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- Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
3: ...ly [[1760]]-[[1830]], in effect, the reigns of [[George III]], The [[Regency]], and part of [[William ...
5: ...ty]] was enormous and is often compared to the [[Neolithic revolution]], when mankind developed [[agri...
14: ...d to produce more goods to meet the needs of the people.
16: From 1430, people in Europe discovered sea routes to Asia and Am...
22: ...d order, and set their minds into manufacturing. People earned a lot of money form the slave trade, so... - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
26: ...oor Little Rich Girl]]'', among other films. She tours the U.S. with Fairbanks and others, supporting U.... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
7: ..., who was adorned with a [[diamond]] collar. The leopard frequently escaped into the orchestra pit, wh...
17: ...t precipitated an emergency [[hysterectomy]]). On tours of the United States, she refused to perform in s... - Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
7: ...e bore and raised seven children. In the various tours on which she accompanied her husband, she extende...
14: ...ed to Joseph Joachim who performed them for King George V of Hanover, Germany who declared them a "mar... - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
7: ... schedule during the winter months and doing tent tours for the rest of the year (traveling in her own ra...
17: ...e hospital and that she died as a consequence thereof. It was an unsubstantiated rumour that lingered ...
21: ...ack hospital. The driver in question told writer George Hoefer, twenty years later, that he had taken ... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
7: ...st 22]], 1963 during a trip from their home in [[Georgetown]] to [[North Carolina]], at the Old Catawb...
39: ...os explores the history of America, the American people, [[Native American]] history, [[pornography]],...
41: ...'. A contest was held online to create a music video for the song, and it reached the top 20 in the US...
62: ...e had a meeting with the heads of the label. The people in positions of power there were changing and ...
80: ==Tours== - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
6: ...en from favor, partly to avoid the entrenched stereotypes associated with the phrase, but also partly ...
8: ...an period were not everywhere decimated, the new peoples greatly altered established society, and with...
12: ...ut widespread violence. Other outsiders, like [[Theodoric]] of the [[Ostrogoths]], were civilized, tho...
14: ...istianity or with classic Roman culture. Warrior people such as the [[Vikings]] were still capable of ...
23: ...reland]], occasioned a pre-eminent cultural and ideological role for its [[abbot]]s, and the collapse ... - Relic (11473 bytes)
14: In his introduction to [[Gregory of Tours]] Ernest Brehaut analyzed the Romano-Christian co...
17: ..., and destroying it accounts for some of the righteous rage with which mobs of Christians toppled scul...
19: ... ready to fight for his body,which the people of Tours managed to secure by stealth. The story of the pu...
22: ...Ernest Brehaut, in his introduction to Gregory of Tours, analyzes the 6th-century meanings of ''sanctus''...
26: ...tant because of his status as a ruler. A famous theologian's head may be his most important relic. (Th... - Belgium (31774 bytes)
55: ...Celtic]], [[Roman Empire|Roman]], and [[Germanic peoples|Germanic]] cultures having made an imprint, a...
57: ...ded the Roman province of "Gallia". One of these peoples, the [[Franks]], finally installed a new king...
63: ...ce|French]] rule under [[Napoleon]]. After [[Napoleon]]'s demise, in [[1815]], Belgium was reunited wi...
67: The Belgian King, [[Leopold I of Belgium|Leopold I]], was chosen with the assistance of the Br...
69: ...ber of deaths range from 3 million to 22 million people, 8 million to 10 million being the estimates m... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
51: ...[[India]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Iran]] (Persia), [[People's Republic of China|China]] and the [[Arabian ...
62: ... [[1st century]] CE, as petty rulers (such as [[Theodamas]]) and as administrators, after the area was...
69: ...Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]] set the stage for the geographic boundaries of the modern state of Pakistan...
83: ...olitical discontent in [[East Pakistan]] – geographically separated from [[West Pakistan]] by In...
115: ...d India. The [[liberal]], [[leftist]] [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (PPP) emerged as a major political pl... - Peru (12264 bytes)
48: ...rgentine army of [[Jos頤e San Mart�], and the Neogranadine Army of [[Simol�r]]. Its first ele...
57: ...24 [[department]]s (''departamentos''), and many people still use this term when referring to today's ...
92: == Geography ==
93: ''Main article: [[Geography of Peru]]''
121: ...merindian ancestry, constitute around 37% of the people. - Portugal (61755 bytes)
15: ...m [[Central Europe]] and intermarried with local peoples, the [[Iberians]], forming the [[Celt-Iberian...
27: ...{{ref|independence}} while a war raged between [[Leon]] and [[Castile]]. Henry died and his son, [[Afo...
31: ...ictorious John was then acclaimed as king by the people.
40: ... expansion possible and led to great advances in geographic knowledge. The discoveries were financed b...
44: ...e of neo-gothic, neo-manueline, neo-islamic, and neo-renaissance styles. (courtesy IPPAR)]] - Ancient Rome (25155 bytes)
21: The Romans gradually subdued the other peoples on the Italian peninsula, mostly related ''It...
27: ... power as military ''[[Imperator]]'', the common people’s sole [[tribune]], and supreme authorit...
42: Modern historians have offered competing theories such as [[lead poisoning]] from leaden wine c...
67: At the head of the earliest [[pantheon]] were the triad [[Jupiter (god)|Jupiter]], [[Ma...
79: ...ohibited in AD [[391]] by an edict of Emperor [[Theodosius I]]. - Kentucky (15076 bytes)
23: AdmittanceOrder = 15th |
43: ... of America|Confederate]] forces under General [[Leonidas Polk]] invaded.
50: ==Geography==
63: ... largest [[city|cities]] in Kentucky in terms of geographic area are the two merged city/county govern...
68: *[[Mammoth Cave National Park]], featuring tours of the world's longest cave. - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
37: ...r the Vietnam War, the conflict between US and [[People's Army of Vietnam|NVA]] troops, not to have be...
41: ...etnamese government and partly as a counter to [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] influence in the...
52: ...[[1947]] by [[George Kennan]], and the [[domino theory]], which held that if one country "fell" to com...
59: ...ld star, and Ho read an appeal to the Vietnamese people to rise in revolution.
61: ...ue fell in a manner similar to Hanoi, with the takeover first of the surrounding area. Saigon fell on ... - Timeline of United States pre-history (1700-1759) (3760 bytes)
16: *[[1733]] - [[Province of Georgia]] founded.
17: ...egins with the preaching of [[Jonathan Edwards (theology)|Jonathan Edwards]]
19: *[[1739]] - [[George Whitefield]] tours the colonies ([[1739]]-[[1741]]) to preach the Gr...
22: *[[1740]] - [[King George's War]] ([[War of the Austrian Succession]]) b...
23: *[[1748]] - King George's War ends with the [[Treaty of Aix-La-Chapell... - Pope Fabian (2703 bytes)
6: ...ach the Gospel: [[Gatianus of Tours|Gatien]] to [[Tours]], [[Trophimus of Arles|Trophimus]] to [[Arles]],... - Pope Silvester I (1917 bytes)
3: ... while it is certainly alluded to by [[Gregory of Tours]] and [[Bede]]. The so-called ''[[Donation of Co... - Golf (35905 bytes)
22: ...and a par five hole from 435 m. Par is also the theoretical number of strokes that an expert golfer sh...
151: ...ent pros" who compete full time on international "tours".
153: ===Golf tours===
155: ...e also the main article about [[professional golf tours]].''
157: There are at least twenty professional golf tours, each run by a [[PGA]] or an independent tour org... - Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (14006 bytes)
2: ...rder of Merit|OM]], [[Order of St Michael and St George|GCMG]], [[Royal Victorian Order|GCVO]], [[Orde...
5: ...lian chair of geometry|Savilian professor]] of [[geometry]] at [[Oxford]]. In the family and to his fr...
27: ...908]] in six installments. Boys and girls spontaneously formed Scout Troops and the [[Scouting]] move...
31: ...o [[New York]] to start one of his Scouting World Tours. [[Image:Olave St Clair Soames.jpg|right|frame|Ol...
77: * Hilary Saint George Saunders, "The Left Handshake", London, 1948 - Tricycle (4572 bytes)
7: ... distance needed to initiate a turn. (The proper geometry is just like a regular trike operating in re...
15: ...e a farm tractor. This has led to a specialized geometry, grossly misnamed as center point steering, ...
17: ...rmed in the 1929, and take part in its day rides, tours and time trials. Massed start racing of upright t... - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
2: ...ds|Dutch]] [[humanism|humanist]] and [[theology|theologian]].
14: ...d with this. He saw himself as a preacher of righteousness. It was this lifelong conviction that guide...
17: ...ally said. Erasmus dedicated his work to [[Pope Leo X]] as a patron of learning, and he regarded this...
32: ... of [[Algerus]] against the heretic [[Berengar of Tours]] in the [[11th century]]. He added a dedication,...
38: ...m he represents throughout as the servant of the people. - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
42: ...lone]] (a [[Miwok]] Indian word meaning "western people") living in the coastal area between [[Point S...
56: ...off to form [[San Mateo County, California|San Mateo County]] in [[1856]]. San Francisco became the US...
75: ...ny right-of-way would displace a large number of people. Caltrans tried to minimize displacement (and ...
79: ...center of [[hippie]] culture. Thousands of young people poured into the [[Haight-Ashbury]] district of...
85: ...upervisor [[Harvey Milk]] and the city's mayor [[George Moscone]] on [[November 27]] (see "[[Twinkie D... - Bill Clinton (59225 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[George H. W. Bush]]
8: | succeeded=[[George W. Bush]]
27: ...om his predecessor [[George H. W. Bush|President George H. W. Bush]] and turning it into the largest s...
34: ...Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service]] at [[Georgetown University]] in Washington DC, where he be...
50: ... a run in [[1992]] against incumbent president [[George H. W. Bush]]. In the aftermath of the [[Persia... - Charles Babbage (13539 bytes)
10: ...Cambridge. In response, he, [[John Herschel]], [[George Peacock]], and several other friends formed th...
16: ...ee lived to adulthood. Charles' father, his wife Georgiana Babbage, and one son died in [[1827]].
21: *Geogiana Whitmore Babbage (born [[17 July]] [[1818]])
38: ...which Babbage himself designed. He took extensive tours of the industry to better understand manufacturin...
40: The death of Georgiana, Babbage's father, and an infant son interr... - Boston, Massachusetts (36071 bytes)
55: ==Geography and climate==
71: ...[census]]{{GR|2}} of [[2000]], there are 589,141 people, 239,528 households, and 115,212 families resi...
73: ...holds are made up of individuals and 9.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. ...
106: ...arts and activity festival, attracting over 1.5m people.
157: ...n nearby [[Canton, Massachusetts|Canton]]. [[Raytheon]] has its global headquarters in nearby [[Waltha... - French language (40201 bytes)
19: ...e in the world, being spoken by about 77 million people (called [[Francophones]]) as a [[mother tongue...
25: ...habited largely by a [[Celtic languages|Celtic]] people that the Romans referred to as [[Gaul|Gauls]],...
35:
46: ... centuries, [[Celtic languages|Celtic]]-speaking peoples from southwestern Britain ([[Wales]], [[Cornw...
54: The [[Arab]] peoples also supplied many words to French around thi... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-15...
25: *[[Theodor Adorno]], (1903-1969){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
39: *[[Leone Battista Alberti]], (1404-1472)
46: *[[Alcmaeon of Croton]], (5th century BC){{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
109: *[[Georg Anton Friedrich Ast]], (1778-1841) - Ballet (9155 bytes)
3: ...nique|technique]]. Dance works [[choreography|choreographed]] using this technique are called '''balle...
13: ...l to this advance was the seminal work of [[Jean-Georges Noverre]], ''Lettres sur la danse et les ball...
15: ...ularly after [[World War II]] engaged in multiple tours all over the world that revitalized ballet in the...
31: * [[Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev)|Romeo and Juliet]]
60: ====[[List of choreographers|Choreographers]]==== - World Heritage Site (2339 bytes)
23: ...e World Heritage List in panographies and virtual tours - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
12: ...46]]) was a [[German people|German]] [[theology|theologian]] and an [[Augustinian]] [[monasticism|monk...
19: ... the feast day of [[Martin of Tours|St. Martin of Tours]], after whom he was named. His father owned a [[...
28: ...rred upon Martin Luther the degree of Doctor of Theology [Brecht, Vol. 1, pp. 126-27].
31: ...ore God. Terms like ''[[penance]]'' and ''[[righteousness]]'' took on new meaning. Soon, Luther's st...
41: ...l see]] was a violation of [[canon law]]. Pope [[Leo X]], needing money for the rebuilding of [[St. Pe... - Attila the Hun (23655 bytes)
9: ...th-eastern [[China]] and [[Central Asia]]. These people achieved military superiority over their rival...
15: ...aps to consolidate and strengthen their empire. Theodosius used this opportunity to strengthen the [[w...
19: ...perations. A lull followed during [[442]], when Theodosius recalled his troops from [[North Africa]] a...
21: ... capable of breaching the city's massive walls. Theodosius admitted defeat and sent the court official...
51: Meanwhile, Theodosius having died in a riding accident, his succe... - Jean Fouquet (2536 bytes)
6: Jean Fouquet was born in [[Tours]]. He is the most representative and national Fre... - Cappadocia (7924 bytes)
4: In ancient geography, '''Cappadocia''' was an extensive inland d...
14: ...e of Cappadocia continued to be applied by Greek geographers, while the other was called [[Pontus]]. T...
34: Cycling, walking and horseback tours are becoming very popular in the region. 2005 of... - Antalya (20816 bytes)
3: ...sea and many ancient ruins; with one notable archaeological museum. With its airport it is a gateway f...
5: ...i, the rustic old town, where historic [[Turkish people|Turkish]] and [[ethnic Greek|Greek]] houses ar...
7: ...r waters. The prominent sites accessible by daily tours are [[Side]], [[Perga]], [[Manavgat]] and [[Alany...
14: ...orth of Antalya city. Other finds dating back to Neolithic times and more recent periods show that the...
31: :"The people of the city are living in separate neighborhoo... - Dog (69384 bytes)
126: ...aps long before that. There is [[archaeology|archaeological]] evidence of dog remains, showing the cha...
142: ...r more skittish counterparts; those who attacked people or their children were probably killed or driv...
144: ===Neoteny in the rapid evolution of diverse dog breeds=...
145: ...evolution of dogs from wolves is an example of [[neoteny]] or [[paedomorphism]]. As with many species,...
147: ...ther, in that the various breeds are differently neotenized according to the type of behavior that was... - White House (15373 bytes)
6: It is a [[white]] painted, [[neoclassical]] [[sandstone]] mansion located at 1600 ...
12: ...of Congress]] in December, [[1790]]. President [[George Washington]] himself helped select the site, a...
18: ...ften used in official context until President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] established the formal name by ha...
26: ...s second inaugural in [[1805]], when many of the people at his swearing-in ceremony at the [[United St...
30: Jefferson also permitted public tours of his home, which have continued ever since, exc... - Medieval History (23198 bytes)
8: ...en from favor, partly to avoid the entrenched stereotypes associated with the phrase, but also partly ...
10: ...an period were not everywhere decimated, the new peoples greatly altered established society, and with...
14: ...ut widespread violence. Other outsiders, like [[Theodoric]] of the [[Ostrogoths]], were civilized, tho...
16: ...istianity or with classic Roman culture. Warrior people such as the [[Avars]] and the [[Vikings]] were...
25: ...reland]], occasioned a pre-eminent cultural and ideological role for its [[abbot]]s, and the collapse ... - Britain in the Middle Ages (12239 bytes)
5: ...f Romanized Britain were conquered by [[Germanic peoples|Germanic tribes]] from the contemporary [[Jut...
12: ...ble. At a certain point, Hengest announced "nemet eora saxa" (take out your saxas). Each Saxon drew ou...
21: ...t|Canterbury]] and dedicated it to St [[Martin of Tours]], a major patron of the Merovingians. Probably ... - Klopotec (8027 bytes)
13: ...e [[18th century]] in the fields by the [[French people|French]]. The first written mention of the dev...
19: ...but no later than on [[11 November]] ([[Martin of Tours|The Feast of Saint Martin]]). If a husbandman for... - Dusky Dolphins (3923 bytes)
28: ...watching Duskys or watch them in combination with tours aimed at watching [[Sperm Whale]]s. - Road bicycle racing (6257 bytes)
2: ...ld on the [[Road cycling|road]] (following the [[geography]] of the area), using [[racing bicycle]]s.
57: ===The Grand Tours===
58: ...e races make up the "[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]".
61: ...nly one-day races, the ProTour includes the Grand Tours and smaller stage races such as [[Paris-Nice]] an...
63: ...nship of Zürich]] ([[Switzerland]]), [[Paris-Tours]] ([[France]]) and [[Tour of Lombardy]] ([[Italy]... - Bicycle (44267 bytes)
25: ... primary means of transportation for millions of people around the globe.
81: ...hub-based gearing systems, are complex, and many people prefer to leave most maintenance and repairs t...
89: ... similar outdoor exercise that can be enjoyed by people of a wide range of fitness levels.
102: Stability is also influenced by a geometric factor called ''trail''. This is the distan...
104: ...bbles]] or shimmies, where the front wheel spontaneously oscillates to the left and right. While the ... - Washington, D.C. (43465 bytes)
51: ... borne by the [[England|English]] ancestors of [[George Washington]].]]
72: ...actual site on the Potomac River was chosen by [[George Washington|President Washington]]. Washington...
86: ...hat year recorded a record population of 802,178 people. At the time, that ranked the city as the nin...
93: ...[the Pentagon]] in Arlington County, killing 125 people in addition to the 64 aboard the plane, while ...
97: ...len Muhammad]] and [[Lee Boyd Malvo]] killed ten people and wounded three others in the region in what... - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (12500 bytes)
7: ...thedral]] as ''Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart'' but his [[Mozart's name|name]] cha...
11: ...arent when he was a toddler. He was the son of [[Leopold Mozart]], one of Europe's leading musical [[p...
13: ...ith her. On one occasion when Mozart became ill, Leopold expressed more concern over the loss of incom...
23: ...]]; and he met [[Joseph Haydn]], who declared to Leopold, "Before God and as an honest man I tell you ...
41: ...y Romantic legends and replete with conflicting theories. Scholars disagree about the course of decli...
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