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- Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...[December 8]], [[1542]] – [[February 8]], [[1587]]), better known as '''Mary, Queen of Scots,''' w...
9: ...6]] – [[1558]]), and whose reign coincided with that of Mary, Queen of Scots.
12: She was born at [[Linlithgow Palace]], West Lothian, [[Scotland]], on [[De...
14: ...questionable. Females and female lines could inherit only after extinction of male lines.
15: ...y have inherited. In this sort of [[Semi-Salic]] situation, Mary ascended the throne because all other... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: | [[Image:Elizabeth_I_(Ermine_Portrait).jpg|thumb|right|220px|'''Elizabeth I''' <br><sma...
7: ...]] – [[24 March]] [[1603]]) was [[List of British monarchs|Queen of England]] and [[King of Irel...
9: ...[Trinity College, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[British East India Company]] ([[1600]]).
11: ...m|honours and dignities]]. Only eight peerage dignities, one [[earl|earldom]] and seven [[baron|baroni...
13: ...orth America]] and afterwards a member of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Vir... - Narcissi (1567 bytes)
15: ...sian]] word of this plant, نرگس (''Nargis'').
19: ...nly to the rush-leaved [[Jonquilla Narcissi]] and its cultivars. - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ... the ancient city of [[Canopus (Egypt)|Canopus]]. It has a population of approximately 3,341,000.
3: ...e late [[Ottoman]] period had seen it reduced to little more than a small fishing village.
7: ...Boats in Alexandria's Eastern Harbour, close to Kait Bey Castle]]
13: ...ch starts with the founding of the city and ends with the arrival of the Romans (blue).
15: * The Arab city from [[641]] until [[1798]] when Napoleon arrive... - Brunei (7197 bytes)
1: ... from its coastline with the [[South China Sea]], it is completely surrounded by [[East Malaysia]].
5: ...1606;ي دارالسلام<br>Negara Brunei Darussalam...
17: ...ational motto]] (translation): Always in service with God's guidance''</small>
23: | '''[[Capital]]''' || [[Bandar Seri Begawan]]
32: <br /> - [[Population density|Density]] - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...ares the coastlines of the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]], the [[Gulf of Aqaba]] (also known as G...
6: ...sra'el")<br>دولة اسرائيل<br>("Dawlat I...
14: capital = [[Jerusalem]]<sup>[[#Footnotes|1]]</sup> |
17: leader_titles = [[Prime Minister]]<br>[[President]] |
19: largest_city = [[Jerusalem]] | - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
1: ...a|China]] in the easternmost part of the country. It is among the poorest countries in the world.
3: ... Under its new [[Constitution of Afghanistan|constitution]] the country is now officially named the ''...
5: ...1605;ی افغانستان'''<br>'''Da Afghanistan Isl...
23: | '''[[Capital]]'''<br> - Population:<br> - [[Coordi...
32: ...pulation]]'''<br> - Total: <br> - [[Density]]: - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ... the north, the [[Red Sea]] to the northeast, [[Eritrea]] and [[Ethiopia]] to the east, [[Kenya]] and ...
8: ...1607;ورية السودان <br> Jumhuriyat as-S...
16: capital = [[Khartoum]] |
18: government_type = [[Authoritarian]] [[regime]] |
19: leader_titles = [[List of Presidents of Sudan|Pre... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
1: ...f Malaysia''' is a country in [[Southeast Asia]]. It consists of two geographical regions divided by t...
3: ...useway and the second-link bridge]] on the south with the island of [[Singapore]];
8: ...1578;وان مليسيا'''</big></big>
20: ...tu Bertambah Mutu<br>([[Malay language|Malay]]: Unity Is Strength)''</font>
27: | '''[[Capital]]''' - Aswan (1042 bytes)
6: ...rnorates of Egypt|governorate]] of the same name. It stands on the east bank of the [[Nile]] at the fi...
8: Aswan is one of the driest inhabited places in the world; as of early 2001, the last...
10: This is identified with the ancient city of [[Syene]], which is famous for providing a ba...
12: ''See also:'' [[Aswan Dam]], [[Elephantine]], [[Kitchener's Island]], [[Nag Hammadi]] - Trajans Column (10003 bytes)
1: ...tory in the [[Trajan's Dacian Wars|Dacian Wars]]. Its design has inspired numerous [[victory column]]s...
3: ...s access to a viewing platform at the top. The capital block of Trajan's Column weighs 53.3 tons which...
5: ...4 1587, the top was crowned by [[Pope Sixtus V]] with a bronze figure of [[St. Peter]], which remains ...
9: ...l. The relief portrays Trajan's two victorious military campaigns against the [[Dacia]]ns; the lower h...
11: ...he imagery is not realistic as the sculptor pays little attention to perspective. Often a variety of d... - Politics (7193 bytes)
1: {{Politics}}
2: ...gh it is generally applied to [[government]]s, politics is also observed in all human group interactio...
4: ...cquisition and application of power, i.e. the ability to impose one's will on another.
6: One theorist, [[Harold Lasswell]], has defined politics as "who gets what, when, and how."
8: ==A political animal== - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
4: ... [[Tycho Brahe]]. Kepler's career also coincided with that of [[Galileo Galilei]].
6: ...nz (Austria) was renamed [[Johannes Kepler University Linz]] in honor of Johannes Kepler, since he wro...
9: ...aid to have been a weak and sickly child, but despite his ill health, he was precociously brilliant.
13: ...outdoors" to see it and that the moon "appeared quite red."
15: ...tant school in Graz, Austria. He accepted the position in April of [[1594]], at the age of 23. - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events '''before [[16...
21: ...tlement in the New World, in the [[Virginia]] territory
28: ..."><B>Beginnings to 1599</B><BR>[[History of the United States]]</td>
29: <td align="center">[[Timeline of United States history (1600-1699)|1600-1699]]</td> - Monsoon (5846 bytes)
2: ...and specifically the rainfall that is associated with this wind.
5: ...87;م" (''mausem''), which means ''season''. It is most often applied to the seasonal reversals o...
7: ...ster the monsoon, as Yemeni sailors were trading with India long before his time.
18: ...Africa]] and the adjacent seas and oceans. It is within these regions that the most vigorous and drama...
20: ...ation of [[supercontinent]]s such as [[Pangea]], with their extreme [[continental climate]]s. - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ...Nolano''' or '''Bruno the Nolan''' was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[philosopher]], [[astronomer]], and [[occ...
9: ...sm|pantheistic]] [[hylozoism]], and not the [[Trinity]].
13: ...left Naples to avoid the attention of the [[Inquisition]]. He left [[Rome]] for the same reason and ab...
15: ...f mnemonics, but many of his contemporaries found it easier to attribute them to magical powers.
17: ... summarizing some of his cosmological positions, titled ''Il Candelaio'' ("The Torchbearer"). - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
9: ...g of maps. He wrote the first instruction book of italic script to be published in northern [[Europe]]...
12: ...used it in [[1569]]; it had parallel lines of longitude to aid navigation by sea, as compass courses c...
14: ...|thumb|right|300px|Rumold's world map, drawn in [[1587]] after his father's map of 1567 (published in 15...
17: ...um in [[Sint-Niklaas]], [[Belgium]] features exhibits about Mercator's life and work.
22: ...phical Meditations on the Frame for the World and its Form) by Gerardus Mercator, Duisburg, 1595; Less... - Seljuk Turks (7657 bytes)
1: ...-Salājiqa''; [[Persian language|Persian]]: سلجوقيان...
3: ...estors of the Western Turks, the present-day inhabitants of [[Turkey]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Uzbekistan...
5: ...]] proclaimed himself Sultan and established a capital in Baghdad. [[Ahmed Sanjar]] was captured and h...
7: ...invaded [[Anatolia]] in the [[1260s]] and divided it into small [[emirates]] called the [[Anatolian be...
30: ...rovince|Kerman]] was a nation in southern Persia. It fell in 1187, probably conquered by [[Toghrü... - Bahrain (16123 bytes)
22: | '''[[Capital]]''' || [[Manama]]
36: <br /> - [[Population density|Density]]
42: ...'''<br />- From [[Iran|Persia]]<br>- From the [[United Kingdom]]<br />
61: ...ersian language|Persian]] name [[Mishmahig]] when it was a part of the [[Persian Empire]].
63: The islands of Bahrain, positioned in the middle south of the Persian Gulf, hav... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
8: *[[Marc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[1987]])
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[1983]])
10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
12: *[[Charles Greeley Abbot]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1872]] – [[1973]])
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