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- Puritan (15882 bytes)
12: ...orce and inspection sharpened Puritanism into a definite opposition movement.
14: ...'' turned the episcopal [[hierarchy]] into a specific target of their grievances. [[Tract]]s such as ...
16: ...n being the absence of doctrine, is a set of specifically ordained rules. His thinking on the matter ...
26: ...been instrumental in a number of new industries. First, export/import was dominated by Puritans. Sec...
28: ... to all Protestant denominations outside of the official Church, as well as the continuing use of the ... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...nd [[Charles XIII of Sweden]], Catherine exemplified an "[[enlightened absolutism|enlightened monarc...
5: ...herine became involved with other prominent court figures. She soon became popular with several powerf...
13: ...veral drastic reforms within the Russian society. First, she established the [[Free Economic Society]]...
21: ...ndence from the Ottoman Empire as a result of her first war with it. The Ottomans started a [[Russo-T...
25: ...s, and 12,500 men. The Russian ships had some difficulty aiming their guns in the rough waters, a pro... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: ...ngdom of Great Britain|Kingdom]], Anne became the first Sovereign of [[Great Britain]]. She continued ...
15: ...ames, Duke of York, (afterwards James II) and his first wife, the [[Lady Anne Hyde]] (daughter of [[Ed...
17: ...Catholicism. Princess Anne, however, declared her firm adherence to [[Anglicanism]]; James II continue...
22: ...te monarch), Mary II dismissed him from all his offices. Lady Marlborough was subsequently removed fro...
24: ...our by restoring Lord Marlborough to all of his offices. In return, Princess Anne publicly supported W... - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
8: ...ver, govern the realm when her husband was abroad fighting wars.
11: ...the Duke of York (the future James II) and of his first wife, the [[Lady Anne Hyde]]. Mary's uncle was...
15: ...d improve his popularity amongst Protestants. The first cousins Mary and William married in London on ...
22: ...landed on [[5 November]]. The English people's confidence in James stood so low that they did not atte...
28: ... more divided than the English Parliament — finally declared that James was no longer King of Sc... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ... of Great Britain and Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
12: ...ld I of Belgium|Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield]] and widow of [[Karl of Leiningen|Karl, Princ...
14: ...a was taught only [[German language|German]], the first language of both her mother and her governess,...
18: ...s sixteen years old. Prince Albert was Victoria's first cousin; his father was the brother of her moth...
27: ...ng unpopular and, moreover, faced considerable difficulty in governing the British colonies. In [[Cana... - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
6: ... the tomb. The risen Lord appeared to her, but at first she knew him not. His utterance of her name "M...
12: ...ded to be defended. All of these manuscripts were first discovered and published between [[1938]] and ...
27: Tradition as early as the 3rd century identified as Mary Magdalene the woman who was a sinner in...
33: ...he same person, and [[Martin Scorsese]]'s earlier film adaptation of [[Nikos Kazantzakis]]'s novel ''[...
36: ...there from the mid thirteenth century, one of the finest [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] churches in th... - Wisteria (4864 bytes)
37: ...m added potassium and phosphate but not nitrogen. Finally, wisteria can be reluctant to bloom because ... - Hillary Rodham Clinton (17176 bytes)
2: ... York]] since [[January 3]], [[2001]]. She was [[First Lady of the United States]] from [[1993]] to [...
12: ...e Rose Law Firm in 1976. Her partners at the law firm included Webster Hubbell, who would serve in th...
14: ==First Lady of Arkansas==
15: ...r]] of Arkansas, and Hillary served as Arkansas's First Lady for a total of 12 years. In [[1980]] the...
17: ...s part of his successful campaign to regain the office, Hillary Rodham changed her last name to Clinto... - Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
1: ...some claiming that the proper start of the scientific revolution was the publication of ''De revolutio...
3: ... seventeenth century was a period of major scientific change. But at that time the word "[[science]]" ...
7: ...o the nature and even the existence of the scientific revolution. To some extent this arises from diff...
9: ...ervers, it seems entirely clear that ''a'' scientific revolution took place around the year [[1600]]. ...
11: ... may be summarized in the following lists of significant advances in science: - Matthew Henson (1087 bytes)
2: ...as an [[American]] explorer who may have been the first to reach the [[Geographic North Pole]] with [[... - Map (10223 bytes)
3: A '''map''' is a simplified depiction of a [[space]], a navigational aid wh...
9: ... tradition, often merge geography with non-scientific [[cosmography]], showing the relationship of the...
11: ...o the mile." A character notes some practical difficulties with this map and states that "we now use ...
13: ...n importance. In terms of quantity, the most significant number of drawn map sheets is probably made u...
17: ... oriented with the north up, hence north is identified with the top of a sheet. - Science (19868 bytes)
6: ... empirical results that can be checked and [[Falsifiability|possibly contradicted]].
8: In contrast, [[scientific realism]] defines science in terms of [[ontology]]: science atte...
10: ...ientific hypotheses can only be falsified ([[falsification]]).
12: ...to govern human affairs. Because of their close affiliation, the terms "positivism" and "empiricism" a...
15: ...t involve verification or falsification of scientific theories. Moreover, he demonstrated that science... - Horn (instrument) (19243 bytes)
2: ...g wrapped into a coiled form. The instrument was first developed in France in about 1650 from the ''c...
10: ...mile of a Miniature in the Manuscript of Phoebus (Fifteenth Century).]]
14: ...lements of a harmonic series. This interpolation finally made the horn a true melodic instrument, not...
32: ...flat double horn with an F-alto descant, adding a fifth valve to an already complex instrument. While...
38: ...en said that the horn soli section in [[Brahms]]' first symphony was inspired by this instrument. - Accordion (10069 bytes)
10: ...e a ruler on the edge of a table top. The reed is fitted inside a holder plate, and as air is drawn th...
20: Reeds with these characteristics were first used in Europe around [[1800]] AD for organs. ...
25: The first instrument using steel reeds with steel frames...
26: The first basic "accordion" was invented in [[1822]] by ...
28: ...ments were much smaller than modern variants. His first patent had chords sounding for each note. The ... - War (7002 bytes)
1: ... is contrasted with [[peace]], which is usually defined as the absence of war.
6: ...y states and empire in [[Mesopotamia]] became the first to employ [[standing army|standing armies]]. O...
8: ...fare have also played an important role in others fields. The continued advance of technology has led ...
14: ... be fought as a last resort. Some, known as [[pacifists]], believe that war is inherently immoral and ...
16: ...eace an element of civil corruption and war a purification, a liberation, an enormous hope?" This atti... - Economy of Afghanistan (14517 bytes)
1: ...'''[[Afghanistan]]'s Economy''' has improved significantly since [[2002]] due to the infusion of over ...
6: ... domestic product|GDP]]. A GDP of US$4 billion in fiscal year [[2003]] was recalculated by the IMF to ...
11: ...owing 3 years of drought as well as the sustained fighting, instability in rural areas, and deteriorat...
13: ...ural production and livestock numbers are only sufficient to feed about half of Afghanistan's populati...
15: ...sume. Much of Afghanistan's opium production is refined into [[heroin]] and is either consumed by a gr... - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
14: official_languages = [[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[Frisi...
49: ...on]] and [[Limburgish language|Limburgish]] are official [[regional language]]s<br><sup>2</sup> Prior ...
55: ...or most foreign embassies. The Netherlands ranked fifth on the [[2004]] [[UN Human Development Index]]...
66: ...1637, and, according to Murray Sayle, the world's first bear raider -- Isaac le Maire, who forced pric...
68: After briefly being incorporated in the [[First French Empire]] under [[Napoleon]], the Kingdo... - Greece (54754 bytes)
15: | '''[[Official language]]''' || [[Greek language|Greek]]
50: ...el|''Ellás''}} ([[IPA]]: [{{IPA|e̞ˈlas}}])), officially the '''Hellenic Republic''' ({{lang|el|Ελ...
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]], ...
82: ...ire]]. Its last emperor, [[Constantine XI]], died fighting on the walls and was buried anonymously alo... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
19: | '''[[Official language]]'''
71: Lebanon is one of the fifteen present-day countries that comprise what is ...
73: ...ions]] [[French Mandate of Lebanon|mandated]] the five provinces that make up present-day Lebanon to [...
75: ...ebanon's constitution, drawn up in [[1926]], specified a balance of political power among the major re...
78: ...irut|Beirut's]] position as a regional center for finance and trade. - Bangladesh (29715 bytes)
17: | '''[[Official language]]''' || [[Bengali language|Bangla]]
51: | '''[[National Fish]]''' || [[Hilsa]]
73: ...et, but some estimates claim 50,000 deaths in the first three days of the so-called ''[[Operation Sear...
77: ...ecame ready ground for recruitment of the freedom fighters. The headquarters of the Bangladesh Forces ...
81: ...akistan since March, returned triumphantly as the first [[Prime Minister]] of the new nation. India wi...
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