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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...ca]] and the most populous [[Spanish language|Spanish]]-speaking country in the world.
16: ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Effective suffrage, no reelection)'' |
18: official_languages = [[Spanish Language|Spanish]] |
42: established_events = • Declared<br> •...
43: established_dates = From [[Spain]]<br>[[September 16]], [[... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...]]. Also, see [[International Space Station]] for ISS explorers, and for the [[Ford Motor Company|Ford...
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] n...
11: ...cisco Alvarez]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
21: ...eorge Back]], (1796—1878), [[British Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Ca...
23: ... de Balboa]], (c. [[1475]]-[[1519]]), [[Spain|Spanish]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded... - History of China (45919 bytes)
1: {{History_of_China}}
2: ...lternated between periods of political union and disunion, and was occasionally conquered by external ...
5: == Prehistoric times ==
7: ...c]] times, the [[Huang He]] valley began to establish itself as a cultural center, where the first vil...
13: == Ancient history == - History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
1: ...hope and inheritance (such as the [[supernatural]]ist philosophies and [[religion]]).
5: ''See article [[History of Western philosophy]]''
7: ...e [[1400s]] and the [[Renaissance]]. The "Modern" is a word with more varied use, which includes every...
10: ...Anaximenes of Miletus]] and [[Anaximander]] ("All is air").
12: ...sly to prove whatever conclusions they wished). This whole movement gradually became more concentrated... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ... most probably [[Genova|Genoese]], although some historians claim he could have been born in other pla...
2: [[Image:Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided b...
3: ... or getting stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Amer...
5: ...own to the general public throughout Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[printing pre...
7: ... anniversary of Columbus' landing in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]]. - Steel (28384 bytes)
1: :''See [[Steel (disambiguation)]] for other uses.''
3: ...nically, alloys with higher carbon content than this are known as [[cast iron|iron]].
5: ...f present, is undesired. A more recent definition is that steels are iron-based alloys that can be [[p...
8: ...environment. Unlike copper and tin, liquid iron dissolves carbon quite readily, so that smelting resu...
10: ...tningVolt Iron Ore Pellets.jpg|thumb|left|250px|This heap of [[iron ore]] pellets will be used in stee... - Treasury (1846 bytes)
3: ...sury]]. The [[U.S. Internal Revenue Service|IRS]] is the revenue agency of the [[US Department of Trea...
5: ... Lord of the Treasury]] is held by the [[Prime Minister]].
7: ...ting government expenditure. The Finance Minister is responsible for government [[procurement]], polic...
9: ...]], [[Canada]], [[Malaysia]], [[Singapore]] and [[Japan]].
18: * [[Jean-Baptiste Colbert]] (France) - China (38909 bytes)
3: ...rs to a number of states and cultures that have existed and are viewed as having succeeded one another...
5: ...ades were marred by warlordism, the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], and the [[Chinese Civil War]].
7: ...[[Chinese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
14: ...eans "middle (or centre) land," referring to the historic position of China at the centre of her known...
16: ...ly and politically distinct from - and as the [[axis mundi]] of surrounding nations; a concept that co... - May (3270 bytes)
3: '''May''' is the [[fifth]] [[month]] of the [[year]] in the [[...
9: ...a Japanese custom that all [[schoolyear]]s and [[fiscal year]]s start on [[April]] 1st.
11: ...of sowing". In [[Slovenian language|Slovene]], it is called ''veliki traven'', which means the month o...
14: ...ern hemisphere and [[Samhain]] in the southern hemisphere.
15: ...the first day of [[Summer]], and a public holiday is held on the first Monday in May. - Performance (3170 bytes)
2: A '''performance''' comprises an event in which generally one group of people...
19: ...n Bass.jpg|thumb|right|Street musicians (San Francisco)]]
24: ...ish English, '''buskers'''), often the public consists of people who happen to pass by. Such performer...
26: Similarly other '''street artists''' may carry out '''street performances''', e.g...
28: .... Or in a solo [[capacity]]; such as a [[mime artist]], [[comedian]], [[conjurer]], etc. - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...[First-wave feminism|first-wave]] [[Feminism|Feminist]] and an active supporter of the [[American Civi...
9: ...; President Theodore Roosevelt took the place of his late brother in giving Eleanor's hand to her husb...
11: ...s descended from the Johannes branch and Franklin is descended from the Jacobus branch.
13: ... good graces, Eleanor found herself at odds with his eldest daughter, [[Alice Roosevelt Longworth]] wh...
16: ...ing biography of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, disagrees with Cook's assessment that Mrs. Roosevelt ... - Murasaki Shikibu (2682 bytes)
1: ...the earliest and most famous [[novels]] in human history.
3: ...yotoRozanji.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Rozanji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, with ties to Lady Murasaki]]
4: ...ere taught [[kana]] and [[poetry]]. Her father praised her intelligence and ability, but lamented she ...
8: ...saki Shikibu Collection]]'' were arranged and published posthumously. The Murasaki Shikibu Collection...
10: ... that her father suddenly returned to Kyoto from his governor's mansion, or between 1025 and 1031, whe... - Amy Johnson (2606 bytes)
2: ...– [[January 5]], [[1941]]) was a famous English [[aviatrix]] who was born in [[Kingston upon Hul...
6: ...rom this, she went on to qualify as the first British-trained woman ground engineer.
8: ... received a [[Harmon Trophy]] in recognition of this achievement.
10: ...e set the record for flying from [[England]] to [[Japan]] in a [[De Havilland]] [[Puss Moth]] co-piloted ...
12: ...Puss Moth. She was later to regain this record, this time flying a [[Percival Gull]], in [[May]] [[193... - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
6: ...kly became enamored and offered to help her establish a cosmetics business. Despite her lack of educat...
8: ...ting her products. Years later, her husband used his Hollywood connections to get [[Marilyn Monroe]] t...
10: ...ling with the reality of her estranged and impoverished family.
12: ...d the [[Distinguished Service Medal (USA)|Distinguished Service Medal]].
14: ...on to set numerous records. She still holds more distance and speed records than any pilot living or d... - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
1: ...ae-jemison.jpg]]</td></tr></table>'''Dr Mae C. Jemison''' blasted into orbit aboard the [[Space Shuttl...
3: ...eriment in the [[Spacelab]] laboratory module. Jemison resigned from NASA in March 1993.
5: ...d in African and [[African-American Studies]] and is trained in [[dance]] and [[choreography]].
7: ...o joining the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1987, she worked as a general pr...
9: ...Decatur, Alabama]] and raised in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. - Ruth Benedict (3045 bytes)
3: ...8]]) was an [[United States|American]] anthropologist.
11: ...o appear in every human society. (Her critics dismiss these patterns as a "tiny subset" of the whole.)
15: Benedict was among the leading social anthropologists who were recruited by the U.S. Government for w...
18: ...litary efficiency, approvals needed for its full distribution did not come.
20: ... studying the role in society of the [[Emperor of Japan]], and formulating the recommendation to Presiden... - Kuan Yin (8111 bytes)
1: ...G|thumb|right|Kannon statue in Daienin, Mt. Koya, Japan]]
2: ...s an [[immortality|Immortal]]. The name Kuan Yin is short for '''Kuan Shih Yin''' (py: '''Guan Shi Yi...
4: ...m'''. In [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]], she is called '''Quan ''' or '''Quan Thế B...
6: ... woman, whereas Avalokitesvara in other countries is usually depicted as a man.
8: == History == - Wisteria (4864 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin | color=lightgreen | name= ''Wisteria''}}
2: ...[image:wisteria_fl.jpg]] | caption = Flowering ''Wisteria''}}
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta...
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]}}
11: {{Taxobox genus entry | taxon = '''''Wisteria'''''}}<br/>{{Taxobox authority new | authori... - Apple (20408 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta...
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]}}
16: ...nus ''[[Malus]]'' in the family [[Rosaceae]], and is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. Ta...
23: ...h with it to develop new disease-resistant apples is continuing.
25: ...sylvestris'', but there is no hard evidence for this in older apple [[cultivar]]s. These and other ''M... - Camellia (2759 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta...
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
13: ...tanists vary in the number of species considered distinct, with anything from 100–250 species be...
15: ... Detail.jpg|left|thumb|Leaves of ''Camellia sinensis'']]
16: ...d red, and yellow in a few species. The [[fruit]] is a dry capsule subdivided into 1–5 compartme...
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