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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
2: ...ht|framed|Victorian image of '''King Arthur''' in plate armour with visor raised and with jousting shi...
9: ...al Roman of the [[2nd century]], whose military exploits in Britain may have been remembered for centu...
13: ... that another Roman Briton of the period, for example [[Ambrosius Aurelianus]], led the forces battlin...
19: ...f Arthur" and states "we went with Arthur in his splendid labours"; and the poem "Journey to Deganwy,"...
23: ..."Lives") of 6th-century [[saint|saints]]: for example, in the ''Life of Saint [[Illtud]]'', he is said... - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ...tember 1]] [[1557]]) was a French [[Exploration|explorer]] who is popularly thought of as one of the m...
9: ...may be considered one of the most conscientious explorers of the period.
13: ...at present day [[Gaspé|Gaspé, Quebec]] where he planted a cross and claimed the territory for France...
35: ...den and seeds of cabbage, turnip and lettuce were planted. A fortified settlement was thus created wh...
43: ...d to wait for [[Samuel de Champlain|Samuel de Champlain]] in [[1608|1608]]. - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...s an extensive '''traveller''' or [[exploration|explorer]], whose account documents his travels and si...
6: ...tional in places, the ''Rihla'' still gives as complete an account as exists of some parts of the worl...
8: ... – Ibn Battuta himself (via Ibn Juzayy). In places the things he claims he saw or did are probab...
15: ...bron]], [[Jerusalem]], and [[Bethlehem]], for example – and the Mameluke authorities put special...
17: ... days, he then journeyed on to Mecca. There he completed the usual rituals of a Muslim pilgrim, and ha... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
26: ...[Earl of Lennox]] brought forward the Sceptre and placed it in her baby hand, and she grasped the heav...
28: ... the prelates and peers who knelt before her and, placing their hands on her crown, swore allegiance t...
31: ...nce with France. Fearing an uprising among the people, the [[Scottish Parliament]] broke off the treat...
40: ...omising childhood. With her marriage agreement in place, she was sent to [[France]] in [[1548]], at th...
42: ...[[Scots Language|Scots]]. She also learned how to play two instruments and learned prose, horsemanship... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...]] [[writer]], [[poet]], [[feminism|feminist]], [[playwright]], and catalyst in the development of mod...
12: ...[Paris]] with her brother Leo, who became an accomplished art critic.
15: ...er portrait), [[Henri Matisse]], [[Andre Derain]] plus other young painters.
17: ...ey returned to France and volunteered to drive supplies to French hospitals; they were later honored b...
23: ...liberal than not, with developed individualism coupled with democratic values based in pragmatism; thu... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
6: ...n, Kansas|Atchison]], [[Kansas]], Amelia loved to play with her younger sister, Muriel. This time that...
8: ...lane in 1924 and moved back East, where she was employed as a social worker in [[Boston, Massachusetts...
10: ...on, flying was the fixture of Earhart's life. She placed third at the Cleveland Women's Air Derby (nic...
14: ...Lockheed Vega]], intending to fly to [[Paris]], duplicating [[Charles Lindbergh]]'s solo flight. Howev...
16: ...," financed by [[Purdue University]], she started planning her round-the-world flight. - Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
- Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
5: ...ew up in poverty in wartime [[Pozzuoli]] near [[Naples]].
7: Loren began her film career in the early 1950s playing bit parts in mostly minor Italian films, but...
9: ...ized her voluptuous physique (she even appeared topless in the films ''[[Two Nights with Cleopatra]]''...
11: ...hony Perkins]] (based upon the [[Eugene O'Neill]] play), ''[[Houseboat (movie)|Houseboat]]'' (a romant...
15: ...''[[Lady L]]'' with [[Paul Newman]], [[Charles Chaplin]]'s final film, ''[[A Countess from Hong Kong]]... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
1: ...s silver medallist [[Maureen Gardner]], while 3rd place finisher [[Shirley Strickland]] is depicted on...
15: ...on the same day. In the high jump, she took sixth place (shared with two other jumpers) while the Dutc...
23: ...er name to Blankers-Koen. Blankers, a former [[triple jump]]er (participant in the [[1928 Summer Olymp...
25: ... athlete. Blankers-Koen and her husband had other plans, and she resumed training only weeks after her...
31: ...cities. Naturally, sport was the last thing on people's minds, and the Blankers family, living in [[Am... - Ellen MacArthur (3652 bytes)
8: ...gfisher'' (named after her sponsors, [[Kingfisher plc]]), and subsequently MacArthur was awarded an [[... - Apple (20408 bytes)
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2: ...i apple.jpg|200px|Fuji apple]] | caption = Fuji apple}}
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5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}} - Rose (15436 bytes)
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12: ...Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = lightgreen| plural_taxon = Species}} - Banjo (6143 bytes)
2: [[Image:BanjTony.JPG|right|200px|Musician playing the banjo]]
6: ...ted right hand, although there are many different playing styles.
8: ...onstruction vary, but are often combinations of maple, walnut, and ebony for fingerboards, pegheads, a...
10: ...n]] and gut used on simple fretless banjos and by players of the classical banjo style. The two most c...
12: ...ideas. He worked with a New York drum maker to replace the banjar's skin-covered gourd with the moder... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
11: | place of birth=[[Westmoreland County, Virginia|Westm...
14: | place of death=[[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount Vernon]], [[Virginia]]
21: ...[republic]]an [[democracy]] that served as an example around the world.
24: ...n his birth year. His birthplace was Pope's Creek Plantation, south of [[Colonial Beach, Virginia|Colo...
26: ... eventually inherited the estate, [[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount Vernon]] in [[Fairfax County, Virg... - Africa (35389 bytes)
8: ...name ''Africa terra'' — "land of the Afri" (plural, or "Afer" singular) — for the northern...
37: ...[[Prester John]], [[14th century]] [[European]] explorers arrived in Africa.
51: ...side by side with no buffer between them. For example, the [[Congo River]], although it appears to be ...
53: ...hat had substantial European populations, for example [[Rhodesia]] and [[South Africa]], systems of se...
55: ...the region later. The terms to the indigenous peoples eventually came to describe a persons economic ... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...eviously unknown to them. Among the most famous explorers of the period were [[Christopher Columbus]],...
3: The Age of Exploration was rooted in new technologies and ideas g...
5: ==Exploration by land==
6: ...ccurate world maps prior to the age of European exploration]]
7: ... between Europe and the Middle East was almost completely controlled by traders from the Italian city ... - South America (5078 bytes)
9: It is thought to have been first inhabited by people crossing the [[Bering Land Bridge]], now the [[B...
126: * [http://www.southamerica.art.pl/index_eng.php South America photographs] Pictures... - Land bridge (3351 bytes)
4: ...tion, is part of the edge of the [[North American plate]]. For causes of sea level changes, see [[Sea...
6: ...rican Plate to the north and the [[South American Plate]] to the south, first an [[island arc]], and t...
8: ==Examples==
13: ...[China]]. At the time, the [[Yellow Sea]] was completely land, and the [[Sea of Japan]] was a large l...
14: ...]] became a large lake and eventually dried up completely. - Germany (46412 bytes)
73: ...to draw up a constitution for the new Germany, completed in [[1849]]. However, the Prussian king [[Fre...
93: ...ncentration camp]]s were set up for groups and people perceived as threats. Open persecution of [[Jew]...
97: ... million more [[Roma (people)|Roma]], [[Slavic people|Slavs]], [[homosexual]]s, [[communist]]s, [[Jeho...
101: ...ern forces [[Berlin Airlift|airlifted food and supplies]].
103: ...t Germany benefitted from the American [[Marshall Plan]] for the reconstruction of Europe after the wa... - Zebra (3444 bytes)
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17: ...[camouflage]] mechanism; although some believe it plays a role in their social interactions, acting as...
22: The [[Plains Zebra]] (''Equus quagga'', formerly ''Equus b...
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