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  1. Flint tool (1281 bytes)
    2: ...lithic]] times in [[Europe]] the manufacture of [[flint]] and [[obsidian]] blades had become a highly ski...
    4: ...placed them. However they were brittle and easily damaged and could not be easily sharpened. Mesolithi...
    6: ..., however, not from natural raw materials such as flint.

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  1. Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
    7: – [[28 November]] [[1990]]
    15: |'''Date of Birth:'''
    27: ...''Iron Lady''' in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]...
    31: ...e labour market that would create jobs and could adapt to market conditions. Exacerbated by the global...
    33: ...[House of Lords]] and as head of the Thatcher Foundation.
  2. Pottery (17136 bytes)
    8: ... remains of non-literate cultures and help in the dating of some historic cultures as well.
    21: ...y virtually identical plates, vases or bowls in a day. Because of its nature, wheel work can only be u...
    42: ...y material (often a mix of dolomite, frit, silica/flint, feldspar, sodium borate, clay and whiting plus m...
    50: ..., as the kiln must be stoked for as long as a few days, but the pieces which emerge often have charact...
    52: The western adaptation of [[Raku]] firing, a traditional [[Japane...
  3. Glass (26176 bytes)
    1: ...was originally, which can be seen in its [[conchoidal]] fracture.
    5: ... will be concerned with a specific type of glass—the [[silica]]-based glasses in common use as a...
    20: ...s is due to the addition of compounds such as [[soda ash]] (sodium carbonate).
    26: ...with impurities. Obsidian is a raw material for [[flint knapper]]s, who have used it to make extremely sh...
    30: ...he melting point to about 1000 ?C. However, the soda makes the glass water-soluble, which is obviously...
  4. Mesolithic (2380 bytes)
    14: ...ulture#History|the introduction of farming]], the date of which varied in each geographical region. I...
    18: ... mesolithic is characterized by small composite [[flint]] tools ([[microlith]]s and microburins in most a...
  5. Woodworking (12397 bytes)
    9: ...e of the first examples of wooden hunting gear. [[Flint]] tools were used for carving. Since neolithic ti...
    13: ...—such as flower pots, tables, altars, etc.—and also contains extensive instructions concer...
    61: ...working to prevent cracking, splitting, and other damage due to drying
    62: * shake: a crack or split in wood, caused by damage or drying
    82: *[[carpentry]] – Originally a carpenter was a wagon maker but c...
  6. Finland (29511 bytes)
    51: ...pstone]] from Eastern Finland, and by founds of [[flint]] from South Scandinavia and Russia, [[chisel]]s ...
    53: ...e]] (1500–500 BC) and [[Iron Age]] (500 BC–AD 1200) were characterized by extensive contac...
    57: ...in domestic Swedish debate and in Russian propaganda promising "liberation from Swedish oppression".
    61: ...o Aunus]] complicated the relations. The Finnish–Russian border was agreed on only with the [[Tr...
    67: ... was followed by the [[Lapland War]] of [[1944]]–[[1945]], when Finland forced the Germans out o...
  7. Chalcolithic (1447 bytes)
    7: ...d that the [[Proto-Indo-European]] language group dates to around the same time.
    9: ...about [[3300 BC]], carried a copper [[axe]] and [[flint]] [[knife]]. He appears to have been in a region ...
  8. Prehistory (4111 bytes)
    6: ...area now known as [[Olduvai Gorge]]. Others would date the beginning of prehistory with the advent of ...
    8: The date marking the end of prehistory is also disputed....
    17: ...ped for use as cutting tools and [[weapon]]s. The date range of this period is ambiguous, disputed, an...
    19: ... This period is the oldest part of the stone age, dating from the first use of stone tools by [[homini...
    20: * [[Epipalaeolithic]] – characterised by the use of [[microlith]]s, no...
  9. Ohio (19444 bytes)
    16: LandArea = 106,154 |
    24: AdmittanceDate = [[March 1]], [[1803]], declared retroactivel...
    25: ...Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
    48: ...erritory to the approximately the size of present-day Ohio plus the eastern half of [[Michigan]]'s low...
    50: ...hat officially declared [[March 1]], [[1803]] the date of Ohio's admittance into the Union.
  10. Michigan (29427 bytes)
    16: LandArea = 147,255 |
    24: AdmittanceDate = [[January 26]], [[1837]] |
    25: TimeZone = Eastern: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] <br><small>(Some Upper Pen...
    42: ... recognition of the state languished due to a boundary dispute with Ohio, with both sides claiming a 4...
    79: ... to prospector [[Philo Everett]] near the present-day city of [[Negaunee, Michigan|Negaunee]].
  11. Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Leonardo da Vinci.jpeg|thumb|Leonardo da Vinci]]
    2: '''Leonardo da Vinci''' ([[April 15]], [[1452]] &ndash; [[May 2]], [[1519]]) was an [[Italy|Italian]] ...
    7: ...an [[illegitimate child]]. His father, Ser Piero da Vinci was a young [[lawyer]] and his mother, Cate...
    9: ...therefore refer to his works as "Leonardos", not "da Vincis". Presumably he did not use his father's n...
    12: ... the greatest of all Andrea's pupils was Leonardo da Vinci, in whom, besides a beauty of person never ...
  12. Lansing, Michigan (6961 bytes)
    29: ...er]] meets the [[Red Cedar River (Michigan)|Red Cedar River]]. The city occupies most of what had form...
    78: ...the Tri-Cities, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Jackson, Flint, Ann Arbor, and Battle Creek.
  13. Early history of Ireland (30651 bytes)
    5: ...milar happened in Britain, where human remains predating the last [[glaciation]] have been uncovered o...
    7: ...hough sea levels were still lower than they are today, Ireland was probably already an island by the t...
    9: ...ith spears, arrows and harpoons tipped with small flint blades called [[microliths]], while supplementing...
    20: ...und. Grave goods - pottery, arrowheads, beads, pendants, axes, etc - have also been uncovered. These [...
    31: ...s of invading colonists still has its adherents today, but the archaeological evidence does not really...
  14. Limestone (3809 bytes)
    3: ...e]] for information on calcite dissolution). Secondary calcite may also be deposited by [[Supersaturat...
    7: ...y line small cavities in the rock. [[Chert]] or [[Flint]] nodules are common in limestone layers. Bands o...
  15. Sedimentary rock (7917 bytes)
    3: ...orphic]] rocks) and is formed in three main ways&mdash;by the deposition of the [[weathered]] remains ...
    22: ...ne; [[arkose]] is a sandstone with quartz and abundant feldspar; [[greywacke]] is a sandstone with qua...
    37: ...her examples include [[stromatolite]]s, and the [[flint]] nodules found in [[chalk]] (which is itself a b...
  16. Cerium (12377 bytes)
    1: <!-- Here is a table of data; skip past it to edit the text. -->
    5: ...n="center" | [[Lanthanum]] &ndash; '''Cerium''' &ndash; [[Praseodymium]]
    9: ...r><div align="right"><small>[[Periodic table (standard)|Full table]]</small></div>
    35: | [[1 E-_ m|185 (no data) pm]]
    38: | no data [[picometre|pm]]
  17. Silicon (13233 bytes)
    4: {{Elementbox_appearance_img | Si,14| dark gray, bluish tinge }}
    44: ...ical analog [[carbon]]. It is the second most abundant element in the [[Earth]]'s crust, making up 25....
    47: In its [[crystal]]line form, silicon has a dark gray color and a metallic luster. Even though i...
    63: ... in [[1787]], and was later mistaken by [[Humphry Davy]] in [[1800]] for a compound. In [[1811]] [[Gay...
    70: ...], [[amethyst]], agate, [[quartz]], rock crystal, flint, [[jasper]], and [[opal]] are some of the forms i...
  18. Jim Abbott (6907 bytes)
    1: ...rn [[September 19]], [[1967 in sports|1967]] in [[Flint, Michigan]]). Despite being born without a right ...
    5: In [[1988 in sports|1988]], Abbott won a gold medal pitching for the [[United States]] in the [[1988...
  19. John Nance Garner (5903 bytes)
    11: ...ress on [[November 8]], [[1932]], and on the same day was elected Vice President of the United States....
    13: ...sion to take it in the first place was "the worst damn fool mistake I ever made."
    15: ... supported federal intervention to break up the [[Flint Sit-Down Strike|first sit-down strike]], supporte...
    21: Though he never declared his candidacy, Roosevelt quietly made it known that he would ...
    32: ...; ironically, Kennedy was assassinated later that day.
  20. Maize (12434 bytes)
    7: {{Taxobox classis entry | taxon = [[Liliopsida]]}}
    16: ...called '''corn''' in the [[United States]], [[Canada]], and [[Australia]] but there are [[corn|further...
    22: ...nches); the stems are erect, from 2&ndash;3 m (7&ndash;10 feet) in height, with many joints, casting o...
    24: ...ur hundred grains, and is from 10&ndash;25 cm (4&ndash;10 inches) in length. They are of various color...
    30: ...uila Naquitz Cave in the Oaxaca Valley of Mexico, date back roughly 6,250 years.

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