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- Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...Queen of Scots,''' was the ruler of [[Scotland]] from [[December 14]], [[1542]] – [[July 24]], [...
9: ...y I of England]] ("Bloody Mary"), who lived at approximately the same time ([[1516]] – [[1558]])...
14: ...that parliamentary act, because the legitimacy of Robert's children of first marriage were questionabl...
15: ...ed the throne because all other male lines of the royal house had gone extinct before the death of Mar...
17: ... of the Stewarts' reign over Scotland. Instead, through Mary's son, it was the beginning of their reig... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...gland]] and [[King of Ireland|Queen of Ireland]] from [[17 November]] [[1558]] until her death. Someti...
9: ... VIII]], she was a writer and poet. She granted [[Royal Charter]]s to several famous organizations, in...
11: ...he number of [[Privy Council|Privy Counsellors]] from thirty-nine to nineteen, and later to fourteen.
16: ...s addressed as Lady Elizabeth and lived in exile from her father as he married his succession of wives...
18: Elizabeth's first governess was Lady Bryan, a baroness whom Elizabeth called "Muggie". At the age of... - Veronica Franco (1937 bytes)
1: '''Veronica Franco''' ([[1546]]-[[1591]]) was a [[poet]] ...
3: ...to the profession of courtesan and quickly rose through the ranks to consort with some of the leading ...
5: ... and ''Lettere familiari a diversi'', in 1575 and 1580, respectively. She published books of letters and...
7: ...ure, though surviving records suggest reasonable prosperity.
9: ...onica Franco were made into the 1998 movie, "Dangerous Beauty". - Ellen MacArthur (3652 bytes)
2: ...|yachtswoman]] who, on [[February 7]], [[2005]], broke the world record for the fastest solo [[circumn...
4: ... ''[[Swallows and Amazons]]'' books and is the Patron of the Nancy Blackett Trust which owns and opera...
6: She was named [[1998]] [[British Telecom]]/[[Royal Yachting Association]] Yachtsman of The Year i...
8: ...when she came second in the [[Vendee Globe]] solo round-the-world sailing race in her boat ''Kingfishe...
10: ...yacht in ''Kingfisher 2'', but was thwarted by a broken mast in the [[Southern Ocean]]. - Egypt (18830 bytes)
1: ...cing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-co...
2: |+<big><big>'''جمهوريّة...
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25: | [[Cairo]]
40: | from the [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br />[[28 February]], ... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...[[Christopher Columbus]], [[Vasco da Gama]], [[Pedro ?vares Cabral]], [[John Cabot]], [[Juan Ponce de ...
3: ...]. These that were a combination of traditional European and Arab designs were the first ships that co...
6: ...he most accurate world maps prior to the age of European exploration]]
7: ...East was almost completely controlled by traders from the Italian city states. Their close links to th...
9: ...'[[Travels]]'' and the work was read throughout Europe. - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: ...is derived from the name of the city of Algiers; from the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] word ''al-jaz...
2: ...cing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-co...
3: ...1607;ورية الجزائرية ا...
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23: - Iraq (19222 bytes)
1: ...ader [[Saddam Hussein]] and his [[Ba'ath Party]] from power. Although, the legality of the invasion h...
2: ...cing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-co...
3: |+<big><big>'''الجمهورية ا...
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3: ...="0" width="300" style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-co...
4: |+<big><big>'''الجمهوريّة...
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17: | align="center" colspan="2" style="background: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationLebanon.png]]
66: ...ord "Lebanon" (also "Loubnan" or "Lebnan") comes from the [[Aramaic language|Aramaic]] word ''laban'' ... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
35: established_dates = from [[Spain]]<br/> [[May 25]], [[1810]]<br/>[[July 9...
52: ... a mountain rich in silver – reached Spain around [[1524]]. Since then, the Spaniards named the ...
57: ...onal unity was established, and the constitution promulgated in [[1853]].
59: ...y the western pampas—came from throughout Europe.
61: ...litary and labor movements that emerged from the growing urban working class. - Djibouti (8746 bytes)
2: ...the Red Sea, on the [[Arabian Peninsula]], 20 km from the coast of Djibouti, is [[Yemen]].
3: ...cing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-co...
4: ...1580;مهورية جيبوتي<br>Jumhuriyaa...
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64: ...n the [[19th century]], [[France]] established a protectorate in the area, named '''French Somaliland'... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ...s the [[definite article]] has increasingly been dropped in common usage) is the largest country in [[...
8: native_name = جمهورية ا...
40: established_dates = From [[Egypt]] and the [[United Kingdom]] <br> [[Janu...
60: ...ced into Sudan in the third or fourth centuries, around AD [[640]], [[Islam]] came to Sudan. A merchan...
62: ...igious leader [[Muhammad ibn Abdalla]], the self-proclaimed [[Mahdi]] ([[Messiah]]), attempted to unif... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ..., and is the westernmost country in continental Europe. Portugal is bordered by [[Spain]] to the north...
5: ...ural power. The [[Portuguese Empire]] stretched across the world. After the rise of other colonial pow...
7: ...]. Portugal made significant social and economic progress in the subsequent decades, with a clear slow...
13: ...'''[[Lusitanian|Pre-Roman]]''' and '''[[Lusitania|Roman Lusitania]]'''''
15: - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ... the [[Islas Chafarinas|Chafarine]] islands, the "rocks" (es: ''pes'') of [[Pede V鬥z de la G...
20: ...s頌uis Rodr�ez Zapatero|Jos頌uis Rguez. Zapatero]] |
40: currency = [[Euro]] (€)<sup>2</sup> |
42: time_zone = [[Central European Time|CET]]<sup>3</sup> |
44: time_zone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] | - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] an...
44: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] ([[1595]]-[[1654]])
46: *[[Alessandro Allori]] ([[1577]]-[[1621]])
52: *[[Altichiero]] ([[1320]]-[[1395]])
54: *[[Rodolfo Amoedo]] ([[1857]]-[[1941]]) - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...]] also refers to him as the last scientific [[astrologer]].
4: ... to [[Rudolf II|Emperor Rudolf II]], and court astrologer to [[Albrecht von Wallenstein|General Wallen...
6: ...ity Linz]] in honor of Johannes Kepler, since he wrote his ''magnum opus'' '''harmonices mundi''' ("Th...
11: ...the other pupils, an outsider. This ostracizing probably led him to turn to the world of ideas, as we...
13: ...er astronomical event, the [[Lunar eclipse]] of [[1580]], recording that he remembered being "called out... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...yist]]. He was knighted in [[1603]], created '''Baron Verulam''' in [[1618]], and created '''Viscount ...
4: ...mplies drawing knowledge from the natural world through experimentation, observation, and testing of h...
10: ... 13, living for three years there with his older brother [[Anthony Bacon]].
14: ...ilosophy, which seemed barren, disputatious, and wrong in its objectives.
16: ...[Gray's Inn]], and a few months later they went abroad with Sir [[Amias Paulet]], the English ambassad... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ... he helped advance the study of [[anatomy]], [[astronomy]], and [[civil engineering]].
7: ...iddle East|Middle Eastern]] [[slave]] owned by Piero.
9: ...ci", which means "Leonardo, son of Mister Piero, from Vinci". Leonardo himself simply signed his works...
11: ...o also worked with [[Lorenzo di Credi]] and [[Pietro Perugino]].
16: ...[Jacopo Saltarelli]], who was a notorious male [[prostitute]]. After two months in jail, he was acquit... - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
6: ... a Spanish Jewish family, but was herself raised Protestant. Montaigne was sent to a small cottage wi...
8: ...of the [[Parlement]] in Bordeaux (a high court). From 1561 to 1563 he was at the court of [[Charles IX...
12: ...egan work on his ''Essays'', first published in [[1580]].
16: ...c [[Henry III of France|King Henry III]] and the Protestant [[Henry of Navarre]].
18: ...gne suffered from painful [[kidney stone]]s. From 1580 to 1581, Montaigne travelled in France, Germany, ... - 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: ...stry. Accumulation of surplus, competitive [[overproduction]], and heightened competition to maximize ...
24: ...e stimulated, landowners increasingly moved away from the [[Manorialism|manorial]] economy. Woolen man...
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