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- Adela of Normandy (2741 bytes)
5: '''Adela of Blois''' (c. [[1067]] - [[March 8]], [[1137]]...
7: Her birthdate is generally believed to have been between [[1060]] and [[1064]]; ...
9: ... the cross until Adela insisted upon it. Stephen reluctantly left to join the [[First Crusade]], along...
11: Adela and Stephen's children were:
20: ...d absence as a leader of the [[First Crusade]] ([[1095]]-[[1098]]), and when he returned in disgrace it ... - Alexandra Kollontai (3203 bytes)
1: ...m [[1914]] on as a [[Bolshevik]]. She was effectively exiled by [[Stalin]], who sent her abroad as a d...
7: ...ized later for [[socialist feminism]]. The Zhenodtel was eventually closed by [[Stalin]] in [[1930]].
11: ...Kollontai was more or less totally politically sidelined.
13: ...[[Sweden]]. She was also a member of the Soviet delegation to the [[League of Nations]]. She died in...
15: ...overnment policy or operations and so was effectively [[exile]]d. - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...s a [[Russia]]n-[[Tatar]] [[composer]] of deeply religious music.
5: ...er studies in [[Soviet]] Russia, her music was labeled "irresponsible" for its exploration of alternat...
7: ...reja, a folk-instrument improvisation group with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyacheslav Artyomo...
9: ...orium]]''. She later composed a homage to [[T. S. Eliot]], using the text from the poet's spiritual ma...
15: * "I am a religious person...and by 'religion' I mean re-ligio, the re-tying of a bond...r... - Geology (12007 bytes)
3: ...elements such as [[sulfur]], [[chlorine]], and [[helium]].
5: ...lar system. However, specialised terms such as ''selenology'' (studies of the [[Moon]]), ''areology'' ...
7: The word "geology" was first used by Jean-Andreluc in the year [[1778]] and introduced as a fixed ...
10: ...on his observation of [[fossil]] [[animal shell|shell]]s in a geological [[stratum]] in a mountain hun...
14: ...ind energy]], [[hydropower|hydrodynamic power]], melting cookers, transport of [[ore]]s, extraction of... - Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
3: ...ly the 57th country in population, with approximately 6 persons per sq km (16 per sq mi). Population i...
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72: ... and by the middle of the [[16th century]] had developed a common language, culture, and economy. In t... - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
4: ...be done. During the [[20th century]], with the development of adequate propulsion technologies, strong...
6: ...rport]] in Northern Virginia displays an unparalleled array of aerospace technology in one place: [[S...
13: ...ieving orbit is a prerequisite for going anywhere else, such as to the [[Moon]] or [[Mars (planet)|Mar...
15: ...[[2004]], [[SpaceShipOne]] became the first privately-funded manned [[spacecraft]].
35: ...[European Launcher Development Organisation]], or ELDO. - History of science (41710 bytes)
6: ... notably [[ethics]]. In practice, each of these fields is heavily used by the others as an external [[...
11: ...to de-emphasize the view that scientific data is self-evident, value-free, and context-free.
21: ...[[religion]], often as a project of a particular religious community.
23: ...me, the utility of experiment was unproven. Some believed that setting up ''artificial'' conditions in...
27: ...le for early [[Civilization|civilizations]] to develop and more time to be devoted to tasks other than... - Crusade (28507 bytes)
7: ...[Alexius I]] in opposing [[Muslim]] attacks thus fell on ready ears.
9: ...Spanish [[knights]] and some [[mercenaries]] from elsewhere in Europe in the fight against the Islamic...
11: ...g popular support for the First Crusade, and the religious vitality of the 12th century.
13: ...the ensuing decades and centuries, they were themselves faced with invasions by Muslims and other host...
15: ...se rumors then played an important role in the development of the crusades later in the century. - World War II (58065 bytes)
8: Approximately 57 million people [[List of World War II casualt...
10: ...rgely aligned as [[NATO]], and Eastern Europe largely as the [[Warsaw pact]], alliances which were fun...
16: ...f the Second World War are usually considered to belong to either of the two blocs: the '''[[Axis powe...
20: ... by it in June 1941, the Soviet Union was effectively allied with [[Nazi Germany]] through the [[Molot...
22: ...ounted among the Allies, though many would ultimately be conquered and occupied by Axis forces. - Abacus (7218 bytes)
1: ...ely used by merchants and clerks in [[China]] and elsewhere.
10: ...s, very efficient suanpan techniques have been developed to do [[multiplication]], [[division (mathema...
26: ...a [[bi-quinary coded decimal]] system, obviously related to the [[Roman numerals]]. The short grooves...
35: ...n each column of the Chinese abacus, the Japanese eliminated the use of Quichu (Chinese division table...
39: Soroban is taught in elementary schools as a part of lessons in mathemati... - Seljuk Turks (7657 bytes)
1: ...y|11th]] to [[14th century|14th centuries]]. The Seljuks migrated from the north into [[Persia]], figh...
3: ...nistan]], [[Uzbekistan]] and [[Azerbaijan]]. The Seljuk Turks and their descendants, the [[Ottoman Emp...
5: ...al in Baghdad. [[Ahmed Sanjar]] was captured and held captive by Turkish nomads from [[1153]] to [[115...
7: ...he Seljuk finally collapsed. Of the former Great Seljuk Empire, only the [[Sultanate of Rüm]] in ...
9: ===Rulers of Great Seljuk [[1037]]-[[1157]]=== - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
3: ...o parallel [[rail tracks|rails]], usually of [[steel]], generally mounted upon cross-sectional beams (...
8: ...trucks. Fully loaded, the contact between each wheel and the rail is the space of about one U.S. ten c...
9: ...owing significantly greater loads per [[axle]]/wheel than in [[road transport]].
13: ...dia]], [[South Korea]], [[Japan]], [[China]], and elsewhere.
15: ...rder to save money (see [[Beeching Axe]]). Conversely, US freight railways have consolidated and becom... - Europium (8579 bytes)
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15: ... [[List of elements by symbol|Symbol]], [[List of elements by number|Number]]
22: | [[group _ element|_]], [[period 6 element|6]], [[f-block|f]]
44: | [[Electron configuration]] - First Crusade (34670 bytes)
2: ...ern Europe]], with little central leadership, travelled over land and by sea towards Jerusalem and cap...
5: ...ho now had very little to do but fight among themselves and terrorize the peasant population.
7: ... [[Pisa]], [[Genoa]] and [[Aragon]] were all actively fighting Islamic strongholds in [[Majorca]] and ...
9: ...rt]] three years previously. This call, while largely ignored, combined with the large numbers of [[pi...
11: ===The East in the late eleventh century=== - Culture of Russia (14552 bytes)
1: ... [[Czarist]] and [[Soviet]] rules and under the relgious leadership of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]...
8: [[Image:Angelsatmamre-trinity-rublev-1410.jpg|thumb|200px|A pie...
9: ...gs in Russia are unique because they are made to help people with prayers instead of idolizing the fig...
13: ...mb|150px|An example of Russian avant garde art by El Lissitzky in 1919]]
14: ...turism]]. Notable artists from this era include [[El Lissitzky]], [[Kazimir Malevich]], [[Wassily Kand... - List of autonomous entities (9309 bytes)
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91: ...1083;ьм Тангч)
93: ...evo-Čerkeccija/Карача́ево-Че...
95: | [[Republic of Karelia|Karelia]] (Karelija/Карели...
99: | [[Mari El]] (Marij El/Марий Эл... - Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
1: ... to continue to do so. Scientific classification belongs to the science of [[taxonomy]] or [[systemati...
7: ...ow lost, but its translation into Latin by [[Michael Scot]] survives.
9: The next major advance in developing scientific classification was made by the Sw...
11: ...pists is due to the research of people like [[Marcello Malpighi]] (1628–1694), [[Jan Swammerdam]...
17: ... work, the ''[[Systema Naturae]]'', ran through twelve editions during his lifetime (1st ed. 1735). He... - Chemical equilibrium (5726 bytes)
1: ...mmonia equals its rate of decomposition. [[Le Chatelier's principle]] describes qualitative prediction...
8: The concentrations of reactants and products are related by the following equation:
18: ...m constants are related to it. The value of K is related to temperature according to the following exp...
20: :<math>K_T = K_\infty e^{-\frac{\Delta E}{RT}}</math>
22: ...e by the system as it develops. At equilibrium ΔF = 0, which gives us - Igor Stravinsky (26622 bytes)
1: ...'' {{lang|ru|Встреча Весны}} and...
5: ...usic was incapable of "expressing anything but itself". Craft also transcribed several interviews wit...
10: ...in St. Petersburg and dominated by his father and elder brother, Stravinsky's early childhood was a mi...
12: ...>[</nowiki>to send<nowiki>]</nowiki> them all to hell". (He succeeded: the 1913 première of ''...
14: ...also collaborated with [[Pablo Picasso]] (''Pulcinella'', 1920), [[Jean Cocteau]] (''Oedipus Rex'', 19... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
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36: ...a city located in [[Northwestern Russia]] on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the [[Gulf...
48: ...tal and decorative sculptures. The Neva River itself, together with its many canals and their granite...
50: ...the "[[white night]]s." The white nights are closely linked to another attraction — the nine dr...
58: ...o called the Fountain House), and the Beloselsky-Belozersky palace (1846–1848) on the Nevsky Pro...
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