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- Hanna Reitsch (3751 bytes)
4: ...durance records, being the first woman to fly the Alps in a glider, and was rather photogenic. Several o...
6: ...le under direct command of Karl Franke she soon became a major test pilot on the [[Junkers Ju 87]] ''S...
8: ...ting [[barrage balloon]] cables. Eventually she became [[Adolf Hitler]]'s favourite pilot. Reitsch wa...
10: Near the end of the war she became involved in testing the [[V-1 Flying Bomb]], wh...
12: ...h their parents, but he would not allow it. She escaped Berlin through heavy Russian anti-aircraft fir... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ...pable of all SOE's women agents. (She actually became a British agent months before the [[Special Ope...
7: ..., and the couple soon moved to [[British East Africa]].
9: ...tually murder her at one of their [[concentration camps]]. An achievement of the Polish courier missi...
11: ...rthy]].) Krystyna and Kowerski made good their escape from Hungary via the [[Balkans]] and [[Turkey]]...
13: ... contacts with a Polish intelligence organization called the "[[Musketeers]]." This group had been fo... - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
1: [[Image:Leni_Riefenstahl.jpg|frame|Riefenstahl circa 1930]]
2: ...ustry after [[World War II|the war]], she later became a [[photographer]].
5: ... the possibilities of the medium. She went to the Alps for about a year and when she returned fascinated...
7: ...1932]] and offered her services as a filmmaker, because she was mesmerized by his powers as a public s...
9: ...ilm)|Olympia]]'', a film celebrated for its technical and aesthetic achievements. She was the first to... - Iris (plant) (13374 bytes)
2: ...image = [[Image:A white iris (small).jpg|240px]]| caption = A white iris}}
9: ...''Iris'''''}}<br />{{Taxobox authority|author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]|date = [[1753]]}}
16: ... also been bred in some species. The name "Iris" can be applied either to the genus, or to any of the...
21: ...and northern Africa, Asia and southern North America. Elevation is of not much importance.
25: ...]]s are fan-shaped and contain 1 or more symmetrical, six-lobed, slightly fragrant [[flower]]s. These... - Ptolemy (10609 bytes)
5: ... Treatise"). It was preserved, like most of Classical Greek science, in Arabic manuscripts (hence its ...
7: ...ogue]], which is probably an updated version of a catalogue created by Hipparchus. Its list of 48 [[co...
11: ...p;longitude at the most western land he knew, the Canary Islands.
14: ...m the Arctic to the East-indies and deep into Africa; Ptolemy was well aware that he knew about only a...
18: ... must be added that his original topographic list cannot be reconstructed: the long tables with number... - Flute (11293 bytes)
1: .... A [[musician]] who plays the flute is sometimes called a [[flutist]] or flautist.
3: Flute sounds are typically open and hollow as a result of relatively weak...
5: ==Categories of flutes==
7: ... bottle. Over time, the increasing demands of musical performance have led to the development of what ...
9: ...es, such as the [[recorder]], [[whistle]], and [[ocarina]] have a duct that directs the air onto the e... - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: ...f the [[Earth]], its composition, structure, physical properties, history, and the processes that shap...
3: ...es]], [[clay]], [[pumice]], [[quartz]], and [[silica]], as well as elements such as [[sulfur]], [[chlo...
5: [[Astrogeology]] refers to the application of geologic principles to other bodies of the...
7: ...istinguish between earthly and [[Theology|theological]] jurisprudence.
10: ...of [[fossil]] [[animal shell|shell]]s in a geological [[stratum]] in a mountain hundreds of miles from... - Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
3: ...long plate boundaries (most notably around the so-called "[[Pacific Ring of Fire]]").
5: ... tectonic theory arose out of two separate geological observations: [[continental drift]], noticed in...
8: ...s division should not be confused with the ''chemical'' subdivision of the Earth into (from innermost ...
10: ...trench]]es. The majority of the world's active volcanoes occur along plate boundaries, with the Pacifi...
12: ... of this principle, which is essentially a large-scale version of [[Archimedes]]' Bath). - Europe (23835 bytes)
1: ...ocationEurope.png|thumb|250px|World map showing location of Europe]]
4: ...d to the east by the [[Ural Mountains]] and the [[Caspian Sea]] (for more detailed description see [[G...
6: ... third largest continent after [[Asia]] and [[Africa]]. The population of Europe is roughly 705,500,00...
9: ...g|thumb|Picture of [[Europa (mythology)|Europa]], carried away by bull-shaped [[Zeus]].]]
11: ...was a mythological queen of Crete, not a geographical designation. Later ''Europa'' stood for mainland... - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ...lly influential in [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [[Africa]].
13: ...er colspan=2 style="background:#fff;" | [[image:LocationGreece.png]]
17: | '''[[Capital]]''' || [[Athens]]
23: ...nisters of Greece|Prime Minister]]''' || [[Costas Caramanlis|Ks Karamanl�]
31: ...duct|GDP]]'''<br> - Total<br> - GDP per capita - Germany (46412 bytes)
1: ...[[industrialization|industrialised]] countries, located in the heart of [[Europe]]. It is bordered to ...
17: ...kground:#f9f9f9;" | [[image:LocationGermany.png|Location of Germany]]
21: |'''[[Capital]]''' || [[Berlin]]
33: ... 14th]]<br>82,468,000 [http://www.destatis.de/indicators/e/vgr910ae.htm]<br>242/km²
35: |'''Formation<br>Unification/reunification<br><br><br>''' - Switzerland (22270 bytes)
1: ...has a strong tradition of [[neutral country|political and military neutrality]], but also of internati...
3: ''Confederatio Helvetica'' (CH), the [[Latin]] version of the official nam...
10: image_map = LocationSwitzerland.png |
14: capital = [[Bern]] |latd=46|latm=57|latNS=N|longd=...
18: ...Switzerland)|Pres. 2005]])</small><br>[[Micheline Calmy-Rey]]<br>[[Christoph Blocher]]<br>[[Hans-Rudol... - Slovenia (19318 bytes)
11: national_anthem = [[Zdravljica]] |
13: capital = [[Ljubljana]] |
33: GDP_PPP_per_capita = $21,695 |
34: GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 34th |
45: calling_code = 386 | - Mummy (16225 bytes)
2: ...aught or cold, lack of [[oxygen]], or use of chemicals.
8: ...formed under natural conditions date from the [[Inca]] period in [[Peru]].
12: ...05;ية), which means "[[bitumen]]". (Because of the blackened [[skin]] of unwrapped mummies...
15: ...re egyptologie 21.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Mummified cat from Ancient Egypt. [[Mus�e du Louvre]], [[Par...
16: ...wooden tombs, and the extensive process of mummification was made so that the bodies would not decompo... - Chalcolithic (1447 bytes)
5: Because of this it is only applied by [[archaeologist]...
9: ...ose remains have been dated to about [[3300 BC]], carried a copper [[axe]] and [[flint]] [[knife]]. He... - South Dakota (14035 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Pierre, South Dakota|Pierre]] |
38: ...the [[Lakota]] ([[Sioux]]) [[Native American|American Indian]] tribe.
64: ...atlas-south-dakota.png|thumb|Geographic and political features of South Dakota]]
72: *[[Pierre, South Dakota|Pierre]] - State Capital
82: ...e state capital (originally to be the present-day capital of North Dakota, [[Bismarck]]). - Pope Paschal II (3427 bytes)
1: ...nk of the [[Cluny|Cluniac order]]. He was created cardinal priest of San Clemente by [[Pope Gregory VI...
3: ...rozier, but recognizing the royal nomination to vacate [[benefice]]s and the oath of fealty for tempor...
5: ...rization, and threatening Henry I with [[excommunication]]. On the death of the [[countess Matilda]], ... - Climate (3049 bytes)
4: ...her]] are not well defined and depend on the application. For example, in some senses an individual [[...
6: ...inal conception of climate as a long-term average came to be considered, perhaps towards the end of th...
8: ...y for a given place on the Earth. For example, [[Scandinavia]] has been through a number of [[ice age]...
10: ==Classifications==
11: ...ring similar climatic parameters. Climate regions can be classified on the basis of temperature and [[... - Albania (24647 bytes)
17: | align="center" colspan="2" | [[image:LocationAlbania.png]]
21: | '''[[Capital]]'''<br><br> - Population:<br> - [...
39: ... GDP|2003]])<br> - GDP/capita<br> - GDP/capita
40: ... $2,230 ([[List of countries by GDP (Nominal) per capita|Nominal]])
47: ...>[[Greek Orthodox]] <small>20%</small><br>[[Roman Catholic]] <small>10%</small><br> - Punic Wars (1179 bytes)
1: ...known as the "Punic" Wars because Rome's name for Carthaginians was ''Punici'' (older ''Poenici'', due...
3: ...e conclusion of the third war, Rome had conquered Carthage's entire empire and razed the city itself t...
6: ...]) is famous for [[Hannibal]]'s crossing of the [[Alps]].
7: ...BC]] - [[146 BC]]) resulted in the destruction of Carthage.
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