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- China (38909 bytes)
1: ...ng in the [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
5: ...[country]]'s territorial extent expanded outwards from a core area in the [[North China Plain]], and v...
7: ... formally surrendering its claims, has moved away from its former identity as the ruler of China, and ...
16: ...eir nation as culturally and politically distinct from - and as the [[axis mundi]] of surrounding nati...
25: ... political legitimacy. It was used in this manner from the tenth century onwards by the competing dyna... - Sheryl Crow (8611 bytes)
7: ...' tour, where she was forced to wear a 4 1/2 foot fright [[wig]] and change her name to "Shirley". She...
11: ...eatured many of the songs written by Crow and her friends, including the first single, "Leaving Las Ve...
17: ...uded in her album, "Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park."
19: ...live album called ''Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live From [[Central Park]]''. The record found Crow singi...
21: ...uccessful single called "Picture" with rumored boyfriend [[Kid Rock]]. - Balalaika (5108 bytes)
18: ...ique is the use of the [[left]]-hand [[thumb]] to fret notes on the bottom string, particularly on the...
24: ...om [[Central Asia]], from whence several kinds of fretted long-necked [[chordophone]]s stem, including...
26: ... Asian instruments described above. Similarly, [[fret]]s on earlier balalaikas were made of animal gu...
28: ...cularly with the ''[[skomorokh]]s'', sort of free-lance musical [[jester]]s whose tunes ridiculed the [[T...
30: ...l, is quite difficult to reconcile when one is confronted with the fact that at various times in Russi... - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
9: ... Olympias was impregnated not by Philip, who was afraid of her and her affinity for sleeping in the co...
11: ...es]] through [[Caranus]] and his mother descended from [[Aeacus]] through [[Neoptolemus]] and [[Achill...
14: ... of Persia. [[Plutarch]] mentions an irate letter from Alexander to Darius III, where Alexander blames...
16: ...n a campaign to solidify control of Greece and confront the Persian Empire.
23: ...all coastal cities and denying them to his enemy. From Pamphylia onward the coast held no major ports,... - Arizona Diamondbacks (6463 bytes)
1: {{MLB Diamondbacks franchise}}
14: == Franchise history ==
18: ...nkees]], 4 to 3, to become the youngest expansion franchise to win the championship. See [[2001 World ...
22: ...g the Backman incident, the Diamondbacks spent on free agents in order to build a contender. The club...
34: *32 [[Image:Us_flag_large.png|20px]] [[Lance Cormier]] - Chicago White Sox (19057 bytes)
1: {{MLB White Sox franchise}}
5: ...893 in sports|1893]], as the [[Sioux City, Iowa]] franchise in the minor [[Western League (U.S. baseba...
7: ...n 1991; the original [[Comiskey Park]] was in use from 1910 to 1990.)
16: ==Franchise history==
17: ...before claiming major league status, the St. Paul franchise was relocated to Chicago, to compete direc... - Houston Astros (8294 bytes)
1: {{MLB Astros franchise}}
16: == Franchise history ==
18: ...gurate indoor baseball in the [[Astrodome]]. The franchise's first decade displayed some great hitter...
26: ... Central title in 2001, and were again eliminated from the playoffs in the first round by the Braves.
44: *31 [[Image:Us_flag_large.png|20px]] [[John Franco]] - Tampa Bay Devil Rays (7282 bytes)
1: {{MLB Devil Rays franchise}}
17: ...ng two Florida teams, and faced with a strong bid from [[Denver]], the league bypassed the Bay Area an...
19: ..., this time admitting Naimoli's group and a group from [[Arizona Diamondbacks|Arizona]].
21: ... stay current, it needed more than $70 million US from the city in renovations. The Dome that had bui...
23: == Franchise history == - Sea star (6210 bytes)
12: ...]], typically with five or more "arms" protruding from a central body ([[pentaradial symmetry]]). In f...
37: ...uroidea]]) are first recorded as fossils in rocks from the [[Carboniferous]] period. Complete fossil s...
49: *Gilbertson, Lance; Zoology Lab Manuel; McGraw Hill Companies, New Y... - Jimmy Carter (33280 bytes)
21: ... domestic oil prices in response to rising prices from [[OPEC]]. These problems, many of them outside...
26: ...a [[hospital]]. Young Carter was a gifted student from an early age who always had a fondness for read...
30: ...itute of Technology]], and received a B.S. degree from the [[United States Naval Academy]] in [[1946]]...
32: ...t which left him with a permanently bent finger. From a young age, Carter showed a deep commitment to...
34: ...; James Earl III, born in [[1950]]; and Donnel Jeffrey, born in [[1952]]), and gave birth to his daugh... - Acropolis, Athens (7462 bytes)
1: ...5px|The Acropolis of Athens lit up at night, seen from Phillopapus Hill]]
2: ...is3.JPG|thumb|200px|The Acropolis of Athens, seen from the hill of the [[Pnyx]] to the west]]
3: ...is4.JPG|thumb|200px|The Acropolis of Athens, seen from the north, with the restored [[Stoa of Attalus]...
4: ...x|The south wall of the Acropolis of Athens, seen from the [[Theatre of Dionysus]]]]
5: ...is2.jpg|thumb|200px|The Acropolis of Athens, seen from the [[Temple of Olympian Zeus]] to the south-ea... - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
2: ...ho sailed for [[Spain]]. He was the first to sail from [[Europe]] westwards to [[Asia]], the first [[E...
7: ... had gone two years before. Here, with his cousin Francisco Serrano, Magellan continued his education,...
9: ... In [[1505]] he was sent to [[India]] to install Francisco de Almeida as a Portuguese [[viceroy]] the...
15: ...ices to the court of [[Spain]], changing his name from "''Fern㯠de Magalh㥳''" to "''Fernando de Mag...
18: ...n port of Spain, on [[October 20]], [[1517]], and from there went to [[Valladolid]] to see the teenage... - French language (40201 bytes)
1:
3: ...]], [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], [[Togo]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Republic of the Congo]], [[Gabo...
4: |region=[[Africa]], [[Europe]], [[Americas]]
15: ...nbsp; '''French'''<br></td></tr>
16: |nation=[[France]] and 24 other countries - Sumer (14409 bytes)
2: ...ir'') formed the southern part of [[Mesopotamia]] from the time of settlement by the Sumerians until t...
5: ...adian language|Akkadian]] which belongs to the [[Afro-Asiatic languages]].
12: ...fare over water rights, trade routes, and tribute from nomadic tribes.
18: ...g it his capital, and claimed an empire extending from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean. He is t...
24: ...l]]s, [[millet]], [[wheat]], [[turnip]]s, [[Date (fruit)|date]]s, [[onion]]s, [[garlic]], [[lettuce]],... - List of Major League Baseball players (29066 bytes)
92: *[[Frank Baker|Frank "Home Run" Baker]] β
261: *[[Frank Chance]] β
276: *[[Fred Clarke]] β
315: *[[Frankie Crosetti]]
380: *[[Fred Dunlap]] - Humpback Whale (17123 bytes)
18: ...]] (leaping out of the water), its unusually long front fins, and its complex [[whale song]]. The Hump...
24: ...n each side of the mouth. [[Ventral]] grooves run from the lower jaw to the [[umbilicus]] about halfwa...
41: ...sh]], such as [[herring]], [[capelin]] and [[sand lance]]. It will hunt fish by direct attack or by stunn...
52: ... (music)|note]]s that vary in [[amplitude]] and [[frequency]] in consistent patterns over a period of ...
55: ... all the major [[ocean]]s, in a wide band running from about 60° S to 65° N [[latitude]]. It i... - First Crusade (34670 bytes)
2: ...side of [[Europe]]. Both [[knight]]s and peasants from many different nations of [[western Europe]], w...
5: ...ral, and of the First Crusade in particular, stem from events earlier in the [[Middle Ages]]. The brea...
7: ...Sardinia]], freeing the coasts of Italy and Spain from [[Muslim]] raids.
12: ... were politically and, to some extent, culturally fragmented at the time of the First Crusade, which c...
16: ...rusalem to the Seljuks in 1076, but recaptured it from the Ortoqids in 1098 while the crusaders were o... - Venomous Snakes (1079 bytes)
18: *[[Fer-de-lance]]
22: *[[Lancehead]] - List of major league baseball players (29066 bytes)
92: *[[Frank Baker|Frank "Home Run" Baker]] β
261: *[[Frank Chance]] β
276: *[[Fred Clarke]] β
315: *[[Frankie Crosetti]]
380: *[[Fred Dunlap]] - Road bicycle racing (6257 bytes)
4: ...ntries are generally thought to be [[Belgium]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Italy]], the [[Netherlands]...
14: * Open road race: Generally going from point A to point B; can include multi-laps.
18: ...e part of a multi-day race, such as the [[Tour de France]].
22: ...n]]. [[Eddy Merckx]] was a notable all-rounder; [[Lance Armstrong]], [[Jan Ullrich]] and [[Ivan Basso]] a...
37: ...g''' is used by riders of one team who sit at the front of a group to control the speed, often to the ...
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