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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 China (45919 bytes)
2: ...ration merged to create the familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
5: == Prehistoric times ==
7: ...tself as a cultural center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically significa...
14: ...f the ''Three Dynasties'' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 三代; [[pinyin]]: sāndài) t...
18: ... [[Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood. - Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
1: ...Navy|naval officer]], who explored the south and western [[Pacific]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], ...
4: ... acquire one of the most valuable and famous statues in the world. The [[Venus de Milo]] now stands in...
10: ...tica that he named the [[French Southern Territories|Adélie Coast]] in honor of his wife.
14: ...lle, in the 8th district near the [[Champs-Élysées]]. [[Dumont d'Urville Station]] on Antarctica is...
18: ...ished in twenty-four volumes, with six large volumes of illustrations. - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: ... United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India]]
7: ...was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
9: ...last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; her successor belonged to the [[House of Windsor|House of Sa...
12: ...ria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]], the sister of Princess Charlotte's widower [[Leopold I of Belgium|Princ...
14: ...r was the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]]. - Rani Lakshmi Bai (4917 bytes)
1: ...eroes of the [[Revolt of 1857]], and a symbol of resistance to [[British raj|British rule]] in India.
5: ...ly. Manu lost her mother at the age of four, and responsibility of looking after the young girl fell t...
7: ...med at the Ganesh Mandir, the temple of Lord [[Ganesh]]a situated in the old city of Jhansi. Rani Laks...
10: ... and Rani Lakshmi Bai was Maharaja's heir and successor as per the [[Hindu]] tradition, the British ru...
17: ...y occurred without the Rani's consent and she protested her innocence, she stood accused by the Britis... - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
2: ..., [[1852]]) is mainly known for having written a description of
3: [[Charles Babbage]]'s early mechanical general-purpose comp...
8: ... [[London]] society, she was a member of the [[Bluestockings]] in her youth.
11: ... of Lovelace'''. She is widely known in modern times simply as '''Ada Lovelace'''.
13: ... David Brewster]], [[Charles Wheatstone]], [[Charles Dickens]] and [[Michael Faraday]]. - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
2: ...]], [[1968]]) was a [[United States]] [[actor|actress]], talk-show host, and bon vivant, born in [[Hun...
4: ... granddaughter of Senator [[John H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[[1920]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[1907]]-[[192...
6: ...Tallulah Bankhead won a movie-magazine beauty contest & convinced her family to let her move to New Yo...
8: During these early New York years, she became a peripheral me...
10: ...d]]'s -- and [[England]]'s -- best-known celebrities. - Chromosome (12667 bytes)
1: ...the two chromatids touch, and where the microtubules attach. (3) Short arm. (4) Long arm.]]
2: ...]] proved that chromosomes are the carriers of genes.
4: == Chromosomes in eukaryotes ==
5: .... The ends of the chromosomes are special structures called ''[[telomere]]s''. DNA replication begins ...
7: ==Chromosomes in bacteria== - Harmonium (4268 bytes)
1: [[Image:CP_010_N.jpg|thumb|right|Pakrashi's Professional Harmonium]]
3: that uses a pressure bellows.
5: ...better. They were also used in many pioneer churches in the U.S., where the harmonium was used for ac...
7: ...n common (though disused) in both private and ecclesiastical ownership.
9: ...nium was invented in [[Europe]] in [[Paris]] in [[1842]] by [[Alexandre Debain]], though there was concu... - 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]. - 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... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
4: ...loat:center">[[image:Seal_us_presdent.jpg|200px|Presidential Seal]]</div></td></tr>
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>10th President</td></tr>
8: <tr><td>'''Succeeded by:'''</td><td>[[James Knox Polk]]</td></tr>
13: ...td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Letitia Christian Tyler]] (1st wi...
17: ...States|Political Party]]:'''</td><td>[[United States Whig Party|Whig]]/independent</td></tr> - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Pierce
4: | order=14th President
8: | succeeded=[[James Buchanan]]
16: | vicepresident=[[William R. King]]
18: ...ollege|electoral vote]]. He became the youngest president up unto that time. - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
10: | '''Order:''' || 16th President
15: | '''Predecessor:''' || [[James Buchanan]]
17: | '''Successor:''' || [[Andrew Johnson]]
28: | '''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''
31: | '''Profession:''' || [[Lawyer]] - Texas (39610 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] |
25: ...]]-7/[[Daylight saving time|-6]] <small>(part of west Texas)</small> |
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36: '''Texas''' joined the [[United States|United States of America]] as its 28th member [[U.S. state|stat... - Rhode Island (15004 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]...
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37: ...act that every point in the state is within 30 miles of [[sea water]].
42: ...land]], and once from the [[Native American]] tribes which lived on the land. - Oregon (26551 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] |
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36: ... of the state is notably rainy; east of the Cascades the climate is much more arid. In fact, on avera...
40: ...]] article in ''[[U.S. News and World Report]]'' described Oregon as a - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...cal form many years before another inventor improves the invention into a practical form. Where there ...
7: ...uage|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
14: * 26 KYA: [[Venus of Dolni Vestonice|Ceramics]] in [[Moravia]]
19: ...iculture#History|Agriculture]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
30: * [[Irrigation]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]] - Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
2: ...aurus rex|T. Rex]]'' from the <br /> [[United States Department of the Interior|U.S. Department of the...
7: ...ority | author = [[Richard Owen|Owen]] | date = [[1842]]}}
16: ...od vessels and cells lining them [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/03/science/03dinosaur.html]".
18: ...erosaur]]s, and the aquatic [[ichthyosaur]]s, [[plesiosaur]]s, and [[mosasaur]]s.
20: ...ication of [[cladistics]], which rigorously analyzes the relationships between biological organisms, h...
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