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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... - History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
1: ...d independent discovery. Such theories have grown from different [[premise]]s and approaches, examples...
7: ...d with more varied use, which includes everything from [[Post-Medieval]] through the specific period o...
14: ... fields or in productive activity, they were then free to engage in the assemblies of Athens, and spen...
31: ... has been used in different forms by philosophers from Descartes forward.
33: ...rge set of syllogisms. The memorization proceeded from diagrams, or learning a key sentence, with the ... - Petra Kelly (3411 bytes)
4: ...rey]] in the [[1968]] US elections. She graduated from the School of International Service at [[Americ...
12: ...killed himself. Researchers and all Kelly's close friends believe her death was totally unexpected and...
16: In the words of her friend, the [[Tenzin Gyatso|Dalai Lama]]: "Petra Kel...
25: ...Nonviolence'', by Petra K. Kelly, Parallax Press, Berkeley, California, 1994 (ISBN 0938077627)
30: * Frank Noakes: [http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/1992... - 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]]. - Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
3: ...n]]. She spent a number of years in the South of France where she wrote her [[autobiography]], [[Livi...
13: ...Berkman's attempted assassination of [[Henry Clay Frick]] made her highly unpopular with the authoriti...
15: She also become friends with [[Hippolyte Havel]] at this time.
32: ...ting from the [[Russian Civil War]]. Goldman was friends with Communists and New Yorkers [[John Reed ...
38: ...he [[Spanish Revolution]] and the fight against [[Franco]]'s [[fascism]], known as the [[Spanish Civil... - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
8: ...]], which is named for [[Pierre Victor Auger]], a French scientist who discovered the effect two years...
10: ...in]], who had the celebrity, to write President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] a warning letter, which led ...
12: ...er were awarded the [[Enrico Fermi Award]] with [[Fritz Stra߭ann]]. On a visit to the USA in 1946 she...
17: *Otto Robert Frisch, (ed.) 1959. ''Trends in Atomic Physics: Essa...
19: ... Lewin Sime, ''Lise Meitner: A Life in Physics'', Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996, ISBN 05200... - Hildegard of Bingen (14070 bytes)
1: [[Image:Hildegard.jpg|right|framed|A medieval illumination showing Hildegard von...
6: .... Because she was a tenth child, and a sickly one from birth, at the age of eight Hildegard's parents ...
8: ...members of her order after falling physically ill from carrying the unspoken burden.
20: ...manuscript.jpg|thumb|"Universal Man" illumination from Hildegard's ''Liber divinorum operum''.]]
24: ...unded another convent, Eibingen, across the river from Bingen. Her remaining years were very productiv... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
40: established_dates = From [[United Kingdom|UK]] by treaty<br>[[21 January...
58: ... "Republic of Ireland" in order to distinguish it from the island of Ireland as a whole. The name ''Re...
60: ...dence in [[1922]] it became known as the "[[Irish Free State]]", a name that was retained until [[1937...
67: ...in and Ireland]]. From [[1874]], but particularly from [[1880]] under [[Charles Stewart Parnell]], the...
69: ...of an independent Irish State whereby the [[Irish Free State]] (in the [[Gaelic|Irish language]] ''Sao... - California (63989 bytes)
91: ...a|San Jose]], and [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], and is responsible for many legal and t...
93: ... shown on early maps as an island. The name comes from ''Las sergas de Esplandián'' (Adventures of Sp...
101: ...tions of Mexican California. Traders and settlers from the United States began to arrive, harbingers o...
105: ...ck plague|plague]], caused because the area lacks frosts to kill mosquitos and fleas.
107: ...] of the [[United States Navy]] sailed into [[San Francisco Bay]] and claimed California for the Unite... - West Virginia (24258 bytes)
38: ... Maryland and Virginia. West Virginia broke away from [[Virginia]] during the [[American Civil War]]....
40: .../www.wvbridgeday.com/bridge-day-BASE-jumping.php] from the bridge), as well as many national and state...
48: ...braham Lincoln]]. Upon the secession of Virginia from the union on [[April 27]], [[1861]], anti-seces...
76: ...n a near shore environment from sediments derived from mountains to the east, in a shallow inland sea ...
90: ...sup2;), most statistics in this section are taken from the 2002 US Census of Agriculture for West Virg... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
41: ...ohn Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton|Lord Berkeley of Stratton]].
43: ...lish Crown and gave sanctuary to the King. It was from the Royal Square in St. Helier that [[Charles I...
45: ...ew Jersey|Elizabeth]]. On [[March 18]], [[1673]] Berkeley sold his half of New Jersey to [[Quakers]] in Eng...
63: ... However, by the close of the Civil War, several African-Americans in New Jersey were still in bondage...
70: ... two [[United States Senate|U.S. Senators]] are [[Frank R. Lautenberg]] (Democrat) and [[Jon Corzine]]... - Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
2: ...ption = Skull of ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex|T. Rex]]'' from the <br /> [[United States Department of the In...
16: ...of the [[Cretaceous]] period. Dinosaurs are known from both fossils and nonfossils including [[fossil]...
20: ...on|classifying]] dinosaurs, which are still known from a spotty [[fossil record]].
30: ...onsidered reptiles."<br />—[http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/avians.html''DinoBuzz''] hosted by [...
34: ...are [[morphology|morphologically]] quite distinct from their reptilian ancestors, and referring to bir... - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: A '''castle''' (from the [[Latin]] ''castellum'', diminutive of ''ca...
2: ...expanded into pleasure dwellings and power houses from the late 15th century, their "castle" designati...
10: ...st and foremost castles were places of protection from an invading enemy, a place of retreat. This can...
11: ...e weapons, built in otherwise hostile territories from which to control surrounding lands.
14: ...nd control of a region. A castle was a stronghold from which a lord or baron could control surrounding... - Flower (10503 bytes)
1: [[Image:Wildflowers in Berkeley.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Wildflowers]]
3: .... After fertilization, a flower develops into a [[fruit]] containing the seed(s).
6: ...he torus. The four main parts or whorls (starting from the base of the flower or lowest node and worki...
10: *'''''androecium''''' (from Greek ''andros oikia'': man's house) – on...
11: ...ecomes the pathway for '''pollen tubes''' to grow from pollen grains adhering to the stigma, to the ov... - John Locke (14749 bytes)
3: ...sts]], which includes [[David Hume]] and [[George Berkeley]]. Locke is perhaps most often contrasted with [[...
6: ...rn in [[Wrington]], [[Somerset]], about ten miles from [[Bristol]], [[England]], in [[1632]]. His fat...
14: ...ter become Essay. Two extant Drafts still survive from this period.
16: ...x]], where he had lived in the household of [[Sir Francis Masham]] since [[1691]].
24: ...ing theological viewpoints. He recoiled, however, from what he saw as the divisive character of some n... - Economics (30960 bytes)
1: '''Economics''' (deriving from the [[Greek language|Greek]] words οί...
7: ..., and economists have also studied topics ranging from marriage to the death penalty and optimal polit...
9: ...or good prices while sellers put forth their best front in [[Chichicastenango]] Market, [[Guatemala]]....
15: ...a macro-economic view of the economy, but does so from a strictly constructed microeconomic viewpoint.
25: ... – as its body of results emerges naturally from microeconomics – but has today effectivel... - Columbus Day (5999 bytes)
6: ...in [[Colorado]] in 1905, and in 1937, President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] set aside Columbus Day a...
8: ...d by most private American employers as a day off from work.
16: ...Italian American]]s. Some communities, such as [[Berkeley, California]], have renamed the holiday to '''Ind...
20: ...ntiments expressed by the participants are, quite frankly, that the fate of Native America embodied in...
33: ... An Italian-American perspective on Columbus Day, from the [[Order of the Sons of Italy|OSIA]] - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
8: ...court. [[Beate Bille]], Tycho's mother, also came from an important family which had produced leading ...
14: ...ect with the aim of mapping the heavens conducted from a single location over a period of several year...
22: ...burg, where he built a great quadrant, Basel, and Freiburg. He was informed about his father's illness
33: ...hat the [[parallax]] of the object did not change from night to night, suggesting that the object was ...
43: ...narch|King]] [[Frederick II of Denmark and Norway|Frederick II]] of [[Denmark]] and [[Norway]], impres... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...rk for the [[American Revolution|American]] and [[French Revolution]]s, the Latin American independenc...
14: ...ne. This idea became central to the Enlightenment from Newton through to Jefferson.
16: ...d by the ideas of [[Blaise Pascal|Pascal]], [[Gottfried Leibniz|Leibniz]], [[Galileo Galilei|Galileo]]...
18: ...ies. If the previous era was the age of reasoning from first principles, Enlightenment thinkers saw th...
20: ...figures such as Sir [[Francis Bacon (philosopher)|Francis Bacon]] with the axiomatic approach of Desca... - Apple Macintosh (24250 bytes)
1: [[Image:MacOKXTigerCover.jpg|Mac OS X Tiger front cover|thumb|260px|[[Mac OS X v10.4]], "Tiger"]...
4: ...ed after the [[McIntosh]], a variety of [[apple]] fruit favored by [[Jef Raskin]]. The original 128k M...
9: From its inception, the Macintosh has introduced or ...
20: * Separation of a program's code from its resources to allow localization, etc.
58: ...at not only utilized the 68000, but speeded it up from 5 MHz to 8 MHz; it also had a 384 by 256 bitmap...
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