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- Zoe (empress) (1927 bytes)
1: [[Image:EmpZoe.jpg|thumb|Empress Zoe as depicted in a mosaic from the Hagia Sophia]]
5: ...1025]]. He reigned for only three years between [[December 15]], [[1025]] and [[November 15]], [[1028]...
7: ...V]] "the [[Paphlagonia]]n", who reigned until his death in [[1041]].
9: ...[[Constantine IX]] Monomachus (reigned [[1042]]-[[1055]]) who outlived her by four years. Zoe died in [[... - Theodora (11th century) (2075 bytes)
2: ...mperor|Byzantine Empress]] from [[January 11]], [[1055]] to [[August 31]], [[1056]]. She was the daught...
6: ...rnment she allowed herself to be virtually superseded by Zoë's new husband, [[Constantine IX]], o...
8: ...od of 189 years ([[867]] - [[1056]]) was not considered to be a rightful Emperor. This resulted in a s... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...s foundation of the [[Imperial Academy of Arts|Academy of Fine Arts]] in [[Saint Petersburg|St. Peters...
7: ...[[Kolomenskoye]], near [[Moscow]], on the 18th of December [[1709]]. As her parents were not married a...
9: ...luency than accuracy. From her earliest years she delighted every one by her extraordinary beauty and ...
11: ...hat on the death of her mother (May 1727) and the departure to [[Holstein]] of her beloved sister Anne...
15: ...banishment to [[Siberia]], minus his tongue, by order of the empress [[Anna of Russia|Anne]], consoled... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...931]]) is a [[Russia]]n-[[Tatar]] [[composer]] of deeply religious music.
3: ...ervatory, graduating in 1954. In [[Moscow]] she undertook further studies at the Conservatory with Nik...
7: In the mid-1970s Gubaidulina founded Astreja, a folk-instrument improvisation group w...
11: ...). The two works together form a "diptych" on the death and resurrection of Christ, her largest work t...
15: ...f a bond...restoring the legato of life. Life divides man into many pieces...There is no weightier occ... - Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
1: ... is located in eastern-most [[Europe]]. It has borders with [[Russia]], the [[People's Republic of Chi...
3: ...464 in [[1989]] [http://www.stat.kz/ru/dynamic/svedenia_rk/population/nas.htm].<!--
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37: | '''[[President of Kazakhstan|President]]''' - Cotton (7876 bytes)
4: ...gether and interlocked. This interlocked form is ideal for [[spinning]] into a fine [[yarn]].
9: ...a domesticated different species of cotton independently thousands of years ago.
13: ...preposterous belief: "There grew there India a wonderful tree which bore tiny lambs on the ends of its...
28: ...able. Historically, one of the most economically destructive pests in cotton production has been the ...
30: ...on is a perennial crop in the tropics and without defoliation or freezing, the plant will continue to ... - California (63989 bytes)
8: Nickname = The Golden State |
23: PCDesert = 25 |
28: DensityRank = 12<sup>th</sup> |
29: 2000Density = 83.78 |
30: AdmittanceOrder = 31<sup>st</sup> | - Politics (7193 bytes)
2: ... group interactions including [[corporate]], [[academic]], and [[religious]].
6: One theorist, [[Harold Lasswell]], has defined politics as "who gets what, when, and how."
9: ...tion of human associations. Hobbes described an ideal [[state of nature]] wherein every person had eq...
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14: ...rs), taxation, and writing. All of which require densely populated settlements - cities. - List of popes (77758 bytes)
4: ...s]], and there have been either 265 or 266 popes, depending on whether a source counts [[#Notes on num...
6: ...] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus Servorum Dei|Servant of the Servants of God]].''
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29: | <small>Executed by crucifixion upside-down; feast day ([[SS Peter & Paul]]) [[29 June]]...
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 September]]</small> - Pirate (23151 bytes)
2: A '''pirate''' is one who [[Robbery|robs]] or plunders at sea without a commission from a recognised [...
4: ...ains a significant problem (with estimated worldwide losses of $13 to $16 billion [[United_States_doll...
8: ...neer]]s'''. The word comes from ''boucan'', a wooden frame used for cooking meat (called a ''[[barbec...
10: ... known as '''kapers''' or '''vrijbuiters''' ("plunderers"), the latter combining the words ''vrij'' me...
14: ...urkish '''''Korsan''''', which seems to have been derived from the European word, which in turn comes ... - William I of England (8753 bytes)
7: ...], [[Normandy]], now in [[France]], William succeeded to the throne of England by right of conquest by...
9: ... armour]] that was invented generations after his death.
14: ...y, William finally secured control of Normandy by defeating the rebel Norman barons at [[Caen]] in the...
16: He married [[Matilda of Flanders]], against the wishes of the [[Pope Leo IX|pope...
23: ...story is true, however, Harold made the promise under duress and so may have felt free to break it. - Easter (31700 bytes)
2: ...iday and ends around [[Pentecost]]. See [[Eastertide]].)
4: ...n]] has a different chronology which has Christ's death at the time of the slaughter of the Passover l...
6: ... fertility festival, although there is no hard evidence of any link.
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59: ...ed on a [[lunar calendar]] similar—but not identical—to the [[Hebrew Calendar]]. The preci... - Hipparchus (astronomer) (50785 bytes)
4: ...chus. However, his synthesis of astronomy superseded Hipparchus's work: although Hipparchus wrote at ...
8: ...eographia'' ("Geography"), and from [[Pliny the Elder]]'s ''[[Pliny's Natural History|Naturalis histor...
10: ...cient history|ancient]] district [[Bithynia]], (modern-day [[İznik, Turkey|İznik]] in provin...
14: ...was calculated by [[Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre|Delambre]], based on clues in his work. Hipparchus ...
16: ...ts. In the 2nd and 3rd centuries [[coin]]s were made in his honour in Bithynia that bear his name and ... - Hipparchus (50784 bytes)
3: ...chus. However, his synthesis of astronomy superseded Hipparchus's work: although Hipparchus wrote at ...
7: ...eographia'' ("Geography"), and from [[Pliny the Elder]]'s ''[[Pliny's Natural History|Naturalis histor...
9: ...cient history|ancient]] district [[Bithynia]], (modern-day [[İznik, Turkey|İznik]] in provin...
13: ...was calculated by [[Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre|Delambre]], based on clues in his work. Hipparchus ...
15: ...ts. In the 2nd and 3rd centuries [[coin]]s were made in his honour in Bithynia that bear his name and ... - List of autonomous entities (9309 bytes)
1: Several countries have autonomous entities inside their territory, usually giving autonomy to ethni...
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38: | 1 autonomous province under international law
55: | [[Sardinia]] (Sardegna)
67: ...]] (Sta Nistrului – Pridnestrovje/Приднест... - Energy (16265 bytes)
1: ...jects, the concept of energy came to embrace the idea of the potential for change as well as change it...
3: ...ding a 50 pound weight, the presence of energy needed to do so may not be observable. However, if you ...
5: ...of energy that are not easily measured by the unaided observer.
15: ...the same dimension and this is not a simple coincidence: a torque of 1 newton-metre applied on 1 radia...
21: ...]] (Btu) which has various values in the range of 1055 J, and the [[horsepower]]-hour (2.6845 MJ). - Pterosaurs (10375 bytes)
12: ..._subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = Suborders}}
13: [[Rhamphorhynchoidea]]<br/>
14: [[Pterodactyloidea]]<br/>
16: ... with [[crocodiles]] and [[dinosaurs]] (and their descendants, the [[birds]]).
18: == Fossil evidence == - List of Byzantine Emperors (11779 bytes)
3: ...the last western emperor [[Romulus Augustus]] was deposed during his reign). Others date the beginning...
11: ...- 364, ruled [[363]] - [[364]]) – soldier under Julian
31: ...and-nephew of Justin I; Count of the Excubitors under Justin II; adopted by Justin II in 574
41: *[[Constans II]] Heraclius Pogonatus (the Bearded) (630-668, ruled [[641]] - [[668]]) – son ...
46: ...ius]] (ruled [[695]] - [[698]]) – general under Justinian II - Igor Stravinsky (26622 bytes)
1: ...ombinations and classical forms. His oeuvre included everything from symphonies to [[piano]] miniatur...
10: ... St. Petersburg and dominated by his father and elder brother, Stravinsky's early childhood was a mix ...
12: ...d<nowiki>]</nowiki> them all to hell". (He succeeded: the 1913 première of ''Le sacre du print...
14: ...learn and explore art, literature, and life. This desire manifested itself in several of his Paris col...
17: ...rtner until his death, was his second wife [[Vera de Bosset]]. - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
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13: ...stricts of Russia|District]]: || [[Northwestern Federal District|North West Russia]]
15: ...ia|Subdivision]]: || [[Federal cities of Russia|federal city]]
23: | [[Population density]]: || 7691 persons/km�
25: | [[Altitude]]: || 3 m
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