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- Spinning mule (12067 bytes)
2: ...ll would have over 60 mules, each with 1320 spindles.
6: * pressure to compete with cotton [[calico]]s from India...
9: ...ous''' process. Development was sponsored by businessmen such as [[Arkwright]] who employed inventors,...
11: ...sed supply of yarn inspired developments in loom design such as Rev. [[Cartwright]]'s [[power loom]]. ...
13: ... It used more energy and could not produce the finest counts.
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- Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
2: .... Her best-known work is most likely ''[[Their Eyes Were Watching God]]''.
7: Hurston's work slid into obscurity for decades, explainable for a number of reasons, cultural an...
9: ...he actual speech of the period, and thus it embraces the dialect and culture of Black America of the e...
11: Quote:"Dat's a big ole resurrection lie, Ned. Uh slew-foot, drag-leg lie at...
13: ...e of Black culture and thus was not deserving of respect. Recently, however, critics have praised her... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ...rse|nursing]]. Each year, the [[International Nurses Day]] is celebrated on her birth anniversary.
7: ...[[Parthenope]] for the old city that is now [[Naples]]). A brilliant and strong-willed woman, Florence...
9: ...amily in [[1845]], evoking intense anger and distress from her family, particularly her mother.
11: ...gaged the support of [[Charles Villiers]], then president of the [[Poor Law Board]]. This led to her ...
13: ... of medical care and by the commitment and practises of the sisters. - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
3: ... [[central United States]] during the [[Great Depression]], often with various members of the [[Barrow...
5: ...]] press and its readership during what is sometimes referred to as the [[public enemy era]] between 1...
9: ...t the pairing was short-lived. Noted for homesickness throughout her short adult life, she longed to b...
11: ...mited to logistics support. At only 4 feet 10 inches, she was a stalwart and loyal companion to Clyde ...
15: ...rate far outpacing the ten to fifteen bank robberies attributed to him and the Barrow gang. - Alto saxophone (1789 bytes)
2: ... soprano through baritone are commonly used. The less tubing an instrument has, the higher the instrum...
4: ...ost notes (the altissimo register), however, are less-frequently mastered.
8: ...y and is used commonly in concert, jazz, funk, blues, pop, and rock music.
10: ...amaha, Yanagisawa, and Jupiter. New alto saxophones range greatly in price from hundreds of dollars t... - Zebra (3444 bytes)
11: ..._subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = Species}}
15: *See ''[[Equidae|Equus]]'' for other species.
17: ...ll of the others in slight variations of the stripes.
20: ...nomy|taxonomic]] status of several of the subspecies are unclear.
22: ...i''), and the [[Quagga]] (another extinct subspecies, ''Equus quagga quagga''). - List of U.S. state mammals (3603 bytes)
2: ...h]] or [[state butterfly|state butterflies]]. States similarly have [[state flower]]s, [[state tree]]s...
6: ... !! Marine mammal !! Wildlife mammal/animal !! Domestic mammal
48: | [[Missouri]] || [[Missouri mule]] || || || [[Missouri fox trotting horse]]
54: | [[Nevada]] || [[Desert bighorn sheep]] || || ||
80: | [[Tennessee]] || [[Raccoon]] || || || [[Tennessee walking horse]] - 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]] - Spinning Jenny (3557 bytes)
2: ...hill, near Blackburn, in Lancashire in the north west of England. The device dramatically reduced the ...
4: James Hargreaves was born in Oswaldtwistle, near Blackburn, in 172...
6: ...realized there was no particular reason the spindles had to be horizontal, as they always had been, an...
8: ... over the yarn to draw it out to the proper thickness. A clamp-like device in the roving beam allowed ...
10: ...ity of the yarn and increased the number of spindles to eighty or more. - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
4: ... ([[336 BC]]-[[323 BC]]), was one of the most successful military commanders of the ancient world. He ...
6: ...ng legendary [[hero]] in the tradition of [[Achilles]].
9: ...n rhetoric and literature and stimulated his interest in science, medicine, and philosophy.
11: ...om [[Aeacus]] through [[Neoptolemus]] and [[Achilles]].
14: ...d been bragging to the rest of the Greek city states how he managed to have Philip assassinated. - Desert (21206 bytes)
2: [[Image:Egypt_1.jpg|thumb|right|Man and Camel, Desert, Egypt. Image provided by [http://classroomcli...
4: ...of the world's deserts, http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/deserts/what/world.html)
6: ...esses are major factors in shaping desert landscapes.
8: ...al places for human artifacts and fossils to be preserved.
12: ==Types of desert== - 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. - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: Although the present-day State of [[California]] has been occupied ...
5: ...est primarily populated by [[missionary|missionaries]] and fur trappers, to a land of opportunity and ...
7: ...ield of [[California Poppy|California golden poppies]] ''circa'' [[1910]].]]
11: ... California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces of a very early inhabitation, dated to the last [...
13: ...]] foothills collected [[acorn]]s from [[oak]] trees, ground them, and leached out the acidic [[tannin... - Deer (6737 bytes)
12: About 15 in 4 subfamilies.
14: ...er of broadly similar animals, from related families within the [[order (biology)|order]] [[Artiodacty...
16: ... and "The Red Hart" are common English [[pub]] names.
18: ...dent [[Theodore Roosevelt]]) have been largely domesticated since the late 1960s and are common farm a...
22: ... [[Water Deer]], for example, is a new world species but is found only in [[China]] and [[Korea]]. - Horse (38916 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin|color=pink|name= Domestic Horse}}
10: {{Taxobox_species_entry |taxon='''''E. caballus'''''}}
15: ...avalry]]" units, sometimes keeping traditional names ([[Lord Strathcona's Horse]], etc.)
19: ...genetic mutations can reintroduce ancestral features.
21: ... a blind spot in the rear). Even domesticated horses startle easily and must, for the safety of riders... - Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
3: ...ased in [[Oakland, California]]. They are in the Western Division of the [[American League]]. The tea...
5: ...Indianapolis, Indiana]] franchise in the minor [[Western League]]. Moved to [[Philadelphia, Pennsylva...
8: ...Red and White; 1950: Blue, Gold and White; 1963-Present: Green, Gold and White
9: ... A stylized "A's". The team also occasionally uses an [[elephant]] logo.
10: :'''Wild Card titles won''' (1): [[2001]] - African American (19830 bytes)
1: ...o have [[Europe]]an and/or [[Native American]] ancestors.
6: ...ot include [[whites]], [[Asian|Asians]] or [[Semites]] of African origin.
10: ...[[Indiana]], had the highest percentage of black residents of any U.S. city in 2000, with 85 percent, ...
15: ...reason for the secession of the [[Confederate States of America]] which lead to the [[American Civil W...
17: ...in 1865, freed all slaves, including those in states that had not seceded. During [[Reconstruction]], ... - Yellowstone National Park (23738 bytes)
6: <tr><td>''Designation''</td>
10: <tr><td>''Nearest [[City|city]]''</td>
12: <tr><td>''[[geographic coordinates|Coordinates]]''</td>
15: <td>2,219,799 acres<BR>8,983.24 km²</td></tr>
16: <tr><td>''Date of establishment''</td> - Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
1: ...h Valley Pupfish]] - a survivor of much wetter times.
3: ...[[book]]s, [[radio]] programs, [[television]] series and [[movie]]s. '''Death Valley National Monument...
5: ...lleys filled with sediment and, during the wet times of [[ice age]]s, with [[lake]]s, such as [[Lake M...
6: ...Park.png|frame|A slice through the highest and lowest points in Death Valley National Park.]]
9: ...ion in the central part of Death Valley which causes a slight widening and relatively more subsidence ... - Puma (9263 bytes)
10: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''F. concolor'''''}}
15: ...rom the [[Quechua language]]. In the [[United States]], ''panther'' by itself refers to a puma, althou...
17: ...s a considerable variation in color and size of these animals across their large range of habitats.
19: ==Subspecies==
20: ...ly in the [[Everglades]]. There is currently a widespread effort in Florida to try to save the remaini... - Culture of Spain (17671 bytes)
1: ...ean]] climate and geography have played strong roles in shaping its culture.
4: ...es — even those that least identify themselves as Spanish — have contributed greatly to ma...
6: ...talan nationalists favor [[state]]hood for their respective regions. Basque aspirations to statehood c...
8: ...re are also several communities where, despite widespread acceptance of the community's inclusion in S...
10: ...trong regional identities: [[Cantabria]], [[Asturies]], [[Rioja]], [[Valencia]], [[Aragon]] and [[Extr...
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