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- Hanging Gardens of Babylon (4963 bytes)
3: ... Babylon|Nebuchadnezzar II]] around [[600 BC]] (present-day [[Iraq]]). However, there are doubts as t...
5: ... completely substantiate what look like fanciful descriptions.
7: ...hing similar to an [[Archimedes' screw]] as a process of raising the water to the required height.
13: ...d not hang but rather grew on the roofs and terraces of the royal palace in Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar II...
15: ...he flat, sun-baked terrain of [[Mesopotamia]] depressing. The king decided to recreate her homeland by... - Steel (28384 bytes)
1: :''See [[Steel (disambiguation)]] for other uses.''
3: ...ution in the alloy controls the qualities of the resulting steel. Steel with increased carbon content...
5: ...alloying materials, and carbon, if present, is undesired. A more recent definition is that steels are ...
8: ...dissolves carbon quite readily, so that smelting results in an alloy containing too much carbon to be ...
11: ...ts [[pearl]]-like appearance, or the similar but less beautiful [[bainite]]. - Svetlana Savitskaya (713 bytes)
1: ...woman in space some 19 years after [[Valentina Tereshkova]].
3: ...was outside the space station for 3 hours 35 minutes. - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...ubaidulina''', ([[Russian language|Russian]] '''София Асг...
3: ...in 1954. In [[Moscow]] she undertook further studies at the Conservatory with Nikolay Peyko until 1959...
5: ...s in [[Soviet]] Russia, her music was labeled "irresponsible" for its exploration of alternate [[music...
7: ...roup with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyacheslav Artyomov.
11: ... on the death and resurrection of Christ, her largest work to date. - Larisa Latynina (2531 bytes)
3: ...ast]]. She holds the record for most [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] medals at 18 (9 gold medals, 5 silver m...
7: ...es Keleti]] of [[Hungary]] to become the most successful gymnast of the Olympics. Latynina beat Keleti...
9: ... a stunning margin of 9 points. Latynina also successfully defended her floor title, while winning sil...
11: ... third time in a row. A silver medal and two bronzes in the other apparatus events brought her total o...
13: ... of [[Russia]], and lives (as of [[2004]]) in her estate near the town Semenovskoye, [[Moscow Oblast|M... - Serbia and Montenegro (13848 bytes)
1: ... a loose [[confederation]]. It is located on the west-central [[Balkan Peninsula]].
3: ...ferendum]], which can be held in 2006 at the earliest.
5: ...;едница<br/>Србија и j...
28: | '''[[President of Serbia and Montenegro|President]]'''<sup>3</sup>
32: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 105th]]<br/> 102,350 [[square... - Papyrus (5819 bytes)
2: ... as well as inland parts of [[Europe]] and south-west [[Asia]].
5: ..., who flourished during the [[4th century BC]], uses ''papuros'' when referring to the plant used as a...
10: ...o a single sheet. The sheet is then dried under pressure. After drying, the sheet of papyrus is polish...
13: ... papyrus was often reused, writing across the fibres on the ''[[verso]]'' [http://www-user.uni-bremen....
15: ...in-law, was preserved by the eruption of [[Mount Vesuvius]], but has only been partially excavated. - California (63989 bytes)
11: ...tCity = [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] |
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37: HighestElev = 4421 | - Crusade (28507 bytes)
2: ...ars]] of southern France and the [[Northern Crusades]].
7: ... certain times of the year. This was somewhat successful, but trained warriors always sought an outlet...
9: ...[[1063]], [[Pope Alexander II]] had given papal blessing to Spanish [[Christianity|Christians]] in the...
11: ...c interest in religious affairs, which would manifest in the overwhelming popular support for the Firs...
13: ...he Muslim armies' successes were putting strong pressure on the [[Eastern Orthodox]] [[Byzantine Empir... - Meerkat (4260 bytes)
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Herpestidae]]}}
10: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''S. suricatta'''''}}
15: ... family, it inhabits all parts of the [[Kalahari Desert]] in southern [[Africa]].
19: ... More than one field researcher has reported witnessing meerkats in some sort of singing ceremony the...
22: ... strong venom of the scorpions of the [[Kalahari Desert]]. - List of popes (77758 bytes)
1: ...i_pontifices_in_hac_basilica_sepulti.jpg|thumb|Popes buried in [[St. Peter's Basilica|St. Peter's]]]]
2: This is a '''list of Popes of the Roman Catholic Church'''.
4: ...ether a source counts [[#Notes on numbering of popes|Stephen II]].
6: ...Church|Universal Church]], [[Patriarch]] of the West, [[primate (religion)|Primate]] of [[Italy]], [[...
9: == List of popes == - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ...donesia]], [[Brazil]], [[Pakistan]], and [[Bangladesh]].
4: ...l member of the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]], since the union's dissolution in December [[19...
13: ...ch as the [[Merya]], the [[Muromian]]s and the [[Meshchera]].
15: ...ies]] this state of [[Kievan Rus]] became the largest in Europe and was quite prosperous, due to diver...
17: ...om the [[Belarusians]] and [[Ukrainians]] in the west. - William I of England (8753 bytes)
7: ...066 in what has become known as the [[Norman Conquest]].
12: William was born the [[Family#Western_kinship_terminology|grandnephew]] of Queen [[...
14: ...n barons at [[Caen]] in the [[Battle of Val-賭Dunes]] in [[1047]].
16: ... married [[Matilda of Flanders]], against the wishes of the [[Pope Leo IX|pope]] in [[1053]] at the [[...
18: ...[Robert, Count of Mortain]] played significant roles in his life. - Byzantine art (10470 bytes)
1: '''Byzantine art''' is the term commonly used to describe the artistic products of the [[Eastern Roman...
3: ...and other [[Eastern Orthodox]] countries to the present day.
7: ...ation of [[God]], and particularly of his son, [[Jesus]].
9: This had a number of consequences. The depiction of the male nude had been at the c...
11: ...of veneration in Orthodox churches and private homes. - Easter (31700 bytes)
2: ...each year to celebrate the [[resurrection]] of [[Jesus]] from the dead after his death by [[crucifixio...
4: ... [[Last Supper]] shared by Jesus and his [[disciples]] before his crucifixion is generally thought of ...
6: ... often identified as a remnant of this fertility festival, although there is no hard evidence of any l...
11: |+style="padding-right: 1.5em;"align=center|'''Dates for Easter Sunday, 2000-2020'''
13: ! '''Year''' !! '''[[Western Christianity|Western]]''' !! '''[[Eastern Christianity|Eastern]]''... - List of autonomous entities (9309 bytes)
1: ...ritory, usually giving autonomy to ethnic minorities or isolated areas.
5: ! Sovereign states
11: | [[Buenos Aires]]
67: ...ransnistria]] (Sta Nistrului – Pridnestrovje/Придне&...
71: | [[Azores]] (A篲es) - List of Byzantine Emperors (11779 bytes)
3: ...mbering system. Of course, the Byzantines themselves continued to think of their empire as "Roman" for...
14: ...328-378, ruled [[364]] - [[378]]) - brother of [[Western Roman Emperor]] [[Valentinian I]]
48: *[[Justinian II]] Rhinotmetus (restored, second rule [[705]] - [[711]])
49: *[[Philippicus]] Bardanes (ruled [[711]] - [[713]]) – soldier; usurpe...
57: *[[Constantine V]] Copronymus (restored, second rule [[743]] - [[775]]) - Igor Stravinsky (26622 bytes)
1: ...d everything from symphonies to [[piano]] miniatures.
3: ...shown here conducting the [[Columbia Symphony Orchestra]] through ''[[Petrushka]]''.]]
5: ...famously claimed that music was incapable of "expressing anything but itself". Craft also transcribed...
7: ...century]] music, both in the [[Western countries|West]] and in his native land. He was named by [[Time...
12: ...intemps''. As he himself said, with these premieres his intention was "<nowiki>[</nowiki>to send<nowi... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
13: ...rict]]: || [[Northwestern Federal District|North West Russia]]
15: ...visions of Russia|Subdivision]]: || [[Federal cities of Russia|federal city]]
36: ...4]]–[[1924]]), is a city located in [[Northwestern Russia]] on the delta of the river Neva at th...
38: ...ssia]]'s second largest city, Europe's fourth largest city, a major European cultural center and the m...
40: ...rs Russia's political and cultural centre, is impressive even today and to honor it people call it oft... - Gemstone (7411 bytes)
1: ...jet]] (a form of [[coal]]). Some beautiful gemstones are too soft or too fragile to be used in jewelry...
3: ...m. The biggest pebble here is 40 mm long (1.6 inches).]]
5: ...monds for example are made of [[carbon]] (C), rubies of [[aluminium]] oxide (Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</su...
7: ...nite (pink) are all varieties of the mineral species [[beryl]].
9: ...an [[optic sign]]. They may have a certain [[luminescence]] and a distinctive [[absorption spectrum]].
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