existed: in the earliest mentions and Welsh texts he is never given the title "Ki...
7: ... [[Roman Emperor]] [[Anthemius]]. Unfortunately, Riothamus is a shadowy figure of whom we know little,...
9: ...storical career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to be little reason for...
13: ...thought argue that another Roman Briton of the period, for example [[Ambrosius Aurelianus]], led the f...
17: ==Earliest traditions of Arthur== - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
3: ...on Stanley]] which gave rise to the popular quotation, "''Dr. Livingstone, I presume.''"
6: ...ter he later married, and joined the [[London Missionary Society]], becoming a minister.
8: ... into [[South Africa]] because of [[Boer]] opposition. It was during this time that Livingstone made ...
12: ...lar, Livingstone was a proponent of trade and missions to be established in central Africa.
14: ...is travels. At this time he resigned from the missionary society to which he belonged. - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...th century enabled the manufacture of more production machines for manufacturing in other industries.
3: ...pment of [[Electric power|electrical power generation]].
5: ...s and is often compared to the [[Neolithic revolution]], when mankind developed [[agriculture]] and ga...
7: The term industrial ''revolution'' was introduced by [[Friedrich Engels]] and [[L...
10: ...century. But one of the main causes was the invention of the steam engine. - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
16: ...lthough there are relatively many important exceptions to this rule. All these pipes are attached to t...
18: ...e reeds but there are a number of important exceptions, including the Italian Zampogna, the French Mus...
23: ...inflation device seems to have originated with various ethnic groups in the Roman empire.
25: ... "[[Scots Wha Hae]]", "Hey Tutti Taiti", is traditionally said to have been the tune played as [[Rober...
27: ...era the use of bagpipes has become a common tradition for military funerals and memorials in the [[ang... - Ionic order (6526 bytes)
1: ...ht|240px|Architects' first real look at the Greek Ionic order: Julien David LeRoy, ''Les ruines plus b...
2: ...Classical order|three '''orders''' or '''organizational systems''']] of [[classical architecture]], th...
4: ... its brief lifetime. A longer-lasting 6th century Ionic temple was the [[Temple of Artemis]] at Ephesu...
5: ...Image:Ionic base of a column.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Ionic base at the [[Erechtheum]], Athens, [[421 BC]]...
6: ...ch became so much the standard, that when a Greek Ionic order was eventually reintroduced, in the late... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
12: ...United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: * [[1884]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1884]]: [[United States Democratic Party|Democr...
15: ...ns the allegiance of a large majority of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving the way for him to be crow...
16: ... [[King William Street]] and [[Stockwell tube station|Stockwell]].
17: ...[[1899]] - [[Sigmund Freud]]'s ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'' is published. - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...cial portrait as [[Queen of Canada]] (on the occasion of her [[Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Golden J...
9: ...f Mann, has two-->; she has reigned in these positions since the death of her father, [[George VI of t...
11: ...in the other [[personal union|personal union]] nations of which she is or was Head of State. She is ma...
15: ...th was born at 21 Bruton Street in [[Mayfair]], [[London]] on [[21 April]], [[1926]]. Her father was HRH [...
17: ...f succession to the British throne|line of succession to the crown]], behind her father and her uncle,... - Boudicca (6973 bytes)
1: ...]]'' and ''[[Agricola (book)|Agricola]]'') and [[Dio Cassius]] (in his ''Roman History'').
7: ... following the defeat of a previous Icenian rebellion in [[47]]). Hoping to preserve his line, Prasuta...
9: ...oint to call in their loans. Tacitus does not mention this, but does single out [[procurator]] [[Catus...
11: ...alis]], then commanding the [[Legio IX Hispana|Legio IX ''Hispana'']], attempted to relieve the city, ...
13: ... it down ([[archaeology]] shows extensive destruction by fire at this time), slaughtering anyone who h... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...she is often known as '''Bloody Mary'''. Her religious policies, however, were in many cases reversed ...
13: ...ince of Wales]], sometimes leading to false assertions that she was created Princess of Wales, even th...
15: ...]. A great part of the credit of her early education was undoubtedly due to her mother, who not only ...
19: ...man Catholic Church]]. All appeals from the decisions of English ecclesiastical courts to the Pope we...
21: ...ng a mere "Lady". Her place in the line of succession was transferred to the Princess Elizabeth (daugh... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...e also spent exorbitant sums of money on the grandiose baroque projects of her favourite architect, [[...
9: ...od, if not brilliant, but unfortunately her education was both imperfect and desultory. Her father had...
11: ...beloved sister Anne, her only remaining near relation, the princess found herself at the age of eighte...
13: ...ower, she was treated with liberality and distinction by the government of her adolescent nephew [[Pet...
17: == Palace Revolution of 1741 == - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...ry I]]. She reigned during a period of great religious turmoil in [[England|English]] history.
9: ...ted [[Royal Charter]]s to several famous organizations, including [[Trinity College, Dublin]] ([[1592]...
16: ...der the [[English Act of Succession|Act of Succession 1544]].
18: ...d to as "Kat". Chapernowne developed a close relationship with Elizabeth and remained her confidante a...
20: ...tic, glamorous, flirtatious, charismatic and religiously tolerant. Elizabeth also inherited her mother... - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
8: ...orious Revolution]], which resulted in the deposition of her [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]] fath...
11: ... 1st Earl of Clarendon]], served for a lengthy period as Charles's chief advisor. Although her parents...
15: ...ts. The first cousins Mary and William married in London on [[4 November]] [[1677]].
19: ==Glorious Revolution==
20: ...hough there was no evidence to support the allegation, Mary publicly challenged the boy's legitimacy, ... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
9: ...the height of the [[Industrial Revolution]], a period of great social, economic, and technological cha...
12: ...ild of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on [[24 May]] [[1819]].
14: ...he occupied a high position in the line of succession, Victoria was taught only [[German language|Germ...
16: ... would an adult. In order to prevent such a scenario, Parliament passed the ''[[Regency Act 1831]]'', ...
18: ...h young Victoria, and that he entered into a relationship with her in order to gain social status (he ... - Anne Neville (4967 bytes)
9: ...en consort of Henry VI. Margaret harboured suspicions about Warwick's motives, particularly since Ann...
11: ...ville sisters' titles and properties (a large portion of which came to them from their mother, Anne Be...
23: == Depictions in fiction == - Catherine of Valois (1918 bytes)
5: ...ly exiled from court, suspicion falling on her nationality. The regents kept her away from her child,...
7: ...y]]. Catherine died on January 3, [[1437]], in [[London]], and was buried in [[Westminster Abbey]]. Her ... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
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13: ...pawning biographies, magazine articles and television movies.
15: ...mdash; while her detractors saw her life as a cautionary tale.
22: ...land|King Charles I]]. During her parents' acrimonious divorce over Lady Althorp's adultery with wallp... - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
10: Edward IV had many mistresses, the most notorious being [[Jane Shore]], but Elizabeth insisted on...
16: ...him until he promised to marry her.) This information came to the fore when a priest (believed to be [...
18: ... they had already been lodged to await the coronation. The exact fate of the so-called [[Princes in t...
20: .... She died on [[June 8]], at [[Bermondsey]] in [[London]] and was buried on [[June 12]] in the same chant...
36: ...ridget Plantagenet (1480-1517), nun at Dartford Priory, Kent - Margaret of Anjou (3729 bytes)
3: ...married King Henry VI, who was eight years her senior, on April 23, [[1445]], at [[Titchfield]] in [[H...
12: ...t]]s. When he married Margaret, his mental condition was already unstable, and by the time their only...
14: ...usband was threatened with deposition by the ambitious [[Richard, Duke of York]]. With the king captur...
18: ...f King [[Louis XI of France]], and at his instigation she allowed an approach from Edward's former sup...
20: ...was a broken spirit, imprisoned in the [[Tower of London]] until ransomed by the French king. She died on ...
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