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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...identity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves ...
7: ...have reached China about 65,000 years ago from [[Africa]]. Early evidence for proto-Chinese [[rice pad...
14: ...he earliest written record of China's past, dates from the [[Shang Dynasty]] in perhaps the [[13th cen...
18: ... around [[2000 BC]] was unearthed. Early markings from this period, found on pottery and shells, have ...
22: ...[[Zhengzhou]] and [[Shangcheng]]. The second set, from the later Shang or Yin period, consists of a la... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
2: [[Image:Arthur3487.jpg|right|framed|Victorian image of '''King Arthur''' in plate...
5: ...ought against the [[pagan]] [[Saxon]]s. His power base was probably in either [[Wales]], [[Cornwall]], o...
7: Some members of this school, most notably Geoffrey Ashe and Leon Fleuriot, have argued for identif...
19: ..., chief giver of feasts, with his tall blades red from the battle which all men remember."
25: ...r's soldiers; Arthur was awarded a herd of cattle from Cadoc as [[wergeld]] for his men; Cadoc deliver... - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ... [[1491]] – [[September 1]] [[1557]]) was a French [[Exploration|explorer]] who is popularly tho...
5: ... His good name in Saint-Malo is recognized by its frequent appearance in baptismal registers as godfat...
13: ... he planted a cross and claimed the territory for France. During this trip he took [[Domagaya]] and [[...
17: ...Hurons came to the edge of the river to greet the Frenchmen. The site of their arrival has been confi...
19: ...Stadacona as it was by then too late to return to France. Cartier and his men prepared for winter by ... - Steel (28384 bytes)
2: [[Image:Steel framework.jpg|thumb|300px|Steel framework]]
3: ...s, which are naturally arranged in a [[lattice]], from sliding past one another. Varying the amount of...
5: ... A more recent definition is that steels are iron-based alloys that can be [[plasticity (physics)|plasti...
8: ...rtant that smelting take place in a fairly oxygen-free environment. Unlike copper and tin, liquid iro...
11: - Ionic order (6526 bytes)
5: ...]]-[[407 BC]]. The shaft everts gracefully at the base to meet the [[torus]] (enriched with interlaced g...
6: ... [[Greek Revival]], it conveyed an air of archaic freshness and primitive, perhaps even republican, vi...
8: ...wers may swing from the clefts of the volutes, or from their "eyes". After a little early experimentat...
12: ...the proportions of the architrave, which made the frieze more prominent.
14: ...ary" approach, it must be in traditions passed on from [[Hellenistic]] architects, such as [[Hermogene... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
12: ...] troops bombard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
17: *[[1899]] - [[Sigmund Freud]]'s ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'' is pu...
24: ... II]]: U.S. President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]] orders the [[United States C...
29: ... to be retrievable and she dies a few hours later from stress and overheating.
32: ... The [[United States]] turns control of the [[air base]] in the [[Mekong Delta]] over to [[South Vietnam... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
11: ... Wales|HRH The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales]]. From her marriage in [[1981]] to her divorce in [[19...
15: From the time of her [[engagement]] to the Prince of...
22: ...h; a great-grandmother was the American heiress [[Frances Work]] — she was also a descendant of ...
27: [[Image:princessdi.jpg|frame|right]] - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
27: ...first [[African American]] [[woman]], the second African American (after [[Colin Powell]]), and the se...
31: ...isor]] during his first term. She was the second African American (after Powell) and the first female ...
37: ...air]] was killed in the bombing of the primarily African-American [[16th Street Baptist Church bombing...
41: ...Experience in America." [http://www.publiceye.org/frontpage/OpEds/berlet_condi_dad.html] At age 15, Ri...
43: ...s [[Russian language|Russian]], [[French language|French]], and [[Spanish language|Spanish]]. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ... was the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] from [[1979]] to [[1990]], the only woman [[as of 20...
29: ...y]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]].
31: ...and]], and increased wealth inequalities. However from the mid 1980s a period of sustained economic gr...
33: ...d Monetary Union]]. Her leadership was challenged from within and she was forced to resign in [[1990]]...
36: ...hire]] in eastern [[England]]. Her father was [[Alfred Roberts]], who ran a grocers' shop in the town ... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
7: ...Since her father's style took heavily inspiration from [[Caravaggio]] during that period, her style wa...
18: ... marry [[Pierantonio Stiattesi]], a modest artist from [[Florence]]. Shortly afterwards the couple mov...
24: ...nd the protection of influential people, starting from Granduke Cosimo II de' [[Medici]] and expecial...
26: ...was rising. The success and the fashion radiating from her figure fueled many voices about her private...
28: From this period we remember the [[La Conversione de... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
3: ...os’s voice and mostly piano-based music has frequently been compared to that of [[Kate Bush]], [...
7: ... she adopted the name "Tori," after a friend of a friend told her that she looked more like a Tori tha...
10: ...by ear at Peabody and her difficulty with playing from sheet music – with Caton, [[Matt Sorum]] ...
16: ...onsidered it a step sideways rather than forwards from ''Little Earthquakes''. In February, she began ...
20: ...buse and Incest National Network. RAINN is a toll-free help line in the US which connects callers with... - Marina Raskova (5055 bytes)
7: ...raight-line distance flight. The plan was to fly from [[Moscow]] to [[Komsmolosk]] (in the Far East)...
11: ...r as long as possible in order to discourage them from seeing combat. Raskova is credited with using ...
19: ...rashed attempting to make a forced landing at the base's airfield. She received the first state funeral ...
22: Information taken primarily from:<br> - Mia Hamm (6476 bytes)
1: ...e respect of soccer experts and build a large fan base in the [[United States]], where she played for 17...
5: ...ship at the age of 19. In [[1993]], she graduated from college with the all time records for [[Atlanti...
9: ...the gold medal in the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in front of 80,000 spectators in [[Athens, Georgia]], t...
15: ...ecame engaged to marry [[Nomar Garciaparra]], a [[baseball]] star then with the [[Boston Red Sox]] (now ...
21: In a friendly against [[Australia women's national footba... - Orchidaceae (20056 bytes)
16: ... language|Greek]] ''orchis'', meaning 'testicle', from the appearance of subterranean tuberoids in som...
23: ...restrial]] [[plant]]s, retrieving their nutrients from the soil. This group includes all [[Europe]]an ...
40: ...ctive mottle of the leaves of [[Lady's Slipper]]s from temperate zones (''[[Paphiopedilum]]'') is caus...
47: ..."one-footed") growth. The new shoots grow upwards from a single stem, originating in the end bud of th...
48: ...the rhizome may start its growth again, this time from an 'eye', or undeveloped bud, thereby causing t... - Wisteria (4864 bytes)
20: ... ''W. japonica''. The flowers of some species are fragrant, most notably [[Chinese Wisteria|''Wisteria...
27: *''[[Wisteria frutescens]]'' - [[American Wisteria]]
37: ...ing capability and thus mature plants may benefit from added potassium and phosphate but not nitrogen....
39: ... trees. Its pendulous [[raceme]]s are best viewed from below. Wisteria is an aggressive grower which c...
41: Wisteria flowers develop in buds near the base of the previous year's growth, so [[pruning]] bac... - Crocus (3680 bytes)
15: ...crocuses appear in [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]] frescos at [[Santorini]]), across Central Asia.
17: ... wither and die from a unseasonable "post-winter" frost or snowfall.
19: The spice [[saffron]] is obtained from the stamens of ''Crocus sativus'', a fall-bloom...
20: ...from the Latin adjective ''crocatus'', meaning saffron yellow.
24: ...arieties still in the market. Bosschaert, working from a preparatory drawing to paint his composed pie... - Iris (plant) (13374 bytes)
15: ...plant]]s with showy [[flower]]s ranging in colour from gold, copper-red or yellow to white, blue, blue...
21: ... deserts of Europe, the Middle East and northern Africa, Asia and southern North America. Elevation is...
23: ...e]]s (rhizomatous irises), or, in drier climates, from bulbs (bulbous irises). They have long, erect, ...
25: ... differ from each other. They are united at their base into a floral tube, that lies above the [[ovary]]...
28: ...n the Northern Hemisphere) at irregular intervals from November to March, the bleakest period of the y... - Botany (8977 bytes)
9: ...plant life can be studied at a variety of levels, from the [[molecular biology|molecular]], [[genetics...
20: ...for [[fodder]]. In other words, plants are at the base of nearly all [[food chain]]s, or what ecologists...
22: ...[Gregor Mendel]] laid the foundations of genetics from his studies of plants.]]
25: ...eas|pea]] shape is inherited. What Mendel learned from studying plants has had far-reaching benefits o...
28: ...e from plants. Most [[alcoholic beverages]], come from [[fermentation|fermenting]] plants such as [[ho... - Human skeleton (3903 bytes)
4: ...anatomy)|spine]]. The [[sacrum]] (the bone at the base of the spine) consists of six bones which are sep...
31: ...e [[Bible]] which states that [[Eve]] was created from one of [[Adam]]'s ribs. However, both men and w...
35: ... can increase the likelihood of [[fracture (bone)|fracture]]s and broken bones, especially among [[men... - Vermiform appendix (1124 bytes)
1: ... the location of the tip of the appendix can vary from being retrocaecal to being in the [[pelvis]] to...
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