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- Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...[[1567]]. She is perhaps the best known of the Scottish monarchs, in part because of the tragedy of he...
14: ...ng the reign of [[Robert II of Scotland]], the Scottish Crown had been confirmed to be inherited by ma...
17: ...ith a lass!" The Stewart family had gained the Scottish throne through Marjory (daughter of [[Robert I...
31: ...e. Fearing an uprising among the people, the [[Scottish Parliament]] broke off the treaty at the end o...
33: ...n Mary. This consisted of a series of raids on Scottish territory and other such actions. It lasted un... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
18: ...h's household before [[Anne Boleyn]]'s death. [[Matthew Parker]], her mother's favourite priest, took ...
27: ...cism|Catholic]] Mary persecuted Protestants. She attempted to convert Elizabeth, who pretended to be R...
33: ...e. She later persuaded her mother's chaplain, [[Matthew Parker]], to become Archbishop. He only accept...
35: ... Burghley|Sir William Cecil]] for advice on the matter. The [[Act of Uniformity 1559]] required the us...
41: ...s all of the estates and incomes Elizabeth inheiretted from her father [[Henry VIII]] were only hers u... - Veronica Franco (1937 bytes)
3: ...ns of Venice in the "catalog," ''Il Catalogo di tutte le principale et piu honorate cortigiane di Vene...
5: ... and 1580, respectively. She published books of letters and collected the works of other leading write...
7: ...ion]] for [[Witchcraft|witchcraft]], but was acquitted of the charges. Her later life is largely obsc...
13: Eight books of poems and letters by Veronica Franco may be found at
14: http://www.library.upenn.edu. Search by author on Fr... - Ellen MacArthur (3652 bytes)
4: ...wns and operates Ransome's yacht, ''[[Nancy Blackett]]''.
10: ... [[2003]] she captained a round-the-world record attempt for a crewed yacht in ''Kingfisher 2'', but w...
14: Using the yacht, her first significant record attempt in [[2004]] to break the west–east tran...
16: She began her attempt to break the solo record for sailing non-stop...
18: ...ome after their respective circumnavigations in [[1580]] and [[1967]]. MacArthur was also made an honora... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
2: |+<big><big>'''جمهوريّة...
14: ... align="center" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: [[Bilady, Bilady, Bilady]]''</small>
67: ...ipart.jpg|thumb|200px|Egypt Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]] '''...
71: ...govern even after the conquest of Egypt by the [[Ottoman Turks]] in [[1517]].
73: ...ent in [[1882]], but nominal allegiance to the [[Ottoman Empire]] continued until [[1914]]. - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
9: ...ent from [[1271]] to [[1295]]. His journey was written up as ''[[Travels]]'' and the work was read thr...
11: ...s. The rise of the aggressive and expansionist [[Ottoman Empire]] further limited the possibilities fo...
22: ...uista]]'' that the large nation became fully committed to looking for new trade routes and colonies ov...
26: ...like Africa or Asia the Caribbean islanders had little to trade with the Spanish ships. The islands t...
31: ...r]], [[Mombassa]], [[Socotra]], [[Ormuz]], [[Calcutta]], [[Goa]], [[Bombay]], [[Malacca]], [[Macau]], ... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
3: ...1607;ورية الجزائرية ا...
15: ... align="center" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]] (translation): The Revolution by the people an...
23:
60: ...ans]] became an influence on them, establishing settlements along the coast. Berber kingdoms began to ...
62: ...l cities, prompting some to seek help from the [[Ottoman Empire]]. - Iraq (19222 bytes)
3: |+<big><big>'''الجمهورية ا...
13: ... align="center" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: [[Allahu Akbar]]<br>([[English language|Engli...
29: ...ndence]]''' || [[1 October]] [[1919]] from the [[Ottoman Empire]]
49: ...i insurgency|volatile]] while the new government attempts to re-establish [[national security|security...
64: ...s two major tasks ahead of them. The first is to attempt to reign in the insurgency which has blighted... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
4: |+<big><big>'''الجمهوريّة...
15: ...lign="center" colspan="2" | <small>''[[National motto]]: ''</small>
71: ... in the [[Crusades]]. It was then taken by the [[Ottoman Empire]].
73: Following the collapse of the [[Ottoman Empire]] after [[World War I]], the [[League ...
89: Cross-border attacks from Lebanon against [[Israel|Israeli]] terri... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
8: national_motto = En Unión y Libertad<br>([[English langu...
57: ... [[Buenos Aires]] in [[1580]], although initial settlement was primarily overland from [[Peru]]. The S...
61: ...when necessary, the governments of the [[1930s]] attempted to contain the currents of economic and pol...
67: ...eat by the [[United Kingdom]] in an unsuccessful attempt to seize the [[Falkland Islands|Falklands/Mal...
126: ...lly around the First and the Second World Wars) settled in the cities, which offered jobs, education, ... - Djibouti (8746 bytes)
2: The '''Republic of Djibouti''' ({{lang-ar|جيبوتي}}, Ǧ...
4: ...1580;مهورية جيبوتي<br>Jumhuriyaa...
15: ... align="center" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: —''</small>
70: ...ths - across the country. Opposition parties boycotted, describing the poll as "ridiculous, rigged and...
72: ...ndependence from France in 1977. [Full story at: http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=47007] - Sudan (18856 bytes)
8: native_name = جمهورية ا...
12: national_motto = Al-Nasr Lana ([[Arabic language|Arab...
62: ...]], the self-proclaimed [[Mahdi]] ([[Messiah]]), attempted to unify the tribes of western and central ...
72: ...ties, access to basic health care services, and little prospects for productive employment in the smal...
74: ...[[Darfur]], during which time the government committed terrible atrocities. In February [[2004]], the ... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
15: ... The [[Celtic|Celtics]], a later wave of Celts, settled in [[Alentejo]].
21: ...mbol, is known as the "Cradle of Portugal." The Battle of S㯠Mamede took place nearby in 1128. (court...
29: ...s a nation to [[June 24]], [[1128]], with the [[Battle of S㯠Mamede]] by [[Afonso I of Portugal|Afons...
31: ...tugal's most historic battle of Portugal, the [[Battle of Aljubarrota]]. The victorious John was then ...
42: ... exploration of Africa. Before this voyage very little information was known in Europe about what lay ... - Spain (36498 bytes)
12: national_motto = ''[[Plus Ultra]]''<br>([[Latin]]: "Further Bey...
58: ... [[Iberian peninsula]] through the Pyrenees and settled throughout the peninsula, becoming the [[Celt-...
60: ..., [[Greeks]] and [[Carthaginians]] successively settled along the Mediterranean coast and founded trad...
77: ...ain|Felipe II]], became King of [[Portugal]] in [[1580]], as well as of the other Iberian Kingdoms (coll...
95: ...[Spanish Morocco]] and [[Equatorial Guinea]] was attempted. A period of dictatorial rule ([[1923]]&nda... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
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38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]])
102: *[[Jennifer Bartlett]] ([[1941]]-)
130: *[[Bernardo Bellotto]] ([[1721]]-[[1780]])
183: *[[Sandro Botticelli]] ([[1445]]-[[1510]]) - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
9: ...erman state of [[Baden-W?berg]], 30 km west of Stuttgart's city center). His grandfather had been Lor...
13: ...er astronomical event, the [[Lunar eclipse]] of [[1580]], recording that he remembered being "called out...
15: In [[1587]], Kepler began attending the [[University of T?n]], where he proved ...
27: ...ths. She was released in October [[1621]] after attempts to convict her failed. Even though she was ...
52: To his disappointment, Kepler's attempts to fix the orbits of the planets within a se... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
21: ... himself seriously to the study of law, until admitted as an [[outer barrister]] in 1582. In 1584 he t...
25: ...s for a time excluded from the court. When the [[attorney-general]]ship fell vacant in 1594 and Bacon ...
29: ...th Essex, a fortunate move considering that the latter would be executed for treason in 1601; and Baco...
31: ...e Barnham]], the daughter of a London merchant. Little or nothing is known of their married life: mode...
35: ...d to stay, but a law was passed that forbade the attorney-general to sit in parliament -- and to the v... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
16: ...ostitute]]. After two months in jail, he was acquitted because no witnesses stepped forward. For some ...
18: ... dialogue on ''l'amore masculino'' (male love) written by the contemporary art critic and theorist [[G...
20: ...ian Giacomo Caprotti da Oreno (nicknamed Salai (Little Devil)). Gian entered Leonardo's household arou...
25: ... release them. He was also a respected judge on matters of beauty and elegance, particularly in the cr...
29: ...below) were cast into weapons for the Duke in an attempt to save [[Milan]] from the [[France|French]] ... - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
6: ...ised Protestant. Montaigne was sent to a small cottage with a peasant family and a tutor until he was...
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, ...
33: ...sdain for man's pursuit of lasting fame, and his attempts to detach himself from worldly things to pre...
35: ...his time, his belief that humans are not able to attain true certainty ([[skepticism]]), and even allu... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...which emerged in the 16th century as a series of attempts to reform the [[Roman Catholic Church]] in [...
32: ...urch. [[Erasmus]] held that true religion was a matter of inward devotion rather than an outward symbo...
38: ...dualism, that each man can be his own priest (an attitude likely to find popular support considering t...
44: ...e and was teaching Bible at the [[University of Wittenberg]] when the Bible changed him. He later lame...
55: ...on. Peasants and new migrants to the cities had little understanding of [[economics]], so they had no ...
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