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- Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
24: ...neck, and a jeweled satin gown, with long hanging sleeves, enveloped the infant, who could sit up but ...
31: ...h the Scots, especially since Henry VIII suspiciously tried to change the agreement so that he could p...
62: ...ds while Bothwell got some of them to sign the Ainslie Tavern Bond in which they agreed to support his...
66: ...ned her in [[Loch Leven Castle]], situated on an island in the middle of [[Loch Leven]]. Between [[Jul...
69: ... on [[May 19]]. During her imprisonment, she famously had the phrase "En ma Fin gmon Commencement" ... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
20: ..., glamorous, flirtatious, charismatic and religiously tolerant. Elizabeth also inherited her mother's ...
33: ...unimportant [[Owen Oglethorpe]], [[Bishop of Carlisle]] had to crown her. The [[communion]] was celebr...
68: In [[1580]], [[Pope Gregory XIII]] sent a force to aid [[De...
72: ...the [[Speech to the Troops at Tilbury]]. She famously declared, "I know I have the body but of a weak ...
74: ...s forced to return to Spain; the victory tremendously increased Elizabeth's popularity. The battle, ho... - Veronica Franco (1937 bytes)
5: ... and ''Lettere familiari a diversi'', in 1575 and 1580, respectively. She published books of letters and... - Ellen MacArthur (3652 bytes)
2: ...k]] in [[Derbyshire]], now based in [[Cowes]], [[Isle of Wight]]. She is best known as a solo long-dis...
18: ...ome after their respective circumnavigations in [[1580]] and [[1967]]. MacArthur was also made an honora... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
2: |+<big><big>'''جمهوريّة...
71: ...once and for all. Muslim rulers nominated by the Islamic Caliphate remained in control of Egypt for th...
130: ...ght| Most Egyptians are [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] [[Muslim]]s]][[Image:monastry3.jpg|thumb|right|Over six ...
131: ... culture for millennia, and its intellectual and Islamic institutions are at the center of the region'...
151: ...Approximately 90% of the population adheres to [[Islam]] and the remainder to [[Christianity]] (primar... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...peans encountered peoples and mapped lands previously unknown to them. Among the most famous explorers...
11: ...r profitable trade and it was also controlled by Islamic empires that had long battled the Europeans. ...
15: ...the south. For them the ability to outflank the Muslim states of North Africa was seen as crucial to t...
18: ...he Sahara had been overcome and trade in gold and slaves began in with what is today [[Senegal]]. Prog...
22: ...he first contest was for control of the [[Canary Islands]], which Castille won. It was not until the u... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: ...slates as ''the islands'', referring to the four islands which lay off that city's coast until becomin...
3: ...1607;ورية الجزائرية ا...
15: ...ter" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]] (translation): The Revolution by the people and for the p...
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42: | '''[[Religion]]s''' || [[Sunni Islam]] (state religion) - Iraq (19222 bytes)
3: |+<big><big>'''الجمهورية ا...
44: ...[Freedom of religion|religious freedom]])'' || [[Islam]]
49: ...q held new [[Iraqi legislative election, 2005|legislative elections]], changing the political face of ...
59: *Serve as Iraq's national legislature. It has named a Presidency Council, consisti...
108: ...1]] was largely the result of the global economic slowdown and lower oil prices. Following the [[2003 ... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
4: |+<big><big>'''الجمهوريّة...
97: ...President [[Amine Gemayel]] (who had replaced his slain brother Bachir in [[1982]]), whose term expire...
112: ...story.jsp?story=619657] However, both sons strenously denied these claims, asserting that they were ca...
118: ...ce.com/national/apmideast_story.asp?category=1107&slug=Lebanon%20Syria%20Rallies] rallied in Martyrs' ...
122: ...h the support of the Opposition, which had previously boycotted such negotiations. - Argentina (30219 bytes)
44: ...nds]] and [[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]]
57: ...anent colony on the site of [[Buenos Aires]] in [[1580]], although initial settlement was primarily over...
61: ...xpanding middle class as well as to groups previously excluded from power. The Argentine military forc...
67: ... seize the [[Falkland Islands|Falklands/Malvinas Islands]] all combined to discredit the Argentine mil...
73: ...s resignation on [[December 30]]. Yet another legislative assembly elected Peronist [[Eduardo Duhalde]... - Djibouti (8746 bytes)
2: The '''Republic of Djibouti''' ({{lang-ar|جيبوتي}}, Ǧ...
4: ...1580;مهورية جيبوتي<br>Jumhuriyaa...
62: ...lar trade contacts with the Arabs, and adopted [[Islam]] as their religion.
77: The legislative body is formed by the ''Chambre des Deputes'...
113: Almost all of the people of Djibouti are [[Muslim]], only a small percentage is [[Christianity|Ch... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
8: native_name = جمهورية ا...
60: ... third or fourth centuries, around AD [[640]], [[Islam]] came to Sudan. A merchant class of Arabs esta...
66: ...the ethnic conflict is born of the North (Arab, Muslim) versus South (African, Christian and animistic...
68: ...esident Nimeiri announced his decision to extend Islamic [[Shari'a]] punishments into the penal code, ...
76: ...njaweed]] are raping, killing and attacking non-muslims. Over 10,000 people are killed a month. - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...adeira and Porto Santo]] (including the [[Savage Islands]]).
7: ... progress in the subsequent decades, with a clear slow-down in the last few years.
25: An [[Islam]]ic invasion took place in [[711]]. Many of the...
38: ...nd conquer [[Ceuta]] in North [[Africa]], a rich Islamic trade center. On [[August 21]], the city fell...
40: ...rly 15th century, Madeira Island and the Azorean islands were discovered. Henry the Navigator's intere... - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ...de Alhucemas|Alhucemas]], and the tiny [[Parsley Island]] ([[Disputed territories|disputed]]). Due to ...
48: ...sh Peseta]]<br><sup>3</sup> Except in the Canary Islands, which are in the [[GMT]] time zone ( [[Coord...
72: === Muslim Spain ===
73: ...h centuries, the Iberian peninsula was ruled by Muslims who had crossed over from North Africa. Much o...
77: ...ain|Felipe II]], became King of [[Portugal]] in [[1580]], as well as of the other Iberian Kingdoms (coll... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
125: *[[Zdzislaw Beksinski]] ([[1929]]-)
131: *[[George Wesley Bellows]] ([[1882]]-[[1925]])
302: *[[Boleslaw Cybis]] ([[1895]]-[[1957]])
305: *[[Wladyslaw Czachorski]] ([[1850]]-[[1911]])
324: *[[Stanislaw Debicki]] ([[1866]]-[[1924]]) - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
9: ...hild, but despite his ill health, he was precociously brilliant.
13: ...er astronomical event, the [[Lunar eclipse]] of [[1580]], recording that he remembered being "called out...
65: ...rsion of [[The_Americas|America]], downfall of [[Islam]] and return of [[Christ]]. The ''De cometis li...
87: *Max Caspar: ''Kepler''; transl. and ed. by C. Doris Hellman; with a new introduc... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
14: ...reverence for [[Aristotle]] conflicted with his dislike of Aristotelian philosophy, which seemed barre...
18: ...necessitated Bacon's return to England, and seriously influenced his fortunes. Sir Nicholas had laid u...
21: ...worked quietly at Gray's Inn giving himself seriously to the study of law, until admitted as an [[oute...
29: ...to employ him in crown affairs a few years previously, and he gradually acquired the standing of one o...
38: ...riters from later times were themselves guilty of slandering Bacon's reputation and unfairly influenc... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
7: ..., that she was a [[Middle East|Middle Eastern]] [[slave]] owned by Piero.
16: In 1476, he was accused anonymously, along with three other men, of [[sodomy]] with ...
85: ...ngs. However, his book only was published only in 1580 (long after his death) under the heading ''Treati...
101: ...ht and other pioneering scientific work in previously sealed rooms at a monastery next to the Basilica...
150: ...[[British Library]] (Macromedia Shockwave format, slowly working) - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
12: ...egan work on his ''Essays'', first published in [[1580]].
18: ...gne suffered from painful [[kidney stone]]s. From 1580 to 1581, Montaigne travelled in France, Germany, ...
37: ...ge]] necessary for the raising of children, but disliked the strong feelings of [[romantic love]] as b... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
36: ... rendered the clerical establishments even more disliked in the cities.
70: ...the fundamental theological questions quite seriously, their followers tended to split along socio-eco...
97: ...sing the Faith: Reformers Define the Church, 1530-1580.'' St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1991. ...
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