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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... - 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... - 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... - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
1: ..., [[1982]]) was an [[Academy Award]]-winning [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[Actor|actress]].
3: ...1939]]). The film was an enormous success and "Sweden's illustrious gift to [[Hollywood]]" had arrived...
5: ...eived her first Academy Award nomination for [[Academy_Award_for_Best Actress|Best Actress]] for the f...
7: ...e of Rossellini's and Bergman's children is the model and actress [[Isabella Rossellini]].
9: ... final performance on the big screen. It is considered to be among her best performances. - Nose (3059 bytes)
2: ...he snout. '''''Nose''''' as a term may be used to designate the leading end of anything, such as an [[...
10: ... and surrounding area, it is possible for retrograde infections from the nasal area to spread to the b...
12: ...m such external clues as sunlight-to within a few degrees of the [[North Pole]], exactly as a [[compas...
15: ...al Science Activities Manual: [http://www.utm.edu/departments/ed/cece/cesme/PSAM/PSAM/psam33.pdf Univ.... - Bookbinding (7761 bytes)
1: ...|Illustration of Medieval Bookbinding. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
4: ... were easier to handle, allowed writing on both sides of the leaves, and could be searched through mor...
6: ... handmade materials, sizes and styles varied considerably, and each book was a unique creation or a co...
8: ...rdize somewhat. But page sizes still varied considerably.
10: ...books3a.jpg|250px|Picture of Old Books. Image provded by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...dro ?vares Cabral]], [[John Cabot]], [[Juan Ponce de Le, and [[Ferdinand Magellan]].
3: ...re a combination of traditional European and Arab designs were the first ships that could leave the re...
6: ...isi's world map.JPG|200px|thumb|right|This map, made by Arab geographer [[al-Idrisi]], was one of the ...
7: ...iddle East was almost completely controlled by traders from the Italian city states. Their close links...
9: ...hat of [[Marco Polo]] who traveled throughout the Orient from [[1271]] to [[1295]]. His journey was writte... - East Timor (13677 bytes)
1: ...ituated on the western side of the island, surrounded by [[West Timor]].
3: ...trol of the territory, which achieved full independence on [[May 20]], [[2002]].
12: ...f [[Timor]], while the surrounding islands came under [[Netherlands|Dutch]] control.
14: ...gainst the Japanese. The struggle resulted in the deaths of between 40,000 and 70,000 Timorese. Follow...
16: The process of decolonisation in the then [[Portuguese Timor]] bega... - Anatolia (2665 bytes)
1: ...lia''' "rising of the sun" or "East"; compare "[[Orient]]" and "[[Levant]]", by [[popular etymology]] [[T...
7: ...nic]] and [[linguistic]] traditions. Through recorded history, Anatolians have spoken both [[Indo-Euro... - Levant (3602 bytes)
2: ...Peninsula is sometimes included, though more considered an intermediate, peripheral, or marginal area ...
4: The term ''Levant'', originally used in the wider sense of
6: in [[1497]], from Middle French ''levant'' "The [[Orient]]", the participle of ''[[lever]]'' "to raise", a...
8: ..."capitulations") with the Grand Turk in 1579 (Braudel).
11: ... many important archaeological discoveries were made, such as [[Ebla]], [[Mari, Syria|Mari]] and [[Uga... - Train (10331 bytes)
3: ...illustration of a historical train. Pictures provided by by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Cli...
7: ...e place to another along a planned route. The guideway ([[permanent way]]) usually consists of conven...
9: ...railway terminology]], a '''consist''' is used to describe the group of rail vehicles which make up a ...
15: ...netic_levitation_train|maglev]], [[rubber-tired underground]], [[funicular]] and [[cog railway]]s.
21: ...is quite common for a long freight train to be headed by three, four, or even five locomotives. - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
6: ...Michigan|Detroit]], [[Michigan]], the son of [[Sweden|Swedish]] immigrants. He grew up in [[Little Fal...
11: ...[NC-4]] in 1919, with the first non-stop flight made by [[Alcock and Brown]] later that same year.
13: ... voice on behalf of aviation activities until his death. He served on a variety of national and intern...
15: ...onsumption. These innovations are the basis of modern intercontinental air travel.
17: {{multi-video start}} - Malta (18511 bytes)
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26: |'''[[President of Malta|President]]'''
38: ...Total ([[2003]]) <br> - [[Population density|Density]] - Roller coaster (14862 bytes)
3: ...to be a true coaster. (Note that not all thrill rides that run on a track are roller coasters). Most c...
9: ...is motion and usually run the circuit once with riders moving fowards and then backwards through the s...
11: ...st common method of bringing the roller coaster ride to a stop.
15: ...to keep it from entering. This can cause a [[cascade]] effect when multiple trains become stopped at t...
17: ...tside the station, release train #2 (which has loaded while #1 was running), then allow #1 into the st... - Tangram (4661 bytes)
14: ...the [[Pythagorean theorem]] was discovered in the Orient with help of Tangram pieces.
16: The puzzler [[Sam Loyd]] devised many tangram puzzles.
29: ...Heuristic Solution to the Tangram Puzzle'', E. S. Deutsch & K. C. Hayes Jr., Machine Intelligence v7, ...
31: *''A Teacher's Guide to Tangram Mastery'', Allan F. Hirsch, Alleyoop E...
34: *''Amusements in Mathematics'', H. E. Dudeney, Dover Publications, 1958 - Babylonia (8254 bytes)
2: ...was an ancient [[state]] in [[Mesopotamia]] (in modern [[Iraq]]), combining the territories of [[Sumer...
5: ...He was a highly efficient ruler, famous for the code of laws that he laid down, and he gave the region...
7: ...e]] dynasty. Its cities continued for 100 years under different foreign rulers. Then, for some 500 yea...
11: ...ldean the following year. With help from the [[Medes]], [[Niniveh]] was sacked in 612, and the seat o...
13: ...on|Nebuchadnezzar II]], whose reign of 43 years made Babylon once more the mistress of the civilized w... - 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... - Nickel (13955 bytes)
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24: |[[Density]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]]
41: |[[van der Waals radius]]
50: |[[Oxidation state]]s ([[Oxide]]) - Sloughi (4094 bytes)
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25: ...e.com/search?q=cache:sfhv0wz0xsYJ:www.fci.be/uploaded_files/188gb98_en.doc+site:www.fci.be+%22188+/+27...
28: |[http://www.akc.org/breeds/sloughi/index.cfm Stds]
50: ...). It has a moderate angulation and a tucked up underline.
57: ...ty, walking on the leash, romping in the countryside, and racing. A Sloughi is faithful to his owner a... - Magnet (13875 bytes)
4: ...n stone". [[Magnesia]] is an area in Greece where deposits of [[magnetite]] have been discovered since...
6: ...magnet]]. Permanent magnets do not rely upon outside influences to generate their field. Electromagnet...
14: ...tween'' atoms and molecules. Without long range ordering, there is no net magnetic field because the m...
16: ... great deal of order. The greater the degree of ordering within and between domains, the greater the r...
18: Long range ordering (and the resulting strong net magnetic field)...
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