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- 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... - Yolanda of Flanders (2422 bytes)
3: ...a]]ns against the various Byzantine successor states, and was able to make peace with [[Theodore I Las...
7: ... uncle Philip of Namur in 1212 and left to her eldest son Philip when she went to Constantinople in 12...
14: ...argaret, Marquioness of Namur|Margaret]], Marquioness of Namur, who married first Raoul d'Issoudun and...
15: ...beth, who married Walter count of Bar and then Eudes sire of Montagu
19: * Agnes, who married [[Geoffrey II de Villehardouin]], [[... - 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... - Manuscript (5266 bytes)
1: ...[[graffiti]]''), or in [[cuneiform]] writing, impressed with a pointed stylus in a flat tablet of unba...
3: ...e been discovered in [[Bulgaria]]. Technically, these are all [[inscription]]s rather than manuscripts...
6: ...n to express the plural, just as ''pp'' means "pages".)
8: ...lumen'' in Latin) or [[book]]s (''[[codex]], codices''). Manuscripts were produced on [[vellum parchm...
10: ...fessional copies were made simultaneously by scribes in a [[scriptorium]], each making a single copy f... - Greek language (35285 bytes)
3: ...h [[Bulgaria]], [[Turkey]] and surrounding countries
7: [[Greek languages|Greek]]<br>
15: ...tudied in schools and universities in many countries from the [[Renaissance]] onwards.
17: ...lect''', '''Post-Classic Greek''' or even '''New Testament Greek''' (after its most famous word of lit...
25: ...his article. For more information, see main articles on [[Proto-Greek language]] and [[Mycenaean langu... - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
6: ...to understanding the origin and development of [[Western Civilization]].
9: ...ddle' + ''terra'', 'land, earth'), in [[Greek]] "mesogeios".
11: ...ble]], it is referred to as the Great Sea or the Western Sea. In modern [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], it...
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... - Europe (23835 bytes)
4: ...ins]] and the [[Caspian Sea]] (for more detailed description see [[Geography of Europe]]).
6: .... In terms of [[population]] it is the third largest continent after [[Asia]] and [[Africa]]. The pop...
11: ... mythological queen of Crete, not a geographical designation. Later ''Europa'' stood for mainland Gree...
13: ...s "sunrise" and is the land to the east from a [[Mesopotamian]] perspective.
18: ...[United Kingdom]] in building large colonial empires with vast holdings in [[Africa]], [[the Americas]... - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
1: ...density|by population density]], [[list of countries by date of nationhood|by date of nationhood]] and...
3: ... for some explanation of the difference between these.
5: '''Countries listed by [[continent]] and their [[capital]]s:''...
34: *[[Lesotho]] - [[Maseru]]
50: *[[Saint Helena]] - [[Jamestown]] (United Kingdom) - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
4: *[[List of capitals and larger cities by country]]
5: *[[list of capitals of subnational entities]]
11: <tr><td>[[Abu Dhabi]] <td>[[United Arab Emirates]]
51: <tr><td>[[Bucharest]] <td>[[Romania]]
52: <tr><td>[[Budapest]] <td>[[Hungary]] - Turkey (41694 bytes)
11: largest_city = [[Istanbul]] |latd=41|latm=1|latNS=N|long...
12: official_languages = [[Turkish language|Turkish]]|
14: leader_titles = [[President of Turkey|President]]<br>[[List of Prime Ministers of Turkey|Pri...
15: leader_names = [[Ahmet Necdet Sezer]]<br>[[Recep Tayyip Erdoga...
17: established_events = - Formation of Parliament... - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ... rich history during which its culture has proven especially influential in [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [...
19: | '''Largest city''' || [[Athens]]
21: | '''[[List of Presidents of Greece|President]]''' || [[Karolos Papoulias|KᲯlos Papo?]]
25: ...sp;- Total<br> - % water || [[List of countries by area|Ranked 94th]]<br/>[[1 E11 m2|131,940 km&s...
27: ...[Population density|Density]] || [[List of countries by population|Ranked 70th]]<br/>10,665,989<br/>82... - Romania (19812 bytes)
1: ... the west; [[Serbia and Montenegro|Serbia]] and [[Bulgaria]] to the south along the [[Danube]] River. Romani...
13: national_anthem = [[Desteapta-te, Romane!|Deşteaptă-te, Rom⮥!...
14: official_languages = [[Romanian language|Romanian]] |
16: capital = [[Bucharest]] |
18: largest_city = [[Bucharest]] | - Ancient Greece (23806 bytes)
2: ...ents on the coasts of what are now [[Albania]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Egypt]], [[France]], [[Libya]], [[Romania]],...
4: ...peaking, were so different from later Greek cultures that they should be classed separately.
6: ... to begin with the date of the first [[Olympic Games]] in [[776 BC]], but most historians now extend t...
8: These dates are historians' conventions and some writers trea...
10: ...orld, particularly during the [[Renaissance]] in Western Europe and again during various [[Classicism|... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...y usually follow the boundaries of states, countries or other administrative areas.
4: ...[image:Timezones.png|thumb|400px|Standard Time Zones of the World by the CIA]]
6: ...l other time zones are relative. UTC is, nevertheless, the official term for today's atomically measur...
10: ...r a location is given relative to UTC. Some examples:
11: ... if it is 12:00 UTC, then it is 04:00 in Los Angeles) - String instrument (8163 bytes)
1: ...strument") is a [[musical instrument]] that produces [[sound]] by means of [[vibrating string]]s. In t...
8: ... bowed ([[Jimmy Page]] of [[Led Zeppelin]] sometimes played the [[electric guitar]] this way, for exam...
10: ...at the piano is a percussion instrument has at times served as rhetoric for composers who relished sha...
12: ...d bowed instruments, where it gives equally soft results.
16: ...hich are manipulated by the player, meaning she does not have to pay attention to the strings directly... - Flag (13245 bytes)
3: ...ng]], or for decorative purposes, though at this less formal end the distinction between a flag and a ...
9: ...flag-like symbols have been used by ancient cultures for thousands of years, the origin of flags in th...
11: ...Middle Ages]], flags were used mainly during battles to identify individual leaders: in [[Europe]] the...
13: ...me the preferred means of communications at sea, resulting in various systems of flag signals (see [[I...
15: ... to those carrying them, and by [[World War I]] these were withdrawn from the battlefields, and have b... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
7: ...small>Emblem of the [[Palaeologus]] dynasty, as preserved today at the entrance of the Ecumenical Patr...
10: | Constantine makes Constantinople his capital.
13: ...is permanently split into Eastern and Western halves, following the death of Theodosius I.
15: | [[527]] || Justinian I becomes emperor.
24: | The [[Lombard]] invasion results in the loss of most of Italy. - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...The Bible]]. Nevertheless, it exemplifies man's desire to fly.
5: ...e controlled by [[computer]]s, which can make planes that were otherwise unflyable able to fly, such a...
13: ...e many claims and counter-claims how successful these were. See [[First flying machine]] for a review...
15: ...also sketched designs for a helicopter, but this design would not have flown.
17: ...for powered flight until the [[gasoline]] engine designed by the Wright Brothers. - World War I (62979 bytes)
1: ...[Image:Chateau Wood Ypres 1917.jpg|thumb|300px|Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the [[Battle of Passche...
2: ...cide|civilian massacres]] took place. Four dynasties, the [[Habsburg]]s, the [[Romanov]]s, the [[Ottom...
4: ... World War I were complex developments by themselves (see [[#Diplomatic and political origins|Diplomat...
6: ... the war and failure to resolve the unsettled issues that had caused the Great War would lay the basis...
8: ...scholars view World War I as one of the consequences of French indignation at the French defeat in the... - World War II (58065 bytes)
1: ...sion]] over [[Nagasaki]] rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air. [[August 9]], [[1945]]]]
2: ... every inhabited continent. Virtually all countries that participated in [[World War I]] were involve...
4: ...ino-Japanese War]]), or earlier yet the 1931 Japanese invasion of [[Manchuria]]. Still others argue th...
6: ...ctory]] Days), but continued in Asia until [[Japanese Instrument of Surrender|Japan surrendered]] on [...
8: ... of World War II casualties by country|died as a result of the war]], including acts of genocide such ...
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