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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
74: ...s of Tejas, calling themselves Texians and led mainly by relatively recently-arrived [[English languag...
80: ...Accused many times of fraud, the PRI's candidates held almost all public offices until the end of the [[...
139: ...e than the nation's "free and sovereign states": only since 1997 have its citizens been able to elect ...
161: Situated in the southwestern part of mainland North America and roughly triangular in shape,...
194: ... expatriate communities; Mexico's Muslims number only a few thousand or less. - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
15: ...ortugal]]. For centuries, the settlement was commonly called S㯠Sebasti㯠- or even St. Sebastian - i...
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: ...rts of the [[Pan-American Games]] of 2007 will be held in the Mi飩mo da Silva Sports Center, nicknamed ... - 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...
28: ...until [[256 BC]], he was largely a figurehead and held little real power.
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...
146: ...ired by the Ming. The brick and granite work was enlarged, the watch towers were redesigned and cannon... - Persepolis (15450 bytes)
8: ...t his grave was in the face of a rock, and could only be reached by means of an apparatus of ropes. Ct...
26: :72 (1) Alexander held games in honour of his victories. He performed c...
37: ...ersian tradition at a very remote period knew of only three architectural wonders in that region, whic... - Erik the Red (5731 bytes)
2: ... [[Greenland]] (long before it had been named Greenland, it had perhaps been inhabited by the [[Dorset...
4: ... discovery pushed him aside in the history of Greenland and Erik the Red has been dubbed the genuine d...
6: ...ted in the north and the south, proved to be the only two areas suitable for farming. During the summe...
8: ... title was that of [[paramount chieftain]] of Greenland and there Erik was both greatly respected and ...
12: ...eif was the first Viking to explore the land of Vinland (North America). Leif invited his father on th... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
9: ...cal career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to be little reason for him ...
29: ...t he with his company of riders may be seen by moonlight in the forests of Britain or Brittany or Savo...
43: ...[Galahad]], and others). At his court, most often held at [[Camelot]] in the later prose romances, could...
93: ...orth a read and the Authors notes at the end are enlightening. "There is a sword and there is a stone,...
110: ...n series ''Justice League'' and ''Justice League Unlimited'' featuring related characters Morgan Le Fa... - 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...
46: ...vered less space on the earth's surface than commonly believed. Finally, Columbus read maps as if the ...
69: ... vast interior of the North and South American mainlands would of course be largely mapped with the le...
74: ...gal and Castile were poor at the time, and he was held up, but finally released. Word of his finding new... - 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... - Steel (28384 bytes)
8: ...take place in a fairly oxygen-free environment. Unlike copper and tin, liquid iron dissolves carbon q...
11: ... fairly soft metallic material that can dissolve only a small concentration of carbon (no more than 0....
21: ...osphorus]] make steel more brittle, so these commonly found elements must be removed from the ore duri...
28: ... the year [[1000]], the [[Thule]] people of [[Greenland]] began making [[harpoon]]s and other edged to...
46: ...lized cast iron, and quench-hardened steel, with only a few, probably ornamental, bronze weapons. - Puritan (15882 bytes)
4: The word ''Puritan'' is now applied unevenly to a number of [[Protestant]] churches from the ...
5: ...hurch]]. The term was used by the group itself mainly in the sixteenth century, though it seems to hav...
24: ...eak of the [[English Civil War]]. Puritans certainly agitated against the king, and reform of the rel...
44: *Education and enlightenment for the masses
62: In the [[United States]], "Puritan" is the only acceptable spelling. Through the twentieth cent... - Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present (16426 bytes)
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61: ... that inmates on death row are not guaranteed "painless executions" under the Constitution.
113: - Treasury (1846 bytes)
5: ...norary title of [[First Lord of the Treasury]] is held by the [[Prime Minister]]. - China (38909 bytes)
7: ...f as ''[[Taiwan]]'', which is also the usage commonly adopted in the West (see [[political status of T...
16: ...ng the [[Spring and Autumn Period]], it was used only to describe the states politically descended fro...
27: The Republic of China as it controlled mainland China, and later, the People's Republic of Chi...
30: The most commonly accepted theory as to the origin of the [[Englis...
34: ...;中華地區) refers to [[Mainland China]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Macau]], [[Taiwan]],... - May (3270 bytes)
7: ...]] of fertility, [[Bona Dea]], whose festival was held in May.
15: ... first day of [[Summer]], and a public holiday is held on the first Monday in May.
17: ...[[May Day]] is [[May 1]], but a public holiday is held on the first [[Monday]] in May.
21: ...y]], [[United States]], the [[Kentucky Derby]] is held on the first Saturday in May.
35: ...t of the United States has ever died in May (The only month with no presidential deaths) - Burundi (13403 bytes)
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...
74: ...s in Burundi. Although [[Lake Victoria]] is commonly considered to be the source of the Nile, the [[K...
89: ...second highest in [[Sub-Saharan Africa]], behind only Rwanda. The Twa are thought to be the original ... - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
17: ...er of the British sovereign in the male line, she held the title of a [[British princess]] with the styl...
27: ... at home. She was the first (and as of 2005 the only) female member of the royal family to actually s...
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 ...
78: It is widely believed that Elizabeth held negative feelings towards Diana and thought that ... - Boudicca (6973 bytes)
15: ...most eighty thousand Britons fell" compared with only four hundred Romans. Boudicca, according to Taci...
17: ...r ten as her supposed resting place) but this is unlikely. [[Manduessedum]] near the modern day town o...
23: ...ne]] under Suetonius Paulinus, which almost certainly gave Tacitus an eyewitness source for Boudicca's...
27: ...multi-coloured robe and over it a thick [[cloak]] held together by a brooch. She took up a long spear to... - Irene (empress) (3748 bytes)
8: ...ummoned two church councils. The former of these, held in [[786]] at [[Constantinople]], was frustrated ...
12: ... conspiracy on her own behalf. Constantine could only flee for aid to the provinces, but even there he... - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
19: ...ende, though Hugh, by strict [[male succession]], held a better claim to the throne. Hugh was a cousin o...
21: ...his was reason enough for the queen's party to openly challenge Fulk, as Fulk's unfounded assertions o...
37: ... Jerusalem were on very good diplomatic terms and held a peace treaty between them. The result of this b...
45: ...onsibility in governance. Melisende had hitherto only partially associated Baldwin in her rule. Tensio... - Agnes of Courtenay (6051 bytes)
5: ...aute Cour]]'' refused to endorse Amalric as king unless his marriage to Agnes was annulled. This was s...
15: .... Guy had become very unpopular and it was widely held that he should not have even an indirect influenc...
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