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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 ... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
19: | '''Place of Birth:''' || [[Raleigh, North Carolina]]
23: | '''Place of Death:''' || near [[Elizabethton, Tennessee...
45: ..., Tennessee in [[1826]], where he continued his employment as a tailor. He never attended any type of ...
107: ... [[Edwin Stanton]] as Secretary of War, and was replacing him in the interim with Adjutant-General [[L...
111: ...coln had appointed Stanton, it was claimed, the applicability of the Act had already run its course. - 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...
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]]...
86: ... that the [[Aboriginal peoples in Canada|First Peoples]] have inhabited parts of what is now called Ca... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
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.
71: ...nd]]. This was also an unpopular decision, taking place just after the unsuccessful United Irishmen Re...
74: ...he 20th century saw the UK's strength seriously depleted in two World Wars. The second half witnessed ... - Texas (39610 bytes)
38: ...] explorers mistakenly applied the word to the people and their location.
94: ...45, Texas became the first and, to date, only [[diplomatic recognition|internationally recognized]] in...
114: ...Alonso Alvarez de Pineda]], a [[Spain|Spanish]] explorer, became probably the first [[Europe]]an to ma...
115: ...te;ñez Cabeza de Vaca]], another Spanish explorer, spent six years visiting Texas for trade.
121: ...nited States|United States of America]]. The example of the [[Centralista]] forces' suppression of di... - Rhode Island (15004 bytes)
3: ... = The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
37: ...originally consisted of the mainland [[Providence Plantations]], which was originally all part of the ...
40: In 1614 the Dutch explorer Adriaen Block visited the island that is now ...
42: ... He called the site Providence and declared it a place of religious freedom for [[Baptist]] settlers....
44: ...assachusetts]] for expressing her beliefs that people could talk to God by themselves, not necessarily... - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
1: {{List_of_people}}
3: == People named Q ==
71: ...nn, Niall]], (born 1966), Irish football (soccer) player
88: *[[Quo Tai-chi]], (1889-1952), diplomat representing [[Republic of China|Nationalist ... - Space (10661 bytes)
43: ...] is the science involved with the observation, explanation and measuring of objects in [[outer space]...
47: ...rt of the measurement system?" The same debate applies also to [[time]], and an important formulation...
63: ...ith [[agoraphobia]] manifesting itself in some people as a fear of open spaces, and [[claustrophobia]]...
67: ...a communal approach to land ownership. [[Spatial planning]] is a method of regulating the use of spac...
71: ...ain between their own person and that of other people. - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
7: ...ast missing railroad link on the Silk Road was completed in [[1992]], when the international railway c...
11: ... separated populations developed rapidly. For example, the [[dromedary]] may have been domesticated as...
13: ...without arousing the hostility of more settled peoples.
16: ...dence that [[Ancient Egypt|Ancient Egyptian]] [[explorers]] may have originally cleared and protected ...
23: ... in Lebanon stone vessels. Other scenes in his temple depict [[Syria]]n bears. The [[Palermo Stone]] a... - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...l]] story in [[The Bible]]. Nevertheless, it exemplifies man's desire to fly.
5: ...s are controlled by [[computer]]s, which can make planes that were otherwise unflyable able to fly, su...
15: ...esign, with modern knowledge of aerodynamic principles in mind, was made. Leonardo also sketched desig...
17: ...d examples from nature that such flights can take place without danger, although when the first trials...
19: The first known human flight ever took place in [[Paris]] in [[1783]]. [[Francois Pilatre ... - Geologic time scale (26014 bytes)
3: ...]] events, such as [[mass extinction]]s. For example, the boundary between the [[Cretaceous]] period ...
9: ... [[trilobita|trilobites]]. The same timespan is split into [[Tommotian]], [[Atdabanian]] and [[Botomi...
13: ...ere simple; applying them to real rocks proved complex. Over the course of the 18th century geologist...
15: ...cale that could be applied anywhere on Earth took place in the late 18th century. The most influentia...
19: ...of [[Devon]], and the name "Carboniferous" was simply an adaptation of "the Coal Measures," the old Br... - Caste (32815 bytes)
3: ...f which is specialised in a certain task. For example, [[social insect]]s like [[ant]]s, [[bee]]s and ...
20: ...g the Veda, but only so far as it is taught and explained to them by their spiritual preceptor. To the...
34: ...aste System has been outlawed, the Brahmins still play a vital role in Hindu culture.
40: ===== Examples =====
55: ...teless. They are also referred to as [[pariah (people)|pariah]]s or [[dalit (outcast)|dalit]]s. - History of the United States (1988-present2) (20668 bytes)
14: ...ir continued rule, a wave of democratization took place in the region, particularly [[Central America]...
16: The U.S. also placed a much heavier emphasis on [[human rights]], ...
23: ...nth province. Leading up to the invasion, Iraq complained to the [[United States Department of State]]...
27: ...orld was determined to not let the Kuwaiti oil supply fall under the control of Saddam, fearing it wou...
47: ...re it was vigorously opposed on the general principle that government was incompetent and should be sh... - Plato (17363 bytes)
1: ...ue 1.jpg|thumb|Statue of a philosopher, presumely Plato, in [[Delphi]].]]
2: '''Plato''' [[May 21]] [[427 BC]] – c. [[347 BC...
4: ...to us under his name. All the known dialogues of Plato survive; some of the dialogues which the Greek...
6: ...ue is Socrates' point of view, and how much of it Plato's.
8: ...n is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato." -- [[Alfred North Whitehead]], Process and R... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
8: ...73]] - Captain [[James Cook]] becomes the first explorer to cross the [[Antarctic Circle]].
14: * [[1893]] - American [[sugar]] planters led by the [[Committee of Safety (Hawaii)|C...
20: ...oviet Union|Soviet]] forces capture the almost completely destroyed [[Poland|Polish]] city of [[Warsaw...
22: * 1945 - [[Sweden|Swedish]] diplomat [[Raoul Wallenberg]] disappears in [[Hungary]...
36: ...r second full-length album, [[Kerplunk (album)|Kerplunk]]. - DNA (29095 bytes)
3: ...ring [[reproduction]], DNA is [[DNA replication|replicated]] and transmitted to the offspring.
5: ...ergy]]-generating [[organelle]]s known as [[chloroplast]]s and [[mitochondria]] also carry DNA, as do ...
10: PLEASE, PLEASE try to refrain from transforming this section...
12: :Wikipedia needs to be accurate, but it can be simple ''and'' accurate. Dumbing down something too mu...
14: This is what most people need, and that's why it has been inserted at the... - Religion (72319 bytes)
1: ...defined it as the sum total of answers given to explain humankind's relationship with the universe. I...
2: ...anization" – that is, an organization of people that supports the exercise of some religion, oft...
19: ...rience with the Divine. This narrower definition places "religion" in contradistinction with [[ration...
21: ...us, who see metaphysical claims as necessary to explain natural phenomena at a fundamental level.
23: ...or, institutionalized religions. This definition places "religion" in contradistinction to "spiritual... - Cambodia (32076 bytes)
45: ...vada Buddhism|Therevada Buddhists]] of [[Khmer people|Khmer]] extraction. A citizen of Cambodia is usu...
51: ... one year to negotiate between the [[Cambodian People's Party]] and the royalists' [[FUNCINPEC]] is in...
61: ...l name of Cambodia, the one most used by Khmer people, is '''Srok Khmae''' literally "Land Khmer". ''S...
70: ...blique populaire du Kampuchea'' (a calque of [[People's Republic of China]]) under the rule of the Vie...
77: ...]. [[Angkor Wat]], the empire's main religious temple, remains a symbol of Cambodia during its time as... - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
3: ...], [[musician]], [[poet]], and romantic comedic [[playwright]]. Machiavelli was also a key figure in [...
10: ...as other Italian [[city-state]]s on [[Diplomacy|diplomatic]] missions. During this time he would draw ...
12: .... He died in Florence in [[1527]] and his resting place is unknown, however a symbolic tomb in his hon...
27: ...cally speaking rides Power or Power rides all the Players.
35: ... in contemporaneous Italian politics. (As an example, he compares the way in which Roman generals use... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
22: ...he booming armaments industry. Accumulation of surplus, competitive [[overproduction]], and heightened...
24: ...the combination of both a newly abundant labor supply as well as improved productivity, were mixed ble...
30: ...volt against [[Aristotle|Aristotelian]] logic, it placed great emphasis on reforming individuals throu...
42: ... in [[Europe]] of humanism for centuries: the neo-Platonism of the scholastics and the neo-Aristotelia...
44: ...arlier people who called for reformation, for example, he did not know the teachings of [[Jan Hus]] un...
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