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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... - 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]]. - 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 Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
1: ...]], the third woman in [[Europe]] to become a professor.
3: ... managed to convince the Russians to list him as descended of aristocracy, a Hungarian king in particu...
5: ...stronomer of the [[St Petersburg Academy of Sciences]]) via [[Fyodor Fyodorovich Schubert]] (another A...
7: ...tion]]s (the [[Cauchy-Kovalevskaya theorem]]) and essentially completed the study of [[rotating solid]...
11: ...ours of childhood scrutinising the strange scribbles. Something of it seems to have stuck for when she... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...nguage|Russian]] '''София Асгатов...
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. - World War II (58065 bytes)
1: ...sion]] over [[Nagasaki]] rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air. [[August 9]], [[1945]]]]
2: ... every inhabited continent. Virtually all countries that participated in [[World War I]] were involve...
4: ...ino-Japanese War]]), or earlier yet the 1931 Japanese invasion of [[Manchuria]]. Still others argue th...
6: ...ctory]] Days), but continued in Asia until [[Japanese Instrument of Surrender|Japan surrendered]] on [...
8: ... of World War II casualties by country|died as a result of the war]], including acts of genocide such ... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
11: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] (1595 - 1654)
26: *[[Harry Bates (sculptor)|Harry Bates]] (1850 - 1899)
41: *[[Georges Braque]] (1882 - 1963)
42: *[[Filippo Brunelleschi]]
58: *[[Danese Cattaneo]] - 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. - Mormon Trail (35249 bytes)
1: ...oday the Mormon Trail is a part of the United States [[National Trails System]], as the '''Mormon Pion...
4: ...hed several communities throughout the United States between [[1830]] and [[1844]], most notably in [[...
6: ...zens of Nauvoo set out to find a new home in the West.<ref>Hartley.</ref>
8: ==The Trek West==
10: ...asin]] would provide the Saints with many advantages. - 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]]''... - Guinea pig (19730 bytes)
12: ..._subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = Species}}
22: ...y that evidence from [[mitochondrial DNA]] indicates that the [[Hystricognathi]] may belong to a diffe...
24: ...]. Although there are more than 20 different species, the one most familiar to people is ''C. porcellu...
27: ...e meal. Guinea pigs are called ''cuy'' (pl. ''cuyes'') in Per? considered a [[Peruvian Cuisine|culina...
31: ...d to call it ''[[Wiktionary:guinees biggetje|guinees biggetje]]'' (Guinean piglet), in Sweden they are... - Guinea Pigs (18488 bytes)
12: ..._subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = Species}}
22: ...y that evidence from [[mitochondrial DNA]] indicates that the [[Hystricognathi]] may belong to a diffe...
24: ...]. Although there are more than 20 different species, the one most familiar to people is ''C. porcellu...
27: ...e meal. Guinea pigs are called ''cuy'' (pl. ''cuyes'') in Per? considered a [[Peruvian Cuisine|culina...
31: ...d to call it ''[[Wiktionary:guinees biggetje|guinees biggetje]]'' (Guinean piglet), in Sweden they are... - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
4: ...kad]], centered in [[Susa]], in what is now southwestern [[Iran]]. The Elamite period is considered to...
8: ..., where they are called the offspring of Elam, eldest son of [[Shem]] (see [[Elam (Hebrew Bible)]]).
10: ... fact, the modern provincial name [[Khuzestan|Khuzestān]] is derived from the Old Persian root ''...
13: ...iest date back to the third milennium BCE, the latest to the [[Achaemenid Empire]].
16: {{Template:Ancient Mesopotamia}} - List of autonomous entities (9309 bytes)
1: ...ritory, usually giving autonomy to ethnic minorities or isolated areas.
5: ! Sovereign states
11: | [[Buenos Aires]]
43: ...azija/Абхазия)
67: ...ransnistria]] (Sta Nistrului – Pridnestrovje/Придне&... - Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
1: ...mon descent]]. [[Molecular systematics]], which uses [[genome|genomic DNA]] [[bioinformatics|analysis]...
5: ...iest known system of classifying forms of life comes from the Greek philosopher [[Aristotle]], who cla...
7: ... translation into Latin by [[Michael Scot]] survives.
9: ...fessor, [[Conrad von Gesner]] (1516–1565). Gesner's work was a critical compilation of life know...
11: ...ist]]s and the first microscopists is due to the research of people like [[Marcello Malpighi]] (1628&n... - 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: ...#1089;еверная столица... - Monarchy (11801 bytes)
1: ...lso use the terms "democracy," "republic," and "presidency.") -->
3: ...he people and institutions that make up the royal establishment, or to the [[realm]] in which the mona...
4: ...a historical [[dynasty]] or bloodline. In some cases the royal family may claim to hold authority by v...
6: ...ivision over the apparently contradictory principles.
9: ...onarchies began with the monarch as the local representative and temporary embodiment of the deity: ki... - Muscle (12774 bytes)
3: ...parts of the [[body]], as well as to move substances within the body.
5: ==Types==
6: There are three general types of muscle. The first two are "striated", they con...
7: *Striated muscles contain [[sarcomere]]s
10: *Smooth muscles do not contain [[sarcomere]]s - Walter Baade (2275 bytes)
3: | [[930 Westphalia]] || [[March 10]], [[1920]]
15: | [[1103 Sequoia]] || [[November 9]], [[1928]]
28: ... pollution]] at [[Mount Wilson Observatory]], to resolve stars in the center of the [[Andromeda galaxy...
30: ...erparts of various [[radio astronomy|radio]] sources.
34: ...in [[1955]], and the [[Henry Norris Russell Lectureship]] of the [[American Astronomical Society]] in ...
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