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- Cleopatra VII of Egypt (8634 bytes)
4: ...40;τρα θεά φιλοπάτωρ, [[D...
6: ..., brother-husband, and son. However, in all these cases, her co-rulers were king in title only, with h...
9: ...she named her eldest son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV [[Caesarion]] ([[44 BC|44]]–[[30 BC]]).
11: ...). After a short war, Ptolemy XIII was killed and Caesar restored Cleopatra to her throne, with Ptolem...
13: ... boy his heir, naming his grand-nephew [[Augustus Caesar|Octavian]] instead. - Heart (10132 bytes)
1: [[Image:Heart_crca.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Image provided by [http://c...
3: ...ge|Greek]] ''kardia'' (καρδια) for "heart".
7: ...bone). It is enclosed by a sac known as the [[pericardium]] and is surrounded by the [[lung]]s. In adu...
13: ...ontal) view of the opened heart. White arrows indicate normal blood flow. ([[Media:Heart.svg|SVG versi...
15: ...e blood releases [[carbon dioxide]] into the lung cavity and picks up [[oxygen]]. The oxygenated blood... - Ceramics (15941 bytes)
1: ... explore the history, techniques, cultural significance, and contemporary relevance of ceramics.
8: ==Historical Background==
10: ... advancement, leading to more uniform and sophisticated designs.
12: ...ceramics are famous for their porcelain, a significant export on the Silk Road.
19: - Greek language (35285 bytes)
13: ... years. It is symbolically divided in four historical periods:
15: ... was the language both of [[Archaic]] and [[Classical]] periods of Greek civilisation. It has been stu...
17: ...blished in the city of [[Rome]] and Koine Greek became a first or second language in the [[Roman Empir...
21: ...directly from [[Koine Greek]], '''Modern Greek''' can be traced in the late [[Byzantine]] period (as e...
25: ''The historical stages of the Greek language that are placed pri... - 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... - Definitions of music (17609 bytes)
1: ...nized sound(s). The question of what the art form called music actually consists of is something that ...
4: ...psilon;χνη)) by way of the Latin ''musica''. It is ultimately derived from ''mousa'', the G...
6: Later, in Rome, ''ars musica'' embraced [[poetry]] as well as what we now thin...
8: ...a instrumentalis]]. Of those, only the last - musica instrumentalis - referred to music as performed s...
10: ... be heard - music refers strictly to the mathematical proportions. From this concept later resulted th... - Geography (8541 bytes)
2: ...("Earth") and ''γραφειν'' ("to write," as in "to describe").
5: ..."location in space." They study this whether the cause is natural or human and also the consequences ...
7: ...tudy of [[map]]s, and is far beyond the study of 'capes and bays'.
13: ...as a discrete discipline and became part of a typical universitycurriculum in Europe.
19: ...en joined by the more modern approach to geographical analysis, computer-based [[geographic informatio... - Pan pipes (2209 bytes)
2: ...estor of both the [[pipe organ]] and the [[harmonica]], or mouth organ. The panpipes are named for the...
15: * [http://www.panflutejedi.com/academypage.html Free Panflute Lessons] by Douglas Bi... - Nile (13738 bytes)
2: ...5|1 134|2 830|3 400 000|[[Africa]]|the [[Mediterranean]]||[[Uganda]] - [[Sudan]] -...
4: ...;نيل ''an-nīl''), in [[Africa]], is one of the two longest [[river|rivers]] on ...
8: ...Greek name for the Nile was ''Aigyptos'' (Αιγυπτος), whic...
12: ...s far less water than the mighty Amazon, partly because it receives not a single tributary from its ha...
18: [[Image:Nile_boat.jpg|thumbnail|left|East Africa, showing the course of the River Nile]] - Antarctica (14761 bytes)
1: ...thumb|250px|World map showing location of Antarctica]]
2: ...humb|250px|A satellite composite image of Antarctica]]
4: ...ot to be confused with the [[Arctic]], which is located near the Earth's [[North Pole]] on the opposit...
6: ...e Antarctic coast. (See also [[History of Antarctica]].)
8: ..., [[Africa]], [[North America]], and [[South America]]. However, it is by far the smallest in [[popula... - Thebes, Egypt (3900 bytes)
2: ...moved to the [[Nile Delta|Delta]]. Its archaeological remains offer a striking testimony to Egyptian c...
4: ...Delta;ιοσπολις ''Diospolis'', "City of Zeus" ([[Zeus]] ...
6: ...the names of the temple of [[Karnak]], which is located in the city.
10: ==Important archaeological sites in Thebes==
27: ...nstitut fran硩s d’arch鯬ogie orientale du Caire. (Reprinted Osnabr?tto Zeller Verlag, 1975). 7... - Aeschylus (5184 bytes)
1: ...h;[[456 BC]]; [[Greek language|Greek]]: '''Αισχυλος''') wa...
9: ...ore his death, and makes no mention of his theatrical renown. He chose to commemorate his military ac...
30: In addition, the canon of Aeschylus' plays includes a seventh, ''[[Pr... - Pytheas (6447 bytes)
1: ...pher]] and [[exploration|explorer]] from the [[Phocaean]] colony [[Massilia]] (today Marseille). He ma...
4: ... [[tide]]s, and may have discovered that they are caused by the [[Moon]]. This discovery was known to ...
8: ...he [[Garonne]]. Others believe that, to avoid the Carthaginian blockade, he may have stuck close to la...
10: ...ia''. This supports theories that the inhabitants called themselves ''Pretani'' or ''Priteni'', 'Paint...
12: ...ited an island six days sailing north of Britain, called [[Thule (myth)|Thule]]. It has been suggested... - Aristotle (37648 bytes)
3: ...stotle''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Αριστοτέλη&sig...
10: ...fic importance. Plato can be called, with qualification, an [[idealism|idealist]] and a [[rationalism...
12: ... later. Although he wrote dialogues early in his career, no more than fragments of these have survive...
14: ...rature]] and [[poetry]]. His combined works practically comprise an [[encyclopedia]] of Greek knowledg...
17: ...l]] holding his ''Ethics'': detail from the [[Vatican]] [[fresco]] ''[[Raphael Rooms|The School of Ath... - Archimedes (13735 bytes)
1: ...s, along with possibly [[Isaac Newton|Newton]], [[Carl Friedrich Gauss|Gauss]], and [[Leonhard Euler|E...
4: ...ing a bath (thereupon taking to the streets naked calling "[[eureka]]" - "I have found it!"); and to h...
8: ...sunlight onto the attacking ships causing them to catch fire. This popular legend was tested on the Di...
12: ...ee the illustration below. The "base" is any [[secant line]], not necessarily orthogonal to the parab...
16: In the process, he calculated the oldest known example of a [[geometric... - Platypus (21900 bytes)
2: ...image = [[Image:Ornithorhynchidae-00.jpg|200px]]| caption = Platypus}}
18: ...ahrenheit|F]]) rather than the 38?C (100.4?F) typical of [[placentalia|placental mammals]]. The extent...
26: ...ing]] that may last for several months. The venom can be lethal to [[dog]]s and smaller [[domestic ani...
41: ...elaborate burrow, while the male takes no part in caring for its young, and retreats to its yearlong b...
44: ...riously impair the victim. That this could be the case is evident from the symptoms of platypus enveno... - Early history of Ireland (30651 bytes)
5: ... the country at this time, though the possibility cannot be discounted entirely.
7: ...he Curran in [[County Antrim]]; and a number of locations in [[Munster]]. It is thought that these set...
9: ...king their food, and they are known to have built canoes from dug-out tree trunks.
14: ... but there is no compelling evidence for a large-scale invasion at this point in Irish history. It is ...
16: ...and the continent, and the population rose significantly. At the [[C驤e Fields]] in [[County Mayo]], ... - Constantinople (4125 bytes)
1: ...974;μη'' in Greek), but that name never came into common use.
3: ...ple), where most gold coins circulating in Europe came from and were associated with.
5: ...that divided Christianity into [[Catholic|Western Catholicism]] and [[Eastern Orthodoxy]]. Third, the...
7: ...l 12), and then re-captured by [[Nicaean Empire|Nicaean]] forces under the command of [[Michael VIII P...
9: ...public of [[Turkey]] was founded in [[1923]], the capital was moved to [[Ankara]]; Constantinople was ... - Aegean Sea (2751 bytes)
3: ...izi''') is an arm of the [[Mediterranean Sea]], located between the Greek peninsula and [[Anatolia]] (...
9: ...e belonging to [[Turkey]] on the Aegean Sea: [[Bozcaada]] and [[G?ada]] . The current status of many s... - Democracy (24363 bytes)
2: ... met a government can be classified as such. This can apply to a multitude of government systems as th...
4: ...e people," plus κρατειν meaning "to rule," and the suffix �mp;alph...
16: ...he term 'democracy']], some [[hypothesis|hypothetical]] and some realized.
21: ...rship]]s to give a false sense of democracy. This can happen in a variety of different ways:
24: ...rough intimidation of those voting for particular candidates)
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