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- Margaret Mead (11387 bytes)
1: [[Image:Margaret_Mead.jpg|frame|Margaret Mead]]
5: ...r, eventually serving as its curator of ethnology from 1946 to 1969. In addition, she taught at Colum...
7: ...y enough for the general public to read and learn from her works--remains firm.
12: ...the ''Coming of Age in Samoa'', Mead's advisor, [[Franz Boas]], wrote of its significance that
20: She concluded that the passage from childhood to adulthood--the period of "adolesce... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
1: [[Image:Joni Mitchell-Both Sides Now.jpg|frame|right|Self portrait by Joni Mitchell, on the c...
5: ...singer Chuck Mitchell in [[1965]]. She performed frequently in coffee houses and [[folk clubs]] and b...
9: ...ms of its pressure and of the loss of privacy and freedom it entails.
11: ...inspired by stories told by her producer and then-friend [[David Geffen]]). It remains her best selli...
13: ...] of [[Burundi]] making up the foundation of "The Jungle Line"). During 1975 Mitchell also participated i... - Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
9: ... to Eternity]]''. Kelly made three films with [[Alfred Hitchcock]]: ''[[Dial M for Murder]]'', ''[[Rea...
15: ...e Aumont]]. She reportedly was surprised to learn from Rainier that she was expected to give up her fi...
17: ...tle actual danger that [[Monaco]] would revert to France since, in [[1882]], a childless prince of Mon...
19: Before Grace Kelly drew Rainier's attention, French film star [[Gis謥 Pascal]] had been his love...
28: ...n an independent nation, rather than reverting to France. Due to Prince Albert's enduring bachelorhood... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
1: [[Image:MarilynMonroe.jpg|right|frame|Marilyn Monroe]]
12: ...e was declared a ward of the state. Gladys's best friend, Grace McKee, later Goddard, became her guard...
15: [[Image:Pb1253.jpg|frame|right|Cover of the first issue of ''[[Playboy]...
20: ...' in [[1950]] and especially with ''[[The Asphalt Jungle]]'' released the same year.
23: ...yn and her unique connection with the [[camera]]. From this point on, audiences were spellbound and Mo... - Bangladesh (29715 bytes)
34: | from [[Pakistan]]<br>[[March 26]] [[1971]]
47: | '''[[National Fruit]]''' || [[Jackfruit]]
65: ...], and there are even claims of social structures from around [[1000 BC]]. Early civilizations had Bud...
67: ...ntrolled the region by the late [[18th century]], from which the [[United Kingdom|British]] extended [...
69: ...ment of Pakistan changed the name of the province from [[East Bengal (province)|East Bengal]] to [[Eas... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
43: | From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br>[[August 31]], [[1...
66: ...wly-built [[Putrajaya]]</small><br> <small>2. 020 from [[Singapore]]</small>
76: The earliest recorded Malay kingdoms grew from coastal city-ports established in the [[10th ce...
78: ...by a prince (Parameswara) from Palembang who fled from the island Temasek (now known as Singapore). Wi...
82: ...formed. These settlements were collectively ruled from the [[British East India Company]] seat of gove... - Peru (12264 bytes)
30: | '''[[Independence]]'''<br> - Declared || From [[Spain]]<br/>[[July 28]], [[1821]]
36: ...' || "[[Somos libres, se᭯slo siempre]]" "We are free, may we always be so"
48: ...sident, however, was not in power until [[1827]]. From [[1836]] to [[1839]] Peru and [[Bolivia]] were ...
99: ...ns (costa) are separated from the eastern lowland jungle of the Amazon Basin (selva) by the high and rugge...
123: ...ak Quechua and Aymara and are ethnically distinct from the diverse indigenous groups who live on the e... - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
39: ...o grow due to active [[lava]] flows, most notably from [[Kilauea|Kīlauea]]. Ethnically, it is the...
51: ...of the island chain. These islands are, in order from the northwest to southeast, Niihau, Kauai, O...
54: ...iian Islands were formed by [[volcano]]es arising from the sea floor through a vent described in geolo...
58: The movement of the Hawaiian royal family from the Island of Hawaii to Maui and subsequently t...
64: ...to extend their sway and defend their communities from predatory rivals. Warfare was endemic. The gen... - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
15: ... Vietnam]]<br><br>[[Viet Cong|National Liberation Front<br>(Viet Cong)]]<br><br />[[Image:Viet cong fl...
33: The '''Vietnam War''' was fought from [[1957]] to [[1975]] between Vietnamese nationa...
37: ...y experts consider the Vietnam War to just be one frontline in the larger [[Cold War]].
41: ...for the Liberation of Vietnam|National Liberation Front]], a South Vietnamese opposition movement with...
43: ...ort to maintain control of her former colony of [[French Indochina]]. - 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... - African Buffalo (2744 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = pink | name = African Buffalo}}
2: ...box_image | image = [[Image:AKI4-490-a.jpg|240px|African Buffalo, 19th century drawing. ]] | caption =...
15: ...'Cape Buffalo''' (''Syncerus caffer'') is a bovid from the family of the [[Bovidae]]. It is up to 1.7 ...
17: ...he "[[Big Five (African Wildlife)|big five]]" in Africa, the Cape Buffalo can be a volatile and formid...
19: ...ibia]], [[Botswana]], [[Mozambique]] and [[South Africa]], with a significant seasonal presence in [[K... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
2: ...te a tsunami. The effects of a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to devastation.
4: The term ''tsunami'' comes from the [[Japanese language]] meaning ''harbour'' (...
18: ...pate quickly and rarely affect coastlines distant from the source area due to the small area of sea af...
22: ...by the huge mass of water behind the initial wave front, as the height of the sea keeps rising fast an...
24: ...ve decreases as the inverse power of the distance from the source. This is the two-dimensional equiva... - Forest (3705 bytes)
6: ...p to the [[tree-line]], except where natural fire frequency is too high, or mankind has intervened. Fo...
8: ...cological]] terms, a forest may be differentiated from a [[woodland]]: A forest has a more or less clo...
30: *[[Jungle (terrain)]] - Mongoose (2463 bytes)
14: ...as well as [[Egg (biology)|egg]]s and sometimes [[fruit]]s), but they are best known for their ability...
16: ...o they are often kept as pets to protect the home from [[vermin]]. However, they can be more destruct...
18: ...es of a young mongoose defending his human family from murderous [[cobra_(snake)|cobra]]s. - Maya people (3790 bytes)
4: : "We are not myths of the past, ruins in the jungle or zoos. We are people and we want to be respecte...
16: ...s [[Cancun]] and the encouragement of many people from other parts of Mexico to move to that region ha...
21: ... highlands of the state, and the [[Ch'ol]] in the jungle. - Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
22: ...izable as Maya are the fantastic stepped pyramids from the [[Terminal Pre-classic]] period and beyond....
29: ...ion and availability of natural resources such as fresh-water wells, or ''[[cenotes]]'', the city grew...
37: ... with stone tools ... only hardening once removed from its bed. In addition to the structural use of ...
41: ...of a platform sub-structure that varied in height from less than a meter, in the case of terraces and ...
54: ...e]]s and [[equinox]]es. Other ideas seem to stem from the possible creation story told by the relief ... - History of India (31279 bytes)
8: ...] kingdoms, and finally of the [[Kushan Empire]]. From the [[3rd century]] onwards the [[Gupta|Gupta d...
11: Southern India suffered little or no incursion from foreign lands, which facilitated the establishm...
14: ...ed south, where the [[Hoysala Empire]] flourished from the 11th to the end of the 13th century AD, fol...
20: ... the European powers. Initial rivalry between the French and the English companies finally ended with ...
23: ...modern state, followed. India gained independence from British rule on [[August 15]] [[1947]], later b... - Rainforest (6551 bytes)
8: ... growth of vines, shrubs and small trees called ''jungle''.
12: ...aracteristics of tropical trees. Tropical species frequently possess one or more of the following attr...
20: ...istics that distinguish tropical species of trees from those of temperate forests include:
24: ...evelopment of flowers (and hence fruits) directly from the trunk, rather than at the tips of branches.
26: Large fleshy fruits attract birds, mammals, and even fish as disp... - Tiger (11674 bytes)
3: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:LA1_082A.jpg|noframe|250px|Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)...
15: ...eir [[penis]]es, believed to be [[aphrodisiac]]s. From the destruction of its habitat, to the poaching...
23: The ground of the coat may be any color from yellow to orange-red, with white areas on the c...
25: ... is [[camouflage]], serving to hide these animals from their prey (few large animals have color vision...
29: ...gers overpower their prey from any angle, usually from ambush, and bite the neck, often breaking the p... - Inca road system (6879 bytes)
2: ...ed the regions of the [[Inca Empire|Inca empire]] from the northern provincial capital in [[Quito, Ecu...
6: ...d [[chasqui]] runners and other travelers to be refreshed while on their journeys. [[Inca rope bridge...
8: ...d to the high altitude, weakened by the cold, and frequently ambushed by their enemies, many conquista...
16: ...ng the way, and hundreds of thousands of tourists from around the world make the three-day trek each y...
20: ...e on the [[Urabamba]] river and are 88km and 82km from [[Cuzco]]. The first day is a relatively easy s...
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