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- Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
23: ...nown Romantic. However, it seems likely they were first invented in pre-Christian times. [[Nero]] is ...
25: Where they were first introduced to [[Britain]] and [[Ireland]] is d...
27: ...at the funerals of high-ranking civilian public officials as well.
42: ... was often termed the [[Irish Warpipes]]. This configuration can also be found having been played in S...
45: ... birls. These are used for emphasis on, say, the first beat of a bar, or just as a more musical way t... - Yolanda of Flanders (2422 bytes)
3: ..., Yolanda ruled as regent. She allied with the [[Bulgaria]]ns against the various Byzantine successor state...
5: ...er second son [[Robert of Courtenay]] because her first son did not want the throne. As Robert was st...
14: ...mur|Margaret]], Marquioness of Namur, who married first Raoul d'Issoudun and then Henry count of Viand... - Rose (15436 bytes)
2: ...-07_10a.jpg|240px]]| caption = ''Rosa arvensis'' (Field Rose)}}
25: The [[flower]]s have five petals (with the exception of ''[[Rosa sericea]...
27: ...ds in their droppings. Some birds, particularly [[finch]]es, also eat the seeds.
67: ...essed and filtered to make rose hip syrup, as the fine hairs surrounding the seeds are unpleasant to e...
69: There is no single system of classification for garden roses. In general, however, rose... - Manuscript (5266 bytes)
1: ... a hard material (the original meaning of ''[[graffiti]]''), or in [[cuneiform]] writing, impressed wi...
3: ... plates: similar sheets have been discovered in [[Bulgaria]]. Technically, these are all [[inscription]]s ra...
16: ...[[4th century]] to the [[8th century]], are classified according to their use of either all [[majuscul...
19: ...rary and Information Science]], a manuscript is defined as any hand-written item in the collections of...
23: ... work's [[performance]] or [[film]]ing. More specifically, a motion picture manuscript is called a [[s... - Greek language (35285 bytes)
3: ...slav Republic of Macedonia]], central and south [[Bulgaria]], [[Turkey]] and surrounding countries
17: ... in the city of [[Rome]] and Koine Greek became a first or second language in the [[Roman Empire]]. Th...
19: ...reek]] during medieval [[Greek history]] as the official and vernacular language of the [[Byzantine Em...
32: ... alphabet]] in c. [[1000 BC]] and, with minor modifications, is still used today.
34: ...century|20th]] centuries. Demotic Greek is the official language of the modern Greek state, and the m... - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
35: ...editerranean, such as [[Portugal]] and parts of [[Bulgaria]] and [[Romania]], are technically Mediterranean ...
67: The first solid evidence for the ancient dessication of ... - Europe (23835 bytes)
18: ...of discovery, exploration, and increase in scientific knowledge. In the [[15th century]] [[Portugal]] ...
29: ... southeast boundary with Asia isn't universally defined. Either the [[Ural River|Ural]] or [[Emba Rive...
31: ...cluding or excluding countries according to the definition of ''Europe'' used.
35: ...ase, much more a cultural than a geographically definable area. In the past concepts such as ''Christe...
46: This description is simplified. Sub-regions such as Iberia and Italy contain t... - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
109: * [[Philippines]] (Filipinas) - [[Manila]]
137: * [[Bulgaria]] - [[Sofia]]
141: * [[Finland]] - [[Helsinki]]
217: * [[Bolivia]] - [[Sucre]] (official capital), [[La Paz]] (seat of government)
219: * [[Chile]] - [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]] (official), [[Valparaiso]] (legislative) - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
17: <tr><td>[[Amsterdam]] <td>[[Netherlands]] (official)
62: <tr><td>[[Colombo]] <td>[[Sri Lanka]] (official)
73: <tr><td>[[Dodoma]] <td>[[Tanzania]] (official)
90: <tr><td>[[Helsinki]] <td>[[Finland]]
145: ....a. [[Taiwan]]; see also [[Capital of China]]) (Official) - Turkey (41694 bytes)
12: official_languages = [[Turkish language|Turkish]]|
50: ... Turkey borders eight countries: [[Greece]] and [[Bulgaria]] to the northwest; [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]...
58: ...oundations of the current republic. Even though official history of the state begins on [[May 19]], [[...
62: ... the history of Turkey. The least disputed classification is based on three global periods: [[Turkish...
72: ...ces. The Grand National Assembly is elected every five years. To be represented in Parliament, a party... - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ...Balkan peninsula]]. It has land boundaries with [[Bulgaria]], the [[Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia]],...
15: | '''[[Official language]]''' || [[Greek language|Greek]]
50: ... of the [[Balkan peninsula]]. It is bordered by [[Bulgaria]], the [[Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia]] ...
65: ... Greece's [[Aegean Sea]] saw the emergence of the first civilizations in Europe, namely the [[Minoan c...
68: ... the eastern Mediterranean. When the Roman Empire finally split in two, the [[Eastern Roman Empire]], ... - Romania (19812 bytes)
1: ... the west; [[Serbia and Montenegro|Serbia]] and [[Bulgaria]] to the south along the [[Danube]] River. Romani...
14: official_languages = [[Romanian language|Romanian]] |
68: ...]]. [[Union]] of Tranylvania with Romania was ratified in the [[Treaty of Trianon]] in [[1920]].
70: ...ania entered the war joining Germany, Hungary and Bulgaria, thus recovering Bessarabia and northern Bukovina...
74: ...resident on [[December 12]], [[2004]], and took office [[December 20]]. Traian Băsescu managed to... - Ancient Greece (23806 bytes)
2: ...ents on the coasts of what are now [[Albania]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Egypt]], [[France]], [[Libya]], [[Romania]],...
4: There are no fixed or universally agreed dates for the beginning ...
6: ...ek period was taken to begin with the date of the first [[Olympic Games]] in [[776 BC]], but most hist...
24: ... [[Aegean]] coast of [[Asia Minor]] was colonised first, followed by [[Cyprus]] and the coasts of [[Th...
28: ...formal practice of [[pederasty]], in an effort to find a permanent solution to the problem of overpopu... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...e increasingly awkward. Time zones partially rectified the problem by setting the clocks of a region t...
6: ...e zones are relative. UTC is, nevertheless, the official term for today's atomically measured time as ...
24: Note: The time zone adjustment for a specific location may vary due to the use of [[daylight s...
31: ... About [[August 23]], [[1852]], time signals were first transmitted by telegraph from the [[Royal Gree...
33: ...me to be observed nationally, and was perhaps the first country to do so. It was based on the longitud... - String instrument (8163 bytes)
1: ...stel-Sachs]] scheme of [[musical instrument classification]], used in [[organology]], they are called ...
7: ... [[guitar]] and [[kora]] are plucked, either by a finger or thumb, or by some other device such as a [...
10: ...nt, since sound production through struck blows defines this instrument family; the proclamation that ...
12: ...t tone. The maneuver can also be executed with a finger on plucked and bowed instruments, where it gi...
22: ...asizes the upper [[harmonics]]. Bowing above the fingerboard (''[[sul tasto]]'') produces a thin, "br... - Flag (13245 bytes)
3: ...e (communication)|semaphore]]), and for the identification of those who displayed them, and are still ...
9: ... that the [[Roman Empire]]'s ''vexillum'' was the first true flag.
15: ...World War I]] these were withdrawn from the battlefields, and have been used only at ceremonial occasi...
22: ... Faroe Islands|Faroe Islands]], [[Flag of Finland|Finland]], [[Flag of Iceland|Iceland]], [[Flag of No...
24: ... [[Flag of Australia |Australia]], [[Flag of Fiji|Fiji]], [[Flag of New Zealand|New Zealand]], [[Flag ... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
46: ...ts capital in [[Constantinople]]. In certain specific contexts, usually referring to the centuries tha...
51: ...played a crucial role in this. Henceforth, it was fixed policy in the West to refer to the emperor in ...
57: "[[Byzantium]] may be defined as a multi-ethnic empire that emerged as a Chr...
61: Byzantines identified themselves as Ρωμαί	...
63: The official dissolution of the Byzantine state in the [[1... - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ... story in [[The Bible]]. Nevertheless, it exemplifies man's desire to fly.
5: ...methods used to control planes have advanced significantly as well. Initially planes were controlled ...
13: ... counter-claims how successful these were. See [[First flying machine]] for a review of such claims.
15: [[Leonardo da Vinci]] was the first person to seriously design an aircraft, design...
17: ...craft through the air was the crux of flying. Sufficiently light and powerful engines would not be av... - World War I (62979 bytes)
2: ...m the sky was executed, and some of the century's first large-scale [[genocide|civilian massacres]] to...
6: ...orld Order (political)|world order]], marking the final demise of [[political absolutism|absolutist]] ...
8: ...me scholars, who regard World War I as merely the first phase of a three-decade long war spanning the ...
10: ...Western Front]]. Over 9 million died on the battlefield, and nearly that many more on the home front d...
19: ...s ever been reached as for the exact cause of the First World War. - World War II (58065 bytes)
4: ...wars]] are one conflict separated only by a "ceasefire".
6: ...ld War II|Middle East]], in the [[Pacific War|Pacific and South East Asia]], and it continued in China...
20: ...ading and occupying parts or the whole of Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Romania.
22: ... States]], from December 1941. [[China]] had been fighting Japan since 1937. The independent dominions...
24: ...r in their neighborhood. Sovereignty was often difficult to maintain as many countries that did not di...
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