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- Germany (46412 bytes)
1: ...[[Austria]] and [[Switzerland]], to the west by [[France]], [[Belgium]], the [[Netherlands]] and [[Lux...
13: ...[[German language|German]]: Unity and Justice and Freedom)
15: ...tschen]]<br>3rd stanza (''Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit'')
51: ...[[Romany language|Romany]] and [[Frisian language|Frisian]] are officially recognised and protected as...
61: ...[[prince-elector]]s of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. From ''Bildatlas der Deutschen Geschichte'' by Dr Pa... - World War II (58065 bytes)
1: ...e:nagasakibomb.jpg|thumb|295px|[[Mushroom cloud]] from the [[nuclear explosion]] over [[Nagasaki]] ris...
6: ...ranean Sea]], [[African Theatres of World War II|Africa]], the [[Middle East Theatre of World War II|M...
8: ... a case of [[total war]], it involved the "[[home front]]" and [[Strategic bombing|bombing of civilian...
18: ...7. Spain's fascist government lead by [[Francisco Franco]] was a great asset in trade to the Axis powe...
22: ...of the British Empire, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Gr... - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
1: '''Venus''', the second [[planet]] from the [[Sun]], is named after the [[Roman mytholo...
3: ..., it always appears in roughly the same direction from Earth as the Sun (the greatest [[elongation]] i...
7: ...me astronomers use ''[[Cytherean]]'', which comes from [[Cythera]]. Other less common adjectives incl...
14: ...]'s, even though Venus is nearly twice as distant from the Sun and only receives 25% of the solar irra...
16: ...k into space. This prevents most of the sunlight from ever heating the surface. Venus's [[Bolometer|... - Flood (7770 bytes)
1: ...nguages; compare German ''Flut'', Dutch ''vloed'' from the same root as is seen in ''flow, float'') is...
12: ...y the leading edge of the hurricane when it moves from sea to land. Another is the large amounts of [[...
14: ... associated with [[heat wave]]s, [[flash flood]]s from quickly melting mountain [[snow]] has caused lo...
18: Floods are the most frequent type of disaster worldwide.
21: ...nd [[beach nourishment]]. [[London]] is protected from flooding by a huge mechnical - Jan van Eyck (7234 bytes)
7: ...and paint, and mastered the properties of colours from [[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]]. Later on, Hubert adm...
9: ...y of 100 [[livre tournois|livres]] per annum, and from that time till his death Jan van Eyck remained ...
11: He was frequently employed in missions of trust; and follow...
24: ...ss firm than in Hubert's panels. Jan only differs from his brother in being less masculine and less st...
28: ...y of a terrier dog. A "Madonna with Saints", at [[Dresden]], equally soft and minute, charms us by the mast... - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
1: {{History of France }}
3: ..., Restored|restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in France]].
5: ...ugh rarely these days) referred to as the [[Great French War]].
8: [[Image:Napoleon1.jpg|left|frame|Portrait of [[Napoléon Bonaparte]]]]
11: ... as it had been since the times of [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]]. - Sword (24928 bytes)
2: ...h German]] ''Schwert'', literally "wounding tool" from a [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-Eu...
8: [[Image:Sword of Gou Jian.jpg|frame|[[Sword of Gou Jian]] as seen on a Chinese hig...
10: ...opotamia]]. Swords from the [[Nordic Bronze Age]] from ca. [[1400 BC]] show characteristic spiral patt...
11: Sword production in [[China]] is attested from the Bronze Age [[Shang Dynasty]].
14: [[Iron]] swords became increasingly common from the [[13th century BC]]. The [[Hittites]], the... - Christmas (35108 bytes)
2: ...is birth fulfilled Jewish prophecies of a messiah from the house of David. Early Christians focused mo...
10: ...ethlehem of Judea, the home of the house of David from which Joseph was descended, fulfilled the proph...
12: ...ey presented Jesus with treasures of "[[gold]], [[frankincense]], and [[myrrh]]". While staying the n...
14: ...here they could have gotten their gifts of "gold, frankincense, and myrrh". Astronomers and historian...
19: ...orian calendar|Gregorian]]) date of [[January 7]] from [[1900]] to [[2099]]. The [[Armenian Church]] p... - Timpani (31735 bytes)
3: ...a [[definite pitch]] when struck. Timpani evolved from [[military]] drums to become a staple of the [[...
5: ... is derived from the [[Latin]] word ''tympanum'', from which the Italian word descends. A [[musician]]...
9: | description = The [[scherzo]] from [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]'s [[Symphony...
22: Timpani come in a variety of sizes from around 84 [[centimeter]]s (33 [[inch]]es) in di...
30: ...:Dresden pedal.jpg|frame|right|This pedal is on a Dresden timpano. The timpanist must disengage the clutch&... - Timeline of railway history (5902 bytes)
11: ...st steam operated railway opens, carrying freight from a [[Colliery]] to a [[river port]].
15: ...] near [[Wurzen]], in [[1839]] the line reaches [[Dresden]].
29: *[[1888]] [[Frank J. Sprague|Frank Sprague]] installs the "trolleypole" [[trolley...
41: ...[1979]] High speed [[TGV]] trains introduced in [[France]], TGV trains travel at an average speed of 2...
43: ...d speed record for an electric train, is set in [[France]] by a TGV, which reaches a speed of 515 ... - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
3: [[Image:Voltaire.jpg|frame|Voltaire]]
4: ...y the [[pen name]] '''Voltaire''', was a [[France|French]] [[The Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] ...
8: ...his life, Voltaire sometimes implied that he came from a [[noble]] background.
10: ...nism|Jansenist]] and had a poor relationship with François.
12: ...Abbé de [[Châteauneuf]], a friend of François' mother, instructed him in ''les bel... - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
5: ...rly every musician in the [[Europe]]an tradition, from [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] to [[Arnold ...
7: ... more distant relatives, while his sons [[Wilhelm Friedemann Bach]], [[Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach]] and...
11: ...cles were also all professional musicians ranging from church organists and court chamber musicians to...
13: ...g Sebastian playing some of the distinctive tunes from his private library, at which point the elder b...
22: ...ression made possible by their slight differences from each other — available to keyboard musici... - Theodore Roosevelt (35706 bytes)
22: ...evelt was a fifth cousin of the later President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. They are the only cousins t...
27: ... and other ailments. It is believed he attended [[Friends Seminary]], a private [[Quaker]] school on [...
30: *From 1869 to 1870 his family toured [[Europe]] and s...
31: ... the [[Holy Land]], and spent several months in [[Dresden]], [[Germany]] ([[Polish language|Polish]] ''Drez...
34: ...[French language|French]] while the family was in Dresden, remarked; "He will surely one day be a great pro... - Holocaust (53541 bytes)
6: ...estimates by historians of the exact number range from five million to over six million. Other groups ...
10: The word ''holocaust'' originally derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] word ''[[holokaust...
16: The term has been frequently used to reference nuclear war, and in the...
20: ...azi Holocaust which taken together distinguish it from other [[genocides in history]].
24: ...dge, and renowned [[Psychiatry|psychiatrist]] [[Alfred Hoche]], the work was key to the formulation of... - Maya codices (899 bytes)
3: ...ords of Maya civilization, although now more text from stone monuments survives.
5: Only three codices and a fragment of a fourth survived to modern times. These...
8: * The Dresden Codex
10: * The Grolier Codex, also known as the Grolier Fragment - Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
41: ...any songs and TV drama series presented Christmas from a lover's point of view, for example '[[Last Ch...
48: ...banese Muslims celebrate Christmas with Christian friends. A poll showed that around two thirds of th...
49: ...open all night for praying and people go to visit friends and families, often to villages in the mount...
54: ...ël]]". Most of Christmas Greetings are spoken in French like "[[Joyeux Noel|Joyeux Noël]]" or Englis...
62: ...rch Centre (also assistant parish priest of [[St. Francis Xavier]]'s Church) has lodged a formal compl...
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