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- Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ...[[1780]]. Also see [[Maria Theresa of Spain]], a less known relative of hers, who was the queen consor...
3: ... Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria, Duchess of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla]]
4: ...emia]] from [[1740]] to [[1780]]. She became empress when her husband was elected [[Holy Roman Empire...
6: ...arles' death ([[1740]]) the [[War of Austrian Succession]] began.
8: ...ne]] with whom she had sixteen children. Her youngest daughter was [[Marie Antoinette]] who would be p... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ... [[16 October]] [[1793]]) Daughter of [[Maria Theresa of Austria]], wife of [[Louis XVI]] and mother o...
4: ... baby as "a small, but completely healthy Archduchess."
6: ...erdinand-Karl ? already had important official roles within the [[Hapsburg]] Empire.
7: ...nsidered one of the most brilliant political figures in Europe.]]
9: ...r in marriage - Marie-Antoinette (much to the Empress's amusement.) - 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... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=George Washington
3: | image name=Seal_us_presdent.jpg|thumb
5: | order=1st President
11: | place of birth=[[Westmoreland County, Virginia|Westmoreland]], [[Virginia]]
17: | vicepresident=[[John Adams]] - John Adams (18716 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=John Adams
4: | order=2nd President
15: | party=[[United States Federalist Party|Federalist]]
16: | vicepresident=[[Thomas Jefferson]]
18: ...dams]], was the sixth President of the United States ([[1825]]–[[1829]]). - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...cean|Atlantic]], such as the [[Azores Islands|Azores]]and [[Madeira Islands|Madeira and Porto Santo]] ...
5: ...omic, political, and cultural power. The [[Portuguese Empire]] stretched across the world. After the r...
7: ...cial and economic progress in the subsequent decades, with a clear slow-down in the last few years.
13: ''Main articles: '''[[Lusitanian|Pre-Roman]]''' and '''[[Lusitani...
15: ...9, "A Lusit⮩a" paragraph 1}} The [[Conii]] were established in southern Portugal for a long time. Th... - Great Sphinx of Giza (7181 bytes)
1: ...thumb|The Great Sphinx at Giza, Egypt. Image courtesy
3: ...he west bank of the [[Nile River]], it is the largest single-stone statue on Earth.
5: The Great Sphinx faces due east, with a small temple between its paws.
7: ==Description==
9: ... west bank of the [[Nile River]] within the confines of the [[Giza|Giza pyramid field]], so that when ... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]] |
30: HighestElev = 1,339 |
32: LowestElev = 29 |
36: ...New Hampshire]] to the east, [[New York]] to the west, and the [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Quebe...
38: ...[[Montpelier, Vermont|Montpelier]], while the largest city is [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]]. - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
1: ... The war resulted in France's loss of all its possessions in North America except for some Caribbean i...
5: ...as the ''Guerre de la conqu괥'' (War of the Conquest), since it is the war in which [[New France]] wa...
7: ==Series of North American conflicts, 1600-1700s==
9: ...ore as secondary theatres to European conflicts, resulted in little territorial change.
13: ...raham]] outside of [[Quebec City]], in which [[James Wolfe]] defeated a French garrison led by [[Louis... - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...r]] with [[dust]] and various [[mineral]] aggregates mixed in.
5: ...ost all their [[volatile]] materials may come to resemble asteroids.
9: ... the comet (called the ''nucleus'') is generally less than 50km across, the coma may be larger than th...
11: ...ayeux Tapestry]], which records the [[Norman conquest]] of [[England]] in [[1066]].{{hnote|Reading Mus...
15: ...metary surfaces allows them to absorb the heat necessary to drive their outgassing. - Dictionary (22415 bytes)
2: ...ge guidance, and examples in sentences. Dictionaries are most commonly found in the form of a book.
5: ...s are particular unsuitable for Chinese dictionaries. ''(See [[collation]] for more information on lin...
8: Dictionaries vary wildly in size and scope. A dictionary that ...
10: ==Special-purpose dictionaries==
11: ...torical, biographical, and geographical dictionaries. - 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]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
11: *[[Archimedes]], (circa 287 BC-212 BC), [[Greece]]
14: ...of Agriculture — instant mashed potato flakes
18: *[[Charles Babbage]], (1791-1871), [[England]] — [[Ana...
22: ...U.S. solar inventor and developer; architectural designer.
28: ...liner]], (1851-1929) [[Germany]] and [[United States|USA]] — [[gramophone]] - Dodo (9332 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[bird|Aves]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[dove|Columbiformes]]}}
9: ...r/>{{Taxobox authority | author = [[Mathurin Jacques Brisson|Brisson]] | date = 1760}}
10: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''R. cucullatus'''''}}
15: ...e Dodo, which is now extinct, lived on fruit and nested on the ground. - Earthquake (13859 bytes)
1: ...hat occur in the interior of the lithospheric plates are called [[intraplate earthquake]]s.
4: ...rity of them are minor and cause no damage(those less than 5 on ritcher scale).
5: ...e earthquakes shaking is the dominant and most widespread cause of damage.
7: | [[Image:SanFranHouses06.JPG|thumb|200px|none|Damage from the [[1906 San...
11: ...e faults are capable of higher magnitude earthquakes than smaller faults are. - Brine shrimp (4112 bytes)
10: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''pollicaris'''''}}
12: ..._subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = Species}}
21: ''Artemia tunesiana''<br>
27: ...entified are properly classified as separate species.
29: ...periods, have made them invaluable in scientific research, including [[Space exploration|space experim... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
1: ...x|The tsunami that struck [[Mal靝 in the [[Maldives]] on [[December 26]], [[2004]].]]
2: ...consisting of a series of [[Ocean surface wave|waves]] generated when water in a lake or the sea is ra...
4: ...ry long [[wavelength]] (often hundreds of kilometres long), which is why they generally pass unnoticed...
6: ...owever, since they are not actually related to tides the term is considered misleading and its usage i...
8: ==Causes== - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
3: ...gustus, the pre-Augustan state is conventionally described as the [[Roman Republic]], since the struct...
5: ...and the [[Western Roman Empire]]. The end of the Western Empire is traditionally set in [[476]], when ...
7: ...zantine Empire]], [[Eastern Roman Empire]] and [[Western Roman Empire]], which are used interchangably...
9: ...ays of imperial majesty were common from the earliest days of the Empire.
11: ...]), the [[History of Russia|Russian/Kiev]] dynasties (see [[tsar|czars]]), and the [[German Empire]] (... - Battle of the Wilderness (11082 bytes)
1: ...dian War]] battle, see [[Battle of the Wilderness 1755]].''
4: battle_name=Battle of the Wilderness
7: |image=[[Image:Battle of the Wilderness.png|300px]]
8: |caption=''Battle of the Wilderness'' by Kurz and Allison.
12: |result=Inconclusive (Grant continued his offensive) - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: ...scookportrait.jpg|thumb|250px|British explorer James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. 1775, Natio...
3: ... the [[Pacific Ocean]], in which its main shorelines were mapped. Cook was also a [[cartographer|map m...
7: ...ook was one of five children born to Grace and James, Sr., who worked as a day laborer on a farm. As...
8: ... the [[Seven Years War]] to start again at the lowest level in the British [[Royal Navy]].
10: [[Image:Nfld chartofcook.jpg|thumb|200px|James Cook's 1775 Chart of Newfoundland]]
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