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- Hanging Gardens of Babylon (4963 bytes)
15: ...cided to recreate her homeland by building an artificial mountain with rooftop gardens.
19: ...ng upon cube-shaped pillars. These are hollow and filled with earth to allow trees of the largest size...
21: ...esented an amazing spectacle: A green, leafy, artificial mountain rising off the plain.
35: ** [[The Hanging Garden]] ([[Film]])
43: [[bg:Висящи градини н... - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
13: ...n January of 1501. Since the Europeans thought at first the Bay of Guanabara was actually the mouth of...
17: ...the medieval European strategy of defense of fortified castles - the place was since then called ''Mor...
25: ...April 21st that year, the capital of Brazil was officially moved from Rio to Bras�a.
42: ...ds to watch the firework display. As of 2001, the fireworks have been launched from boats, to further ...
63: ... onto the hillsides where sturdy buildings are difficult to build, and accidents, mainly from heavy ra... - Svetlana Savitskaya (713 bytes)
1: ...#1083;а́на Евге́ньевн&...
3: ...y 25]], [[1984]], cosmonaut Savitskaya became the first woman to perform a [[Extra-vehicular activity|... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...;на''', [[Tatar language|Tatar]] '''Sofia ijğ䴠qızı Ğ?dullina''') (bo...
5: ...by [[Dmitri Shostakovich]], who in evaluating her final examination encouraged her to continue down he...
11: In 2000 Sofia Gubaidulina, along with [[Tan Dun]], [[Osvaldo G...
53: ...1077;гда снега)'' on verses of Gennadi Aigi for chamber ...
56: ...090;во в разгаре)'' for viola and orchestra ... - Luxor (8772 bytes)
7: ...ation, both in its own right and as a starting or finishing point for Nile cruises. It is the site of ...
13: ... and younger member was usually confused or identified with [[Khonsu]], the Moon. Quite paradoxically,...
18: ...oved from Thebes to [[Byblos]], around [[1070s BC|1075 BCE]], and found strange that Zakar Baal, King of...
20: ...hed to link the parts of their vast empire in a definite way.
28: ... magnetized Europeans came to rediscover the magnificence of the yet untold story of Waset. - California (63989 bytes)
10: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
32: ...Zone = [[Pacific Standard Time Zone|Pacific]]: [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]-8/[[Daylig...
44: ...tate symbols please verify your changes against official California Government Code sections 420-429.8...
55: ... = [[Golden Trout]]; marine - [[Garibaldi (fish)|Garibaldi]] |
89: ...]]; see [[economy of California]]). The state's official nickname is "The Golden State" in reference t... - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ...pects of space exploration was the landing of the first man on the moon in the [[space race]] between ...
3: ==From fiction to fact==
4: ...hter materials and other technological and scientific breakthroughs, the idea of outer-earth missions ...
11: ...ace. The United States sometimes uses a 50 mile definition. (See [[boundary to space]].)
13: ... animal in orbit on [[November 3]], [[1957]]. The first orbital flight made by a human being was [[Vos... - Crusade (28507 bytes)
7: ...ass of warriors who now had very little to do but fight among themselves and terrorize the peasant pop...
9: ...e [[mercenaries]] from elsewhere in Europe in the fight against the Islamic [[Moors]]. In [[1063]], [[...
11: ...ifest in the overwhelming popular support for the First Crusade, and the religious vitality of the 12t...
20: The trigger for the First Crusade was Emperor [[Alexius I]]'s appeal to ...
23: ..., with its sense that the highest good was to die fighting for the cause of the right deity, in a Chri... - Valley of the Kings (4430 bytes)
6: ...lley was used from approximately [[1539 BC]] to [[1075 BC]], and contains some [[Burials in the Valley o...
10: [[Graffiti]] on the walls of some of the tombs indicate th...
13: ...st serious problem are the [[shale]] layers. This fine material expands when it comes into contact wit...
20: ...ned no less than forty royal mummies and their coffins; the other, in the tomb of [[Amenhotep II]], co...
23: ...nservation until 1932. Tutankhamun's tomb was the first tomb to be discovered that was still largely i... - Seljuk Turks (7657 bytes)
1: ... Seljuks migrated from the north into [[Persia]], fighting and conquering various tribes on their way ...
5: ...[[1118]], the third son [[Ahmed Sanjar]], unsatisfied by his portion of the inheritance, took over th...
7: ...of [[Khwarezmid Empire|Khwarezm]], and the Seljuk finally collapsed. Of the former Great Seljuk Empire...
34: ... [[Sultan Shah of Kerman|Sultan Shah]] [[1074]]-[[1075]]
35: * [[Hussain Omar of Kerman|Hussain Omar]] [[1075]]-[[1084]] - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
2: ...ited States]] [[aviator]] famous for piloting the first solo non-stop flight across the [[Atlantic Oce...
6: ...[[United States Army Air Corps]]. After finishing first in his class, he worked as a civilian [[airmai...
8: ==First solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean==
11: ...rst by the crew of the [[NC-4]] in 1919, with the first non-stop flight made by [[Alcock and Brown]] l...
18: {{multi-video item|filename=Charles Lindbergh flight to Brussels.ogg|ti... - William I of England (8753 bytes)
7: ...|illegitimate]] and only son of [[Robert the Magnificent]], [[Duke of Normandy]], and [[Herleva]], the...
14: ...asion. With the assistance of King Henry, William finally secured control of Normandy by defeating the...
18: ...ux]] and [[Robert, Count of Mortain]] played significant roles in his life.
29: This was the defining moment of what is now known as the [[Norman C...
31: ...stance came with the [[Revolt of the Earls]] in [[1075]]. - Genghis Khan (31537 bytes)
9: ...e founded after his death, and, even after the unified empire dissolved a century and a half later, se...
11: ...d as the founder of [[Mongolia]] and an important figure in history of the [[Mongols]].
15: ... Borjigin (''Боржигин''). His mother was named [[Hoelun]...
17: His early life was difficult: His father delivered him to his future wife'...
21: ...ang Khan]] of the [[Kerait]] tribe, for aid. B?'s first [[child]], [[Jochi]], was born suspiciously so... - Easter (31700 bytes)
2: ...fer to the season of the church year, lasting for fifty days, which follows this holiday and ends arou...
4: ...ed by Jesus and his [[disciples]] before his crucifixion is generally thought of as a Passover [[seder...
6: ...] [[Eostre]]. The [[Easter Bunny]] is often identified as a remnant of this fertility festival, althou...
59: ...oveable feast]]s'', in that they do not fall on a fixed date in the [[Gregorian calendar | Gregorian]]...
61: ...]] during the reign of [[Charlemagne]], when they finally adopted the Alexandrian method. Since wester... - Taiga (2576 bytes)
1: ...Russian language|Russian]] тайга́) is a [[biome]] characterized by it...
3: ...iferous [[larch]]es, [[spruce]]s, [[pine]]s and [[fir]]s, which are adapted to the cold climate. Some ... - List of autonomous entities (9309 bytes)
37: | [[Finland]]
77: ...я – Adyge/Адыгэ)
79: ...#1083;тайдынг)
85: | [[Dagestan]] (Dagestan/Дагестан)
87: ...sp;– Gialgiaj Mochk/Гiалгiай Мохк) - Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
1: ... is likely to continue to do so. Scientific classification belongs to the science of [[taxonomy]] or [...
5: ...om the Greek philosopher [[Aristotle]], who classified animals based on their means of transportation ...
9: ...next major advance in developing scientific classification was made by the Swiss professor, [[Conrad v...
11: ...tion due to the work of [[entomologist]]s and the first microscopists is due to the research of people...
13: ...nceived, either/or type system, and instead classified plants according to similarities and difference... - Capricornus (6733 bytes)
8: ...rmaid|sea-maiden]]). Depictions of a goat or goat-fish have been found on [[Babylon]]ian tablets datin...
19: This constellation is sometimes identified as [[Amalthea (mythology)|Amalthea]], the goat ...
21: ...oat, but those under the water transformed into a fish.
32: ... once again, with astrologers doing away with the figure of the seagoat altogether in favour of the [[...
60: [[ru:Козерог (созвезk... - Igor Stravinsky (26622 bytes)
1: ...1099;}} and ''[[The Firebird|L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird)]]'' {{lang|ru|Жар-П...
12: ...hka's'' emphasis on [[polyphony|bitonality]], and finally to the savage [[polyphony|polyphonic]] disso...
19: ...t double-life, spending some of his time with his first family and the rest with Vera. Katerina soon l...
21: ...rom ''The Firebird'' onwards was written for specific occasions and paid for generously.
25: ...th in [[1971]], unsuccessfully writing music for films. Stravinsky had adapted to life in [[France]],... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
36: ...f the river Neva at the east end of the [[Gulf of Finland]] on the [[Baltic Sea]].
42: ...1085;ый округ).
52: ... the outdoor museum of [[Neoclassicism]], was the first Russian patrimony inscribed in the [[UNESCO]] ...
62: ...med for its opulent interiors and named after its first lodger, Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich, now hous...
70: ...chitect, [[Auguste de Montferrand]]. Another magnificent church in the [[Empire style]] is the [[Kazan...
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