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- 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... - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
2: ...agascar and [[Mauritania]] are the only countries not to use a [[decimal currency]].
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53: ...hen [[Arab]]s established trading posts along the northwest coast. European contact began in the [[150...
55: ...de]], which had been important in Madagascar's economy. In return, the island received British militar... - South Africa (40100 bytes)
3: ...strife between the black majority and the white minority have played a large part in the country's [[H...
5: ...l]] [[democracy|democracies]] in Africa. The [[economy of South Africa]] is the largest and most well-...
9: ...guage|Southern Sotho]], [[Northern Sotho language|Northern Sotho]], [[Tsonga language|Tsonga]], [[Tswa...
11: ...re prevalent. Nevertheless, their populations are not as such that they require nationwide recognition...
13: ...] people contain regional [[dialect]]s stretching northward into Namibia and Botswana, and elsewhere. ... - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
1: ...px|The Basilica of Saint Peter, portrayed by Viviano Codazzi in a 1630 painting, is the largest church...
2: ...tion holds that his [[tomb]] is below the baldochino and [[altar]]. [[Pope]]s have been buried there,...
4: ...mesake when he led the Roman church, but which is no longer used. These are the sources of the confus...
7: ...ilica of Saint Peter. The high canopy or baldocchino was designed by Bernini.]]
10: ...e Nicholas V]] asked architect [[Bernardo Rossellino]] to start adding to the old church. This was aba... - Samburu (2862 bytes)
1: ...a variety of meanings which Samburu themselves do not agree on. Many assert that it refers to them as...
3: ...ce the area north of the equator was called the [[Northern Frontier District]] (NDF). Samburu district...
8: ...n the centre. The circle of huts is surrounded by thorn bush fence. - Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
1: ... '''Maya''' are people of southern [[Mexico]] and northern [[Central America]] ([[Guatemala]], [[Beliz...
11: ...f numerous independent [[city-state]]s. The most notable monuments are the pyramids they built in the...
27: ... existing on the flat [[limestone]] plains of the northern Yucatan grew into great sprawling municipal...
29: ...ral resources such as fresh-water wells, or ''[[cenotes]]'', the city grew by connecting great plazas ...
31: ... this ritual center were the structures of lesser nobles, smaller temples, and individual shrines: the... - Sargon II of Assyria (8855 bytes)
1: ... basket, a child of a temple prostitute and an unknown father. Sargon is the name given by the [[Bible...
10: ... been weakened by incursions of the Cimmerians, a nomadic steppe tribe. One Urartian army had been com...
12: ...her's intelligence service, that unfortunately cannot be dated exactly, but are believed to have been ...
14: ...ched the clouds and whose flanks were covered by snow. The battle is described as the usual carnage, b...
16: ...ssyrian host then plundered Sangibuti and marched north to [[Van]] without meeting resistance, the peo... - Christmas tree (16574 bytes)
2: ...ion of [[Christmas]], the '''Christmas tree''' is normally an [[evergreen]] [[conifer]] [[tree]] that ...
5: ...hristmastime. A branch of flowering [[Glastonbury thorn]] is still sent annually for the Queen's Christma...
11: ...19th century, the custom became popular among the nobility and spread to royal courts as far as Russia...
15: ...en [[Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]], but did not spread much beyond the royal family until the ro...
17: ...o January. In Europe, private Christmas trees are not usually put up until at least the middle of Dece... - Maya (24836 bytes)
1: ... '''Maya''' are people of southern [[Mexico]] and northern [[Central America]] ([[Guatemala]], [[Beliz...
11: ...f numerous independent [[city-state]]s. The most notable monuments are the pyramids they built in the...
27: ... existing on the flat [[limestone]] plains of the northern Yucatan grew into great sprawling municipal...
29: ...ral resources such as fresh-water wells, or ''[[cenotes]]'', the city grew by connecting great plazas ...
31: ... this ritual center were the structures of lesser nobles, smaller temples, and individual shrines: the... - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
4: ...[[New Spain|Viceroy]] was given to a high-ranking nobleman, [[Antonio de Mendoza]]. Cortés returned t...
6: ...vations. Early lionizing of the conquistadors did not encourage deep examination of Cortés. Later rec...
10: ... modern times, and is the name which many people know him by today.
14: ...[[Nicolás de Ovando y Cáceres]], the third Governor of Hispaniola. His paternal grandfather was a so...
18: ...s his long period of training and experience as a notary, first in Seville and later in [[Hispaniola]]... - Weed control (16617 bytes)
5: ...ge our definition to ''a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered''.
8: ...eds, therefore, have a distinct advantage, and if not removed, the crop is likely to be lost. Broad be...
10: ...en]] (''Chenopodium album'') can have the most pronounced effects on adjacent crops, although seedling...
12: The presence of weeds does not necessarily mean that they are competing with a ...
13: ...ound kept clean all the time."'' (''The Complete Know And Grow Vegetables'', Bleasdale, Salter and oth...
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