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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...ta Rica, alongside [[Uruguay]], is seen as an exceptional example of political stablity in the region,...
41: <br /> [[September 15]], [[1821]]
109: ...ion in the high tech industry. They have tax exemptions for those who are willing to invest in the co...
137: ...ght species of [[parrots]]), and a variety of [[reptiles]]. - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
19: ...tuguese found gold and diamonds in the neighbor captaincy of [[Minas Gerais]], Rio de Janeiro became m...
123: [[pt:Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro)]] - History of China (45919 bytes)
14: ...e [[13th century BC]] and takes the form of inscriptions of divination records on the bones or shells ...
50: ...89. "South China under the Later Han Dynasty" (Chapter One from ''Generals of the South: the Foundatio...
51: ...Han for the years 189 to 220 AD as recorded in Chapters 59 to 69 of the Zizhi tongjian of Sima Guang, ...
55: ....'' Draft annotated English translation.[http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/texts/hhshu/hou_han...
56: ...'' Draft annotated English translation. [http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/texts/weilue/weilue... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
25: ...ose of this story would be to promote popular acceptance of the new [[Christianity|Christian faith]] b...
37: ...umphed over the Saxons, their common enemies. [Chapter 38, Footnote 138]</blockquote>
41: ...he tales surrounding Arthur were independently adapted from [[Breton]] oral traditions, spread through...
49: ...ained depiction of ''Arturus Rex'' bearing a [[sceptre]] and riding a [[goat]]. [[15th century]] merch...
53: ...found with the remains, and transcribed its inscription as - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ...rary to this belief, most people at that time accepted that the earth was round. The main debate was o...
13: It has generally been accepted that he was [[Genoa|Genovese]], although doubts...
43: ... distance to the Indies. Most scholars accepted [[Ptolemy]]'s claim that the terrestrial landmass (for...
46: Columbus accepted the calculations of [[Pierre d'Ailly]], that th...
54: ... of lobbying at the Spanish court, where he was kept on a salary to prevent him from taking his ideas ... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
6: ... his adventures. The title of this intial manuscript may be translated as ''A Gift to Those Who Contem...
82: ...ravels in Asia and Africa 1325-1354] — excerpts from H. A. R. Gibb's translation - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
30: ...called [[industrial espionage]], with modern concepts of automatic illegality.
36: ...gs. Foreign printed sources such as the ''[[Descriptions des Arts et Metiers]]'' and Diderot's ''[[Enc...
59: ... about the need for stability and precision he adapted to the development of machine tools, and in his...
79: ...y [[wood]] in the form of [[charcoal]], but consumption was starting to be constrained by lack of avai...
143: ...1830s had mixed results. A further series of attempts at political reform or revolution would sweep Eu... - Steel (28384 bytes)
11: ... As carbon-rich austenite cools, the mixture attempts to revert to the ferrite phase, resulting in an ...
26: ...he first signs of iron use come from [[Ancient Egypt]] and [[Sumer]], where around [[4000 BC]] small i...
32: ...lack of [[nickel]]) appear in [[Anatolia]], [[Egypt]] and [[Mesopotamia]] (see [[Iron#History|Iron: H...
34: ... [[sword]] bearing the name of [[pharaoh]] [[Merneptah]] as well as a [[battle axe]] with an iron blad...
36: ...e remained in widespread use there until after Egypt's conquest by [[Assyria]] in [[663 BC]]. - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
16: ... although there are relatively many important exceptions to this rule. All these pipes are attached to...
18: ...gue reeds but there are a number of important exceptions, including the Italian Zampogna, the French M...
23: ...n pre-Christian times. [[Nero]] is generally accepted to have been a player; there are Greek depictio...
79: ... both the upper and lower ends of the scale, and optionally adds chromatic notes. His original pipes ... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...[Eighty Years' War]]: In [[Belgium]], [[Spain]] captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days ...
21: * [[1922]] - In [[Egypt]], [[United Kingdom|British]] archaeologist [[How...
147: [[pt:4 de Novembro]] - Burundi (13403 bytes)
134: *[http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/burundi.html Stanford University - A... - Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
2: ...fth [[Pharaoh]] of the [[Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt]]. Many people also regard her as the earliest kn...
4: ...been disrupted by the [[Hyksos]] occupation of Egypt during the [[Second Intermediate Period]].
10: ... she married her half-brother [[Thutmose II of Egypt|Thutmose II]] and assumed the title of ''Great Ro...
11: ...naged to father a male heir, [[Thutmose III of Egypt|Thutmose III]], by a lesser wife named Isis befor...
13: ...g herself after the powerful female regents of Egypt's then recent history, but it soon became apparen... - Arsinoe II of Egypt (1899 bytes)
1: ...yII.jpg|thumb|right|Head of [[Ptolemy II of Egypt|Ptolemy II Philadelphus]] ([[309 BC|309]]-[[246 BC]]...
3: ...] with her brother and husband [[Ptolemy II of Egypt]].
5: ...sinoe fled again, this time to [[Alexandria]], Egypt.
7: ...] Empire in the [[Middle East]]. After her death Ptolemy II continued to refer to her on official doc...
12: ...enter" | Preceded by:<br>'''[[Ptolemy II of Egypt|Ptolemy II]]''' - Empress Wu (14478 bytes)
9: ...[Julian calendar]].<br>They are not in the [[proleptic Gregorian calendar]].<br>———<...
28: ...g Changzong 張昌宗), whose corruption and bullying had become unbearable in the impe...
32: ...eously engaging in a pattern of [[corruption|corrupt]] and vicious behavior, and ruling by pulling str...
63: ...6;歲通天): Apr. 22, [[696]] - Sept. 28, [[697]]<br>(17 months)<br><br>
64: *Sh鮧ōng (神功): Sept. 29 - Dec. 19, [[697]]<br>(2 months ?)<br><br> - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
1: ...[Image:Messalinde-Jerusalem.JPG|frame|A queen accepting fealty from a vassal, possibly Melisende herse...
3: '''Melisende''' ([[1105]] - [[September 11]], [[1161]]) was [[Kingdom of Jerusalem|Q...
21: ...oon thereafter an unsuccessful assassination attempt against Hugh was attributed to Fulk or his suppor...
23: ...ce. William of Tyre wrote that Fulk "did not attempt to take the initiative, even in trivial matters, ...
31: ...culty, undertake a commission for a royal manuscript ''de grand luxe''". Melisende must be given credi... - Agnes of Courtenay (6051 bytes)
3: ...affa and Ascalon]], in [[1157]], after Hugh was captured in battle by the Muslims. The marriage was op...
11: ... to have her brother Joscelin III released from captivity and appointed [[Officers of the Kingdom of J... - Sibylla of Jerusalem (11497 bytes)
5: ...n [[1163]]. In the convent Sibylla was taught scripture and other church traditions. Though not raised...
11: ...] wrote a romantic passage in which Baldwin was captured and imprisoned in 1179 by [[Saladin]]. Accord...
17: ...ressure mounting to have to have the [[Heir Presumptive]] wed, the marrage was hastily arranged.
19: ...win IV deposed Guy as regent in [[1183]] and attempted to have Sibylla's marriage annulled through-out...
21: The king was unsuccessful in his attempt to annul the marriage and therefore he decided to... - Isabella of Jerusalem (7928 bytes)
15: ...sion of the kingdom and capture of everything except the stronghold of [[Tyre]], held by [[Conrad of M... - Isabella of Castile (4156 bytes)
- Marguerite de Valois (5364 bytes)
12: ...d's court in Navarre, but she received an icy reception. Determined to overcome her difficulties, Quee...
20: ...ge to Henri of Navarre. The novel was famously adapted into a [[1994]] [[French film]], ''[[La Reine M...
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