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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...hat a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
3: ...ccepted that the earth was round. The main debate was over whether it would be possible to get around ...
5: ... than two decades later, the existence of America was known to the general public throughout Europe. T...
13: It has generally been accepted that he was [[Genoa|Genovese]], although doubts have persist...
15: ...y many contemporaries as a poor administrator and was stripped of his governorship in [[1500]]. - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...SH|''Her Serene Highness'']]. To her family, she was known as '''''May'''''.
5: ...d the coronation of her successors. Known for the way she superbly bejeweled herself for formal events...
9: ... Austria.(Cite [[Almanach de Gotha]]). Her mother was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide ...
11: ...he Duchess of Cambridge. Despite this, the family was deep in debt and had to flee abroad to avoid the...
13: ... her aunt every week without fail. During [[World War I]], the Swiss Embassy helped pass letters from ... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ...onths before the [[Special Operations Executive]] was founded in [[July]] [[1940]].) Her resourcefuln...
7: ...ek grew up in comfort until her father frittered away the proceeds from his wife's dowry with lavish e...
9: ...nti-tank]] [[rifle]] which was fated never to see wartime service.
11: ... lost part of a leg in a prewar hunting accident, was exfiltrating Polish and other Allied military pe...
15: ...source of suspicion against Krystyna and Kowerski was the ease — which her accusers might have u... - Ceramics (15941 bytes)
7: ... encompasses the creation of anything from earthenware and porcelain to decorative tiles and modern sc...
10:
23: ...ttery is fired in a kiln, providing a decorative, waterproof finish.
30: ...ds, and social status. For example, Japanese raku ware, known for its simplistic beauty, is deeply int...
34: ...porary art, ceramics have moved beyond functional ware to include large-scale sculptures and mixed med... - United Nations (29685 bytes)
1: ...y the [[Republic of China| Republic of China (Taiwan)]], [[Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic]] ([[Wes...
5: ...and other wartime agreements. Initially, the body was known as the '''United Nations Organization''', ...
20: ...the [[Dumbarton Oaks|Dumbarton Oaks Estate]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] Those and later talks produced pr...
24: ...wo months later on [[June 26]]. [[Poland]], which was not represented at the conference, but for which...
26: The [[United Nations headquarters]] building was constructed in [[New York City]] in [[1949]] and... - Bazooka (instrument) (859 bytes)
1: ...the instrument some 20 years earlier. The bazooka was also played by [[jazz]] musician [[Noone Johnson...
3: ...l instrument, was applied to a new [[Bazooka|anti-tank weapon]]. - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
22: ...rmy | Union]] [[general]] in the [[American Civil War]] and the 18th ([[1869]]–[[1877]]) [[Presi...
24: ...and is credited with winning the war. Although he was a successful general, he is considered by histor...
26: ...s agree that Grant was not personally corrupt; it was his subordinates in the executive branch who wer...
30: ...io]], where Grant spent most of his time until he was 17.
32: ...rant, and although Grant protested the change, it was difficult to resist the [[bureaucracy]]. Upon gr... - Jordan (20715 bytes)
33: - % water
69: ...ank]], the [[Gaza Strip]], and [[Jerusalem]] was awarded to the [[United Kingdom]] by the [[League of ...
71: ...ation of Israel in May 1948, and took part in the warfare between the Arab states and the newly founde...
73: ...maintained the position that ultimate sovereignty was subject to future agreement.
75: ...tes of [[Syria]], Egypt, and [[Iraq]]. During the war, Israel gained control of the [[West Bank]] and ... - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
1: ...Holland became a mere province of the Kingdom and was split into North and South Holland in [[1840]]. ...
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40: established_dates = [[Eighty Years' War|From Spain]]<br/>[[May 23]], [[1568]]<br/>[[Janu...
55: ...004]] [[UN Human Development Index]], behind [[Norway]], [[Sweden]], [[Australia]], and [[Canada]].
62: ...n of [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]], was not prepared to let them go that easily. It woul... - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ...o the north; and with [[Turkey]] to the east. The waters of the [[Aegean Sea]] border Greece to the ea...
25: | '''[[Area]]'''<br> - Total<br> - % water || [[List of countries by area|Ranked 94th]]<b...
65: ...lago "like frogs around a pond"; their name has always been associated with the sea. After the interna...
68: ...ed the land ([[168 BC]] onwards), though, in many ways, Greek culture would in turn conquer Roman life...
70: ...Constantinople — the image of Christ on the walls of the upper southern gallery. Christ is flank... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
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57: ...etermine the future of the nation. National unity was established, and the constitution promulgated in...
63: ...]] in the late 1960s and early [[1970s]], the way was open for Per return.
65: ...ss. C᭰ora resigned in [[July 1973]], paving the way for new elections. Peron a decisive victory ...
67: ...hat became known as "El Proceso," or the "[[Dirty War]]" were high. Conservative counts list between 1... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...[democracy]] and it is a [[Jewish state]]. Israel was the birthplace of [[Judaism]] in the [[17th cent...
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60: ...aism, it is also the place where [[Christianity]] was born, and contains many locations of great spiri...
68: ...srael alongside several hundred thousand Arabs. Towards the end of the century the number of Jews incr...
73: ...omprising the territory west of the Jordan River, was administered as "Palestine" under provisions tha... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
6: * 2.4 MYA: [[Oldowan|Stone tools]] in [[Africa]]
34: ...ntury BC|3800s BC]]: [[Sweet Track|Engineered roadway]] in [[England]]
55: * [[Water clock]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
110: * [[1510]]: [[Pocket watch]]: [[Peter Henlein]]
142: * [[1767]]: [[Carbonated water]]: [[Joseph Priestley]] - Hoover (912 bytes)
16: ...Hoover Institution]], a [[public policy]] [[think tank]] at [[Stanford University]] - World War I (62979 bytes)
2: ...of the [[Crusade]]s, all fell during or after the war.
4: The causes of World War I were complex developments by themselves (see [...
6: ...ology]], and would thus involve non-combatants in war as never before.
8: ...xploit a Balkan crisis as a precept for a general war. Scholars have also cited German diplomatic inep...
10: ...could move little because of tight defences. This was especially true of the [[Western Front (WWI)|Wes... - World War II (58065 bytes)
2: ...[[World War I]] were involved in World War II. It was the most extensive and expensive armed conflict ...
4: ...ill others argue that the [[World War I|two world wars]] are one conflict separated only by a "ceasefi...
6: ...Asia]], and it continued in China. In Europe, the war ended with the surrender of Germany on [[8 May]]...
8: ...ly a few of many [[Technology during World War II|war-time inventions]].
10: ...nces which were fundamental to the ensuing [[Cold War]]. In Asia, the United States' military occupati... - Cold War (18329 bytes)
1: {{ColdWar}}
2: ...ollapse of the Soviet Union in [[1991]]. The term was popularized by the U.S. political adviser and fi...
5: ...umb|right|[[NLF]] casualties during the [[Vietnam War]]. After the balance of power in Europe were fir...
7: ...he occasions when the tension related to the Cold War took the form of an armed conflict. In those con...
9: ...rpower status that it had won in the Second World War. - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
2: !colspan="2" bgcolor="#ffff99"| '''The Vietnam War'''
4: |Conflict||Vietnam War, part of the '''[[Cold War]]'''
33: ...EE9;u Nước''', which literally means "War Against the Americans to Save the Nation").
37: ...War to just be one frontline in the larger [[Cold War]].
39: ...lly allied with the [[United States]] in the Cold War, including the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Canada]]... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
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42: ...], he inspired a new constitution<sup>1</sup> and was the [[Fifth Republic]]'s first [[president]] fro...
45: ...nders]]. Born in [[Lille]], de Gaulle grew up and was educated in [[Paris]].
47: ...ugh traditionalist and [[monarchist]], the family was legalist and respected the institutions of the F...
50: ...s. He made five unsuccessful escape attempts, and was put in solitary confinement in a retaliation cam... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ...April 15]], [[1452]] – [[May 2]], [[1519]]) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[Renaissance]] [[architect...
7: ...en suggested, albeit on scanty evidence, that she was a [[Middle East|Middle Eastern]] [[slave]] owned...
9: ...onventions developed in [[Europe]], his full name was "Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci", which means "L...
12: ...d and a wonderful grace in all his actions, there was such a power of intellect that whatever he turne...
16: ... no witnesses stepped forward. For some time afterwards, Leonardo and the others were kept under obser...
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