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- Marie de France (1845 bytes)
1: ...which translates as, "My name is Marie, I am from France."
3: ...me as Eleanor's eldest daughter Mary, Princess of France and Countess of Champagne, though this identifica...
7: * Burgess, Glyn S. ''The Lais of Marie de France: Text and Context''. Athens: University of Georgi...
8: ..., Joan and Robert Hanning. ''The Lais of Marie de France''. Durham, N. C.: Labyrinth Press, 1982.
10: * Rychner, Jean. 1983. ''Les Lais de Marie de France''. Paris: Honore頃hampion.
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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ... spelling ''M骩co'', see section [[#The name|The name]] below) is a [[country]] located in [[North Am...
10: native_name = Estados Unidos Mexicanos |
11: common_name = Mexico |
15: national_motto =''Sufragio efectivo, No reelecci
17: national_anthem = ''[[Mexicanos, al grito de guerra]]'' | - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: ...alled Rio de Janeiro. For the state with the same name, see [[Rio de Janeiro (state)]].''
3: [[Image:Rio_de_Janeiro-Ipanema_Beach.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|Ipanema beach]]
5: ...age:Rio_deJaneiro_LE2002059_lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro]]
7: ...ous for the hotel-lined tourist beaches [[Copacabana]] and [[Ipanema]], for the giant statue of [[Jesu...
13: ...ince the Europeans thought at first the Bay of Guanabara was actually the mouth of a river, they calle... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...nology]] and [[Biography]]. Also, see [[International Space Station]] for ISS explorers, and for the [...
8: ...sco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
11: ... Alvarez]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
12: ...century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]]) - History of China (45919 bytes)
1: {{History_of_China}}
2: ... disunion, and was occasionally conquered by external ethnicities, of which many were eventually assim...
7: ...the [[Peiligang culture]] of Xinzheng county, [[Henan]]. With agriculture came increased population, t...
11: ...ence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[China]].
14: ... [[pinyin]]: sāndài) that the historical China begins to appear. - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
7: ...gn of the [[Roman Emperor]] [[Anthemius]]. Unfortunately, Riothamus is a shadowy figure of whom we kno...
11: ... half-forgotten Celtic deity devolved into a personage (citing sometimes a supposed change of the sea-...
21: ...e-handedly killed 960 men. According to the ''[[Annales Cambriae]]'', Arthur was killed at the [[Battl...
25: ... the Christian leader, had magical powers traditionally ascribed to [[Druids]] and of sufficient inten...
27: ...rs in the Welsh tale ''[[Culhwch and Olwen]]'', a narrative that is usually associated with the [[Mabi... - Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
1: ... [[List of explorers|explorer]] and [[French Navy|naval officer]], who explored the south and western ...
4: ...]. He immediately arranged for the government of France to acquire one of the most valuable and famous st...
10: ...sailed along a coastal area of Antarctica that he named the [[French Southern Territories|Adélie Coas...
14: ...[Dumont d'Urville Station]] on Antarctica is also named after him.
16: ...in the [[Cimetière du Montparnasse]], [[Paris]], France. - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ...thought of as one of the major discoverers of [[Canada]], or more specifically, the interior eastern r...
5: ...member of a leading ship-owning family. His good name in Saint-Malo is recognized by its frequent app...
9: ...tier's character and personality but his professional abilities can be easily ascertained. Considerin...
13: ... [[Taignoagny]], the sons of Huron [[Chief Donnacona]], back to Europe.
17: ...sive than the small and squalid village of Stadacona, more than a thousand Hurons came to the edge of ... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ... the first two decades of the nineteenth century enabled the manufacture of more production machines f...
3: ...n the nineteenth century the growth of the [[internal combustion engine]] and the development of [[Ele...
10: ...pment of international [[trade]], creation of [[financial market]]s and accumulation of [[Capital (eco...
12: ... occurred in Britain. In other nations, such as [[France]], markets were split up by local regions, which ...
30: ... he could. Today this is called [[industrial espionage]], with modern concepts of automatic illegality... - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...hardening agent, preventing iron atoms, which are naturally arranged in a [[lattice]], from sliding pa...
8: ...here, iron can be found in the crust only in combination with [[oxygen]] or [[sulfur]]. Typically Fe<s...
11: Even in the narrow range of concentrations that make up steel, m...
17: ...r as it cools; at the very least, they cause internal [[work hardening]] and other microscopic imperfe...
19: ...ementite, etc., to form) and help settle the internal stresses and defects. This softens the steel, p... - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
18: ...have double reeds (in conical bores for the Zampogna, and cylindrical bores for the Musette and Scotti...
23: ...a chanter and 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 [[Robert ...
35: ... In the 1990s, there were a few new developments, namely, reliable synthetic drone reeds, and syntheti...
37: ====Regional Usage==== - Treasury (1846 bytes)
1: ... see [[Treasury security]]. Also see [[treasury management]]''.
3: ...ry|secretary of the treasury]]. The [[U.S. Internal Revenue Service|IRS]] is the revenue agency of t...
5: ...the [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]]. The traditional honorary title of [[First Lord of the Treasury]]...
7: ...et and coordinating government expenditure. The Finance Minister is responsible for government [[procu...
9: ...e Minister. Examples include [[New Zealand]], [[Canada]], [[Malaysia]], [[Singapore]] and [[Japan]]. - November 4 (10686 bytes)
8: * [[1612]] - [[Moscow]] China Town taken by [[Russia]]n troops under command of...
13: ...ue of the scientific journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' is published.
29: ...[Soviet Union]] launches [[Sputnik 2]] with a dog named [[Laika]] on board, becoming the first country...
31: ..., 30,000 are rendered homeless, and countless [[Renaissance]] artworks and books are destroyed.
32: ...ase]] in the [[Mekong Delta]] over to [[South Vietnam]]. - Raccoon (4751 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = pink | name = common raccoon}}
12: ... = Procyon lotor | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1758]]}}
14: ..., is a [[mammal]] native to [[the Americas]]. Its name derives from the [[Algonquian]] word ''aroughco...
16: ...s, and have a bushy tail with light and dark alternating rings. The coat is a mixture of gray, brown, ...
18: Raccoons are nocturnal and eat a large variety of things, including ber... - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...th II|Golden Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Canadian Orders.)]]
7: ...is]], [[Saint Lucia]], [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]], the [[Solomon Islands]], [[Tuvalu]] and t...
11: ...rs in the other [[personal union|personal union]] nations of which she is or was Head of State. She is...
15: ... while her two middle names are those of her paternal great-grandmother [[Alexandra of Denmark|Queen A...
20: ...e [[Entente Cordiale]] and numerous visits to [[Canada]]. She was instructed in religion by the [[Arch... - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
5: ...rincess of Antioch]]; [[Hodierna of Tripoli|Hodierna]], [[County of Tripoli|countess of Tripoli]]; and...
9: ...t-queen (for her son Baldwin III), but a Queen Regnant, reigning by right of hereditary and civil law....
11: ...ney, granting of fiefdoms and other forms of patronage, and in diplomatic correspondence. Baldwin rais...
13: ...ole queen and to strengthen her position, he designated Melisende as guardian for the young Baldwin, e...
15: ...ositions would be eroded if Fulk continued to dominate the realm. - Agnes of Courtenay (6051 bytes)
1: '''Agnes of Courtenay''' (died c. [[1184]]) was the mother of king [[B...
3: ...]] was lost in [[1150]]. Her first husband was Reynald of Marash, who later died; she was then betroth...
5: ...ever come from sources biased towards Willaim; Bernard Hamilton suggests that both Amalric and his cou...
7: ... make a more advantagous marriage to [[Maria Comnena]], great-grandniece to [[Byzantine emperor]] [[Ma...
11: ...chal of Jerusalem]]. She also had Amalric of Lusignan appointed as constable of the kingdom when [[Hum... - Sibylla of Jerusalem (11497 bytes)
1: ...vided an example of successful rule by a queen regnant earlier in the century.
3: == Dynasty ==
7: ...regnant. In the tradition of the dynasty, Sibylla named her son [[Baldwin V of Jerusalem|Baldwin]].
9: ...left Jerusalem to campaign in [[Antioch]]. Additionally, the [[Ibelin]] family manoeuvered to have the...
11: ...ood of the Sibylla-Baldwin match. According to Bernard Hamilton, it could be assumed the emperor was i... - Isabella of Jerusalem (7928 bytes)
3: ...er and stepfather [[Balian of Ibelin]], mostly in Nablus.
9: ...gdom. Her half-brother Baldwin IV was recognized unanimously as king, as he was the only male availabl...
11: ...uld be adjudicated by the kings of [[England]], [[France]], and [[Germany]]. The selection would be delaye...
15: ...ent were ignored. Sibylla was crowned as queen regnant in 1186, as the young Isabella and her husband ...
19: ...e married in short order, while she was still pregnant with Conrad's child. [[Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani]... - Yolanda of Flanders (2422 bytes)
1: ...Constantinople]] for her husband [[Peter of Courtenay]] from [[1217]] to 1219.
3: She was the daughter of [[Baldwin V, Count of Hainault]], and Countess [[Margaret I of Flanders]]. Tw...
5: ...id not want the throne. As Robert was still in [[France]] at the time, there was technically no emperor u...
7: ...r]], which she inherited from her uncle Philip of Namur in 1212 and left to her eldest son Philip when...
9: By Peter of Courtenay she had 10 children: - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
3: ...iddle Ages]]. She was [[Queen consort]] of both [[France]] and [[England]] in her lifetime.
6: ...IX of Aquitaine]], the [[Troubador]]. Eleanor was named after her mother and called ''Ali鮯r'', which...
8: ...chest of the provinces that would become modern [[France]], when her brother, William Aigret, died as a ba...
10: ...|Louis VI]] had died, and Eleanor became Queen of France.
12: ... of women in the campaign, with her, the Queen of France, as their leader.
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