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- Grapefruit (4275 bytes)
5: ...obox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
6: ...{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]}}
13: ... section binomial botany | color = lightgreen | binomial_name =Citrus × paradisi | author = Macf...
16: ...[[tree]] grown for its [[fruit]], which are also known as grapefruit.
18: ...Florida]] and [[Texas]]. In Spanish the fruit is known as the ''toronja''. - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...arian-based Chinese an advantage over neighboring nomadic and mountain-dwelling cultures. The developm...
7: ...and administrators: in short, civilization as we know it. In late [[Neolithic]] times, the [[Huang He]...
14: ...torical Records]]'' written by [[Sima Qian]], a renowned Chinese historiographer of the [[2nd century ...
18: ...aracter]]s, but such claims are unsupported. With no clear written records to match the Shang [[oracle...
24: ...he early Zhou (successor state of the Shang), is known to have existed at the same time as the Shang. - 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... - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
3: ...of explorers|explorer]] of the [[Victorian era]], now best remembered because of his meeting with [[He...
6: ...whose daughter he later married, and joined the [[London Missionary Society]], becoming a minister.
8: From [[1840]] he worked in [[Bechuanaland]] (now [[Botswana]]), but was unable to make inroads in...
22: ...eturned to [[Africa]], this time to [[Zanzibar]] (now part of [[Tanzania]]), where he set out to seek ...
25: ...gstone, and together they continued exploring the north end of the [[Tanganyika]] (the other constitue... - 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: ...0 onwards, because there was a scientific and technological improvement, growth of supply of food beca... - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
6: [[Image:annotated_stand.jpg|right|thumb|A set of Scottish Grea...
11: 5) Tenor drones<br>
16: ...lowpipe or a set of bellows; the inlet to the bag normally has a one-way [[valve]] which prevents air ...
23: ...ld's Martial Music of Caledonia, written by an unknown Romantic. However, it seems likely they were fi...
25: ... as [[Robert the Bruce]]'s troops marched to [[Bannockburn]] in [[1314]]. - Ionic order (6526 bytes)
2: ...]] of [[classical architecture]], the other two canonic orders being the [[Doric order|Doric]] and the...
4: ...he southwestern coastland and islands of [[Asia Minor]] settled by Ionian Greeks, where an Ionian dial...
6: Unlike the Greek Doric order, Ionic [[column]]s normally stand on a base (''but see illustration, le...
9: ...|thumb|right|An archaic Greek Ionic capital, in ''Nordisk familjebok'', 1910]]
10: ... on his [[Banqueting House at Whitehall]] Palace, London, and when Beaux-Arts architect [[John Russell Pop... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: '''November 4''' is the 308th day of the year (309th in...
4: {{NovemberCalendar}}
9: ...illiam, Prince of Orange]]. They would later be known as [[William and Mary]].
14: ... a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecutive terms.
15: ...legiance of a large majority of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving the way for him to be crowned [[emp... - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
7: ...nited Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]].
9: ...ist of Lords of the Isle of Man|Lord of Mann]]<!--Note on spelling: the Isle of Man has one "n", but h...
15: ...th was born at 21 Bruton Street in [[Mayfair]], [[London]] on [[21 April]], [[1926]]. Her father was HRH [...
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... - Boudicca (6973 bytes)
1: ...er Celtic tribes, including the neighbouring [[Trinovantes]], in a major uprising against the occupyin...
7: ...what is now [[Norfolk]]. He was allowed to remain nominally independent as an ally of Rome (he may hav...
9: ...e this point to call in their loans. Tacitus does not mention this, but does single out [[procurator]]...
11: ...mple for two days before it fell. The future governor [[Quintus Petillius Cerialis]], then commanding ...
13: ...y fire at this time), slaughtering anyone who had not evacuated with Suetonius. [[Verulamium]] ([[St A... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...senters executed; as a consequence, she is often known as '''Bloody Mary'''. Her religious policies, h...
13: ...at [[Ludlow Castle]] and many of the prerogatives normally only given to a [[Prince of Wales]], someti...
15: ... education was undoubtedly due to her mother, who not only consulted the Spanish scholar [[Juan Lu�V...
17: ...It was then suggested that the Princess Mary wed, not the Dauphin, but his father Francis I, who was e...
19: ...s to the Pope were abolished, and the King was acknowledged as "Supreme Head" of the [[Church of Engla... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...se she didn't allow Germans in the government and not a single person was executed during her reign.
7: ...he 18th of December [[1709]]. As her parents were not married at that time, her illegitimacy would be ...
9: ... was both imperfect and desultory. Her father had no leisure to devote to her training, and her mother...
15: ... a lover of Alexis Shubin, a sergeant in the Semyonovsky [[Leib Guard|Guards]] regiment, and after his...
19: ...nstead of the 15,000 she demanded of him, he took no part whatever in the actual [[coup d'etat]] which... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...nd [[King of Ireland|Queen of Ireland]] from [[17 November]] [[1558]] until her death. Sometimes refer...
9: ...d political views; and English colonisation of [[North America]] took place under [[Walter Raleigh|Si...
11: ...nce in the granting of [[British honours system|honours and dignities]]. Only eight peerage dignities,...
13: [[Virginia]], an English [[13 colonies|colony in North America]] and afterwards a member of the [[Uni...
18: ...rnowne, who was often referred to as "Kat". Chapernowne developed a close relationship with Elizabeth ... - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
8: ... Mary, although a Sovereign in her own right, did not wield actual power during most of her reign. She...
11: Mary, who was born in [[London]], was the eldest daughter of the Duke of York (t...
13: ...econd wife the Catholic [[Mary of Modena]], also known as Mary Beatrice d'Este.
15: ...cousins Mary and William married in London on [[4 November]] [[1677]].
17: ...ands]], where she lived with her husband. She did not enjoy a happy marriage; her three pregnancies en... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
5: {{House of Hanover}}
7: ...nasty)|Wettin]], ''[[n饝]'' [[House of Hanover|Hanover]]) ([[24 May]] [[1819]] – [[22 January]]...
9: ...Victoria was the last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; her successor belonged to the [[House of Wi...
12: ...ild of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on [[24 May]] [[1819]].
16: ...en's minority. Ignoring precedent, Parliament did not create a council to limit the powers of the Rege... - Anne Neville (4967 bytes)
9: ...g's brother, [[George, Duke of Clarence]]. It is not certain that a formal marriage ceremony ever too...
11: ...rd, Duke of Gloucester, working as a servant in [[London]]. Whatever the truth, it is likely that Richard...
15: ...le, Richard having been appointed Governor of the North on the king's behalf. They had only one child...
21: ...y|Westminster]], where she was buried. There was no memorial to her until the late [[20th century]], ...
25: ...ne and Richard are also portrayed in the [[1982]] novel ''[[The Sunne in Splendor]]'' by [[Sharon Kay ... - Catherine of Valois (1918 bytes)
7: ...y]]. Catherine died on January 3, [[1437]], in [[London]], and was buried in [[Westminster Abbey]]. Her ... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
7: place_of_birth=[[Sandringham]], [[Norfolk]], [[England]] |
13: Though she was noted for her pioneering [[charity]] work, the Princ...
15: ...er her death, there were even calls for her to be nominated for [[sainthood]] — while her detrac...
22: ... of Dartmouth]], the only daughter of the romance novelist [[Barbara Cartland]], after being named as ...
24: ...th Hall]] [http://www.riddlesworthhall.com/] in [[Norfolk]] and at West Heath School in [[Kent]], wher... - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
6: ...[[Jacquetta of Luxembourg]]. She was a maid of honor to [[Margaret of Anjou]], Queen of [[Henry VI o...
10: ...he marriage to Elizabeth Woodville became common knowledge, it was the cause of considerable rancour o...
12: ...[[Duke of Norfolk|Duchess]] of [[Norfolk, England|Norfolk]]. Katherine had been widowed three times an...
16: ...tract invalid as bigamous. (It was said that Eleanor Talbot had done the same thing Elizabeth Woodvil...
18: ...th were dead in this or the next reign. Elizabeth now lost the title of Queen Mother and was called Th... - Margaret of Anjou (3729 bytes)
12: ...ligion and learning than in military matters, was not a successful king. He had reigned since he was ...
14: ...mmediately began raising an army in Wales and the north of England, where she was assisted by Henry's ...
18: ...who had fallen out with his former friend and was now seeking revenge for the loss of his political in...
20: ...was a broken spirit, imprisoned in the [[Tower of London]] until ransomed by the French king. She died on ...
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