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- Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ... [[Meridian (geography)|meridian]]s of a [[longitude]] that is a multiple of 15? thus making neighbori...
6: ...'s atomically measured time as distinct from time determined by astronomical observation as formerly c...
8: ...00 UTC on the last Sunday in March. For the remainder of the year local time is UTC + 1—known in...
13: *[[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]: UTC + 1 (e.g. if it is 12:00 UTC, then it is ...
18: ...ment for time zones results in a time the other side of midnight from UTC, then the date at the locati... - Geologic time scale (26014 bytes)
1: ... on Stratigraphy]], and uses the standard color codes of the [[United States Geologic Survey]].
3: ...tinction event|extinction event]] that marked the demise of the [[dinosaur]]s and of many marine [[spe...
7: ... there are far more recognized faunal stages than defined geologic time units.
9: ...phy to reconcile this conflicting terminology and define universal horizons that can be used around th...
13: ...eroded, distorted, tilted, or even inverted after deposition; 2) Strata laid down at the same time in ... - Time (15299 bytes)
1: ...ight|thumb|230px| Clock Tower, Prague. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
3: ...difficult to provide an uncontroversial and clear definition of the nature of time. This article begin...
9: ...d years having significant variations in length. Despite its great social importance, the [[week]] is...
11: ...f time is so critical to the functioning of our modern societies that it is coordinated at an internat...
15: ...udying the [[past]]. Events in the past can be ordered in a sequence (creating a [[chronology]]), and...
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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...is a [[country]] located in [[North America]], bordered by the [[United States]] to the north, and [[B...
17: national_anthem = ''[[Mexicanos, al grito de guerra]]'' |
21: government_type = [[Federal Republic]] |
22: leader_titles = [[President of Mexico|President]] |
23: leader_names = [[Vicente Fox ]] | - Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...inent|continental]] neighbors, Costa Rica, alongside [[Uruguay]], is seen as an exceptional example of...
5: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
6: |+<big><big>'''Rep?a de Costa Rica'''</big></big>
9: {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
13: ...er" width="140px" | ([[Coat of Arms of Costa Rica|Detail]]) - List of elements by symbol (14812 bytes)
58: <tr><td>Md</td><td>[[mendelevium]]</td><td>101</td><td></td></tr>
61: <tr><td>Mo</td><td>[[molybdenum]]</td><td>42</td><td></td></tr>
127: ...time to an isotope of [[radon]] identified in the decay chain of [[actinium]].</td></tr>
134: <tr><td>Dp</td><td>[[decipium]]</td><td>62</td><td>Rare earth metal that ...
135: ...[ekaboron]]</td><td>21</td><td>Name given by [[Mendeleev]] to an as of then undiscovered element. When... - Pennsylvanian (1543 bytes)
3: ...ogy)|rock]] beds that define the period are well identified, but the exact date of the start and end a...
6: ...r-less continuous sequence of lowland continental deposits and are lumped together as the Carboniferou...
14: Provides a picture of what the world at the time period. - 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: ...s built of blocks of white stone. The tower was made up of three stages, a lower square with a central...
9: ...ver, this is highly unlikely due to the lack of modern optics and reflective technology in the time pe... - 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... - Mesopotamia (2719 bytes)
2: ...ding lowland territories bounded by the [[Arabian Desert]] to the west and south, the [[Persian Gulf]]...
6: ...eoples who threatened or invaded these lands include the [[Hittites]] and the [[Elamite Empire|Elamite...
18: Early cities in this region include:
19: ...:Mesopotamia_2.jpg|thumb|350px|Writing|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
27: ** [[Agade]] - Persepolis (15450 bytes)
6: ...eyond dispute at least since the time of [[Pietro della Valle]].
8: ...nd one of those at ''Nakshi Rustam'' is expressly declared in its inscription to be the tomb of [[Dari...
12: ...ngs buried at ''Nakshi Rustam'' are probably, besides Darius, [[Xerxes I]], [[Artaxerxes I]] and [[Dar...
18: ...he city until it was taken and plundered by Alexander the Great.
20: ...es of having been destroyed by fire. The locality described by Diodorus after [[Cleitarchus]] correspo... - History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
1: ...premise]]s and approaches, examples of which include [[rationalism]] (through [[logic]]), [[empiricism...
7: ...odern" is a word with more varied use, which includes everything from [[Post-Medieval]] through the sp...
10: ...ents were [[Anaximenes of Miletus]] and [[Anaximander]] ("All is air").
12: ... parts), the [[Eleatic School|Eleatics]] [[Parmenides]] and [[Zeno of Elea|Zeno]] (All is One and chan...
14: ... the subjects and methods of debate became highly developed. - Bjarni Herjulfsson (982 bytes)
1: ...land looked hospitable, he was eager to reach his destination and spent no time exploring the new land...
3: Ten years later, however, Icelander [[Leif Ericson]] (Leifur Eiríksson) took the cl... - 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... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...ached the [[Americas]] on October 12th [[1492]] under the flag of [[Castile|Castilian]] [[Spain]]. He ...
2: ...Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
3: ... time accepted that the earth was round. The main debate was over whether it would be possible to get ...
5: ...first voyage from all of these: less than two decades later, the existence of America was known to the...
7: Columbus landed in the [[Bahamas]] and later explored much of th... - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
8: ...t Livingstone made the one convert that he ever made in Africa. Within 6 months, they had rejected Chr...
12: ... In particular, Livingstone was a proponent of trade and missions to be established in central Africa.
14: ...rned to England to try to garner support for his ideas, and to publish a book on his travels. At this ...
17: ... sent to central and east Africa at his urgings ended in disaster, with nearly every missionary dying ...
22: ... which feeds the [[Congo River]], Livingstone decided that this river was in fact the "real" [[Nile]]. - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: '''Jacques Cartier''' ([[December 31]], [[1491]] – [[September 1]] [[15...
5: ...d his social status in 1520 by marrying Catherine des Granches, member of a leading ship-owning family...
9: ...ere victims of an epidemic ashore, he may be considered one of the most conscientious explorers of the...
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17: ... The site of their arrival has been confidently identified as the beginning of the Sainte-Marie sault... - 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). - Middle Colonies (4101 bytes)
1: ...and sometimes [[Maryland]]. Today these areas are described as the [[Mid-Atlantic States]]. The middl...
3: ...ortraits painted. Homes in the country could be made of logs and chinked with moss or mud.
5: ...amily drank [[milk]] and [[whiskey]], which was made out of corn, rye, wheat, and barley. The whiskey...
7: ...rnut tree bark; red came from the roots of the madder herb; brown came from the hulls of black walnuts...
9: ...inting and publishing were also very important trades. - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...t of all-metal machine tools in the first two decades of the nineteenth century enabled the manufactur...
3: ...wth of the [[internal combustion engine]] and the development of [[Electric power|electrical power gen...
5: ...red to the [[Neolithic revolution]], when mankind developed [[agriculture]] and gave up its [[nomad|no...
10: ...he accompanying development of international [[trade]], creation of [[financial market]]s and accumula...
12: ...h often imposed tolls and [[tariff]]s on goods traded among them. - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...iron, but is also more [[brittle]]. One classical definition is that steels are iron-carbon alloys wit...
5: ... [[plasticity (physics)|plastically]] formed (pounded, rolled, etc.).
8: ...l><sub>2</sub></small>— [[Pyrite]]. Iron oxide is a soft [[sandstone]]-like material with limite...
11: ...similarly soft and metallic but can dissolve considerably more carbon (as much as 2.04 wt% carbon at 1...
13: ...ry similar unit cell structure to austenite, and identical chemical composition. As such, it requires... - Puritan (15882 bytes)
1: ...mbers of a group of radical [[Protestants]] which developed in [[England]] after the [[Reformation]].
4: ...list]]": Puritanism was a movement rather than a denomination.
5: ...at "Puritan" was most often used by opponents and detractors of the group, rather than by the practiti...
8: ...nacceptably subservient to politics. Persecuted under [[Mary I of England]] ("Bloody Mary"), Protestan...
10: ...ble|biblical]] supremacy, and they shared, to one degree or another, a belief in the [[priesthood of a... - Cottage industry (368 bytes)
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