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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
2: [[Image:Arthur3487.jpg|right|framed|Victorian image of '''King Arthur''' in plate...
7: Some members of this school, most notably Geoffrey Ashe and Leon Fleuriot, have argued for identif...
19: ..., chief giver of feasts, with his tall blades red from the battle which all men remember."
25: ...r's soldiers; Arthur was awarded a herd of cattle from Cadoc as [[wergeld]] for his men; Cadoc deliver...
29: ...tury]] at Cadbury Castle, and in several parts of France. - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...ntury|18th]] and early [[19th century]] resulting from the replacement of an economy based on manual l...
3: ... merged into the [[Second Industrial Revolution]] from about [[1850]], when technological and economic...
7: ...erm industrial ''revolution'' was introduced by [[Friedrich Engels]] and [[Louis-Auguste Blanqui]] in ...
10: ...itain. The steam engine was created to pump water from coal mines, enabling them to be deepened]]effic...
12: ... occurred in Britain. In other nations, such as [[France]], markets were split up by local regions, wh... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ... Queen of Scots,''' was the ruler of [[Scotland]] from [[December 14]], [[1542]] – [[July 24]], ...
12: ... [[1542]] to King [[James V of Scotland]] and his French wife, [[Marie de Guise]].
17: ...ted the French spelling Stuart during her time in France, and she and her descendants stuck with it.)
24: ... there. Then he stood by, holding her to keep her from rolling off.
31: ...ted them to break their traditional alliance with France. Fearing an uprising among the people, the [[... - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (2468 bytes)
2: ...called one another by pet names, Sarah being "Mrs Freeman" and Anne "Mrs Morley". In [[1677]], Sarah ...
4: ...), the relationship between the queen and her old friend deteriorated greatly. In [[1711]], both Sara...
6: ...ederick, Prince of Wales]]. The Duchess remained friendly with the prince and his family, however, ev...
8: ...abeth Seymour, Duchess of Somerset|The Duchess of Somerset]] | years=1704–1710}} - Kentucky (15076 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Frankfort, Kentucky|Frankfort]] |
41: ...h the [[Cumberland Gap]], and was the first major frontier developed west of the [[Appalachian Mountai...
45: ...to the state. A different version of the name is from the Indian word meaning "dark and bloody huntin...
48: ... [[capital]] of Kentucky is [[Frankfort, Kentucky|Frankfort]] and its governor is [[Ernie Fletcher]] (...
63: ...blage of smaller cities across the [[Ohio River]] from [[Cincinnati, Ohio]], also has a large metropol... - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
42: ...ges, while others are virtually indistinguishable from non-Amish or Mennonites.
55: ...en founded a colony there as a place of religious freedom for [[Quaker]]s, and named it for the [[Lati...
59: ...rench]] during the [[French and Indian War]]. The French established numerous fortifications in the ar...
61: The colony's reputation of religious freedom also attracted significant populations of [[...
67: ...turning point of the [[American Civil War]]. Dead from this battle rest at [[Gettysburg National Cemet... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
41: ...]] (the land that would become New Jersey) to two friends who had been loyal through the [[English Civ...
43: ...lish Crown and gave sanctuary to the King. It was from the Royal Square in St. Helier that [[Charles I...
45: ...was in the Hudson River region and came primarily from New England. The first permanent English settl...
63: ... However, by the close of the Civil War, several African-Americans in New Jersey were still in bondage...
70: ... two [[United States Senate|U.S. Senators]] are [[Frank R. Lautenberg]] (Democrat) and [[Jon Corzine]]... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
1: [[image:Francis_Bacon.jpg|thumb|250px|Sir Francis Bacon]]
2: ...lish]] [[philosopher]], [[statesman]], [[spy]], [[freemason]] and [[essayist]]. He was knighted in [[1...
4: ...n method]]''. Induction implies drawing knowledge from the natural world through experimentation, obse...
6: Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand [[Londo...
16: ...nt and society in [[France]] under [[Henry III of France|Henry III]] afforded him valuable political i... - John Locke (14749 bytes)
6: ...rn in [[Wrington]], [[Somerset]], about ten miles from [[Bristol]], [[England]], in [[1632]]. His fat...
14: ...ter become Essay. Two extant Drafts still survive from this period.
16: ...x]], where he had lived in the household of [[Sir Francis Masham]] since [[1691]].
24: ...ing theological viewpoints. He recoiled, however, from what he saw as the divisive character of some n...
27: ... the bulk of the writing took place in the period from 1679-1682. It was therefore much more of a comm... - Halloween (18290 bytes)
4: ...y, which used to be called "All Hallows," derived from All Hallowed Souls. In Ireland, the name was ''...
8: ...he Dead on Halloween. The spirits supposedly rose from the dead and, in order to attract them, food wa...
20: ... certain fictional figures like [[Dracula]] and [[Frankenstein]]'s monster. Homes are often decorated ...
29: ... the bell and yelling "trick or treat!" (or, less frequently, "Halloween apples!") The occupants of t...
35: ...tional horror, such as dressing up as a character from a [[TV show]] or [[film|movie]]. In [[2001]], a... - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
4: Dampier was born at [[East Coker]] in [[Somerset]] and went to sea at the age of 16. He served wi...
24: ...lty, docked his pay for the voyage, and dismissed from the [[Royal Navy]].
44: * His reports on [[breadfruit]] led to [[William Bligh]]'s ill-fated voyage ...
61: ...675 A Voyage to New Holland], by William Dampier, from [[Project Gutenberg]].
63: ...w.nndb.com/people/943/000096655/ William Dampier] from the [http://www.nndb.com/ Notable Names Databas... - Crimean War (7100 bytes)
1: ... of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]], [[France]], and the [[Ottoman Empire]], joined somewha...
14: ...-deckers, twelve 84-gun 2-deckers and four 60-gun frigates in the Black Sea, plus a large number of sm...
25: ...Tennyson|Tennyson]]'s poem. [[Cholera]] undercut French preparations for the [[siege of Sevastopol]],...
27: ... "paper cigars" — [[cigarette]]s — to French and British troops, who copied their Turkish ...
42: ...readership informed public opinion in Britain and France as never before. - Canyon (3965 bytes)
3: ...s originate by a process of long-time [[erosion]] from a [[plateau]] level, with a stream gradually ca...
11: ...is left, for example in the [[Mendip Hills]] in [[Somerset]] and [[Yorkshire Moors]] in [[Yorkshire]], [[Eng...
24: *[[Cheddar Gorge]] in [[Somerset]], [[England]] - Britain in the Middle Ages (12239 bytes)
3: ...re is a unity to the history of [[Great Britain]] from the [[5th century]]'s withdrawal of Roman force...
5: ...II]] and [[John Knox]]'s Reformation in Scotland. From a linguistic and political point of view, the [...
7: ..., but the process of consolidation was continuous from [[William I of England|William]] to [[Oliver Cr...
10: ... They had relied upon Roman force to protect them from Scottish and Welsh Celtic marauders and invader...
12: ...tish king called upon two Germanic tribal leaders from Europe to help defend Romanised Britain (i.e. B... - Comedy of manners (2474 bytes)
3: ...nners, however, may well be those of the [[France|French]] playwright [[Moli�re]], who satirized the...
7: ...Noel Coward]] (''[[Hay Fever]]'', [[1925]]) and [[Somerset Maugham]], as well as various [[British sitcom]]s... - Axe (10109 bytes)
5: ...at, and throwing-axe (the [[Frankish]] axe or ''[[francisca]]''), cf [[tomahawk]].
16: ...ad Axes in general, this pattern may vary greatly from one to the next. The main, identifiable, featur...
21: ... squaring off timber to make large joints in wood framed buildings and for making blanks for greenwood...
22: ... tip on opposite face, in various handle-lengths, from 14 inches (35 cm) to 36 inches (90 cm).
27: ...nd at Gotland, Sweden.jpg|thumb|Iron age axe head from [[Gotland]]]]
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