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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...h [[Medieval]] Welsh texts often call him ''amerauder'' ("[[emperor]]").
5: ...his power and the extent and kind of power he wielded continues to rage.
7: ...Geoffrey Ashe and Leon Fleuriot, have argued for identifying Arthur with a certain [[Riothamus]], "Kin...
9: ...ing the historical career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to be little ...
11: ...eves that Arthur is a half-forgotten Celtic deity devolved into a personage (citing sometimes a suppos... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...orer]], whose account documents his travels and side-excursions over a period of almost thirty years, ...
4: His name may alternatively be rendered '''ibn Batuta''', '''ibn Batuda''' or '''ibn B...
6: ...lated as ''A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Travelling'', but ...
10: ==The Hajj (with detours)==
11: ...eadth of the Muslim world, and beyond (about 44 modern countries). - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
5: ...ther, n饠Charlotte Hennessy, began taking in boarders, and through one of these lodgers Gladys, aged ...
7: ...tten by William C. DeMille, brother of [[Cecil B. DeMille]], who was also in the cast. The play was p...
9: ... film era and the sound film era. She won an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] in [[1929]], but retir...
11: ...s driving and Fairbanks was discussing the recent death of his mother, the clock stopped.
13: ...March 28]] the same year. Together they were regarded as "Hollywood Royalty" and were famous for enter... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ... between [[1450]] and [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, [[Paris]], AE II 2490).]]
2: ...[[20th century]]; currently being a focus of considerable interest in the [[Republic of Ireland]], [[C...
7: ...e River|Meuse]] to [[Jacques D'Arc]] and Isabelle de Vouthon, a [[peasant]] family later granted [[nob...
11: ...mb|''Jeanne d' Arc'' by Eugene Thirion ([[1876]]) depicts Joan's awe upon receiving a vision from the ...
12: ...lies to the city of [[Orl顮s]], which had been under siege by the English since the previous October.... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...ur. She was nominated for twelve Best Actress Academy Awards, the record for nominations until 2003, ...
5: ...d with giving her a sense of adventure and independence.
7: ...l for figure skating from the [[Madison Square Garden]] skating club, shooting golf in the low eightie...
8: ...and information about her brother's apparent suicide and its great impact on Hepburn -->
10: ...ay her degree was in drama -->, the same year she debuted on [[Broadway]] after landing a bit part in ... - Nicole Kidman (11782 bytes)
1: ...Kidman''' (born [[June 20]], [[1967]]) is an [[Academy Award]] winning [[Australia|Australian]] [[actr...
10: ...|Flirting]]'' (1991). In 1989 she appeared in ''[[Dead Calm]]'' which gained her notice in the United ...
13: ...ried on [[Christmas Eve]] of [[1990]] in [[Telluride, Colorado]]. The couple adopted two children, Isa...
15: ...ne persistent rumour claims however that Kidman's desire to bring up their children [[Catholicism|Cath...
19: ...Away]]'' ([[1992]]). Later she was in ''[[Eyes Wide Shut]]'' ([[1999]]), [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s final ... - Nile (13738 bytes)
12: ... River|Amazon]] still remains the subject of much debate. This is, for the most part, due to two reaso...
24: ...lthough the lake itself has feeder rivers of considerable size from the other [[Great Lakes (Africa)|G...
26: ...Abyad, or the [[White Nile]], from the clay suspended in its waters. From there, the river flows to [...
32: ...[[:Image:Nile River and delta from orbit.jpg|Nile delta]])]]
40: ...he Nile in Sudan, looking north across the Sahara Desert towards Lake Nasser and Egypt. Photograph IS... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
7: ... ittihād, nazm<br /> ([[Urdu]]: Faith (self confidence), Unity, Discipline) |
13: government_type = [[Federal republic]] |
14: ..._titles = [[President of Pakistan|President]]<br />[[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minis...
15: leader_names = [[Pervez Musharraf]]<br />[[...
19: area_magnitude = | - Arizona (24367 bytes)
25: DensityRank = 36th |
26: 2000Density = 17.43 |
27: AdmittanceOrder = 48th |
30: Latitude = 31?20'N to 37?N |
31: Longitude = 109?3'W to 114?50'W | - List of sports (7304 bytes)
1: ...is played, and there are many more sports to be added. This system has a disadvantage because some spo...
87: * [[Adventure racing]]
114: ...on motorised transportation, also not really considered "sports" by the majority of people.
134: * [[Modern pentathlon]]
142: * [[Aeromodelling]] - World War I (62979 bytes)
2: ...had roots of power back to the days of the [[Crusade]]s, all fell during or after the war.
4: The causes of World War I were complex developments by themselves (see [[#Diplomatic and po...
6: ...s the last direct major conflict of the war. The defeat of [[Germany]] in the war and failure to reso...
8: ...n diplomatic ineptitude as well as a tremendous tide of nationalism that swept the European continent ...
10: ... on the home front due to food shortages, [[genocide]], and ground combat. - Surfing (15219 bytes)
2: ...ge:Surfing in Hawaii.jpg|thumb|350px|Surfing outside [[Kaneohe Bay]], Hawai‘i.]]
5: ... droves to enjoy the maneuverability and stunts made possible by the new boards. The sport has spread ...
7: ...ads (to keep a surfers feet from slipping off the deck of the board), interchangeable "[[skeg]]s" (als...
9: ...orming a "tube" (or "barrel"), with the rider inside the cylindrical portion of the wave. However, su...
11: ...ing has to do with paddling out and waiting 'outside'. However, one does not see photographs of pros ... - Aviator (3951 bytes)
2: ... can be applied more broadly, for example to include people such as [[Wing-walking|wing-walkers]] who ...
4: ... [[aviation]] and has connotations of bravery and adventure. As [[Steve Fossett]] has shown with his [[2002]]...
6: ...te authority given to the ''Pilot in Command'' is derived from that of a ship?s captain.
8: ...for information on license requirements). The [[Federal Aviation Administration]] controls the issuanc...
11: <!-- ugh - does anyone know how to code HTML for balanced columns? --> - Henry Morgan (5671 bytes)
2: ...rth, who made a name in the [[Caribbean]] as a leader of [[buccaneer]]s and roughnecks.
4: ... expedition which seized the island of [[New Providence]] (Santa Catalina), and when Mansfield was cap...
6: ...ernor of Jamaica endeavoured to cover the whole under the necessity of allowing the English a free han...
8: ...ch convinced the governor to shift his cannon, eluded the enemy's guns altogether and escaped in safet...
10: ...nd took the city. The booty was said to have exceeded 100,000 pounds. The fame of this brilliant explo... - William Kidd (4938 bytes)
2: ...d Sarah Kidd. The marriage brought to Kidd a considerable amount of property and before the voyage whi...
4: ...n acquaintance, Colonel [[Robert Livingston the Elder|Robert Livingston]] paid for the rest. Kidd had ...
6: ...perate to cover the costs of his enterprise and under pressure from his men he started taking any vess...
8: ...dispute broke out with one William Moore. Gilbert describes this argument as being over whether to pur...
10: ...ct captured an English ship. Kidd tried to persuade his crew to return the ship to its owners but the... - 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: ... '''[[filibuster]]s''', who were not pirates, but adventurers involving themselves in [[Latin American revolu...
14: ...urkish '''''Korsan''''', which seems to have been derived from the European word, which in turn comes ... - Cabeza de Vaca (4807 bytes)
1: '''Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca''' (c. [[1490]] – c. [[1559]]) was an ...
3: ...r's service to the King, and regrets that his own deeds could not be as great, due to forces beyond hi...
5: ...ave [[Estevanico]], Andres de Dorantes and Alonso del Castillo Maldonado were the only survivors of th...
7: ... and jealously refused to give his countrymen any details of the country that might prepare them for t...
9: ...with his earlier ''La Relación'' and published under the title ''Comentarios'' (Commentary). - Francisco Coronado (5090 bytes)
1: '''Francisco Vásquez de Coronado''' (ca. [[1510]] - [[September 22]],[[15...
5: ...iscan monks, the most notable of which was [[Juan de Padilla]], and several slaves, both native Americ...
8: ...othing like the great golden city fray Marcos had described, it was just a simple [[pueblo]] of the [[...
10: ... in the destruction of the Tiguex pueblos and the death of hundreds of Indians.
12: ...ado thought he did so, and was executed. Other guides led him further to Quivira, and he reached a vil... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
3: ...]] [[explorers|explorer]] and [[navigator]]. He made three voyages to the [[Pacific Ocean]], in which ...
8: ... Cook rose in the ranks of the merchant fleet but declined the command of his own collier in 1755 on t...
20: ...lly [[Alexander Dalrymple]], insisted must exist, despite Cook's personal doubts. With the help of a ...
22: ...t landing, at Kurnell on [[Botany Bay]], was intended to be the site of the first [[British colony]] i...
24: Botany Bay was indeed the site of one of the earliest European contac... - Digital photography (33923 bytes)
4: ...ther devices, such as [[mobile phone]]s, now include digital photography features.
10: * [[charge-coupled device]] (CCD)
18: ...onsumer digital cameras became available for considerably lower prices. (The [[Ritz Dakota Digital]] i...
22: ...eb cam]]s at the lowest-end, a [[digital memory]] device (usually [[flash memory]]; [[floppy disk]]s a...
24: ...can take still photographs, and store them on [[videotape]] or on flash memory cards.
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