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- Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
21: | '''Place of birth:'''
26: | '''Place of death:''' || [[Washington, D.C.]]
42: ...n''' and nicknamed '''Honest Abe''', the '''Rail Splitter''', and the '''Great Emancipator''', was the...
44: ...]][[Confederate States of America#International Diplomacy and Legal Status |<small><sup>1</sup></small...
46: ...]. His leadership qualities were evident in his diplomatic handling of the border slave states at the ... - North America (12844 bytes)
9: ...e [[Western Hemisphere]], [[the Americas]], or simply America. North America's only land connection is...
12: ...canic]], [[:Image:North america rock plutonic.jpg|plutonic]], [[:Image:North america rock metamorphic....
14: ... the western region, although the eastern coastal plain does extend south along the Gulf.
16: The western mountains are split in the middle, into the main range of the Rocki...
26: ... to Canada include [[Vancouver Island]] and the [[Queen Charlotte Islands]] on the west, [[Prince Edward ... - Antarctica (14761 bytes)
4: ...arth's [[North Pole]] on the opposite side of the planet.
15: Antarctica is the coldest place on earth. [[Weather pattern|Weather front]]s ...
53: ... that at a given time there are at least 1,000 people living in Antarctica. This varies considerably w...
87: ...xpeditions), on the Fimbul Coastal Ice Shelf in [[Queen Maud Land]] {{flag|South Africa}}
103: ...[John Calvin Batchelor]]'s "The Birth of the [[People's Republic]] of Antarctica" ([[1983]]) - Australia (39438 bytes)
13: leader_titles = [[Queen of Australia|Queen]]<br>[[Governor-General of Australia|Governor-Gen...
47: <!-- [[Australian English]] please. -->
48: ...88]]. As the population grew and new areas were explored, six self-governing [[Crown Colony|Crown Colo...
50: ...aterway across the border by Papua New Guinean people and [[Torres Strait Islander]]s.
54: ...to use the word "Australia" was [[Alexander Dalrymple]] in his ''An Historical Collection of Voyages a... - Europe (23835 bytes)
11: ...#965;ρώπη) was a mythological queen of Crete, not a geographical designation. Later '...
18: ...hs]] marked the start of a period of discovery, exploration, and increase in scientific knowledge. In ...
44: ...heart lies the [[North German Plain]]. An arc of uplands also exists along the northwestern seaboard, ...
46: ... counted as part of Europe, while the latter are upland areas that were once joined to the mainland un...
53: ...civilisations for millennia, Europe's animals and plants have been profoundly affected by the presence... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...e you have arguments or evidence to the contrary, please provide them on the talk page, and wait until...
3: ...or Canada. To keep this overview article concise, please consider adding information instead to one of...
8: ...tutional monarchy]] with [[Elizabeth II of Canada|Queen Elizabeth II]] as [[head of state]].
10: ...e for [[as of 2005|June 2005]] is 32.2 million people [http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/clock/populat...
21: ...tates|U.S.]], with which it has had a long and complex relationship (''see'' [[U.S.-Canada relations]]... - Ethiopia (20233 bytes)
61: ... on their direct descent from [[Solomon]] and the queen of [[Sheba]].
63: ... missionaries. At the same time, the [[Oromo]] people began to migrate north into Ethiopian territorit...
67: ...e modernisation, when the [[Italian]]s began to replace the British influence. [[Assab]], a port near...
69: ...tually defeated in [[1991]] by the [[Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front]] (EPRDF), a co...
77: ...suring a landslide victory for the [[Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front]] (EPRDF). Inte... - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
1: ...nd became a mere province of the Kingdom and was split into North and South Holland in [[1840]]. There...
19: leader_titles = [[Dutch monarch|Queen]]<br>[[Prime minister of the Netherlands|Prime mi...
68: ...ing William III]] was succeeded by his daughter [[Queen Wilhelmina]] in [[1890]], Luxembourg seceded beca...
72: ...]] (gypsies), gay and lesbian individuals, and people with mental retardation and other disabilites. A...
77: People from other parts of The Netherlands sometimes ob... - The Gambia (13678 bytes)
59: ...this grant was confirmed by letters patent from [[Queen Elizabeth I]]. In [[1618]], [[King James I]] gran...
73: ...renda. In late 2001 and early 2002, The Gambia completed a full cycle of presidential, legislative, an...
78: ... politicians from deposed President Jawara's [[People's Progressive Party]] (PPP) and other senior gov...
80: ...dential [[Elections_in_the_Gambia|election]] took place in [[September]] [[1996]], in which retired Co...
112: ...nts for 29% of gross domestic product (GDP) and employs 75% of the labor force. Within agriculture, pe... - Saint Kitts and Nevis (6100 bytes)
23: | '''[[Queen]]'''
66: ...try is an independent [[Commonwealth Realm]] with Queen [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II... - Belize (11927 bytes)
1: ...gnizes [[Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] as Sovereign. The nation of [[Hon...
27: | '''[[British monarch|Queen]]'''
63: ...rom the Maya word belix, meaning "muddy water", applied to the Belize River.
74: ...rently [[Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]], represented in the country by a [...
96: ...onsists mostly of flat, swampy coastal plains, in places heavily forested. In the south is found the l... - Barbados (21887 bytes)
9: ... arrived from South America in the third wave, displacing both the Arawak and the Salodoid-Barrancoid....
11: ...dos and used them as [[Slavery|slave labor]] on [[plantation]]s. Other Caribs fled the island, moving ...
15: ...ica, most notably [[South Carolina]]. To work the plantations, slaves were brought from Africa; the [[...
17: Local politics were dominated by plantation owners and merchants of British descent. ...
25: ...]], with a ceremonial [[president]] replacing the Queen. - Tuvalu (11893 bytes)
25: | '''[[Monarch|Queen]]'''
60: Tuvaluans are a Polynesian people who are estimated to have settled the islands ar...
62: ...Tuvalu, and conversion to [[Christianity]] was complete by the [[1920s]]. Also in the late 1800s, Euro...
69: ...United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] recognised as Queen of Tuvalu. She is represented in Tuvalu by a [[Go...
91: ...ita, was uninhabited until it was resettled by people from Niutao in 1949. Thus, the name Tuvalu means... - Solomon Islands (9265 bytes)
25: | '''[[Monarch|Queen]]'''
63: Continuing civil unrest led to an almost complete breakdown in normal activity: civil servants r...
70: ...ved by majority vote of its members before the completion of its term. Parliamentary representation is...
94: ...islands, while many of the smaller islands are simply tiny [[atoll]]s covered in sand and [[palm tree]...
103: ..., the closure of the country's major [[palm oil]] plantation in mid-year cast a shadow over future pro... - Nepal (22444 bytes)
1: ...t is in South Asia, sharing borders with the [[People's Republic of China]] ([[Tibet Autonomous Region...
58: ...y BC]]. By [[200]] AD, the Buddhist empire was displaced by resurgent Hindu fiefdoms such as the Licch...
62: ...chayat policy until [[1989]]'s "Jana Andolan" (People's Movement or [[Democracy Movement]]) forced the...
64: ...vil war]] and resulted in the deaths of 10,000 people.
66: ...ly shot and killed his parents, King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya, as well as his brother, sister, two un... - Jamaica (16893 bytes)
13: ...| <small>''[[National motto]]: Out of Many One People''</small>
24: | [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]
65: ... to it by the original [[Arawak]] or [[Taino]] people from South America, who first settled there arou...
71: ...eaving the federation in [[1962]] and is now a completely sovereign nation. Jamaica celebrated the tri...
80: ...n which the Queen and Governor-General would be replaced by a President. - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
24: | '''[[Monarch|Queen]]'''
59: ...ted coffee, tobacco, indigo, cotton, and sugar on plantations worked by African slaves. In [[1763]], S...
61: ...in [[1834]]; the resulting labor shortages on the plantations attracted Portuguese immigrants in the 1...
65: ... associate statehood status in 1969, giving it complete control over its internal affairs. Following a...
67: ...nd 1987, hurricanes devastated banana and coconut plantations; 1998 and 1999 also saw very active hurr... - Ukraine (22193 bytes)
53: ...non" and "the Sudan") and partly because of its implication that Ukraine is merely a region rather tha...
55: ...o cut" (krayaty), indicating the land the Rus' people (or Ruthenians or Ukrainians) carved out for the...
60: ...erritory of Ukraine was populated by [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] nomads called [[Scythian]]s. The King...
64: ...he southern part of the first Eastern [[Slavic peoples|Slavic]] state, [[Kievan Rus']]. Its capital wa...
66: ...[[Khazars]] (a [[Turkic]] semi-[[nomad|nomadic people]] from [[Central Asia]] who adopted [[Judaism]])... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
15: ...s]], forming the [[Celt-Iberian]]s. Early Greek explorers named the region "[[Ophiussa]]" (Greek for "...
21: ...radle of Portugal." The Battle of S㯠Mamede took place nearby in 1128. (courtesy IPPAR)]]
25: An [[Islam]]ic invasion took place in [[711]]. Many of the ousted nobles took ref...
29: ...as formally recognized. Afonso, aided by the [[Templar Knights]], continued to conquer southern lands ...
31: ...torious John was then acclaimed as king by the people. - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
11: national_anthem = [[God Save the Queen]]<sup>3</sup> |
17: leader_titles = [[British monarchy|Queen]]<br>[[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime...
54: ...[[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. Usually known simply as the '''United Kingdom''' or the '''UK''', it ...
64: ...) has been proposed, but is little used outside diplomatic circles.
69: ...land was on the brink of economic ruin and was deeply unpopular with the broader Scottish population.
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