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- Land bridge (3351 bytes)
1: ...d [[human]]s have migrated out of Africa. A land bridge doesn't have to be narrow enough to be called an ...
4: ...s]]: the [[Bering Strait]], where the Bering Land Bridge was during the last glaciation, is part of the ed...
6: A land bridge that rose from the sea floor because of upthrust at the edge o...
9: * [[Bering land bridge]] connected North Asia and Alaska.
10: * [[Sinai Peninsula]] connects North Africa ([[Egypt]]) and Southwest Asia.
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- 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: ...rie sault, a location where the [[Jacques Cartier Bridge]] now stands.
19: ...Stadacona as it was by then too late to return to France. Cartier and his men prepared for winter by ... - Boudicca (6973 bytes)
17: ...ross]] in London (a nearby street is named Battle Bridge Road), and that Boudicca herself is buried under ...
19: ...cianus led to an investigation headed by Nero's [[freedman]] Polyclitus, and Suetonius was removed as ...
31: ...y of the Roman conquest of Britain makes this far from certain.
37: ... bronze statue of Boudicca next to [[Westminster Bridge]] and the [[Houses of Parliament]] was commission... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...] from [[20 June]] [[1837]], and Empress of India from [[1876]] until her death. Her reign lasted more...
12: ... Duke of York were already married, but estranged from their wives) and father children to provide an ...
14: ...anguage|Greek]], [[Latin]], and [[French language|French]]. Her educator was the Reverend [[George Da...
20: ... own marital surname was. After examining records from the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha archives, they reported t...
23: [[Image:queen_victoria.jpg|framed|left|A young Victoria is depicted at her coro... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
1: [[Image:aretha_franklin.jpg|thumb|200px|Aretha Franklin]]
2: ...itive [[Grammys]] (including 8 consecutive awards from 1968-1975) and she is normally ranked as the g...
6: ... jazz singer, the results never gave full rein to Franklin's talents. Her greatest and most innovativ...
8: ... of pride for the [[African American]] community. Franklin said herself of this period, "When I went t...
10: ...Garfunkel]] ("[[Bridge Over Troubled Water (song)|Bridge Over Troubled Water]]"), [[Sam Cooke]] and [[The ... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ...[16th century]], embraced as a cultural symbol in French patriotic circles since the [[19th century]],...
4: ...ponsible for a revitalization of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]'s faction during the [[Hundred ...
7: ...[[Duke of Orl顮s]] and later of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]). The groups were involved in a...
11: ...876]]) depicts Joan's awe upon receiving a vision from the [[archangel]] [[Michael (archangel)|Michael...
16: ...May 7]], the remaining English forces were pulled from their [[siege]] lines on [[May 8]]. The lifting... - Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
3: ...aureen O'Sullivan]]. She then went on to graduate from the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]].
9: In [[1940]], Leigh arranged for a divorce from Holman and married [[Laurence Olivier]]. The p...
13: ...osedly friendly terms. Leigh continued to keep a framed photograph of him on her bedside table, even ...
30: *''[[Waterloo Bridge]]'' ([[1940]]) - Kidney (12846 bytes)
3: ..., the kidneys filter wastes (especially [[urea]]) from the [[blood]] and excrete them, along with [[wa...
13: ...idneys_from_behind.jpg|thumb|250px|Kidneys viewed from behind with spine removed]]
22: ...corpuscle]]), and a [[renal tubule]] that extends from the renal corpuscle.
26: ...space called "Bowman's space", which is separated from blood in the glomerulus by three layers:
37: ...sule. The segment that drains glomerular filtrate from the Bowman's capsule is the [[proximal convolut... - Nose (3059 bytes)
2: ..., which catch airborne particles and prevent them from reaching the lungs. Within and behind the nose...
4: ...and/or humidifying it) and by reclaiming moisture from the air before it is exhaled (as occurs most ef...
10: ...on, the area from the corners of the mouth to the bridge of the nose, including the nose and [[maxilla]], ...
12: ...ient themselves-even when blindfolded and removed from such external clues as sunlight-to within a few... - Marco Polo (6716 bytes)
1: ...re written down in ''Il Milione'' ("The Milione", from Polo's family nickname ''Emilione'', or ''[[The...
5: ...at [[Khanbaliq]] (now [[Beijing]]). They returned from China as [[Kublai Khan]]'s envoys with a letter...
7: ...re is a tradition that the Polo family originated from the island of [[Korcula|Korčula]] in today...
16: On their return from China in [[1295]], the family settled in [[Veni...
23: ...hat far, and only retold information he had heard from others. Those skeptics point out that, among ot... - Clavichord (3295 bytes)
3: ... Arnold Dolmetsch at the end of the 19th century. From the mid-18th century it principally flourished ...
5: ...the right-hand end they pass over a curved wooden bridge. The action is simple, with the keys being levers...
7: ...te 18th century, clavichords were often built ''unfretted'', with a separate pair of strings for each ...
11: ...sichord]], [[piano]], and [[organ (music)|organ]] from the period circa 1400-1800 can be played on the... - Science (19868 bytes)
15: ...ions, rules, practices, etc. and that transitions from one paradigm to another generally does not invo...
30: An especially fruitful theory that has withstood the test of time ...
39: ...ic method]] that can serve to distinguish science from non-science.
56: ...s to desire or which is 'best'. What one projects from the currently most reasonable scientific hypoth...
58: ...eme cases relativity allow us to predict anything from the effect one moving billiard ball will have o... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
6: ...invade Cairo or defeated elsewhere by troops sent from Cairo. ([[Mongols]], Crusaders & Ottomans are e...
18: ...dings are located and government officials live. Bridges also cross the Nile attaching the city to the su...
26: The current location of Cairo was too far from the ancient course of the Nile to support a cit...
28: ...t]], which lay close to an ancient Egyptian canal from the Nile to the Red Sea.
30: ...Abbasid]]s, and contains the first [[mosque]] in Africa. - Trombone (15819 bytes)
6: The word ''trombone'' derives from [[Italian language|Italian]] ''tromba'' —...
12: ...]] in English. This was not a distinct instrument from the trombone, but rather a different name used ...
14: ...ugh the size of a trombone choir can vary greatly from five or six to 20 or more members).
18: ...que music|Baroque]]) literature is often borrowed from other instruments, usually [[cello]] or [[basso...
26: ...s almost completely extended. Extending the slide from one position to the next lowers the pitch by on... - Ukulele (6345 bytes)
1: ...PA|/jukəleɪli/}}), or '''uke''', is a [[fret]]ted [[string instrument]] which is, in its con...
3: It is commonly associated with [[music]] from [[Hawaii]] where the name roughly translates as...
5: ...al home of Madeira Island off the coast of North Africa. Flora Fox, a great grandaughter of Manuel Nun...
7: In [[1879]] three 'ukulele makers arrived from Portugal in Hawai'i. One of these, Manuel Nune...
9: The ukulele comes in four sizes (from smallest to largest): [[soprano]] (the original... - Banjo (6143 bytes)
4: ... though recent research suggests that it may come from a Senegambian term for the bamboo stick used fo...
8: ... tube in the neck where it exits near the fifth [[fret]].
10: ... metal, although [[nylon]] and gut used on simple fretless banjos and by players of the classical banj...
12: ...ed an instrument similar to the banjar played by African-Americans in the American south, but at the s...
16: ...otion when striking the strings with the fingers. Frailing techniques use the thumb to catch the fifth... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
22: | [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]]
40: | from the [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br />[[28 February]],...
56: ...s a [[republic]] mostly located in North-Eastern Africa.
58: ...he majority of the country is located in [[North Africa]]. It shares land borders with [[Libya]] to th...
67: ...959;ς'' "aiguptos", which in turn is derived from the ancient [[Egyptian language|Egyptian]] phra... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
32: ...ging that the "S" stood for Simpson. He graduated from West Point in [[1843]], ranking 21st in a class...
34: ...[August 22]], [[1848]]. They had four children: [[Frederick Dent Grant]], Ulysses S. (Buck) Grant, Jr....
39: ...pultepec]]. On [[July 31]], [[1854]], he resigned from the army. Seven years of civilian life followed...
48: ... attack until the enemy surrendered or was driven from the field. Such tactics often resulted in heavy...
50: ...in which the destruction of an enemy's economic infrastructure that supplied its armies was as importa... - Continent (6440 bytes)
2: ...ibya, known by the Romans as [[Africa (province)|Africa]], was west of Alexandria and south of the Med...
4: ...the following geologically recognized continents, from the largest to the smallest:
7: # [[Africa]] on the [[African Plate]]
13: ...define larger land masses connected with a [[land bridge]]:
15: # [[Africa-Eurasia]]: the combined land mass of Africa and Eurasia - South America (5078 bytes)
7: ...ea]] and in [[population]], after [[Eurasia]], [[Africa]], and North America.
9: ...], though there are also suggestions of migration from the southern Pacific Ocean.
11: ...]] [[conquistadors]], first from [[Spain]], later from [[Portugal]], who divided it into [[colonies]]....
15: ...], [[Venezuela]], [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]], and [[French Guiana]] – are also known as [[Caribbea...
65: | style="text-align:left;" | [[French Guiana]] (Fr.) - Australia (39438 bytes)
28: established_dates=From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]:<br>[[1 January]] [[1...
44: ...notes=<sup>1</sup>There are some minor variations from these three timezones, see [[Australian States ...
50: ...island]], [[Boigu Island]], is about 5 kilometres from Papua New Guinea. This has led to a complicated...
54: The name Australia derives from the [[Latin]] ''australis'', meaning ''southern...
55: ...w of [[Port Jackson]], taken from the South Head, from ''A Voyage to Terra Australis''. [[Sydney]] was...
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