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81. Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
    1: ...merica|Mesoamerican]] [[Pre-Columbian]] cultures. Contrary to popular myth, the [[Maya people]] never...
    5: ...he Olmec and early Maya seem to have influenced each other.
    7: ...unds]], the precursors to [[pyramid|pyramids]] erected in later times.
    9: ... faded after spreading its influence into the [[Yucatan]] peninsula, present-day [[Guatemala]], and o...
    11: ...eir [[genealogy]], [[war]] victories, and other accomplishments.
82. Aviator (3951 bytes)
    2: ...iatrix''' is sometimes used of women flyers, reflecting the word's [[Latin]] root.
    4: ...5]], there are still challenges to be flown and records to be broken.
    6: ...lot in Command'' is derived from that of a ship?s captain.
    8: ...ls the issuance of civilian pilot licenses/certificates in the [[United Kingdom|U.K.]].
    11: ... - does anyone know how to code HTML for balanced columns? -->
83. Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
    1: ... of [[commerce raiding]] was outlawed in the 19th century.
    4: ...9 |accessdate=2009-04-09 |publisher=[[Open Democracy]]}}</ref>
    8: ===Ancient origins===
    9: [[File:Romtrireme.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Mosaic of a [[Trireme|Roman Trireme]] in [[Tunisia]].]]
    10: ...ng the [[Anatolia]]n coast, threatening the commerce of the [[Roman Empire]].
84. Pirate (23151 bytes)
    2: ...d of [[bandana]]s, using [[AK-47]]s rather than [[cutlass]]es.
    4: ...ca]] and [[Singapore]], used by over 50,000 commercial ships a year.
    8: ...ter became their governor. Buccaneers were also occasionally employed as privateers.
    10: ...ion]]s and [[coup d'etat|coups]] and then finally came to mean the disruptive parliamentary maneuver ...
    12: ...ir name became synonymous with piracy in the 15th century.
85. Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
    2: ...he fleet returned to Spain in [[1522]], having circumnavigated the globe.
    5: ...in [[Sabrosa]] (near [[Vila Real]], in the province of [[Tr᳭dos-Montes]] of north [[Portugal]]) or...
    7: ...ght by [[Martin Behaim]]. In [[1496]], Magellan became a [[squire]].
    9: ...meida's party attacked, conquering the [[Muslim]] city of [[Kilwa]] in present-day [[Tanzania]].
    11: ...ithout permission, he lost his command and was forced to return to Portugal.
86. Honolulu, Hawaii (19495 bytes)
    1: {{Template:US City infobox|
    2: city = Honolulu |
    4: nickname = |
    6: seal = honolulucountyseal.jpg |
    9: county = [[Honolulu County, Hawaii|City & County of Honolulu]] |
87. Boise, Idaho (9777 bytes)
    2: {{Template:US City infobox|
    3: city = Boise |
    5: nickname = "City of Trees" |
    10: county = [[Ada County, Idaho|Ada County]] |
    14: area percentage = 0.33% |
88. Columbus, Ohio (27104 bytes)
    1: ...ne of downtown Columbus, Ohio, viewed across the Scioto River.]]
    2: ...io]] in the [[United States|United States of America]].
    4: ...with 1.84M, behind #19 Cincinnati (2.05M) and #14 Cleveland-Akron (2.95M).
    6: ...laware]] and [[Fairfield County, Ohio|Fairfield]] counties.
    8: See also: [[List of Mayors of Columbus, Ohio]]
89. List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
    1: ...elow in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
    3: __NOTOC__
    4: {{compactTOC2}}
    7: *[[Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi]] (Arab mathematician, ? - ?)
    12: ...Abraham]] (USA, [[University of California, Santa Cruz]])
90. History of Slovakia (43199 bytes)
    3: ==Archeology and Prehistory==
    5: ...n technique]], and are a potent reminder of the ancient habitation of Slovakia.
    7: ...nderthal]] (c. 200,000 BCE), discovered near Gᮯvce, a village in Northern Slovakia.
    9: ...s carried out between the [[Mediterranean]] and [[Central Europe]].
    11: ...coloring. These shapes reveal a developed aesthetic sense.
91. History of Andorra (2202 bytes)
    1: ...ndant of the count later gave the lands to the diocese of [[Urgell]], headed by [[Bishop of Urgell]].
    3: ... a dispute arose between the French Count and the Catalan bishop over Andorra.
    5: ...ers, gave the small state its territory and political form.
    7: ...e French state and the Bishop of Urgell as co-princes of Andorra.
    9: ...to a popular movement to expand the electoral franchise.
92. Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
    2: ...b|Thomas Hobbes: detail from a portrait by John Michael Wright ([[National Portrait Gallery]], London...
    4: ...h (people)|English]] [[Political philosophy|political philosopher]], most famous for his book ''[[Lev...
    6: ...es|Descartes]] and wrote one of the replies to Descartes' ''Meditations.''
    8: ==Early life and education==
    10: ...(scholar)|John Wilkinson]] and he had some influence on Hobbes.
93. Pierre Abelard (18114 bytes)
    1: ...rised by Master Fulbert", by [[Romanticism|Romanticist]] painter [[Jean Vignaud]] (1819)]]
    2: ... [[Heloise (student of Abelard)|Héloïse]] has become legendary.
    7: ...r, after he had already begun to teach, remains uncertain.
    10: ...Image:Edmund Blair Leighton - Abaelard Und Seine Schülerin Heloisa.jpg|thumb|left|Abelard and his pu...
    11: ... then, for more direct competition, he moved to [[Corbeil]], nearer Paris.
94. History of Christianity (35391 bytes)
    1: {{christianity}}
    2: ...istianity]]''' and provides links to relevant topics.
    4: == Roots of Christianity ==
    6: === The Jewish background ===
    8: ...anity and the temple priesthood, and later rabbinic Judaism.
95. Rome (33048 bytes)
    2: ...f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
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    6: {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
    8: |align="center" width="140px"|[[Image:Rome city flag.png|100px]]
    9: |align="center" width="140px"|[[Image:Roma01.jpg|100px|]]
96. Bayeux Tapestry (13194 bytes)
    2: ...]] after the [[Norman Conquest]] of [[1066]], and commemorates the events leading up to the [[Battle ...
    5: ...orses, 41 ships, 2000 Latin words and 8 different colors of yarn. (Baker 275)
    7: ...w it is stored in a museum in a dark room with special lighting to avoid damaging it.
    9: ...e-green, dark brown and off-white can be found in cloth traditionally woven in the region.
    11: ...ether they were done in chronological order. (Crack 1)
97. Inquisition (9274 bytes)
    1: ...l governments are subjects of considerable historical inquiry.
    2: ...rovided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
    5: ... the orthodoxy of the councils now became the objects of efforts to bring them into the fold.
    7: ...uncils required secular rulers to prosecute heretics.
    11: There were four Inquisitions; in chronological order, they were the [[Medieval Inquisition]], ...
98. William I of England (8753 bytes)
    7: ... in 1066 in what has become known as the [[Norman Conquest]].
    9: ...ortrait of William has been found. In the patriotic print he is wearing [[plate armour]] that was inv...
    12: ...he Unready]] and later of King [[Canute the Great|Canute]].
    14: ...ormandy by defeating the rebel Norman barons at [[Caen]] in the [[Battle of Val-賭Dunes]] in [[1047]...
    16: ...me]]). He was 26, she was 22. Their marriage produced four sons and six daughters (see list below).
99. Constantinople (4125 bytes)
    1: ...&#951;'' in Greek), but that name never came into common use.
    3: ...oins circulating in Europe came from and were associated with.
    5: ...op relatively unmolested, while Rome and the west collapsed.
    7: ... Empire|Nicaean]] forces under the command of [[Michael VIII Palaeologus]] in [[1261]].
    9: ...l was moved to [[Ankara]]; Constantinople was officially renamed Istanbul in [[1930]].
100. Attila the Hun (23655 bytes)
     2: [[Image:Checa-HunCharge.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The [[Huns]], led by A...
     3: ... the western emperor [[Valentinian III]] from his capital at [[Ravenna]] in [[452]].
     5: ...e is remembered as the epitome of cruelty and rapacity. Some histories lionise him as a great and nob...
     7: ==Background and beginnings==
     8: :''Main article: [[Huns]]''

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