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- Lighthouse of Alexandria (3491 bytes)
1: ...it resided), was considered one of the [[Seven Wonders of the World]].
3: ... BC and remained operational until it was largely destroyed by two [[earthquake]]s in the 14th century...
5: ...e Pharos of Alexandria, an ancient lighthouse, is depicted in this hand-coloured engraving by Martin H...
7: ... circular section. At its apex was positioned a [[mirror]] which reflected [[sunlight]] during the day; a ...
9: ...ver, this is highly unlikely due to the lack of modern optics and reflective technology in the time pe... - Empress Wu (14478 bytes)
2: ...an.jpg|center|250px]]|birth=[[625]]¹|death=[[December 16]], [[705]]|family_name=Wu (武)|pos...
9: ...#8212;—<br>1. Year deducted from the age at death given in the<br>[[New Book of Tang]]''
10: ...ear of birth deducted from the<br>[[Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government]]''
11: ...everted to the rank of [[empress consort]] on her death, so<br>that she does not have a temple name. I...
14: ...by [[Confucian]] historians but has been viewed under a different light after the 1950s. - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
2: ...''' (born [[January 12]], [[1951]] in [[Cape Girardeau, Missouri]]) is an [[United States|American]] [...
6: ... a [[judge]] whose wealth and power gave him considerable influence in Southeastern [[Missouri]], had ...
8: ...dropout|dropped out]]. This would have normally made him eligible for the [[draft]], but he was classi...
10: ... claim is now a reality as Limbaugh does use a golden microphone on ''The Rush Limbaugh Show''.)
18: ...tes|Vice President]] [[Dick Cheney]] or even President George W. Bush. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
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25: |[[Order of the Garter|Order of the Garter]]<br>Life Barony
27: ... Kesteven" -->''', [[Order of the Garter|LG]] [[Order of Merit|OM]] [[Privy Council|PC]] [[Royal Socie...
29: ...he Conservative leadership in [[1975]]. She was undefeated at the polls, winning the [[United Kingdom ... - Hildegard of Bingen (14070 bytes)
1: ...g|right|framed|A medieval illumination showing Hildegard von Bingen and the monk Volmar]]
3: ...|German]] [[abbess]], [[Monasticism|monastic]] leader, [[Mystics|mystic]], author, and composer of [[m...
6: ... up around her. Upon Jutta's death in [[1136]] Hildegard was chosen superior of the community, and eve...
8: ...ling physically ill from carrying the unspoken burden.
11: ... of the meaning of the religious texts, and commanded her to write down everything she would observe i... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
1: [[Image:MayaDeren.png|200px|thumb|right|Maya Deren]]
2: ..., '''Maya Deren''' was an [[American]] [[avant-garde]] [[filmmaker]] and [[film]] theorist of the [[19...
4: Deren was born in [[Kiev]], [[Ukraine]]. In [[1922]...
6: ...m. It was in 1943 that she adopted the name Maya Deren.
8: ...eography for Camera" (1945). In 1946 she was awarded a [[Guggenheim]] Foundation Fellowship for "Crea... - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
2: ...[[comedian]] and star of [[I Love Lucy]]. A 'B-grade' [[movie star]] of the [[1940s]], she became one ...
4: ...a romance with a local bad boy (Johnny), Ball decided to enroll in the
5: ...on sentence. Right then, Ball decided that she needed to escape the traumas of her life.
7: ..."royalty" honor with [[Macdonald Carey]], who was designated as her "king".
9: ...ivorced in [[1945]], but remarried the same year, deciding to patch things up. - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
2: ...en presence, stunning good looks and mysterious [[death]] would make her a perennial [[sex symbol]] an...
6: ... of Los Angeles County Hospital. Her grandmother, Della Monroe Grainger, later had her baptized ''Norm...
8: ...Ida claimed that she and Wayne had seriously considered adopting her, which they could not have done w...
10: ...ospital in [[Norwalk, California|Norwalk]], where Della had died; Gladys's father, Otis, died in a men...
12: ...elf, yet also developed a gritty, opportunistic side and a super-human drive. She was very intelligent... - Glass (26176 bytes)
1: The materials definition of a '''glass''' is a uniform [[amorphous...
3: ...ed the word ''glaes'' to describe [[amber]], recorded by [[Roman Empire|Roman]] historians as ''glaesu...
5: ...glasses in common use as a building, container or decorative material.
9: ...d with very smooth and impervious surfaces. These desirable properties lead to a great many uses of gl...
13: ...ommon glass''' is mostly amorphous [[silicon dioxide]] ([[Silicon|Si]][[Oxygen|O]]<sub>2</sub>), which... - Woodcut (1909 bytes)
1: ...transferred to the paper by the pressure, and the mirror image of the surface of the woodblock is printed....
5: ...ached a very high level of technical and artistic development in [[Japan]]. - Map (10223 bytes)
3: ...that space. Usually, a map is a [[2D geometric model|two-dimensional, geometrically accurate represen...
7: ...itten language by several millennia. One of the oldest surviving maps, painted on a wall of the [[Cat...
9: ...y in the works of J.B. Harley, Mark Monmonier and Denis Wood.
11: ... in [[English language|English]] as "[[On Exactitude in Science]]".
13: ... internationally renowned for its comprehensively detailed work). - Asia (16910 bytes)
4: ...raphy|geographically]], however, Asia is not considered a continent or a [[subcontinent]].
6: ...] (according to others, through the [[Kuma-Manych Depression]]), the [[Caspian Sea]], the [[Ural River...
12: ...t "[[Europe]]" is also derived from Akkadian as a mirror of "Asia". It bears a striking similarity to the ...
24: ...[Bicontinental country]] for details about the borderline cases between Asia and Europe, Asia and Afri...
26: Asia itself is often divided in the following subregions: - Zimbabwe (16088 bytes)
1: ...]] and [[Limpopo River|Limpopo]] rivers. It is bordered by [[South Africa]] to the south, [[Botswana]]...
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11: ...r" width="135px" | ([[Coat of Arms of Zimbabwe|In Detail]]) - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
12: ... Kingdom|None]]; [[English language|English]] ''[[de facto]]'' <sup>4</sup> |
17: leader_titles = [[British monarchy|Queen]]<br>[[Prime M...
18: leader_names = [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|El...
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28: population_density = 246.5 | - Angola (15614 bytes)
1: ...a''' ([[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]: ''Rep?a de Angola'').<!--
7: native_name = Rep?a de Angola |
11: ... = Virtus Unita Fortior ([[Latin]]: Unity Provides Strength) |
17: government_type = [[Multi-party]] [[democracy]] |
18: leader_titles = [[President of Angola|Head of State]] <br> [[Prime Minister... - Hathor (11883 bytes)
1: ...age:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg|thumb||170px|Clipart provided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom C...
4: ...athor was an ancient goddess, worshipped as a cow-deity from at least [[2700 BC]], during the 2nd dyna...
6: ...the fate of the newborn, and [[midwife|midwives]] delivering them.
8: ...aid she arose from from Ra's tears, and thus was identified as the ''[[Eye of Ra]]''.
10: ...n [[hippopotamus]], which the Egyptians also considered quite motherly creatures, and sometimes as an ... - Anthemius of Tralles (1694 bytes)
1: ... one brother who was a lawyer and another who was described as a man of learning.
3: ... he is said to have been employed to repair flood defences at [[Daras]].
5: ...nfigurations in his work on remarkable mechanical devices which was known to certain of the Arab mathe...
7: ...s, which we may not be able to ascertain for an indefinite amount of time. Regardless of the veracity,...
9: ...hquake in Zenon's house by the use of steam led under pressure through pipes connected to a boiler.'' - Islamic architecture (6677 bytes)
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22: ...and the production of all places that have come under the varying levels of Islamic influence.
32: ...architecture may be identified with the following design elements:
37: *extensive use of decorative [[Arabic calligraphy]] - Macau (16856 bytes)
1: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
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22: ...'<br>- Total ([[2004]])<br>- [[Population density|Density]]
27: <br>[[20 December]] [[1999]]
36: | '''[[List_of_country_calling_codes|Calling Code]]''' || +853 - Crusade (28507 bytes)
1: {{Crusade}}
2: ...hars]] of southern France and the [[Northern Crusades]].
4: ...age of the term "crusade"|Usage of the term "crusade"]].
7: ...h the relative stabilization of local European borders after the Christianization of the [[Vikings]], ...
9: ... the Islamic [[Moors]]. In [[1063]], [[Pope Alexander II]] had given papal blessing to Spanish [[Chris...
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