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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
2: This is a '''list of U.S. state capitals''':
5: ! State !! Capital !! Year of current [[capitol]] construction
23: | [[California]]
24: | [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]
81: | [[1828]] — [[1832]], [[1889]] — [[1891]] (wing added), [[1909... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: ...th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
21: ...aval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
22: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[North America]]) - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...ent of all-metal machine tools in the first two decades of the nineteenth century enabled the manufact...
3: ...]] and the development of [[Electric power|electrical power generation]].
5: ...ad throughout [[Western Europe]] and [[North America]], eventually affecting the rest of the world. Th...
9: ==Causes==
10: ...lution]] of the 17th century. But one of the main causes was the invention of the steam engine. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
8: *[[Abaris]], (circa 8th century BC), priest of [[Apollo (god)|Apollo]...
14: ...[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
28: ..., Archbishop George]], (1562-1633), Archbishop of Canterbury
29: ...a Abbot|Abbot, Ezra]], (1819-1884), American biblical scholar
37: *[[Emma Abbott|Abbott, Emma]], (1849-1891), American singer - Flora Tristan (1707 bytes)
5: ...living they were accustomed to, prompting them in 1832 to go to [[Arequipa]], to claim her paternal inhe...
7: [[Mario Vargas Llosa]], in his historical novel [[The way to Paradise]], analyzes Flora Tr...
13: *[http://www.hope.edu/latinamerican/Tristan.htm Complete Biography] - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
3: ...own for their [[realism]] and psychological perspicacity.
5: ...private life from public scrutiny and to prevent scandals attending her relationship with [[George Hen...
8: ...and was the leading journal for philosophical radicals. In [[1854]], she published a translation of F...
10: ...ic career. Evans' cohabitation with Lewes was a scandalous matter. Lewes' wife refused to be divorce...
12: ...ss jumped from their hotel balcony into the Grand Canal on their [[wedding night]]; he survived. She d... - Mary Edwards Walker (4835 bytes)
1: ...er.jpg|190px|right|thumb|Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, ca 1870. She often wore mens clothes and was arreste...
2: Dr. '''Mary Edwards Walker''' ([[November]], [[1832]] – [[February 21]], [[1919]]) was a versat...
6: ...clothing as [[corsets]], were not healthy and advocated looser fitting clothing.
8: ...s a doctor in [[1855]]. She married a fellow medical school student, Albert Miller, and they set up a...
12: ...]] signed a bill to present her the medal, specifically for her services at the First Battle of Bull R... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...g of trade routes in the 17th century were significant numbers of [[Persian rug]]s introduced to Weste...
3: ...en carpet (or carpeting) and rug. The former indicates a covering that is affixed to a floor and the ...
5: [[Image:Carpet.png|350px|thumb|Contemporary Afghan Rug]]
7: == Carpet types ==
8: ...carpet 1.jpg|thumb|250px|Swatches of machine-made carpet]] - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
10: ...[Waxhaw, North Carolina|Waxhaws area]] of [[North Carolina]]
16: | vicepresident= [[John C. Calhoun]] (1829-1832) [[Martin Van Buren]] (1833-1837)
18: ... years between the [[War of 1812]] and the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].
22: ...and intense hatred for the British) that he would carry all his life. This [[anglophobia]] would be co... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
3: ...on><font size="+1">'''Martin van Buren'''</font></caption>
14: ...he United States|First Lady]]:'''</td><td>[[Angelica Van Buren]]
17: ...t of political parties in the United States|Political Party]]:'''</td><td>[[United States Democratic P...
25: ...south of [[Albany, New York|Albany]], the [[state capital]]. His great-great-great-grandfather Corneli...
27: ...obtained in the common schools and at Kinderhook Academy. In [[1796]] he began the study of [[law]], ... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
18: ...d States Electoral College|electoral vote]]. He became the youngest president up unto that time.
20: ...States of America|Confederacy]] during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. He died in 1869 from [[ci...
22: ...ed mind which could not cope with a changing America. In addition, Pierce was hounded by guilt, tempta...
25: ...n Pierce]], a frontier farmer who became a [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] soldier, s... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
32: | [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]]
43: ...t of political parties in the United States|Political Party]]:'''
50: ...survey conducted by [[C-SPAN]] that ranked [[American presidents]], a [[panel]] of [[historians]] rate...
53: ... Buchanan served as Minister to [[Russia]] from [[1832]] to [[1834]].
55: ...]] relationship began at the time and have periodically been revived by historians, but there isn't an... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
33: ...t of political parties in the United States|Political Party]]:'''
34: | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
42: ... from the [[United States Republican Party|Republican Party]].
44: ...r boundaries. These events soon led to the [[American Civil War]].
46: ....S. presidential election, 1864|1864 presidential campaign]]. - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...lic of Portugal'') is a [[democratic republic]] located on the west and southwest parts of the [[Iberi...
5: ...centuries]], Portugal was a major economic, political, and cultural power. The [[Portuguese Empire]] s...
7: ... social and economic progress in the subsequent decades, with a clear slow-down in the last few years.
15: ...Douro]] and [[Tagus]] rivers, and the [[Gallaecia|Callaeci]] who lived north of the Douro river among ...
17: ...s of [[Culture of Ancient Rome|Romanization]] was carried out, leading [[Lusitania]] to gain [[Latin R... - Luxembourg (11321 bytes)
13: ...ound:#f9f9f9;" | [[image:LocationLuxembourg.png|Location of Luxembourg]]
17: |'''[[Capital]]''' || [[Luxembourg (city)|Luxembourg]]
34: ...l <br> - GDP/capita (PPP)<br> - GDP/capita
35: ...$77,595 ([[List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita|1st]])
46: | '''[[List_of_country_calling_codes|Calling Code]]''' || +352 - Maine (17312 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Augusta, Maine|Augusta]] |
38: ... [[1832]], when it was moved to the more geographically central city of [[Augusta, Maine|Augusta]].
41: ...lins]] (Republican) and [[Olympia Snowe]] (Republican).
43: ...w states which remained dominated by the [[Republican Party]]. In the [[U.S. presidential election, 19...
45: ... States)|Democratic]] in four straight elections, casting its votes for [[Bill Clinton]] twice, [[Al G... - Texas (39610 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] |
36: ... joined the [[United States|United States of America]] as its 28th member [[U.S. state|state]] in [[18...
38: ...akenly applied the word to the people and their location.
43: ...State''' (after the single star on several historical flags of Texas, including the current Texas flag...
44: * [[state tree]] — the [[pecan]] - 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]]) - Sumerian language (10760 bytes)
15: ... gifts to the high priestess of [[Adab]] on the occasion of her election]]
16: ...but Rawlinson's volumes contain little Sumerian because they mainly reproduce tablets from [[Akkadian ...
18: ...vating the Sumerian site of Tello (ancient Girsu, capital of the state of [[Lagash]]) in 1877, and pub...
20: The University of Pennsylvania began excavating Sumerian [[Nippur]] in 1888.
24: Credit for being first to scientifically treat a bilingual Sumerian-Akkadian text belon... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
5: ==Alphabetical list==
11: *[[Archimedes]], (circa 287 BC-212 BC), [[Greece]]
14: ...d Asselbergs]],(1927 - June, 1996)of the [[Canada|Canadian]] Department of Agriculture — instan...
18: ...bage]], (1791-1871), [[England]] — [[Analytical engine]]
20: ...ekeland]] (1863) - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]]
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