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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...model for him, ever actually existed: in the earliest mentions and Welsh texts he is never given the t...
5: ...nd the extent and kind of power he wielded continues to rage.
7: ... and scholars are not certain whether the "Brettones" he led were [[Britain|Britons]] or [[Armorica|Br...
9: ... surrounding the historical career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to b...
11: ...ic deity devolved into a personage (citing sometimes a supposed change of the sea-god [[Lir]] into [[L... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...ction machines for manufacturing in other industries.
3: ...ut [[1850]], when technological and economic progress gained momentum with the development of steam-po...
5: ...[agriculture]] and gave up its [[nomad|nomadic lifestyle]].
9: ==Causes==
10: ...on]] of the 17th century. But one of the main causes was the invention of the steam engine. - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...ndash; [[July 24]], [[1567]]. She is perhaps the best known of the Scottish monarchs, in part because ...
9: Mary, Queen of Scots, is sometimes confused with her first cousin once removed, [[Ma...
12: ...tland]], on [[December 8]], [[1542]] to King [[James V of Scotland]] and his French wife, [[Marie de G...
14: ...es could inherit only after extinction of male lines.
15: ...ary ascended the throne because all other male lines of the royal house had gone extinct before the de... - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (2468 bytes)
2: ...ng couple. Churchill, though he had supported James, also had a role in bringing [[William III of Ora...
4: ...r. Anne's death in [[1714]] restored their fortunes, but the Duke died in [[1722]] and never saw the ...
6: ...735), to [[Frederick, Prince of Wales]]. The Duchess remained friendly with the prince and his family...
8: ...abeth Seymour, Duchess of Somerset|The Duchess of Somerset]] | years=1704–1710}}
11: ... the daughter of [[Sir Winston Churchill]] and a descendant of the original Sarah. - Kentucky (15076 bytes)
6: Seal = Kentuckystateseal.jpg |
11: LargestCity = [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]] |
25: ...ral]]: [[UTC]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|DST]]-5 (western) |
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32: LowestElev = 78 | - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelp...
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36: ...of four [[U.S. state|state]]s of the [[United States]] of America that is called a [[commonwealth]]. I...
38: ... Water Gap]] provide popular recreational activities. - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] |
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36: ...reviation of '''NJ'''. It is also the fifth smallest state. The state is named after the island of [...
39: ...and southeastern [[Pennsylvania]]. These territories were taken by the Dutch in 1654 and incorporated ... - 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. - John Locke (14749 bytes)
3: ...s perhaps most often contrasted with [[Thomas Hobbes]].
6: ...ilosophers, such as [[Rene Descartes]], more interesting than the classical material taught at the Uni...
8: ... infection. Cooper was impressed with Locke and pressed him to become part of his retinue.
10: ...t that resonated deeply in Locke's writing of the Essay Concerning Human Understanding.
12: ...life-threatening itself) to remove the cyst. Shaftesbury survived and prospered, crediting Locke with ... - Halloween (18290 bytes)
2: ...world]], though most commonly in the [[United States]], [[Ireland]], [[Scotland]] and [[Canada]]. Iris...
4: ... until it was appropriated by Christian missionaries (along with [[Christmas]] and [[Easter]], two oth...
6: ...alled ''Pooky Night'' in some parts of Ireland, presumably named after the [[pookah]], a mischievous s...
8: ...raditions were then passed on to the [[United States]].
10: ...'see, for example, [[Catalan mythology about witches]]''). - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
4: Dampier was born at [[East Coker]] in [[Somerset]] and went to sea at the age of 16. He served wi...
7: ...n the [[Pacific]] coast of that isthmus; the pirates then raided Spanish settlements in [[Peru]] befor...
9: ...g Swan and 36 others behind, the rest of the pirates cruised to [[Manila]], [[Pulo Condore]], [[China]...
11: ...a the [[Cape of Good Hope]], penniless but in possession of his journals.
16: ...Voyage Round the World'' in [[1697]] created interest at the British [[Admiralty]] and in [[1699]] Dam... - Crimean War (7100 bytes)
8: ...h semi-autonomous vassals of the Ottoman Empire, resulting in a declaration of war by the Ottomans in ...
12: ...ithdrawn, allied troops landed in the Crimea and besieged the city of [[Sevastopol]], home of the [[ts...
14: ...in the Black Sea, plus a large number of smaller vessels. [[Pavel Nakhimov|Admiral Nakhimov]] was mort...
17: [[Image:Balkans1912.jpg|right|thumb|Ottoman losses (in red)]]
20: After the occupation of Sevastopol and the accession of [[Russian Tsar Alexander II|Alexander II]]... - Canyon (3965 bytes)
3: ... arid zones. Canyons' walls are often formed of resistant [[sandstone]]s or [[granite]]. [[Submarine...
5: ...h it is also used in some parts of the United States and [[Canada]].
7: ...built there, largely by the [[Ancient Pueblo Peoples]].
9: ... the northwestern [[United States]] are two examples of this.
11: ...is left, for example in the [[Mendip Hills]] in [[Somerset]] and [[Yorkshire Moors]] in [[Yorkshire]], [[Eng... - Britain in the Middle Ages (12239 bytes)
2: <!--NOTE: Article uses UK spelling -->
3: ...e [[Hundred Years' War]] and the [[Wars of the Roses]].
5: ...nd divides Medi�val Britain in two distinct phases of cultural and political history.
7: ...ed into Wales with increasing vigour, but the process of consolidation was continuous from [[William I...
9: ==Early Medi�val: Languages and Origins== - Comedy of manners (2474 bytes)
1: ... love affair or some other scandal, is generally less important than its witty and often bawdy dialogu...
3: ... as ''L'�cole des femmes'' (''The School for Wives'', [[1662]]) and ''Le Misanthrope'' (''The Misant...
5: ...t and acquired follies of the time. The masterpieces of the genre were the plays of [[William Wycherle...
7: ... such as [[The Young Ones (TV series)|The Young Ones]] and [[Seinfeld]] have brought the comedy of man... - Axe (10109 bytes)
10: ==Types==
12: ...ng Axe - The most commonly known of the various axes
14: ... one of the least common in use in the United States at this time.
15: ... curves, also vary, markedly, between the many types.
16: ...t. In addition, the uppermost part of the bit, rises sharply, to a dramatic point.
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