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- China (38909 bytes)
34: ...low [[political divisions of China|provincial boundaries]]. In many contexts, "China" is commonly used...
38: ...hina]]" (中國大陸,''zhōngguó dàlù'' in Mandarin), especially when contrasting it with other, p...
45: ...hang]], who settled along the [[Huang He]] river, dating from the 18th to the 12th centuries BC. The S...
55: ...ist state]]—the People's Republic of China—that laid claim to be the successor state of th...
73: [[Nanjing]], [[Beijing]], [[Chang'an]] (today [[Xi'an]]), and [[Luoyang]] are the four cities ... - Ptolemy (10609 bytes)
3: ...μαῖος; [[c.]] [[85]] – c. [[165]]), known in English as '''Ptolemy'''...
5: ... (in Greek ''Η μεγάλη Σύνταξι&sig...
7: ...ains a [[star catalogue]], which is probably an updated version of a catalogue created by Hipparchus. ...
11: ... than degrees of arc (the length of the midsummer day increases from 12h to 24h as you go from the equ...
16: ...g manuscripts of Ptolemy's ''Geography'' however, date only from about 1300, after the text was redisc... - Cartography (10500 bytes)
3: ...red from [[measurement]] and can be stored in a [[database]], from which it can be extracted for a var...
7: The oldest known map dates from the [[5th millennium BCE]]. The oldest ma...
9: ...m the Kassite period ([[14th century BCE|14th]] – [[12th century BCE|12th centuries BCE]]) of Ba...
11: ... of the earth to within 15 per cent of the modern-day accepted value.
19: ...and [[Hipparchus]] are credited with developing a grid system of [[longitude]] and [[latitude]], and Era... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...nd largest city, and the capital of the [[Al Iskandariyah]] governate. It is located at {{coor dm|31|...
3: ... [[Hellenistic civilization|Hellenistic]] world — second only to [[Rome]] in size and wealth thr...
13: * The [[#Foundation|Ptolemaic era]] which starts with the foundin...
18: === Foundation ===
19: ...er the Great]] in or around [[334 BC]] (the exact date is disputed). Alexander's chief architect for t... - Roaring Twenties (28131 bytes)
1: ..., and ending with the sad note of the [[Black Tuesday]], [[harbinger]] of [[The Great Depression|the G...
3: ...s termed "The Golden Twenties". In France and Canada they were also called the "Crazy Years" (''ann饳...
5: ...n and lightness were cultivated in [[jazz]] and [[dancing]], in defiance of the horrors of the First W...
11: ...er]]s returned to the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] with money in their pockets and a great many ne...
17: ...] had sold 15 million [[Model T]]. In all of Canada, there were only about 300,000 vehicles registere... - Meteorology (19082 bytes)
10: ...rology'' goes back to the book ''Meteorologica'' (dating from about [[340 BC]]) by [[Aristotle]], who ...
14: ... the first Americans to forecast the weather on a daily basis.
20: ...teorology)|front]]s, that is, sharply defined boundaries between air masses.
32: ...e enhanced spatial and temporal resolution of the grids employed, but also because these more powerful m...
36: ...ing the need for formulations that average over a grid box. In global modeling, [[atmospheric wave]]s su... - American football (39287 bytes)
7: ... referred to as 'American football' or sometimes 'Grid-iron' football to differentiate it from [[footbal...
11: ...ised in over 150 other countries. ''Super Bowl Sunday'' has become an annual ritual in late January or...
27: ...ague]] - men's professional league based in [[Canada]], played using a modified set of rules known as ...
30: * [[Arena football]] - an indoor adaptation of professional football, played at a fast...
40: ... League of American Football]] (WLAF, 1991-1993 — now [[NFL Europe]]), and, the [[American Footb... - Pompeii (10901 bytes)
13: In [[62]], a violent [[earthquake]] severely damaged Pompeii and many other towns of Campania. In...
18: ... the sun on a mild afternoon. Coincidentally, the date was that of the [[Vulcanalia]], the festival of...
20: ...e phenomenon occurring over Mt. Vesuvius: a large dark cloud shaped rather like a pine tree emanating ...
22: ...ud" that Pliny the Younger wrote about is known today as a [[pyroclastic flow]], which is a cloud of s...
26: ... the eruption and the daylight hours were left in darkness. His uncle [[Pliny the Elder]] had already ... - Auto racing (15302 bytes)
40: ...mall, low-cost machine on small tracks. Many of today's top drivers started their careers in karts.
48: ...vent (actually a "[[rally raid]]") is the [[Paris-Dakar Rally]].
59: ...ernational competition in this type of racing nowadays is the [[World Touring Car Championship]], befo...
69: ... and the most famous race in the series is the [[Daytona 500]]. NASCAR also runs the [[Busch Series]]...
73: ...OC]] in the United States and [[CASCAR]] in [[Canada]]. - Formula One (29650 bytes)
41: ...d in [[1997]], which is due to expire on the last day of [[2007]].
43: ...e [[FIA]] vowed to improve the sport's safety standards; since that weekend, no driver has died on the...
53: ...f their use of [[Bridgestone]] tires (Ferrari, Jordan and Minardi are the only teams that don't use [[...
59: ...ing both the qualifying and the race in mind. The grid order for the race is determined based on the bes...
63: ...sses him, then he must start from the back of the grid. As long as he moves off and at least one car is ... - Crossword (24761 bytes)
1: ...referring to clues by both number and direction – for example, "1-Across" or "17-Down"); at the ...
3: ==Types of Grid==
4: ...Image:American crossword.JPG|thumb|American-style grid]]
6: [[Image:British crossword.JPG|thumb|British-style grid]]
8: ...mited to about one-sixth of the design. Crossword grids elsewhere, such as in [[Britain]] and [[Australi... - Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
9: ...influence into the [[Yucatan]] peninsula, present-day [[Guatemala]], and other regions.
29: ...ican cities such as [[Teotihuacan]] and its rigid grid-like construction.
31: ...servatories so that they were constructed in accordance with Maya interpretation of the orbits of the ...
33: ...an design, while interior space was entirely secondary. Only in the Late Post-Classic era did the gre...
37: ...el]], Maya architecture required one thing in abundance: manpower. Yet, beyond this enormous requirem... - Hybrid vehicle (47544 bytes)
1: [[Image:Honda-Insight.jpg|thumbnail|[[Honda Insight]], a hybrid gas-electric vehicle|300px]]
6: ...tteries charged by an external source such as the grid, or a [[Genset trailer|range extending trailer]]....
8: ...cause they can use a mixture of different fuels — typically gasoline and [[ethanol]] [[alcohol f...
12: ...ience/hearings/energy02/jun26/charter.htm | accessdate=June 26 | accessyear=2002}} of George W. Bush's...
16: ...he [[Electric power transmission|electrical power grid]] and don't require conventional fuel for short t... - Boston, Massachusetts (36071 bytes)
41: ...ound [[streetcar]] subway in [[North America]]. Today it is known as "The T" and is run by the [[Massa...
45: ... Boston's ambiance has improved in recent years — city streets bustle with a vitality not seen s...
59: ...are built on [[Land reclamation|reclaimed land]]—two and a half of Boston's three original hills...
63: ... the public. The [[Neponset River]] forms the boundary between the city and its southeast neighbors, Q...
71: ...dies to approach 250,000 in Massachusetts. Census data does not account for this significant segment o... - Saint Paul, Minnesota (13759 bytes)
33: ...ring the two weeks prior to and including [[Labor Day]]. It takes place in northern Saint Paul next to...
46: ... had already been complaining about the fractured grid system for more than a century by that point. So...
59: ...d. Many of these people had come south from [[Canada]] and were of French descent, others had come fro...
61: ...ear period, while maintaining St. Paul's 20% affordable housing target. - Columbus, Ohio (27104 bytes)
37: ...icts as well, sometimes overlapping municipal boundaries. CPS offers many alternative schools as well,...
46: ... northwest of Columbus and produces all of the Honda Accords, Civics, motorcycles and many of Acura's ...
51: ... Due to its central location within Ohio and abundance of outbound roadways, nearly all of the state'...
53: ...se with distance from downtown. This rigid street grid breaks down the further out one goes, particularl...
61: ...area, including Alum Creek, Big Walnut Creek, and Darby Creek. By and large, Columbus is fairly flat,... - Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
1: ...r-day Saints|The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] during the [[2002 Winter Olympic Games]...
2: ...ke County, Utah|Salt Lake]], [[Davis County, Utah|Davis]], and [[Weber County, Utah|Weber]] counties, ...
6: ...r-day Saints|The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. [[Mining]] and the [[railroad]] initia...
14: ...n with new information, please take a moment to update the above "History of Salt Lake City" page with...
15: ...Europeans to settle in the valley were the Latter-Day Saints on [[July 24]], [[1847]]. They had travel... - Indus Valley Civilization (23571 bytes)
2: ...ley Civilization''', [[28th century BC|2800 BC]]–[[18th century BC|1800 BC]], was an ancient civ...
7: ...le of modern day [[Pakistan]] and parts of modern-day [[India]] and [[Afghanistan]]. The Indus Civiliz...
9: To date, over 1,052 cities and settlements have been fo...
11: ...been the [[Vedic Sarasvati River]] of the [[Rig Veda]]. Some of the scholars who accept this hypothesi...
13: ... major urban centers of [[Harappa]] and [[Mohenjo-daro]], as well as [[Dholavira]], [[Ganweriwala]], [... - Computer mouse (29399 bytes)
21: ... (EPFL) under the inspiration of Professor [[Jean-Daniel Nicoud]] and the hands of [[engineer]] and [[...
24: ...metallic surface ([[mouse pad]]) imprinted with a grid of fine blue and grey lines. As computing power ...
58: ...ake use of a "rocker" button instead of a wheel – a pivoting button that can be pressed at the t...
61: ...ess") mice use wireless communication to transmit data via [[infrared]], [[radio]] or [[Bluetooth]].
70: ...sh; separate mouse buttons for separate actions — was also found to be confusing in user studies... - Chinese New Year (12599 bytes)
3: ...namese]] who have holidays which fall on the same day.
15: ...th [[firecracker]]s, [[dragon dance]]s and [[lion dance]]s. Typically the game of [[mahjong]] is playe...
20: ===First New Year's Day===
21: ...amily members gather on the morning of New Year's Day. It is at this gathering that red packets are gi...
23: ... The gift was originally a token amount but these days it is not uncommon to receive large sums in aff...
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