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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: ...With their high level of educated residents, they make an attractive investing location. Several global...
137: ...ght species of [[parrots]]), and a variety of [[reptiles]]. - Periodic table (7298 bytes)
82: ...nce and properties of a few new elements in the empty cells of his table. Mendeleev was later vindicat... - Mesopotamia (2719 bytes)
8: ...ements and cultures which were among the first to make use of [[agriculture]]. - 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...
31: ...]]. Columbus's brother Bartolomeo worked as a mapmaker in Lisbon. At times, the brothers worked togethe...
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... - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
8: ...huanaland]] (now [[Botswana]]), but was unable to make inroads into [[South Africa]] because of [[Boer]]...
12: ...). Livingstone was one of the first Westerners to make a transcontinental journey across Africa. The pur...
19: ...luding Livingstone's brother Charles (the one exception being [[George Rae]], an engineer) either died... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
6: ... his adventures. The title of this intial manuscript may be translated as ''A Gift to Those Who Contem...
25: ...jor stop was [[Aden]], where his intention was to make his fortune as a trader of the goods that flowed ...
82: ...ravels in Asia and Africa 1325-1354] — excerpts from H. A. R. Gibb's translation - Middle Colonies (4101 bytes)
5: ...as also popular. Vegetables and meat were used to make soups and stews. Pies were made from gathered ra...
7: ...ets, and moccasins. Forest products were used to make a dye. Yellow came from butternut tree bark; red ... - 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...
53: ...rigin of the modern engineering industry. Machine makers early developed special purpose machines for ma...
55: ...became more common, but required machine tools to make them economically. Before the advent of machine t...
59: ... about the need for stability and precision he adapted to the development of machine tools, and in his... - Steel (28384 bytes)
11: ... As carbon-rich austenite cools, the mixture attempts to revert to the ferrite phase, resulting in an ...
21: ...hand [[sulfur]], [[nitrogen]], and [[phosphorus]] make steel more brittle, so these commonly found eleme...
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... - 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...
53: ... at the end of the chanter bore, which supposedly makes it easier to close the pipe completely with the ...
79: ...rmer popularity. Bagpipe makers in Pakistan still make the chanters. - China (38909 bytes)
7: ...[[Taiwan]]'', which is also the usage commonly adopted in the West (see [[political status of Taiwan]]...
16: ...the [[axis mundi]] of surrounding nations; a concept that continued well into the [[Qing dynasty]], al...
18: ...ften included as a part of "Zhongguo", though acceptance or denial of such claims remains politically ...
30: The most commonly accepted theory as to the origin of the [[English langua...
36: ...ng of the "[[Han Chinese|Han]] ethnic group", who make up the bulk of Mainland China. - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
5: ...ometimes spiritual world yet do not invoke a concept of [[God]], classifying a Chinese belief system a...
7: ...dhisattva]] and incorporating some Christian concepts into Buddhism while the reverse is not necessari...
9: ...anism]], and [[Taoism]]. Most Chinese have a conception of [[heaven]] and [[yin and yang]]. The Chines...
11: ...just imperial dynasty that had lapsed into [[corruption]] could lose the [[Mandate of Heaven]] and be ...
18: ...luded ancestor worship and drew heavily upon concepts and beings within [[Chinese mythology]]. - Raccoon (4751 bytes)
2: ...image = [[Image:Aud-zoo-raccoon-1.jpg|240px]] | caption = }}
16: ...s may be albino. The characteristic eye colorings make the animal look like it is wearing a "bandit's ma...
24: ...accoons are one of the largest animals to have adapted well to human development.
27: ...essy play. Raccoons are [[nocturnal]] but most adapt to sleeping during the night and being awake in t...
29: ... raised in captivity and released often do not adapt to life outside. - Cleopatra VII of Egypt (8634 bytes)
4: ...as probably Auletes's sister, [[Cleopatra V of Egypt|Cleopatra V Tryphaena]]. The name "Cleopatra" is ...
6: ... Cleopatra was never in fact the sole ruler of Egypt; she only co-ruled with her father, brother, brot...
9: ...her brothers she named her eldest son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV [[Caesarion]] ([[44 BC|44]]–[[30 BC...
11: ...and Caesar restored Cleopatra to her throne, with Ptolemy XIV as new co-ruler.
13: ...ion]], little Caesar). However, Caesar refused to make the boy his heir, naming his grand-nephew [[Augus... - 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...
13: ...]. As an indication of Baldwin II's intentions to make Melisende sole queen and to strengthen her positi...
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, ... - Agnes of Courtenay (6051 bytes)
3: ...affa and Ascalon]], in [[1157]], after Hugh was captured in battle by the Muslims. The marriage was op...
5: ...oth Amalric and his councillors believed he could make a more advantageous diplomatic marriage. Despite...
7: ...her marriage with Amalric. Meanwhile, Amalric did make a more advantagous marriage to [[Maria Comnena]],...
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... - Yolanda of Flanders (2422 bytes)
3: ...rious Byzantine successor states, and was able to make peace with [[Theodore I Lascaris]] of the [[Empir... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...the [[Tudor dynasty]], is remembered for her attempt to return [[England]] from [[Protestantism]] to [...
13: ...ay [[18 February]] [[1516]]. She was [[baptism|baptised]] on the following Wednesday with [[Thomas Wo...
19: ...male heir he desired; consequently, the King attempted to have his marriage to her annulled. In [[153...
26: ... religion and royal position. The Lady Mary attempted to reconcile with her father by submitting to h...
28: There were several attempts to marry her off to European princes, but none o... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
17: ...eign over a united Scotland and England. (Mary adopted the French spelling Stuart during her time in F...
22: ...ots in the Chapel Royal at Stirling Castle on [[September 9]] [[1543]]. Due to the age of the Queen an...
26: ...ry. The [[Earl of Lennox]] brought forward the Sceptre and placed it in her baby hand, and she grasped...
33: ...VI) arrived in the [[Firth of Forth]] hoping to capture [[Edinburgh]] and kidnap the infant queen, but...
35: On [[September 10]] [[1547]], known as "Black Saturday", th...
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