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- Zenobia (1693 bytes)
3: [[Image:Denarius-Zenobia-s3290.jpg|thumb|300px|Zenobia coin ...
4: ...h''") Zabaai ben Selim. The widow of [[Septimius Odenathus]], she reigned as Queen of [[Tadmor|Palmyra...
6: ...[Carthage]], according to the ''[[Aeneid]]'') and declared herself the political heiress of both.
8: ...er and socialite. Some historians (ancient and modern) believe she married a Roman senator and that t... - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
5: ...ther, n饠Charlotte Hennessy, began taking in boarders, and through one of these lodgers Gladys, aged ...
7: ...tten by William C. DeMille, brother of [[Cecil B. DeMille]], who was also in the cast. The play was p...
9: ... film era and the sound film era. She won an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] in [[1929]], but retir...
11: ...s driving and Fairbanks was discussing the recent death of his mother, the clock stopped.
13: ...March 28]] the same year. Together they were regarded as "Hollywood Royalty" and were famous for enter... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ...'The Lady with the Lamp'', was the pioneer of modern [[nurse|nursing]]. Each year, the [[Internation...
7: ...s named after the city of her birth, as was her older sister (named [[Parthenope]] for the old city th...
9: ...gions of the poor and indigent. She announced her decision to her family in [[1845]], evoking intense ...
11: ...ed the support of [[Charles Villiers]], then president of the [[Poor Law Board]]. This led to her act...
13: ...oneering hospital established and managed by an order of [[Nun|Catholic sisters]] in [[Germany]], and ... - Mosaic (6524 bytes)
3: ...thumb|150px|Detail of mosaic from [[Herculaneum]] depicting [[Amphitrite]]]]
7: ...ly 12th-century [[Kiev]]an mosaic depicting [[St. Demetrius]].]]
12: ...ve arts|decorative art]], an aspect of [[interior decoration]]. In mosaics, small [[tile]]s or fragme...
16: ...endid mosaic floors distinguished luxurious Roman villas across north Africa. In Rome, Nero and his archi...
18: ...co di Venezia|St Mark's]]. In Western Europe, the demanding techniques of fresco replaced the even mor... - Manuscript (5266 bytes)
1: ...uced some other way. Information may be hand-recorded in other ways than in manuscripts, as [[inscript...
8: ...oll]]s (''volumen'' in Latin) or [[book]]s (''[[codex]], codices''). Manuscripts were produced on [[v...
10: ...ch making a single copy from an original that was declaimed aloud.
12: ...c ash preserve some of the Greek library of the [[Villa of the Papyri]] in [[Herculaneum]].
16: ...brew language|Hebrew]] manuscripts, such as the [[Dead Sea scrolls]] make no such differentiation. - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
3: ...en it reduced to little more than a small fishing village.
5: ...|right|Alexandria's state-of-the-art [[library]], designed by [[Christoph Kapellar]], was inaugurated ...
16: * The modern city from [[1798]] (red).
19: ...in. Alexander's seers, and in particular [[Aristander of Telmessus]], interpreted this as an omen that...
21: ...t the foundation, but are thwarted when Alexander descends in a glass box, and armed with exact knowle... - Antarctica (14761 bytes)
4: ...near the Earth's [[North Pole]] on the opposite side of the planet.
8: ...so the continent with the highest average [[altitude]], and the lowest average [[humidity]] of any con...
15: ...he continent, but [[ice]] there can last for extended time periods. Nearly all of Antarctica is cover...
24: ...ea is called [[Western Antarctica]] and the remainder [[Eastern Antarctica]], since they correspond ro...
30: ...ons, particularly those close to the continent, made territorial claims in the [[20th century]]. These... - Cuba (25106 bytes)
6: ...ted States]] occupied the island until its independence was granted in [[1902]], though limited by the...
10: ...able were expanded to cover all Cubans.After some delay, a [[Constitution]] of Soviet inspiration was ...
12: ...forced to surrender, due to president Kennedy's orders to call off the invasion. The failed attempt to...
14: ...pped the flow of vessels heading south and Cuba ended the exodus.
16: ...rty of Cuba in December of 1975 that "Without the decisive, steady, and generous aid of the Soviet peo... - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
2: ...[country]] in central [[South America]]. It is bordered by [[Brazil]] on the north and east, [[Paragua...
8: native_name = República de Bolivia |
19: leader_titles = [[President of Bolivia|President]] |
20: leader_names = [[Eduardo Rodr�ez]] (interim) |
24: area_magnitude = 1 E12 | - Papyrus (5819 bytes)
2: ...asty of Egypt|First dynasty]]), but it was also widely used throughout the [[History of the Mediterran...
5: ...eta;λος ''bublos'' (said to derive from the name of the [[Phoenicia|Phoencian]] ...
7: ...lit., "that which is of [[Pharaoh]]"), apparently denoting that the Egyptian crown owned a monopoly on...
10: ...g, the sheet of papyrus is polished with some rounded object, possibly a stone.
11: ...eft|350px|A section of the Egyptian [[Book of the Dead]] written on papyrus]] - Maryland (22654 bytes)
21: DensityRank = 5<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 165 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 7<sup>th</sup> |
26: Latitude = 37°53'N to 39°43'N |
27: Longitude = 75°4'W to 79°33'W | - Santa Fe, New Mexico (9224 bytes)
3: ...humb|250px|San Miguel Chapel in Santa Fe is the oldest church structure in the US. The [[adobe]] walls...
5: ...metres (6,996 feet), compared with 1655.4 m for [[Denver, Colorado]].
6: ...ge:NewMexico_state_map.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
7: ...8, new and rebuilt buildings, especially those in designated historic districts, must exhibit a Spanis...
9: ...tural attractions have drawn an influx of new residents with an above average income and educational l... - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
2: ...erTheGreat_Bust.jpg|thumb|right|[[Bust]] of Alexander III in the [[British Museum]].]]
4: ... as the [[Middle-Persian]] literature as '''Alexander the Cursed''' due to his burning of the Persian ...
6: ...ady during his lifetime, and especially after his death, his exploits inspired a literary tradition in...
9: ...[Aristotle]] was Alexander's tutor; he gave Alexander a thorough training in rhetoric and literature a...
11: ...racles]] through [[Caranus]] and his mother descended from [[Aeacus]] through [[Neoptolemus]] and [[Ac... - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ... [[Johannes Kepler]]. The work of Galileo is considered to be a significant break from that of [[Arist...
7: ...610]]. During this time he explored science and made many landmark discoveries.
10: ...ion. These are the primary justifications for his description as "father of science."
12: ...00s]]. According to Koyr鬠the law was arrived at deductively, and the experiments were merely illustr...
14: ... rolling balls) were replicated using the methods described by Galileo (Settle, 1961), and the precisi... - World War I (62979 bytes)
2: ...had roots of power back to the days of the [[Crusade]]s, all fell during or after the war.
4: The causes of World War I were complex developments by themselves (see [[#Diplomatic and po...
6: ...s the last direct major conflict of the war. The defeat of [[Germany]] in the war and failure to reso...
8: ...n diplomatic ineptitude as well as a tremendous tide of nationalism that swept the European continent ...
10: ... on the home front due to food shortages, [[genocide]], and ground combat. - 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... - Pompeii (10901 bytes)
1: ...e:Pompeii7.jpg|right|thumb|Ruins in Pompeii, provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
3: ...vessels to save some of those trapped in the seaside towns.
7: ...mage:Pompeii6.jpg|left|thumb|View of Pompeii provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
9: The town was founded in the ca. [[6th century BCE]] by the [[Osci]] o...
11: ... of '''Colonia [[Cornelius|Cornelia]] [[Venus (goddess)|Veneria]] Pompeianorum'''. The town became an ... - Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1199 bytes)
1: ...right|300px|The Mexican Cession (red) and the Gadsden Purchase (orange)]]
2: ...] to [[1848]]. Under the treaty, [[Mexico]] surrendered a vast tract of land (known as the [[Mexican C...
4: ...Mexico]] was later ceded under the [[1853]] [[Gadsden Purchase]].
6: ...upe (today [[Gustavo A. Madero, D.F.|Gustavo A. Madero]]), a few kilometers to the north of [[Mexico C... - Sandro Botticelli (8995 bytes)
1: ...as characterized by [[Giorgio Vasari]] as a "[[golden age]]", a thought, suitably enough, he expressed...
5: ...y" (Vasari) In [[1470]] he opened his own independent ''studio''.
7: ...us'' (''illustration, right'') was at the Medici villa of Castello.
11: ...him political protection and creating conditions ideal for his production of several masterpieces.
13: ...ted it, were guilty of unidentified [[heresy]], a delicate requirement in such a subject. The heretica... - Culture of Italy (11004 bytes)
11: ... at [[Monza]]. The beginnings of [[chess theory]] developed in Italy in 16th and 17th centuries.
17: ...onsider dialects of modern Italian. Examples include [[Milanese]], spoken near the city of [[Milan]], ...
23: ...aly. The [[Pope]] of the Roman Catholic Faith resides withing Rome in what is now known as the [[Vatic...
31: ...alian art stretches from the Roman times to the Modern era. Several famous artists are from Italy. It...
37: ...ilm [[The Passion of the Christ]] was recently made in Italy.
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