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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...d that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
3: ...hout running out of food or getting stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the...
5: ...s likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...]]. He never reached the present-day [[United States]] where "Columbus Day" ([[12 October]], the anniv...
9: ...ficial to humans, such as [[tomato]]es, [[potato]]es, [[maize]], and [[horse]]s), and the first large-... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
9: |'''PM Predecessor:'''
10: |[[James Callaghan]]
12: |'''PM Succesor:'''
27: ... of [[privatisation]] of government-owned industries. Even before coming to power she was nicknamed th...
29: ... "[[special relationship]]" with the [[United States]], and formed a close bond with [[Ronald Reagan]]... - Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
3: ...anic trench]] formation occur along plate boundaries (most notably around the so-called "[[Pacific Rin...
6: ...:Tectonic plates.png|thumb|380px|The tectonic plates of the world were mapped in the second half of th...
7: == Key principles ==
8: ...dity of the asthenosphere allows the tectonic plates to undergo motion in different directions.
10: ...ire]] being most active and famous. These boundaries are discussed in further detail below. - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
2: ... on the south, and [[Chile]] and [[Peru]] on the west.<!--
13: ...nglish language|English]]: "To die instead as slaves to live") |
15: official_languages = [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Quechua]], [[Ay...
19: leader_titles = [[President of Bolivia|President]] |
20: leader_names = [[Eduardo Rodr�ez]] (interim) | - 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]] - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...tion in the unity of science movement which includes [[logical positivism]].
6: ...h as [[Voltaire]] and [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] questioned and attacked the existing institutions of b...
8: ...o [[political economy]], [[government]] and sciences such as [[physics]], [[chemistry]] and [[biology]...
12: ...The Age of Reason]]." For the present purposes, these two eras are [[lumpers/splitters|split]]; howeve...
14: ...ngs of [[Michel de Montaigne]] and [[René Descartes]], was based on extreme skepticism, and inquiry i... - List of computing topics (15876 bytes)
2: ... of terms relating to algorithms and data structures]]
17: [[120 reset]] --
36: [[320xx microprocessor]] --
58: [[5ESS Switch]] --
90: [[Acceptance, Test Or Launch Language]] -- - Classical music (7557 bytes)
2: ...The term "classical" has many connotations. The present page aims at distinguishing between the many m...
4: ...s, and is generally never used in the way it is presented here.
13: *[[Burmese classical music]]
17: *[[Chinese classical music]] Yayue, [[Guqin]]
19: ...lso referred to as just ''Classical music'' or ''Western classical music''. - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ..., as well as a very important center of commerce (especially the [[spice trade]]) and [[art]] in the [...
6: ...568]]. In the mid-[[8th century]], the Venetians resisted the empire-building efforts of [[Peppin III|...
8: ...rsenal]] was under construction in 1104; Venice wrested control of the [[Brenner pass]] from Verona in...
10: ...nd the citizens of such towns as [[Bergamo]], [[Brescia]], and [[Verona, Italy|Verona]] rallied to the...
12: ...sport the men, supplies, and (especially) war horses. - Hittites (17910 bytes)
1: ...eople who spoke an [[Indo-European language]] and established a kingdom centered in [[Hattusa]] (the m...
3: ...y disintegrated into several independent city-states, some of which survived until around 700 BC.
5: ...the reconstructed [[Hittite language]]. The Hittites should be distinguished from the "[[Hattians]]", ...
7: ... the 19th century initially believed the two peoples to be the same, but this identification is still ...
9: The Hittites were also famous for their skill in building and ... - Lyndon B. Johnson (32801 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Lyndon B. Johnson
4: | order=36th President
10: | place of birth=[[Gillespie County, Texas]]
15: | profession=[[Teacher]]
16: | party=[[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Delano Roosevelt
4: | order=32th President
15: | party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
16: | vicepresident=[[John N. Garner]]<br>[[Henry A. Wallace]]<b...
18: ...g illness to place himself at the head of the forces of reform. His family and close friends called hi... - Aviator (3951 bytes)
2: ...splay sequence. The term '''aviatrix''' is sometimes used of women flyers, reflecting the word's [[Lat...
4: ...on [[March 3]], [[2005]], there are still challenges to be flown and records to be broken.
6: ...f a properly certified and current pilot, who is responsible for the safe and legal completion of the ...
8: ...the issuance of civilian pilot licenses/certificates in the [[United Kingdom|U.K.]].
11: <!-- ugh - does anyone know how to code HTML for balanced columns... - Roald Amundsen (8034 bytes)
10: ...bly saved the crew from [[scurvy]], an important lesson for Amundsen's future expeditions.
12: ...] and [[Peel Sound]]s, and [[James Ross Strait|James Ross]] and [[Rae Strait]]s to spend two winters e...
14: ...eled there (and back) overland to wire a success message ([[collect call|collect]]) on [[December 5]],...
18: After the Northwest Passage Amundsen made plans to go to the [[North...
20: ...ram. He was incorrectly afraid that Nansen would rescind use of Fram if he learned of the change. And ... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
16: *[[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] (Italy, [[1718]] - [[1799]])
18: *[[Ahmes]] (Egypt, roughly around [[17th century BC]])
23: *[[Giacomo Albanese]] (Italy, Brazil)
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
36: *[[Archimedes]] (Syracuse, [[287 BC|287 B.C.]] - [[212 BC|212 B... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
26: *[[Aedesius]], (d. 355)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
44: *[[Alcibiades]], (c. 450-404 BC)
51: *[[Alexander of Hales]], (d. 1245){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}} - New Deal (82408 bytes)
2: ...s and Exchange Commission]], as well as the [[Tennessee Valley Authority|TVA]].
7: ...ton Friedman who called them "appropriate responses to the critical situation."<ref>Parker 2002, Frie...
9: ...[[gold standard]], efforts to re-inflate farm prices that were too low, and efforts to increase foreig...
11: ... pulled us out of the depression was the natural resilience of the economy and WW2." <ref>Friedman, Mi...
13: ...bor unions, European and African-American minorities (now called "ethnics"), some farm groups, and mos... - Neanderthal (12705 bytes)
12: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''H. neanderthalensis'''''}}
16: ...lensis'') that inhabited [[Europe]] and parts of western [[Asia]] from about 230,000 to 29,000 years a...
18: ...]s, short but robust builds and large [[nose]]. These traits are promoted by [[natural selection]] in ...
24: ...]] was published. The fossils were found in a limestone quarry near [[D?orf]] in the [[Neanderthal, G...
26: ...the three right arm bones, two of the left arm bones, part of the left [[pelvis|ilium]], and fragments... - Jane Goodall (4250 bytes)
1: ... [[ethologist]] and [[anthropologist]], probably best-known for conducting a forty-year study of [[chi...
10: ...al Park]] (then known as Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve) in July, 1960.
14: ...ub', was born in 1967. She then married Derek Bryceson, (a member of Tanzania’s parliament and t...
17: ...e other and inquires about "doing a little more 'research' with that Jane Goodall tramp?"
19: ... cartoon amusing. Since then, all profits from sales of a shirt featuring this cartoon go to the Gooda...
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