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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
57: | [[1867]] — [[1876]] (design), [[1884]] — [[1887]] (construction)
64: | [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]]
69: ...[[1873]] (east wing), [[1879]] — [[1881]] (west wing), [[1884]] — [[1906]] (center)
95: | [[Minnesota]]
96: | [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|Saint Paul]] - 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... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...d that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
3: ...hout running out of food or getting stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the...
5: ...s likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...]]. He never reached the present-day [[United States]] where "Columbus Day" ([[12 October]], the anniv...
9: ...ficial to humans, such as [[tomato]]es, [[potato]]es, [[maize]], and [[horse]]s), and the first large-... - 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]]. - Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
2: ... Egypt]]. Many people also regard her as the earliest known [[queen regnant]] in history, though Quee...
4: ...Egyptology|Egyptologists]] as one of the most successful Pharaohs. She was one of the most prolific bu...
6: ...tes her reign lasted 22 years. Her name is sometimes spelled Hapshepsut, Hatchepsut or Hat-shep-set.
10: ...r parent died. After the death of her father in [[1492 BC]] she married her half-brother [[Thutmose II o...
11: ...ir, [[Thutmose III of Egypt|Thutmose III]], by a lesser wife named Isis before his death. - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
2: ... (''c''. [[1437]]–[[7 June|7]]/[[8 June]] [[1492]]) was the [[Queen consort]] of King [[Edward IV ...
6: ...Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset|Thomas]] (later Marquess of [[Dorset]]) and [[Richard Grey|Richard]].
10: ...rs]], began to be favored over him, he changed sides.
12: ...nd|Norfolk]]. Katherine had been widowed three times and was nearly 80 years old but very wealthy. Th...
16: ...Robert Stillington]], Bishop of Bath and Wells), testified that he had carried out the ceremony. - 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 ... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
1: ...2-Sistine Chapel.png|250px|thumb|right|''God creates Adam'', by [[Michelangelo]]. The mural on the cei...
2: ...esis 1.27) as Adam, depending on which part of Genesis is read and how it is interpreted. Depending on...
5: ...." Eve—חַוָּה (Ḥavva) in Standard Hebrew,
7: In [[Aramaic]] (חיויה,חיווי,xywy)—...
10: ==Adam in Genesis== - 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... - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
1: ...formation]] starting in 1517. These various changes all mark the beginning of the [[Early Modern]] pe...
4: ==The Early Middle Ages==
5: ... flourished in the early '''Middle Ages''': [[Hildesheim]].]]
6: ...nd social senses were unevolved and its technologies undeveloped, compared to the preceding culture.
8: ...gel]] in [[Cornwall]] had managed to obtain supplies of Mediterranean luxury goods well into the 6th c... - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
6: ...to understanding the origin and development of [[Western Civilization]].
9: ...ddle' + ''terra'', 'land, earth'), in [[Greek]] "mesogeios".
11: ...alled "ha-Yam ha-Tichon" (הים התיכון), "the middle...
13: Presently, "The Med" is a common English language cont...
17: ...a]], by the [[Dardanelles]] and the [[Bosporus]] respectively, on the east. The Sea of Marmara is ofte... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...topher Columbus]], [[Vasco da Gama]], [[Pedro ?vares Cabral]], [[John Cabot]], [[Juan Ponce de Le,...
3: ...e a combination of traditional European and Arab designs were the first ships that could leave the rel...
7: ...ns in hopes of finding coverts, or the fabled [[Prester John]].
9: The first of these travelers was [[Giovanni de Plano Carpini]] who ...
11: ...[[Ottoman Empire]] further limited the possibilities for Europeans. - 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]] | - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ...ral]] and [[South America|South American]] countries.<!--
7: native_name = Reino de Espa
10: image_coat = Escudo de Espang |
14: official_languages = [[Spanish language|Spanish]]<sup>1</sup> |
17: largest_city = [[Madrid]] | - Cotton (7876 bytes)
4: ...he fibers dry into flat, twisted, ribbon-like shapes and become kinked together and interlocked. This ...
9: ...uth America and India domesticated different species of cotton independently thousands of years ago.
11: ...ss that of [[sheep]]. The Indians make their clothes of this tree wool".
13: ...an language|German]] ''Baumwolle'', which translates as "tree wool".
17: The Indian cotton processing industry was eclipsed during the [[Britain|Br... - 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]]) - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
1: ...ia]], as well as other points. Its influence carries over on to [[Korea]] and terminated eventually in...
3: ...ough Turkestan-Khorasan, through [[Iran]] into [[Mesopotamia]] and [[Anatolia]], and then through [[An...
5: ...e was probably conducted over sections of the routes and it is probable that merchants and travellers ...
11: ...ad domesticated [[horse]]s around [[4000 BC]]. Domestication of the [[Bactrian camel]] followed later....
13: ...thout arousing the hostility of more settled peoples. - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
6: ...ened in [[1276]], and Arches, France, opened in [[1492]].
10: ...wet [[plaster]]. One well-known example of buon fresco is the [[Sistine Chapel]], begun in [[1508]] an...
12: ...d full-scale cartoons as precursors for tapestry designs.
27: ==Techniques==
29: ...ied with other implements in experimental approaches or mixed with other materials (usually [[acrylic]... - Agriculture (19147 bytes)
1: ...px|right|Farming, ploughing rice paddy, in [[Indonesia]]]]
3: ...and the raising of domesticated [[animal]]s ([[livestock]]). The practice of agriculture is also known...
5: ...counts for four percent of the world's [[gross domestic product|GDP]].<!--Source?-->
8: ...ea]] plantation in [[Java (island)|Java]], [[Indonesia]]]]
15: ...x]]), fuels ([[methane]] from [[biomass]], [[biodiesel]]) and both legal and illegal [[drugs]] ([[biop... - Politics (7193 bytes)
2: '''Politics''' is the process and method of making decisions for groups. Altho...
4: ...]''' is the study of political behavior and examines the acquisition and application of power, i.e. th...
9:
11: ...e the rationale for creating [[societies]] (polities).
14: ...which require densely populated settlements - cities.
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