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- Africa (35389 bytes)
1: ...ographic.jpg|thumb|A satellite composite image of Africa]]
3: '''Africa''' is the [[world]]'s second-largest [[continent]...
6: ...ionAfrica.png|thumb|World map showing location of Africa]]
8: ...continent, as the [[Africa (province)|province of Africa]] with its capital [[Carthage]], corresponding to...
12: ...sh;possibly [[Berber]]—who dwelt in [[North Africa]] in the Carthage area; - Africa-Eurasia (1157 bytes)
1: [[Image:Eurasiaafrica.jpg|275px|right]]
2: ...t into Eurasia-[[North Africa]] and [[Sub-Saharan Africa]]. Geologists recognize that these disparate land...
6: The [[Old World]] includes Africa-Eurasia and its surrounding islands.
16: *[[Africa]]
17: **[[North Africa]] (sometimes moved to the list above) - North Africa (3562 bytes)
1: ...[Image:Africa-countries-northern.png|right|Map of Africa with the northern countries highlighted]]
3: '''North Africa''' is a region generally considered to include:
14: ...ugh they do not share a common culture with North Africa.
16: ...Africa]] or [[Tamazgha]]) is the portion of North Africa that consititutes Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and L...
18: Some North African countries, particularly Egypt and [[Libya]], oft... - Sub-Saharan Africa (3920 bytes)
1: ...strictly applied, this term would exclude [[South Africa]], which lies outside the [[Tropics]].
3: ...iterranean]] and the [[Middle East]]. Sub-Saharan Africa, on the other hand, had sporadic contacts with th...
5: ...[least developed countries]]. (See ''[[Economy of Africa]]''.)
7: ...assification scheme, the countries of sub-Saharan Africa are:
9: '''Central Africa''' - South Africa (40100 bytes)
1: ...ependent [[nation]], entirely surrounded by South African territory.
3: ... as well as many white, coloured and Indian South Africans.
5: ...e largest and most well-developed of the entire [[Africa]]n continent, with modern [[infrastructure]] comm...
7: {{South Africa infobox}}
9: ...is [[List of national languages of India|second only to India]] in number. As a result, there are man...
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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
15: ...Atlantic]] transit of ships between Brazil, the [[Africa]]n colonies, and Europe. Fortresses were built an...
21: ...accommodate hundreds of noblemen who arrived suddenly, many inhabitants were simply evicted from their...
31: The city is commonly divided into the historic downtown (Centro); the...
44: ... Urca ("Morro da Urca"), and offers views second only to Corcovado mountain. The tallest mountain in t...
54: ...ains an area of accelerated growth, attracting mainly the richer sector of the population, whereas nei... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: ...[[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...[[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
25: *[[Samuel Baker]], Africa
26: ...Barth]] ([[1821]]-[[1865]]), Northern and Central Africa
30: ...eral times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]], [[Tombouctou]] and other places - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...east 3,500 years, and with 5,000 years being commonly used by Chinese as the age of their civilization...
7: ... have reached China about 65,000 years ago from [[Africa]]. Early evidence for proto-Chinese [[rice paddy]...
36: ...he [[Qin Dynasty|Qin]] (秦) Emperor lasted only twelve years, he managed to subdue great parts o...
92: ...back rooms, so his father would not see them. He only kept the most old and ugly servants, and old fur...
142: ...ored all of the [[Indian Ocean]], reaching [[East Africa]] with the voyages of [[Zheng He]] (original name... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
5: ...as John Cabot) was first to reach the American mainland (which Columbus did not reach until his third ...
9: Unlike the voyage of the Scandinavians, Columbus's vo...
31: ...land]], [[Madeira]], [[Azores|the Azores]], and [[Africa]]. Columbus's brother Bartolomeo worked as a map...
33: ...] to purchase sugar, and along the coasts of West Africa between [[1482]] and [[1485]], reaching the Portu...
39: ...ing posts and later colonies along the coast of [[Africa]]. Columbus had another idea. By the [[1480s]], h... - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
3: ...red because of his meeting with [[Henry Morton Stanley]] which gave rise to the popular quotation, "''...
8: ...ngstone made the one convert that he ever made in Africa. Within 6 months, they had rejected Christianity....
12: ...f trade and missions to be established in central Africa.
17: ...besi river, the missions sent to central and east Africa at his urgings ended in disaster, with nearly eve...
19: ... difficulty in raising funds to further explore [[Africa]]. - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
13: ... embarked on the first of his detours. Three commonly used routes existed to Mecca, and Ibn Battuta ch...
15: ...first trip who prophesied that Ibn Battuta would only reach Mecca after a journey through [[Syria]]. A...
20: ...ra]], then [[Isfahan (city)|Isfahan]], which was only a few decades away from being nearly destroyed b...
24: ==Second Hajj and East Africa==
25: ...ure, and signed on for a trip down the coast of [[Africa]]. - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...y [[coal]]) and powered [[machine|machinery]] (mainly in [[textile]] [[manufacturing]]). The developme...
34: ...f Arts, Manufactures and Commerce]] or, more commonly, [[Society of Arts]] published an illustrated vo...
65: ...g needed, and thus goods in these materials made only a small proportion of the output.
83: ... the scientific reasons for the improvement were only discovered later. His family followed in his foo...
101: At the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, inland transport was by navigable rivers and roads, w... - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
3: ...the singular or plural, although pipers most commonly talk of "pipes" and "the bagpipe".
16: ...ed either by a blowpipe or a set of bellows; the inlet to the bag normally has a one-way [[valve]] whi...
20: ...lown. Sometimes the term is also somewhat mistakenly used to describe the general sound produced by a...
33: ...l known are the [[Great Highland Bagpipe]]s (commonly abbreviated GHBs), which were developed in [[Sco...
38: ...ca]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], and [[South Africa]]. - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ... [[Great Lakes (Africa)|Great Lakes]] region of [[Africa]]. It is bordered by [[Rwanda]] on the north, [[T...
3: ...the poorest and most conflict-ridden countries in Africa and in the world. Its small size belies the magni...
58: ...undian government issued arrest warrants for the FNL leaders Agathon Rwasa and Pasteur Habimana, and d...
60: ...otiations are now under way, amid fears that the FNL will demand a blanket amnesty in exchange for lay...
70: ...Ruzizi River]], north of Lake Tanganyika, is the only area below 3,000 ft: this area forms part of the... - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
27: ... at home. She was the first (and as of 2005 the only) female member of the royal family to actually s...
29: ...47]], when she accompanied her parents to [[South Africa]]. On her 21st birthday she made a broadcast to t...
64: ...h possessions, and in some cases, such as [[South Africa]], she has played an important role in retaining ...
66: .... This is one reason why it is considered highly unlikely that she will ever [[abdicate]]. Like her mo...
70: The only public issue on which Elizabeth makes her views ... - Cleopatra VII of Egypt (8634 bytes)
6: ...ll these cases, her co-rulers were king in title only, with her keeping the true authority.
21: ...this, when she ordered the second course — only a cup of strong vinegar. She then removed one of...
35: ...//penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Africa/Egypt/_Texts/BEVHOP/13*.html Cleopatra VII (... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
12: ...ingen|Karl, Prince of Leiningen]]. Victoria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensington Pala...
14: ...n in the line of succession, Victoria was taught only [[German language|German]], the first language o...
35: ...le ''His Royal Highness''. Prince Albert was commonly known as the "Prince Consort", though he did not...
39: ...tween Victoria and Prince Albert. Albert was not only the Queen's companion, but also an important pol...
43: ... to shoot the Queen. Although his gun was loaded only with paper and tobacco, his crime was still puni... - Elisabeth Domitien (1229 bytes)
1: ...l]] [[2005]]) was prime minister of the [[Central African Republic]].
3: ...he first woman to serve as prime minister of an [[Africa]]n nation.
5: ...onarchy with himself as emperor. When Domitien openly rejected the plans, she was promptly fired and h... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ... United Kingdom]] from [[1979]] to [[1990]], the only woman [[as of 2005]] to serve in that position. ...
33: ...even less popular [[Community Charge]], more commonly known as the [[poll tax]]. At the same time the ...
47: ...icy of the Labour Government as being steps "not only towards [[Socialism]], but towards [[Communism]]...
69: ...al Irish Republican Army|Provisional IRA]] and [[INLA]] prisoners in [[Northern Ireland|Northern Irela...
73: ...h for that media catch-phrase- the U-turn- I can only say this: You turn if you want to. The lady's no... - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
11: ...aldeman-Julius]] "[[Little Blue Books]]." It not only provided basic information about such topics as ...
17: ...ilable [[birth control pill]]. She toured Europe, Africa, and Asia, lecturing and helping to establish cli...
19: ...er died in 1966 in [[Tucson, Arizona]] at age 87 only a few months after the landmark [[Griswold v. Co...
31: ...d of exhausting her system, with the results not unlike the effects of masturbation and debauchery.
47: ...om/swtaboo/taboos/ms_apwp.html]. Then considered enlightened in some circles, today such measures are ... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...or her account of living in [[Kenya]], ''[[Out of Africa]]''.
20: * ''[[Out of Africa]]'' (1937 in Denmark and England, 1938 in USA)
30: * ''Letters from Africa, 1914-1931'' (posthumous 1981, USA) - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
20: ... and after numerous stops in [[South America]], [[Africa]], the [[Indian subcontinent]], and [[Southeast A... - Amy Johnson (2606 bytes)
12: ...the flight from England to [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]], also in a Puss Moth. She was later to regain t...
14: ... pilot [[Jim Mollison]], who had proposed to her only 8 hours after they had met, during a flight of t... - Phillis Wheatley (3014 bytes)
3: ...poet, with her first poem published when she was only 13.
14: ... ''Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley, a Native African and Slave'' (Boston: Published by Geo. W. Light,...
19: * [[Slave narrative]], [[African-American literature]]
22: ...du/madison/center/main_pages/madison_archives/era/african/free/wheatley/poems/poems.htm JMU site with her ... - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
5: ...d in science, she is well-versed in African and [[African-American Studies]] and is trained in [[dance]] a...
7: ...icer for [[Sierra Leone]] and [[Liberia]] in West Africa. Returning to Los Angeles, she resumed her medica...
11: ...]], and fulfilled the requirements for an A.B. in African and Afro-American Studies. She attended [[Weill ...
13: ...mmunication system to improve health care in West Africa; and The Earth We Share, (TM) an international sc...
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