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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ... today, Costa Rica has only a national [[police]] force. Unlike most of its [[Continent|continental]] ...
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18: ...lign=center colspan=2 | [[image:LocationCostaRica.png]] - Main Page (2698 bytes)
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31: [[Image:Great_wall2.jpg|220px|right|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroo... - Grapefruit (4275 bytes)
2: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[image:Grapefruit_700x490.jpg|250px|A basket of grapefru...
16: ...it''' is a sub-tropical [[citrus]] [[tree]] grown for its [[fruit]], which are also known as grapefrui...
18: ...only become popular from the late 19th century, before that it was only grown as an ornamental plant. ...
24: ...tin]], which inhibit the [[cytochrome P450]] [[isoform]] CYP3A4 in the liver. It is via inhibition of ...
26: Grapefruit forms a core part of the "[[dieting|grapefruit diet]... - Pennsylvanian (1543 bytes)
3: ...period]] lasting from roughly 325 million years before the present (BP) to 286 million years BP. As wi...
5: [[Image:US pennsylvanian general.jpg|thumb|Generalized ge...
8: ...fer to the [[Carboniferous]] period article for information on [[faunal stage|faunal stages]], climate...
16: Information on stratigraphies, localities, tectonics, ...
19: {{Carboniferous Footer}} - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: ... article is about the city called Rio de Janeiro. For the state with the same name, see [[Rio de Janei...
3: [[Image:Rio_de_Janeiro-Ipanema_Beach.jpg|thumbnail|250px|...
4: [[Image:Redentor.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Cristo Redentor]]]]
5: ...ro_LE2002059_lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro]]
7: ...l|Carnival]] celebration. It also has the biggest forest inside an urban region, called "Floresta da T... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...tion and emigration merged to create the familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
7: ...he most archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
14: ...es said to be the ancestor of all Chinese people. Following this period Sima Qian relates that a syste...
15: ...ge:Statute_ming_tombs.jpg |thumb|left|Ming Tombs. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroo...
18: ...] was unearthed. Early markings from this period, found on pottery and shells, have been alleged to be... - Mesopotamia (2719 bytes)
1: [[Image:Mesopotamia_4.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Mesopotamia t...
19: [[Image:Mesopotamia_2.jpg|thumb|350px|Writing|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroo... - Persepolis (15450 bytes)
4: [[Image:Takht-jamshid.jpg|thumb|380px|After 2500 years, t...
6: ... name ''Kizil minare'' or ''Chihil menare'' ("the forty columns or minarets"), can be traced back to t...
8: ...war, rises a perpendicular wall of rock, in which four similar tombs are cut, at a considerable height...
9: ...ge:Persepolis 2.JPG|thumb|300px|Persepolis (L)]][[Image:Persepolis 1.JPG|thumb|300px|Persepolis (R)]]</ce...
12: ...of Persia|Darius II]]. [[Xerxes II]], who reigned for a very short time, could scarcely have obtained ... - George H. W. Bush (1569 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=George Herbert Walker Bush
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16: | vicepresident=[[Dan Quayle|J. Danforth Quayle]] - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
1: [[image:JohnCFremont.jpg|frame|John C. Frémont]]
2: ...ential candidate of a major party to run on a platform of opposition to slavery. He was born in [[Sava...
4: ...nts men marker.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Modern marker for site where two of Frémont's men were lost in Co...
7: ...r of [[United States Senate|Senator]]s from [[California]]. In [[1856]] the new Republican Party nomin...
13: ...k]] in the [[Wind River Mountains]] is also named for the explorer. - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ... is disagreement about whether Arthur, or a model for him, ever actually existed: in the earliest ment...
2: [[Image:Arthur3487.jpg|right|framed|Victorian image of '''King Arthur''' in plate armour with visor r...
4: :''Main article: [[Historical basis for King Arthur]]''
5: ...ve been of [[Romano-British]] origin, and to have fought against the [[pagan]] [[Saxon]]s. His power b...
7: ...e reign of the [[Roman Emperor]] [[Anthemius]]. Unfortunately, Riothamus is a shadowy figure of whom w... - Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
3: [[Image:Dumont-d'Urville.web.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''L'As...
4: ...und the year [[130 BC]]. He immediately arranged for the government of France to acquire one of the m...
8: ...Guinea]], [[New Zealand]], and other islands, and found out the probable place of the death of [[Jean-...
18: ...he account of his voyages was published in twenty-four volumes, with six large volumes of illustration... - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (3639 bytes)
3: [[Image:Coronado expedition.jpg|thumb|500px|The Coronado ...
9: He followed the coast of the [[Sea of Cortez]] northwa...
11: ...e Cardenas]] was sent out to find this river, and found himself
12: ...on]]. [[Hernando de Alvarado]] was sent east, and found villages around the [[Rio Grande]]. Coronado s...
14: ...ound. Coronado returned to Tiguex, where his main force had remained behind. Here he spent another win... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...]) ( ''Cristòfor Colom'' in [[Catalan]], ''Cristoforo Colombo'' in [[Italian]], ''Cristóbal Colón''...
2: [[Image:Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroo...
3: ...e to get around the planet without running out of food or getting stuck in windless regions. Although...
5: ...João Vaz Corte-Real]] to Terra Verde (today's Newfoundland). [[Giovanni Caboto]] (better known as Joh...
10: [[Image:AC2_columbus21.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroo... - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
1: [[image:david_livingstone.jpg|thumb|right|David Livingsto...
8: ...ried in [[1844]], and his wife travelled with him for a brief time at his insistence and over the prot...
11: [[Image:David Livingstone memorial at Victoria Falls, Zim...
12: ...o open trade routes, whilst accumulating useful information about the African continent. In particular...
14: .... He returned to England to try to garner support for his ideas, and to publish a book on his travels.... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...abled the manufacture of more production machines for manufacturing in other industries.
3: ...art of [[William IV]]. There was no cut-off point for it merged into the [[Second Industrial Revolutio...
10: ... be deepened]]efficient and less labor-intensive, forcing the surplus population who could no longer f...
14: ...nd technological improvement, growth of supply of food because of the improvement in agriculture, and ...
18: ...facturers. The industrialists then used the money for industrial development, which led to the Industr... - Steel (28384 bytes)
1: :''See [[Steel (disambiguation)]] for other uses.''
2: [[Image:Steel framework.jpg|thumb|300px|Steel framework]]
5: ... that can be [[plasticity (physics)|plastically]] formed (pounded, rolled, etc.).
8: ...eached with ancient methods that have been in use for at least 6000 years (since the [[Bronze Age]]). ...
10: [[Image:LightningVolt Iron Ore Pellets.jpg|thumb|left|250... - Puritan (15882 bytes)
1: ...ts]] which developed in [[England]] after the [[Reformation]].
4: ...ver, Puritans did not, by and large, use the term for themselves, and the word was always a descriptor...
5: ...ntly self-described by the term "Puritan" was [[Reformed]] or [[Calvinism|Calvinist]] and led to the e...
8: ...e they came into close contact with the radical reformers in [[Calvinism|Calvinist Geneva]] and [[Luth...
10: ... impositions of kings and popes. They all argued for a restructuring and "purifying" of church practi... - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
1: ...pipe performer.jpg|right|thumb|150px|A bagpipe performer in [[Amsterdam]].]]
6: [[Image:annotated_stand.jpg|right|thumb|A set of Scottish...
18: ...cal bores for the Zampogna, and cylindrical bores for the Musette and Scottish Small Pipes). In gener...
23: ...to be quoted and referenced to the present day). For example, an oft-repeated claim is that the [[Gre...
25: ... the year 1000; the tune used by [[Robert Burns]] for "[[Scots Wha Hae]]", "Hey Tutti Taiti", is tradi... - Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present (16426 bytes)
3: Further information: Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency a...
6:
11: ...e U.S. tornado since the advent of modern weather forecasting
12: .... She was released a week later because of credit for time served.
24: ...n the re-legalization of same-sex marriage in California.
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