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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... - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
8: ...[[Anu Agarwal|Agarwal, Anu]], (1969-), Indian actress
19: *[[James Agee|Agee, James]], (fl. early 20th century), American poet
20: ...99), Sudanese immigrant to Germany who died as a result of an deportation attempt
21: ...[[Brigadier General]] in the [[Israel Defence Forces]]
25: *[[Agnes de Poitou]], (1020-1077), regent of the [[Holy Ro... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ...[[Margaret Thatcher]]. [[David Ben-Gurion]] once described her as "the only man in the Cabinet." She i...
6: ... left for the United States in [[1903]], and the rest of the family followed in [[1906]]. They settled...
8: ==Emigration to the United States, 1906==
10: ... time each morning as her mother was buying supplies at the market.
12: When she was 14, her mother suggested that she give up school for work and to marry ... - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
3: '''Hannah Szenes''' (or '''Chana Senesh''') ([[July 17]], [[1921]] - [[November 7]], [[1...
7: ...e continued to live with her mother Katherine Szenes and a brother.
9: Szenes entered a private protestant girl's school open – with increased [[t...
11: ...the [[Haganah]]. February 4, 1942 she visited [[Caesarea]]. In 1943 she enlisted in the British army. ...
13: ... group]]. In May 13th, 1944, Hannah and her comrades crossed the Hungarian border in small groups. She... - Hungary (18459 bytes)
14: official_languages = [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] |
15: capital = [[Budapest]] |
17: largest_city = [[Budapest]] |
19: leader_titles = [[President of Hungary|President]]<br><br>[[Prime minister of Hungary|Prime m...
20: leader_names = (''outgoing'') [[Ferenc M]]<br>(''incoming''... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...e from north to south). Israel shares the coastlines of the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]], the [...
13: official_languages = [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], [[Arabic]] |
14: capital = [[Jerusalem]]<sup>[[#Footnotes|1]]</sup> |
17: leader_titles = [[Prime Minister]]<br>[[President]] |
18: leader_names = [[Ariel Sharon]]<br>[[Moshe Katsav]] | - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ..., ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ..., ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
33: *[[Jacques-Laurent Agasse]] ([[1767]]-[[1848]])
42: *[[Mikolas Ales]] ([[1852]]-[[1913]]) - 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: - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ...]]'' and ''[[Mona Lisa]]''. He is also known for designing many inventions that anticipated modern tec...
7: ... most likely a peasant girl. It has also been suggested, albeit on scanty evidence, that she was a [[M...
9: ...r to his works as "Leonardos", not "da Vincis". Presumably he did not use his father's name because of...
11: ...ted [[drawing]] and [[painting]]. His early sketches were of such quality that his father soon showed ...
12: ...rea's pupils was Leonardo da Vinci, in whom, besides a beauty of person never sufficiently admired and... - 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... - Cabeza de Vaca (4807 bytes)
1: '''Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca''' (c. [[1490]] – c. [[1559]]) was an early [[Spain|Spani...
3: ...t his own deeds could not be as great, due to forces beyond his control.
5: ... termed ''Malhado'', or Island of Doom) but later escaped and eventually reached [[Mexico City]].
7: ...n there, but [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] had already appointed [[De Soto]] to lead the...
9: ...ld. Political intrigue against him caused his arrest and return to Spain in chains, in around [[1545]... - March 20 (10075 bytes)
7: ...413]] – [[Henry V of England|Henry V]] becomes King of [[England]].
8: ...602]] – The [[Dutch East India Company]] is established.
9: *[[1739]] – [[Nadir Shah]] occupies [[Delhi]] in [[India]] and sacks the city, steali...
10: ...Great Fire" of [[Boston, Massachusetts |Boston]] destroys 349 buildings.
11: ...eon I of France|Napoleon]] enters [[Paris]] after escaping from [[Elba]] with a regular army of 140,00... - 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... - Republican Party (United States) (31573 bytes)
18: ...conservatism|conservative]] of the two major parties.
20: ...d States)|Democratic Party]] and the [[United States Whig Party|Whig Party]]. The latter was formed i...
22: ... [[Jackson, Michigan]]. Many of its initial policies were inspired by the Whig Party, which by then wa...
24: ...A Safer World and a More Hopeful America'' expresses commitment to:
28: * Strengthening Our Communities - Adolescence (13933 bytes)
2: ...e [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) defines adolescence as the period of life between 10 and 20 year...
4: ...ychology and academic career. In the onset of adolescence, children usually complete [[elementary scho...
6: ...f age]] (or 成人式) (see [[Japanese calendar]])...
9: ...]] and the boy's [[testicle]]s. In [[female]] adolescents, the first menstrual period is called '''men...
11: In most Western countries, the average age of menarche fell in the last cen... - Globe (2597 bytes)
4: ...ticular Earth, or, alternatively, a spherical representation of the [[sky]] with the [[star]]s (not th...
6: ...reservation]] or [[equal-area projection | area preservation]]. A typical [[Scale (measurement)|scale]...
8: ...lobes of the [[Sun]], the [[Moon]] and other [[celestial object]]s have been made, including [[science...
10: ...erg Terrestrial Globe", was made during the years 1490-1492 by German mapmaker [[Martin Behaim]].
12: ...on to its sun and the spin of the planet. This makes it easy to visualize how [[day]]s and [[season]]s... - Yoga (18820 bytes)
3: ...opularity outside [[India]], particularly in the West during the past century.
7: The word Yoga originates from the [[Sanskrit]] word "Yuj" ("to yoke") and ...
9: ...housands of years, special practical yoga techniques have been developed by experts in yoga, who are r...
11: ...niques - is actually the third and the fourth stages of [[Ashtanga Yoga]] of [[Yoga Sutra]]s by [[Pata...
17: ...rms. Most yoga guidebooks include glossaries of these terms with local language explanations.
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