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- Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (8386 bytes)
2: ... - [[May 8]], [[1891]] [[London]], [[England]]), better known as '''Helena Blavatsky''' or '''Madame B...
5: ...sian Empire]]), the daughter of [[Colonel|Col.]] Peter Alexeivich von Hahn and Elena Fadeev. Her mothe...
7: ... herself. It was in Cairo that she formed the Societe Spirite for [[occult]] phenomena with Emma Cutti...
11: ...piritualist]] phenomena. Soon they were living together in the "Lamasery" (alternate spelling: "Lamast...
13: ...e was not consummated either. She separated from Betanelly after a few months, and their divorce was l... - Bangladesh (29715 bytes)
11: | ([[Flag of Bangladesh|In Detail]])
12: | ([[Coat of Arms of Bangladesh|In Detail]])
28: ...es by area|Ranked 91st]]<br>144,000 [[square kilometre|km²]]<br>7.0%
57: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.bd]]
69: ...f the [[Zamindari]] system (which divided the society into lords, owners of property, and commoners, u... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
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54: ''See main article for detailed information: '''[[History of Pakistan]]''' (...
62: ...into the beginning of the [[1st century]] CE, as petty rulers (such as [[Theodamas]]) and as administr...
64: The Kushan kingdom stretched from modern-day [[Uzbekistan]] to northwester... - Ancient Greece (23806 bytes)
2: ...Graecia|Great Greece]]), and the scattered Greek settlements on the coasts of what are now [[Albania]]...
14: [[Image:vcycladic.jpg|thumb|left|Marble statuette from the Cycladic islands, 3000 BC]]
20: ...eeks adapted the [[Phoenicia|Phoenician]] [[alphabet]] to Greek and from about [[800 BC|800 BC]] a wri...
22: [[Image:athenssunset.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Acropolis, Athens|Acropolis]...
24: ...lbania]], [[Sicily]] and southern [[Italy]] were settled, followed by the south coast of [[France]], [... - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
6: ...eek and non-Greek peoples. Already during his lifetime, and especially after his death, his exploits ...
9: ...tutor; he gave Alexander a thorough training in rhetoric and literature and stimulated his interest in...
14: ...d King of Persia. [[Plutarch]] mentions an irate letter from Alexander to Darius III, where Alexander ...
25: ...xander's army crossed the [[Cilician Gates]] and met and defeated the main Persian army under the comm...
29: ...ed himself Darius' successor as Artaxerxes V and retreated into Central Asia to launch a [[guerrilla]]... - India (27950 bytes)
1: ...ne which stretches for over seven thousand [[kilometre]]s{{ref|coast}}, and shares its borders with [[...
11: ... the [[Indus Valley Civilization]], which peaked between [[26th century BC|2600 BC]] and [[20th centur...
23: ...f the country. Nonetheless, it has held itself together as a [[secular]] democracy barring a brief per...
32: ...largely ceremonial role. His roles include interpreting the constitution, signing laws into action and...
34: ...lected directly for a five year term, and is the determinative constituent of political power and gove... - Tropical cyclone (34538 bytes)
6: In [[meteorology]], a '''tropical cyclone''' (or '''tropic...
13: ... that distinguishes tropical cyclones from other meteorological phenomena. Mid-latitude cyclones for e...
18: ...on and maximum sustained winds of less than 17 [[metre]]s per second (33 [[knot (nautical)|knots]], 38...
20: ...on and maximum sustained winds between 17 and 33 meters per second (34-63 knots, 39-73 mph, or 62-117 ...
23: ...clones with maximum sustained winds exceeding 33 meters per second (63 knots, 73 mph, or 117 km/h) var... - Dolphin (13554 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Cetacea]]}}
19: #any member of the suborder [[Odontoceti]] (toothed whales; these include the above famil...
24: [[Porpoise]]s (suborder [[Odontoceti]], family [[Phocoenidae]]) are thus not dolphins...
28: ...logy)|family]] Delphinidae is the largest in the Cetacea, and relatively recent: dolphins evolved abou...
32: * [[Suborder]] [[Odontoceti]], toothed whales - Boto (5572 bytes)
8: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Cetacea]]}}
9: {{Taxobox_subordo_entry | taxon = [[Odontoceti]]}}
15: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:cetacea_range_map_Amazon_River_Dolphin.PNG|200px|Boto...
36: ...rom the bottom of the river and their preferred diet consists of [[crab]]s and small [[fish]]. Small [...
38: ...but in rare circumstances up to 20 may be seen together. They are animals that are able to move their ... - History of the world (21975 bytes)
5: ...cooking]]. Humans also developed [[language]] sometime during the Paleolithic, as well as a conceptua...
7: ...te regions of today were extremely inhospitable. Yet, humans had colonized nearly all the ice-free par...
12: ...ng activities like fertilization, land clearance, etc) since 21000BC (PNAS 101 p9551-9555).
16: ...and central [[Turkey]]. In China, proto-urban societies may have developed by [[3rd millennium BC|2500...
21: ... tableware, and even the metal poor [[Inca]] had metal tipped plows, at least after the conquest of [[... - History of India (31279 bytes)
5: ... the [[Indus Valley Civilization]], which peaked between the [[26th century BC|2600 BC]] and the [[20t...
20: ...ered out by the European powers. Initial rivalry between the French and the English companies finally ...
26: ...f the country. Nonetheless, it has held itself together as a [[secular]] democracy. India has unresolv...
36: ...and its tributaries, and extended into the [[Doab|Ganges-Yamuna Doab]], [[Gujarat]], and northern [[Afghan...
38: ..., these difficult conditions were also a great asset to the development of its early civilizations. Th... - Hinduism (49198 bytes)
17: ...is idea has been an active force in defining the 'Eternal Dharma.'[http://www.ramakrishna.org/message1...
21: ...ce." Through this concept, strict movements of vegetarianism and tolerance grew. Hindus believe that e...
29: ...eptions. The two primary form of differences are between the two monotheistic religions of Vaishnavism...
30: ...uld have no problem worshiping Shiva or Vishnu together as he views the different aspects of God as le...
40: ..., focused on the true nature of [[Brahman]], on whether Brahman was essentially attributeless or with ... - Indus Valley Civilization (23571 bytes)
2: ...]. The '''Indus Valley Civilization''' is also sometimes referred to as the '''Harappa''' or '''Harapp...
9: To date, over 1,052 cities and settlements have been found, mainly in the general re...
13: ...and as far north as the [[Himalayas]]. Among the settlements were the major urban centers of [[Harappa...
15: ...''Met-akam'' "high abode/country". He further suggets that [[Sanskrit]] ''mleccha'', "foreigner, barba...
17: ...pt]], remains undeciphered, and it is not known whether it gave birth to the later [[Brahmi]] script. ... - River (12397 bytes)
2: ... to smaller streams, as may [[creek]], run, fork, etc.
4: ...)|channel]], with a bottom or [[stream bed|bed]] between [[stream bank|bank]]s. The lower end of a riv...
7: ...g]] the river banks. Loops that are formed are sometimes cut off, forming a shorter river channel and ...
9: ...see [[Whitewater kayaking]]''). Waterfalls are sometimes used as sources of energy, via [[watermill]]s...
11: ...sually larger) river. In [[arid]] areas rivers sometimes end by losing water to [[evaporation]] and pe... - Himalaya (16334 bytes)
1: ...alaya exceeding 25,000 feet (7620 m). [[Etymology|Etymologically]] ''Himalaya'' means "abode of snow" ...
3: The Himalaya stretch across five nations — [[Pakistan]], [[Ind...
5: ...space looking south-south-east from over the [[Tibetan Plateau]]. ([[:Image:himalaya_annotated.jpg|ann...
9: ...st to Namche Barwa in the east. The width varies between 250-300 km. The Himalayan range comprises thr...
10: ...'Lower Himalayan range'', which has an elevation between 2000 — 5000 m. A number of Indian [[hi... - Ancient India (31279 bytes)
5: ... the [[Indus Valley Civilization]], which peaked between the [[26th century BC|2600 BC]] and the [[20t...
20: ...ered out by the European powers. Initial rivalry between the French and the English companies finally ...
26: ...f the country. Nonetheless, it has held itself together as a [[secular]] democracy. India has unresolv...
36: ...and its tributaries, and extended into the [[Doab|Ganges-Yamuna Doab]], [[Gujarat]], and northern [[Afghan...
38: ..., these difficult conditions were also a great asset to the development of its early civilizations. Th... - Animal G (821 bytes)
4: *[[Ganges River Dolphin]]
20: *[[Grasshoppers and Crickets]]
26: *[[Great Egrets]] - River Dolphins (2891 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Cetacea]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_subordo_entry | taxon = [[Odontoceti]]}}
13: ...sed in the '''Platanistoidea''' superfamily of [[cetacea]]ns. Three species live in [[fresh water]] ri...
16: ...with humans or manmade objects (boats or fishing nets for example).
21: ... as belonging to this superfamily and treated the Ganges and Indus River Dolphins as separate species. - Indus River (3223 bytes)
1: ...ey Civilization]] had some of the earliest urban settlements in the world.
7: ...ally bends to the south, coming out of the hills between [[Peshawar]] and [[Rawalpindi]]. It is damme...
33: ...both in the Indus River and in the [[Ganges River|Ganges]]. The two populations were formerly considered d...
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