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- Land bridge (3351 bytes)
1: ...Africa. A land bridge doesn't have to be narrow enough to be called an [[isthmus]].
4: ...the last glaciation, is part of the edge of the [[North American plate]]. For causes of sea level cha...
6: ... boundary]] under the North American Plate to the north and the [[South American Plate]] to the south,...
9: * [[Bering land bridge]] connected North Asia and Alaska.
10: * [[Sinai Peninsula]] connects North Africa ([[Egypt]]) and Southwest Asia. - Holy Land (2739 bytes)
1: ...ty]], and [[Islam]]. These areas include, but are not limited to, the [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]]...
5: ...sed when a speaker wishes to use neither "Israel" nor "Palestine" for the region, since either term ca...
11: ...y land''' which Allah hath ordained for you. Turn not in flight, for surely ye turn back as losers." (...
15: It is also sometimes used by Muslims (although not in the Qur'an) in reference to the [[Hijaz]], la... - Land (1318 bytes)
1: * '''Land''' is sometimes used synonymously with [[country]].
2: ...nment]], which is rather implicated by the near-synonym [[country]].
3: * '''Land''' is the part of the [[Earth]] that is not covered by [[ocean]]s or other bodies of [[water...
4: * In [[economics]], [[land (economics)|land]] is a [[Factors of production|factor o...
7: ...s a [[:Category:Landscapes of Norway|place]] in [[Norway]].
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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...e]] and [[Guatemala]] to the southeast. It is the northernmost and westernmost country in [[Latin Amer...
10: native_name = Estados Unidos Mexicanos |
15: national_motto =''Sufragio efectivo, No reelecci
16: ...Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Effective suffrage, no reelection)'' |
17: national_anthem = ''[[Mexicanos, al grito de guerra]]'' | - Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...ntral America]], bordered by [[Nicaragua]] to the north and [[Panama]] to the south-southeast. Since t...
21: ...fficial), ([[English language|English]] and indigenous languages on the Atlantic coast)
50: | ''[[Noble patria, tu hermosa bandera]]''
61: ...mbian]] times the [[Native American]]s in what is now [[Costa Rica]] were part of the [[Intermediate A...
76: ... as anti-constitutional allowing [[ӳcar Arias]] (Nobel Peace Prize, [[1987]]) to run for President a ... - Plateau (3062 bytes)
7: ...amples of this landform, but there are many other notable examples of it from around the world, includ...
22: ... plateaus. One can stand on a high "mountain" and note that all the other tops are at the same height,...
24: ... caps on its hills. Glacial till is still widely known in [[United Kingdom|Britain]] by the older name... - Hanging Gardens of Babylon (4963 bytes)
3: The '''Hanging Gardens of Babylon''' (also known as '''the Hanging Gardens of [[Semiramis]]''') ...
5: ... palace at [[Babylon]] has been accrued, but does not completely substantiate what look like fanciful ...
13: ...orld. According to the tradition, the gardens did not hang but rather grew on the roofs and terraces o...
15: ...e came from, though, was green, rugged and mountainous, and she found the flat, sun-baked terrain of [...
17: ...tos]] or the Latin word [[pensilis]], which means not just "hanging” but "overhanging," as in th... - Lighthouse of Alexandria (3491 bytes)
9: ...e to the lack of modern optics and reflective technology in the time period in which the lighthouse ex...
20: ... that the Arab traveller [[Ibn Battuta]] reported not being able to enter the ruin. Even the stubby re... - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ... [[Ipanema]], for the giant statue of [[Jesus]], known as [[Christ the Redeemer (statue)|Christ the Re...
13: The area where Rio de Janeiro is now was reached by Portuguese explorers in an expedi...
15: ...eiro'' (San Sebastian of the January River), in honor of then King [[Sebastian I of Portugal]]. For ce...
17: ...en westwards, an urban movement which lasts until nowadays.
19: ...[[Ren頄uguay-Trouin]], and [[Nicolas de Villegaignon]]. After [[1720]], when the Portuguese found gol... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...arian-based Chinese an advantage over neighboring nomadic and mountain-dwelling cultures. The developm...
7: ...and administrators: in short, civilization as we know it. In late [[Neolithic]] times, the [[Huang He]...
14: ...torical Records]]'' written by [[Sima Qian]], a renowned Chinese historiographer of the [[2nd century ...
18: ...aracter]]s, but such claims are unsupported. With no clear written records to match the Shang [[oracle...
24: ...he early Zhou (successor state of the Shang), is known to have existed at the same time as the Shang. - Mesopotamia (2719 bytes)
2: ...Mountains]] and the [[Caucasus]] mountains to the north. - Persepolis (15450 bytes)
2: ... some 70 km northeast of [[Shiraz, Iran|Shiraz]], not far from where the small river Pulwar flows into...
6: ... be traced back to the [[13th century]], are now known as ''Takhti Jamshid'' ("the throne of Jamshid")...
12: ...a]], who reigned at the longest two years, or, if not his, then that of [[Darius III of Persia|Darius ...
14: Another small group of ruins in the same style is fou...
18: .... This accounts for the fact that the Greeks were not acquainted with the city until it was taken and ... - List of maritime explorers (2541 bytes)
5: This is a '''list of notable sea explorers''':
21: *[[Nuno Tristão]]
29: *[[António Noli]]
42: *[[Fernão de Noronha]]
45: *[[João da Nova]] - Bjarni Herjulfsson (982 bytes)
1: ...his findings both in Greenland and in Norway, but no one seemed to have taken any interest in them at ...
3: ...pt at settlement by Europeans in the Americas (if not counting the Greenland settlements). - Erik the Red (5731 bytes)
2: ...e]]). Born in the Jaeder district of south-west [[Norway]], he was the son of Þorvaldr Ásvaldsson ([...
4: ...rowed a few wooden bench boards and when they had not been returned to Erik, he sought out an explaina...
6: ... Settlements, which were actually situated in the north and the south, proved to be the only two areas...
8: ...ilt the [[estate]] [[Brattahlíð]], near what is now [[Narsarsuaq]], for himself. His title was that ...
12: ... the first Viking to explore the land of Vinland (North America). Leif invited his father on the voyag... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...' in [[Portuguese]]) was most probably [[Genova|Genoese]], although some historians claim he could hav...
3: ...windless regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas, they inaugurate...
5: ... two decades later, the existence of America was known to the general public throughout Europe. This i...
7: ..., including the isles of Juana ([[Cuba]]) and Espanola ([[Hispaniola]]), as well as the coasts of [[Ce...
11: ...ope, and slavery in the [[West Indies]]. Others honour him for the massive boost his explorations gave... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...is journeying covered almost the entirety of the known Islamic world, extending also to present-day [[...
4: ... the appellation '''Shams ad-Din''', a title or honorific at times given to the names of scholars part...
8: ... following account assumes the former where it is not obviously the latter.
13: ...is journey to Mecca was by land, and followed the North African coast of the [[Maghreb]] region quite ...
17: ...ed to the status of ''[[al-Hajji]]'' as a result, now faced his return home. Upon reflection, he decid... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...century]] resulting from the replacement of an economy based on manual labor to one dominated by indus...
3: ...]] from about [[1850]], when technological and economic progress gained momentum with the development ...
5: ...developed [[agriculture]] and gave up its [[nomad|nomadic lifestyle]].
10: ...ncial market]]s and accumulation of [[Capital (economics)|capital]] are also cited as factors, as is t...
14: ...0 onwards, because there was a scientific and technological improvement, growth of supply of food beca... - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...eginning in the [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
3: ...e existed and are viewed as having succeeded one another in [[continent]]al [[East Asia]] for the last...
5: ...decades were marred by warlordism, the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], and the [[Chinese Civil War]].
7: ...some islands in the South China Sea. The PRC does not recognize the ROC, as it claims to be the sole s...
9: ==Terminology== - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...f [[Africa]]. It is bordered by [[Rwanda]] on the north, [[Tanzania]] on the south and east, and the [...
3: ... the supremacist claims of the ruling [[Tutsi]] minority with the growing demands for political partic...
43: time_zone_DST = not observed |
47: footnotes = <sup>1</sup> Estimate is base...
58: ...ost extreme Hutu group, Palipehutu-FNL (commonly known as "FNL"), continued to refuse negotiations. In... - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
8: ...ird child of a respected family. His father was a notary for the Money Changers' [[Guild]] of Florence...
10: ...nticity has been brought into doubt: the ''Mundus Novus'' ([[New World]]) and the ''Lettera'' (or "The...
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16: ...rning around and seeing [[Trinidad]] and the [[Orinoco River]] and returning to [[Spain]] by way of [[...
18: ... this also seems doubtful, since his account does not mention the broad estuary of the [[Rio de la Pla... - Kom Ombo (811 bytes)
1: ... town's location on the [[Nile]] [[1 E4 m|50 km]] north of [[Aswan]] gave it some control over trade r... - Margaret I of Denmark (7423 bytes)
2: ...younger and only surviving son to [[Magnus VII of Norway]], [[Magnus II of Sweden]].
4: ...vided attention to [[Sweden]], where the mutinous nobles were already in arms against their unpopular ...
6: ...er at [[Aasle]] near [[Falk?g]], and Margaret was now the omnipotent mistress of three kingdoms.
10: ... hasten to its assistance; and the Baltic and the North Sea speedily swarmed with the privateers of th...
12: ... 17]], Eric was solemnly crowned king of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The proposed act of union divided...
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