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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...any were eventually assimilated into the Chinese identity. These cultural and political influences fro...
7: ...ultural center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically significant of those ...
11: ...s such as [[Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[Chin...
14: ...ished during the [[Xia Dynasty]], and that this model was perpetuated in the successor [[Shang Dynasty...
15: ...ming_tombs.jpg |thumb|left|Ming Tombs. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar... - 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... - Murasaki Shikibu (2682 bytes)
8: ...thumously. The Murasaki Shikibu Collection was a compilation of 128 poems written by Murasaki.
10: ...ied in 1014, when records show that her father suddenly returned to Kyoto from his governor's mansion,... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ...'The Lady with the Lamp'', was the pioneer of modern [[nurse|nursing]]. Each year, the [[Internation...
7: ...s named after the city of her birth, as was her older sister (named [[Parthenope]] for the old city th...
9: ...gions of the poor and indigent. She announced her decision to her family in [[1845]], evoking intense ...
11: ...ed the support of [[Charles Villiers]], then president of the [[Poor Law Board]]. This led to her act...
13: ...oneering hospital established and managed by an order of [[Nun|Catholic sisters]] in [[Germany]], and ... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
1: ...Joni Mitchell, on the cover of her album ''Both Sides Now'']]
3: ...[[New York City]]. Through the [[1970s]] she expanded her horizons, predominantly to [[Rock and roll|r...
5: ...s were strengthened by Mitchell's extraordinary wide-ranging voice (with a range in pitch at one time ...
7: ...d by other artists, "Chelsea Morning" and "Both Sides Now".
11: ...fluence was still strong on her next two albums made for her new label Asylum. ''[[For the Roses]]'' ... - Patti Smith (6059 bytes)
2: ...e daughter of an [[Atheism|atheist]] father and a devout [[Jehovah's Witnesses|Jehovah's Witness]] mot...
4: ...en Lanier]] of the [[Blue ֹster Cult]], who recorded several songs to which Smith contributed, includ...
6: ...in an assembly line in New Jersey, with the flipside a version of the rock standard with the addition ...
8: ...y and is widely considered one of rock's greatest debuts. The cover photograph by [[Robert Mapplethorp...
10: ... and reorganise her life, a luxury which had been denied her in her early rise to fame. - Sheryl Crow (8611 bytes)
9: ...ecords]] in [[1990]] and was ready to release her debut album in [[1991]]. However, she did not like t...
11: ...rofessional relationship, eventually creating her debut album, called ''[[Tuesday Night Music Club]]''...
13: ...erformance and Best New Album. Other singles included "A Change Would Do You Good", "Home" and "Everyd...
17: ...e Rock Vocal Performance in 2000 when it was included in her album, "Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live fro...
19: In [[1999]] Crow also made her acting debut (barring a [[cameo]] in the film "54") as ill-... - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
5: ...nold Fanck]], the director of that film, and demanded a role in his next film. He consented and Riefe...
7: ...t]]: the film was released in [[1935]] as ''[[Tag der Freiheit]]'' (''[[Day of Freedom]]'') and is now...
9: ... in the [[1936 Summer Olympics|Olympics]] but decided to film the event instead. This material became ...
13: ...II, she spent four years in a [[France|French]] [[detention camp]]. There were accusations of her usin...
15: ...e few films she made were short and personally funded. <!--This needs a source. Her biopic and imdb li... - Ptolemy (10609 bytes)
5: ... manuscripts (hence its familiar name) and only made available in Latin translation (by [[Gerard of Cr...
7: ...modern system of constellations, but unlike the modern system they did not cover the whole sky.
9: ...er main work is his ''Geography''. This too is a compilation, of what was known about the world's [[geography]...
11: ...ar circle). He put the meridian of 0 longitude at the most western land he knew, the Canary Isla...
13: ...|thumb|300px|Ptolemy System Explained. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Thomas Jefferson
3: | image name=Seal_us_presdent.jpg
4: | order=Third President
7: | preceded=[[John Adams]]
8: | succeeded=[[James Madison]] - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
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10: | '''Order:''' || 16th President
15: | '''Predecessor:''' || [[James Buchanan]]
24: | '''Date of death:''' || [[April 15]], [[1865]] - Thoth (5655 bytes)
1: ...oth was the god of writing, and of magic, he was identified by the Greeks with their god [[Hermes]], w...
3: ...eed his name translates as ''Ibis'', or sometimes depicted as a [[baboon]] (a nocturnal animal that ha...
5: ... thus aiding [[Osiris]] to judge the souls of the dead. He was a son of either Ra or Set, but is also ...
7: ...1/360th of a cycle (360 was used as the number of degrees in a circle since ancient times).
11: == Thoth in modern times == - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
2: ...s4.jpg|thumb|200px|Medieval Musicians. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
9: ...implicity of chant, with unison voice and natural declamation, is most common.
11: ...multiple texts and instrumental accompaniment has developed by the end of the era.
14: ...musical notation|notation]] was a relatively late development, reconstruction of this music, especiall...
17: ...ic of the 13th century uses the rhythmic modes as defined by Garlandia. - History of astronomy (13532 bytes)
2: [[Astronomy]] is probably the oldest of the [[natural science]]s, dating back to [[a...
8: ...ers were [[priest]]s ([[Magi]]), and that their understanding of the "[[heaven]]s" was seen as "[[divi...
10: ...alendar is based on the Roman calendar, which divided the year into twelve months of alternating thirt...
14: ...ennium BC, but their contents appear to be much older.
20: ... that took the earth to spin on its axis and considered the motions of the planets with respect to the... - Battle of the Wilderness (11082 bytes)
1: ...h and Indian War]] battle, see [[Battle of the Wilderness 1755]].''
4: battle_name=Battle of the Wilderness
7: |image=[[Image:Battle of the Wilderness.png|300px]]
8: |caption=''Battle of the Wilderness'' by Kurz and Allison.
14: |combatant2=[[Confederate States of America]] - Text of the GNU Free Documentation License (20454 bytes)
15: ... being considered responsible for modifications made by others.
17: ...neral Public License, which is a copyleft license designed for free software.
19: We have designed this License in order to use it for manuals for free software, because...
21: ==1. APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS ==
23: ...stribute the work in a way requiring permission under copyright law. - Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
2: ...City-[[Ogden, Utah|Ogden]] [[metropolitan area]], defined as [[Salt Lake County, Utah|Salt Lake]], [[D...
4: ...lake's shore by [[marsh]]es and [[mudflat]]s. Residents are known as "[[List of famous Salt Lakers|Sal...
5: [[Image:Utah_state_map.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
6: ...own as the "Crossroads of the West". The city has developed a strong tourism industry and was host to ...
8: ... The current mayor of Salt Lake City is [[Rocky Anderson]]. - Quran (41479 bytes)
6: ... believe they were revealed) but in a different order, roughly by size, also believed by Muslims to be...
8: == The Qur'an as divided for reading and recitation ==
10: ...into four quarters. A different structure is provided by the [[ruku'at]], semantical units resembling ...
14: ...at time. (The ''[[Mu'allaqat]]'', or ''Suspended Odes'', are believed by some to be examples of pre-Is...
16: ...ography soon became important sciences, and the model for the literary language remains to this day th... - Hinduism (49198 bytes)
6: ...th approximately 940 [[million]] followers worldwide, 96 percent of whom live in the [[Indian subconti...
15: ...not claim sole understanding of the one [[transcendental]] Truth.
17: ... the Hindu, this idea has been an active force in defining the 'Eternal Dharma.'[http://www.ramakrishn...
19: ...n [[Moksha]], the end of the cycle of rebirth and death.
23: ...nu]] (the Preserver of worlds) and [[Shiva]] (the Destroyer of worlds). - New Deal (82408 bytes)
2: ...ment of class conflict. The opponents of the New Deal, complaining of the cost and the shift of power...
5: The New Deal had three components: direct relief, economic r...
7: ...curity and unemployment insurance programs were added. Separate programs were set up for relief in ru...
9: ...forts to increase foreign trade. Much of the New Deal's efforts to help corporate America were channe...
11: ...erwise would have been. What pulled us out of the depression was the natural resilience of the economy...
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