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- Catherine of Valois (1918 bytes)
1: ...] [[1437]]) was the Queen consort of [[England]] from [[1420]] till [[1422]].
5: ...g on her nationality. The regents kept her away from her child, and she turned for comfort to [[Owen ...
7: ...[Yorkist]]s following the [[Battle of Mortimer's Cross]]. Their sons were given earldoms by King Henr... - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
2: ...Queen consort]] of King [[Edward IV of England]] from [[1464]] until his death in [[1483]].
6: ...claimant to the throne.) Elizabeth had two sons from the marriage, [[Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dor...
10: ..., and when Elizabeth's relatives, especially her brother, [[Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers|Earl Ri...
12: ..., the most outrageous being when her 20-year-old brother John Woodville married [[Lady Katherine Nevil...
16: ... came to the fore when a priest (believed to be [[Robert Stillington]], Bishop of Bath and Wells), tes... - Margaret of Anjou (3729 bytes)
1: ...471]], and a major proponent in the [[Wars of the Roses]].
3: Margaret was born in the province of [[Lorraine]] in [[France]], the daughter ...
12: ...ew [[Prince of Wales]] was the result of an adulterous liaison on Margaret's part.
14: ... England, where she was assisted by Henry's half-brother, [[Jasper Tudor]]. In [[1459]], hostilities r...
16: ...up with a victory at [[St Albans]] on 22 February 1461, at which she defeated the Yorkist forces of [[Ri... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ...9]] to [[April 11]][[1974]]. Golda Meir was the "Iron Lady" of Israeli politics years before the epith...
6: ...up the front door in response to rumors of a [[pogrom]]. Her life there was tough; she and her two sis...
10: ... carpenter in [[Milwaukee]] and her mother ran a grocery store. Beginning when she was only eight yea...
14: ...gan speaking and advocating. She hosted visitors from [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]].
16: She eventually graduated from teachers' college and taught in the public schoo... - Esther (5002 bytes)
2: ...[[Artaxerxes II of Persia|Artaxerxes II]]), and heroine of the Biblical [[Book of Esther]] which is na...
5: ...n originally named Hadassah. When she entered the royal [[Harem (household)|harem]] she received the n...
9: ...mmon origin with [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] words for ''star''.
14: ...y the interposition of Esther this terrible catastrophe was averted. Haman was hanged on the [[gallows...
16: ...h and peace in their captivity, is also manifest from the Scripture account. - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...a]], [[Jordan]], and [[Egypt]] (listed clockwise from north to south). Israel shares the coastlines of...
18: leader_names = [[Ariel Sharon]]<br>[[Moshe Katsav]] |
38: established_dates = From the League of Nations mandate administered by th...
58: === Historical roots ===
60: ...cia [[Syria Palaestina]]'', a Greek name derived from ''[[Philistine]]'' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] &... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
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15: | [[527]] || Justinian I becomes emperor.
21: ...th Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Ostrogoths]].
29: ...he Empire's remaining Italian territories, aside from some territories in the south. - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: ...es that confude prey trapped inside ]]A '''carnivorous plant''' is a [[plant]] that derives some or mo...
3: ...ally [[insect]]s and other [[arthropod]]s. Carnivorous plants usually
4: grow in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutr...
5: ...[nitrogen]], such as acidic [[bog]]s and rock outcroppings.
6: ...n]] wrote the first well-known treatise on carnivorous plants in 1875. - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
1: [[Image:Europe in 1430.PNG|thumb|350px|A map of Europe in the [[1430s]], at the height of the Hundred ...
3: ...that "England acted as a province (or a group of provinces) within the Anglo-French unit" that was bot...
5: ...sants, and overall key developments in the early growth of nations and new monarchies. It is often vie...
8: ...n]] power structure as William took the English throne as William I of England.
13: ...rone (the oldest continuous dynasty in medieval European history). In 1314, the Capetian king [[Philip... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...lso led to the [[Counter-Reformation]] within the Roman Catholic Church.
3: == Roots of the Reformation ==
20: ...cal and demographic forces that contributed to a growing disaffection with the wealth and power of the...
22: ...tralization, leaders like [[Louis XI of France]] (1461-1483), the “spider king,” sought to r...
24: ...e stimulated, landowners increasingly moved away from the [[Manorialism|manorial]] economy. Woolen man... - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
1: {{Roman Empire infobox}}
3: ...gustan state is conventionally described as the [[Roman Republic]], since the structure of the power i...
5: ...n [[476]], when [[Odovacar]] deposed the last Emperor and sent the Imperial insignia to [[Constantinop...
7: ...gably throughout this article to mean the same as Roman Empire.
9: ...ed, and displays of imperial majesty were common from the earliest days of the Empire. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
15: *[[Robert Adrain]] (Ireland)
18: *[[Ahmes]] (Egypt, roughly around [[17th century BC]])
21: *[[al-Marrakushi ibn Al-Banna]] (Morocco, [[1256]] - [[1321]])
24: *[[Jean le Rond d'Alembert]] (France, [[1717]] - [[1783]])
25: *[[Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov]] (Russia, [[1912]] - [[1999]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
8: *[[Marc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[...
18: *[[Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs]] ([[Germany]], [[1912]] – [[1954]])
20: *[[Robert Grant Aitken|Robert Aitken]], ([[United States|USA]], [[1864]] &n...
23: *[[V. Albitskij|Vladimir Aleksandrovich Al'bitskij]] ([[Russia]]) - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...id to have come to an end following its ejection from Malta by [[Napoleon]]. The '''Sovereign Military...
5: ...e of [[Jesus]]. It was served by [[Benedictine]] Brothers.
7: ...it to Jerusalem but the order soon extended into providing an armed escort to pilgrims. The escort soo...
9: ...h located near [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]]. The property of the Order was divided into [[priories]], ...
15: ... surrendered to the knights. They also gained control a number of neighboring islands, as well as the ... - Jean Fouquet (2536 bytes)
10: ...rst time brought together from various parts of Europe, at the exhibition of the [[French Primitives]]...
12: ...wing in [[crayon]]; whilst an authentic portrait from his brush is in the Liechtenstein collection.
14: ... on the Berlin wing of the [[Melun altarpiece]]. From Fouquet's hand again are eleven out of the fourt... - February 22 (10772 bytes)
6: * [[1290s BC]] - The coronation of [[Ramses II]], on whose face the sun's r...
9: ... France]] enters [[Naples]] to claim the city's throne.
13: ...Buena Vista]] - 5,000 [[United States|American]] troops drive off 15,000 [[Mexico|Mexican]].
19: ...- [[President of the United States|President]] [[Grover Cleveland]] signs a bill admitting [[North Dak...
22: ...]] begins the first transcontinental [[air mail]] route.
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