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- Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
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12: | '''Predecessor:'''
31: ...able of the [[G7|Group of Seven]] (now [[G8]]) leaders, the eight most industrialized countries in the...
39: ...n in the [[Canadian federal election, 1988|1988 federal election]] as a [[Progressive Conservative Par...
41: ...ervative leadership convention]] that June. As leader of the Conservatives Campbell automatically beca... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...rguments or evidence to the contrary, please provide them on the talk page, and wait until the consens...
3: ...o keep this overview article concise, please consider adding information instead to one of the many "m...
6: ...the second largest in area (after [[Russia]]). Bordering the [[United States]], its territorial claims...
8: ...iamentary system|parliamentary]] [[representative democracy]] and is a [[constitutional monarchy]] wit...
15: ... who is the head of government, have official residences in Ottawa. - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
1: ...ackground: #ffffff; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
13: ...it into Eastern and Western halves, following the death of Theodosius I.
27: ...nquer the Levant and Egypt. In the following decades, they take most of North Africa, and later conqu...
29: ...of the Empire's remaining Italian territories, aside from some territories in the south.
35: | The Emperor Romanus IV is defeated by the [[Seljuk Turks]] at the [[Battle of ... - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: ...e ]]A '''carnivorous plant''' is a [[plant]] that derives some or most of its
16: *Bladder traps, which suck in prey with a bladder that generates an internal vacuum; and
22: most [[sundew]]s, whose leaves undergo rapid growth, aiding in the retention and
27: Pitfall traps have evolved independently on at least four occasions. The simplest pitf...
29: ...enus, the leaves are quite clearly evolutionarily derived from a simple - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...]]; both peerage titles becoming extinct upon his death.
4: ... best known as an philosophical advocate and defender of the [[scientific revolution]]. His works esta...
8: ...Nicholas Bacon]], Lord Keeper of the Great Seal under [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]]. His moth...
10: ...ge of 13, living for three years there with his older brother [[Anthony Bacon]].
16: ...ce]] under [[Henry III of France|Henry III]] afforded him valuable political instruction. - Socrates (7975 bytes)
5: ...n and instead encouraged the decoration of Alcibiades. During such campaigns, he also showed his extra...
7: ...ates that he teaches for a living, paid by his students, and that he thinks this is the most important...
9: ...g and everyone, and apparently it offended the leaders of this time. He was found guilty as charged, a...
11: ...hy for much longer than this and include [[Parmenides]], [[Anaxagoras]], [[Prodicus]], the priestess [...
15: See [[Trial of Socrates]] for more detail and background about Socrates' trial and exec... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
4: To summarize the areas of development in colonial America, historians typicall...
9: ... the development of [[seafaring]] technologies needed to make long voyages across open water.
11: ...on and conquest. Within a few years, they had divided up lucrative [[South America|South]] and [[Centr...
16: ...mercial enterprise]], [[over-population]] and the desire for [[religious freedom]] played their respec...
22: ...ir [[Walter Raleigh]]. The second resupply ship, delayed for several years by circumstances in Englan... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ... of the [[Church of England]], a decision which ended his political career and led to his [[capital pu...
5: ...mas would become a "marvellous man". Thomas attended the [[University of Oxford]] for two years, wher...
7: ...mself incapable of [[celibacy]], More finally decided to marry in [[1505]], but for the rest of his li...
9: ...her daughter by her previous husband. More provided his daughters with an excellent classical educat...
12: ...Emperor|Charles V]], More was knighted and made undertreasurer in [[1521]]. As secretary and personal... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...Bonaparte]], the revolution nonetheless spelled a definitive end to the ''[[ancien r駩me]]'', and ecl...
8: ...nment]]. As the revolution proceeded and as power devolved from the monarchy to legislative bodies, th...
10: Certainly, causes of the revolution must include all of the following:
14: ... The rise of [[the Enlightenment|enlightenment]] ideals.
15: ... [[debt]], both caused by and exacerbating the burden of a grossly inequitable system of [[tax]]ation. - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
12: leader_title = [[Mayor]] |
13: leader_name = [[Gavin Newsom]] |
14: area_magnitude = 1 E8 |
21: population_density = 6958.45 |
26: latitude = 37°46' N | - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
3: ...ple of Athena the Virgin''', and its popular name derives from the Greek word ''παρ_...
5: ...ry, and was the location of the treasury of the [[Delian League]], which later became the [[Athenian E...
7: ==Design and construction==
9: ...ich was moved from the Panhellenic sanctuary at [[Delos]] to the Acropolis In [[454 BC]].
11: ...ts were legendary, especially the subtle correspondence between the curvature of the [[stylobate]], th... - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: ...ntroducing Roman influence into what has become modern [[France]], an accomplishment whose direct cons...
4: ...lic]] and the beginning of the [[Roman Empire]] under Caesar's grand-nephew and adopted son, [[Caesar ...
6: ...tarii'')]], and many details of his life are recorded by later historians such as [[Suetonius]], [[Plu...
9: ... who according to myth was the son of [[Venus (goddess)|Venus]]. Caesar was raised in the Subura, a lo...
15: ...7;s proscription said, "He whose life you so much desire will one day be the overthrow of the part of ... - Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
2: ...S. state]] of [[California]]. It was founded in [[December]] [[1848]] by [[John Sutter, Jr.]] Sacramen...
13: leader_title = [[Mayor]] |
14: leader_name = [[Heather Fargo]] |
15: area_magnitude = 1 E8 |
22: population_density = 1,617 | - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
2: ...Thomas Hobbes (portrait).jpg|thumb|Thomas Hobbes: detail from a portrait by John Michael Wright ([[Nat...
4: ...Thomas Hobbes''' ([[April 5]], [[1588]] – [[December 4]], [[1679]]) was a noted [[English (peopl...
6: ...artes|Descartes]] and wrote one of the replies to Descartes' ''Meditations.''
10: ...abandoning his three children to the care of an older brother Francis. Hobbes was educated at Westport...
12: ... Hardwick (and later [[Duke of Devonshire|Earl of Devonshire]]), and began a lifelong connection with ... - Sheep (9256 bytes)
15: ...omestic Sheep''' (''Ovis aries''), which probably descends from the wild [[moufflon]] of south-central...
22: *[[Bighorn Sheep]], ''Ovis canadensis''
28: Sheep breeders refer to female sheep as ''ewes'', intact males...
35: ...of [[crimp]] in the fiber. Major wool breeds include [[Merino sheep | Merino]], [[Rambouillet sheep | ...
37: ...lambing, and hardiness. Breeds of meat sheep include [[Suffolk sheep | Suffolk]], [[Hampshire sheep |H... - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
4: ...38]]. Fully aware of the likely reaction, he confided only in close friends and researched to meet ant...
6: ...nts and animals, now including mankind in ''[[The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex]]'' ...
12: ''For details see [[Charles Darwin's education]].''
17: ... was only eight and the next year he became a boarder at the ''[[Shrewsbury School]]''. After finishin...
19: ...ation'' Charles saw [[John James Audubon]] give a demonstration of his method of using wires to prop u...
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