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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...a]] to the southeast. It is the northernmost and westernmost country in [[Latin America]] and the most...
10: native_name = Estados Unidos Mexicanos |
18: official_languages = [[Spanish Language|Spanish]] |
22: leader_titles = [[President of Mexico|President]] |
23: leader_names = [[Vicente Fox ]] | - Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...e of political stablity in the region, and sometimes refered to as the "[[Switzerland]] of [[Latin Ame...
21: ...[English language|English]] and indigenous languages on the Atlantic coast)
26: | '''[[President of Costa Rica|President]]'''
30: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 125th]] <br /> [[1 E10 m2|51,100 k...
32: ...'[[Population]]'''<br /> - Total ([[2004]] [[Estimation|E]]) <br /> - [[Population density|D... - Periodic table (7298 bytes)
1: ...so that many [[chemical property|chemical properties]] vary regularly across the table. Each element i...
3: ...lements]] for more details or different perspectives.
6: ...ell]] electrons, which gives them similar properties.
9: ...eral systems as they confusingly used the same names to mean different things.
15: ...(standard)|standard table]] (same as above) provides the basics. - List of elements by symbol (14812 bytes)
28: <tr><td>Cs</td><td>[[caesium]]</td><td>55</td><td></td></tr>
34: <tr><td>Es</td><td>[[einsteinium]]</td><td>99</td><td></td><...
59: <tr><td>Mg</td><td>[[magnesium]]</td><td>12</td><td></td></tr>
60: <tr><td>Mn</td><td>[[manganese]]</td><td>25</td><td></td></tr>
137: <tr><td>Es</td><td>[[ekasilicon]]</td><td>32</td><td>Name gi... - Hanging Gardens of Babylon (4963 bytes)
3: ... Babylon|Nebuchadnezzar II]] around [[600 BC]] (present-day [[Iraq]]). However, there are doubts as t...
5: ... completely substantiate what look like fanciful descriptions.
7: ...hing similar to an [[Archimedes' screw]] as a process of raising the water to the required height.
13: ...d not hang but rather grew on the roofs and terraces of the royal palace in Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar II...
15: ...he flat, sun-baked terrain of [[Mesopotamia]] depressing. The king decided to recreate her homeland by... - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ...led "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]].
9: ...3 million. It's Brazil's [[Second city|second-largest city]] after [[S㯠Paulo]] and used to be the co...
13: ...lorers in an expedition led by Italian [[Amerigo Vespucci]] in January of 1501. Since the Europeans th...
15: ...and an alliance was formed with nearby native tribes to defend the settlement against invaders - neigh...
17: ...ntown (Centro, see below) to southwards and then westwards, an urban movement which lasts until nowada... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...d that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
3: ...hout running out of food or getting stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the...
5: ...s likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...]]. He never reached the present-day [[United States]] where "Columbus Day" ([[12 October]], the anniv...
9: ...ficial to humans, such as [[tomato]]es, [[potato]]es, [[maize]], and [[horse]]s), and the first large-... - Middle Colonies (4101 bytes)
1: ...onies were also known as the "bread basket" colonies because of their large grain export.
3: ...he wealthy would have their portraits painted. Homes in the country could be made of logs and chinked ...
5: ...and barley. The whiskey was often mixed with spices, milk, and sugar which many people thought improv...
7: ...ake breeches, shirts, jackets, and moccasins. Forest products were used to make a dye. Yellow came fr...
9: ...nting and publishing were also very important trades. - Puritan (15882 bytes)
1: ...itans''' were members of a group of radical [[Protestants]] which developed in [[England]] after the [...
4: ...a particular church. The closest analogy in the present day to the meaning of "Puritan" in the 17th ce...
5: ...rs knew themselves as members of particular churches or movements, and not by the simple and nebulous ...
8: ... Geneva]] and [[Lutheranism|Lutheran Germany]]. These contacts shaped their position towards Elizabeth...
10: ...d, to one degree or another, a belief in the [[priesthood of all believers]]. However, in church poli... - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
1: ...Italian ship named after Vespucci, see [[Amerigo Vespucci (ship)]]''.
4: '''Amerigo Vespucci''' ([[March 9]], [[1454]] - [[February 22]],...
6: ...:Amerigo_Vespucci.jpg|thumb|200px|right| Amerigo Vespucci]]
8: ...[[Florence]], [[Italy]], as the third child of a respected family. His father was a notary for the Mon...
10: ...instead proposed that the two letters were forgeries written by others of the same period. - Adela of Normandy (2741 bytes)
5: ...ngland]] and [[Henry of Blois]], [[Bishop of Winchester]].
7: ...Henry I of England]]; they were probably the youngest of the Conqueror's children. She was a high-spir...
9: ...d Meaux in [[1089]], making him one of the wealthiest men of his day. He was a proud and self-indulgen...
12: # Guillaume, Count of Chartres
16: # Lucia-Mahaut, married Richard, Earl of Chester - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
1: [[Image:Messalinde-Jerusalem.JPG|frame|A queen accepting feal...
5: ...f Tripoli]]; and [[Ioveta of Bethany|Ioveta]], abbess of St. Lazarus in [[Bethany (Israel)|Bethany]].
9: ...yre]] wrote "reseditque reginam regni potestas penes dominam Melisendem, Deo amabilem reginam, cui jur...
11: ...nce. Baldwin raised his daughter as a capable successor to himself and Melisende enjoyed the support o...
13: ...de sole queen and to strengthen her position, he designated Melisende as guardian for the young Baldwi... - Agnes of Courtenay (6051 bytes)
1: '''Agnes of Courtenay''' (died c. [[1184]]) was the mother...
3: ...at they waited until Fulcher's death to marry. Agnes bore Amalric two children, first [[Sibylla of Jer...
5: ...d make a more advantageous diplomatic marriage. Despite the annulment, their two children were declar...
7: ...nd received a pension from that fief's income. Agnes soon thereafter married to [[Hugh of Ibelin]], to...
9: ...ella of Jerusalem|Isabella]]. There was no such questioning of Baldwin's rights. - Yolanda of Flanders (2422 bytes)
3: ...a]]ns against the various Byzantine successor states, and was able to make peace with [[Theodore I Las...
7: ... uncle Philip of Namur in 1212 and left to her eldest son Philip when she went to Constantinople in 12...
14: ...argaret, Marquioness of Namur|Margaret]], Marquioness of Namur, who married first Raoul d'Issoudun and...
15: ...beth, who married Walter count of Bar and then Eudes sire of Montagu
19: * Agnes, who married [[Geoffrey II de Villehardouin]], [[... - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
3: ...st powerful women in Europe during the [[Middle Ages]]. She was [[Queen consort]] of both [[France]] a...
6: ... her mother, as Dangereuse was the long-time mistress of [[William IX of Aquitaine]], the [[Troubador]...
8: ...quitaine]], the largest and richest of the provinces that would become modern [[France]], when her bro...
10: ...e next generation. She also gave him a wedding present that is still in existence, a [[rock crystal v...
12: - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ..., however, were in many cases reversed by her successor, [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]].
10: Mary I is sometimes confused with her first cousin, once removed [[Ma...
13: ...se assertions that she was created Princess of Wales, even though he was deeply disappointed that his ...
15: ...ives]] upon the subject, but was herself the Princess Mary's first teacher in Latin.
17: ...iage treaty was signed; it provided that the Princess Mary should marry either Francis or his second s... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...ndash; [[July 24]], [[1567]]. She is perhaps the best known of the Scottish monarchs, in part because ...
9: Mary, Queen of Scots, is sometimes confused with her first cousin once removed, [[Ma...
12: ...tland]], on [[December 8]], [[1542]] to King [[James V of Scotland]] and his French wife, [[Marie de G...
14: ...es could inherit only after extinction of male lines.
15: ...ary ascended the throne because all other male lines of the royal house had gone extinct before the de... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...irgin Queen''', '''Gloriana''', or '''Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch ...
9: ...en saved her from political and marital misalliances. Like her father [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VI...
11: ...ies, one [[earl|earldom]] and seven [[baron|baronies]] in the [[Peerage of England]], and one barony i...
13: ...ica]] and afterwards a member of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen...
16: ... under the [[English Act of Succession|Act of Succession 1544]]. - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: ... United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India]]
7: ...was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
9: ...last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; her successor belonged to the [[House of Windsor|House of Sa...
12: ...ria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]], the sister of Princess Charlotte's widower [[Leopold I of Belgium|Princ...
14: ...r was the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]]. - Anna Comnena (3243 bytes)
3: ... she exclaimed that "nature had mistaken their sexes, for he ought to have been the woman."
5: ...s she was obviously isolated from her Palace sources.
9: ===References===
11: ...tml The Alexiad]'', translated by Elizabeth A. Dawes in 1928
12: ... more idiomatic English and has more extensive notes)
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