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- Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
6: ...is time that they spent together sheltered Amelia from her father and his [[alcoholism]]. Because of E...
8: ... lessons from [[Neta Snook]]. With financial help from some of her family, in 1922 Earhart bought her ...
10: ...gan to include George Putnam. The two developed a friendship during preparation for the Atlantic cross...
14: ...Gold Medal of the [[National Geographic Society]] from President [[Herbert Hoover]].
16: ...Oakland, California]]. Later that year she soloed from [[Los Angeles]] to [[Mexico City]] and back to ... - Orchidaceae (20056 bytes)
16: ... language|Greek]] ''orchis'', meaning 'testicle', from the appearance of subterranean tuberoids in som...
21: These [[monocotyledon]]ous plants are [[cosmopolitan]] in distribution, except [[Antarctica]] and dese...
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... - Africa (35389 bytes)
1: ...graphic.jpg|thumb|A satellite composite image of Africa]]
3: '''Africa''' is the [[world]]'s second-largest [[contine...
6: ...onAfrica.png|thumb|World map showing location of Africa]]
8: ...ontinent, as the [[Africa (province)|province of Africa]] with its capital [[Carthage]], corresponding...
10: The origin of ''Afer'' may either come from: - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ...cially influential in [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [[Africa]].
11: ...#932;ΟΣ<br>''([[Greek language|Greek]]: Freedom or Death)''
29: ...]'''<br> - Declared<br> - Recognised || From the [[Ottoman Empire]]<br/>[[25 March]] [[1821]...
42: | '''[[National anthem]]''' || [[Hymn to Freedom]]
52: ...especially influential in [[Europe]], [[Northern Africa]] and the [[Middle East]]. Today, Greece is a ... - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
29: ...e leaves are quite clearly evolutionarily derived from a simple
41: ...s. ''S. purpurea'' (the huntman's cup) has a more cosmopolitan distribution.
46: rolled-leaf tube, and protects it from rain. Possibly because of this improved
52: pitted with areolae, which are [[chlorophyll]]-free patches through which light can penetrate.
54: ...once inside, tire themselves out trying to escape from these false - Illinois (27007 bytes)
37: ...ry]]. Its name was given by the state's [[France|French explorers]] after the indigenous [[Illiniwek]...
39: ...e its largest city is [[Chicago]], along the waterfront of [[Lake Michigan]]. Most of the state's pop...
48: ...lt of their exploration, Illinois was part of the French empire until [[1763]], when it passed to the ...
56: ...Illinois in the Civil War]]), which were numbered from the 7th IL to the 156th IL. Seventeen cavalry r...
60: ...ing from traditions cultivated during the state's frontier era. As codified in the state constitution... - Carthage (20744 bytes)
1: [[Image:Carthage_location.png|right|frame|A map of the central [[Mediterranean Sea]], sh...
3: ...ted on the eastern side of [[Lake Tunis]], across from the center of modern [[Tunis]] in [[Tunisia]]. ...
6: ... was founded by [[Phoenicia|Phoenician]] settlers from the city of [[Tyre]], bringing with them the ci...
8: ...the city began a systematic conquest of both the African interior and the coastal lands.
10: ...reading its control along the North African coast from modern [[Morocco]] to the borders of [[Egypt]].... - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
9: ...ted, and displays of imperial majesty were common from the earliest days of the Empire.
11: ...tities with imperial pretensions, including the [[Frankish]] kingdom, the [[Holy Roman Empire]], the [...
23: ...final step in the evolution of the [[Roman Army]] from a [[citizen army]] to a professional one.
33: ...Romanizing extensive territories in the East, in Africa, in Hispania and Gaul, beyond those areas that...
40: ...few, works of poetry, legislation and engineering from this period provide important insights into Rom... - Mykonos (1177 bytes)
4: Cosmopolitan island, famous the last decades from the international jet set visitors that spend h... - Bahrain (16123 bytes)
1: ...cross the [[ Persian Gulf]]. The [[Qatar-Bahrain Friendship Bridge]], currently in planning, will lin...
42: ...ndependence]]'''<br />- From [[Iran|Persia]]<br>- From the [[United Kingdom]]<br />
61: ...e [[Persian Gulf]] has brought rule and influence from the [[Assyrian]]s, [[Babylonian]]s, [[Greeks]],...
65: ...ic position between East and West, fertile lands, fresh water, and pearl diving made Bahrain a centre ...
67: ...1521, the Portuguese separated Awal (now Bahrain) from the rest and since then the name of Bahrain spe... - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (37869 bytes)
7: ...ity in the nation, according to a [[2003]] report from the U.S. Census Bureau. The city's population o...
61: ...rom [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 3.89% from two or more races. 16.15% of the population we...
67: ...utskirts of the city is quick and mostly gridlock-free because of the city's interstate system (Mayor ...
73: ...homa City to Edmond, and [[Interstate 235]] spurs from I-44 in North Central OKC into downtown Oklahom...
87: [[Image:downtown_OKC_from_deep_duece.jpeg|left|Skyscrapers of Downtown Ok... - Pantheon, Rome (8255 bytes)
3: ...e the [[7th century]] AD. It is the only building from the Greco-Roman world which is completely intac...
11: Hadrian was a cosmopolitan emperor who travelled widely in the east and was ...
15: The building's consecration as a church saved it from the abandonment and spoliation which befell the...
17: ...annon, and that the bronze for the baldachin came from [[Venice]].[http://gnv.fdt.net/~aabbeama/Christ...
21: ...www.beniculturali.it/default.asp?versione=Inglese&from=1] is in charge of the security and maintenance... - Genghis Khan (31537 bytes)
19: ...oden collar around his neck. He escaped with help from a sympathetic captor. His mother, Hoelun, taugh...
21: ...], was born suspiciously soon after she was freed from the Merkit, leading to questions regarding the ...
43: ... of honor. Generally, the Mongol Empire was also friendly to outside trade along the [[Silk Road]], a...
53: ...ounted archers to attack their enemies on several fronts at once.
59: ...tely under his dominion, in order to prevent them from challenging the Mongols for territory and resou... - Franz Xaver von Baader (10383 bytes)
1: '''Franz Xaver von Baader''' ([[March 27]], [[1765]] &n...
3: ... [[Abraham Gottlob Werner]] at [[Freiberg, Saxony|Freiberg]], travelled through several of the mining ...
5: ...d, probably gave out more than he received. Their friendship continued till about the year 1822, when ...
7: ...ing the last three years of his life, interdicted from lecturing on the philosophy of religion.
9: ...ch mark the outline of his thought. Baader starts from the position that human reason by itself can ne... - Culture of New York City (6959 bytes)
9: ...thers, though there are also more multi-ethnic or cosmopolitan neighborhoods where people of different backgroun...
15: ...ay lifestyle of New Yorkers differs substantially from that of other Americans, and has in some ways b...
17: ... of suburban-style homes. Growing up in an ultra-cosmopolitan city like New York can sometimes foster an impres...
23: ...sunderstanding, and much on ignorance. A visitor from a small town can have trouble understanding the...
29: ...ees and the Mets is just as fierce. Outsiders are frequently unaware that few baseball fans in New Yor... - List of genres of country (522 bytes)
10: *[[Country pop]]/[[Cosmopolitan country]] - Basking Shark (7122 bytes)
14: ...] alive, after the [[Whale shark|Whale Shark]]. A cosmopolitan species, Basking Sharks are found in all the worl...
32: ...ately [[filter feeder|filtering]] [[zooplankton]] from the water at a rate of 1,500 m³ or more pe...
42: ...and at a length of between 4.6-6 metres. Breeding frequency is also unknown, but is thought to be 2-4 ... - Fin Whales (8533 bytes)
20: ...n the nineteenth century. The specific name comes from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''physa'', meaning...
29: ... V-shapes. 50-100 ventrical pleats or grooves run from the tip of the chin to the navel.
37: ...s used for communication and/or shows of machismo from breeding males.
40: ...remities and relatively small areas of water away from the large oceans, such as the [[Red Sea]], the ...
44: ... prefer to stick to deeper colder waters, further from the shore and thus less easily detected by huma... - Rays (5748 bytes)
19: ...ike body openings called [[gill]] slits that lead from the gills. Ray's gill slits lie under the [[pec...
27: ...er waters of open sea, live in the open sea or in freshwater. Some rays can live in brackish bays and ...
49: ...ke most rays. They use their pair of horns at the front of the head to drive small prey into its mouth...
59: ...d animals. [[Sawfish (fish)|sawfish]]es can enter freshwater rivers and lakes. Some species reach a to... - Sea Spiders (6456 bytes)
21: ...pproximately 1,000 known species, ranging in size from 1-10 mm to over 90 cm in deepwater species: mos...
23: ...ave caused some taxonomists to remove sea spiders from this grouping.
25: ...]]. A [[proboscis]] allows them to suck nutrients from soft bodied invertebrates, and their digestive ...
27: Their habitats range from the shallow intertidal zones to deepwater [[ben...
30: ...ders,? live in many different parts of the world, from Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific coast o...
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