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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...identity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves ...
7: ...have reached China about 65,000 years ago from [[Africa]]. Early evidence for proto-Chinese [[rice pad...
14: ...he earliest written record of China's past, dates from the [[Shang Dynasty]] in perhaps the [[13th cen...
18: ... around [[2000 BC]] was unearthed. Early markings from this period, found on pottery and shells, have ...
22: ...[[Zhengzhou]] and [[Shangcheng]]. The second set, from the later Shang or Yin period, consists of a la... - Persepolis (15450 bytes)
2: ... km northeast of [[Shiraz, Iran|Shiraz]], not far from where the small river Pulwar flows into the Kur...
4: ...s, the ruins of Persepolis still inspire visitors from far and near.]]
6: ...al buildings, all constructed of dark-grey marble from the adjacent mountain. The stones were laid wit...
8: ...of these seven tombs were kings might be inferred from the sculptures, and one of those at ''Nakshi Ru...
18: ...remote place in a difficult alpine region was far from convenient, and the real capitals were [[Susa]]... - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ... [[1491]] – [[September 1]] [[1557]]) was a French [[Exploration|explorer]] who is popularly tho...
5: ... His good name in Saint-Malo is recognized by its frequent appearance in baptismal registers as godfat...
13: ... he planted a cross and claimed the territory for France. During this trip he took [[Domagaya]] and [[...
17: ...Hurons came to the edge of the river to greet the Frenchmen. The site of their arrival has been confi...
19: ...Stadacona as it was by then too late to return to France. Cartier and his men prepared for winter by ... - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
11: ...]], [[German language|German]], [[French language|French]], [[English language|English]] and [[Italian...
67: * [[From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler]] (1973) - Nose (3059 bytes)
2: ..., which catch airborne particles and prevent them from reaching the lungs. Within and behind the nose...
4: ...and/or humidifying it) and by reclaiming moisture from the air before it is exhaled (as occurs most ef...
10: ...to spread to the brain. For this reason, the area from the corners of the mouth to the bridge of the n...
12: ...ient themselves-even when blindfolded and removed from such external clues as sunlight-to within a few... - Bookbinding (7761 bytes)
6: ...s were bound between hard covers, with pages made from [[paper]], or [[parchment]], but were still cre...
8: With the arrival (from the East) of rag paper manufacturing through Eu...
16: ...gid covers and is stitched in the spine. Looking from the top of the spine, the book can be seen to c...
43: * A ''leaf'' is a single complete page, front and back, in a finished book.
44: ...leaf faces left when the leaf is held straight up from the spine. - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...e so-called '''Age of Exploration''' was a period from the early [[15th century]] and continuing into ...
7: ... East was almost completely controlled by traders from the Italian city states. Their close links to t...
9: ...[[Marco Polo]] who traveled throughout the Orient from [[1271]] to [[1295]]. His journey was written u...
15: ...iving European sailors some idea of the shape of Africa and Asia.
18: ... could be bypassed by trading directly with West Africa by sea. It was also hoped that south of the Sa... - East Timor (13677 bytes)
19: ...ETILIN]] party, which received some vocal support from the [[People's Republic of China]], was communi...
23: ...]], the East Timorese voted for full independence from Indonesia, but violent clashes, instigated prim...
34: ...to a five-year term. The number of seats can vary from a minimum of 52 to a maximum of 65, though it e...
59: ... the south the [[Timor Sea]] separates the island from [[Australia]], while to the west lies the Indon...
66: .... In late [[1999]], about 70% of the economic [[infrastructure]] of East Timor was laid waste by [[Ind... - Anatolia (2665 bytes)
7: ...have proposed Anatolia as the hypothetical center from which the Indo-European languages have radiated... - Levant (3602 bytes)
6: ...t thus refers to the direction of the rising sun, from a Mediterranean perspective. As such, it is bro...
10: ...Syria]] and [[French Mandate of Lebanon|Lebanon]] from [[1920]] to [[1946]], that were called the '''L...
11: ...uld neither be classified as Mesopotamian, North African, or Arabian, they were referred to as "Levant...
14: ...European blood or those of pure European (usually French, Italian, or Greek) descent who had "gone nat... - Train (10331 bytes)
7: ...ay come from a variety of sources, but most often from a [[locomotive]] or self-propelled [[multiple u...
19: Freight trains comprise wagons or trucks rather than...
21: ... [[United States]], it is quite common for a long freight train to be headed by three, four, or even f...
23: ...ns can also be mixed, hauling both passengers and freight, see e.g. [[Transportation in Mauritania]]. ...
31: ...almost all were powered by [[steam locomotive]]s. From the [[1920s]] onwards they began to be replaced... - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
11: ...2002]].) Although Lindbergh was the first to fly from New York to Paris nonstop, he was not the first...
18: ...les Lindbergh flight to Brussels.ogg|title=Flight from Paris to Belgium |description= Lindbergh's flig...
26: ...12]] in [[Hopewell, New Jersey]] just a few miles from the Lindbergh's home, after a nation-wide ten w...
31: ...ed States|President]] [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]] openly questioned his loyalt...
38: ...snapshots and more than a hundred letters written from him to her mother. She disclosed the affair in ... - Malta (18511 bytes)
42: |From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br>[[September 21]], ...
69: ...n Maltese language, which appears to have stemmed from an Arabic dialect, though it has been heavily i...
73: ...stigated a blockade of the islands. The isolated French forces, under General [[Claude-Henri Belgrand...
77: ...the first time in history, an event celebrated as Freedom Day. Malta joined the [[European Union]] on ...
86: ...s to the Constitution, the government was elected from the party obtaining the majority of seats. This... - Roller coaster (14862 bytes)
9: ... lower as some mechanical energy is lost due to [[friction]]. Then the train goes down again, and up, ...
15: ..., it uses whatever method is available to keep it from entering. This can cause a [[cascade]] effect w...
17: ...es regarding when to release a newly-loaded train from the station. One common pattern, used on rides...
21: ...first loop track was probably also built in Paris from an English design in 1846, with a single-person...
23: ...of the "lift hill." By [[1912]], the first [[underfriction]] coaster was developed by [[John Miller (e... - Tangram (4661 bytes)
19: The English word is built from TANG + GRAM.
21: [[Image:Tangram-man.png|framed|right]]
37: *''Geometry and Fractions with Tangrams'', Barbara Bando Irvin
71: * [http://www.ihsan.biz Freeware implementation of Tangrams] - Babylonia (8254 bytes)
11: ...sar]] the Chaldean the following year. With help from the [[Medes]], [[Niniveh]] was sacked in 612, a...
13: ...the mistress of the civilized world. Only a small fragment of his annals has been discovered, relating...
15: ...tablished a camp in the desert, near the southern frontier of his kingdom, leaving his son [[Belshazza...
17: ... Babylon without fighting." Nabonidus was dragged from his hiding-place, and Kurdish guards were place...
19: ...abonidus in removing the images of the local gods from their ancestral shrines, to his capital Babylon... - Mormon Trail (35249 bytes)
1: ...ers of the [[Latter Day Saint movement]] traveled from [[1846]]-[[1857]]. Today the Mormon Trail is a...
14: ...ons demanding that the Latter-day Saints withdraw from Nauvoo by May 1846. A few days later, the Cart...
17: ...e year. On April 5th, the wagon train moved west from Winter Quarters toward the Great Basin.
19: ...[Pueblo, Colorado]] and a group of Church members from Mississippi. At this point, the now larger com...
23: ...g and several other members of the party suffered from a fever, generally accepted as a “mountain fe... - Nickel (13955 bytes)
171: ...ys, as German silver. It is magnetic, and is very frequently accompanied by [[cobalt]], both being fou...
194: ...and can be traced back as far as 3500 BC. Bronzes from what is now Syria had a nickel content of up to...
196: ...ederik Cronstedt was attempting to extract copper from kupfernickel (now called niccolite), and obtain...
210: The bulk of the nickel mined comes from two types of [[ore]] deposits. The first are [[...
217: ...neral concentrates are produced by applying the [[froth flotation]] process. - Sloughi (4094 bytes)
52: ...ostly of [[amber]] colour. Its skin colour varies from light-sand, red-sand, red- or light-sand [[brin...
57: ... punishment should be omitted. What it likes is a friendly confirmation of its behaviour.
60: ...ost nowhere except in northern [[Africa]]. On old fragments of [[earthenware]] (about 3000 B.C.), a sh... - Magnet (13875 bytes)
4: ...s a [[magnetic field]]. The word ''magnet'' comes from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''"magnítis...
48: ...s are and all of the backs are. The person at the front of the face end has a back; and the person at ...
56: ...between magnets and the earth's magnetic field. A freely suspended magnet will eventually orient itsel...
70: *[[Refrigerator]] magnets
87: *Stroking - An existing magnetic is moved from one end of the item to the other repeatedly in ...
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