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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...ngside [[Uruguay]], is seen as an exceptional example of political stablity in the region, and sometim...
65: The native people of the [[Mayans]] and [[Aztecs]] were conquered ...
69: ...ta Rica has avoided much of the violence that has plagued Central America. Since the late [[19th centu...
107: ...endent on tourism, agriculture, and electronics exports. The economy emerged from [[recession]] in 1997 ...
109: ...ons have already started developing in the area exporting goods. - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ...ing ''River of January'' in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]) is the name of both a [[Rio de Janeiro (...
9: ...'s capital until 1960, when [[Bras�a]] took its place.
13: ...Rio de Janeiro is now was reached by Portuguese explorers in an expedition led by Italian [[Amerigo Ve...
15: ...or instance, was founded by a native chief for supporting defense.
17: ...an strategy of defense of fortified castles - the place was since then called ''Morro do Castelo'' (Ca... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...cia]] or [[Portugal]] among others. He was an [[explorer]] and [[trade]]r who crossed the [[Atlantic O...
3: ...etting stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas,...
5: ...t]]''', one of the most consistent is the first exploration (before 1472) of two, led by [[João Vaz C...
7: Columbus landed in the [[Bahamas]] and later explored much of the [[Caribbean]], including the isle...
11: ...]]. Others honour him for the massive boost his explorations gave to Western expansion and culture. [[... - 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: ...ny others there is no way to know whether he is reporting or story-telling. The following account assume...
13: ...ney up the Nile, then east by land to the Red Sea port of [[Aydhad|'Aydhad]]. However, upon approaching ...
15: ...bron]], [[Jerusalem]], and [[Bethlehem]], for example – and the Mameluke authorities put special... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
12: ...ate]] troops bombard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material...
19: ...]] begins when 40,000 [[sailor]]s take over the [[port]] in [[Kiel]].
24: ...orders the [[United States Customs Service]] to implement the [[Neutrality Acts|Neutrality Act of 1939...
31: ...d as the [[Arno]] and [[Po]] rivers flood; 113 people die, 30,000 are rendered homeless, and countless...
51: *[[1883]] - [[Nikolaos Plastiras]], Greek general and politician (d. [[1953... - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...a]] where it enjoys access to the Tanzanian ocean port of [[Dar es Salaam]]. The country's name derives ...
58: ...hat year, FRODEBU leader [[Domitien Ndayizeye]] replaced Buyoya as President. Yet the most extreme Hut...
70: ...est corner. The average elevation of the central plateau is 5,600 ft, with lower elevations at the bo...
81: ...oods such as blankets, shoes, soap; assembly of imported components; public works construction; food pro...
84: ...ollar|US$]]106 as of [[2005]]. The economy is supported by foreign aid from Western Europe and other pa... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
21: | '''Place of Birth:'''
22: | [[Port Alberni, British Columbia]]
31: ...r of Arts|BA]]''' (born [[March 10]], [[1947]], [[Port Alberni]], [[British Columbia]]) was the nineteen...
47: ...rhaul of Canada's social policies in all their complexities could not be done in just 47 days (the tim...
51: ...nd the [[Reform Party]]. The concentration of support for Reform in [[Western Canada|the west]] and the... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
14: ...ontrary, stuck to her revolutionary Marxist principles. In [[1893]], along with [[Leo Jogiches]] and [...
19: ... Revisionists to leave the SPD. This did not take place, but at least [[Karl Kautsky]]'s party leaders...
21: ...he party leadership refused, and in [[1910]] she split off from Kautsky.
32: ...l catastrophe which even led her to briefly contemplate suicide: [[Revisionism]], which she had fought...
38: ... forty thousand sailors and marines took over the port in protest at a proposed engagement with the Brit... - 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. - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
1: ...e:Janis Joplin-In Concert.jpg|right|thumb|Janis Joplin on the cover of her posthumously-released live ...
2: ...sional [[songwriter]] with a distinctive voice. Joplin released four [[album]]s as the frontwoman for ...
4: ... in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], though she never completed a degree. There, she began singing blues and ...
6: ...ovement was still in its infancy at this time - Joplin styled herself in part after her female blues h...
8: After a return to Port Arthur to recuperate, she again moved to San Fran... - Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
3: ... was later accidentally changed) in the town of [[Port Arthur, Texas]] and acquired her nickname "Babe" ...
5: ... champion. After the Games, Shiley and Didrikson split their medals.
9: ...America's first female golf celebrity and leading player of the 1940s and early 1950s. Although origin...
11: ...leholders victory, but illness prevented her from playing a full schedule in 1952-53. She made a comeb... - Pottery (17136 bytes)
4: ...ed [[ceramics]], where the glaze and body fuse completely, are generally referred to as "products of c...
19: ...ic motor. Oftentimes a disk of plastic, wood, or plaster is affixed to the wheel head and the ball of...
21: ...illed potter can produce many virtually identical plates, vases or bowls in a day. Because of its natu...
25: ... mature at a variety of temperatures. Once the [[plaster]] has absorbed most of the liquid from the o...
32: ...l clay body, and then add a colourant to separate portions of the same body. The different coloured cla... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
2: ...rea]] population of approximately 15.2 million people. Cairo is the [[List of metropolitan areas by po...
4: ...e city, in local speech it is typically called simply by the name of the country, ''Mişr'' (Arabi...
6: ...Cairo. ([[Mongols]], Crusaders & Ottomans are examples)
20: ...the ancient [[necropolis]] of Memphis on the Giza plateau, with its three large [[pyramid|pyramids]], ...
24: ...hich is now a popular neighborhood and contains important buildings of Islamic architecture. ]] - Egypt (18830 bytes)
62: ...yramid_complex|Giza Pyramids]], the [[Karnak]] Temple and the [[Valley of the Kings]]; the southern ci...
67: ...-k3-ptḥ'' ("Hut ka Ptah"), the name of a temple of the god [[Ptah]] at [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]...
69: ...y and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by [[desert]]s to ...
73: ...in [[1869]], Egypt became an important world transportation hub; however, the country also fell heavily ...
75: ...uk I, a constitutional monarch, to abdicate in support of his son King Ahmed Fouad II. Finally the '''Eg... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Port Conway, Virginia]]
13: | place of death=[[Montpelier]], [[Virginia]]
18: ...d is traditionally regarded as the ''[[List of people known as the father or mother of something|Fathe...
21: ... of his childhood years. In [[1769]], he left the plantation to attend [[Princeton University]] (it wa...
23: ...leaders of the time to call for a convention to replace the ineffective [[Articles of Confederation]].... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
10: <tr><td>'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Kinderhook (village), N...
12: <tr><td>'''Place of Death:'''</td><td>[[Kinderhook (town), New ...
27: ...y. In [[1796]] he began the study of [[law]], completing his preparation in 1802 at [[New York City|N...
33: ...ber of the Senate, until [[1819]], when he was displaced to make room for a Federalist. He had already...
35: ...f "Little Magician" for the skill with which he exploited it. - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Fairfield, Vermont]]
13: | place of death=[[New York City, New York]]
20: ...ics, Arthur had been Collector of Customs for the Port of [[New York City|New York]]. He was appointed b...
27: ...merican public office. The truth, however, was simply that Arthur was born near the Canadian border. H...
29: ...acks who objected to the segregation of city transportation. He also took an active part in the reorgan... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...d]] '''al-ʼIskandariyyah''') is the chief seaport in [[Egypt]], and that country's second largest c...
19: ...ocks of birds to eat it. In any case, the story explains Alexandria's role as the shipping-point for E...
34: ...ose favor the city paid dear to [[Octavian]], who placed over it a prefect from the imperial household...
36: ...ne of the chief reasons which induced Augustus to place it directly under [[Roman Empire|imperial powe...
38: ...g from pagan learning, so now it acquired fresh importance as a centre of [[Christianity|Christian]] [[t... - Australia (39438 bytes)
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48: ...88]]. As the population grew and new areas were explored, six self-governing [[Crown Colony|Crown Colo...
50: ...aterway across the border by Papua New Guinean people and [[Torres Strait Islander]]s.
54: ...to use the word "Australia" was [[Alexander Dalrymple]] in his ''An Historical Collection of Voyages a...
55: ...en from South Head.jpg|200px|thumb|left|View of [[Port Jackson]], taken from the South Head, from ''A Vo... - 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.
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