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- Cusco Region (4142 bytes)
1: {{Peru region table|
3: ...e:Cusco_region_coat_of_arms.png|Logo of the Cusco region, Peru]]|
4: ...ocation of Cusco region.png|Location of the Cusco region in Peru]]|
22: ...ucho Region|Ayacucho]] and [[Jun�Region|Jun�] regions on the west. Its capital is the city of [[Cusco]...
25: ...gnments of mountains with vast ''altiplanos'' and plateaus with slight surfaces and deep valleys and c... - Palestine (region) (604 bytes)
1: ...ds to the east. Many different definitions of the region have been used in the past three millennia (see a...
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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
64: Latecomers to Mexico's central plateau, the Mexica, or Aztecs, as they were sometim...
76: ...ublic, the [[Zapotec]] [[Benito Juárez]], with diplomatic and logistical support from the United Stat...
87: ...the Congress. [[Congress of Mexico|Congress]] has played an increasingly important role since [[1997]]...
163: ...[Yucatᮝ]. The center of Mexico is a great, high plateau, open to the north, with mountain chains on ...
174: ...ding driver of growth, accompanied by increased employment and higher wages. Mexico still needs to ove... - Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ... exceptional example of political stablity in the region, and sometimes refered to as the "[[Switzerland]]...
61: ...ween the [[Mesoamerican]] and [[Andean]] cultural regions. This has recently been redefined to include th...
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...
109: ...cause the Government had implemented a seven year plan of expansion in the high tech industry. They h... - Luwian language (1607 bytes)
3: ... [[Syria]], [[Lebanon]], [[Israel]], [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]], [[Jordan]] and northern [[Saudi Ara...
5: ... distinct sets of velar consonants: palatovelars, plain velars, and labiovelars (Melchert 1987). - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ...n. It also has the biggest forest inside an urban region, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor i...
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...
17: ...an strategy of defense of fortified castles - the place was since then called ''Morro do Castelo'' (Ca...
21: ...en who arrived suddenly, many inhabitants were simply evicted from their homes. - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...icle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fic...
6: ... de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ... de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: ...lmeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...uerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]]) - Mesopotamia (2719 bytes)
2: ...a]]. More commonly, the term includes these river plains in totality as well as the surrounding lowlan...
5: {{Template:Ancient Mesopotamia}}
6: ...ssyria|Assyrians]] and the [[Persian Empire]]. Peoples who threatened or invaded these lands include t...
18: Early cities in this region include:
52: ==Lesson Plans, Resources and Activites== - Persepolis (15450 bytes)
8: ...ttom of the valley. The modern Persians call this place ''[[Naksh-i Rustam]]'' ("the picture of Rustam...
12: ...he usurper [[Sogdianus]] (Secydianus). The two completed graves behind Takhti Jamshid would then belon...
18: ...t acquainted with the city until it was taken and plundered by Alexander the Great.
20: ...mportant particulars with Takhti Jamshid, for example, in being supported by the mountain on the east.
25: ...onged to the common people and were abundantly supplied with furniture and wearing apparel of every ki... - 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. [[... - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ...ada]], or more specifically, the interior eastern region that would become the first european-inhabited ar...
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...
13: ...llowed the North African coast of the [[Maghreb]] region quite closely until he reached [[Cairo]]. At this...
15: ...bron]], [[Jerusalem]], and [[Bethlehem]], for example – and the Mameluke authorities put special... - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
3: .... The term is equally correct in the singular or plural, although pipers most commonly talk of "pipes...
16: ...ch is tied into the bag and which the pipe itself plugs into. The bag usually consists of leather, but...
23: ...s. [[Nero]] is generally accepted to have been a player; there are Greek depictions of pipers, and th...
25: ...iti", is traditionally said to have been the tune played as [[Robert the Bruce]]'s troops marched to [...
37: ====Regional Usage==== - China (38909 bytes)
3: ...ltiple states, and as a single [[nation]] or multiple nations.
5: ...ed outwards from a core area in the [[North China Plain]], and varied according to its moving fortunes...
7: ...nese Civil War]] in [[1949]] established the [[People's Republic of China]] (PRC) in [[1949]] which ha...
18: ...verns [[Taiwan]] (also claimed by the PRC), these regions are also often included as a part of "Zhongguo",...
21: ... or imperial domain. The ''[[Book of Poetry]]'' explicitly gives this definition. - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
1: [[Image:China_temple.jpg|thumb|300px|Temple incense near Beijing China. Image provided by [h...
3: ...ginning of its [[history of China|history]]. [[Temple]]s of many different religions dot the landscape...
5: The study of '''religion in China''' is complicated by several issues. Because many Chinese bel...
7: ... living life according to [[Taoism|Taoist]] principles and participating in [[ancestor worship]] ritua...
35: ..., particularly in the western, minority-dominated regions, can be connected with non-Chinese nationalism a... - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...ation in the [[Great Lakes (Africa)|Great Lakes]] region of [[Africa]]. It is bordered by [[Rwanda]] on th...
54: ...ast, and laid foundation for his kingdom in Nkoma region.
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...
72: ...]]s, [[Kibira National park]] to the northwest (a region of [[montaine]] [[rainforest]], adjacent to [[Nyu... - Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
2: ...] of the [[Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt]]. Many people also regard her as the earliest known [[queen re...
10: ...mose]]. Hatshepsut was favored by the [[Karnak|Temple of Karnak]] over her two brothers who did not li...
17: :''Here ye, all persons! Ye people as many as ye are! I have done things'' :''accor...
20: ...of Egypt. Historians who believe in traditional explanation of Hatshepsut believe her motivation for w...
22: ... a mission, led by explorer [[Nehsi]], to [[Punt (region)|Punt]] in her name to buy [[myrrh]], which was s... - Boudicca (6973 bytes)
9: ...ook over, depriving the nobles of their lands and plundering the kingdom. According to Tacitus, Boudic...
11: ...troyed it, besieging the last defenders in the temple for two days before it fell. The future governor...
15: ...tified location, probably in the [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]] somewhere along [[Watling Street...
17: ...tforms eight, nine or ten as her supposed resting place) but this is unlikely. [[Manduessedum]] near t...
19: ...s, and Suetonius was removed as governor, to be replaced by [[Publius Petronius Turpilianus]]. - Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
3: ...of [[Saint-Vallier]], [[Dr?], in the [[Rh?Alpes]] region of [[France]]. Married to a grandson of [[Charle...
15: ... provide a resting place for her, her daughter completed the funeral chapel built near the chⴥau. - Blanche Lincoln (2886 bytes)
11: | place of birth=[[Helena, Arkansas|Helena]], [[Arkans...
14: | place of death=
26: ...elopment in the lower [[Mississippi River Delta]] region. She is also the Chair of Rural Outreach for the ... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
10: ...ort time each morning as her mother was buying supplies at the market.
14: ...advocating. She hosted visitors from [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]].
16: ...]], then [[British Mandate of Palestine]]. The couple and her sister Sheyna emigrated to Palestine in ...
20: ...nity. Her duties there included picking almonds, planting trees, caring for chickens, and running the...
28: ...pendence]], I couldn't imagine these were real people doing something real. And there I was sitting do... - 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...
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