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- Religion in China (12456 bytes)
7: ...in multiple belief systems. It is possible for someone to claim to be a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] while li...
9: ...nese astrology|astrology]], [[Feng Shui]], and [[geomancy]].
11: ...ediated between the forces of heaven and earth. A central idea of the [[dynastic cycle]] was that an unj...
28: ...y not have been a real person. The philosophy is centered on 'the way', an understanding of which can b...
33: ...duced into China via the [[Silk Road]] in the 7th century. - Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
1: ...t the end of the 14th or commencement of the 15th century]]
2: ... his absence. This practice had been the norm for centuries rather than Pizan's invention.
11: ... she took the precaution to assure her readers (''Cent balades'', No. 50) that they were merely exercise...
21: ... of domestic life in the France of the early 15th century not supplied by more formal historians. - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
27: ... was during the [[Crimean War]], which became her central focus when reports began to filter back to Bri...
33: ...ed mortality rates by 40 per cent to just two per cent. She sent many letters to Herbert, to facilitate ...
47: ...ment to her room, Florence Nightingale played the central role in the establishment of the [[Royal Commi...
71: ...father was an expert, and was a pioneer in the nascent field of [[epidemiology]]. Florence made extensiv...
93: ...al in Italy and one of its most respected medical centers, is the research and teaching hospital of Univ... - Cartography (10500 bytes)
1: ...e main types; [[computer-aided design |CAD]], [[geographic information system | GIS]], and specialize...
9: ...tml]. The [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]]ians later used geometry to survey land and to resurvey it after the ...
11: ...d the circumference of the earth to within 15 per cent of the modern-day accepted value.
21: ...e earth to be flat. With the exception of a few theologians of minority opinion, notably [[Lactantius]...
34: ..., scanners (remote and document) and analytic stereo plotters along with visualization, image processi... - Ukulele (6345 bytes)
1: ...ed version of the [[guitar]]. In the early [[20th century]], the instrument's name was often rendered as...
7: ...ghbor. He sold Bill his first instrument for 75[[cent|?]] in [[1915]].
29: * [[George Formby]]
42: ...gh the middle. At the back, the bore is about 4 [[centimetre|cm]] in diameter; at the front it is about ...
48: The instrument seems to be a relatively recent invention, popular in eastern [[Polynesia]]?parti... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
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35: ...of the colonies, he seconded the nomination of [[George Washington]] as commander-in-chief of the [[Co...
41: ....JPG|right|thumb|John Adams, as depicted on a two-cent American [[postage stamp]].]]
50: ... to his former [[British Monarchs|sovereign]], [[George III]], the King intimated that he was aware of...
153: ...itle=[[President of the United States]]|before=[[George Washington]]|after=[[Thomas Jefferson]]|years=... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
16: ...nt=[[Aaron Burr]]; [[George Clinton (politician)|George Clinton]]
18: ...t]], [[Archaeology|archaeologist]], [[slavery|slaveowner]], [[author]] and founder of the [[University...
20: Many people consider Jefferson to be among the most brilli...
30: ... the father or mother of something|father of archaeology]]"'' in recognition of his role in developing...
35: ...d States was that of an agricultural nation of [[yeoman]] farmers, in contrast to the vision of [[Alex... - Thomas R. Marshall (6779 bytes)
29: ...d, "What this country needs is a really good five-cent cigar." - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
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46: ...ing, in his defeat of a congressional attempt to reorganize his cabinet in [[1862]], in his many speec...
48: ...t may have been setting the precedent for greater centralization of powers in the federal government and...
59: ...mpaign for the [[Illinois General Assembly]]. The centerpiece of his platform was the undertaking of nav...
63: ...ecent biography has suggested the controversial theory that their relationship may also have been sexu... - Europe (23835 bytes)
4: ...spian Sea]] (for more detailed description see [[Geography of Europe]]).
11: ...η) was a mythological queen of Crete, not a geographical designation. Later ''Europa'' stood for ...
18: ...d increase in scientific knowledge. In the [[15th century]] [[Portugal]] opened the age of discoveries, ...
20: ...he most famous of these conflicts was when [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] rose to power and set out on a conqu...
22: ...r present form in the [[aftermath of World War I#Geopolitical and Economic Consequences|aftermath of W... - Germany (46412 bytes)
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7: ...y flag large.png|125px|Flag of Germany]] || align=center width=130px| [[Image:Bundesadler.png|100px|Germ...
10: | align=center width=130px| ([[Federal Coat of Arms of Germany...
13: | align=center colspan=2 | National [[motto]]: ''Einigkeit und... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
1: ...ountry in [[Southeast Asia]]. It consists of two geographical regions divided by the [[South China Sea...
5: ...aysia]], the northern part of the island of [[Borneo]], is bordered to the south by [[Indonesia]] and ...
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13: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Malaysia flag large.pn...
16: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Malaysia|Flag]]) - Utah (29154 bytes)
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76: Utah is the center of the [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day S...
83: ...for several thousand years; most [[archeology|archeological]] evidence dates such habitation about 10,...
128: ...2]], [[2004]], Amendment 3 was approved by 66 per cent of Utah's citizens.
130: == Geography == - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
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38: ... although that industry has declined greatly in recent decades. The nickname has also been embraced for ...
53: In the [[20th Century]], NH gained political renown for its [[First ...
62: ...s out to about one Representative for every 3090 people.
68: == Geography == - Geometry (3634 bytes)
1: ...n of [[Pi]], accurate to within less than one per cent. The [[Rhind Mathematical Papyrus]] also describe...
3: ...t lines]], [[curve]]s, [[surface]]s, and [[solid geometry|solids]] to draw logical conclusions.
5: ...ation has since then allowed us to construct new geometries other than the standard Euclidean version.
7: ...reflection]]s, [[rotation]]s, and [[translation (geometry)|translation]]s.
9: ...nvariants there are. As an example, in [[affine geometry]] any linear transformation is allowed, and ... - 2006 (7939 bytes)
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5: | align="center" colspan=2 | <small>'''[[Decades]]:'''</small> ...
7: ...[20th century]] - '''[[21st century]]''' - [[22nd century]] <hr>
37: ...Sahara Desert]], [[Turkey]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Russia]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Mongolia]])
51: * [[July 1]] - Smaller 10-, 20-, and 50-cent coins will start circulating in [[New Zealand]]. - Beaver (4858 bytes)
26: ...e extinct in [[Great Britain]] in the [[sixteenth century]], but there are proposals, and a great deal o...
28: ...a]]; in fact, it is depicted on the Canadian five-cent piece and was on the first Canadian postage stamp...
38: ... [[barter]] by [[Native Americans]] in the [[17th century]] to gain [[Europe|European]] goods. They were... - History of India (31279 bytes)
5: ...en the [[26th century BC|2600 BC]] and the [[20th century BC|1900 BC]].
8: ... finally of the [[Kushan Empire]]. From the [[3rd century]] onwards the [[Gupta|Gupta dynasty]] oversaw ...
11: ...an Emperor [[Ashoka]], dating to the [[500 BC|5th century BC]], of the [[Chola]] dynasty that then ruled...
14: ...jayanagara Empire]], which declined with the 16th Century AD.
17: ... Pradesh]] built by emperor [[Ashoka]] in the 3rd century BC .]] - Russia (28007 bytes)
13: ...tituted the bulk of the population from the [[8th century]] onwards and slowly assimilated both the Scan...
15: ... the [[10th century|10th]] to [[11th century|11th centuries]] this state of [[Kievan Rus]] became the la...
17: ...on of Kievan Rus divided the [[Russians |Russian people]] in the north from the [[Belarusians]] and [[...
27: ... off the control of the invaders late in the 14th century. [[Ivan the Terrible]], the first leader desi...
29: Muscovite control of the nascent nation continued under the subsequent [[Romanov d... - French language (40201 bytes)
3: ...[[Senegal]], [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], [[Togo]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Republic of the Congo]],...
19: ...e in the world, being spoken by about 77 million people (called [[Francophones]]) as a [[mother tongue...
25: ...habited largely by a [[Celtic languages|Celtic]] people that the Romans referred to as [[Gaul|Gauls]],...
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31: From the third century on, Western Europe was invaded by [[Germanic t...
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