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- Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...s foundation of the [[Imperial Academy of Arts|Academy of Fine Arts]] in [[Saint Petersburg|St. Peters...
7: ...[[Kolomenskoye]], near [[Moscow]], on the 18th of December [[1709]]. As her parents were not married a...
9: ...luency than accuracy. From her earliest years she delighted every one by her extraordinary beauty and ...
11: ...hat on the death of her mother (May 1727) and the departure to [[Holstein]] of her beloved sister Anne...
15: ...banishment to [[Siberia]], minus his tongue, by order of the empress [[Anna of Russia|Anne]], consoled... - Marco Polo (6716 bytes)
1: ... January]] [[1324]]) was a [[Venice|Venetian]] trader and [[exploration|explorer]] who, together with ...
5: ...affio'') were prosperous merchants in the East trade. The two merchants set out to [[Asia]] in [[1255]...
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 ... - Volcano (27295 bytes)
1: ...o2.jpg|thumb|225px|left|Volcano Illustration provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
2: ...) where [[magma]] (rock of the earth's interior made molten or liquid by high pressure and temperature...
10: ...mple. This type of volcano has a tendency to explode because it easily plugs. [[Mount Pel饝] on the i...
12: ... and ''mafic'' are sometimes substituted by the older chemistry terms "acidic" and "basic", respective...
15: ... huge quantities of lava that gradually build a wide mountain with a shield-like profile. Their lava f... - South America (5078 bytes)
5: ...e of the continent; the land to the east of the Andes is largely tropical [[rain forest]], the vast [[...
11: ...[[19th century]], these colonies won their independence.
15: ...North America. The South American nations that border the Caribbean Sea – including [[Colombia]]...
17: ...razil]]. Regions in South America include the [[Andean States]], the [[Guiana]]s, the [[Southern Cone]...
21: (Not included in the table are [[South Georgia and the South S... - Agathocles (2843 bytes)
5: ...e in about [[343 BC]], he learned his father's trade, but afterwards entered the army. In [[333 BC]] h...
7: ...shed or murdered some 10,000 citizens, and thus made himself master of Syracuse, he created a strong a...
9: ...After several victories he was at last completely defeated ([[307 BC]]) and fled secretly to Sicily.
12: ...ing a fresh attack on Carthage at the time of his death.
14: ...gathocles restored the Syracusan democracy on his death bed and - Pyrrhus of Epirus (7425 bytes)
1: ...61;ος'' - "the color of fire", "red-blonde", Latin ''Pyrrhus'') - the Molossian king from ca...
5: ... his former ally, Demetrius. By [[286 BC]] he had deposed his former brother-in-law and took control o...
7: ...an attack and certain defeat. Rome had already made itself into a major power, and poised to subdue a...
11: ... carving out an empire for himself in Italy. He made an alliance with [[Ptolemy Ceraunus]], King of Ma...
15: ...ulties were high, this battle is not usually considered a "pyrrhic" victory. Several tribes (the [[Luc... - Halloween (18290 bytes)
1: ...rt 3.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Halloween Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
2: ...[[Scotland|Scots]] and other immigrants brought older versions of the tradition to North America in th...
4: ... a day of celebration for [[Wicca]]ns and other modern [[pagan]] traditions, though the holiday has lo...
5: ... clipart 2.jpg|thumb|150px|Halloween Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
8: ...s the celebration of the harvest and honoring the dead. These traditions were then passed on to the [[... - Shays' Rebellion (6569 bytes)
1: ...ere small farmers angered by high debt and tax burdens. The rebellion started on [[August 29]], [[1786...
3: ...mers were forced to sell their land to meet their debts, often less than 1/3 real price.
5: ...[1779]], the towns of Western Massachusetts and modern-day [[Maine]] were unable to contribute to the ...
7: ... on the farmers. The farmers also demanded that [[debtor court]]s, which enforced many of the credit s...
9: ...lled out to fight the Regulators often switched sides. - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
1: ...ackground: #ffffff; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
2: ...; İmparatorluğu'''</big></big><br/>'''Devlet-i Aliye-i Osmaniye'''
45: ...ey'', though it should not be confused with the modern [[nation-state]] of that name.
47: ...ern [[Turkey]] during the [[Turkish War of Independence]].
53: ...as its [[emperor]]. The Empire reached its apex under [[Suleiman I]] in the [[16th century]], when it ... - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
4: ...Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] [[writer]], [[deism|deist]] and [[philosophy|philosopher]].
8: ...d in Paris, the grandfather being a prosperous tradesman. Nonetheless, throughout his life, Voltaire ...
10: ...unger brother was very fond, married early; the elder brother, Armand, was a strong [[Jansenism|Jansen...
12: ... [[knowledge]], and probably kindled his lifelong devotion to the stage.
14: ...ther stopped the affair by procuring a ''[[lettre de cachet]]'', though he never used it. - Domitian (8530 bytes)
5: ...omitilla, and brother of [[Titus]], whom he succeeded in [[81]].
9: ...n the [[Roman provinces|African provinces]] and Judea.
11: ...the rise to power of his father, Domitian grew bolder.
13: ...s refer that she would join Domitian in his escapades with his mistresses.
19: ...recession, forcing him to heavily devaluate the [[denarius]] (silver currency). To further compensate ... - First Crusade (34670 bytes)
1: {{Crusade}}
2: ...tern world|Western power]], and was the only crusade – in contrast to the many that followed &nd...
5: ...mbined with the relative stability of European borders after the [[Christianization]] of the [[Viking]...
9: ...eminated to the general public the idea of a Crusade to capture the Holy Land with the famous words: "...
12: ...eighbours, than with cooperating against the crusaders. - Pumpkin (6104 bytes)
7: ...day, it is well-known in English [[cottage]] [[garden]]s, and largely cultivated in continental [[Euro...
11: ...[[kg]]) but smaller varieties are in vogue for garden culture.
27: ...commended by the US Department of Agriculture. Gardeners with a shortage of bees, however, often have ...
29: ...tends to be better pollination rather than fungicide.
33: ...r or even milk directly into the vines with a hypodermic needle. - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
2: ...d brought large portions of mainland [[Mexico]] under the [[Crown of Castile|King of Castile]], in the...
4: ...] was given to a high-ranking nobleman, [[Antonio de Mendoza]]. Cortés returned to Spain in 1541 wher...
6: ...és tend to be simplistic, and either damning or idealizing.
10: ...on in both the Spanish and English languages in modern times, and is the name which many people know h...
14: ...y Almaraz, 5th Lord of Monroy]], and wife Mencía de Orellana y Carvajal.
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