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1. Irrigation (13719 bytes)
   1: ...gation in the Heart of the Sahara.jpg|thumb|250px|Irrigation in the Heart of the [[Sahara]]]]
   2: ...ent or supplementation of [[rain]]fall with water from another source in order to grow crops. In contr...
   6: ...hat falls directly on farmed fields also involves irrigation.
   8: ...ation techniques differ in how the water obtained from the source is distributed within the field. In ...
   10: ==Types of irrigation==

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1. Ashoka (15187 bytes)
   3: ...reigned over most of the [[Indian subcontinent]], from present day [[Afghanistan]] to [[Bengal]] and a...
   16: ...ons of becoming the emperor, and more incitements from Susima led Bindusara to send Ashoka into exile....
   18: ...his personal nurse and the daughter of a merchant from adjacent Vidisha. After recovering, he married ...
   22: ...ent-day [[Iran]] and [[Afghanistan]] in the west; from the Palmir Knots in the north to the almost pen...
   30: ...people were killed on the Kalinga side and 10,000 from Ashoka's army; thousands of men and women were ...
2. Economy of Afghanistan (14517 bytes)
   1: ...cess to these basic necessities by prioritizing infrastructure development, education, housing develop...
   4: ...ed much of the underdeveloped country's limited infrastructure and disrupted normal patterns of econom...
   6: ... the IMF to US$6.5 billion, after adding proceeds from [[opium]] products.
   9: ... erratic winter snows and spring rains for water; irrigation is primitive. Relatively little use is made of ma...
   11: ...as did the disruption to transportation resulting from ongoing conflict.
3. Azerbaijan (15031 bytes)
   2: ...h an eastern coast on the [[Caspian Sea]]. It has frontiers with [[Russia]] in the north, [[Georgia (c...
   40: | From [[Soviet Union]]<br/>&nbsp;[[30 August]] [[1991...
   54: ...an." The most common theory is that it is derived from "Atropatan." [[Atropat]] was the [[satrap]] at ...
   71: ...ies]]. It also underwent a brief period of feudal fragmentation in the mid-18th to early 19th centurie...
   73: ...slim republic in the world lasted only two years, from [[1918]] to [[1920]], before the [[Soviet]] [[R...
4. People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
   1: ...y, it remains a one-party [[authoritarian]] state from its true communist days.
   15: ...time in a century, and there was development of infrastructure, industry, healthcare, and education, w...
   19: ...r. Mao remained head of the Party but was removed from day to day management of economic affairs which...
   23: ...ut) and a much wider range of personal rights and freedoms for average Chinese as evidence of the succ...
   27: ...ost Chinese dissidents living abroad, many people from Hong Kong or Taiwan, ethnic minorities like Tib...
5. Belgium (31774 bytes)
   1: ...e [[Netherlands]], [[Germany]], [[Luxembourg]], [[France]], and the [[North Sea]].
   3: ...lemish]]), mainly in the north, [[French language|French]] speakers, mainly in the south (the [[Walloo...
   13: ...emish]]: Eendracht maakt macht; [[French language|French]]: L'union fait la force; [[German language|G...
   17: |'''[[Official language]]''' || [[French language|French]], [[Flemish language|Flemish]], [[German lan...
   50: ...l>¹ Prior to [[1999]]: [[franc|Belgian franc]].</small>
6. Pakistan (74854 bytes)
   39: established_dates = From the [[United Kingdom]]<br />[[1947-08-14]]<br /...
   62: ...nions of the divided Greek empire of [[Bactria]] (from the areas of the [[Panjshir province|Panjshir]]...
   64: The Kushan kingdom stretched from modern-day [[Uzbekistan]] to northwestern India...
   69: ... by the [[Mughals]] from [[1526]] until [[1739]]. From 1739 until the early [[19th century]] the entir...
   72: ... the British by the Muslim leader [[Tipu Sultan]] from 1749 to 1799 left the remnants of the Mughal Em...
7. Ancient Egypt (16131 bytes)
   1: ...[mortar (masonry)]]. As a civilization based on [[irrigation]], it is the quintessential example of a [[hydrau...
   6: Most of the [[geography of Egypt]] is in [[North Africa]]; the [[Sinai Peninsula]] is in [[Southwest A...
   14: ...urpluses of water for use during the dry seasons. From the time of the [[First dynasty of Egypt|First ...
   16: ...ystem]] [http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/Ancient-Africa/mad_ancient_egyptpapyrus.html#berlin] and comp...
   22: ...ystem]] [http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/Ancient-Africa/mad_ancient_egyptpapyrus.html#berlin]
8. Aswan Dam (6375 bytes)
   5: ...er Nile floods in the summer every year as waters from [[Ethiopia]] flow down the river. These floods ...
   13: ...ut in the [[Cold War]] struggle for influence in Africa the [[Soviet Union]] stepped in 1958 and possi...
   15: ...d capacity in 1976. The reservoir raised concerns from archaeologists and a rescue operation was begun...
   18: ...sser, though it is struggling due to its distance from any significant markets.
   23: ... coastline barriers, due to lack of new sediments from floods, will eventually cause loss of the brack...
9. New Mexico (31079 bytes)
   38: ...[[Hispanic]] ancestry, many of whom are descended from [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] [[colonist]]s. It al...
   46: ...ld. Dispatched from [[New Spain]], conquistador [[Francisco Vᳱuez de Coronado]] led a full-scale exp...
   50: ..."The Royal Road" as a 700 mile (1100 km) lifeline from the rest of [[New Spain]] to his remote colony....
   58: [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] of [[France]] sold the vast [[Louisiana Purchase]], which...
   60: Small trapping parties from the United States had previously reached Santa ...
10. Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
    6: * 2.4 MYA: [[Oldowan|Stone tools]] in [[Africa]]
    8: ...YA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
    26: * [[Cloth]] woven from [[flax]] fiber
    30: * [[Irrigation]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
    112: * [[1589]]: [[Stocking frame]]: [[William Lee]]
11. Desert (21206 bytes)
    18: ...ey should be designated as specifically different from the simple definition of a desert: a place whe...
    20: ...s an [[ice cap]] if the temperature remains below freezing year-round, rendering the land almost compl...
    22: ... other areas are arid by virtue of being very far from the nearest available sources of moisture (this...
    28: ...orld's largest desert, the [[Sahara]] of [[North Africa]], which has experienced temperatures as high ...
    32: ... These deserts are in interior [[watershed]]s far from oceans and have a wide range of annual temperat...
12. 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]]
    6: ...llow River as a result of Mongols' abandonment of irrigation projects. In Late Yuan times, Chinese agriculture...
    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 ...
13. 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...
14. Civilization (29205 bytes)
    1: ...ings related to human [[society]]. The term comes from the [[Latin]] ''civis'', meaning "citizen" or "...
    5: ...their food from [[agriculture]], as distinguished from [[band society|band]] and [[tribe|tribal]] soci...
    15: ...vilization is a complex society, as distinguished from simpler societies. Everyone lives in a society...
    17: ... the use of human power, [[crop rotation]], and [[irrigation]]. This enables farmers to produce a surplus of f...
    28: ...ern North America developed advanced agriculture, irrigation, and permanent, communal settlements such as [[Ta...
15. Agriculture (19147 bytes)
    11: ...ere, which consists of obtaining financial income from the cultivation of land to yield [[produce]], t...
    15: ...ol]], [[hemp]], and [[flax]]), fuels ([[methane]] from [[biomass]], [[biodiesel]]) and both legal and ...
    19: ...gy and on the biological and physical sciences. [[Irrigation]], [[drainage]], [[conservation]] and sanitary en...
    25: ...ties also influenced by science. Methods of quick-freezing and dehydration have increased the markets ...
    32: ... cost, however, of large amounts of energy input, from unsustainable, mostly [[fossil fuel]], sources.
16. Cereal (6537 bytes)
    2: ...ltivated for their edible [[seed]]s (actually a [[fruit]] called a '''[[grain]]''', technically a '''[...
    4: ...|thumb|300px|Oats, barley, and some products made from them.]]
    13: ...s in [[North America]], [[South America]], and [[Africa]] and of [[livestock]] worldwide; called "corn...
    14: ...s that form an important staple food in Asia and Africa.
    15: *[[sorghum]], important staple food in Asia and Africa and popular worldwide for livestock
17. History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
    7: ... attacks on civilian targets and destruction of infrastructure, followed by exploitive economic polici...
    9: ...nforce the civil rights of the formerly enslaved African-Americans in the South.
    15: ...tion|fifteenth]], which extended the franchise to freed citizens. The fourteenth amendment was oppose...
    21: ...id ultimately provide an institutional basis for African-American political mobilization and organizat...
    30: ...feared warriors. The Apaches built their economy from attacking, looting and kidnapping Hispanic farm...
18. Colonial America (32872 bytes)
    4: ... features no matter what sort of colony it sprang from. By the late [[18th century]], these different...
    9: ...d [[16th century|16th]] centuries, Europe emerged from the [[Middle Ages]] and entered the [[Renaissan...
    13: ... as the Europeans were concerned, they were still free for the taking.
    16: ...[over-population]] and the desire for [[religious freedom]] played their respective parts.
    20: [[Image:ronokmap.JPG|right|framed|1584 map of Chesapeake Bay by John White]]
19. Drought (2106 bytes)
    9: ...en the word is used by urban planners, it is more frequently in the sense of hydrologic drought.
    17: * [[Irrigation]]
20. Cattle (12844 bytes)
    17: ...successfully be bred with [[water buffalo]] or [[African buffalo]]. (See [[aurochs]] for the history o...
    23: ...m "'''cattlebeast'''". "'''Neat'''" (horned oxen, from which we get "[[neatsfoot oil]]"), "'''beef'''"...
    31: ...'s main function is to absorb water and nutrients from the digestable feed. The omasum is known as th...
    33: ...rochs]] was originally spread throughout Europe, Africa and Asia. In historical times, their range was...
    39: [[Image:Cow.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Friesian/Holstein cow]]

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