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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...t utility vehicle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For th...
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: ...Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...fonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]]) - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
10: ...ctics (such as crippling the Scottish economy by restricting trade) were used to ensure that Scotland ...
12: ...he English armies in the [[War of the Spanish Succession]].
15: ...aunt, [[Henrietta Anne Stuart|Henrietta Anne, Duchesse d'Orl顮s]]. Anne returned from France in [[167...
17: ...James II continued to send her Catholic books and essays, but made no serious attempt to effect a conv...
19: ...illiam and Mary. They were to be followed by any descendants of William by a future marriage. - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
8: ...ame the sole ruler upon her death. Popular histories usually know the joint reign as that of "[[Willia...
11: ... Clarendon]], served for a lengthy period as Charles's chief advisor. Although her parents bore eight ...
13: ...[[Mary of Modena]], also known as Mary Beatrice d'Este.
15: ... that it would improve his popularity amongst Protestants. The first cousins Mary and William married ...
17: ...ir with [[Elizabeth Villiers]], one of Mary's ladies-in-waiting. - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...ficant numbers of [[Persian rug]]s introduced to Western Europe.
3: ...at is loose-laid, most often for decorative purposes.
7: == Carpet types ==
8: ...[Image:Swatches of carpet 1.jpg|thumb|250px|Swatches of machine-made carpet]]
10: ...k]], [[plain weave]], and [[tapestry weave]]. Types of European flatwoven carpets include Venetian, D... - Pipe organ (24478 bytes)
1: ...n organ to be purely decorative, with the real pipes behind them.]]
3: ...r]] through [[wood]] or [[metal]] [[organ pipe|pipes]].
5: ...organs having tens of thousands. All but the smallest have more than one [[musical keyboard|keyboard]]...
7: ...ey are also found in town halls, and in arts centres intended for the performance of [[classical music...
9: ==Styles of pipe organ== - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
2: ... history of [[ancient Egypt]] stretching from the establishment of the [[Eleventh dynasty of Egypt|Ele...
5: ...nth and [[Twelfth dynasty of Egypt|Twelfth dynasties]], and date the Middle Kingdom to the beginning o...
8: ...tion of power as a palace coup by Amenemhat that resulted in the death of Mentuhotep IV.
10: ...time he would start his sole reign. The co-regencies lasted throughout the Twelfth dynasty and provide...
12: ... father to recapture [[Nubia]] and other territories lost during the First Intermediate Period. The Ly... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
7: ...ere are also several possible spellings of the names.
9: ...y” that is quoted by [[David Rohl]] in ''A Test of Time'' (1995, Century).
11: All dates are [[BC]].
13: ===Sources===
15: ...tic Egypt is from [http://xoomer.virgilio.it/francescoraf/ Late Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt]. - Texas (39610 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] |
25: ...]]-7/[[Daylight saving time|-6]] <small>(part of west Texas)</small> |
30: HighestElev = [[Guadalupe Peak]], 2,667 |
32: LowestElev = 0 |
36: '''Texas''' joined the [[United States|United States of America]] as its 28th member [[U.S. state|stat... - 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]]) - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ... [[1775]], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster General]].
8: ===Ancestry===
13: ...children, including: Josiah Jr. ([[August 23]], [[1685]]), Ann ([[January 5]], [[1687]]), Joseph ([[Febr...
17: ... [[1692]]), Mary ([[September 26]], [[1694]]), James ([[February 4]], [[1697]]), Sarah ([[July 9]], [[...
21: ...n [[apprenticeship|apprentice]] to his brother James, a printer who published the ''New England Couran... - 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 [[... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
16: *[[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] (Italy, [[1718]] - [[1799]])
18: *[[Ahmes]] (Egypt, roughly around [[17th century BC]])
23: *[[Giacomo Albanese]] (Italy, Brazil)
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
36: *[[Archimedes]] (Syracuse, [[287 BC|287 B.C.]] - [[212 BC|212 B... - Economy of Russia (68844 bytes)
2: ...es have had the exact same experience in this process. Russia's experience is detailed below.
7: ...tems hinder efficient utilization of those resources.
9: ...he central planning system left a number of legacies with which the Russian economy must deal in its t...
11: ... economic units such as state industrial enterprises and state farms (''sovkhozy''; sing., ''[[sovkhoz...
13: ...inistries and controlled economic units in their respective geographical areas. - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
26: *[[Aedesius]], (d. 355)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
44: *[[Alcibiades]], (c. 450-404 BC)
51: *[[Alexander of Hales]], (d. 1245){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}} - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
5: ...d, and is universally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time. His works, noted for thei...
7: ...ns, as well as numerous other more distant relatives, while his sons [[Wilhelm Friedemann Bach]], [[Ca...
11: ... In an era when sons were expected to be apprentices to their fathers, we can assume J. S. Bach began ...
13: ...oung Sebastian playing some of the distinctive tunes from his private library, at which point the elde...
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