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  1. Egyptian soul (5527 bytes)
    2: ...ogy]], the [[human]] '''[[soul]]''' is made up of five parts: the Ka, the Ba, the Akh, the Sheut, and ...
    8: ...rson. The shadow was represented as a small human figure painted completely black.
    23: ...ptian belief. It was, at first, the unchanging unification of Ka and Ba, which united after the death ...
    27: ...n. Egyptian funerary literature (such as the [[Coffin Texts]] and the [[Book of the Dead]] were intend...

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  1. History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
    7: ...verything from [[Post-Medieval]] through the specific period of the early [[20th century]].
    12: ...g the most important were [[Heraclitus]] ("All is fire", all is [[chao]]tic and transitory), [[Anaxago...
    14: ...ssing popular philosophical questions. The theory fills in the blanks by saying that the Sophists' stu...
    16: ...terchangeably, was destroying the piety and moral fiber of the city.
    20: ...hilosopher kings. In the later dialogues Socrates figures less prominently, and the Theory of Forms is...
  2. Margaret I of Denmark (7423 bytes)
    4: Her first act after her father's death in ([[1375]]) was...
    10: ...heir professed object was to revictual Stockholm. Finally the [[Hanseatic League|Hansa]] intervened, a...
    12: ... the union never got beyond the stage of an unratified draft. Margaret revolted at the clauses which i...
    16: ...queen, an ideal despot, ruled through her court officials acting as superior clerks. But law and order...
  3. Margaret Mead (11387 bytes)
    5: ... culture. (Source: ''The Columbia Encyclopedia'', Fifth Edition, 1993.)
    7: ... public to read and learn from her works--remains firm.
    12: ...Mead's advisor, [[Franz Boas]], wrote of its significance that
    13: ...onstitutes courtesy, modesty, good manners, and definite ethical standards is not universal. It is in...
    22: ...expected, this book upset many Westerners when it first appeared in 1928. Many American readers felt s...
  4. Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
    2: ...gan]]. On [[January 3]], [[1987]] she became the first woman to be inducted into the [[Rock and Roll ...
    6: ...roit, Michigan|Detroit]]-area church and made her first recordings at the age 14. She signed with [[C...
    10: ... [[Sam Cooke]] and [[The Drifters]]. ''''Live at Fillmore West'''' and ''''Amazing Grace'''' were two...
    16: ... working with artists of the stature of Curtis Mayfield, popularity and critical success waned during ...
    26: ==Vocal Profile==
  5. 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...
    60: *''Figures of Time (Фигур...
    65: *''Galgenlider ࠳'' fifteen pieces for mezzo-soprano, percussion, and co...
  6. Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
    14: ...career and featured her biggest hit single, the definitive cover version of [[Kris Kristofferson]]'s "...
    20: ...ia]], and her ashes were scattered into the [[Pacific Ocean]]. The album ''Pearl'', released six weeks...
    24: ...sh; her rasping, [[overtone]]-rich sound was significantly divergent from the soft folk and jazz-influ...
    26: ... grow after his death, Janis did not enjoy a significant revival of public interest until the late [[1...
    28: ... official LPs in his lifetime, he was both a prolific songwriter and a tireless studio worker, laying ...
  7. Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
    6: ...ns accept that Jesus of Nazareth was a historical figure, even if they accept nothing or almost nothin...
    8: ... [[Eastern Orthodox]] traditions built around the figure of Mary, and the centuries of Marian cult der...
    13: ...mp. 1 Sam. 2:1-10) commonly known as the ''[[Magnificat]]''. After three months Mary returned to her ...
    17: ...is little mention of Mary in the Gospels until we find her at the cross along with her sister Mary, an...
    31: ...and Eastern Orthodox tradition, between three and fifteen years after Christ's Ascension, in either Je...
  8. Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
    6: ...] (one of only six). She was [[Beatification|beatified]] by [[Pope John Paul II]] in [[October 2003]],...
    9: ...lbanian]]. Her parents, Nikolla ( Kol렩 and Dranafile Bojaxhiu, were [[Albanian]] Catholics that emig...
    13: ... Avila]] and [[Th鲨se de Lisieux]]. She took her final vows in May [[1937]], acquiring the religious ...
    17: ...was joined by voluntary helpers, and she received financial support from church organizations and the ...
    24: With the help of Indian officials she converted an abandoned [[Hinduism|Hindu]...
  9. Julia Child (8199 bytes)
    1: ...hild.jpg|frame|right|Julia Child holds up a [[Monkfish]].]]
    6: ...mbing of [[Pearl Harbor]] in 1941, joined the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS) after being turne...
    8: ...n in [[Washington, D.C.]], where she was mostly a file clerk but helped in the development of a [[shar...
    10: ... Department]] assigned Mr. Child as an exhibits officer with the [[United States Information Agency | ...
    14: ...[[oyster]]s, [[sole (fish) | sole]] meuni貥, and fine wine as a culinary revelation. She described th...
  10. Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
    4: ...ld eventually become the most celebrated actor in film history, Marilyn's beginnings were humble to sa...
    6: ...'s mother, Gladys Pearl Monroe Baker, worked as a film-cutter. However in later years, more and more h...
    12: ...hbor's son, James Dougherty, who would become her first husband. The Goddard family was moving to the ...
    15: [[Image:Pb1253.jpg|frame|right|Cover of the first issue of ''[[Playboy]]'']]
    18: While her first husband James Dougherty was at war, the young ...
  11. Brain (22060 bytes)
    11: ...keeping the volume of the brain compact enough to fit inside the skull.
    14: ...rge areas of the brain, sometimes causing major deficits in [[intelligence]], memory and control of th...
    16: ...roblems in the brain can be more accurately classified as diseases rather than injuries. [[Neurodegene...
    24: ===Artificial brains===
    25: ...ty. More recent work in both neuroscience and artificial intelligence models the brain using the mathe...
  12. Pineal gland (4403 bytes)
    7: ...een in plain skull [[X-ray]]s as it is often calcified.
    11: ...yte]]s, but four other cell types have been identified: interstitial cells, perivascular phagocyte, pi...
    17: ...(SCN) which has direct connections to the retina. Fibers extend from the SCN to the [[spinal cord]] vi...
    19: ...the skull of later [[tetrapods]] and the skull orifice sealed. Modern birds and reptiles have been fo...
    29: ...pe one finds the pineal gland is divided into two fine hemispheres.
  13. 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:
  14. Nose flute (4426 bytes)
    1: ... instrument played in [[Polynesia]] and the [[Pacific rim]] countries.
    5: ...gth of the tube allow covering or uncovering by [[fingering]] so the player can change the pitches of ...
    9: ...layed from either end, and the disposition of the fingerholes differ from node to vent hole so two alt...
    11: ...ength, giving various scales. Some players take a filter tip from a [[cigarette]] and plug the other u...
    15: ...meter, that is used for the nose hole with a side finger hole drilled in the bowl of the gourd to vary...
  15. History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
    3: ...Egypt''' begins as the [[Ancient Egypt|ancient unified Egyptian state]] formed around [[3300 BC]]. It ...
    15: * [[First Intermediate Period of Egypt|First Intermediate Period]] (7th–11th Dynastie...
    27: ...another culture of [[hunting|hunters]], [[fishing|fishers]] and [[hunter-gatherer|gathering]] peoples ...
    29: ...zed the benefits of a more sedentary life. Scientific analysis of the remains of their culture indicat...
    33: ...not have actually existed and is sometimes indentified with Narmer (the last king of Dynasty 0) or Aha...
  16. Africa (35389 bytes)
    16: ...'ph'' to ''f'' in Greek is datable to about the [[first century]], so this cannot really be the origin...
    18: ... was considered part of Asia by the ancients, and first assigned to Africa by the geographer [[Ptolemy...
    55: ...acial based categorization and philosophies was a fixture of the European culture of that time. The te...
    57: ...nd determining ones ancestoral past based on superficial features was highly innaccurate.
    59: ... created civil war and unrest between those identified as Hutu and Tutsi which culminated with the Rwa...
  17. Great Pyramid of Giza (20454 bytes)
    24: ...y as little as 1/50th of an inch as well as being fit so perfectly together that the tip of a knife co...
    26: ...t is the largest of the three and appears to be unfinished, roughly cut in stone. The middle chamber o...
    28: ...mposed of nine large granite blocks, separated by five small relief chambers. It contains a huge grani...
    30: ... ascending, leading into the burial chamber. This final asscending corridor is a fantastic space with ...
    34: ... Later discoveries which were made by inserting a fiber optic camera into a tiny opening at the edge o...
  18. Body (1664 bytes)
    2: In some contexts, a superficial element of a body, such as [[hair]] may be re...
  19. Egyptian pyramids (20601 bytes)
    10: ...ynastic period of Egyptian history, those with sufficient means were buried in visually unremarkable b...
    11: ...he was deified by later Egyptians.{{an|Imhotep_deified}}. Given Egyptologists also credit Djozer with ...
    13: The most prolific pyramid-building phase coincided with the greate...
    25: ... body were laid sloping inwards; however, this configuration was found to be less stable than simply s...
    27: ...Infilling with loose rubble was also used for the first time. This enabled pyramids to be built with f...
  20. Horus (19927 bytes)
    8: ... [[Nekhen]] (city of the hawk), that became identified as Horus very early on.
    10: ...d to be the father of these four ''children'', deifications of the jars, known as the [[Four sons of H...
    12: ...ba'' (i.e. ''lord of the perch'' or ''lord of the finger''), a form in which he was especially worship...
    21: ... Horus of the two horizons''. However, this identification proved to be awkward, for it made Ra the so...
    23: ...casionaly shown in [[art]] as a naked boy, with a finger in his mouth, sitting on a [[lotus]] with his...

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