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- Hanging Gardens of Babylon (4963 bytes)
3: ...on|Nebuchadnezzar II]] around [[600 BC]] (present-day [[Iraq]]). However, there are doubts as to whet...
15: ...chadnezzar's homesick wife, [[Amyitis]]. Amyitis, daughter of the king of the Medes, was married to Ne...
43: [[bg:Висящи градини н...
46: [[da:Babylons h殧ende haver]]
54: [[pt:Jardins suspensos da Babil]] - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ...t forest inside an urban region, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]].
17: ...estwards, an urban movement which lasts until nowadays.
19: ... transport out the wealth than farther [[Salvador da Bahia|Salvador]]. In [[1763]], the colonial admin...
21: ...s no physical space nor urban structure to accommodate hundreds of noblemen who arrived suddenly, many...
27: ... with the state of Rio de Janeiro in 1975. Even today some ''[[carioca|cariocas]]'' claim the return o... - Svetlana Savitskaya (713 bytes)
1: ...#1083;а́на Евге́ньевн&... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...1057;офия Асгатовна Г...
11: ...h and resurrection of Christ, her largest work to date.
22: *''Concordanza'' for chamber ensemble (1971)
49: *''Lauda'' for alto, tenor, baritone, narrator, mixed choi...
52: *''Dancer on a Tightrope (Der Seilt䮺er)'' for violin ... - Luxor (8772 bytes)
3: ...Hotel]] in [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]], [[United States|USA]]''
7: ...for touring [[Upper Egypt]], and is a popular holiday destination, both in its own right and as a star...
11: ...to ''Thebai'', whence [[Thebes (Egypt)|Thebes]] — enjoyed unprecedented high place of luxury, im...
13: ...] — the "Black", as Egypt was then called — consecrated a large portion of their treasures...
16: ...tanni]], the [[Hittite]]s of [[Anatolia]] (modern-day [[Turkey]]), the [[Canaanites]] of [[Ugarit]], t... - California (63989 bytes)
16: TradAbbreviation = Calif. |
19: LandArea = 404,298 |
31: AdmittanceDate = [[September 9]], [[1850]] |
32: ...Pacific]]: [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]-8/[[Daylight saving time|-7]] |
63: ... = [[West Coast Swing]]; folk - [[Square dance]] | - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
11: ...s sometimes uses a 50 mile definition. (See [[boundary to space]].)
22: ... is the government department responsible for Canada's space programme.
28: ...hing 14 orbits before returning to Earth the next day.
33: ...hich has grown to be a much bigger organisation today.
44: ...rmed [[October 1]], [[2003]], by the merger of NASDA, the National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan and t... - Crusade (28507 bytes)
2: ...gns — usually sanctioned by the [[Papacy]]— that took place during the [[11th century|11th...
9: ... Spanish Catholics are allowed to substitute [[Friday abstinence]] with prayer or alms (except during ...
11: ...vestiture Controversy]], which had started around 1075 and was still on-going during the First Crusade. ...
18: ...a of a holy war emerged from this background.'' — [[Norman F. Cantor]]
51: ...of the Crusader states with a foolish attack on [[Damascus]]. In [[1149]], both leaders had returned t... - Valley of the Kings (4430 bytes)
6: ...lley was used from approximately [[1539 BC]] to [[1075 BC]], and contains some [[Burials in the Valley o...
13: ...en it comes into contact with [[water]]. This has damaged many tombs, particularly during [[flood]]s.
39: ...mer, ''Valley of the Kings'' (Henry Holt, 1981) – Covers the history of the exploration of the V...
40: ...Valley of the Kings'' (1996, Thames and Hudson) – Details of all the major tombs, their discover...
41: ... Valley of the Kings'' (Barnes and Noble, 1997) – A good introduction to the valley and surround... - Seljuk Turks (7657 bytes)
3: ... [[Azerbaijan]]. The Seljuk Turks and their descendants, the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Turks]], played ...
5: ...d himself Sultan and established a capital in Baghdad. [[Ahmed Sanjar]] was captured and held captive ...
13: * Jalal ad-Dawlah [[Malik Shah I]] [[1072]]-[[1092]]
20: * [[Dawud of Great Seljuk|Dawud]] (David) [[1131]]-[[1132]]
34: ... [[Sultan Shah of Kerman|Sultan Shah]] [[1074]]-[[1075]] - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
2: ...Augustus Lindbergh''' ([[February 4]], [[1902]] – [[August 26]], [[1974]]) was a pioneering [[Un...
13: ...n [[March 21]], [[1929]] he was presented the [[Medal of Honor]] for his historic trans-Atlantic fligh...
29: ...s criticized. Lindbergh declined to return the medal to the Germans because he claimed that to do so ...
31: ...on." Although Lindbergh never returned his Nazi medal, he resigned his commission in the [[United Stat...
36: ...mitive [[Philippines | Filipino]] group the [[Tasaday]]. - William I of England (8753 bytes)
7: ...ent]], [[Duke of Normandy]], and [[Herleva]], the daughter of a tanner. Born in [[Falaise, Calvados, F...
16: ...was 22. Their marriage produced four sons and six daughters (see list below).
27: ... army of similar size to William's 250 miles in 9 days to challenge him at the crucial battle of Senla...
31: ...stance came with the [[Revolt of the Earls]] in [[1075]].
34: ...illiam commissioned the compilation of the [[Domesday Book]], a survey of England's productive capacit... - Genghis Khan (31537 bytes)
1: ...ader who founded the [[Mongol Empire]] ([[1206]]–[[1368]]). He is considered a national hero in ...
5: ...y [[leader]] in [[world history]]. Born in modern day [[Mongolia]], he united the Mongol tribes of [[C...
11: Genghis Khan's descendants included [[Kublai Khan]], [[Babur]], and, alle...
15: ... Borjigin (''Боржигин''). His mother was named [[Hoelun]...
25: ...to power by allying himself with his father's ''anda'' (sworn brother or [[blood brother]]). Genghis'... - Easter (31700 bytes)
2: ...r, lasting for fifty days, which follows this holiday and ends around [[Pentecost]]. See [[Eastertide]...
4: ...lic meaning but also for its position in the calendar; the [[Last Supper]] shared by Jesus and his [[d...
8: ==Date of Easter==
11: ...right: 1.5em;"align=center|'''Dates for Easter Sunday, 2000-2020'''
57: ...[[Easter Monday]], is recognized as a [[legal holiday]] in most countries with a generally Christian t... - Taiga (2576 bytes)
1: ...acterized by its [[conifer]]ous forests. In [[Canada]], the term '''boreal forest''' is used to refer ...
3: ...ee [[muskeg]]), which covers most of inland [[Canada]] and northern [[Russia]]. The taigas are one of ...
5: ...to take advantage of the long summer days and abundant [[insect]] food in that season.
20: * [http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/where_we_work/ecoregions/habitat_ty... - List of autonomous entities (9309 bytes)
24: | [[Inner Mongolia]] (֢?gghul – N詠Měnggǔ/内蒙古)
30: | [[Tibet]] (P?p;nbsp;– Xīz/西藏)
33: ...ng]] (Xiānggǎng/香港 – Hong Kong)
35: | [[Macau]] (?m鮯澳门 – Macau)
39: | [[Ŭand Islands]] (Ŭand – Ahvenanmaa) - Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
1: ... to improve consistency with the [[Charles Darwin|Darwinian]] principle of [[common descent]]. [[Molec...
9: ...the Swiss professor, [[Conrad von Gesner]] (1516–1565). Gesner's work was a critical compilation...
11: ...]] (1637–1680), and [[Robert Hooke]] (1635–1702).
13: [[John Ray]] (1627–1705) was an English naturalist who published i...
17: ...fter John Ray's death [[Carolus Linnaeus]] (1707–1778) was born. His great work, the ''[[Systema... - Capricornus (6733 bytes)
2: ...tions listed by [[Ptolemy]]. Under its modern boundaries it is bordered by [[Aquila (constellation)|Aq...
8: ...at-fish have been found on [[Babylon]]ian tablets dating back three thousand years. The constellation ...
12: ...in]] accumulated throughout the year, causing the darkness to increase, together with the sun's descen...
27: ...]], [[Pisces]], and [[Eridanus (constellation)|Eridanus]].
45: [[da:Stenbukken (stjernetegn)]] - Igor Stravinsky (26622 bytes)
1: ...кий}}) ([[June 17]], [[1882]] – [[April 6]], [[1971]]) was a [[Russia|Russian]...
12: ...sed three major works for the [[Ballets Russes]]—''L'oiseau de feu'', ''[[Petrushka]]'' ([[1911]...
17: ...ounts of his time and expenditure to his sons and daughters. He was still young when he married his c...
25: ...essfully writing music for films. Stravinsky had adapted to life in [[France]], but moving to America ...
43: ...lude: ''Renard'' ([[1916]]), ''[[L'histoire du soldat]] (A Soldier's Tale)'' ([[1918]]), and ''Les no... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
11: ! colspan="2" | Data
36: ...086;гра́д, [[1914]]–[[1924]]), is a city located in [[Northwestern ...
38: ...about 4.7 million inhabitants ([[2002]]), it is today [[Russia]]'s second largest city, Europe's fourt...
40: ...litical and cultural centre, is impressive even today and to honor it people call it often "the Northe...
42: ...1085;ый округ).
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