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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... - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ...led "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]].
9: ...3 million. It's Brazil's [[Second city|second-largest city]] after [[S㯠Paulo]] and used to be the co...
13: ...lorers in an expedition led by Italian [[Amerigo Vespucci]] in January of 1501. Since the Europeans th...
15: ...and an alliance was formed with nearby native tribes to defend the settlement against invaders - neigh...
17: ...ntown (Centro, see below) to southwards and then westwards, an urban movement which lasts until nowada... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
9: ...[[1677]] - The future [[Mary II of England]] marries [[William III of England|William, Prince of Orang...
12: ...ombard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: ...ublican]] [[James G. Blaine]] in a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecutive term...
22: ...d as the first woman governor in the [[United States]]. - Alexandra Kollontai (3203 bytes)
1: ... thus one of the very few "[[Old Bolshevik]]s" to escape death during the [[Great Purge]]s of the [[19...
7: ...on worked to improve the conditions of women's lives in the [[Soviet Union]], fighting illiteracy and ...
11: ...s' Opposition, after which Kollontai was more or less totally politically sidelined. - Anna Akhmatova (2156 bytes)
1: ...72;, Анна Андреевна Г...
3: ...ry, the fate of creative women, and the difficulties of living and writing in the shadow of [[Stalinis...
5: ...Bolshoy Fontan]] near [[Odessa]]. Her childhood does not appear to have been happy; her parents separa...
9: ...]], with several poems written in the form of correspondence between the two.
11: ...y Gumilyov]] was executed in [[1921]] for activities considered anti-Soviet; Akhmatova was effectively... - Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
1: ...age:Tereshkova.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Valentina Tereshkova]]
3: ...#1080;́на Влади́миров&...
5: ...hanna Yerkina]], [[Valentina Ponomareva]], and Tereshkova.
7: ...a]] flew into space. None of the other four in Tereshkova's cosmonaut group ever flew.
9: ...he [[VVS|air force]] and the cosmonaut corps by presidential order. - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...1085;а Губаидулина''', [[Tatar l...
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. - 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: ...1074;на заједница<br/>Ср&#...
28: | '''[[President of Serbia and Montenegro|President]]'''<sup>3</sup>
32: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 105th]]<br/> 102,350 [[square... - California (63989 bytes)
11: ...tCity = [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] |
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23: PCDesert = 25 |
25: 2004Pop(est) = 35,893,799 |
37: HighestElev = 4421 | - Pope Paschal II (3427 bytes)
1: ...VII]] about 1076, and was consecrated pope in succession to [[Pope Urban II]] on [[August 19]], [[1099...
3: ...], while Henry on his side should renounce lay investiture. Preparations were made for the coronation ...
5: ...ss Matilda]], who had bequeathed all her territories to the Church (1115), the emperor at once laid cl...
8: Predecessor=[[Pope Urban II|Urban II]]|
9: Successor=[[Pope Gelasius II|Gelasius II]]|Dates=1099–1118}} - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
1: ... de Gaulle. For the [[Paris]] airport, see [[Charles de Gaulle International Airport]]''
5: |+ <big><big>'''Charles de Gaulle'''</big></big>
10: | [[President of France]]
19: | [[Georges Pompidou]]
31: - Capacitor (29664 bytes)
2: .... Intentional capacitors have thin conducting plates (usually made of metal) stacked or rolled to form...
7: ...dary with the dielectric. Because each plate stores an equal but opposite charge, the ''total'' charg...
9: ... the dielectric is in direct contact with the plates.)]]
13: ... ''voltage'' (''V'') which appears across the plates:
16: ... large unit, values of capacitors are usually expressed in microfarads (µF), nanofarads (nF) or ... - Seljuk Turks (7657 bytes)
1: ...o [[Persia]], fighting and conquering various tribes on their way to [[Transoxiana]].
3: ...mic world against [[Crusade|Crusaders]] from the West, and conquering the [[Byzantine Empire]].
5: ... Seljuk|Mahmud II]] proclaimed himself Sultan and established a capital in Baghdad. [[Ahmed Sanjar]] w...
7: ...n the [[1260s]] and divided it into small [[emirates]] called the [[Anatolian beyliks]], which in turn...
46: ===Seljuk Rulers in [[Syria]] [[1076]]-[[1117]]=== - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
1: [[Image:Charles_Lindbergh.jpg|thumb|Charles Lindbergh with the Spirit of St. Louis.]]
2: ...ust 26]], [[1974]]) was a pioneering [[United States]] [[aviator]] famous for piloting the first solo ...
6: ...on the line [[St. Louis]] in the 1920s.<!--What does this mean? Please clarify.-->
11: ...ned by Donald Hall and custom built by Ryan Airlines of [[San Diego, California]]. He needed 33.5 hour...
13: ...ited States]]. On [[March 21]], [[1929]] he was presented the [[Medal of Honor]] for his historic tran... - March 21 (10586 bytes)
6: ...destroys 856 buildings in [[New Orleans]] and leaves most of the town in ruins.
8: ...nited Kingdom|British]] and [[France|French]] forces near the ruins of [[Nicopolis]] in [[Egypt]].
12: *[[1919]] - [[The Chinese High School]] is established in Singapore by [[Tan Kah Kee]].
14: ...] - [[Charles Lindbergh]] is presented the [[Congressional Medal of Honor]] for his first trans-[[Atla...
16: *[[1940]] - [[Paul Reynaud]] becomes [[Prime Minister of France|Prime Minister]] of [[... - 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. - Politics of Russia (78325 bytes)
2: ...eration|A new constitution]], creating a strong presidency, was approved by referendum in December [[1...
4: ...w constitution, the two branches continued to represent fundamentally opposing visions of Russia's fut...
8: ...ght" to secede from the union. Russia was the largest of the union republics in terms of territory and...
10: ...with substantial blocs of pro-reform representatives.
12: ...n June 1991, handily defeating five other candidates with more than 57 percent of the vote. - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
5: quotation=An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. |
15: ...e 14th [[Dalai Lama]]. He often said that his values were simple; drawn from traditional [[Hinduism|Hi...
18: ... and sects. He was born into the vaishya, or business, caste. At the age of 13 Gandhi married [[Kastur...
22: ... spelling of the verb in the UK and Indian varieties of English --->
23: ...a]]. Although he had not shown a particular interest in religion before, he began to read works of an... - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
3: ...a series of individual powered or unpowered vehicles linked together).
8: ...le than most other forms of land transport and saves energy.
9: ...f freight (or given number of passengers), than does [[road]] transport. Furthermore, together with th...
11: ...one of the safest modes of transport, and also makes a highly efficient use of space: a double tracked...
13: ...the major form of public transport in many countries. In [[Asia]], for example, many millions use trai... - 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]]''...
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