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- Erik the Red (5731 bytes)
2: ... people]]). Born in the Jaeder district of south-west [[Norway]], he was the son of Þorvaldr Ásvalds...
4: ... he called "Gunnbjarnarsker" ("Gunnbjörn's skerries"). Gunnbjorn's accidental discovery pushed him as...
6: ...used for rope), ivory from tusks, and beached whales if they happened to be so lucky.
8: ...[[ship]]s, fourteen of which made the journey successfully; of the other eleven, some turned back, whi...
10: ...ncluding Erik in the winter of [[1003]]. Nevertheless, the colony was able to bounce back and survived... - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
6: ... Marquess of Dorset|Thomas]] (later Marquess of [[Dorset]]) and [[Richard Grey|Richard]].
10: ...rs]], began to be favored over him, he changed sides.
12: ...nd|Norfolk]]. Katherine had been widowed three times and was nearly 80 years old but very wealthy. Th...
16: ...Robert Stillington]], Bishop of Bath and Wells), testified that he had carried out the ceremony.
18: ...ir safety. This may have been to protect themselves against jealous courtiers who wanted their own ba... - 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]]. - Cereal (6537 bytes)
2: ...he Roman goddess of grain, ''[[Ceres (goddess)|Ceres]]''. [[Staple food]] grains are often called ''[...
10: ...he cereal crops are (in approximate order of greatest annual production):
13: ...]], [[South America]], and [[Africa]] and of [[livestock]] worldwide; called "corn" in North America
15: ...d in Asia and Africa and popular worldwide for livestock
16: ...[rye]] and [[triticale]], important in cold climates - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...scount St Albans''' in [[1621]]; both peerage titles becoming extinct upon his death.
4: ...erimentation, observation, and testing of hypotheses. In the context of his time, such methods were co...
8: He was the youngest of five sons of [[Nicholas Bacon|Sir Nicholas Ba...
12: At Cambridge he first met the Queen, who was impressed by his precocious intellect, and was accustome...
14: ...ed barren, disputatious, and wrong in its objectives. - Sea star (6210 bytes)
12: ...adial symmetry]]). In fact, their evolutionary ancestors are believed to have had [[bilateral symmetry...
14: ...o not have movable [[skeleton]]s, but instead possess a hydraulic [[water vascular system]]. The wate...
16: == Digestion ==
17: ...ve demand, the sea star's arms are filled with digestive glands called pyloric [[cecum|caeca]] or hepa...
21: ...adreporite which acts as a water filter and supplies their water vascular system with water to move (G... - Amphitheatre (4978 bytes)
1: ...[[Rome]]) which was used for spectator sports, games and displays.
5: The best-known amphitheatre in the world is the [[Roman C...
9: ==Catalogue of Roman amphitheatres==
10: ... in widely scattered areas of the Roman Empire. These locations include:
24: *[[Chester, England|Deva]] - Charles Babbage (13539 bytes)
1: [[image:Ch-Babbage.jpg|thumb|Charles Babbage]]
2: ...and functioned perfectly. It was built to tolerances achievable in the [[19th century]], indicating th...
5: ...ld Rowdens house in East [[Teignmouth]], and Charles' father became a warden of the nearby St. Michael...
8: ...e." The second was an Oxford tutor from whom Charles learned enough of the Classics to be accepted to ...
10: ...hematical instruction available at Cambridge. In response, he, [[John Herschel]], [[George Peacock]], ... - Celtic mythology (25486 bytes)
1: ...en recorded in written form during the [[Middle Ages]].
3: ==Historical sources==
4: ...teracy of the Gauls, but also wrote that their priests, the [[druids]], forbade using writing to recor...
6: ...to record short inscriptions (largely personal names), more sophisticated literacy was not introduced ...
8: ===Julius Caesar?s comments on Celtic Religion and their signifi... - Viking (18085 bytes)
4: ...ided the coasts of Scandinavia, the [[British Isles]], and other parts of [[Europe]] from the late [[...
6: Vikings travelled westward; [[Varangian]]s travelled eastward.
12: ...image made from several sides of the [[Ledberg Runestone]] having illustrations of what probably are [...
13: ...200 years, [[European]] history is filled with tales of Vikings and their plundering.
15: ...n [[Russia]] and along the [[Baltic]] coast. Stories tell of raids in the [[Mediterranean]] and as far... - Sheep (9256 bytes)
2: ...heep.jpg|150px|Flock of sheep]] | caption = [[Images of sheep|Romney sheep]]}}
11: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''aries'''''}}
13: ...binomial | color = pink | binomial_name = Ovis aries | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date =...
15: ... For other types of sheep and their close relatives, see [[goat antelope]]. For more information on...
19: There are at least seven species of sheep: - Australian Shepherd (9749 bytes)
8: !Alternative names
16: !Common nicknames
22: |[[United States]]
50: ...lifornia]] and is growing in popularity in countries across the world.
55: ...ation point)|coat]] comes in several color varieties—blue [[merle (coat colour in dogs)|merle]],... - Nettle (5285 bytes)
2: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:Bluehende brennessel.jpg|200px]] | caption = Stinging nettle (''Urt...
7: {{Taxobox ordo entry | taxon = [[Rosales]]}}
11: ...vision | color = lightgreen | plural_taxon = Species}}
15: ...ome of these taxa are still recognised as subspecies.
17: ... can be expected to have very similar medicinal uses to the stinging nettle. The sting of ''Urtica fer... - Rock formations (10410 bytes)
1: ...stratigraphic]] and [[petrology|petrologic]] studies.
5: Geologists classify rocks into three types according to their origin. A rock structure can b...
7: ...ed by wind, ice, or water. [[Erosion]] later exposes them in their current form. An example is [[Bryce...
9: ... into another kind of rock, usually by heat and pressure. An example is [[Mount Rushmore]] National Mo...
11: ...es or [[volcanic]] extrusives. Again, erosive forces sculpt their current forms. An example is [[Iao N... - Tim Berners-Lee (7363 bytes)
2: ...of the [[World Wide Web Consortium]], which oversees its continued development.
6: ...ogic|TTL]] [[logic gate|gates]], an [[M6800]] processor and an old [[television]]. He was also at Oxfo...
8: ...ed at [[D.G. Nash Limited]] where he worked on typesetting software and an operating system.
12: ...acilitate sharing and updating information among researchers. With help from [[Robert Cailliau]] he bu...
14: ...e to create the [[World Wide Web]], for which he designed and built the first browser (called '''[[Wor... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ...tory 1688-1832 (The Arnold History of Britain Series) |publisher=A Hodder Arnold Publication| year=199...
6: ...spierre in the early 1790s. At first, the monarchies of Europe embraced enlightenment ideals, but with...
8: ...l revolution]] started in Britain. Despite its modest beginnings in the 18th century, it would radical...
13: ...Europe on the eve of the [[War of the Spanish Succession]] (1700)]]
15: ...de 9) occurs off the coast of the [[Pacific Northwest]]; the coast of Japan is struck by a [[tsunami]]... - Harbor (2637 bytes)
2: ...m Harbour, [[Fishguard]], [[Pembrokeshire]], [[Wales]]]]
7: ...natural harbor]]''' will be surrounded on most sides by land.
9: ...oad transport]] or [[pipeline transport]] facilities for relaying goods inland.
11: ...erry]]) were built just off the invasion [[beach]]es.
13: ...ic and economic importance. Many of the great cities of the world are located on a natural harbor. - Robert Abbot (2381 bytes)
2: ...hanks the Archbishop for "worldly maintenance," "best earthly countenance", and "fatherly incouragemen...
5: ...ot appears to vanish from record, and his activities are unknown.
7: ...lded by God, or Directions for Governors of Families'' (1653).
9: ...323; Palmer's Nonconf. Mem. ii. 218, which confuses him most oddly of all with one of the ejected min...
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