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- Phaseolus (2770 bytes)
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14: ''Phaseolus acutifolius'' [[Tepary bean]]<br/>
23: ''Phaseolus filiformis''<br/>
55: ...tion|domesticated]] since [[pre-Columbian]] times for their [[bean]]s. Most prominent among these is ...
57: ...imes necessitating a change of [[species]] name. For example, older literature refers to the [[mung b... - Ionic order (6526 bytes)
1: [[Image:SixIonicOrders.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Architects' ...
2: The '''Ionic order''' forms one of the [[Classical order|three '''orders''...
4: ...d scarcely have been in a more prominent location for its brief lifetime. A longer-lasting 6th century...
5: [[Image:Ionic base of a column.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Ionic...
6: ...Scamozzi]] designed a version of such a perfectly four-sided Ionic capital, which became so much the s... - China (38909 bytes)
1: [[Image:Greatwall_badling2.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[Great Wa...
3: ...eded one another in [[continent]]al [[East Asia]] for the last 4000 years. Depending on one's point of...
5: ...Republic of China]] in [[1912]]; however the next four decades were marred by warlordism, the [[Second...
7: ...st (see [[political status of Taiwan]] for more information). The nature and extent of ''China'' is th...
12: [[Image:China_4.jpg|thumb|250px]] - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
1: ...pg|thumb|300px|Temple incense near Beijing China. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroo...
3: ...including [[Taoism]], [[Buddhism]], and [[Chinese folk religion]].
7: ...belief in multiple belief systems. It is possible for someone to claim to be a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] w...
9: ...hin China include [[ancestor worship]], [[Chinese folk religion]], [[Confucianism]], [[shamanism]], an...
11: ...ty]], but rather someone who mediated between the forces of heaven and earth. A central idea of the [[... - Raccoon (4751 bytes)
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14: ...coons are intelligent omnivores with a reputation for slyness and mischief.
18: ...the act of washing is performed to actually clean food; some studies find that raccoons engage in it w...
20: ... the litter will be weaned and will begin to fend for themselves. In severe winter climates, raccoons ...
22: ...wn live up to 12 years in the wild, but most live for only a few years. - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: | [[Image:ac.thequeen.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Elizabeth II in...
9: ...gland]], [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the [[UK Armed Forces]] and [[List of Lords of the Isle of Man|Lord...
14: [[Image:Time-magazine-cover-p'incess-lilybet.jpg|thumb|le...
20: ...chess of York. Her [[governess]] was [[Marion Crawford]], better known as "Crawfie". She studied histo...
23: ..., she became [[heiress presumptive]] and was henceforth known as HRH The Princess Elizabeth. She was t... - Cleopatra VII of Egypt (8634 bytes)
3: [[Image:ac.cleopatra.jpg|thumb|Cleopatra]]
4: ... The name "Cleopatra" is [[Greek language|Greek]] for "father's glory"; her full name, "Cleopatra Thea...
6: ... similarly-named predecessors having been largely forgotten. Cleopatra was never in fact the sole rule...
9: ...y their sisters in order to be qualified to rule. Following the deaths of her brothers she named her e...
10: [[Image:The-cleopatra2.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroo... - Main Page2 (2348 bytes)
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17: [[Image:Great_wall2.jpg|200px|thumb|center|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroo...
19: ... know...</h3> {{Did you know}} <!-- Did you know format changed-->
41: ...Bee_pollen.jpg|175px|thumb|center|Bee Pollination|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroo... - Performance (3170 bytes)
1: [[Image:Street accordion player.jpg|thumb|A street musici...
2: ...dience]]). Sometimes the dividing line between performer and audience may become blurred, as in the ex...
4: Examples of performance [[genre]]s include:
14: ** [[ballet]] and other types of [[Performance dance|dance]]
17: ** [[Circus (performing art)|circus]] acts - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
1: [[Image:Messalinde-Jerusalem.JPG|frame|A queen accepting ...
9: ... competebat." Melisende was no mere regent-queen (for her son Baldwin III), but a Queen Regnant, reign...
11: ... minting of money, granting of fiefdoms and other forms of patronage, and in diplomatic correspondence...
13: ...her position, he designated Melisende as guardian for the young Baldwin, excluding Fulk altogether.
15: ...excluded Melisende from granting titles and other forms of patronage, and publicly dismissed her autho... - Isabella of Castile (4156 bytes)
1: [[Image:Isabel la Cata-2.jpg|thumb|| '''Isabella of C...
5: ... wife [[Leonor of Portugal]], daughter of King [[Afonso IV of Portugal]], as well as of her half-broth...
8: ...ancaster]]. Her final set of grandparents were [[Afonso, Duke de Braganza]], a son of John I of Portug... - Margaret I of Denmark (7423 bytes)
1: ...Image:Seal of Margaret I of Denmark 1381 and 1403.png|frame|[[Seal (device)|Seal]] of Margaret I of Den...
4: ...obility lost the support they had hitherto always found in [[Schleswig-Holstein]], and Margaret, free ...
8: [[Image:Seal of Margaret I of Denmark 1390.png|thumb|Seal of Margaret I of Denmark 1390]]
10: ...ckholm to Margaret in September 1398, in exchange for commercial privileges.
18: ...ich had been alienated during the troubled days before Valdemar IV. This so-called "reduktion", or lan... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
1: :''For other people with this name, see [[Mary Tudor]]'...
3: | [[Image:Mary I of England.jpg|right|thumb|220px|'''Mary I...
8: ...e monarch of the [[Tudor dynasty]], is remembered for her attempt to return [[England]] from [[Protest...
13: ...]] [[1516]]. She was [[baptism|baptised]] on the following Wednesday with [[Thomas Wolsey|Thomas Card...
15: ...ears old, she entertained some visitors with a performance on the [[harpsichord|virginals]]. A great ... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
2: | [[Image:stuart.jpg|thumb|right|140px|Mary I of Scotland; ...
15: ... male lines of the royal house had gone extinct before the death of Mary's father.
19: ...[[Stirling Castle]], where preparations were made for Mary's coronation.
24: ...hapel Royal. Inside, Lord Livingston brought Mary forward to the altar and put her gently in the thron...
26: ...dinal performed the ceremony of girding the three-foot sword to the tiny body. - Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
1: [[Image:Annaioannovnarussia1693-2.jpg|thumb|H.I.M. Anna I...
7: ... to indulge in a love affair with [[Count Biron]] for many years.
10: ...ld feel indebted to the nobles for her unexpected fortune and remain a figurehead at best, and malleab...
15: [[Image:Icehouse 1878.jpg|thumb|left|250px|''Wedding at t...
17: ...st of her time at that city in the company of her foolish and ignorant maids. Finding delight in humil... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
4: == Life before becoming empress ==
5: ...marriage was unsucessful - it was not consummated for 12 years due to Peter III's impotence and mental...
9: ...ument the law, but she disbanded the commission before it took effect, possibly having turned more con...
11: ...rovinces and districts which were more manageable for the government. In [[1785]] Catherine issued a c...
13: ...laxed the censorship law and encouraged education for the nobles and middle class. - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
1: [[Image:031002 RushLimbaugh.jpg|right|Rush Limbaugh]]
8: ...ootball|football]] knee from [[high school]]" [Colford, pp 14 – 20].
16: ... as a talk show host at KFBK in [[Sacramento, California]]. After achieving some local success, he mov...
18: ...udience decline in the [[1970s]]. The program has for over 15 years been the most popular talk radio s...
20: ...s by cutting out his dramatic pauses to make room for more commercials. - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
1: [[Image:DiderotVanLoo.jpg|thumb|right|''Portrait of Dider...
7: ...x and with Sophie Voland, to whom he was constant for the rest of her life. His letters to her are amo...
14: ...its presentation, in a distinct though undigested form, of the theory of variation and [[natural selec...
16: ...nto the prison of [[Vincennes]]. Here he remained for three months; then he was released, to enter upo...
19: [[Image:ENC 1-NA5 600px.jpeg|right|200px|Cover of the Enc... - Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
4: <caption><font size="+1">'''Kristina'''</font></caption>
5: ...tyle=background:#efefef; colspan=2 align=center>[[Image:Swedish queen Drottning Kristina portrait by S颡...
25: ...nt, and her attempts to bestow guilt on Christina for her difficult birth, or just the horror story it...
29: ...ph's younger brother had died years ago, and therefore there were only females left. Despite of the fa...
31: ...ts) in the [[Riksdag of the Estates]] of [[1650]] for the reduction of tax-exempt noble landholdings. - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: | [[Image:Elizabeth_I_(Ermine_Portrait).jpg|thumb|right|220...
11: ...lors]] from thirty-nine to nineteen, and later to fourteen.
18: ...sted her daughter's spiritual welfare to Parker before her death. Later, Parker would become the first...
24: [[Image:ElizabethTudorAt13-woc-0475.jpg|thumb|left|Elizab...
27: ...cotland|Mary Stuart]], later Mary Queen of Scots. For the remainder of her reign, the staunchly [[Roma...
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