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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer...
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
21: ...] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
23: ...]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded DariƩn, oldest surviving European settlement in the...
38: *[[Saint Brendan]] - [[Ireland|Irish]] [[abbot]] who sailed the [... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
15: *[[Frank Abbandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
30: *[[George Abbot|Abbot, George]], (1603-1648), English writer
34: *[[Dimebag Darrell|Abbott, Darrell]], (1966-2004), US musician
114: ...], (circa 1000 BC), Biblical figure, third son of David
115: *[[Absalon]], (circa 1128-1201), Danish archbishop - Kom Ombo (811 bytes)
1: '''Kom Ombo''' (كوم أمبو) is a...
3: Today, irrigated [[sugar cane]] and [[cereal|corn]] ac... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ... ([[7 September]] [[1533]] – [[24 March]] [[1603]]) was [[List of British monarchs|Queen of Englan...
16: ...abeth, and she, along with her half-sister, Mary, daughter of [[Catherine of Aragon]], was reinstated ...
18: ...rticularly since a fearful Anne had entrusted her daughter's spiritual welfare to Parker before her de...
44: The Queen found a dangerous rival in her cousin, the Catholic Mary Stu...
53: ... a Catholic, [[Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley]]. Lord Darnley was murdered in [[1567]] after the couple ha... - Grace O'Malley (3478 bytes)
1: '''Grace O' Malley''' ([[Irish]](c. [[1530]] -c.[[1603]]) is an important figure in Irish [[legend]] but...
7: Grace was the daughter of Owen Dubhdarra O' Malley, chieftain of the O'Malley clan. The...
14: ...ed for centuries in the O' Malley family and is today open to the public. They had one son, Tibbot Bur...
22: ... of [[England]]". She died in Rockfleet around [[1603]]. - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...nd largest city, and the capital of the [[Al Iskandariyah]] governate. It is located at {{coor dm|31|...
3: ... [[Hellenistic civilization|Hellenistic]] world — second only to [[Rome]] in size and wealth thr...
13: * The [[#Foundation|Ptolemaic era]] which starts with the foundin...
18: === Foundation ===
19: ...er the Great]] in or around [[334 BC]] (the exact date is disputed). Alexander's chief architect for t... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...us that the country's *official* name is now "Canada", not anything else. If you believe you have argu...
3: ... e.g., [[Politics of Canada]], [[Geography of Canada]], etc. Thank you.}}
6: '''Canada''' is a country in [[North America]], the norther...
8: ...stitutional monarchy]] with [[Elizabeth II of Canada|Queen Elizabeth II]] as [[head of state]].
10: ... [[French language|French]]. Its [[Statistics Canada|official]] population estimate for [[as of 2005|J... - Jordan (20715 bytes)
1: ...of the [[Gulf of Aqaba]] and the [[Dead Sea]]. Jordan's main religion is [[Islam]] and its main langua...
3: |+<big>'''المملكة الأردن...
8: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Jordan flag large.png|125px|]]
9: ...[Image:Hashemitearms.jpg|100px|Coat of Arms of Jordan]]
11: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Jordan|In Detail]]) - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
8: |+<big><big>'''ڤرسكوتوان مل...
34: | [[Abdullah Ahmad Badawi]]
42: | '''[[Independence]]'''<br> - Date
76: ...clude [[Langkasuka]] and [[Lembah Bujang]] in [[Kedah]], as well as [[Beruas]] and [[Gangga Negara]] i...
82: ...s a commercial outpost granted by the Sultan of Kedah. Malacca came into British hands after the Anglo... - Kuwait (15932 bytes)
5: ...7; الكويت<br>(Dawlat al Kuwayt)'''</big></big>
29: | [[Saad al-Abdallah al-Salim Al Sabah|Saad Al Sabah]]
70: ...uwait was invaded and annexed by Iraq (under [[Saddam Hussein]]) in August [[1990]]. Hussein's primar...
72: ...g Kuwait International Airport) were also severly damaged during the war . Kuwait now remains under th...
148: ...oad system that is well developed by regional standards. Roads total 4,450 km (2,765 mi), of which 81 ... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
37: established_dates = 1801<sup>5</sup>|
47: *[[Welsh language|Welsh]]: ''Teyrnas Unedig Prydain Fawr a Gogledd Iwerddon''
54: ...ions of [[England]], [[Wales]] and [[Scotland]] — are located on the island of [[Great Britain]]...
58: ...ted Kingdom, forming [[Northern Ireland]] to this day.
62: ...owns of Scotland and England (including Wales) in 1603, with the term being used in the sense "all of Br... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...reemason]] and [[essayist]]. He was knighted in [[1603]], created '''Baron Verulam''' in [[1618]], and c...
8: ...mber of the Reformed or [[Puritan]] Church, and a daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, whose sister married ...
21: ...tione Naturae Prooemium'' (written probably about 1603) Bacon analyses his own mental character and esta...
25: ...]ship fell vacant in 1594 and Bacon became a candidate for the office, Lord Essex's influence could no...
31: ...ment session Bacon married [[Alice Barnham]], the daughter of a London merchant. Little or nothing is ... - Pope Boniface IV (5099 bytes)
1: '''Boniface IV''' (''ca''. [[550]] – [[May 25]] [[615]]) was [[pope]] from [[608]] ...
9: ...nciliengeschichte, III, 66), questionable by [[Haddan]] and [[Stubbs]] (Councils, III, 65), and genuin...
17: ..., and to the new St. Peter's on [[21 October]], [[1603]].
19: ...a saint in the [[Roman Martyrology]] on his feast day, [[25 May]].
25: * Gasquet, Francis Aidan. A Short History of the Catholic Church in Engla... - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
2: ...]] [[April 26]], [[1564]] ([[Old Style|O.S.]]); – [[April 23]], [[1616]] (O.S.), [[May 3]], [[16...
6: ...between [[1588]] and [[1616]], although the exact dates and [[Chronology of Shakespeare plays|chronolo...
8: ...any [[list of adaptations of Shakespearean plays|adaptations]] of his works.
12: ...espeare{{fn|1}}—actor, playwright and poet—was one individual whose life can be clearly ma...
14: ...be [[England]]'s greatest, it is also the [[Feast Day]] of [[Saint George]], [[patron saint]] of Engla... - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
1: [[Image:Giordano_Bruno.jpg|thumb|Giordano Bruno]]
3: '''Giordano Bruno''' ([[1548]] – [[February 17]] [[1600]]), a.k.a. '''Bruno Nol...
7: ...nt Domenico near [[Naples]]. In [[1572]] he was ordained a priest.
9: ...ys of ancient [[Egypt]]. They are now believed to date mostly from about [[300]] A.D. and to be associ...
10: ...umb|left|200px|Woodcut illustration of one of Giordano Bruno's mnemonic devices: in the spandrels are ... - Ireland (33828 bytes)
15: ...e merged or divided, but constitutionally the boundaries have to be observed. Across Ireland, the 32 c...
52: ...y carved stone crosses that dot the island. Sites dating to this period include [[clochan]]s, [[ringfo...
56: ...ivided into [[province]]s, of which four remain today: [[Munster]], [[Leinster]], [[Connacht]] and [[U...
57: ...feated by [[Elizabeth I|Elizabethan]] forces in [[1603]], they found life under English suzerainty intol...
65: ...nd Ireland. In 1829, a radical Catholic lawyer, [[Daniel O'Connell]], "the Great Emancipator" led a su... - Valley of the Kings (4430 bytes)
2: ...1583;ي الملوك) in [[Arabic language|Arabic]], is a [[valley]] ...
13: ...en it comes into contact with [[water]]. This has damaged many tombs, particularly during [[flood]]s.
39: ...mer, ''Valley of the Kings'' (Henry Holt, 1981) – Covers the history of the exploration of the V...
40: ...Valley of the Kings'' (1996, Thames and Hudson) – Details of all the major tombs, their discover...
41: ... Valley of the Kings'' (Barnes and Noble, 1997) – A good introduction to the valley and surround... - Bahrain (16123 bytes)
4: |+<big><big>'''مملكة البحري...
67: ...en the name of Bahrain specifically referred to today's Bahrain.
111: ... of 33 islands, Bahrain does not share a land boundary with another country but does have a 161 km coa...
115: ...n of limited arable land and coastal degradation (damage to coastlines, coral reefs, and sea vegetatio...
122: Nowadays Bahrain is a cosmopolitan society with mixed co... - African American (19830 bytes)
15: Africans were sold and traded into bondage and shipped to the American South from [[1607]]...
21: ...werment, propounding ideas of black unity and solidarity and [[pan-Africanism]].
33: ...erican cultural influences in the United States today. [[Hip Hop]], [[Rock music|Rock]], [[R&B]], [[fu...
43: ...emselves had repudiated only two decades earlier—a term often associated in English with things ...
47: ...ty with others of the black African [[diaspora]]—an embracing of the notion of pan-Africanism ea... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
14: *[[John Couch Adams]] (United Kingdom, [[1819]] - [[1892]])
25: *[[Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov]] (Russia, [[1912]] - [[1999]...
66: *[[David Bates (physicist)|David Bates]]
75: *[[Daniel Bernoulli]] (Switzerland, [[1700]] - [[1782]]...
88: *[[Danilo Blanusa]], ([[Croatia]], [[1903]] - [[1987]])
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