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- Marco Polo (6716 bytes)
1: ... January]] [[1324]]) was a [[Venice|Venetian]] trader and [[exploration|explorer]] who, together with ...
5: ...e sent educated people to teach in his empire, to inform the [[Mongols]] about their way of life.
7: ...ed prominence in Venice and are historically recorded as Venetians.
13: ... more advanced than similar contemporary European developments.
18: ...nt the few months of his imprisonment dictating a detailed account of his travels in the then-unknown ... - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...[The Bible]]. Nevertheless, it exemplifies man's desire to fly.
5: ...rping the planes' wings ([[Wright brothers]]). Modern planes are controlled by [[computer]]s, which c...
15: ... also sketched designs for a helicopter, but this design would not have flown.
17: ... for powered flight until the [[gasoline]] engine designed by the Wright Brothers.
19: ...d understanding of the relationship between altitude and the atmosphere. - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...fried Leibniz|Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz]] for the development of differential [[calculus]]. While they...
4: ...a prism was inherent in the white light and not added by the prism as [[Roger Bacon]] had claimed in t...
6: ...ped a [[Newton's law of cooling|law of cooling]], describing the rate of cooling of objects when expos...
12: ...ography of Newton's early life. For more in-depth information, see [[Isaac Newton's early life and achieve...
14: ... said that his body at that time can even fit inside a quart mug. His father had died three months bef... - 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. - Medieval Inquisition (8204 bytes)
3: ...hout Europe, in particular [[Catharism]] and [[Waldensians]] in southern France and northern Italy.
4: ...age:Inquistion2.jpg|thumb|250px|Illustration provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
7: ...Cathars]] first noted in the [[1140s]] and the Waldensians starting around [[1170]]. Heretical individ...
11: ...Authority rested with local officials based on guidelines from the Pope, but there was no central top-...
13: ...e for many reasons. The bishops often did not reside in their [[diocese]]s, living in far-off cities s... - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
3: ...[[Constitution of the United States]], which also delineates its structure and powers. Congress is a [...
5: ...erves a two-year term. Seats in the House are divided between the states on the basis of population, w...
7: ...eme Court]], to maintain [[armed forces]], and to declare [[war]]. Insofar as passing legislation is c...
15: ...own as [[Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico|Resident Commissioner]]) is elected to a four-year term....
17: ...g]], approximately 15 percent of members have law degrees. - Archery (18991 bytes)
5: ==Modern competitive archery==
9: ...competing with bows for millennia, the first recorded archery competitions began around [[1583]] in [[...
11: ...Internationale de Tir ࠬ'Arc). Olympic rules are derived from FITA rules.
17: ... An archer shoots between 3 and 6 arrows per end, depending on the type of round. After each end, the ...
19: ...ially lethal weapons, much attention is paid to order and safety. - List of computing topics (15876 bytes)
93: [[Addressing mode]] --
119: [[Atlas Autocode]] --
143: [[Blue screen of death]] --
166: [[Code and fix]] --
167: [[Code Red worm]] -- - Philosophy (30964 bytes)
1: ...a philosophical question that philosophers have understood and treated differently through the ages.
3: '''Philosophy''' can mean the academic exploration of various questions raised by phi...
5: ...assifed by time period (e.g. ancient, medieval, modern, contemporary, et al.), geography (e.g. Contine...
9: ...ature of these concepts--questions typically outside the scope of science. Several major works of pos...
11: *What is truth? How or why do we identify a statement as correct or false, and how do ... - Ronald Reagan (52721 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Ronald W. Reagan
4: | order=40th President
7: | preceded=[[Jimmy Carter]]
8: | succeeded=[[George H.W. Bush]]
11: | dead= dead - Hadrian (6480 bytes)
1: ....jpg|right|thumb|250px|Emperor Hadrian|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
5: ...ajan named Hadrian emperor immediately before his death. However, Trajan's wife was well-disposed towa...
11: ... When [[Nerva]] died in [[98]], Hadrian rushed to inform Trajan personally. He later became [[legate]] of ...
13: ...s keen interest and knowledge of the army and his demonstrated skill of administration show possible s...
20: ...ve [[Bar Kokhba's revolt|Jewish uprising]] in [[Judea]] ([[132]]-[[135]]) led by [[Bar Kokhba]], as we... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
7: dead=dead |
8: date_of_death = [[30 April]] [[1945]] |
9: place_of_death = [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]
11: ...[[Germany]] from [[1933]] to his death. He was leader of the [[National Socialist German Workers Party...
13: ...eople, including 6 million [[Jew]]s, in a [[genocide]] now known as [[the Holocaust]]. - Information (13474 bytes)
2: ...''''Information''''' is a term with many meanings depending on context, but is as a rule closely relat...
4: ... "information" is often used without careful consideration of the various meanings it has come to acqu...
6: ...e bee's nervous system uses the information to guide the bee to the flower, where the bee often finds ...
8: ...ing sections roughly in order of narrowest to broadest.
10: ==Information as a message== - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
5: ...ita, Magellan had two siblings: his brother Diogo de Sousa, named after his grandmother, and his siste...
9: ...5]] he was sent to [[India]] to install Francisco de Almeida as a Portuguese [[viceroy]] there and est...
13: ...everal medals, Magellan was accused of illegal trade with the Islamic [[Moors]]. He had also been invo...
15: ...ame from "''Fern㯠de Magalh㥳''" to "''Fernando de Magallanes''."
20: ...he ear of Charles and the powerful Juan Rodriguez de Fonseca, bishop of [[Burgos]] and the persistent ... - Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
1: ...y studied from his time down to the present day. Descartes was one of the key thinkers of the Scienti...
2: ...ge-crca.jpg|thumb|400px|Rene Descartes Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
4: ...heless, many elements of his philosophy have precedents in late [[Aristotelianism]], the revived [[Sto...
6: ...e invention of the [[calculus]] and [[analysis]]. Descartes's reflections on mind and mechanism began ...
11: On March 31, 1596, Descartes was born in [[La Haye en Touraine]], [[Ind... - Jury trial (20452 bytes)
3: ...other words, a panel of citizens collectively decide what facts occurred relating to a lawsuit. [[Jury...
9: ... sort by being self-informing; instead of getting information through a trial, the jurors were required to...
11: ...ned to arbitrate in these disputes. Unlike the modern jury, these men were charged with uncovering th...
13: ...nal accused by this jury was given a [[trial by ordeal]].
15: ...al collapsed. The juries under the assizes began deciding guilt as well as providing accusations. Th... - Berlin Wall (23423 bytes)
3: ...er 9]], [[1989]] and subsequently almost entirely demolished.
7: ..., and [[France]] each had a portion of the city under their control. The Soviet sector was by far the ...
9: ... Allies. The Soviets lifted the ineffective blockade the next year.
11: ...lin's precarious position was a key factor in the decision to make [[Bonn]] the capital of West German...
13: ...atics Department of the [[University of Leipzig]] defected). Further, many West Berliners travelled in... - Mormon Trail (35249 bytes)
4: ...4]], most notably in [[Kirtland, Ohio]], [[Independence, Missouri]], and [[Nauvoo, Illinois]]. However...
6: ...s Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. Under Young's leadership, about 13,000 Mormon citizens of Nauvoo set ...
10: ... and felt the isolated [[Great Basin]] would provide the Saints with many advantages.
12: ...blished [[Oregon Trail]] on the river’s south side.
14: ...ne.<ref>Bennett, p. 6.</ref> To try to meet this deadline and to get an early start on the trek to th... - Rowing (20818 bytes)
1: ...eep-oar rowing to the left of the photo; the bowside rower (or the starboard one, although the British...
9: ...hether his oar extends to the port or starboard side of the boat.
15: The relative obscurity of rowing has helped it develop an introspective atmosphere, where long hour...
20: ...till called ''[[regatta]]s'' (with a second 't' added).
22: ...rvard-Yale Boat Race|Harvard-Yale race]] is the oldest intercollegiate sporting event in the United St... - Professional Wrestling (14198 bytes)
1: ...rld Wildlife Fund]] against the World Wrestling Federation over the rights to the initials "WWF" in th...
6: ...nt of five. This strategy is used very often in order to escape from a submission hold, and also, more...
8: Offenses punishable by disqualification include:
10: *Any outside interference involving a person not involved in t...
15: ...arious "motto" in the pro-wrestling world used to describe this situation is: "You can't call what yo...
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