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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ... political influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves of immigration and emigratio...
7: ...es, the [[Huang He]] valley began to establish itself as a cultural center, where the first villages w...
14: ...shed during the [[Xia Dynasty]], and that this model was perpetuated in the successor [[Shang Dynasty|...
18: ...Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood.
22: ...d as the last of the six capitals of the Shang (c 1300–1046 BC). - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
11: *[[Aaron]], (ca. 1300 BC), [[Bible|Biblical]] figure - Actinium (7046 bytes)
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17: ... [[List of elements by symbol|Symbol]], [[List of elements by number|Number]]
23: | [[group 3 element|3 ]], [[period 7 element|7]], [[f-block|f]]
41: | [[Electron configuration]] - Renaissance (14795 bytes)
5: ...es. Second, it means that the results of these intellectual activities created a ''revitalization'' of...
10: ... and followed by the [[Reformation]], which many believe to not be accurate. The entire period is now ...
17: ...el Fiore.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The [[Santa Maria del Fiore]] church of [[Florence]], [[Italy]]. Floren...
21: ...literary advancement, and not as a series of set religious events. Re-birth meant the rediscovery of a...
23: ...e, and it perhaps represented the end of the old religious order in Europe. - Ptolemy (10609 bytes)
3: ...5]]), known in English as '''Ptolemy''', was a [[Hellenistic civilization|Greek]] [[geographer]], [[as...
7: ...tions]] is ancestral to the modern system of constellations, but unlike the modern system they did not...
9: ...ources beyond the perimeter of the Empire were unreliable.
11: ...ata and of the methods he used. Like with the model of the solar system in the ''Almagest'', Ptolemy ...
14: ...he East-indies and deep into Africa; Ptolemy was well aware that he knew about only a quarter of the g... - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
3: ... BC]]. Archeological evidence indicates that a developed Egyptian society has existed for much longer.
10: The conservative dates are not supported by any reliable absolute date for a span of about three mill...
27: ...aturally migrated to the Nile river where they developed a settled [[agriculture|agricultural]] [[econ...
31: The descendants of these people may well have begun Egyptian civilization in the Nile Val...
33: ...h dynasty, testify to the power of the pharaonic religion and state. The [[Great Pyramid]], the tomb o... - Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
9: ...CE. Archeologists may suggest solutions to ultimately settle many of these questions while others may ...
13: Reliable absolute dates, astronomical or other, are l...
15: ...t four Egyptian rulers, although there was absolutely no doubt for Egyptologists that [[Ramses I]] rei...
21: ...in a tomb of [[Dorak]], near [[Constantinople]], tells E. Bacon, ''Archaeology; Discoveries in the 196...
23: ...]]s)." In the same book he dated a building at [[Belize]] to about 1900 BCE, equating it with 1550 BCE... - Azerbaijan (15031 bytes)
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48: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.az]]
56: ...ch means "the land of the brave Az people" or "an elevated place for the wealthy and exalted."
60: ... clear ethnic identification and referred to themselves primarily as "Muslims." - Great Pyramid of Giza (20454 bytes)
1: ...he [[Seven Wonders of the World]] and the most widely recognized [[pyramid]] in the world. Though no p...
9: The most widely accepted estimate for its date of completion is ...
11: ...id of Khafre]], one of Khufu's successors who is believed to have built the [[Great Sphinx of Giza|Gre...
15: ...bsp;m). Today each side has a length of approximately 227.5 m. The reduction in area and the curr...
17: ...ides of the pyramid rise at an angle of approximately 51?51′. - Ancient Egypt (16131 bytes)
6: ...srael]] to the east. The [[Nile]] has been the lifeline for Egyptian culture since the [[Stone Age]].
14: ...tian pharaohs of the [[Twelfth dynasty of Egypt|twelfth dynasty]] using the natural lake of the Fayyum...
16: ...ncient_egyptpapyrus.html#berlin] and complex [[Timeline of mathematics|mathematical formularizations]]...
18: ===Timeline of Ancient Achievements===
33: ...ructures|world's tallest structure]] until [[1300|1300 CE]] - Iron Age (8996 bytes)
3: ...ding differing agricultural practices, religious beliefs and artistic styles.
7: ...e arrival of iron use in various areas is listed below, broadly in chronological order.
10: ...inguishable from meteoric iron by the lack of nickel in the product) appear in [[Anatolia]], [[Egypt]...
13: ...ron and steelmaking|Steel: History of iron and steelmaking]]), dating to circa [[1200 BC]].
15: ...working in [[West Africa]] in [[500 BC]] (see [[smelting]]). Iron and copper working then continued to... - Memphis, Egypt (1908 bytes)
1: ...ypt]] from its foundation until around [[1300s BC|1300 BC]]. The ruins are 19 km (12 miles) south of [[C...
5: ...at]] (or Fostat) in [[641]]. Memphis was then largely abandoned and became a source of stone for the s...
7: ...h and of Apis have been uncovered at the site as well as a few statues, including two four metre ones ...
9: It is believed that Memphis was the largest city in the wor... - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
3: ...Roman Empire]] ([[476]] CE) and ends in approximately the middle of the fifteenth century. Though esta...
11: ...tiple texts and instrumental accompaniment has developed by the end of the era.
14: ...ical notation|notation]] was a relatively late development, reconstruction of this music, especially b...
17: ...lues (in the Ars Cantus Mensurabilis of approximately 1260), an innovation which had a massive impact ...
19: ...e history of rhythmic notation. The first definitely identifiable scholar to accept and explain the m... - Jupiter (24639 bytes)
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17: ! align="left" | [[Perihelion]]
20: ! align="left" | [[Aphelion]]
44: ...gument of the perihelion|Argument of the<br> perihelion]]
47: ! align="left" | Number of [[natural satellite|satellite]]s - Polar bear (6417 bytes)
15: ...les weigh from 400 to 600 [[kilogram|kg]] (900 to 1300 lbs) and occasionally exceed 800 kg (1750 lbs). F...
20: ... when viewed with [[infrared camera]] they are barely visible. Only the pads of their feet emit detect...
22: ...eating liver of polar bears. Contrary to popular belief, polar bears do not eat [[penguin]]s: this is ...
24: Polar bears are believed to be threatened, not mainly by [[hunting]],...
26: ...his is why the polar bear's pelt often appears [[yellow]]. More colorful polar bears have occasionally... - Giant Panda (7693 bytes)
10: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''A. melanoleuca'''''}}
12: ...rens | color = pink | binomial_name = Ailuropoda melanoleuca | author = [[Armand David|David]] | date ...
15: The '''Giant Panda''' ('''''Ailuropoda melanoleuca''''' "black-and-white cat-foot") is a [[m...
19: ...]. They eat shoots and leaves, living almost entirely on [[bamboo]]. Pandas are also known to eat [[eg...
23: ...ubs. Since the baby panda is born very small and helpless, they need the mother?s undivided attention,... - Religion (72319 bytes)
1: ...universe. In the course of the [[development of religion]], it has taken a huge number of forms in va...
2: ...ten taking the form of a [[legal entity]] (see [[religion-supporting organization]]).
5: ...n.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Fishers of men; Oil on panel by [[Adriaen van de Venne]] ([[1614]])]]
7: ==The nature and content of religion==
10: ...bind" rather than "connect," hence interpreting "religion" as "returning to bondage." - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
3: ...h unit" that was both battlefield and prize (Braudel 1984 p. 353).
5: ... roles of nobles and peasants, and overall key developments in the early growth of nations and new mon...
10: ...ven up the dream of one day reconquering their homeland in Normandy; it was a very rich land and Engla...
13: ...e|Philip IV]] died, leaving three male heirs. The eldest son, [[Louis X of France|Louis X]], died in [...
21: ...hew of King Charles, was his closest living male relative and was the only surviving male descendant o... - Medieval Inquisition (8204 bytes)
11: ...uthority rested with local officials based on guidelines from the Pope, but there was no central top-d...
13: ...]]s, living in far-off cities such as Rome and rarely if ever visiting. When they did visit, bishops w...
15: ...e. As [[mendicant]]s, they were accustomed to travel and not interested in personal gain. Unlike the h...
19: The papal inquisition developed a number of procedures to discover and prosec...
23: ...nity for anyone to step forward and denounce themselves in exchange for easy punishment. As part of th... - Hittites (17910 bytes)
7: ...Anatolian Hittites in the 19th century initially believed the two peoples to be the same, but this ide...
14: ...al Hittites. Sayce's identification came to be widely accepted over the course of the early 20th centu...
21: ...hat was not what its speakers had called it (see below).
27: ... history of the Hittite civilisation is known largely from [[cuneiform (script)|cuneiform]] texts foun...
34: ... continued to be used in the Hittite kingdom for religious purposes, and there is substantial continui...
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