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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...union, and was occasionally conquered by external ethnicities, of which many were eventually assimilat...
7: ...n show early habitation; however, any connection between these people and modern Chinese is speculativ...
14: ... the [[Xia Dynasty]], and that this model was perpetuated in the successor [[Shang Dynasty|Shang]] and...
18: ...) to some 4,000 years ago, but this date has not yet been corroborated. Some archaeologists connect t...
22: ...d as the last of the six capitals of the Shang (c 1300–1046 BC). - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
3: *[[Pieter van der Aa|Aa, Pieter van der]], (ca. 1659 - 1733), Dutch publisher
6: *[[Mehemet Aali|Aali, Mehemet]], (1815-1871), Turkish statesman
10: *[[Kjetil Aamodt|Aamodt, Kjetil]], (1971-), Norwegian skier
11: *[[Aaron]], (ca. 1300 BC), [[Bible|Biblical]] figure - Actinium (7046 bytes)
26: | 10070 [[kilogram per cubic metre|kg/m<sup>3</sup>]], n/a
37: | [[Covalent radius]] || n/a [[picometre|pm]]
53: | [[State of matter]] || solid ([[magnetism|__]])
61: ...ntific notation|×]]10<sup>-6</sup> [[cubic metre per mole|m<sup>3</sup>/mol]]
70: | unknown [[metre per second|m/s]] at 293.15 K - Renaissance (14795 bytes)
1: ...pean history]]. It marks the transitional period between the end of the [[Middle Ages]] and the start ...
5: ...anslation, used by French historian [[Jules Michelet]], and expanded upon by [[Switzerland|Swiss]] his...
10: ...Renaissance]]'', the ''[[English Renaissance]]'', etc. This terminology is particularly useful because...
19: ...orence]]. One early Renaissance figure is the [[poet]] [[Dante Alighieri|Dante]] ([[1265]]–[[132...
21: ...age through ancient manuscripts and the humanist method of learning. These new ideas from the past (ca... - Ptolemy (10609 bytes)
5: ... Greek ''Η μεγάλη Σύνταξις...
7: ...]] of [[Copernicus]]. Likewise his computational methods (supplemented in the 12th Century with the Ar...
9: ...n empire, but most of his sources beyond the perimeter of the Empire were unreliable.
11: ...ography'' is a discussion of the data and of the methods he used. Like with the model of the solar sy...
16: ...emy's ''Geography'' however, date only from about 1300, after the text was rediscovered by [[Maximus Pla... - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
3: ... evidence indicates that a developed Egyptian society has existed for much longer.
27: ...cultural]] [[economy]] and more centralized [[society]] (see [[Nile#History|Nile: History]]). Evidence...
29: ...hat resulted from seasonal rains. The people who settled there must have realized the benefits of a mo...
31: ...ttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12495079];...
33: ...oh may or may not have actually existed and is sometimes indentified with Narmer (the last king of Dyn... - Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
9: ...many of these questions while others may last for eternity.
13: ... arbitrarily established lengths of co-regencies between rulers and even overlapping dynasties. The po...
15: ...F. Brug ([[Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary]]) in his detailed and important article has observed that Theo...
17: ...allit I]] and [[Akhenaton]] were contemporaries, yet if the era's dating is maintained, their contempo...
23: ...te that "There is a difference of some 260 years between the radiocarbon dates and the historic dates"... - Azerbaijan (15031 bytes)
15: ...=center width="140px" | ([[Flag of Azerbaijan|In Detail]])
39: | '''[[Collapse of the Soviet Union|Independence]]'''<br/> – Date
40: | From [[Soviet Union]]<br/> [[30 August]] [[1991]]
48: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.az]]
56: ...cation); that it traditionally means "the land of eternal flames" or "the land of fire." Some Azeri hi... - Great Pyramid of Giza (20454 bytes)
9: ...ost widely accepted estimate for its date of completion is [[26th century BC|2580 BC]]; it is the olde...
11: ...Sphinx of Giza|Great Sphinx]], and a few hundred metres further southwest is the [[Pyramid of Menkaure...
15: ...l Cubits]] tall ([[1 E2 m|146.5 metres]] or 481 feet), but due to [[erosion]] and the theft of its top...
17: ...These alignments are based on true North, not magnetic North. The sides of the pyramid rise at an angl...
22: ...volume. When originally built, the pyramid had inset facing blocks (casing stones) of polished limesto... - Ancient Egypt (16131 bytes)
1: ...ecent excavations reveal a cattle-[[herding]] society of peoples living in the region as early as [[60...
14: ... works) was one of the main agricultural breadbaskets of the ancient world. There is evidence of ancie...
16: ... with devising the world's earliest known [[alphabet]], [[decimal system]] [http://www.math.buffalo.ed...
25: * [[2900 BC|2900 BCE]] - [[Senet]], world's oldest confirmed [[board game]]
33: ...ructures|world's tallest structure]] until [[1300|1300 CE]] - Iron Age (8996 bytes)
3: ...material coincided with other changes in past societies often including differing agricultural practic...
5: ...] for classifying [[prehistory|pre-historic]] societies and its meaning varies depending on the countr...
7: ...reatly to its adoption as the most commonly used metal. The arrival of iron use in various areas is li...
10: ...[[sponge iron]], and was not reproducible by the metallurgy of the time. By [[1600 BC]] to [[1200 BC]]...
15: ...ving out the stone tool using hunter-gatherer societies they encountered as they expanded to farm wide... - Memphis, Egypt (1908 bytes)
1: ...ypt]] from its foundation until around [[1300s BC|1300 BC]]. The ruins are 19 km (12 miles) south of [[C...
5: ...urrounding settlements. It was still an imposing set of ruins in the [[12th century]] but soon became ...
7: ...ite as well as a few statues, including two four metre ones in alabaster of [[Ramesses II]]. The [[Saq... - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
11: ...hythmic notation allows for complex interactions between multiple vocals lines in a repeatable fashion...
17: ...t 1240), the treatise which defined and most completely elucidated the [[rhythmic modes]], a notationa...
19: ...different voices of the same composition would sometimes be written in different tempus signatures sim...
21: ...es of Liège]], [[Johannes de Grocheo]], [[Petrus de Cruce]] (Pierre de la Croix), and [[Philipp...
32: ...n in the politically stable, relatively literate setting of western monasteries during the reign of Ch... - Jupiter (24639 bytes)
9: | [[1 E11 m|778,412,027]] [[kilometre|km]]<br>5.203 363 01 [[Astronomical unit|AU]]
12: | 4.888 [[Tera|T]][[metre|m]]<br>32.675 AU
52: ! align="left" | [[Equator]]ial [[diameter]]
55: ... align="left" | [[geographical pole|Polar]] [[diameter]]
62: ...E16 m?|6.14×10<sup>10</sup>]] [[square kilometre|km<sup>2</sup>]]<br>(120.5 Earths) - Polar bear (6417 bytes)
15: ...450 - 650 lbs). Adult males measure 2.4 to 2.6 [[metre|m]]; females, 1.9 to 2.1 m. At birth, cubs weig...
18: ...al fiber|fibre-optic]] properties, a commonly perpetuated [[urban legend]].
20: ...barely visible. Only the pads of their feet emit detectable heat.
22: ...vores, the polar bear ingests large amounts of [[Retinol|Vitamin A]], which is stored in its [[liver]]...
24: ... bears grew by unprecedented 15–25 percent between 1995 and 2005. The decrease in several region... - Giant Panda (7693 bytes)
17: ...in mountainous regions, like [[Sichuan]] and [[Tibet]]. The Giant Panda is the symbol of the World Wil...
19: ...]] and some [[insect]]s along with their bamboo diet. These are necessary sources of [[protein]].
21: ...e for one female; the male with the highest rank gets the female. When mating, the female is in a cro...
25: ...until they are 18 months year old. The interval between births is 2 years.
27: ...f [[South America]]. Disagreement remains about whether or not the Red Panda belongs in Ursidae or the... - Religion (72319 bytes)
1: '''Religion'''—sometimes used interchangeably with '''[[faith]]''' or ...
4: ...], a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] [[Stupa|stupa]] built between [[8th century|750 and 850]]]]
9: ===Etymology===
10: ...han "connect," hence interpreting "religion" as "returning to bondage."
15: ...ery broad definition of religion, there are a variety of uses and meanings for the word "religion." S... - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
3: ...ar was primarily fought in France, and though in retrospect it has the feeling of a French [[civil war...
8: ...he [[Vikings]] of [[Rollo of Normandy|Rollo]] to settle in a part of his kingdom known as [[Normandy]]...
10: ...land and England stood to become very wealthy by retaking it. The war was both a "[[Nationalism|nation...
13: ...ty in medieval European history). In 1314, the Capetian king [[Philip IV of France|Philip IV]] died, l...
15: ...s X), but precedent for only male heirs had been set. When Philip V died in [[1322]], his daughters we... - Medieval Inquisition (8204 bytes)
3: .... It was in response to large popular [[heresy|heretical]] movements throughout Europe, in particular ...
7: ...urch. However, the Cathars were the first mass heretical organization that posed a serious threat to b...
11: ...ion'', distinguished by their administration and methods.
15: ...inquisition was thorough and systematic, keeping detailed records. Some of the most useful medieval do...
19: ...number of procedures to discover and prosecute heretics. - Hittites (17910 bytes)
3: ...lasted from about 1680 BC to 1200 BC, with an as yet unexplained hundred-year gap from 1500 to 1400 BC...
7: ...Patriarchs (Bible)|Patriarch]]s up to [[Ezra]]'s return from [[Babylonian captivity of Judah|Babylonia...
12: ...in "land of ''[[Hatti]]''". Some names in the tablets were neither Hattic nor Assyrian, but clearly In...
14: ...tolian Hatti was identical with the "kingdom of Kheta" mentioned in these [[Egypt]]ian texts, and with...
15: ...e unknown language as the Egyptian letters from Kheta — thus confirming the identity of the two ...
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