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- Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
2: ...ueen regnant]] in history, though Queen [[Sobeknefru]] and Pharaoh [[Nitocris]] actually preceded her...
6: ...rs and 9 months, while [[Sextus Julius Africanus|Africanus]] (who was also quoting Manetho) states her...
11: ...mose II had only two daughters with Hatshepsut, Nefrure and Meritre, but managed to father a male heir...
20: ...traditional explanation of Hatshepsut believe her motivation for wearing men's clothing was sexual, however hi...
22: ... buy [[myrrh]], which was said to be her favorite fragrance, and other goods. Although many Egyptologi... - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
5: ...may have been a desire to shield her private life from public scrutiny and to prevent scandals attendi...
12: ...mooned in [[Venice]] and, allegedly, Cross jumped from their hotel balcony into the Grand Canal on the...
14: Friend and author [[Henry James]] once wrote of her:
21: ...'', Eliot's sales were falling off, and she faded from public view to some degree.
23: ...tanders are all presented with awareness and full motivation. - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
2: ...[1891]]–[[January 28]], [[1960]]) was an [[African-American]] [[folkloristics|folklorist]] and a...
5: ...d [[anthropology]] at [[Barnard College]] under [[Franz Boas]] at [[Columbia University]].
9: ...ica of the early 20th century. For example ( Amy from the opening of ''[[Zora_Neale_Hurston/Jonah's G...
15: ...le of Black Americans as both the setting and the motivation for his work. Because the political struggle of ...
22: ...dvocate [[William Bradford Huie]]. Her detachment from the wider [[American Civil Rights Movement (189... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
9: ...axhiu, were [[Albanian]] Catholics that emigrated from south Kosovar city of [[Prizren]], even though ...
11: ...counted that she felt a vocation to help the poor from the age of 12, and decided to train for mission...
15: ...946]], by her own account, she received a calling from [[God]] "to serve Him among the poorest of the ...
17: ...ntary helpers, and she received financial support from church organizations and the municipal authorit...
24: ...emple into the [[Kalighat Home for the Dying]], a free [[hospice]] for the poor. Soon after she opened... - Botany (8977 bytes)
8: ==Scope and motivation of botany==
9: ...plant life can be studied at a variety of levels, from the [[molecular biology|molecular]], [[genetics...
20: ...either directly from [[staple food]]s and other [[fruit]] and [[vegetables]], or indirectly through [[...
22: ...[Gregor Mendel]] laid the foundations of genetics from his studies of plants.]]
25: ...eas|pea]] shape is inherited. What Mendel learned from studying plants has had far-reaching benefits o... - Heraldry (23465 bytes)
3: ... a shield are described from the top to the base, from dexter to sinister. Dexter ("right" in [[Latin]...
14: ...huthatswana]] and some Algerian civic heraldry of French colonial origin, specific shapes of shield ar...
28: ...The names of the tinctures mainly come to us from French. The first rule of heraldry is the rule of ti...
69: ...he blazon, but the College of Arms has moved away from this practice in recent years.
75: ...shares their shape. (It should be noticed that [[French heraldry]] takes a different approach in many... - Iraq (19222 bytes)
1: ...eader [[Saddam Hussein]] and his [[Ba'ath Party]] from power. Although, the legality of the invasion ...
29: ... '''[[Independence]]''' || [[1 October]] [[1919]] from the [[Ottoman Empire]]
30: [[3 October]] [[1932]] from the [[United Kingdom|British]]
44: ...>''(Citizens have [[Freedom of religion|religious freedom]])'' || [[Islam]]
49: ...ion of Iraq]] removed Saddam Hussein's Government from power, replacing it with an interim American-ba... - 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]... - Sport (14061 bytes)
11: ... Although there is scant direct evidence of sport from these sources, it is reasonable to extrapolate ...
17: ...ort has been increasingly organized and regulated from the time of the Ancient Olympics up to the pres...
18: ...dditionally the need to have fun and take a break from a hectic workday or to relieve unwanted stress,...
51: It is interesting that the motivation for sport is often an elusive element. For exampl...
56: ...r own regulatory body. In this way sports evolve from leisure activity to more formal sports: relati... - Caste (32815 bytes)
1: The word '''''Caste''''' is derived from the [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] word ''c...
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27: The [[Brahmin]]s (the word comes from [[Sanskrit]] for 'knowledge', root word Vid 'to...
29: ...e views possible) to achieve [[moksha]] - release from [[samsara]], the cycle of [[reincarnation]], an... - 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]] - Clock (10086 bytes)
2: A '''clock''' (from the [[Latin]] ''cloca'', "[[bell]]") is an inst...
33: ...curate measurement of time. This need was a major motivation for the development of accurate mechanical clocks...
43: ...ll used in French for large clocks. It is derived from the Greek ''hora'' meaning ‘hour’ a...
47: ...ive in any quantity are mid-[[16th century]] ones from the metalworking towns of [[Nuremberg]] and [[A...
120: * Edey, Winthrop. French Clocks. New York: Walker & Co., 1967. - Mesencephalon (2668 bytes)
1: ...ain]]) is the middle of three vesicles that arise from the [[neural tube]] that forms the [[brain]] of...
3: ...he mesencephalon becomes the least differentiated from both its developmental form and within its own ...
5: ...s a role in motivation and habituation of species from humans to the most elementary animals such as i...
10: ...These contain the [[corticospinal tract]] fibres, from the [[internal capsule]], as well as the [[subs... - Limbic system (1838 bytes)
11: ...d in [[sexual arousal]] and in the "high" derived from certain recreational [[drug]]s. [[Dopamine]] ac...
13: ...his procedure often became passive and lacked all motivation. - Spanish Inquisition (11421 bytes)
3: ...isition was the result of the reconquest of Spain from the [[Muslim]]s and the policy of converting Sp...
6: ...] and [[Valencia]], there was a local inquisition from the [[Middle Ages]], as in the rest of the Euro...
14: ...e. It is also possible that there was a financial motivation. Jewish financiers had lent Ferdinand's father m...
22: ...on]], who threatened to withhold military support from his kingdom of [[Sicily]]. Sixtus issued the [[...
26: ...possession of [[Greece]] and the Greek islands. [[France]], as always, was looking for signs of weakne... - Bodhisattva (7734 bytes)
10: ...ent, full enlightenment of a Buddha. This type of motivation is known as [[bodhicitta]]. Remaining in this wor...
14: ... is the list of ten bhumis and their descriptions from ''The Jewel Ornament of Liberation'', a treatis...
16: ...five paths, which are said to correspond to words from the [[mantra]] that appears at the end of the [...
30: ...lishing the second bhumi, the bodhisattva is free from the stains of immorality, therefore, this bhumi...
32: ...his bhumi, the light of Dharma is said to radiate from the bodhisattva for others. The emphasized virt... - Shays' Rebellion (6569 bytes)
1: ...uprising in [[Western Massachusetts]] that lasted from [[1786]] to [[1787]]. Many of the rebels, know...
5: ...emely bad weather. The resulting feeling of disenfranchisement led to discussions of reform and/or se...
9: ...e of the [[Riot Act]], the Regulators seized arms from the [[Springfield Armory]]. [[Militia]] groups...
11: ...nized army, led by one [[Daniel Shays]], a farmer from [[East Pelham, Massachusetts|East Pelham]] and ...
13: ...[[Articles of Confederation]]) prevented Congress from sending Federal forces. Due to a lack of funds... - Caesar Augustus (50559 bytes)
16: ...he was to continue his education and gain loyalty from the Macedonian legions, while waiting to accomp...
23: ...ly. Octavian immediately dropped the "Octavianus" from his name, and referred to himself simply as Gai...
25: ...r’s will. Octavian, however, gained support from the masses and conflict between the two seemed ...
34: ...us. Antony had reached Gaul and gathered strength from the legions stationed there. Together with [[Ma...
38: ...spania and [[Narbonensis]] and Octavian received Africa, Sardinia and Sicily. This Second Triumvirate... - Nero (23127 bytes)
2: [[Image:nero.JPG|frame|Nero]]
32: ...n]] [[island]]s. Lucius was presumably separated from his mother at this point.
34: ...s first decisions was the recalling of his nieces from exile.
52: ...]], and the ''praefectus praetorianus'' [[Sextus Afranius Burrus]]. The first five years under Nero be...
54: ... state affairs. However problems would soon arise from Nero's personal life and the increasing competi... - African American (19830 bytes)
1: ...t Africa|West]] and [[sub-Saharan Africa]]. Many African Americans also have [[Europe]]an and/or [[Nat...
6: ...e [[whites]], [[Asian|Asians]] or [[Semites]] of African origin.
10: ... metropolitan areas in 2000. With over 2 million African American residents, [[New York City]] had the...
12: ==African-American history==
13: ''Main article: [[African-American history]]''
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