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- Lotus (1302 bytes)
7: *The [[Lotophagi|Lotus-eaters]] of the [[Odyssey]] are thought to have eaten a species of [[Ziziph... - 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]] - Slovakia (19892 bytes)
56: ...vs. Federal Republic of Germany or [[France]] vs. French Republic.
63: ...tained a chain of outposts around the [[Danube]]. From 20 to 50 AD, the Kingdom of [[Vannius]], a barb...
67: ...hs]] (from the 14th century), and [[Hungarians]] (from the late Middle Ages).
69: A huge population loss resulted from the invasion of the [[Mongols]] in 1241 and the...
71: ...especially in rural areas. As the Turks retreated from Hungary in the 18th century, Slovakia's influen... - Cyperus papyrus (4281 bytes)
15: ...aceous [[perennial plant|perennial]] native to [[Africa]].
17: ...e rays. The flowers give way to brown, nut-like [[fruit]]s.
21: ...ns. Like most tropical plants, it is sensitive to frost.
23: ...long stream banks throughout the wetter parts of Africa, but has become rare in the [[Nile Delta]]. In...
25: ...effected by wind, not [[insect]]s, and the mature fruits after release are distributed by water. - Rhianus (1241 bytes)
1: ...dgment and poetical taste. His bold atheteses are frequently mentioned in the scholia. He also wrote [... - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
1: ...is picture of [[433 Eros]] shows the view looking from one end of the asteroid across the gouge on its...
4: The term "asteroid", meaning ''star-like'' (from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''asteroeides'', '...
8: ...larger than 50 m in diameter, distinguishing them from [[meteoroid]]s, which are typically [[boulder]]...
14: ...Earth's solar system. As of [[May 23]], [[2005]], from a total of 277,090 minor planets with calculate...
24: ...s, whereas families are much "tighter" and result from the catastrophic break-up of a large parent ast... - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ..."dirty snowballs", comets are composed largely of frozen [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane]] and [[water]]...
5: ...ances from the sun consisting of debris left over from the [[condensation]] of the [[solar nebula]]; t...
9: ... the ion tail (gas) always pointing directly away from the Sun, since the gas is more strongly affecte...
11: ...hs of kings or noble men, or coming catastrophes. From ancient sources, such as Chinese oracle bones, ...
21: ...ncke]] has an orbit which never places it farther from the Sun than [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]]. Shor... - 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 ...
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.
46: ...tributed the major part of the inhabitants' diet. From the [[Fertile Crescent]] agriculture spread eas... - Mars (27704 bytes)
4: '''Mars''' is the fourth [[planet]] from the [[Sun]] in the [[solar system]]. It is name...
6: ...#x2642; (a circle with a small arrow pointing out from behind it), is a stylized representation of the...
15: ...en summer and winter, giving rise to Earth-like [[frost]] and large [[cirrus cloud]]s [http://marsrove...
18: ...tic field would have helped to protect the planet from [[cosmic radiation]]. Other explanations have a...
22: Amongst the findings from the Opportunity rover is the presence of [[hema... - Jupiter (24639 bytes)
138: '''Jupiter''' is the fifth [[planet]] from the [[Sun]] and by far the [[Solar system by si...
142: ...ter was able to be seen, just below the [[Moon]], from parts of the [[Southern Hemisphere]].
145: ...uishes a large and massive planet such as Jupiter from a [[brown dwarf]], although the latter possesse...
175: ...phases of hydrogen; the conditions blend smoothly from gas to liquid as one descends.
178: [[Image:Jupiter from Voyager 1.jpg|thumb|left|Detail of Jupiter's at... - Saturn (planet) (23300 bytes)
137: '''Saturn''' is the sixth [[planet]] from the [[Sun]]. It is a [[gas giant]], the second-...
142: ...nterior, the droplets of helium releasing heat by friction as they fall down through the lighter hydro...
144: ...smaller storm was observed. Astronomers using [[infrared]] imaging have shown that Saturn has a warm p...
147: ...I'', based on [[radio astronomy|radio]] emissions from the planet, has a period of 10 h 39 min 22.4 s ...
165: ...e never part of a moon, but are instead left over from the original [[nebula]]r material that Saturn f... - Swimming (22854 bytes)
5: ...le]]s, and by kicking the legs to push water away from the body.
13: ...n side-to-side on most swimmers. This reduces the frontal cross-section, reducing drag further, and al...
15: ...he cube of the speed) of an equal amount of torso frontal area.
26: ...ed in [[1873]] by John Arthur Trudgen, copying it from [[Native American]]s.
33: ...ice, almost all freestyle events are swum using [[front crawl]]. Events are held at distances of 50&nb... - 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... - Zeus (17267 bytes)
8: ...cal Zeus also derives certain iconographic traits from the cultures of the [[ancient Near East]], such...
23: ... an altar to Zeus made not of stone, but of ash - from the accumulated remains of many centuries' wort...
25: ...could be found at any number of [[Greek temple]]s from [[Asia Minor]] to [[Sicily]]. Certain modes of ...
48: ... onward, centered around a sacred oak. When the [[Odyssey]] was composed (circa [[750s BC|750 BC]]), divina...
59: ... mythology|Roman]] god [[Jupiter (god)|Jupiter]] (from '''Jovis Pater''' or "Father '''Jove'''") and a... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
2: ...Hobbes (portrait).jpg|thumb|Thomas Hobbes: detail from a portrait by John Michael Wright ([[National P...
10: ...t by a young man named Robert Latimer, a graduate from [[Oxford University]]. Hobbes was a good pupil ...
16: ...ps in Paris, held together by [[Marin Mersenne]]. From [[1637]] he considered himself a philosopher.
20: ...tion was then understood. He then singled out Man from the realm of Nature. Then, in another treatise,...
22: ...country riven with discontent which disrupted him from the orderly execution of his philosophic plan. ... - Literature (25676 bytes)
1: ...sense given in the [[Oxford English Dictionary]] (from the [[Latin]] ''littera'' meaning "an individua...
5: ...', ''[[Beowulf]],'' the ''[[Iliad]]'' and the ''[[Odyssey]]'' and the [[Constitution of the United States]]...
11: ...ime, or science fiction) may also become excluded from consideration as "literature".
13: Frequently, the texts that make up literature crosse...
15: ... nature of [[romance (genre)|romance]] flourished from the [[Middle ages]] onwards, whereas the [[Age ... - Troy (22846 bytes)
10: ... [[Turkey]]). Troy is known for its riches gained from port trade with east and west, fancy clothes, i...
12: ...est Libyan tribe who said that they are descended from the men of Troy, according to [[Herodotus]]. Th...
18: ...s law was adopted by King [[Dunvallo Molmutius]] (from [[Brutus]]) in his code and is still in effect ...
20: ..., where the Greek gods watched the [[Trojan War]] from, where [[Hera]] distracted [[Zeus]] with her se...
24: ...e of the ancient city today is some 15 kilometers from the coast, but the ancient mouths of Scamander,... - Vampire (17166 bytes)
2: [[Image:Orlock.JPG|right|thumb|[[Count Orlok]] from ''[[Nosferatu]]'']]
3: ...emely variable in different traditions, and are a frequent subject of folklore, [[film|cinema]], and c...
11: ...he [[Hades|underworld]] are lured to the blood of freshly sacrificed rams, a fact which Odysseus uses ...
13: ...arly Slavic folklore, a vampire drank blood, was afraid of (but could not be killed by) [[silver]], an...
23: ... of wood to attempt to strike the monster's heart from a distance. If you ram a wooden stake into a v... - Atlas (cartography) (4308 bytes)
9: ...re constructed by [[medieval]] [[Greek]] scholars from Ptolemy's text.
11: ...talian, Assembled to Order) or more frequently "Lafreri atlases" after one of the leading publishers o...
21: ...the heavens and earth on his back. In his epic [[Odyssey]], [[Homer]] refers to this Atlas as "one who kno...
23: ...merchants, and a statue of this figure adorns the front of the World Trade Center in [[Amsterdam]].
25: ...ociate the Titan Atlas with a group of maps was Lafreri, on the title-page to "Tavole Moderne Di Geogr...
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