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- Cleopatra VII of Egypt (8634 bytes)
4: ...[December]], [[70 BC]] or [[January]], [[69 BC]]–[[August 12]]?, [[30 BC]]) was [[Monarch|queen]...
6: Today she is probably the most famous of all of ancien...
9: ...-ruler as Ptolemy XV [[Caesarion]] ([[44 BC|44]]–[[30 BC]]).
11: ...be noted that Pompey had been married to Caesar's daughter, who died giving birth to their son). After...
13: Caesar wintered in Egypt in [[48 BC]]–[[47 BC]], and Cleopatra shored up her politica... - Bassoon (11661 bytes)
8: ...nstructed folded back on itself, as it is to this day (giving it the name in some regions "curtall", a...
10: ... current form, and a three-keyed bassoon has been dated to 1699.
16: ...e interior of the wing and boot joints to prevent damage from moisture with extensive playing; wooden ...
20: ...nsky]]'s famously difficult opening solo in [[The Rite of Spring]] only ascending to the D. Low A at the...
35: ...both fingered with Heckel-system keywork, a descendant of the original Baroque fingering system, as op... - Romania (19812 bytes)
1: ...erbia]] and [[Bulgaria]] to the south along the [[Danube]] River. Romania has a stretch of sea coast o...
39: established_dates = [[Romanian War of Independence]]<br/>[[10 Ma...
62: ...ed in three distinct principalities: Walachia, Moldavia, and Transylvania.
64: ...t]] system, and brief periods of independence. Moldavia lost its eastern side [[Bessarabia]] to the [[...
68: ...formed by the merging of the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia in [[1859]] under the [[domnitor... - Ukraine (22193 bytes)
3: The territory of present-day Ukraine was a key centre of East Slavic culture ...
37: ...e of the Soviet Union|Independence]]'''<br> Date || From [[Soviet Union]]<br>[[August 24]] [[199...
53: ...ylistic reasons (compare "the Lebanon" and "the Sudan") and partly because of its implication that Ukr...
55: ...ainian and Kraina in Belarusian). Other more legendary ethymologies trace the name to a verb meaning, ...
64: ...ed by [[Varangian]]s, Scandinavians, from present-day [[Sweden]]. The Varangians later became assimila... - Caste (32815 bytes)
5: ...books," (2-7). Only the Purusha Sukta hymn (Rig Veda 10:90) mentions the castes and compares them to t...
7: ...t refers to the the lustrous colour of the sky at dawn.
20: ...e with the Brahman the privilege of reading the Veda, but only so far as it is taught and explained to...
27: ...ociety, and must endure 12 years studying the [[Vedas]].
31: ... the [[Iran|Persia]]ns and the [[levites]] of [[Judaism]]. - Saint Peter (16028 bytes)
2: ...n the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and its [[Eastern Rite]]. Other [[religious denomination]]s of [[Christ...
4: ...y of the Hours records [[June 29]], [[69]] as his date of death; other scholars believe that he died o...
8: ...e Apostles, Peter is always listed first, and [[Judas Iscariot]] is always listed last.
11: .... A number of later legends mention that he had a daughter.
17: ...8-42); he undertakes a missionary journey of [[Lydda]], [[Jaffa, Israel|Joppa]] and [[Caesarea]] (9:32... - Pope Silvester I (1917 bytes)
1: ... (or Sylvester), [[pope]] ([[January]], [[314]] – [[December 31]], [[335]]), succeeded [[Pope Mi...
3: ...the middle of the next century. Silvester's legendary relationship to Constantine was important in th...
8: Successor=[[Pope Marcus|Saint Marcus]]|Dates=314–335}} - Vatican City (21873 bytes)
1: ...f the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and its [[Eastern Rite]].
3: ...enedict XVI]] of [[Germany]], [[Angelo Cardinal Sodano]] of [[Italy]] and [[Edmund Cardinal Szoka]] of...
5: ..., [[Apostolic Palace]] and museums were built, predates [[Christendom]].
28: ...ate|Secretary of State]]'''|| [[Angelo Cardinal Sodano]]
38: |'''[[Independence]]'''<br> - Date - Judaism (54799 bytes)
2: ...nity]] and [[Islam]]. For all of these reasons, Judaism has been a major force in shaping the world.
8: ...nd the rise of [[Nationalism|nationalism]]. Thus, Daniel Boyarin has argued that "Jewishness disrupts ...
9: ...en-branched [[Menorah]] is an ancient symbol of Judaism. It was used in the [[Temple in Jerusalem|Temp...
11: ... (the [[Hebrew Bible]]) where [[Names of God in Judaism|God]] makes it part of the [[Ten Commandments#...
14: ...these beliefs is to deny God and the essence of Judaism. - Shinto (25829 bytes)
4: ... practiced today, and some remain largely as everyday activities without religious connotations like [...
7: ...od. A number of theories about the ancestors of today's Japanese people exist. These theories range fr...
9: ...s. Following the ascendency of the ancestors of today's [[Emperor of Japan|Imperial family]] to a posi...
11: ...hiness of the Imperial family and their divine mandate to rule.
13: ...ddess and ancestor of the Imperial family, with [[Dainichi Nyorai]], a central manifestation of the Bu... - Ballet (9155 bytes)
1: [[Image:snowdance.jpg|250px|thumb|The Waltz of the Snowflakes fr...
3: ...nique are called '''ballets''' and may include: [[dance]], [[mime]], [[acting]] and [[music]] ([[Orche...
5: ...'s ''Il Ballarino'', a technical manual on ballet dancing that helped to establish [[Italy]] as a majo...
11: ... op鲡-ballet, and a school to train professional dancers was attached to the Acad魩e Royale de Musiq...
13: ...he ballet d'action, in which the movements of the dancers are designed to express character and assist... - Native American (42651 bytes)
5: ...ples native to [[Alaska]] and [[Arctic|arctic Canada]]). The latter share their cultural and genetic c...
7: The same distinction is made in Canada, where the term [[First Nations]] applies only to...
9: ...lude the [[M鴩s people (Canada)|M鴩s]] of [[Canada]] and the [[Mestizo]]s and [[Zambo]]s of [[Latin ...
19: ...a]] across the [[Bering Strait]], between 17,000–11,000 years ago.
21: ...00 BC|11,500 years ago]] or earlier [http://www.andaman.org/book/chapter53/luzia/luzia.htm]. Thus othe... - 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... - Timpani (31735 bytes)
3: ...ssical]] [[orchestra]] in the [[17th century]]. Today, they are used in many types of [[musical ensemb...
14: ...|500px|[[Walter Light]] [[Timpani#Pedal timpani|pedal]] and [[Timpani#Chain timpani|chain]] timpani se...
20: ... tones while [[Parabola|parabolic]] bowls produce darker tones. Another factor that affects the timbre...
22: ...impani can play up into the [[treble clef]]. In [[Darius Milhaud]]'s [[ballet]] ''La cr顴ion du monde...
30: ...– seen here on the left of the pedal – to change the pitch of the drum.]] - Nikola Tesla (29894 bytes)
33: * fundamental principles, devices, and machinery of [[wir...
49: ...ulian calendar]]; July 10 in the [[Gregorian calendar]]) [[1856]], and christened by the Serbian ortho...
53: ...On the opening of the [[telephone]] exchange in Budapest, 1881, Tesla became the chief electrician to ...
57: ...nager in his previous job). The letter of recommendation from [[Charles Batchelor]] to Thomas Edison r...
65: ...e'' X-ray producing devices, attributing the skin-damage to [[ozone]] rather than the radiation: ''"As... - First Crusade (34670 bytes)
2: ...e – in contrast to the many that followed – to achieve its stated goal.
12: ...ates were on the whole more concerned with consolidating their own territories and gaining control of ...
14: ...tolia and northern Syria was a state founded by [[Danishmend]], a Seljuk mercenary; the crusaders did ...
16: ...ll actual power was held by the [[vizier]] [[al-Afdal Shahanshah]]), had lost Jerusalem to the Seljuks...
26: ... and apocalyptic yearnings found release from the daily oppression of their lives, in an outpouring of... - Adolescence (13933 bytes)
4: ...y complete [[elementary school]] and enter [[secondary education]], such as middle school or high scho...
6: ...or 成人式) (see [[Japanese calendar]])...
9: ...en a [[child]] begins to develop [[adult]] [[secondary sex characteristics]] as their [[hormone]] bala...
17: ... access to parental income that is often more abundant than that of most teenagers and young adults.
41: ...to which most children are held by most parents today. Of course, this doesn't mean that proper upbri... - Igor Stravinsky (26622 bytes)
1: ...''[[The Rite of Spring|Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)]]'' {{lang|ru|Вст...
5: ...t the premieres of his own works. He was also a writer. With the help of his prot�g� [[Robert Craf...
12: ...''[[The Rite of Spring|Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)]]'' ([[1913]]). The ballets trace his ...
17: ...ounts of his time and expenditure to his sons and daughters. He was still young when he married his c...
25: ...professional life in the USA. When he planned to write an opera with [[W. H. Auden]], the need to acquir... - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
2: ...ity of key importance to the [[religion]]s of [[Judaism]], [[Christianity]], and [[Islam]].
6: ...ity. Since Israel's victory in the [[1967]] [[Six-Day War]], it has controlled the entire city and cla...
16: ...|[[Archaeology|Archaeological]] ruins from [[King David]]'s time]]
18: ...war and captured the city without destroying it. David then expanded the city to the south, and decla...
20: ...pital of the southern kingdom, the [[Kingdom of Judah]].
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