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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...westernmost country in [[Latin America]] and the most populous [[Spanish language|Spanish]]-speaking c...
10: native_name = Estados Unidos Mexicanos |
17: national_anthem = ''[[Mexicanos, al grito de guerra]]'' |
64: ...rts, sculpture, architecture, engraving, feather-mosiac work, the invention of the calendar, were due ...
68: ...e from Spain was declared, by [[Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla]], a Catholic priest in the small town of [[... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
22: *[[Pêro de Barcelos]] ([[15th century]]/[[16th century]] [[Portuguese...
33: *[[Joseph René Bellot]] [[France|French]] [[Arctic]] ex...
42: *[[Lafayette Bunnell]], (1824-1903), described [[Yosemite Valley]]
47: ...ian]] navigator in [[England|English]] service, crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to [[North America]]
51: *[[Alvise Cadamosto]] (1432-1488), [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[Ven... - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
6: ... by the example of another Scot, Robert Moffat, whose daughter he later married, and joined the [[Lond...
8: ...oads into [[South Africa]] because of [[Boer]] opposition. It was during this time that Livingstone m...
12: ...a transcontinental journey across Africa. The purpose of his journey was to open trade routes, whilst ...
19: ...ivingstone. His wife Mary died on [[April 29]], [[1863]] of dysentery, but Livingstone continued to expl...
25: He was taken ill, and completely lost contact with the outside world for six years. On... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: ...Abaco|Abaco, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
6: ...nk Abagnale|Abagnale, Frank]], (born 1948), US impostor and cheque fraud
14: *[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
57: *[[Rosa Mustafa Abdulkhaleq|Abdulkhaleq, Rosa Mustafa]], (born 1976), Yemeni pilot
62: ...Abeille|Abeille, Louis]], (1765-1832), German composer - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
14: ...oming King George IV. Though she occupied a high position in the line of succession, Victoria was taug...
20: ...was not clear what his surname was, because like most imperial, royal, princely, and ducal families, h...
29: ...hat he could not govern under the restrictions imposed by the Queen, and consequently resigned his com...
33: ... on the widely circulated [[1841]] [[Penny Red]] postage stamp.]]
39: ...ued to secretly correspond with Lord Melbourne, whose influence, however, faded away as that of Prince... - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
3: ...f the leading writers of the [[Victorian era]], whose novels, largely set in provincial England, are w...
8: ...emy Bentham]] and was the leading journal for philosophical radicals. In [[1854]], she published a tr...
10: In [[1857]], she published "Amos Barton," the first of the "Scenes of Clerical Lif...
12: ... They honeymooned in [[Venice]] and, allegedly, Cross jumped from their hotel balcony into the Grand C...
15: ...nt pas''... Now in this vast ugliness resides a most powerful beauty which, in a very few minutes ste... - Ouida (1938 bytes)
12: * ''Chandos '' (1866)
16: * ''Held in Bondage'' (1863) (first published with the title ''Granville de V... - Mary Edwards Walker (4835 bytes)
6: ... as [[corsets]], were not healthy and advocated looser fitting clothing.
10: ...n)" by the Army of the Cumberland in September, [[1863]], becoming the first ever female U.S. Army Surge...
12: ... Infantry. During this service, she frequently crossed battle lines, treating civilians. On [[April ...
16: ...sick and wounded soldiers, both in the field and hospitals, to the detriment of her own health, and ha...
22: ... of the medal so that it could only be given to those who had been involved in "actual combat with an ... - Sarah Bernhardt (3531 bytes)
4: She was born in [[Paris]] as '''Henriette Rosine Bernard''', the eldest surviving illegitimate ...
6: ... Divine Sarah"; arguably, she may have been the most famous actress of the [[19th century]].
10: ...(he married a Polish princess, Maria Jablonowska, 1863-1914). Later lovers included several artists ([[...
16: ... career, in spite of the need to use a wooden [[prosthetic limb]]. She died in the arms of her son Ma...
22: ...racter]] in [[Marcel Proust]]'s ''[[In Search of Lost Time]]'' was inspired by Bernhardt. - Cairo (12536 bytes)
2: ...t of metropolitan areas by population|thirteenth most populous metropolitan area]] in the world. Cairo...
11: ...his Envisat ASAR Wide-Swath radar multicolour composite image is focused over the capital city of Cair...
16: ...astern half is filled with hundreds of ancient [[mosque]]s that act as landmarks.
18: ...ed and government officials live. Bridges also cross the Nile attaching the city to the suburbs of [[...
25: [[Image:mosque2.jpg|thumb|right|[[Al-Azhar University]] in th... - War (7002 bytes)
1: ...[[euphemism]]s, include '''armed conflict''', '''hostilities''', and '''[[police action]]''' (see [[Wa...
8: ...as led to an increase in the destructiveness and cost of warfare throughout human history.
14: ...y immoral and no war should ever be fought. This position was forcefully defended by the Indian leader...
22: ...t history, societies have attempted to limit the cost of war by formalizing it in some way. Limitation...
24: ...to war. The [[United Nations]] is the latest and most comprehensive attempt to, as stated in the pream... - Nile (13738 bytes)
8: ...ile. Another Greek name for the Nile was ''Aigyptos'' (Αιγυπτ&omicron...
12: ...ins the subject of much debate. This is, for the most part, due to two reasons: first, the lengths of ...
30: ...ue Nile and White Nile join to form "the Nile." Most of the water carried by the Nile originates from...
32: ...trans.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Composite image|Composite]] satellite image of the Nile (see also the [[...
40: ...Great Bend of the Nile in Sudan, looking north across the Sahara Desert towards Lake Nasser and Egypt.... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
18: ...s so successful he turned down several important positions. Later, he was nominated for president as a...
20: ...ivil War|Civil War]]. He died in 1869 from [[cirrhosis]].
22: ...s and show her true affection. He was one of the most popular men in New Hampshire, polite and thought...
40: ...in [[1806]] and died on [[1863]], was Pierce's opposite. She came from a aristocratic Whig family, and...
45: ...the nominee, a [[party platform]] was adopted, opposing any further "agitation" over the slavery issue... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
44: Lincoln staunchly opposed the expansion of [[slavery]] into federal terri...
48: ...ing the [[Homestead Act]] (1862). However, he is most famous for his role in ending [[slavery]] in the...
59: ...poor areas along and near the river to grow and prosper. <!--Vidal _United States_ c1993 p704 quoting ...
61: ...the state of Illinois, and became steadily more prosperous. Lincoln served four successive terms in th...
63: Abraham Lincoln shared a bed with [[Joshua Fry Speed]] from [[1837]] to [[1841]] in Sprin... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
24: Grant won many important battles, rose to become general-in-chief of all [[Union army|U...
26: ...xecutive branch who were at fault. He is instead mostly criticized for not taking a strong stance agai...
30: ...n]] in [[Brown County, Ohio]], where Grant spent most of his time until he was 17.
43: ...sissippi]], in [[1863]] is considered one of the most masterful in military history; it split the Conf...
48: ...rtionately even more and inflicted irreplaceable losses. Grant has been described as a "butcher" for h... - Schuyler Colfax (2924 bytes)
4: ...'' and changed its name in [[1845]] to the ''St. Joseph Valley Register'', the [[United States Whig Pa...
6: ...es|Speaker of the House of Representatives]] in [[1863]]. He was not a candidate for renomination in [[...
13: ...heodore Medad Pomeroy]] | years=[[December 7]], [[1863]] – [[March 3]], [[1865]];<br>[[December 4]... - William A. Wheeler (2833 bytes)
46: ...ongress]] ([[March 4]], [[1861]] - [[March 3]], [[1863]]). He was a delegate to the state constitutiona... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
7: ...|Fishing Boats in Alexandria's Eastern Harbour, close to Kait Bey Castle]]
19: ...interpreted this as an omen that the city would prosper, particularly in grain. Other authors make the...
23: ...y one possible site, behind the screen of the Pharos island and removed from the silt thrown out by Ni...
29: ... number-theorist [[Euclid]]. From this division arose much of the later turbulence which began to mani...
34: ...is example was followed by [[Marc Antony]], for whose favor the city paid dear to [[Octavian]], who pl... - Australia (39438 bytes)
50: ...ng access for traditional uses of the waterway across the border by Papua New Guinean people and [[Tor...
63: ... present-day [[Southeast Asia|south-east Asia]]. Most Indigenous Australians were [[hunter-gatherers]]...
65: ...shment of a [[penal colony]] there following the loss of the [[American colonies]].
67: ...d, as part of the Province of South Australia, in 1863. Victoria and South Australia were founded as "fr...
70: [[Image:Anzac1.JPG|right|thumb|160px|The [[Last Post]] is played at an [[ANZAC Day]] ceremony in [[Po... - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ...e [[Aegean Sea]] border Greece to the east, and those of the [[Ionian Sea|Ionian]] and [[Mediterranean...
21: ...Greece|President]]''' || [[Karolos Papoulias|KᲯlos Papo?]]
23: ...ime Ministers of Greece|Prime Minister]]''' || [[Costas Caramanlis|Ks Karamanl�]
31: | '''[[Gross Domestic Product|GDP]]'''<br> - Total<br>&n...
50: .... It is bordered by [[Bulgaria]], the [[Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia]] and [[Albania]] to the...
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