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- Europe (23835 bytes)
1: ...ope.png|thumb|250px|World map showing location of Europe]]
2: ...ic.jpg|thumb|250px|A satellite composite image of Europe]]
4: ...(for more detailed description see [[Geography of Europe]]).
6: ... after [[Asia]] and [[Africa]]. The population of Europe is roughly 705,500,000: about 11% of the world's ...
11: ...500 BC]] its meaning was extended to lands to the north.
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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...e]] and [[Guatemala]] to the southeast. It is the northernmost and westernmost country in [[Latin Amer...
10: native_name = Estados Unidos Mexicanos |
15: national_motto =''Sufragio efectivo, No reelecci
16: ...Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Effective suffrage, no reelection)'' |
17: national_anthem = ''[[Mexicanos, al grito de guerra]]'' | - Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...ntral America]], bordered by [[Nicaragua]] to the north and [[Panama]] to the south-southeast. Since t...
21: ...fficial), ([[English language|English]] and indigenous languages on the Atlantic coast)
50: | ''[[Noble patria, tu hermosa bandera]]''
61: ...mbian]] times the [[Native American]]s in what is now [[Costa Rica]] were part of the [[Intermediate A...
76: ... as anti-constitutional allowing [[ӳcar Arias]] (Nobel Peace Prize, [[1987]]) to run for President a ... - Pennsylvanian (1543 bytes)
6: ...een the [[Mississippian]] and the [[Permian]]. In Europe, the Mississippian and Pennsylvanian are one more... - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ... [[Ipanema]], for the giant statue of [[Jesus]], known as [[Christ the Redeemer (statue)|Christ the Re...
13: ...[Amerigo Vespucci]] in January of 1501. Since the Europeans thought at first the Bay of Guanabara was actu...
15: ...ips between Brazil, the [[Africa]]n colonies, and Europe. Fortresses were built and an alliance was formed...
17: ...en westwards, an urban movement which lasts until nowadays.
19: ...[[Ren頄uguay-Trouin]], and [[Nicolas de Villegaignon]]. After [[1720]], when the Portuguese found gol... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ... [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technology]] and [[Biography]]. Also, see [[Internationa...
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17: ...st at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a single ship
22: ...y]]/[[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[North America]])
23: ...acific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the South American continent. - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...he central character in the cycle of [[legend]]s known as the "[[Matter of Britain]]." There is disagr...
5: ...] to early [[6th century]], to have been of [[Romano-British]] origin, and to have fought against the ...
7: ...y figure of whom we know little, and scholars are not certain whether the "Brettones" he led were [[Br...
11: Another school of thought believes that Arthur is a h...
13: Subscribers to this school of thought argue that another Roman Briton of the period, for example [[Amb... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...' in [[Portuguese]]) was most probably [[Genova|Genoese]], although some historians claim he could hav...
3: ...windless regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas, they inaugurate...
5: ...merica was known to the general public throughout Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[pri...
7: ..., including the isles of Juana ([[Cuba]]) and Espanola ([[Hispaniola]]), as well as the coasts of [[Ce...
9: ...t large-scale [[colonization]] of the Americas by Europeans. - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ...terior eastern region that would become the first european-inhabited area of that country.
7: No contemporary portrait of Jacques Cartier has been...
9: ...voyages of discovery in dangerous and hitherto unknown waters without losing a ship, that he entered a...
13: ...], the sons of Huron [[Chief Donnacona]], back to Europe.
17: ..., a location where the [[Jacques Cartier Bridge]] now stands. - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...century]] resulting from the replacement of an economy based on manual labor to one dominated by indus...
3: ...]] from about [[1850]], when technological and economic progress gained momentum with the development ...
5: ...developed [[agriculture]] and gave up its [[nomad|nomadic lifestyle]].
10: ...ncial market]]s and accumulation of [[Capital (economics)|capital]] are also cited as factors, as is t...
14: ...the improvement in agriculture, and the people in Europe became wealthy because of overseas trade. The num... - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ... alloys with higher carbon content than this are known as [[cast iron|iron]].
8: ...d chemical partner such as carbon. This process, known as [[smelting]], was first applied to metals wi...
11: ...ng this process, leading to a patterned layering known as [[pearlite]] due to its [[pearl]]-like appea...
15: ...hat the transformation to ferrite or perlite does not have time to take place. The transformation int...
19: ...s so critical to the end result, this process is known as '''[[tempering]]''', source of the term '''t... - Puritan (15882 bytes)
3: ==Terminology==
4: ...st]]": Puritanism was a movement rather than a denomination.
5: ... members of particular churches or movements, and not by the simple and nebulous term "Puritan."
8: ...rew Melville]] had gone into exile as Puritans in Europe, where they came into close contact with the radi...
10: ...l]] supremacy, and they shared, to one degree or another, a belief in the [[priesthood of all believer... - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...eginning in the [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
3: ...e existed and are viewed as having succeeded one another in [[continent]]al [[East Asia]] for the last...
5: ...decades were marred by warlordism, the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], and the [[Chinese Civil War]].
7: ...some islands in the South China Sea. The PRC does not recognize the ROC, as it claims to be the sole s...
9: ==Terminology== - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
5: ... of a sacred and sometimes spiritual world yet do not invoke a concept of [[God]], classifying a Chine...
7: ...stian concepts into Buddhism while the reverse is not necessarily the case.
11: ...rt in performing elaborate annual rituals. He was not believed to be a [[deity]], but rather someone w...
13: Minor religions introduced from abroad include [[Islam...
28: ...ing]] is attributed to [[Lao Zi]], who may or may not have been a real person. The philosophy is cent... - May (3270 bytes)
5: ...Taurus]] and ends in the sign of [[Gemini]]. Astronomically speaking, the sun begins in the constellat...
14: ...ear]] May begins at or near [[Bealtaine]] in the northern hemisphere and [[Samhain]] in the southern ...
19: ...8 is [[Victory in Europe Day|VE Day]]. In Eastern Europe it is celebrated in May 9.
20: ...nion]] [[May 9]] is [[European Symbols#Europe Day|Europe Day]]
23: ...] on or before [[May 24]]. In [[Quebec]], it is known as Patriots' Day (''Journ饠nationale des [[pat... - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...f [[Africa]]. It is bordered by [[Rwanda]] on the north, [[Tanzania]] on the south and east, and the [...
3: ... the supremacist claims of the ruling [[Tutsi]] minority with the growing demands for political partic...
41: time_zone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]] |
43: time_zone_DST = not observed |
47: footnotes = <sup>1</sup> Estimate is base... - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
4: ...ought the seafaring trailblazers setting out from European docks were travelling to [[East Asia]].
8: ...ird child of a respected family. His father was a notary for the Money Changers' [[Guild]] of Florence...
10: ...nticity has been brought into doubt: the ''Mundus Novus'' ([[New World]]) and the ''Lettera'' (or "The...
14:
16: ...rning around and seeing [[Trinidad]] and the [[Orinoco River]] and returning to [[Spain]] by way of [[... - Raccoon (4751 bytes)
12: ...axobox_section_binomial_parens | color = pink | binomial_name = Procyon lotor | author = [[Carolus Lin...
14: ...coon''' (''Procyon lotor''), also known as the '''northern raccoon''' or just '''raccoon''' or '''coon...
16: ...black fur. On rare occasions, raccoons may be albino. The characteristic eye colorings make the animal...
18: ...ies find that raccoons engage in it when water is not available.
20: ...nter climates, raccoons may become dormant but do not hibernate. - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
7: ...nited Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]].
9: ...e is the longest serving current Head of State in Europe, The Americas, and [[Australasia|Australasia]], a...
20: ...ge|Eton]], and also learned modern languages. She now speaks fluent [[French language|French]], as she...
23: ...sed to consider this, saying, "The children could not possibly go without me, I wouldn't leave without...
27: ...itary, though other royal women have been given honorary ranks. - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
9: ..., cui jure hereditario competebat." Melisende was no mere regent-queen (for her son Baldwin III), but ...
11: ... Cour]]'', a kind of royal council comprising the nobility and clergy of the realm.
13: ... chose [[Fulk of Jerusalem|Fulk V of Anjou]], a renowned crusader and military commander, and in the f...
19: ... been guilty the church and nobility likely would not have later rallied to her cause.
21: ...buted to Fulk or his supporters. This was reason enough for the queen's party to openly challenge Fulk... - Constance of Antioch (2293 bytes)
3: ...porters of the regency had secretly summoned from Europe; Alice was tricked into believing Raymond was goi...
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