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- Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
2: ...Genesis 1.27) as Adam, depending on which part of Genesis is read and how it is interpreted. Depending on w...
10: ==Adam in Genesis==
15: ... Garden of Eden to cultivate it, and to enjoy its fruits under this one prohibition: "Of the tree of t...
17: ...said unto the woman, 'Ye shall not surely die.'" (Genesis 3.4), Eve persuaded Adam, and he also did eat. Un...
19: ...g|200px|thumb|left|[[Domenichino]]'s portrayal of Genesis 3:12: "The woman whom thou gavest [to be] with me... - Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
3: ...nst one another), divergent (two plates move away from each other), and transform (two plates slide pa...
8: ...h the ''chemical'' subdivision of the Earth into (from innermost to outermost) [[Earth#The core|core]]...
12: ...crust|oceanic]] lithospheres; for example, the [[African Plate]] includes the continent and parts of t...
18: ...oundaries]]''' occur where two plates slide apart from each other.
24: ...use highly visible surface effects. Because of [[friction]], the plates cannot simply glide past each... - Antarctica (14761 bytes)
4: '''Antarctica''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] ἀντ&alpha...
8: ...he fifth largest continent, after [[Eurasia]], [[Africa]], [[North America]], and [[South America]]. H...
15: ...oldest place on earth. [[Weather pattern|Weather front]]s rarely penetrate far into the continent, le...
37: ...erre Ad鬩e]], one of the four districts of the [[French Southern Territories]]
47: *[[South Africa]]: claimed [[1963]]–[[1994]] - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...ia]], [[Jordan]], and [[Egypt]] (listed clockwise from north to south). Israel shares the coastlines o...
38: established_dates = From the League of Nations mandate administered by t...
60: ...ncia [[Syria Palaestina]]'', a Greek name derived from ''[[Philistine]]'' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] ...
68: ...], before becoming part of the [[Ottoman Empire]] from 1517 until 1918. Throughout the centuries the s...
73: ...nd. The Jewish population in the region increased from 11% of the population in 1922 to 30% by [[1940]... - Sun (20830 bytes)
10: ! align="left" | Mean distance from<br>Earth
21: ! align="left" | Mean distance from<br>[[Milky Way]] core
55: ! align="left" | [[Escape velocity]]<br> from the surface
122: ...onally referred to as '''Sol''' to distinguish it from other "suns". Planet [[Earth]] [[orbit]]s the ...
128: ...istance of about 25,000 to 28,000 [[light-year]]s from the [[galactic centre]], completing one revolut... - List of reference tables (55289 bytes)
7: ... allowing the link to be accessible in the future from the toolbar.
178: *[[List of largest optical refracting telescopes]]
363: *[[Historical African place names]]
371: *[[List of toponyms]] (with names derived from a place or region)
398: *[[List of fruits]] - Ming Dynasty (65624 bytes)
2: ...Empire'') was the ruling [[dynasty]] of [[China]] from [[1368]] to [[1644]], though claims to the Ming...
5: [[Image:Hung-wu.jpg|framed|left|Hongwu Emperor]]
8: ...one of the only two dynastic founders who emerged from the [[peasant]] class, the other being [[Han Ga...
12: ...ded estate]]s were confiscated by the government, fragmented, and rented out; and private slavery was ...
16: ...on of Hongwu, who ruled as the Emperor [[Yongle]] from [[1403]] to [[1424]] and was responsible for mo... - Human (48024 bytes)
24: Humans have an erect body carriage that frees the upper limbs for manipulating objects, a hi...
30: ... [[state]]s down to [[Family|families]], and also from the [[community]] to the [[self]]. Seeking to [...
54: ...species of [[chimpanzee]]s should be reclassified from ''[[Pan troglodytes]]'' and ''[[Pan paniscus]]'...
56: ...had]] and seems to indicate an earlier divergence from the ape lineage.
58: ... genome is significantly affected by assimilation from archaic humans (i.e., 80% of loci may have some... - John Locke (14749 bytes)
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...
27: ... the bulk of the writing took place in the period from 1679-1682. It was therefore much more of a comm... - Dolphin (13554 bytes)
13: ...ated to [[whale]]s and [[porpoise]]s. The name is from [[Ancient Greek]] δελφ̥...
26: ...pecies of dolphin in 17 genera. They vary in size from 4 ft (1.2 m) and 88 lb (40 kg) ([[Maui's Dolphi...
49: **** [[Atlantic Spotted Dolphin]], ''Stenella frontalis''
64: **** [[Fraser's Dolphin]], ''Lagenodelphis hosei''
87: **** [[Boto]] (Amazon River Dolphin,)''Inia geoffrensis'' - Spice (1517 bytes)
2: ... of plants), [[aromatic vegetable]]s, and [[dried fruit]]s.
8: ... world. In the story of [[Genesis (Old Testament)|Genesis]], [[Joseph (Hebrew Bible)|Joseph]] was sold into... - Mellotron (7426 bytes)
6: ...ilt and sold by California-based Harry Chamberlin from [[1948]] through the 1970s.
8: ...g" his idea, and that one of his own people (Bill Fransen) was the reason for this. He eventually foun...
14: ...were a [[roadie]]'s nightmare -- heavy, bulky and fragile. The tape banks were also notoriously prone ...
22: ...rough their prime, including solo work by [[Edgar Froese]].
26: ...ch time a note is played it is slightly different from the previous time it was played (a bit like a r... - Agnosticism (14359 bytes)
1: ...ters of [[religion]]. The word ''agnostic'' comes from the Greek ''a'' (without) and ''[[gnosis]]'' (k...
8: ...n]], and [[Bertrand Russell]]. It has been argued from the works of [[David Hume]], especially ''Dialo...
28: ... to clash with a literal reading of the [[Book of Genesis]] and other established christian doctrines. Agno...
36: ...encouraged freethinkers to proclaim truth "abroad from the house-tops", but while Darwin agreed that C...
40: ...re at the world', with a 'fearless attitude and a free intelligence'. - Hittites (17910 bytes)
3: ...0 BC, with an as yet unexplained hundred-year gap from 1500 to 1400 BC. After 1200 BC the Hittite poli...
5: ... language]]. The Hittites should be distinguished from the "[[Hattians]]", an earlier people who inhab...
7: ...rchs (Bible)|Patriarch]]s up to [[Ezra]]'s return from [[Babylonian captivity of Judah|Babylonian capt...
14: ...I]] and his son [[Akhenaton]]. Two of the letters from a "kingdom of Kheta", apparently located in the...
15: ...the same unknown language as the Egyptian letters from Kheta — thus confirming the identity of t... - Judaism (54799 bytes)
9: [[Image:Menorah7a.png|100px|right|framed|The seven-branched [[Menorah]] is an ancient ...
11: ...s [[monotheism]]. This notion is derived directly from the [[Torah]] (the [[Hebrew Bible]]) where [[Na...
14: ...world. This is the foundation of Judaism. To turn from these beliefs is to deny God and the essence of...
17: ...Genesis]] starting with the very first verse of [[Genesis 1:1]]: "In the beginning God created the heavens ...
24: ...[[Israelite]]s from slavery. After [[the Exodus]] from Egypt, God led them to [[Mount Sinai]] and gave... - Ur (11926 bytes)
3: ...erian mythology]], and has two stages constructed from brick: in the lower stage the bricks are joined...
9: ...e. Scholars believe that, as the climate changed from relatively moist to drought in the early [[3rd ...
15: ...roved through [[irrigation]]. His code of laws (a fragment was identified in [[Istanbul]] in [[1952]])...
19: ...the ziggurat. However the city started to decline from around [[550 BC]] and was no longer inhabited a...
24: ...single passage mentioning Ur is a paraphrase of ''Genesis.'' - Tower of Babel (13111 bytes)
2: ... to reach the [[heaven]]s. To prevent the project from succeeding, [[God]] confused their [[language]]...
4: == From the Hebrew scriptures ==
8: ...there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon th...
11: ...munity settled in the land of [[Shinar]], not far from the [[Euphrates]] River. Here they built a city...
13: The name "Babylon" is from Akkadian ''Bāb-ilu,'' which means, "Gate o... - Day (6866 bytes)
6: ...32 minutes of arc. Additionally, the atmosphere refracts sunlight in such a way that some of it reache...
32: ... culture]], the day begins at sunset, following [[Genesis]] 1:5, and lasts to the next eventide. [[Middle ...
34: ... opposite of the Jewish pattern. This difference from the civil day often leads to confusion. Events...
36: ...Dutch Railways]], a day ticket is valid 28 hours, from 0:00 to 4:00 the next night.
40: * [[Black Friday]] - Sidon (4751 bytes)
4: ...n in producing glass and purple dyes. It was also from here that a colonising party went to found the ...
6: ...Eshmunazar|Eshmun’azar]] II was discovered. From a Phoenician inscription on its lid, it appears...
12: ...h took Sidon; after the war it became part of the French [[Protectorate]] in the Eastern Mediterranean...
15: ... wheat and vegetables are grown and there is much fruit also; some fishing is carried on. The heavily-...
19: ...st-born" of [[Canaan]], the grandson of [[Noah]] (Genesis 10:15, 19). - Silver (15157 bytes)
136: ...ty of any metal and occurs in [[mineral]]s and in free form. This metal is used in [[coin]]s, [[jewelr...
140: ...[[copper]], but its greater cost has prevented it from being widely used in place of copper for electr...
151: ...elry and silverware, which are traditionally made from the silver alloy known as [[Sterling silver]], ...
153: ...; for example, the production of [[formaldehyde]] from [[methanol]] and air by means of silver screens...
164: ...an Sea]] indicate that silver was being separated from [[lead]] as early as the [[4th millennium BC]].
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