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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...lom'' in [[Catalan]], ''Cristoforo Colombo'' in [[Italian]], ''Cristóbal Colón'' in [[Spanish]], ''C...
3: ...er it would be possible to get around the planet without running out of food or getting stuck in windl...
5: ... his claims. There are also many theories of expeditions to the Americas by a variety of peoples throu...
7: ...h America]]. He never reached the present-day [[United States]] where "Columbus Day" ([[12 October]], ...
9: ...ns, such as [[virus]]es, [[bacteria]], and [[parasite]]s, and beneficial to humans, such as [[tomato]]... - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
1: :''For the Italian ship named after Vespucci, see [[Amerigo Ves...
4: ...454]] - [[February 22]], [[1512]]) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[merchant]] and [[cartography|cartographe...
8: Amerigo Vespucci was born in [[Florence]], [[Italy]], as the third child of a respected family. H...
10: ...ad proposed that the two letters were forgeries written by others of the same period.
12: ... [[Naming of America]].) ''Amerigo'' itself is an Italian form of ''[[Haimirich]]'' (in English, Henry... - Christy Martin (2947 bytes)
3: ...e rounds. In her first defense, she defended her title against debutant [[Laura Serrano]], who held he...
5: ...and after that bout, she began to gain more celebrity, even appearing on the cover of [[Sports Illustr...
7: ...rgrah]] before her luck ran out and she lost her title on a 10 round decision to [[Sumya Anani]] in [[...
9: On [[June 30]], [[2003]], it was announced she would fight [[Laila Ali]] on [[...
11: ... [[April 30]], [[2005]], after a year and a half without a fight, she returned, in [[Lula, Mississippi... - North America (12844 bytes)
2: ...te orthographic.jpg|thumb|250px|A satellite composite image of North America]]
4: ...001 its population was estimated at 454,225,000. It can be geographically defined by subtracting [[So...
6: ...areful --> considered to include Canada and the United States, but not Mexico or any of the [[Central ...
7: ...rica is only a subcontinent composed by Canada, United States and Mexico.
9: ...ca, considering it too small to be a continent of its own. - South America (5078 bytes)
2: ...te_orthographic.jpg|thumb|250px|A satellite composite image of South America]]
5: ...th America only recently (geologically speaking) with the formation of the [[Isthmus of Panama]] some ...
9: ... Bridge]], now the [[Bering Strait|Bering]] [[strait]], though there are also suggestions of migration...
11: ...m [[Spain]], later from [[Portugal]], who divided it into [[colonies]]. In the course of the [[19th ce...
15: ...inent. The [[Caribbean]] territories are grouped with North America. The South American nations that b... - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
1: ...countries by population density|by population density]], [[list of countries by date of nationhood|by ...
3: ...below list contains both states and dependent territories, see [[country]], [[state]], [[nation state]...
5: ...'Countries listed by [[continent]] and their [[capital]]s:'''
8: Africa is a continent in the systems with 5 or more continents.
26: *[[Eritrea]] - [[Asmara]] - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
1: ... is a '''list of national [[Capital (politics)|capital]]s''' of the world in alphabetical order.
4: *[[List of capitals and larger cities by country]]
5: *[[list of capitals of subnational entities]]
6: *[[list of historical national capitals]]
11: <tr><td>[[Abu Dhabi]] <td>[[United Arab Emirates]] - Barbados (21887 bytes)
1: ...ly low, with some hills in the island's interior. It is located 13? north of the [[Equator]] and 59? w...
3: ...th large sugarcane estates and wide [[pastures]] with many good views to the sea.
5: ...s has one of the highest standards of living and literacy rates in the world and is currently accordin...
9: The earliest inhabitants of Barbados were [[Amerindian]] nomads. Three...
13: ...eeting in [[1639]]. Among the initial important British figures was Sir [[William Courten]]. - Cuba (25106 bytes)
2: ...lands]] and [[Jamaica]], and to the southeast [[Haiti]].
6: ...s independence was granted in [[1902]], though limited by the [[Platt Amendment]] (revoked in [[1934]]...
8: ... peso was valued very close to the us dollar. Illiteracy ran about 12%, one of the lowest in the lati...
10: ...ed to cover all Cubans.After some delay, a [[Constitution]] of Soviet inspiration was adopted in [[197...
12: ...n Internatiional Nuclear Stand-off, between the United States of America and Russia. - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...ap below shows, the shapes of time zones can be quite irregular because they usually follow the bounda...
6: ...h Observatory]] in [[Greenwich]], [[London]], [[United Kingdom]] [http://greenwichmeantime.com/]. For ...
8: ...1—known in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] as [[British Summer Time]] (BST).
11: ...A]]: UTC − 8 (e.g. if it is 12:00 UTC, then it is 04:00 in Los Angeles)
12: ...a]]: UTC − 5 (e.g. if it is 11:00 UTC, then it is 06:00 in Toronto) - List of politics by country articles (10131 bytes)
2: {{Politics}}
3: This is a '''list of [[politics]] articles''' available for every '''[[country...
10: ...tralia]] - [[Politics of Austria|Austria]] - [[Politics of Azerbaijan|Azerbaijan]]
13: ...urma (now [[Politics of Myanmar|Myanmar]]) - [[Politics of Burundi|Burundi]]
16: ...uba|Cuba]] - [[Politics of Cyprus|Cyprus]] - [[Politics of the Czech Republic|Czech Republic]] - Colorado (22240 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Denver, Colorado|Denver]] |
11: LargestCity = [[Denver, Colorado|Denver]] |
21: DensityRank = 37<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 16.01 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 38<sup>th</sup> | - Anaconda (3939 bytes)
16: ...ndas''' are three species of aquatic [[boa]] inhabiting the swamps and rivers of the dense forests of ...
20: ...il, northern Bolivia, northeast Peru, Guyana, and Trinidad.
28: ... waiting for any suitable prey, or it establishes itself upon the branches of a tree which overhangs t...
40: ...length was once the widely-accepted maximum size. It is now known that an Anaconda's skin can stretch ... - Bat (13851 bytes)
29: ...uirrel]]s or gliding [[phalanger]]s, can glide limited distances, but only bats are capable of true fl...
31: ...g/en/animales/loroparque/murcielago.htm 1]. In addition, some bats prey on [[vertebrate]]s. These bats...
35: ...g rats," these terms are erroneous, as bats are neither [[rodent]]s nor [[rat]]s.
39: # Megachiroptera ([[megabat]]s or fruit bats)
42: Megabats eat fruit, while microbats eat mainly [[Insect|insects]], a... - Diwali (5677 bytes)
2: ...he beginning of a new year, for North Indians, entitled [[Annakut]].
4: ...hana]] calendar. In South India, the new year, entitled [[Ugadi]], is followed by persons in [[Andhra ...
6: ...ttp://www.saja.org/stylebook.html#D] (Diwali definition; Excerpt from saja.org: Diwali should not be r...
10: ... every seven years to resynchronize the calendar with the [[season]]s.
16: ...vember 12]] in the [[United Kingdom]] and the [[United States]]. - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
2: ... [[Pacific Ocean]], and the first to lead an expedition for the purpose of [[circumnavigation|circumna...
5: ...agalh㥳, the mayor of the town, and Alda de Mesquita, Magellan had two siblings: his brother Diogo de...
7: ...ere his brother had gone two years before. Here, with his cousin Francisco Serrano, Magellan continued...
9: ...eida's party attacked, conquering the [[Muslim]] city of [[Kilwa]] in present-day [[Tanzania]].
11: ...n]]. However, after secretly sailing a ship east without permission, he lost his command and was force... - Atlanta, Georgia (39442 bytes)
2: {{USCityBox|city=Atlanta|state=Georgia
4: |cityseal=Image:Us-gaat2.png
5: |cityflag=Image:atlanta_city_seal.png
6: ... Capital of the South", "The Phoenix City", "The City Too Busy to Hate", "Hotlanta", "A-Town", "The Bi...
14: |population=(city) 416,474<br />(metropolis) 4,247,981 - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
13: ...dia|India's]] independence from [[British India|British colonial rule]] to world attention. His philo...
15: ...His auto-biography, "The story of my experiments with truth" reveals his inner persona and reflections...
18: ...e, a Hindu of the [[Vaishnava]] sect. Growing up with a devout Vaishnava mother and surrounded by the ...
20: ...appy at Samaldas College, he leapt at the opportunity to study in England, which he viewed as "a land ...
23: ...n to read works of and about Hinduism, [[Christianity]], and other religions. - Hinduism (49198 bytes)
3: ...yllablle and a quintessential symbol of Hinduism. Its meanings are many.]]
6: ...dest religion." It is the third largest religion with approximately 940 [[million]] followers worldwid...
8: Perhaps the Hindu spirit of unity in diversity is best captured in a line from the ancient [[Ri...
10: :[[Sanskrit]]: '''एकम् सत...
11: :Transliteration: ''Ekam Sat Viprāha Bahudhā Vada... - Ocelot (4489 bytes)
15: [[Image:Ocelotkitten.jpg|thumb|right|An ocelot kitten]]
17: ... to the [[oncilla]] and the [[margay]], who linhabit the same region, the ocelot is larger. The name ...
19: ...le will have one or two cubs, born in the autumn with their eyes closed and a thin covering of hair.
21: ...he prey that the ocelot hunts is far smaller than it is. Studies suggest that they follow and find pre...
23: ...ce regarded as particularly valuable, and because it was so popular the ocelot remains one of the best...
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