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- Influenza (10335 bytes)
1: ...being instances of influenza), see [[gastroenteritis]].}}
3: ...ommonly known, '''the flu''' or '''the grippe''') is a contagious
4: ...strological]] ''influences'' as the cause of the disease.
12: ...ceptible people. Populations tend to have more resistance to influenza B and C because they only under...
16: ...isolated, year of isolation, sequential number of isolation, and HA and NA subtype (Yohannes ''et al''... - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ..., his conflict with the [[Roman Catholic Church]] is taken as a major early example of the conflict of...
5: Galileo was born in [[Pisa]], [[Italy]], as the son of [[Vincenzo Galilei]]...
7: ... time he explored science and made many landmark discoveries.
10: ...ligion. These are the primary justifications for his description as "father of science."
12: ...ished French [[History of science and technology|historian of science]] [[Alexandre Koyr靝. The exper... - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...as "the first [[theory|theoretical]] [[astrophysicist]]", although [[Carl Sagan]] also refers to him a...
4: ...lenstein]]. Early in his career, Kepler was an assistant to [[Tycho Brahe]]. Kepler's career also coin...
6: ...nz]] in honor of Johannes Kepler, since he wrote his ''magnum opus'' '''harmonices mundi''' ("The Harm...
9: ...o have been a weak and sickly child, but despite his ill health, he was precociously brilliant.
11: ...nd, compared to the other pupils, an outsider. This ostracizing probably led him to turn to the world... - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
1: ...allery]]), in the famous [[Chandos portrait]], artist and authenticity unconfirmed.]]
2: ...as well as one of the world's pre-eminent [[dramatist]]s.
4: ...slated into every major living [[language]], and his plays are continually performed all around the wo...
6: ...d to him are often uncertain. His prolific output is especially impressive in light of the fact that h...
8: ...ptations of Shakespearean plays|adaptations]] of his works. - Valley of the Kings (4430 bytes)
2: ...04;وك) in [[Arabic language|Arabic]], is a [[valley]] in [[Egypt]] where [[tomb]]s were bu...
4: ...m [[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]] (modern [[Luxor]]). It is separated into the East and West Valley, with mos...
10: ...on the walls of some of the tombs indicate that this was an attraction during [[Roman Empire|Roman]] t...
13: ...ands when it comes into contact with [[water]]. This has damaged many tombs, particularly during [[flo...
16: ...en ransacked, including Tutankhamun's, though in his case, it seems that the robbers were interrupted,... - Seljuk Turks (7657 bytes)
1: ...57;jiqa''; [[Persian language|Persian]]: سلجوقيان ''Salj...
3: ... [[Mongol]] invaders from the East, defending the Islamic world against [[Crusade|Crusaders]] from the...
5: ...med Sanjar]] was captured and held captive by Turkish nomads from [[1153]] to [[1156]] and died the fo...
7: ...F;rül was defeated by [[Tekish|Ala ad-Din Tekish]], the Shah of [[Khwarezmid Empire|Khwarezm]], a...
66: * [[Kutalmish]] [[1060]]-[[1077]] - Bahrain (16123 bytes)
1: ...rain by the [[King Fahd Causeway]], and [[Qatar]] is to the south across the [[ Persian Gulf]]. The [...
4: ...g>'''مملكة البحرين<br>Mamlakat a...
20: ...abic language|Arabic]] and [[English language|English]]
24: | '''[[Monarch|King]]''' || [[Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa]]
26: | '''[[Prime Minister]]''' || [[Khalifa bin Salman Ali Khalifa]] - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: ...mage:captainjamescookportrait.jpg|thumb|250px|British explorer James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance...
3: ...], [[1779]]) was a [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] [[explorers|explorer]] and [[navigator]]. He m...
7: ...laborer on a farm. As a child, Cook moved with his family to [[Great Ayton]].
8: ...r]] to start again at the lowest level in the British [[Royal Navy]].
12: ...allowing [[James_Wolfe | General Wolfe]] to make his famous stealth attack on the [[Plains of Abraham]... - History of Slovakia (43199 bytes)
1: This is the '''history of [[Slovakia]]'''.
3: ==Archeology and Prehistory==
7: ...nium Mold of a [[Neanderthal]] (c. 200,000 BCE), discovered near Gᮯvce, a village in Northern Slovak...
9: ...da|gastropods]] of the Tertiary Period have been discovered at the sites of ZvskᬠPodkovice, Hubin...
11: ...ovce, that of Gemer and of the Massif Bukov頨ory is characterized by remarkable modelling and by deli... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...rs important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn...
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
39: *[[Leone Battista Alberti]], (1404-1472)
48: *[[Yohanan ben Isaac Alemanno]], (1433-1504){{fn|R}} - Quran (41479 bytes)
1: {{Islam}}
2: ...of [[Islam]]. [[Muslim]]s believe that the Qur'an is the literal word of God and the culmination of Go...
6: ...ged in chronological order (in the order in which Islamic scholars believe they were revealed) but in ...
10: ..., semantical units resembling paragraphs and comprising roughly ten ayat each.
14: ...hey were created after Muhammad. Only five [[pre-Islamic Arabic inscriptions]] survive.) - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
2: ...]] ideal, and [[bhajan]]s) as well as [[Sufi|Sufi Islam]].
4: ...g of [[Guru Nanak]] is, "There is no Hindu, there is no Muslim." [[Guru Gobind Singh]] reinforced the...
6: ... Beloved Ones), who in turn baptised the Guru at his request.
8: ... Holy Scripture is particularly unique in that it is written in [[Gurmukhi]] script but contains many ...
10: ...n many ways, many places and known by many names, is eternally One, the Sovereign and omnipotent God (... - Libya (12985 bytes)
1: ...and [[Tunisia]] to the west. Its [[capital]] city is [[Tripoli]]. The three traditional parts of the c...
6: ... al-Lībīyah ash-Sha‘bīyah al-Ishtirākīyah'''</big>
28: | '''[[Prime Minister of Libya|Prime Minister]]''' || [[Shukri Ghanem]]
30: | '''[[Area]]'''<br>- Total || [[List of countries by area|Ranked 16th]] <br> 1,759,54...
32: ... <br> - [[Population density|Density]] || [[List of countries by population|Ranked 103rd]]<br> 5,... - State of Palestine (7675 bytes)
2: ...d the [[Arab League]], envision the gradual establishment of a State of Palestine to include all or pa...
5: ... size=+1>'''دولة فلسطين'''<br>'''Dawlat Fila...
31: ...ic ties with the [[Palestinian Authority]], established under the [[Oslo Accords]].
33: ...ation of the Establishment of the State of Israel|Israel's declaration of independence]], it partly ba...
37: A total of 93 countries fully recognise the Palestinian Authority, and eleven more grant... - Alchemy (42222 bytes)
1: ...sts sought for. The most renowned goal of alchemy is the [[transmutation]] of any metal into either [...
2: ...ded as the precursor of the modern science of chemistry prior to the formulation of the [[scientific m...
4: [[Image:Chemistry_flask.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Chemistry Clipart .Clipart provided by
8: ...er connected with ancient Egypt through what linguists term a "[[folk etymology]]."
11: ...humb]], traditions, basic observations, and mysticism to fill in the gaps. - Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
3: ...ey have had the most lasting importance to World History.
7: ... France on [[September 20]], wrote an account of his travels called ''Des sauvages'' (The Savages).
9: ...yal]] (which had been located with Champlain's assistance), where Champlain lived until 1607 while he ...
13: ...hich he embarked on periodically for the rest of his life.
15: The first winter was difficult for the colonists. Of the twenty-five people who stayed for the w... - Easter (31700 bytes)
1: {{christianity}}
2: ...rch year, lasting for fifty days, which follows this holiday and ends around [[Pentecost]]. See [[East...
4: ...ssover lambs (perhaps for theological reasons). This would put the Last Supper slightly before Passove...
6: ...emnant of this fertility festival, although there is no hard evidence of any link.
13: ...tern Christianity|Western]]''' !! '''[[Eastern Christianity|Eastern]]''' - Jackal (3358 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox classis entry | taxon = [[Mammal]]ia}}
9: {{Taxobox genus entry | taxon = ''[[Canis]]'' (<small>in part</small>)}}
11: {{Taxobox section subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = Species}}
12: ''Canis aureus''<br />
13: ''Canis adustus''<br /> - Holy Land (2739 bytes)
1: ... traditions: [[Judaism]], [[Christianity]], and [[Islam]]. These areas include, but are not limited to...
3: ...cently, the region is at the center of the [[Arab-Israeli conflict]].
5: ...etimes used when a speaker wishes to use neither "Israel" nor "Palestine" for the region, since either...
7: ==Its meaning in Islam==
9: The term "Holy Land" is used in the [[Qur'an]]: - Tobacco (28162 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta...
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
14: ...nish]] word "tabaco", whose roots are unclear; it is thought to derive from the [[Native American]] wo...
16: ...nificant cases of [[Nicotine Poisoning|nicotine poisoning]] are the result of concentrated forms of th...
18: ...c compounds in tobacco and tobacco smoke. Many jurisdictions have enacted [[smoking ban]]s in an effor...
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