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- Bronze Age (9344 bytes)
2: ...s of the World. In most parts of subsaharan [[Africa]], the [[Neolithic]] is directly followed by the ...
4: Most surviving bronze implements are [[tool]]s or [[weapon]]s, though s...
6: The date of the arrival of a Bronze Age varies from culture to culture.
8: ==Near East Bronze Age==
9: ...y BC]] and the rise of new technologies and political formations, characterised as the start of the [[...
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- Luwian language (1607 bytes)
3: ...n the various West Semitic languages its speakers came into contact with ([[Amorite]] dialects and esp...
5: Luwian is significant as it appears to prove that the [[Proto-Indo-Eu...
8: ...rnell University]], June 6–9, 1985'', ed. [[Calvert Watkins|C. Watkins]], 182–204. [[Berli... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...to the Chinese identity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as su...
7: ...es were founded; the most archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
9: == Into the Bronze Age ==
11: ...Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[China]].
14: ...20195;; [[pinyin]]: sāndài) that the historical China begins to appear. - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...th higher carbon content than this are known as [[cast iron|iron]].
5: ...d alloys that can be [[plasticity (physics)|plastically]] formed (pounded, rolled, etc.).
8: ...ults in an alloy containing too much carbon to be called steel.
11: ...ub>3</sub>C. Cementite forms in regions of higher carbon content while other areas revert to ferrite a...
13: ...t cell structure to austenite, and identical chemical composition. As such, it requires extremely lit... - Boudicca (6973 bytes)
1: ...' and ''[[Agricola (book)|Agricola]]'') and [[Dio Cassius]] (in his ''Roman History'').
3: ...ge:boudiccastatue.jpg|thumb|300px|Statue of Boudicca near Westminster Pier]]
7: Boudicca's husband, [[Prasutagus]], was king of the Iceni,...
9: ...ention this, but does single out [[procurator]] [[Catus Decianus]] for criticism for his "rapacity".
11: ...former emperor [[Claudius]] had been erected at local expense. The city was poorly defended and the re... - Jane Delano (3466 bytes)
1: ...[[France]], was a nurse and founder of the [[American Red Cross Nursing Service]].
4: ...ive nursing procedures for the patients under her care. Leaving Florida, Jane Delano then spent three ...
6: ...resulted in her being named president of the American Nurses Association and chair of the National Com...
8: ...Association]], the Army Nurse Corps, and the American Red Cross. Through her efforts, emergency respon...
10: ...p of the hill overlooking the nurses section is a bronze memorial to Jane Delano and the 296 nurses who lo... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...an 70-year acting career. In [[1999]], the [[American Film Institute]] ranked Hepburn the greatest act...
5: ...n children became well-versed in social and political issues. Once a very young Katharine Hepburn eve...
7: ...e would later be recognized for her athletic physicality — she fearlessly performed her own prat...
10: ...r got a degree from BM in history and philosophy; can this be a mistake? other sources say her degree ...
12: ...e married, the couple separated. They decided to carry on their marriage in a platonic fashion, and t... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
7: ...retired from athletics in 1955, after which she became leader of the Dutch female track and field team...
11: ...k. A swimming coach advised her to do athletics because there were already several top swimmers in the...
15: ...ith two other jumpers) while the Dutch relay team came fifth in the final (the sixth team in the final...
17: ...p to the preparations. The Olympics were formally cancelled on May 2, 1940, a week before the Netherla...
25: ...n 1941, Dutch media automatically "concluded" her career would be over. Top female athletes who were m... - Nadia Comaneci (5337 bytes)
7: ...ed States]] and become coaches of many great American gymnasts. As a 13-year-old, Comaneci's first ma...
9: ...ven bars), a silver medal (team all-around) and a bronze (floor exercise). Back home, her success led her...
19: ...e and her husband own the Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy, Perfect 10 Production Company and several sp...
21: On [[June 29]], [[2001]], she became a [[naturalized citizen]] of the [[United State... - Steffi Graf (16410 bytes)
2: ...first player to achieve the "Golden Slam" – capturing all four Grand Slam titles and the [[Olymp...
5: ===Early career===
6: ...roduced to tennis by her father [[Peter Graf]], a car and insurance salesman and aspiring tennis coac...
10: ... with her father and coach Pavel Slozil, Graf typically practiced for up to four hours a day, often he...
12: ...tle in April [[1986]] at [[Hilton Head]], [[South Carolina]], defeating [[Chris Evert]] in the final. ... - Jackie Joyner-Kersee (2098 bytes)
2: ...ete]]. She has won three gold, one silver and one bronze [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] medals. She was named a...
8: ... she saw a man get killed. A few years later, she called her grandmother to talk, only to find out her...
10: ...ercise-induced [[asthma]], and on more than one occasion had to be hospitalized following an event. - Larisa Latynina (2531 bytes)
3: ...edals at 18 (9 gold medals, 5 silver medals and 4 bronze medals).
7: ...e vault, a silver medal in the uneven bars, and a bronze medal in the now discontinued team event with por...
9: ... beam and uneven bars event. Finally, she won the bronze in the horse vault competition.
11: ...eighteen - nine gold medals, five silver and four bronze.
13: ...ips, finishing second with the Soviet team, and became a gymnastics trainer. She is a citizen of [[Rus... - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
8: ...frail and sickly, Charles Lenglen, the owner of a carriage company, decided that it would be good for ...
10: ...nal tennis competitions, and Lenglen's burgeoning career was put on hold.
16: ...hock at the boldness of the French woman who also casually sipped [[brandy]] between sets.
18: ... (playing with [[Elisabeth d'Ayen]]), and won the bronze medal after their opponents withdrew.
22: == Failed American debut == - Crocus (3680 bytes)
2: ...rocusLongiflorus.jpg|250px|Crocus longiflorus]] | caption = ''Crocus longiflorus''}}
9: ...s''''' }} {{Taxobox authority new | authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]}}
17: ...y occur in the early spring one has to plant them carefully as it is not uncommon in these regions for...
20: ...he genus is derived from the Latin adjective ''crocatus'', meaning saffron yellow.
24: ..., such as the cream-colored crocus feathered with bronze at the base of the bouquet, similar to varieties ... - Sculpture (5545 bytes)
3: ...ur, texture, context, location, form, scale, implication, association, temperature or smell. Much [[co...
5: ...'' if it shares qualities with [[classicism|classical]] figurative sculpture or [[statue]].
19: ** [[Catlinite|pipestone]]
28: ** [[bronze]] - see [[bronze sculpture]]
59: ..., as it is used by young and old to create [[sand castle]]s. - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
6: ...enerally rare and had to be imported from other locations.
11: ... Hammurabi. The head has the wide open eyes, typical of the time period.
13: ...visible if viewed from the side. The piece was excavated at [[Nimrud]] (in northern [[Mesopotamia]]),...
16: ...lette, which was used for mixing eye make-up, was carved in relief, and portrayed the victory of [[Upp...
18: ...he most famous is the [[Great Sphinx of Giza]], located near the pyramids. It is about 60 feet high a... - Pre-historic art (9744 bytes)
7: ...may have developed a sophisticated and more complicated artistic tradition.
9: ...own to contain [[iron]] and [[manganese]] and indicates that it was decorated by someone and used as a...
15: ... unbraided cord and sticks with a growing sophistication. See [[Jomon]].
17: ...] near [[Urfa]] in eastern [[Turkey]], dating to ca. [[10th millennium BC]].
20: ...male (rarely male) and animal statues that can be called art. Whether the elaborate pottery decoration... - Jewellery (4234 bytes)
1: ... from less valuable materials. However, jewellery can and has been made out of almost every kind of ma...
5: ... Further tracing leads back to the Latin word "jocale", meaning plaything.
7: ...rucifix]] in the form of jewellery, or, as is the case in many Western cultures, [[marriage|married]] ...
35: * [[1000 BC]] - [[Iran|Persian]] sheet [[bronze]] work 0.05mm thick.
42: ...50 BC]] - Use of combined punches and [[die]]s of bronze. - Relic (11473 bytes)
1: ...a [[saint]]. A [[shrine]] that houses a relic is called a [[reliquary]].
7: ...en 150-160 AD). A source often cited for the efficacy of relics that are objects is the passage in Ac...
9: ...ch as the ''[[Golden Legend]]'' or the works of [[Caesar of Heisterbach]]. These miracle tales made r...
15: ...virtus] is the more important. It describes the uncanny, mysterious power emanating from the supernatu...
17: ... Christians toppled sculptures, and smashed classical bas-reliefs (particularly the faces), as our mus... - Weaving (6924 bytes)
1: ...e plain (in one color or a simple pattern), or it can be woven in decorative or artistic designs, incl...
3: ...iciency of the Jacquard loom makes it more economical for mills to use them to weave all of their fabr...
5: ...]. Fabric decorated using a wax resist method is called [[batik]].
11: .... Conversely, if the warp is spread out, the weft can slide down and completely cover the warp, giving...
14: ...st]], [[wool]] has only been attested since the [[Bronze Age]]. Plain weaves and tabbies predominate. - Woodworking (12397 bytes)
1: ...t|thumb|Artists can use woodworking to create delicate [[sculpture]]s.]]
2: ...dworking''' is the process of building, making or carving something using [[wood]].
3: [[Category:Skills]]
9: ...d wooden folding-chairs. The [[list of archaeological sites|site]] of [[Fellbach-Schmieden]] in German...
11: ... the Egyptians for woodworking tools was probably bronze or even copper, as ironworking was unknown until ...
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