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- Puritan (15882 bytes)
5: ... "Puritan" was most often used by opponents and detractors of the group, rather than by the practition...
8: ...twright (churchman)|Thomas Cartwright]], [[Walter Travers]] and [[Andrew Melville]] had gone into exil...
10: ...ons of kings and popes. They all argued for a restructuring and "purifying" of church practice throug...
12: ...pope|popish]] pomp and rags." (See [[Vestments controversy]].) They also objected to ecclesiastical co...
14: ...]] into a specific target of their grievances. [[Tract]]s such as the ''[[Martin Marprelate]]'' serie... - Cleopatra VII of Egypt (8634 bytes)
3: [[Image:ac.cleopatra.jpg|thumb|Cleopatra]]
4: ...eopatra Thea Philopator" means "the Goddess Cleopatra, Beloved of Her Father."
6: ...ers were king in title only, with her keeping the true authority.
9: ... Since the Ptolomaic throne was transmited in [[matrilinear]] fashion, the Kings had to marry their si...
10: ...leopatra2.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]] - Margaret Mead (11387 bytes)
5: ...e of her instructor [[Ruth Benedict]], Mead concentrated her studies on problems of child rearing, per...
7: There has been controversy surrounding her work, especially her premie...
13: ...ite ethical standards is not universal. It is instructive to know that standards differ in the most u...
16: ...ibed the point of her research she wrote: "I have tried to answer the question which sent me to Samoa:...
20: ...ty, or confusion seen in the United States. [See [http://www.livejournal.com/users/aperey/1217.html Pere... - Grace O'Malley (3478 bytes)
7: ...ised anglo-norman Burke or de Burgo family who controlled much of what is now that county. Unusually a...
8: ...h legend, as a young girl Grace wished to go on a trading expedition to [[Spain]] with her father, and...
14: ...ar [[Newport, County Mayo|Newport]]. According to tradition they married under [[Brehon law]] 'for one...
26: * Renaissance-central.com [http://www.rencentral.com/oct_nov_vol1/graceomalley.shtml]
27: * Granuaile O'Malley Web Resources [http://www.omalley-clan.org/uow/omalley_web/granuaile.... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
2: ...62]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]] of the [[20th century]]. Her sizzling screen...
6: ...one for the theory that Mortensen was in fact her true father.
12: ...[[1941]], Grace took her in again. She was then introduced to a neighbor's son, James Dougherty, who w...
18: ...at her name was changed. She was named after an actress called Marilyn Miller and Monroe was her mothe...
20: ...ox office]] and Fox decided not to offer her a contract for a third time. Undiscouraged, Monroe threw ... - Ptolemy I of Egypt (7434 bytes)
1: :''For the unrelated [[astronomy|astronomer]], see [[Ptolemy]]''
7: ...re made at [[Babylon]]. He was now appointed [[satrap]] of [[Egypt]] under the nominal kings [[Philip...
9: ...to hold Egypt securely, and secondly to secure control in Cyrenaica, [[Cyprus]] and [[Palestine (regio...
13: ...BC]]). In [[306 BC|306]], a great fleet under Demetrius attacked Cyprus, and Ptolemy's brother [[Menel...
15: ...ve victory, for a third time he evacuated the country. But when news came that Antigonus had been defe... - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
1: ...e south, and [[Germany]] to the east. In many countries, the Netherlands is often referred to by the n...
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20: leader_names = [[Beatrix of the Netherlands|Beatrix]] <br> [[Jan Peter Balkenende]] |
25: population_estimate = 16,297,196[http://www.cbs.nl/nl/cijfers/bevolkingsteller/popclock...
43: time_zone= [[Central European Time|CET]] | - Panama (10077 bytes)
29: ...by area|Ranked 115th]] <br> 78,200 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br> 2.9%
32: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 131st]]<br> 3,000,463 (Ju...
49: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]'''
55: ...Panama until the signing of the [[Torrijos-Carter Treaties]] in [[1977]].
57: ...r Torrijos's death, power eventually became concentrated in the hands of Gen. [[Manuel Noriega]]. Rel... - Cuba (25106 bytes)
6: ... were wiped out shortly afterwards. The colony's struggle for independence started in [[1868]] and con...
8: ... 12%, one of the lowest in the latin american countries.
10: ..., began carrying out the economic reforms that Castro had promised. Among other things, [[healthcare]]...
12: ... embarrasment to the newly elected Kennedy administration, and subsequently led to the Cuban Missile c...
14: ...astro allowed anyone who desired to leave the country to depart through the port of Mariel. Known as ... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
2: {{Infobox Country|
51: ...tion of the Islamic Conference]], and the [[World Trade Organization]].
59: ...ythian]]s. This period saw the country advance in trade and culture to a level where the [[Gandhara]] ...
62: ...ators, after the area was conquered by various Central Asian groups, most notably the [[Tocharian]] [[...
64: The Kushan kingdom stretched from modern-day [[Uzbekistan]] to northwest... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...controls, including the [[West Bank]] and [[Gaza Strip]], borders the states of [[Lebanon]], [[Syria]]...
5: {{Infobox Country |
60: ...ael (about 25% of the Jewish population, see [[Destruction of Jerusalem]]). After crushing [[Bar Kokhb...
68: ...s subject to waves of invasions and changes of control, including rule by the [[Seljuks]], [[Fatimids]...
73: ...ory into two parts. The eastern portion, called [[Transjordan]], became the Arab state of [[Jordan]] i... - Flag of Massachusetts (1839 bytes)
1: ...t|thumb|Flag of Massachusetts. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
5: ...the coat of arms containing only a green [[pine]] tree, which had been the design of the state [[naval...
7: ...val ensign]], which had consisted of a green pine tree and the motto "An Appeal to Heaven", was change...
9: ...has the same design as the state flag, but with a triangular shape.
12: ...io Fabretto (1998), and Nick Artimovich (1997), [[http://flagspot.net/flags/ FOTW Flags of the World web... - Flag of South Carolina (934 bytes)
1: ...|right|Flag of South Carolina. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
2: ... represents the defense of [[Fort Moultrie]] (constructed of palmetto logs) on [[Sullivan's Island]] f...
5: [http://www.scstatehouse.net/studentpage/flag.htm|The S... - Feather (5296 bytes)
5: ...ntary [[appendages]]; skin organs that form by controlled proliferation of [[cell (biology)|cell]]s in...
7: ...iges]], the flight feathers of the wing, and [[rectrices]], the flight feathers of the tail. A typical...
17: ...bbed, causes reptile scales to become feathers. [[http://www.dinosauria.com/jdp/archie/scutes.htm]
25: ...[Greek mythology]], [[Icarus (mythology)|Icarus]] tried to escape his prison by attaching feathered wi... - North Carolina (18268 bytes)
42: Originally inhabited by a number of native tribes, including the [[Cherokee]], North Carolina w...
44: ...April [[1776]], the colony became the first to instruct its delegates to the Continental Congress to v...
46: ...nd commercial areas were further connected by construction of a 129 mile (208 km) wooden [[plank]...
48: ...agements took place in North Carolina itself, her troops served in virtually all the major battles of ...
50: ...e, especially with the creation of the [[Research Triangle Park]] between [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Ra... - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
36: ...gland and one of the wealthiest states in the country. Connecticut was one of the [[13 colonies|thirte...
43: ...ird for Connecticut, was adopted in [[1965]]. The traditional abbreviation of the state's name is "Con...
56: ...rners of the state contrast sharply with its industrial cities, located along the coastal highways fro...
65: ...sidents go for years or even decades without ever traveling to other regions of the state, considering...
77: ===Transportation=== - Maryland (22654 bytes)
45: ...d, and the [[William Penn|Penn family]], which controlled Pennsylvania, engaged two surveyors, [[Charl...
47: ...ed until 1658 when the Calvert family regained control and re-enacted the Toleration Act.
61: ... guarantees her "republican form of government" [[http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.a...
71: ...collectively as the Eastern Shore. A portion of extreme western Maryland in [[Garrett County, Maryland...
81: ...rs and colder winters, where snow often falls. Extreme western Maryland has a mountain climate with m... - Utah (29154 bytes)
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48: ... Fish = [[Trout|Bonneville Cutthroat Trout]] |
55: Tree = [[Spruce|Blue Spruce]] |
63: Motto = ''Industry'' | - Tennessee (19096 bytes)
11: ... = [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] (largest [[metropolitan area]] is Nashville) |
25: ... [[UTC]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|-5]] <small>(central and western)</small> |
39: ...ican]] village named "Tanasqui" in [[1567]] while travelling inland from [[South Carolina]]. European ...
41: ...//www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/faq.htm#01][http://www.tngenweb.org/campbell/hist-bogan/tennessee....
43: The modern spelling, ''Tennessee'', is attributed to [[James Glen]], the Governor of [[South ... - Agathias (4785 bytes)
3: ...turned to [[Constantinople]] in 554 to finish his training and practised as an advocate (''scholasticu...
5: He wrote a number of short love-poems in epic metre, called ''Daphniaca''. He also put together an ...
7: ...eriod [[552]]-[[558]]. It deals chiefly with the struggles of the Byzantine army, under the command of...
9: ...e authority for the period he describes." —[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01204b.htm''Catholic E...
11: ...''Enc. Brit.'' 1911). [[Edward Gibbon|Gibbon]] contrasts Agathias as "a poet and rhetorician" with Pro...
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