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- Persepolis (15450 bytes)
6: ...hey represent the Persepolis captured and partly destroyed by [[Alexander of Macedon]] has been beyond...
8: ...y be reached by means of an apparatus of ropes. Ctesias mentions further, with regard to a number of P...
12: ...III]] (Codomannus), who is one of those whose bodies are said to have been brought "to the Persians."
14: ...r, a good hour's walk above ''Takhti Jamshid''. These formed a single building, which was still intact...
16: [[Image:proskynesis.jpg|thumb|300px|Darius the Great]] - Ear (6659 bytes)
3: ...e system responsible for collection and early processing of sound (the beginning of the [[auditory sys...
10: ...the [[middle ear]]. This tube amplifies frequencies in the range 3 [[Kilohertz|kHz]] to 12 ...
13: ...ccasionally will be found looking fused and "lobeless". The helix is the outer edge of the outer ear[...
15: ...ions: the ''hammer'', ''anvil'', and ''stirrup'' respectively.
17: ...r bones. The incus and stapes are derived from bones of the jaw, and allow finer detection of sound. - Mandible (13717 bytes)
2: ...ite with the ends of the body nearly at right angles.
6: ...urved somewhat like a horseshoe and has two surfaces and two borders.
8: == Surfaces ==
9: ...ferioris]] (Quadratus labii inferioris) and [[depressor anguli oris]] (Triangularis); the [[platysma]]...
12: ...ular area against which the [[sublingual gland]] rests, and below the hinder part, an oval fossa for t... - Ulna (12105 bytes)
3: The ulna articulates with:
10: ...the ulna has a bony process, the '''olecranon process''', a hook-like structure that fits into the '''...
11: ...dius, and the '''ulna tuberosity''' to which muscles can attach.
13: ...stally (near the hand), there is a '''styloid process'''.
16: ...a large part of the elbow-joint; the bone diminishes in size from above downward, its lower extremity ... - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
1: ...px|Byzantine art was the high art of the Middle Ages and monumental Church mosaics were the crowing gl...
3: ...vals, the artists crafts, and the artists themselves.
5: ...and [[sculpture]]; and there were many unique genres of art, such as [[Crusade art]] or [[animal style...
9: ...acy of the early [[Christian church]]. These sources were mixed with the vigorous "Barbarian" artistic...
13: Art in the Middle Ages is a broad subject and art historians traditional... - Weaving (6924 bytes)
1: ...or artistic designs, including [[tapestry|tapestries]].
3: ...eir fabrics, regardless of the complexity of the design.
5: ...s called [[ikat]]. Fabric decorated using a wax resist method is called [[batik]].
7: ==Process==
9: ...e to many possible weave structures from the simplest plain weave, through [[twill]]s and [[satin]]s t... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...ficant numbers of [[Persian rug]]s introduced to Western Europe.
3: ...at is loose-laid, most often for decorative purposes.
7: == Carpet types ==
8: ...[Image:Swatches of carpet 1.jpg|thumb|250px|Swatches of machine-made carpet]]
10: ...k]], [[plain weave]], and [[tapestry weave]]. Types of European flatwoven carpets include Venetian, D... - Woodworking (12397 bytes)
1: [[Image:Woodcarvings of cranes.jpg|right|thumb|Artists can use woodworking to cr...
2: '''Woodworking''' is the process of building, making or carving something using [...
7: ...ncreasingly greater degrees of skill in working these materials.
9: ... has provided fine examples of wooden animal statues from the [[Iron Age]]. Wooden [[idol]]s from the ...
11: ...gyptian [[furniture]] (such as chairs) has been preserved in tombs. The metal used by the Egyptians fo... - Vertical flute (689 bytes)
1: ...ty to play at as loud of volume as transverse flutes.
3: ...lutes are sometimes used by people with disabilities that make playing a standard flute difficult or i... - Concertina (3686 bytes)
2: ... the bellows'' whereas accordion buttons travel ''perpendicular to the direction of the bellows''.
5: == Types ==
6: ...al common kinds. To player familiar with one of these "systems," a concertina of a different system ma...
9: ...a.jpg|left|thumb|Anglo concertina mad by C. Jeffries around 1910. Note three rows of buttons.]]
10: ...o built concertinas in both English and Anglo styles and was the most prolific manufacturer of the per... - 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. - Flag of North Carolina (1696 bytes)
4: ...th of the bars horizontally shall be equal to the perpendicular length of the union, and the total length of the ...
6: ...ne 22, 1861, immediately following the state's secession from the Union on May 20, 1861.
8: ...nt of the American independence movement. Both dates also appear on the [[Great Seal of North Carolina... - Deuterostome (1974 bytes)
1: ...{Taxobox_begin | color = pink | name = Deuterostomes}}
14: ...ecomes the [[anus]], while in protostomes it becomes the [[mouth]].
16: There are three phyla of deuterostomes:
19: * Phylum [[Echinodermata]] ([[starfish]]es, [[sea urchin]]s, [[sea cucumber]]s, etc.)
24: ...te]]s. Cleavage is indeterminate - the cells' fates are not determined early on. Thus if the first f... - American football (39287 bytes)
3: ... oval shape, and usually has a large set of stitches along one side.]]
5: ...''American football''', known in the [[United States]] simply as '''football''', is a competitive team...
7: ...on football]] (soccer), a sport that it does not resemble. American football evolved as a separate spo...
11: ...[NFL Europe]], with 6 teams based in European cities.
13: ...r Force Academy]] player tries to thwart his progress.]] - Season (10047 bytes)
4: ...ason of emergence from the flood, and the hot harvest season.
6: ...reas with a [[Mediterranean climate]], such as [[Western Australia]], coastal [[California]], and [[Sp...
8: ==Causes and [[Climate|climatic]] effects==
13: ...is is a diagram of the seasons. Note that, regardless of the time of day (i.e. the [[Earth]]'s rotatio...
16: ...the seasons in the northern and southern hemispheres are opposite.</td></tr></table> - Erosion (6998 bytes)
4: ...tivities. Some of those activities include [[deforestation]], [[overgrazing]] and road or trail buildi...
6: ... problems, clogging streams with gravel, filling reservoirs with [[sediment]], reducing [[Soil degrada...
8: ==Causes==
9: ...ecipitation]], the texture of the soil, the steepness of the slope, and ground cover (from vegetation,...
11: ...ipitation and are on gentle slopes tend to erode less. - Sundial (16148 bytes)
6: A '''sundial''' measures [[time]] by the position of the [[sun]].
7: The most commonly seen designs, such as the 'ordinary' or standard garden su...
8: ...un changes, the time indicated by the shadow changes.
9: However, sundials can be designed for any surface where a fixed object casts a...
11: Most sundial designs indicate [[solar time|apparent solar time]]. - Pressure (9004 bytes)
1: ... applied is the same, because the point concentrates that force into a smaller area.
3: ...rce]] that acts on a unit [[area]], see also [[stress (physics)]]:
8: *''p'' is the pressure
12: ... ''A'' upon which it exerts; the "surface" not necessarily being a that of a body, but for example the...
14: The [[gradient]] of pressure is [[force density]]. - Hand (6764 bytes)
4: ...[appendage]] terminates. This part of the limb is especially used in grasping and holding. Each hand i...
6: == What constitutes a hand? ==
7: ...Hands must also feature [[opposable thumb]]s, as described later in the text.
14: ... objects. Each finger, starting with the one closest to the thumb, has a colloquial name to distingui...
22: ...iable way of identifying true hands is from the presence of [[opposable thumb]]s. Opposable thumbs are... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...most important [[discovery (observation)|discoveries]] ever, and is the fundamental starting point of ...
8: ...n and the other sister, Katharina, married a businessman and city councillor, Barthel Gertner.
10: ...rara]], a famous [[astronomer]]. He followed his lessons and became a disciple and assistant.
12: ...a, are recorded in ''De revolutionibus orbium coelestium''.
14: ...serve a lunar [[eclipse]] and where he gave some lessons of astronomy or maths (unfortunately nothing ...
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