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- Eastern Mole (1638 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = pink | name = Eastern Mole}}
13: The '''Eastern Mole''' or '''Common Mole''', ''Scalopus aquaticu...
15: ...ith moist sandy soils in northern [[Mexico]], the eastern [[United States]] and the southwestern corner of ...
17: ...ghs about 75 g. Their front paws are broad and spade-shaped, specialized for digging. They have 36 tee...
19: This mole spends most of its time underground, foraging in shallow burrows for earthworm... - Timeline of Middle Eastern History (12425 bytes)
3: ...] of the [[history of the Middle East]]. For more detailed information, see [[#related articles|articl...
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17: ...hic]] settlement in southern [[Anatolia]], is founded.
29: ...2,500 km³) of [[sea water|salt water]] is added, significantly expanding it and transforming it ...
32: ...5100 BC]] – [[Temple#Religion|Temple]]s founded in South [[Mesopotamia]]
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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...is a [[country]] located in [[North America]], bordered by the [[United States]] to the north, and [[B...
17: national_anthem = ''[[Mexicanos, al grito de guerra]]'' |
21: government_type = [[Federal Republic]] |
22: leader_titles = [[President of Mexico|President]] |
23: leader_names = [[Vicente Fox ]] | - Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...inent|continental]] neighbors, Costa Rica, alongside [[Uruguay]], is seen as an exceptional example of...
5: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
6: |+<big><big>'''Rep?a de Costa Rica'''</big></big>
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13: ...er" width="140px" | ([[Coat of Arms of Costa Rica|Detail]]) - Plateau (3062 bytes)
2: ...ith a layer of particularly resistant rock, and underlain by softer rock.
4: ...; others rest entirely below the surface. Other undersea plateaus were formed by outpourings of [[basa...
11: * [[Deccan|Deccan Plateau]]
22: ... western edge of the [[Appalachian Mountains]] of eastern [[North America]], are called "mountains" but are...
24: ...United Kingdom|Britain]] by the older name of boulder clay. - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval ...
9: *[[Afonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] na...
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...any were eventually assimilated into the Chinese identity. These cultural and political influences fro...
7: ...ultural center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically significant of those ...
11: ...s such as [[Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[Chin...
14: ...ished during the [[Xia Dynasty]], and that this model was perpetuated in the successor [[Shang Dynasty...
15: ...ming_tombs.jpg |thumb|left|Ming Tombs. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar... - History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
1: ...premise]]s and approaches, examples of which include [[rationalism]] (through [[logic]]), [[empiricism...
7: ...odern" is a word with more varied use, which includes everything from [[Post-Medieval]] through the sp...
10: ...ents were [[Anaximenes of Miletus]] and [[Anaximander]] ("All is air").
12: ... parts), the [[Eleatic School|Eleatics]] [[Parmenides]] and [[Zeno of Elea|Zeno]] (All is One and chan...
14: ... the subjects and methods of debate became highly developed. - Erik the Red (5731 bytes)
2: ...habited by the [[Dorset people]]). Born in the Jaeder district of south-west [[Norway]], he was the so...
4: ...). Gunnbjorn's accidental discovery pushed him aside in the history of Greenland and Erik the Red has ...
6: ... Settlement, Vestribyggð (around [[Nuuk]]). The Eastern and Western Settlements, which were actually situ...
8: ...volved twenty-five [[ship]]s, fourteen of which made the journey successfully; of the other eleven, so...
10: ...tury]], shortly before [[Christopher Columbus]] made his fateful journey. - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ...of [[Canada]], or more specifically, the interior eastern region that would become the first european-inhab...
5: ...d his social status in 1520 by marrying Catherine des Granches, member of a leading ship-owning family...
9: ...ere victims of an epidemic ashore, he may be considered one of the most conscientious explorers of the...
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17: ... The site of their arrival has been confidently identified as the beginning of the Sainte-Marie sault... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...orer]], whose account documents his travels and side-excursions over a period of almost thirty years, ...
4: His name may alternatively be rendered '''ibn Batuta''', '''ibn Batuda''' or '''ibn B...
6: ...lated as ''A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Travelling'', but ...
10: ==The Hajj (with detours)==
11: ...eadth of the Muslim world, and beyond (about 44 modern countries). - Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present (16426 bytes)
1: Presidency of Barack Obama
3: ... Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency and Presidency of Barack Obama
4: ...pwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico explodes, spilling millions of gallons of oil into the se...
5: ...licans retake the House of Representatives as the Democrats lose 63 seats.
6: ...Representative Gabrielle Giffords is severely wounded in an assassination attempt - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
1: ...0px|Temple incense near Beijing China. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
3: ... religions dot the landscape of China. The most widespread religion of China is [[Chinese traditional ...
9: ...r belief systems that developed within China include [[ancestor worship]], [[Chinese folk religion]], ...
11: ...etween the forces of heaven and earth. A central idea of the [[dynastic cycle]] was that an unjust imp...
13: Minor religions introduced from abroad include [[Islam]] and [[Christianity]]. - May (3270 bytes)
7: ...d with the Roman [[goddess]] of fertility, [[Bona Dea]], whose festival was held in May.
9: ...led May sickness, a kind of sickness where new students or workers start to be tired of their new scho...
18: * [[Eastern Christianity]] celebrates [[Easter]] on a [[week|...
19: ...ope May 8 is [[Victory in Europe Day|VE Day]]. In Eastern Europe it is celebrated in May 9.
21: ...n [[Kentucky]], [[United States]], the [[Kentucky Derby]] is held on the first Saturday in May. - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...ean port of [[Dar es Salaam]]. The country's name derives from its [[Bantu languages|Bantu]] language,...
3: ...of the ruling [[Tutsi]] minority with the growing demands for political participation of the [[Hutu]] ...
13: ... and [[French language|French]]. [[Swahili]] is widely spoken.|
17: ...r_titles = [[President of Burundi|President]] |
18: leader_names = [[Domitien Ndayizeye]] | - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
4: ...he Americas]]. His exploratory journeys along the eastern coastline of [[South America]] convinced him that...
10: ...spucci was exaggerating his role and constructing deliberate fabrications, others have instead propose...
12: It may have been the publication and widespread circulation of his letters that led [[Marti...
14: ...rally accepted by historians that no voyage was made in [[1497]] (which allegedly began from [[C�diz...
16: ... Lorenzo di Medici, that he determined his longitude celestially on August 23, 1499, while on this voy... - Raccoon (4751 bytes)
14: ...a [[mammal]] native to [[the Americas]]. Its name derives from the [[Algonquian]] word ''aroughcoune''...
16: ...5.5 to 9.5 kg (12 to 21 pounds), the largest recorded being over 28 kg (61 pounds) [http://www.nature....
24: ...the largest animals to have adapted well to human development.
27: ...ay still have behavorial problems like biting and destructive and messy play. Raccoons are [[nocturnal...
29: ...vity and released often do not adapt to life outside. - Theodora (6th century) (3433 bytes)
1: [[image:Theodora.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Theodora, depicted on a Byzantine mosaic]]
2: ...ong with her husband, she is a [[saint]] in the [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Orthodox Church]], commemorated on [[No...
8: ... the [[Nika riots]] of [[532]], her advice and leadership for a strong (and militant) response caused ...
10: ...ething of a voice for prostitutes and the downtrodden. She also helped to mitigate the breach in Chris...
12: ...n to own and inherit property, and enacting the [[death penalty]] for [[rape]], all of which raised wo... - Zoe (empress) (1927 bytes)
1: [[Image:EmpZoe.jpg|thumb|Empress Zoe as depicted in a mosaic from the Hagia Sophia]]
5: ...1025]]. He reigned for only three years between [[December 15]], [[1025]] and [[November 15]], [[1028]...
7: ...V]] "the [[Paphlagonia]]n", who reigned until his death in [[1041]].
9: ...she was permitted according to the rules of the [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Orthodox Church]]. Her choice fell upon... - Irene (empress) (3748 bytes)
1: ...mb|300px|This [[solidus (coin)|solidus]] struck under Irene reports the legend <small>bASILISSH</small...
4: ... and confidence of her feeble husband, and at his death in [[780]] was left by him sole guardian of th...
8: ...on of images and reunited the [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Eastern church]] with that of [[Rome]]. (See [[Seventh Ec...
10: ...[790]] into open resistance, and the soldiers, headed by the [[Armenia]]n guard, formally proclaimed C...
12: ...palace at [[Constantinople]]; and there, by the orders of his mother, his eyes were stabbed out. An [[... - Eudocia Macrembolitissa (2682 bytes)
1: ...[Byzantine]] emperor [[Constantine X]]. After his death ([[1067]]) she became the wife of [[Romanus IV...
3: ...ugh to rule on his own, but nevertheless was considered co-emperor with his younger brother, while Eud...
5: ... Manzikert]] ([[1071]]), Eudocia and Michael were declared co-emperors, until it was known that Romanu...
7: Michael was deposed in [[1078]] by [[Nicephorus III]], who recal...
9: ...]] was very close to the family, and Eudocia considered him an "uncle." According to Psellus she was v... - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
3: '''Eleanor of Aquitaine''' ([[Bordeaux]], [[France]], c. [[1124]] – [[March 31]...
6: ...], [[Duke of Aquitaine]], and her mother was Ʈor de Chⴥllerault, the daughter of Aimeric I, Vicomte...
8: ... and richest of the provinces that would become modern [[France]], when her brother, William Aigret, d...
10: ...uld remain independent of France, and Eleanor's eldest son would be both King of France and [[Dukes of...
12: ...paign, with her, the Queen of France, as their leader.
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