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- Germany (46412 bytes)
19: |'''[[Official language]]''' || [[German language|German]]<s...
35: |'''Formation<br>Unification/reunification<br><br><br>'''
51: ...e|Romany]] and [[Frisian language|Frisian]] are officially recognised and protected as minority langua...
62: ...sand years, the state now known as Germany was unified as a modern nation-state only in [[1871]], when...
66: ...n strife, the [[Thirty Years War]] ([[1618]]) and finally the [[Peace of Westphalia]] ([[1648]]), that... - 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... - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
9: ... the planet as the ''Metal Star'', based on the [[Five Elements]].
14: ...se atmosphere, the temperature does not vary significantly between the night and day sides of Venus de...
18: ...se clouds is approximately −45°C. The official mean surface temperature of Venus, as given b...
27: ...nundate its surface with fresh lava. Other recent findings suggest that Venus is still volcanically ac...
29: .... This may be due to its slow rotation being insufficient to drive an internal [[dynamo]] of liquid ir... - Flood (7770 bytes)
5: ...t can sometimes result in a sudden flood of water filling dry streambeds known as a "[[flash flood]]".
7: ...nual cycle of flood and farming was of great significance to many early farming cultures, most famousl...
25: on artificial defences for protection from floodwaters.
29: == Significant prehistorical floods ==
38: == Significant modern floods == - Jan van Eyck (7234 bytes)
1: [[Image:Arnolfini.jpg|thumb|250px|''[[The Arnolfini Portrait]]'', painted 1434]]
3: ...] [[Flanders|Flemish]] [[painter]] and one of the first to popularize [[oil painting|oil paint]]. It i...
11: ...rawing his salary at [[Bruges]], yet settled in a fixed abode at [[Lille]].
13: ...ed the duke's choice. After his return he settled finally at Bruges, where he married, and his wife bo...
15: ...w give proof of Van Eyck's extensive practice. As finished works of art and models of conscientious la... - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
3: ...ution]], and continued during the regime of the [[First French Empire]]. These wars revolutionized [[E...
5: ...on [[20 November]] [[1815]], following Napoleon's final [[Battle of Waterloo|defeat at Waterloo]] and ...
13: ...ng the Revolution). European monarchs found it difficult to reinstate pre-revolutionary [[absolute mon...
14: ...red years following Napoleon's wars, not based on fiefs and aristocracy, but on the basis of human cul...
15: ...lthough Napoleon's defeat set the thought of a unified Europe back over one and a half centuries, the ... - Sword (24928 bytes)
10: ...onze Age sword]]s with typical leaf-shaped blades first appear near the [[Mediterranean]] and the [[Bl...
14: ...e better availability of the raw material for the first time permitted the equipment of entire armies ...
36: ...g of the decline of plate armor and the advent of firearms), and the early Modern Age returned to ligh...
38: ...e most versatile for close combat, but it came to find a greater role in civilian self-defense than in...
44: ...h]] [[martial art]] ''[[la canne]]'' developed to fight with canes and swordsticks and has now evolved... - Christmas (35108 bytes)
2: ... and Joseph during the Roman census. His birth fulfilled Jewish prophecies of a messiah from the house...
4: ... and the arrival of Santa Claus or other mythical figures. Despite the influence of American and Briti...
7: ...oseph]] and [[Mary]] with baby [[Jesus]], at "the first Christmas"]]
10: ...ouse of David from which Joseph was descended, fulfilled the prophecy of [[Isaiah]].
12: ...uggests, of Bethlehem. The wise men, or [[Magi]], first arrived in Jerusalem and reported to the local... - Timpani (31735 bytes)
3: ...i mallet''. Unlike most drums, they produce a [[definite pitch]] when struck. Timpani evolved from [[m...
7: | filename = Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 - Molto vivace...
18: ...ly made of copper or, in less expensive models, [[fiberglass]]. The drumhead is connected to a hoop, w...
24: ...ividual drum typically has a range of a [[perfect fifth]] to an [[octave]].
30: ...:Dresden pedal.jpg|frame|right|This pedal is on a Dresden timpano. The timpanist must disengage the clutch&... - Timeline of railway history (5902 bytes)
4: *[[1761]] First [[iron]] [[rail tracks|rails]] laid at [[Bath,...
5: ...otland|Scottish]] engineer [[James Watt]] invents first [[steam engine]] able to turn wheels.
7: *[[1803]] Arguably, the world's first public railway, the [[Surrey Iron Railway]] op...
8: *[[1804]] World's first Steam [[locomotive]] built by [[Richard Trevit...
9: *[[1807]] First paying passenger service on the Oystermouth Ra... - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
10: He was the fifth child of his parents, preceded by twin boys (o...
14: ...ed to remove him from such society by sending him first to [[Caen]] and then, in the suite of the marq...
16: ...lampoon]]s on him. In May [[1716]] he was exiled, first to [[Tulle]], then to [[Sully]], later, having...
20: ...seems to have begun his long series of successful financial speculations.
28: ..., ''Marianne'', appeared and was well received at first but underwent complete damnation before the cu... - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
19: ...onsidering that he was the first in his family to finish school), Bach took a post as organist at [[Ar...
22: ... [[counterpoint]] but also for exploring, for the first time, the full glory of keys — and the m...
24: ...k introduces two major themes into Bach's corpus: firstly, his dedication to teaching, and secondly, h...
32: ...hat in Germany he is sometimes referred to as the Fifth [[Evangelist]].
40: ...marriage. Anna supported Johann's composing (many final scores are in her hand) while he encouraged he... - Theodore Roosevelt (35706 bytes)
18: ...t]] of the [[United States]], succeeding to the office upon the assassination of [[William McKinley]]....
22: Theodore Roosevelt was a fifth cousin of the later President [[Franklin D. Ro...
25: ...t]], merchant, and partner in the glass-importing firm [[Roosevelt and Son]] . Martha Bulloch was a ho...
27: ...ied, and prepared for display. At age nine he codified his observation work on [[insect]]s with a pape...
31: ... the [[Holy Land]], and spent several months in [[Dresden]], [[Germany]] ([[Polish language|Polish]] ''Drez... - Holocaust (53541 bytes)
6: ...ates by historians of the exact number range from five million to over six million. Other groups deeme...
10: ...full. Holocaust was later used to refer to a sacrifice Jews were required to make by the [[Torah]]. Bu...
14: ...s. There is also concern that the particular significance of the Holocaust would be lessened as use of...
28: ...ng and Hoche were the foreshadowings of Hitler's "final solution" two decades later.
30: ...p for our sons and grandsons to deal with. The difficult decision had to be taken to make these people... - Maya codices (899 bytes)
8: * The Dresden Codex - Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
2: {{Refimprove|date=November 2007}}
8: ...mage:TSTNewWorldCentre.jpg|thumb|left|A large artificial [[Christmas tree]] outside a shopping mall in...
10: ...e citizens who consider themselves Christians unofficially, and usually privately, observe Christmas.<...
20: ...le television stations are known to air Christmas films and cartoon specials popular in the Western co...
27: ...ely participate in the programmes. Christmas is officially celebrated at the [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]] by...
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