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  1. List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
    36: ...bott, Edwin Abbott]], (1838-1926), British schoolmaster & theologian
    46: ...rahman III]], (912-961), prince of the Ummayad dynasty in Spain
    70: ...鬡rd|Ab鬡rd, Pierre]], (1079-1142), French scholastic philosopher
    71: ...e Ogden Abell|Abell, George Ogden]], (1927-1983), astronomer
  2. Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
    3: ...rojects of her favourite architect, [[Bartolomeo Rastrelli]], particularly in [[Peterhof]] and [[Tsarsk...
    23: ..., and summoned all the notables, civil and ecclesiastical, to her presence. So swiftly and noiselessly ...
    25: ...hat in her sometimes seemed irresolution and procrastination, was, most often, a wise suspense of judgm...
    29: ...d to Russia all the southern part of [[Finland]] east of the river Kymmene, which thus became the bound...
    39: ... of Kunersdorf|Kunersdorf]] (August 12, 1759) at last brought Frederick to the verge of ruin. From that...
  3. Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
    7: In the mid-1970s Gubaidulina founded Astreja, a folk-instrument improvisation group with f...
    9: ...liot]], using the text from the poet's spiritual masterpiece ''[[Four Quartets]]''.
    11: ...ohannes-Ostern (Gubaidulina)|Johannes-Ostern]] ("Easter according to John"). The two works together for...
    56: ...089;тво в разгаре)'' for viola and orc...
  4. Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
    1: ... [[Uzbekistan]] and [[Turkmenistan]], and has a coastline on the [[Caspian Sea]]. Kazakhstan is also a ...
    9: ...1073;&#1083;&#1080;&#1082;&#1072; &#1050;&#1072;&#1079;&#1072;&#1093;&#1089;&#1090;&#1072;&#1085;<br>(Re...
    32: | [[Astana]]
    72: ...s was characterized by a constant search for new pasture to support the livestock-based economy. The Ka...
    74: ...[[1730s]] and [[1740s]]. Major parts of the northeast and central Kazakh territories were incorporated ...
  5. Serbia and Montenegro (13848 bytes)
    5: ...1044;&#1088;&#1078;&#1072;&#1074;&#1085;&#1072; &#1079;&#1072;&#1112;&#1077;&#1076;&#1085;&#1080;&#1094;...
    85: ... the south enjoys an Adriatic climate along the coast, with inland regions experiencing hot, dry summer...
    93: ...nd [[Presevo]] in Serbia proper and in the south-east of Montenegro.
    114: ...mic sanctions, and the damage to Yugoslavia's infrastructure and industry caused by the [[Kosovo War]] ...
    126: ...often described as "the crossroads between the [[East]] and the [[West]]" - one of the primary reasons ...
  6. Kyrgyzstan (23226 bytes)
    52: ...d to be of [[Turkic]] descent, lived in the northeastern part of what is currently [[Mongolia]]. Later,...
    56: ...and in [[1924]], the [[Kara-Kirghiz Autonomous Oblast]] was created within the [[Russian SFSR]]. (The t...
    62: ...]s and Kyrgyz surfaced in an area of the [[Osh Oblast]] where Uzbeks form a majority of the population....
    70: ...lic by direct ballot, receiving 95% of the votes cast. Together with the representatives of seven other...
    72: ...yev dismissed the government and called upon the last communist premier, [[Apas Djumagulov]], to form a...
  7. Albania (24647 bytes)
    1: ...oast on the [[Adriatic Sea]] in the west, and a coast on the [[Ionian Sea]] in the southwest. The count...
    33: | '''[[Land borders]]'''<br>'''[[Coastline]]'''
    72: ...1081]]-[[1118]]). In the ''History'' written in [[1079]]-[[1080]], Byzantine historian [[Michael Attalia...
    85: ...ical remains are scarce and concentrated in the coastal region. Soon, these first inhabitants were over...
    89: ...ient Greece|Greek]] colonies along the Albanian coast.
  8. Seljuk Turks (7657 bytes)
    1: ...upied parts of [[Central Asia]] and the [[Middle East]] from the [[11th century|11th]] to [[14th centur...
    3: ... Europe against the [[Mongol]] invaders from the East, defending the Islamic world against [[Crusade|Cr...
    5: ... directions so that it bordered [[China]] in the East and the Byzantine Empire in the West. When Malik ...
    7: ...of R&uuml;m]] in [[Anatolia]] remained. As the dynasty declined in the middle of the [[13th century]], ...
    55: * Aziz ibn [[Abaaq al-Khwarazmi]] [[1076]]-[[1079]]
  9. Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
    38: ...whom they met sporadically when he came to visit. Astrid later read a magazine article about Lindbergh ...
    68: [[bg:&#1063;&#1072;&#1088;&#1083;&#1079; &#1051;&#1080;&#1085;&#1076;&#1073;&#1077;&#1088...
  10. Rail transport (15539 bytes)
    15: ...nt in their progress toward profitability. The [[East Japan Railway Company]] has taken an innovative a...
    22: ...ystem on which to run. This system includes [[infrastructure]] such as tracks, [[railroad switch]]es, [...
    28: ...motive|diesel]] or [[electric locomotive]]s. The last of these options, the most energy efficient, requ...
    34: ...ry low labor cost. An example is that goods from east Asia that are bound for Europe will often be ship...
    38: ==Safety and railway disasters==
  11. Pierre Abelard (18114 bytes)
    1: ...humb|right|"Abaelardus and Heloïse surprised by Master Fulbert", by [[Romanticism|Romanticist]] painte...
    2: ...21]], [[1142]]) was a French [[Scholasticism|scholastic]] [[philosopher]]. The story of his affair wit...
    7: ... in the little village of Pallet, about 10 miles east of [[Nantes]], in [[Brittany]], the eldest son of...
    11: ...ced of Realists. He was soon able to defeat the master in argument, resulting in a long duel that ende...
    13: ...which were acknowledged superior to those of the master. Abélard was now at the height of his fame. ...
  12. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
    109: *[[Georg Anton Friedrich Ast]], (1778-1841)
    110: *[[Mary Astell]], (1666-1731){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
    128: *[[Gaston Bachelard]], (1884-1962){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}...
    155: *[[Sebastiano Basso]], (16th century)
  13. Easter (31700 bytes)
    2: ...his holiday and ends around [[Pentecost]]. See [[Eastertide]].)
    4: ...aps for theological reasons). This would put the Last Supper slightly before Passover.
    6: ...[pagan]] [[fertility goddess]] [[Eostre]]. The [[Easter Bunny]] is often identified as a remnant of thi...
    8: ==Date of Easter==
    11: ..."padding-right: 1.5em;"align=center|'''Dates for Easter Sunday, 2000-2020'''
  14. Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
    2: ...sh]] [[natural history|naturalist]] who achieved lasting fame as originator of the theory of [[evolutio...
    6: ...sion of the Emotions in Man and Animals]]''. His last book was about earthworms.
    29: ...His father objected to the voyage, thinking it a waste of his son's time, but was eventually persuaded ...
    43: ...rmadillo]]s in strata which showed no signs of catastrophy or change in climate, and found later that t...
    51: With Lyell's enthusiastic backing Darwin read his first paper to the [[Ge...
  15. List of autonomous entities (9309 bytes)
    43: ...p;&ndash; Abchazija/&#1040;&#1073;&#1093;&#1072;&#1079;&#1080;&#1103;)
    119: | 1 autonomous oblast
    120: ...h Autonomous Oblast]] (Jevrejskaja avtonomnaja Oblast'/&#1045;&#1074;&#1088;&#1077;&#1081;&#1089;&#1082...
  16. Pterosaurs (10375 bytes)
    22: At least 60 [[genera]] of pterosaurs have been found, rang...
    34: ...ke typical reptiles, pterosaurs had a keeled [[breastbone]] that was developed for the attachment of fl...
    38: ...terosaurs were unique among reptiles in that at least some of them were covered with [[hair]], similar ...
    42: There has been considerable debate in the past about whether pterosaurs moved about on the groun...
    62: .... They appeared in the late Triassic period, and lasted until the late Jurassic.
  17. Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
    51: ...groups have remained standard in biology for at least two centuries. It is now generally accepted that...
    57: ...iar in genetics laboratories (''Drosophila melanogaster''), Humans, and the Sweetbay Magnolia.
    59: === [[Fruit fly]] (''[[Drosophila melanogaster]]'') ===
    85: |''[[Drosophila melanogaster|D. melanogaster]]''
    158: Note in this last example, that most of the taxa are named after th...
  18. Capricornus (6733 bytes)
    2: ...s it is in an area of the sky known as the [[Sea (astronomy)|Sea]]. Capricornus is one of the 88 moder...
    8: ...un's rebirth might have rendered astronomical and astrological observation of this region of space very...
    14: ...akes place while the sun is in Capricorn, but the astrological period called Capricorn begins at approx...
    16: ...]] was discovered in this constellation by German astronomer [[Johann Galle]], near Deneb Algedi (&delt...
    27: ...on is located in an area of sky called the [[Sea (astronomy)|Sea]] or Water, consisting of many watery ...
  19. Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
    2: <!-- skip past this infobox to the text -->
    36: ...n Russia]] on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the [[Gulf of Finland]] on the [[Baltic Se...
    42: ...t]] (&#1057;&#1077;&#1074;&#1077;&#1088;&#1086;-&#1079;&#1072;&#1087;&#1072;&#1076;&#1085;&#1099;&#1081;...
    48: ...ral details including long, straight boulevards, vast spaces, gardens and parks, decorative wrought-iro...
    50: ...o]] (60&deg; [[latitude|N]]), causes twilight to last all night in May, June and July. This celebrated...
  20. Muscle (12774 bytes)
    17: * ''Fast twitch'' (type II) - more [[anaerobic metabolism]...
    18: ...e IIx fibers tend to become type IIa fibers (at least a fraction of them does). Thus, sedentary people ...
    24: ...ndon]]s to processes of the [[skeleton]]. In contrast, smooth muscle occurs at various scales in almost...
    53: ...of muscle disease may include [[weakness]] or [[spasticity]]/rigidity, [[myoclonus]] (twitching) and [[...
    55: ...eral, problems with nervous control can cause [[spasticity]] or [[paralysis]], depending on the locatio...

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