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- Flag of Maryland (3908 bytes)
1: ...pg|200px|thumb|right|Flag of Maryland. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
5: ==Design==
7: ... George Calvert adopted a coat of arms that included a shield with alternating quadrants featuring bo...
11: ...Virginia]]) were reluctant to use (and to fight under) the banner which was associated with a state wh...
13: ...egislature made a gold cross bottony the official ornament for a flagstaff carrying the Maryland flag. - Hourglass (3146 bytes)
1: ...our_glass_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Hourglass, image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
3: ...n to the bottom bulb, the device is inverted in order to measure another time period.
5: ... relatively approximate measurement of time is needed (for example in [[cooking]] or [[board game]]s)....
8: ...to construct hourglasses, there is no concrete evidence of their existence in ancient times. Since the...
10: ...is not until the [[14th century]] that we find evidence of their existence, appearing in a painting by... - Aristotle (37648 bytes)
4: ...osopher]]. Along with [[Plato]], he is often considered to be one of the two most influential philosop...
8: ...dialogue ''[[Phaedrus (Plato)|Phaedrus]]''. His ideas are therefore known to us only indirectly, thro...
10: ...can be called, with qualification, an [[idealism|idealist]] and a [[rationalism|rationalist]].
12: ...cs'', ''[[Nicomachean Ethics]]'', ''Politics'', ''De Anima (On the Soul)'' and ''[[Poetics]]''.
14: ...hology]], [[rhetoric]] and [[theology]]. He also dealt with [[education]], foreign customs, [[literat... - Sodalite (4894 bytes)
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5: ...l.jpg|250px|Detail of a sodalite slab]]<br><small>Detail of a sodalite slab</small>
13: !colspan=2|Identification
17: | [[Crystal habit]] || Massive; rarely dodecahedrons
21: | [[Cleavage (crystal)|Cleavage]]|| Dodecahedral (six directions), poor - Bodhisattva (7734 bytes)
1: ...e becoming a [[Buddha]]. He is characteristically depicted as an Indian nobleman, posing with left han...
2: ...erm is applied to hypothetical beings with a high degree of [[bodhi|enlightenment]] and power. ''Bodh...
6: ...dhisattva". The only currently active bodhisattva described in the [[Pali Canon]] is the future Buddha...
10: ...ll beings on their quest for the highest state of development, full enlightenment of a Buddha. This ty...
14: ...an]] [[Kagyu]] school. Other schools give variant descriptions. - Corinthian order (9508 bytes)
1: ... of the [[Pantheon, Rome]] provided a prominent model for Renaissance and later architects, through th...
2: ...non]], the [[Tuscan order]] and the [[Composite order]].)
4: ...gin of the Corinthian Order, illustrated in [[Claude Perrault]]'s ''[[Vitruvius]]'', 1684]]
6: ...tal could be adjusted according to demands of the design, without offending. The texture and outline o...
9: ...and Byzantine practice, the leaves may be blown sideways, as if by the wind of Faith. Unlike the Doric... - Waterfall (3889 bytes)
1: ...P6_waterfall.jpg|thumb|right|Waterfall Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
2: ...e sometimes used for [[garden]] and [[landscape]] ornament.
4: ... a region, but rather the result of relatively sudden geological processes such as [[thrust fault]]s o...
7: ...a [[rock shelter]] (also known as a rock house) under and behind the waterfall.
9: ...owing over the rock shelf, and there is usually a deep pool just below the waterfall due to the [[kine... - Christmas (35108 bytes)
2: ...sited baby Jesus. The exact date of his birth was determined centuries later.
4: ...arrival of Santa Claus or other mythical figures. Despite the influence of American and British Christ...
8: The story of Christ's birth has been handed down for centuries, based primarily on the Chris...
10: ...of the house of David from which Joseph was descended, fulfilled the prophecy of [[Isaiah]].
12: ...ded to have the children of Bethlehem killed in order to eliminate any local rivals to his power. Whe... - Christmas tree (16574 bytes)
2: ...stmas lights]] and colourful [[Christmas ornament|ornament]]s during the days around Christmas.
5: ...rous tree. [[Medieval]] legends, nevertheless, tended to concentrate more on the miraculous "flowering...
9: ...d, [[Saint Boniface]] attempted to introduce the idea of [[trinity]] to the pagan tribes using the con...
11: ...Rhineland for a relatively long time. It was regarded as a Protestant custom by the Catholic majority ...
13: ...[Image:New-year-3974099 1280.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Decorated Christmas Tree ]] - Silver (15157 bytes)
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24: | [[Density]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]]
41: | [[van der Waals radius]]
50: | [[Oxidation state]] ([[Oxide]]) - Aegean civilization (41260 bytes)
2: ... [[1876]]. However, subsequent discoveries have made it clear that Mycenae was not its chief center of...
7: ...s was shown to be untrue. The Aegean civilization developed three distinctive features.
11: ...ipt, but an earlier script [[Linear A]] remains undeciphered.
21: ...ater oblongs are entered from a long side and divided longitudinally by pillars.
23: ...ype see [[Crete]]. In spite of many comparisons made with [[Egyptian]], [[Babylonian]] and [[Hittite]]... - Achaemenid dynasty (14622 bytes)
2: ...Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Clipart provided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom C...
3: ...;ی''' - transliterated ''Hakamanshee'' in Modern [[Persian language|Persian]]) was a dynasty in ...
5: ...lthough the Egyptians twice regained their independence from Persia. After the practice of [[Manetho]...
7: ...conquest, the Persian Empire was annexed by Alexander.
11: ...ambyses I of Anshan]] (''Kambūjiya'', "the Elder"), and [[Arsames]] (''Aršāma'' "Having... - Onion (8367 bytes)
15: ...r [[cuisine|culinary]] purposes, they come in a wide variety of forms and colors.
21: ...s. See [[how to prepare an onion cell slide]] for details.
24: Onions are probably one of the oldest crops grown by humans, being mentioned in the [...
26: ...ears later in ancient Egypt. This happened alongside the cultivation of leeks and garlic and it is tho...
29: ...ly chopped or sliced, in almost every type of non-dessert food, including cooked foods and fresh salad... - Persian rug (6404 bytes)
5: ...of the 16th and 17th century. Common motifs include scrolling vine networks, [[arabesque]]s, [[palmet...
8: ...s used in carpets, including wool and [[cotton]], decay. Therefore [[archeology|archaeologists]] are n...
10: What has remained from early times as evidence of carpet-weaving is nothing more than a few p...
12: Among the oldest pieces discovered are those found in Eastern [[...
14: ...sts under the supervision of [[Sergei Ivanovich Rudenko]]. Radiocarbon testing revealed that Pazyryk c... - Korean art (25186 bytes)
1: ...ndividual works of art to mass produced machine-made works, and a western separation of the arts into ...
4: ...n art is integrated across traditional western borders, and does not fit into specific categories, thi...
6: ... are no simple categories of art that do not obtrude directly into other arts. All Korean art is cross...
8: ...one Age rock carvings feature animal designs in order to relate to food-gathering activities. Dualism ...
12: ...is a series of naturally flowing events that provide a totality of artistic experience. - Abalone (2824 bytes)
1: [[Image:AbaloneInside.jpg|thumb|The inside surface of an abalone shell]]
3: ...n [[Guernsey]] ''ormer'' (Fr. ormier, for oreille de mer), and ''paua'' in [[New Zealand]]. Abalone is...
5: ...of paua will be poached, with 75% of that being undersized.[http://http://www.fish.govt.nz/information...
7: ...ften eaten, and the [[gonad]]s of the abalone are delicacies in [[China]] and [[Japan]].
9: There has been a trade in [[diving]] to catch abalones off parts of the ... - Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
8: ...b|left|A large artificial [[Christmas tree]] outside a shopping mall in [[Hong Kong]]]]
10: ...mas-like festivities even though they do not consider themselves Christians. Many customs, including s...
12: ...acau]] designate Christmas as a public holiday on December 25. Both are former [[colony|colonies]] of ...
14: ...become increasingly prevalent during the month of December in large urban centers of mainland China, r...
20: ... of stores and buildings are displaying Christmas decorations. - Modern architecture (3868 bytes)
1: '''Modern architecture''' is the term given to the range ...
2: ...ectly, rather than softening with ornament or facade.
4: ... and what constitutes Modern architecture itself, depending on the frame of reference of the historian...
6: == Basis for Modern architecture ==
8: ...amentally altering the way in which buildings are designed by bringing in qualities of art into archit...
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