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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. - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
11: ...z|Agassiz, Alexander Emanuel]], (1835-1910), American man of science
18: *[[Mehmet Ali Agca|Agca, Mehmet Ali]], (born 1958), failed assassin of [[...
19: ...gee|Agee, James]], (fl. early 20th century), American poet
28: ...yes Agnew|Agnew, David Hayes]], (1818-1892), American surgeon
32: ...amin Agosto|Agosto, Benjamin]], (born 1982), American skater - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ...ter in the world, as well as the only former American citizen to hold the post ([[Benjamin Netanyahu]]...
10: Her father worked as a carpenter in [[Milwaukee]] and her mother ran a groc...
14: ...ather when she was 18. She began speaking and advocating. She hosted visitors from [[Palestine (region...
20: ...s there included picking almonds, planting trees, caring for chickens, and running the kitchen. She a...
28: ...ed, "After I signed, I cried. When I studied American history as a schoolgirl and I read about those w... - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
3: ...as a [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[Jew]]ish woman who became a [[Partisans (Yugoslavia)|partisan]].
9: ...mitism|anti-Semitic]] atmosphere. She joined ''Maccabea'', a Hungarian [[Zionism|Zionist]] student org...
11: ...d the [[Haganah]]. February 4, 1942 she visited [[Caesarea]]. In 1943 she enlisted in the British army...
13: ...sed the Hungarian border in small groups. She was captured before she could begin her mission and was ...
15: Szenes communicated with other prisoners with large cut-out letter... - Hungary (18459 bytes)
1: ...ia]], [[Croatia]] and [[Slovenia]]. It is known locally as the ''Country of the [[Magyars]]''.<!--
11: image_map = LocationHungary.png |
12: national_motto = (none current)<br>historical: Regnum Mariae Patrona Hungariae |
15: capital = [[Budapest]] |
35: GDP_PPP_per_capita = $14,572 | - Israel (51605 bytes)
11: image_map = LocationIsrael.png |
14: capital = [[Jerusalem]]<sup>[[#Footnotes|1]]</sup> |
34: GDP_PPP_per_capita = $22,944 |
35: GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 30th |
46: calling_code = 972 | - List of painters (54090 bytes)
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
13: *[[Pablo Picasso]], ([[1881]]-[[1973]]), Spanish [[Cubism|cubis...
26: *[[Bernard Accama]] ([[1697]]-[[1756]])
57: *[[Carl Andre]] ([[1935]]-)
73: *[[Hendrick Avercamp]] ([[1585]]-[[1634]]) - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
42: ...1969]]. His [[Ideology#Political_ideologies|political ideology]] is known as [[Gaullism]], which left ...
45: .... Born in [[Lille]], de Gaulle grew up and was educated in [[Paris]].
47: ...ere also more [[liberal]], influenced by [[social Catholicism]]. During the [[Dreyfus affair]] the fam...
49: ==1912–1940: Military career==
50: ... was put in solitary confinement in a retaliation camp. - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
7: ...sant girl. It has also been suggested, albeit on scanty evidence, that she was a [[Middle East|Middle ...
9: ...s". Presumably he did not use his father's name because of his illegitimate status.
14: Later, he became an independent painter in Florence.
16: ...e]]. After two months in jail, he was acquitted because no witnesses stepped forward. For some time af...
20: ...al]]. One of his loves may have been Gian Giacomo Caprotti da Oreno (nicknamed Salai (Little Devil)). ... - 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 ... - Cabeza de Vaca (4807 bytes)
1: ...w World]] and is remembered as a protoanthropological author.
3: ...lating his shipwreck and wanderings in North America, he refers to his forefather's service to the Kin...
5: ...ermed ''Malhado'', or Island of Doom) but later escaped and eventually reached [[Mexico City]].
7: ...ed [[Pánfilo de Narváez]] (whose ineptitude had caused the deaths of most of the party) as governor ...
9: ...rated and wrote an extensive report on South America, which bound with his earlier ''La Relación'' an... - March 20 (10075 bytes)
1: ...'' is the 79th day of the year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]] (80th in [[Leap year]]s). There are 286 d...
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
11: ...n I of France|Napoleon]] enters [[Paris]] after escaping from [[Elba]] with a regular army of 140,000 ...
12: ...[[1848]] – King [[Ludwig I of Bavaria]] abdicates.
13: ...dash; [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]]'s ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin]]'' is published. - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
4: image_caption=''"[[Father of the Nation|Father of the nati...
13: ...', was the [[charisma]]tic leader who brought the cause of [[India|India's]] independence from [[Briti...
18: ...sects. He was born into the vaishya, or business, caste. At the age of 13 Gandhi married [[Kasturba Ga...
23: ...vegetarians he met were members of the [[Theosophical Society]], which had been founded in 1875 by [[H...
25: ... in [[KwaZulu-Natal Province|Natal]], [[South Africa]]. - Republican Party (United States) (31573 bytes)
2: {{Infobox_American_Political_Party |
3: party_name = Republican Party |
4: ...go = [[Image:Republicanlogo.png|200px|"Republican Party Elephant" logo]] |
5: party_wikicolourid = Republican |
18: ... as well as in governorships. In the modern political era, the GOP is the more [[conservatism|conserva... - Adolescence (13933 bytes)
2: ...he period of time during which a person is biologically adult but emotionally not at full maturity. Th...
4: ...te [[elementary school]] and enter [[secondary education]], such as middle school or high school.
6: ...e]] (or 成人式) (see [[Japanese calendar]])...
9: ...male]] adolescents, the first menstrual period is called '''menarche'''.
11: ...arily because of improved nutrition and increased caloric intake. Girls tend to go through puberty a y... - Globe (2597 bytes)
4: ...the stars; however, the "orbit" of the Sun is indicated).
6: ... preservation]]. A typical [[Scale (measurement)|scale]] for a globe is roughly 1:40 million.
10: ...erg Terrestrial Globe", was made during the years 1490-1492 by German mapmaker [[Martin Behaim]].
12: ... usually mounted at an angle on [[Bearing (mechanical)|bearing]]s. In addition to making it easy to u...
13: ... at the [[Field Museum of Natural History]], [[Chicago]] ]] - Yoga (18820 bytes)
3: ...s a result, some forms of yoga have gained significant popularity outside [[India]], particularly in t...
9: ...ization]]. Over thousands of years, special practical yoga techniques have been developed by experts i...
11: ...arious physical and breathing exercises and purification techniques - is actually the third and the fo...
17: ...idebooks include glossaries of these terms with local language explanations.
19: ...oga is written in different ways: יוגה, योग, Joga, Ioga, Jooga...
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