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- Hanging Gardens of Babylon (4963 bytes)
3: ...er, there are doubts as to whether they ever physically existed.
5: ... Some (circumstantial) evidence gathered at the excavation of the palace at [[Babylon]] has been accru...
7: ...ools of thought think that through the ages the location may have been confused with gardens that exis...
15: ...ate an alliance between the nations. The land she came from, though, was green, rugged and mountainous...
17: ...just "hanging” but "overhanging," as in the case of a terrace or balcony. - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: :''This article is about the city called Rio de Janeiro. For the state with the same n...
7: ...t inside an urban region, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]].
9: ... after [[S㯠Paulo]] and used to be the country's capital until 1960, when [[Bras�a]] took its place...
13: ...Guanabara was actually the mouth of a river, they called it "Rio de Janeiro", which means January Rive...
15: ...ntic]] transit of ships between Brazil, the [[Africa]]n colonies, and Europe. Fortresses were built an... - Svetlana Savitskaya (713 bytes)
1: ...#1083;а́на Евге́ньевн&...
3: ... on [[July 25]], [[1984]], cosmonaut Savitskaya became the first woman to perform a [[Extra-vehicular ... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...1057;офия Асгатовна Г...
5: ...sponsible" for its exploration of alternate [[musical tuning|tunings]]. She was supported, however, by...
9: In the early 1980s Gubaidulina became better known abroad through [[Gidon Kremer]]'s ...
19: *''Night in Memphis'' cantata (1968)
20: *''Musical Toys'' fourteen piano pieces for children (1969) - Luxor (8772 bytes)
5: ... in Upper (southern) [[Egypt]]. It has often been called the "world's greatest open air museum", with ...
11: ...c work and grandiose plans. Several of them never came to be true, like the golden obelisk of [[Hatshe...
13: ... [[Kemet]] — the "Black", as Egypt was then called — consecrated a large portion of their ...
16: ...|Greek]]s of [[Mycenae]]. One Hittite prince even came to marry with the widow of [[Tutankhamun]], the...
18: ...oved from Thebes to [[Byblos]], around [[1070s BC|1075 BCE]], and found strange that Zakar Baal, King of... - California (63989 bytes)
2: Name = California|
3: Fullname = State of California ! |
4: Flag = California state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of California]] |
6: Seal = California state seal.png | - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: '''Space exploration''' is the physical exploration of outer-[[Earth]] objects and gener...
4: ...tronger and lighter materials and other technological and scientific breakthroughs, the idea of outer-...
6: ...le trainers, and the original [[Apollo 16]] space capsule.
13: ...al flight made by a human being was [[Vostok 1]], carrying [[Yuri Gagarin]] on [[April 12]] [[1961]].
15: ...ght. On [[June 21]], [[2004]], [[SpaceShipOne]] became the first privately-funded manned [[spacecraft]... - Crusade (28507 bytes)
2: ...ople]], the [[Albigensian Crusade]] against the [[Cathars]] of southern France and the [[Northern Crus...
6: == Historical background ==
7: ...ry, combined with the relative stabilization of local European borders after the Christianization of t...
9: ...ose who were killed in battle. Even today Spanish Catholics are allowed to substitute [[Friday abstine...
11: ...o marshal public opinion in their favor, people became personally engaged in a dramatic religious cont... - Valley of the Kings (4430 bytes)
4: The valley is located on the west bank of the [[Nile]] across from [...
6: ...lley was used from approximately [[1539 BC]] to [[1075 BC]], and contains some [[Burials in the Valley o...
10: ...[Graffiti]] on the walls of some of the tombs indicate that this was an attraction during [[Roman Empi...
16: ...ransacked, including Tutankhamun's, though in his case, it seems that the robbers were interrupted, so...
18: ...onomy leading to the emergence of tomb robbers. Because of this, it was also the last year that the va... - Seljuk Turks (7657 bytes)
5: ...n Baghdad. [[Ahmed Sanjar]] was captured and held captive by Turkish nomads from [[1153]] to [[1156]] ...
7: ... [[1260s]] and divided it into small [[emirates]] called the [[Anatolian beyliks]], which in turn were...
34: ... [[Sultan Shah of Kerman|Sultan Shah]] [[1074]]-[[1075]]
35: * [[Hussain Omar of Kerman|Hussain Omar]] [[1075]]-[[1084]]
102: *[http://www.islamicarchitecture.org/dynasties/seljuks.html The Seljuks... - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
6: ...ne, a [[Curtiss JN4|Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny"]], and became a [[stunt pilot]]. In 1924, he started training...
11: ...and custom built by Ryan Airlines of [[San Diego, California]]. He needed 33.5 hours for the trip. (Hi...
13: ... stature following this flight was such that he became an important voice on behalf of aviation activi...
29: .... Lindbergh's letters and diaries of the time indicate that he approved of Nazi policies and of Hitler...
31: ...nterests, but we also must look out for ours. We cannot allow the natural passions and prejudices of ... - William I of England (8753 bytes)
7: ...a]], the daughter of a tanner. Born in [[Falaise, Calvados, France|Falaise]], [[Normandy]], now in [[F...
12: ...he Unready]] and later of King [[Canute the Great|Canute]].
14: ...ormandy by defeating the rebel Norman barons at [[Caen]] in the [[Battle of Val-賭Dunes]] in [[1047]]...
16: ... of the [[Pope Leo IX|pope]] in [[1053]] at the [[Cathedral of Notre Dame]] at [[Eu, Seine-Maritime|Eu...
18: ...]] and [[Robert, Count of Mortain]] played significant roles in his life. - Genghis Khan (31537 bytes)
1: ...tional hero in modern [[Mongolia]] for his historical role in giving a common [[identity]] to [[Mongol...
15: ... Borjigin (''Боржигин''). His mother was named [[Hoelun]...
19: ...t him many lessons on survival in the harsh political climate of Mongolia, especially the need for [[a...
25: ...m?as adopted as Wang Khan's heir after successful campaigns against the [[Tatars]] ([[1202]]). This le...
31: ...ly created a written code of laws for the Mongols called [[Yassa]] and demanded that it be followed ve... - Easter (31700 bytes)
2: ...ut this time of year around AD 30-33. (''Easter'' can also refer to the season of the church year, las...
4: ...ughter of the Passover lambs (perhaps for theological reasons). This would put the Last Supper slightl...
6: ...]] and [[historian]] [[Bede]], this month was dedicated to the [[pagan]] [[fertility goddess]] [[Eostr...
59: ...lar—but not identical—to the [[Hebrew Calendar]]. The precise date of Easter has often bee...
61: ...stern Orthodox churches use the original [[Julian calendar]], their dates are not usually aligned in t... - Taiga (2576 bytes)
1: ...characterized by its [[conifer]]ous forests. In [[Canada]], the term '''boreal forest''' is used to re...
3: ...e (see [[muskeg]]), which covers most of inland [[Canada]] and northern [[Russia]]. The taigas are one...
7: ...rge omnivorous birds that can take live prey or [[carrion]] will also maintain a presence in this zone...
9: ...]], [[Beaver]], [[Snowshoe Hare]], [[Lemming]], [[Caribou]] and several members of the [[weasel]] fami...
21: ...tlas/themes.aspx?id=artic&lang= Arctic and Taiga (Canadian Geographic)] - List of autonomous entities (9309 bytes)
6: ! Category
35: | [[Macau]] (?m鮯澳门 – Macau)
77: ...я – Adyge/Адыгэ)
79: ...#1083;тайдынг)
85: | [[Dagestan]] (Dagestan/Дагестан) - Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
1: ...e science of [[taxonomy]] or [[systematics|biological systematics]].
9: ...ner]] (1516–1565). Gesner's work was a critical compilation of life known at the time.
11: ...rd Tyson]] (1649–1708). Advances in classification due to the work of [[entomologist]]s and the ...
13: ...ral theology. The approach he took to the classification of plants in his [[Historia Plantarum]] was a...
17: ...or his introduction of a method of modern classification; he created systematic zoology and botany in ... - Capricornus (6733 bytes)
2: ...of the sky known as the [[Sea (astronomy)|Sea]]. Capricornus is one of the 88 modern constellations, ...
5: ...di (α), Deneb Algedi (δ), and ω Capricorni.
8: ...rth might have rendered astronomical and astrological observation of this region of space very importa...
10: ...'s winter solstice, is now called the [[Tropic of Capricorn]], a term which also applies to the line o...
12: ...is not currently known. However, during the classical period of Greek history, this name gradually fel... - Igor Stravinsky (26622 bytes)
1: ...broad spectrum of ensemble combinations and classical forms. His oeuvre included everything from symp...
5: ...c''. In it, he famously claimed that music was incapable of "expressing anything but itself". Craft ...
10: ...ter. In [[1902]], at the age of 20, Stravinsky became the pupil of [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]], proba...
14: ..., but Stravinsky also collaborated with [[Pablo Picasso]] (''Pulcinella'', 1920), [[Jean Cocteau]] (''...
16: ...]] collaborated on ''Pulcinella'' in [[1920]]. Picasso took the opportunity to make several sketches ... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
17: | [[Geographic coordinate system|Location]]: || {{coor dm|59|56|N|30|20|E|region:RU_typ...
33: ..._spit.jpg|thumb|300px|The [[Neva]] river has been called the main street of St Petersburg]]
36: ...69;д, [[1914]]–[[1924]]), is a city located in [[Northwestern Russia]] on the delta of the...
38: ... "window to Europe", it served thenceforth as the capital of the country during the [[Russian Empire|i...
40: ...nd to honor it people call it often "the Northern Capital" (северн...
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