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- Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (3639 bytes)
7: ...expedition of 340 Spanish, 300 Indian allies, and 1000 slaves, both native Americans and Africans.
9: ...f Cortez]] northward to the [[Sonora]], then traveled upstream the Sonora, and crossed the [[Gila]] t...
11: ...]] was sent out to find this river, and found himself - Steel (28384 bytes)
1: :''See [[Steel (disambiguation)]] for other uses.''
2: [[Image:Steel framework.jpg|thumb|300px|Steel framework]]
3: ... [[brittle]]. One classical definition is that steels are iron-carbon alloys with up to 5.1 percent [[...
5: ...is undesired. A more recent definition is that steels are iron-based alloys that can be [[plasticity (...
7: ==Iron and steel== - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
16: ... which is tied into the bag and which the pipe itself plugs into. The bag usually consists of leather,...
18: ...ters with a cylindrical bore will produce a very mellow [[oboe]]-like sound, while chanters with a con...
23: ...tten by an unknown Romantic. However, it seems likely they were first invented in pre-Christian times....
25: ...arity seems to have occurred from around the year 1000; the tune used by [[Robert Burns]] for "[[Scots W...
27: ...als of high-ranking civilian public officials as well. - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: * [[1576]] - [[Eighty Years' War]]: In [[Belgium]], [[Spain]] captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwer...
14: ...d States Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Grover Cleveland]] defeats [[United States Republican Party|Rep...
15: * [[1889]] - [[Menelik II of Ethiopia|Menelek of Shoa]] obtains the allegiance of a large maj...
16: ...lliam Street]] and [[Stockwell tube station|Stockwell]].
19: ... 40,000 [[sailor]]s take over the [[port]] in [[Kiel]]. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
9: *[[Abati]] ''aka'' Niccolo Dell'Abbato, (1512-1571), artist
17: ...e|Abbadie, Antoine Thomson d']], (1810-1897), traveler
34: *[[Dimebag Darrell|Abbott, Darrell]], (1966-2004), US musician
49: *[[Abd-el-Aziz IV]], (1880-), sultan of Morocco
50: *[[Abd-el-Kader]], (circa 1807-1883), Emir of Mascara - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...the throne, triumphant about her bloodless and widely supported coup d'etat. Six months later, on [[Ju...
9: ...ly having turned more conservative after the [[Yemelyan Pugachev|Pugachev uprising]] of [[1773]] - [[1...
13: ...nomically underdeveloped areas. Third, Catherine relaxed the censorship law and encouraged education f...
16: [[Image:Buberel Coronation coach Catherine the Great.jpg|thumb|25...
17: ... apparent that his plan could not succeed, Panin fell out of favor and in [[1781]] was dismissed. - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
1: ...te House portrait|thumb|right|175px|Eleanor Roosevelt]]
3: ... [[1933]]-[[1945]]. An active First Lady, she traveled around the United States promoting the [[New De...
5: ...ady of the World'', in honor of her extensive travels to promote [[human rights]].
9: ...side marriage by FDR (See [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|FDR]] for more information.)
11: ...ork|Hyde Park]] branches of the Roosevelt family. Eleanor is descended from the Johannes branch and Fr... - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
5: ...y Gladys Smith. She subsequently played in many melodramas and became a popular child actress in Cana...
7: ...o in the cast. The play was produced by [[David Belasco]], who insisted that she assume the stage nam...
9: ...d her for a part in a one-reel thriller, ''The Lonely Villa'' in 1909. Pickford would go on to become ...
11: ... Pickford became secretly involved in a romantic relationship with [[Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939)|Dou...
22: * [[1913]]: Appears (with [[Lillian Gish]]) in Belasco's Broadway production ''A Good Little Devil'' - Murasaki Shikibu (2682 bytes)
1: ...nd 1008, one of the earliest and most famous [[novels]] in human history.
4: ...[kana]] and [[poetry]]. Her father praised her intelligence and ability, but lamented she was "born a ...
10: Her real name is unknown. Some scholars believe her given name might have been Takako. Her di...
12: ...y of Murasaki called ''The Tale of Murasaki: A Novel'' was written by [[Liza Dalby]], who is the only ...
15: * Dalby, Liza. ''The Tale of Murasaki: A Novel'' (Anchor, 2001). ISBN 0385497954. - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
3: ... to that of [[Kate Bush]], [[Bj?] and [[Joni Mitchell]].
7: ... her that she looked more like a Tori than a Myra Ellen.
10: ...lled "Tess Makes Good" with "additional vocals by Ellen Amos".
13: ...K, it went straight to #1. A month later, it was released in America to breakthrough critical success....
16: ...n of B-Sides including a cover of the [[Joni Mitchell]] song "A Case of You". - Sunflower (5784 bytes)
2: ...pg|260px]] | caption = Sunflowers display bright yellow colors.}}
9: {{Taxobox_genus_entry | taxon = ''[[Helianthus]]''}}
12: ...al_simple | color = lightgreen | binomial_name = Helianthus annuus}}
15: ...rning to face the [[Sun]], a behavior known as [[heliotropism]].
18: ...k to [[Europe]] early in the [[16th century]]. ''Helianthus'' is from the [[Greek language|Greek]] for... - Cootamundra wattle (1558 bytes)
15: ... Fabaceae]]. The Cootamundra is but one of nearly 1000 species of ''Acacia'' found in [[Australia]].
17: ...o some or all species. Wattles have been extensively [[introduced species|introduced]] into [[New Zea... - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
1: ...arly [[16th century]] in [[Northern Europe]], as well as the [[Protestant Reformation]] starting in 15...
6: ...l senses were unevolved and its technologies undeveloped, compared to the preceding culture.
8: ...to obtain supplies of Mediterranean luxury goods well into the 6th century, this connection too was lo...
12: ...ional support for large scale chattel slavery largely disappeared.
14: ...sole unifying cultural influence, preserving its selection from Latin learning, maintaining the art of... - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
3: ...evivals, the artists crafts, and the artists themselves.
5: ...art into major periods and movements. They are [[Celtic art]], [[Early Christian art]], [[Migration Pe...
9: ... seen as the history of the interplay between the elements of classical, early Christian and "Barbaria...
17: ...e period some Viking inspirations were added in Ireland.
25: ... an early formative stage from 600-900 and the development of regional styles from 900-1500. - Glass (26176 bytes)
1: ...imple example is when [[Sucrose|table sugar]] is melted and cooled rapidly by dumping the liquid sugar...
9: ... properties can be modified, or even changed entirely, with the addition of other compounds or [[heat ...
20: ...ion). Ordinary glass does not allow light at a wavelength of lower than 400 [[nanometre|nm]], also kno...
22: ...ls by [[laser]] emission from within the glass itself.
24: ...in [[integrated circuit]]s, due to the smooth and electrically neutral interface it forms with [[silic... - Jewellery (4234 bytes)
1: ...is made from less valuable materials. However, jewellery can and has been made out of almost every kin...
3: ...ments or [[Body piercing jewelry|body piercing jewellery]].
5: ... which was [[anglicise]]d from the Old French "jouel" in around the [[13th century]]. Further tracing...
7: ...stians]] wearing a [[crucifix]] in the form of jewellery, or, as is the case in many Western cultures,...
9: Jewellery in various forms has been made and worn by bo... - Greek language (35285 bytes)
1: {{language|name=Greek|nativename=<i><font lang="el">Ελληνικά...
12: |iso1=el|iso2=gre (B) / ell (T)|sil=GRK}}
13: ...PA]] {{IPA|/ɛˌliniˈka/}} – "Hellenic") is an [[Indo-European]] [[language]] with ...
17: ...ries of [[Alexander the Great]], but after the [[Hellenistic]] colonisation of the known world, it was...
19: *'''[[Medieval Greek]]''': The continuation of [[Hellenistic Greek]] during medieval [[Greek history]]... - Imhotep (3367 bytes)
3: '''Imhotep''' (sometimes spelt '''Immutef''', '''Ȧmhotep''', or '''Ii-em-H...
5: ...C but may perhaps go back to texts written around 1000 years earlier.
7: ...ng, he was also sometimes said to be the one who held [[Nuit]] (deification of the ''sky'') up, as the...
13: ... Mummy Returns]]''. The architect Imhotep most likely provided the name for the character.
17: 'Imhotep' is also the name of a well-known [[France|French]] [[rap]]per from the grou... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
14: | wife= [[Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson]]
18: ...er been a member of the [[Virginia]] plantation [[elite]], or had been named [[Adams]]. Jackson, nickn...
22: ...islike of Eastern aristocrats stemming from his feeling that they were too inclined to favor and emula...
24: ...nd-tumble world of frontier law. He became a colonel in the state militia, which began his military ca...
26: ...e been "tough as old hickory" wood on the battlefield, which gave him his nickname. The war, and parti... - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
2: <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
3: <caption><font size="+1">'''Grover Cleveland'''</font></caption>
4: ...colspan=2>[[Image:Grover Cleveland.jpg|Grover Cleveland]]</td></tr>
18: ... of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Caldwell, New Jersey|Caldwell]], [[New Jersey]]</td></tr>
21: ...><td>[[Rose Cleveland]] (sister)<br>[[Frances Cleveland]] (wife)</td></tr>
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