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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
11: common_name = Mexico |
64: Latecomers to Mexico's central plateau, the Mexica, or Az...
78: ...9]] ended the struggles, uniting all generals and combatants of the revolution.
170: ...n America and is firmly established as a middle-income country. Since the [[1994 economic crisis in Mex...
172: ...anding competition in sea ports, railroads, [[telecommunications]], [[electricity]], [[natural gas]] di... - Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
71: ...untry, has achieved a relatively high standard of living. Land ownership is widespread and [[tourism]] is ...
76: ...87]]) to run for President a second time in the upcoming 2006 elections.
78: ...s and electrical power monopoly, the nationalized commercial banks, the state insurance monopoly, and t...
102: ...southeast (639km of border). In total, Costa Rica comprises 51,100 km,² of which 50,660 km² i...
116: ...of [[mestizo]] and European descent account for a combined 94 percent. Another one percent is [[Oversea... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...ntury BC|100 BC]]) and the forced imposition of a common system of writing by the Qin emperor ([[2nd ce...
14: ...called ''[[oracle bones]]''. However the earliest comprehensive [[history]] of China, the ''[[Records o...
15: ...Tombs. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
22: ...ier Shang period (c 1600–[[1300s BC|1300]]) comes from sources at [[Erligang]], [[Zhengzhou]] and...
24: ...on in early China is known to have been much more complicated. Hence, as some scholars of China suggest... - Persepolis (15450 bytes)
8: ...k in the hillside, the facades, one of which is incomplete, being richly ornamented with reliefs. About...
12: ...d the usurper [[Sogdianus]] (Secydianus). The two completed graves behind Takhti Jamshid would then bel...
18: ...rom the inscriptions, the buildings of Persepolis commenced with [[Darius I of Persia|Darius I]], it wa...
25: ...he residences; many of the houses belonged to the common people and were abundantly supplied with furni...
26: ...men's hands in a minute to extinguish the famed accomplishments of the Persians. (3) This was said to ... - Erik the Red (5731 bytes)
6: ...hunt in [[Disko Bay]] for food and other valuable commodities such as seal (used for rope), ivory from ...
12: ...bad sign, leaving his son to continue without his company. Erik died the winter after his son's departu... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]'''Christopher Columbus''' (...
2: ...|200px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
10: ...|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
21: ...olumbus|Bartolomeo]], Giovanni Pellegrino, and Giacomo, and a sister, Bianchinetta.
29: A [[1476]], commercial expedition gave Columbus his first opportu... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
6: ...fictional in places, the ''Rihla'' still gives as complete an account as exists of some parts of the wo...
8: Almost all that is known about Ibn Battuta's life comes from one source – Ibn Battuta himself (vi...
13: ...nd he embarked on the first of his detours. Three commonly used routes existed to Mecca, and Ibn Battut...
17: ...our days, he then journeyed on to Mecca. There he completed the usual rituals of a Muslim pilgrim, and ...
22: ...on to open its gates to the [[Mongols]], it had become an important trading centre after most of its ne... - Middle Colonies (4101 bytes)
5: ... main foods the eaten in the colonies. Meat could come from wild animals. Many poorer families ate a fo...
9: ...ildren died of disease during their first 5 years living there. The people that lived in the Middle Coloni...
13: ...fe]]s, [[leopard]]s, and other wild animals would come to the towns. The theatre and plays were enjoyed... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...Illustration provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]The '''Industrial Revolution'...
3: ...e nineteenth century the growth of the [[internal combustion engine]] and the development of [[Electric...
5: ...s change on [[society]] was enormous and is often compared to the [[Neolithic revolution]], when mankin...
10: ...lonial expansion]] of the 17th century with the accompanying development of international [[trade]], cr...
30: ... move to another employer, or might be poached. A common method was for someone to make a study tour, g... - Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present (16426 bytes)
4: ...lions of gallons of oil into the sea. The spill becomes the worst oil spill in American history.
38: ...ld Trump becomes the 45th president, Mike Pence becomes the 48th vice president. Trump is the first per...
39:
51: ... Stephen Hillenburg and Creative leader of Marvel Comics Stan Lee both die in November.
52: ...Former U.S. President George H. W. Bush dies from complications resulting from Parkinson's disease. He ... - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
1: ...China. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
3: ...hinese traditional religion]] and its constituent components, including [[Taoism]], [[Buddhism]], and [...
5: The study of '''religion in China''' is complicated by several issues. Because many Chinese b...
7: ...eone to claim to be a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] while living life according to [[Taoism|Taoist]] principles an...
23: ...ar among Chinese of all walks of life, admired by commoners, and sponsored by emperors. Estimate of Bud... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
8: ...ow]] China Town taken by [[Russia]]n troops under command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozharski|Dmitry Poz...
10: ... of Sardinia|Sardinia]], which soon expanded to become [[Italy]].
29: ... on board, becoming the first country to launch a living creature into orbit. The capsule was not designe...
36: * 1993 - [[Bolivia]] becomes a member of the [[Berne Convention for the Prot...
49: ...Vasilevich Kolchak]], [[Russia|Russian]] military commander (d. [[1920]]) - Theodora (11th century) (2075 bytes)
4: ...[[Zoe of Byzantium|Zoë]] in [[1028]]. Though living in retirement she excited Zoë's jealousy, an... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
21: ...]], to her own infant half-sister Elizabeth, then living in [[Hatfield, Hertfordshire|Hatfield]]. She was ...
30: ...ch as the use of Thomas Cranmer's new ''[[Book of Common Prayer]]''. The Lady Mary, desirous of mainta...
44: ...diner and the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] petitioned her to consider marrying an Engl...
49: ...Rome, and [[Reginald Cardinal Pole]], who would become an adviser Mary very heavily depended upon, beca...
63: ... our Lorde a thousande to the time now present'', commonly called ''The Book of Martyrs''. The persecut... - Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
22: ...he was [[intersexual]], but they were not able to come to a clear conclusion.
29: ...females left. Despite of the fact that there were living female lines descended from elder sons of Gustav ...
36: ...mortgaged crown property representing an annual income of 1,200,000 rix-tollars. There were clear signs...
42: ...tricly she would be expected to obey the churches common observances, and received reassurances.
51: ... has caused her to become an icon for the lesbian community. - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
10: ... When the marriage to Elizabeth Woodville became common knowledge, it was the cause of considerable ra...
12: ...at abbey's greatest archbishop. That was nothing compared to the marriages the queen arranged for her ...
16: ...d ten children, including two sons who were still living at the time of the king's sudden death in [[1483]... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
4: ... official described the new baby as "a small, but completely healthy Archduchess."
6: Maria-Antonia was brought up in the company of her closest sister, Maria-Carolina (two ye...
30: .... Marie-Antoinette loathed this spectacle and she complained bitterly to her mother, "I put on my rouge...
32: ...ungest brother [[Charles X of France|Charles, the Comte d'Artois]].
34: ... was being spied upon by her mother's ambassador, Comte Mercy d'Argenteau, who reported with great frus... - Helen Clark (4005 bytes)
49: ...re combined with Defence in 1985 to form a single committee.
53: ...her time between [[Wellington]] and [[Auckland]], living at her official residence [[Premier House]] while... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
3: ...aster of Laws]] degree. She married her long time common-law partner, Dr. [[Pentti Araj䲶i]], after sh...
20: ... of trust was working as a chairman of the social committee of the parliament in [[1984]]–[[1987]...
28: ... [[Esko Aho]] of the [[Keskusta|Centre Party]], becoming Finland's first female president.
34: Halonen married her long-time common-law spouse [[Pentti Araj䲶i]] in August 2000....
36: ...(greatest Finns) TV special in [[2004]], the only living person to be included. - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
12: ...Morris Myerson, a sign painter, who would later become her husband.
20: ...d down at first, but eventually accepted into the community. Her duties there included picking almonds...
44: ...large areas of territory. She saw no need to seek compromise with the [[Palestinians]] so long as Israe...
65: ... the nazis." -Golda Meir to Pope Paul VI after he commented that the Jews were behaving very harshly in...
67: "Peace will come when the Arabs love their children more than the...
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