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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]]'' | - 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]])
26: *[[Heinrich Barth]] ([[1821]]-[[1865]]), Northern and Central Africa - 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. - Persepolis (15450 bytes)
2: ... some 70 km northeast of [[Shiraz, Iran|Shiraz]], not far from where the small river Pulwar flows into...
6: ... be traced back to the [[13th century]], are now known as ''Takhti Jamshid'' ("the throne of Jamshid")...
12: ...a]], who reigned at the longest two years, or, if not his, then that of [[Darius III of Persia|Darius ...
14: Another small group of ruins in the same style is fou...
18: .... This accounts for the fact that the Greeks were not acquainted with the city until it was taken and ... - List of maritime explorers (2541 bytes)
5: This is a '''list of notable sea explorers''':
21: *[[Nuno Tristão]]
29: *[[António Noli]]
42: *[[Fernão de Noronha]]
45: *[[João da Nova]] - History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
1: ...fundamental matters as diverse as [[reality]], [[knowledge]], [[meaning]], [[value]], [[being]] and [[...
10: ...ft us the opaque dictum, "All is water." His most noted students were [[Anaximenes of Miletus]] and [[...
12: ...wn (perhaps unjustly) for claiming that truth was no more than opinion and for teaching people to argu...
14: ...were well paid by their students. It's also well known that orators had tremendous influence on Atheni...
16: ... matters like justice, beauty and truth. He wrote nothing, but inspired many disciples. He was execute... - 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: ... two decades later, the existence of America was known to the general public throughout Europe. This i...
7: ..., including the isles of Juana ([[Cuba]]) and Espanola ([[Hispaniola]]), as well as the coasts of [[Ce...
11: ...ope, and slavery in the [[West Indies]]. Others honour him for the massive boost his explorations gave... - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
3: ...of explorers|explorer]] of the [[Victorian era]], now best remembered because of his meeting with [[He...
6: ...[London]], he became attracted by the example of another Scot, Robert Moffat, whose daughter he later ...
8: From [[1840]] he worked in [[Bechuanaland]] (now [[Botswana]]), but was unable to make inroads in...
22: ...ingstone decided that this river was in fact the "real" [[Nile]].
25: ...gstone, and together they continued exploring the north end of the [[Tanganyika]] (the other constitue... - Ionic order (6526 bytes)
1: ...nicOrders.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Architects' first real look at the Greek Ionic order: Julien David LeRoy...
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]] - 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: ...ted to [[Lao Zi]], who may or may not have been a real person. The philosophy is centered on 'the way',... - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
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...
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16: ...rning around and seeing [[Trinidad]] and the [[Orinoco River]] and returning to [[Spain]] by way of [[...
18: ... this also seems doubtful, since his account does not mention the broad estuary of the [[Rio de la Pla... - 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... - Empress Wu (14478 bytes)
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9: ... here are in the [[Julian calendar]].<br>They are not in the [[proleptic Gregorian calendar]].<br>R...
11: ... her son the restored emperor<br>Zhongzong. The honorific name was used as her posthumous<br>name when...
16: ... [[Guangyuan]] (广元市), in the north of [[Sichuan]] province, some 800 km.(500 mile...
18: ..., beautiful", and the young empress is generally known inside China as Wu Meiniang (武媚&#... - Margaret I of Denmark (7423 bytes)
2: ...younger and only surviving son to [[Magnus VII of Norway]], [[Magnus II of Sweden]].
4: ...vided attention to [[Sweden]], where the mutinous nobles were already in arms against their unpopular ...
6: ...er at [[Aasle]] near [[Falk?g]], and Margaret was now the omnipotent mistress of three kingdoms.
10: ... hasten to its assistance; and the Baltic and the North Sea speedily swarmed with the privateers of th...
12: ... 17]], Eric was solemnly crowned king of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The proposed act of union divided... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
2: ...stuart.jpg|thumb|right|140px|Mary I of Scotland; known as Mary, Queen of Scots]]
7: ...; [[July 24]], [[1567]]. She is perhaps the best known of the Scottish monarchs, in part because of th...
15: ... 1536. Had he not died before James V, Mary would not necessarily have inherited. In this sort of [[Se...
24: ...eeves, enveloped the infant, who could sit up but not walk. She was carried by Lord Livingston in sole...
26: ...ir struck her, she began to cry. The [[Earl of Lennox]] brought forward the Sceptre and placed it in h... - Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
17: ... of Russia, giving her the title of Empress. The real power, however, was with her former lover, Menshi... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
3: ...n 1713, he was a prominent figure in what became known as the [[The Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment...
5: ...al]] ideas relating to [[free will]]. He is also known as the author of the essay ''Regrets on Parting...
10: ...ing Virtue and Merit'' (1745), with some original notes of his own. He composed a volume of bawdy stor...
14: ... variation and [[natural selection]]. It is worth noticing, too, as an illustration of the comprehensi...
23: ...e active writers, all the new ideas, all the new knowledge, that were then moving the cultivated class... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...France]] and Archduchess of [[Austria]] (born [[2 November]] [[1755]] ? executed [[16 October]] [[1793...
4: ...[[Joseph II|Archduke Josef]] and ''Johanna'' in honour of Saint John the Evangelist. A court official ...
13: ...cation. She was flighty, artistic and read almost nothing. Her French was imperfect and she preferred ...
19: ... Flora". The entire city was illuminated in her honour and a few days later, she began the journey to ...
22: ...nt. He was only a year older than she was and had no sexual or romantic relationships to prepare him f... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
4: ...s a noted British monologuist and actress, while another niece, [[Nancy Lancaster]], became famous as ...
8: ...in [[1918]], [[Constance Markiewicz]], had chosen not to do so.
12: ...t they had it easy because they were avoiding the real war in France and the future invasion. The allied...
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