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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]]) - History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
1: ...itance (such as the [[supernatural]]ist philosophies and [[religion]]).
4: ==Western Philosophy==
5: ''See article [[History of Western philosophy]]''
7: ...dern" is a word with more varied use, which includes everything from [[Post-Medieval]] through the spe...
10: ...is water." His most noted students were [[Anaximenes of Miletus]] and [[Anaximander]] ("All is air"). - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...ction machines for manufacturing in other industries.
3: ...ut [[1850]], when technological and economic progress gained momentum with the development of steam-po...
5: ...[agriculture]] and gave up its [[nomad|nomadic lifestyle]].
9: ==Causes==
10: ...on]] of the 17th century. But one of the main causes was the invention of the steam engine. - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
3: ...plural, although pipers most commonly talk of "pipes" and "the bagpipe".
6: ...ight|thumb|A set of Scottish Great Highland bagpipes.<br>
11: 5) Tenor drones<br>
16: ...sually consists of leather, but in more recent times many other materials, such as [[rubber]] and [[Go...
18: ...rical bores for the Musette and Scottish Small Pipes). In general, chanters with a cylindrical bore w... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
4: ...i Abacha|Abacha, Sani]], (1943-1998), [[List of Presidents of Nigeria|dictator]] of [[Nigeria]] (1993-...
7: ...|Abancourt, Charles d']], (1758-1792), French statesman
8: *[[Abaris]], (circa 8th century BC), priest of [[Apollo (god)|Apollo]]
14: *[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
18: ...Abbadie|Abbadie, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
7: ... [[Saint Lucia]], [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]], the [[Solomon Islands]], [[Tuvalu]] and the [[...
9: ...[Australasia|Australasia]], and is the second-longest-serving current head of state in the world, afte...
11: ...]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
14: ...azine-cover-p'incess-lilybet.jpg|thumb|left|"Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover...
15: ...ark|Queen Alexandra]] and grandmother Queen Mary respectively. - 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... - Rose (15436 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Rosales]]}}
12: ...ivision | color = lightgreen| plural_taxon = Species}}
14: <small>References:<br />
20: == Description ==
21: ...orny [[shrub]]s or [[liana|climbers]], and sometimes trailing plants, reaching 2-5 m tall, rarely reac... - Clavichord (3295 bytes)
3: ...ere small (perhaps 4 x 1 x 1/3 feet and four octaves in range), the last instruments built were up to ...
5: ...a small brass 'tangent' at the far end which strikes the strings (normally paired) above. The note is ...
7: ...o each string. They are usually chosen so that notes which are rarely heard together (such as C and C#...
11: ...s too quiet to use in any but the smallest ensembles. [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J. S. Bach]]'s son [[Car...
13: ...d Troeger, and Miklos Spanyi, and fine modern copies have been made by makers including Peter Bavingto... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
2: ...67). [http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html]
6: ...iro. ([[Mongols]], Crusaders & Ottomans are examples)
7: ...rah.png|thumb|200px|Egypt, with Cairo [[Governorates of Egypt|governorate]] highlighted.]]
11: ...arge bright area centre left of the image, Credit-ESA 2004.]]
14: ...s desert-bound valley and breaks into three branches into the low-lying [[Nile Delta]] region. - Trumpet (13239 bytes)
1: ...umpeter performing with the United States Air Forces in Europe Band]]
2: The '''trumpet''' is the highest [[brass instrument]] in register, above the [[tu...
6: ..., lowering the pitch of the instrument. Three valves make the trumpet fully [[chromatic]], allowing th...
8: ...ng of extremely high register passages. Mouthpieces also vary with regard to rim diameter and shape.
11: ...umpet now used by [[original instruments]] ensembles, the [[cornett]] or ''cornetto'' (not to be confu... - Accordion (10069 bytes)
2: ...a [[musical keyboard|keyboard]], the smallest representative of the [[organ (music)|organ]] family.
4: ...ivilisation had reed instruments. It has been suggested that they may have existed in ancient Egypt.
10: ...wn through the hole in the holder, the reed vibrates, producing sound.
16: ...ch is given by the reed itself and not through a resonator tube (as opposed to [[woodwind instrument]]...
18: Some of these characteristics are true for the sheng and some ... - 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... - Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
1: ...]] is a type of [[chronology]] worked on for decades by scholars of [[Egyptology]].
7: ...orian''. [http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/rhatch/pages/03-Sci-Rev/SCI-REV-Teaching/HIS-SCI-STUDY-GUIDE/0...
9: ...st solutions to ultimately settle many of these questions while others may last for eternity.
13: ...rn Egyptian chronology, so the previous "firm" dates cannot be supported astronomically.
15: ... ended in [[139|139 CE]]. Therefore, the [[Menophres Era]] may have started in 1321 BCE. However, John... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
1: ...x|thumb|[[Seal of the President of the United States]]]]
3: ...f]] of the [[United States armed forces|armed forces]].
5: ...During the [[Cold War]], the President was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free world," a ...
7: ...emulated all over the world in nations with a [[presidential system]] of government.
9: The current President of the United States is [[George W. Bush]]. - 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]]). - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Thomas Jefferson
3: | image name=Seal_us_presdent.jpg
4: | order=Third President
8: | succeeded=[[James Madison]]
13: | place of death=[[Charlottesville, Virginia]] - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Andrew Jackson
3: | image name=Seal_us_presdent.jpg
4: | order=7th President
13: ...of death= [[The Hermitage]], [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]
15: | party= [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>8th President</td></tr>
13: ...d>'''Wife:'''</td><td>[[Hannah Van Buren|Hannah Hoes Van Buren]]</td></tr>
14: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''</td><td>[[Angelica Van Buren]]
17: ...States|Political Party]]:'''</td><td>[[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]]</td></tr>
18: ...d>'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td>[[Richard M. Johnson]]</td></t... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>13th President</td></tr>
9: ...><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[January 7]], [[1800]]</td></tr>
13: ...td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Abigail Fillmore]] (wife) <br>
16: ...ates |Political Party]]:'''</td><td>[[United States Whig Party|Whig]]</td></tr>
17: ...d>'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td>''none''</td></tr>
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