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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: ...he closest equivalent, which was used by [[Sobeknefru]], was ''King's Wife''), thus Queen Hatshepsut b...
22: ... buy [[myrrh]], which was said to be her favorite fragrance, and other goods. Although many Egyptologi... - Sophie Germain (4906 bytes)
1: [[Image:Mattehistorie germain.jpg|frame|Sophie Germain]]
3: ...6]] – [[June 27]], [[1831]]) was a [[France|French]] [[mathematician]].
5: ...ears later, she managed to get some lecture notes from several courses at [[ɣole Polytechnique]], a s...
9: ...edes]], Germain requested that General Pernety, a friend of hers, personally ensure Gauss's safety. Th...
12: ...t astonished at it: the enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage... - Crocus (3680 bytes)
15: ...crocuses appear in [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]] frescos at [[Santorini]]), across Central Asia.
17: ... wither and die from a unseasonable "post-winter" frost or snowfall.
19: The spice [[saffron]] is obtained from the stamens of ''Crocus sativus'', a fall-bloom...
20: ...from the Latin adjective ''crocatus'', meaning saffron yellow.
24: ...arieties still in the market. Bosschaert, working from a preparatory drawing to paint his composed pie... - Luxor (8772 bytes)
13: ...ated, but there is every reason to believe that a sublime beauty was to be found there: ancient Egyptian pi...
16: ...cians of [[Byblos]] and [[Tyre]], the [[Minoans]] from the island of [[Crete]], the [[Greece|Greek]]s ...
18: ... to match. [[Wenamun]], the priest of Amun, moved from Thebes to [[Byblos]], around [[1070s BC|1075 BC...
20: ... to attack and destroy Thebes. Doing so, he acted friendly to Egypt, kicking out the [[Kushite]] [[Tah...
25: ...Amun, where the statue of the god was transferred from [[Karnak]] during the holy days of the - Aristotle (37648 bytes)
1: [[Image:aristotle.jpg|right|framed|Aristotle (sculpture)]]
10: ...alogue itself which guides the interlocutors away from the paths to truth. The soul alone can have kno...
12: ...wrote dialogues early in his career, no more than fragments of these have survived. The works of Arist...
17: ...ing his ''Ethics'': detail from the [[Vatican]] [[fresco]] ''[[Raphael Rooms|The School of Athens]]'',...
19: The history of Aristotle's works from the time of his death until the [[1st century B... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
2: ...te a tsunami. The effects of a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to devastation.
4: The term ''tsunami'' comes from the [[Japanese language]] meaning ''harbour'' (...
18: ...pate quickly and rarely affect coastlines distant from the source area due to the small area of sea af...
22: ...by the huge mass of water behind the initial wave front, as the height of the sea keeps rising fast an...
24: ...ve decreases as the inverse power of the distance from the source. This is the two-dimensional equiva... - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
1: {{MLB Cubs franchise}}
5: ...me ''Cubs'' was coined in [[1902]] when manager [[Frank Selee]] arrived and rebuilt the club with youn...
15: == Franchise history ==
26: ...f powerhouse pitchers in [[Larry Corcoran]] and [[Fred Goldsmith]]. Those two were fading by mid-deca...
28: ... and controversial Series action. That St. Louis franchise, which went on to join the National League... - Warren G. Harding (30163 bytes)
13: | place of death=[[San Francisco]], [[California]]
18: .... A [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] from the [[U.S. state]] of [[Ohio]], Harding was an ...
20: ...ly three years into his term due to complications from [[pneumonia]] and possible food poisoning. He w...
25: ...ion, Ohio|Marion]], where he raised $300 with two friends to purchase the failing ''[[Marion Daily Sta...
27: ...arding's term for informal conversation) with his friends over games of [[poker]]. - Tobacco smoking (36030 bytes)
10: ...ter or match. One of the most common favors asked from a stranger is for a light; it is also done as a...
15: ...ury]], tobacco smoking was brought to Europe, and from there spread to the rest of the world.
17: ...rtrayed in advertising as part of a glamorous carefree lifestyle. This image continued to be prevalent...
37: ... he was usually seen to have a cigar clamped, was frequently remarked upon by the press and public.
39: ...ins. However, the practice of ingesting the smoke from a smoldering leaf generates an enormous number ... - Buddhist philosophy (14386 bytes)
6: ... and non-being, and this critique is inextricable from the founding of Buddhism.
25: ... process of maturation and that we - regarding it from without - can call morality."''
33: Decisive in distinguishing [[Buddhism]] from what is commonly called [[Hinduism]] is the iss...
41: ====Issues arising from the doctrine of anatta====
45: ...nternal or external; blatant or subtle, common or sublime, far or near; every consciousness -- is to be see... - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
45: ...mply as ''the Porte'', from the [[French language|French]] translation of the [[Ottoman language|Ottom...
47: ...tantinople]] (modern [[Istanbul|İstanbul]]) from the [[Byzantine Empire]], it became the Ottoman...
53: ... in the east to [[Hungary]] in the northwest, and from [[Egypt]] in the south to the [[Caucasus]] in t...
60: ...his was the [[Crimean war]] in which the English, French, Ottomans and others united against Russia.
61: ...om foreign occupation (e.g. Egypt occupied by the French in 1798, Cyprus occupied by the British in 18... - Arsenic (12497 bytes)
143: ...enic compounds can also [[sublimation (chemistry)|sublime]] upon heating, converting directly to a gaseous ...
146: ...nto the [[20th century]], as a [[pesticide]] on [[fruit tree]]s (resulting in neurological damage to t...
148: ... ingestion - directly or indirectly - of wood ash from CCA timber (the lethal human dose is approximat...
161: ...nic poisoning]] were somewhat ill-defined, it was frequently used for [[murder]] until the advent of t...
172: ...groundwater is of natural origin, and is released from the sediment into the groundwater due to the an... - Iodine (11416 bytes)
139: '''Iodine''' (from the Gr. ''Iodes'', meaning "violet"), is a [[ch...
142: ...with [[starch]] solution is characteristic of the free element.
154: ... in a nuclear disaster area. KI prevents the body from absorbing the radioactive iodine produced at th...
160: ...owder was in great demand. Saltpeter was isolated from seaweed washed up on the coasts of [[Normandy]]...
162: ...bstance to a meeting of the Imperial Institute of France. On [[December 6]] Gay-Lussac announced that ... - Phosphorus (11557 bytes)
41: ...widely used in [[explosive material|explosive]]s, friction [[match]]es, [[firework]]s, [[pesticide]]s,...
49: ...ure]] of 1 atm at 170 ?C but burns from impact or frictional heating. A black phosphorus allotrope exi...
65: ...[Hennig Brand]] in [[1669]] through a preparation from [[urine]]. Working in [[Hamburg]], Brand attemp...
67: ..., suicides and accidental [[poison]]ings resulted from its use (An apocryphal tale tells of a woman at...
70: ...]] containing substances, phosphorus is not found free in nature but it is widely distributed in many ... - European-influenced classical music (18917 bytes)
29: ...usic'' is occasionally used: it designates music from a period in musical history covering approximat...
33: ...formance practices. Normally, this ability comes from formal training, which usually begins with lear...
37: ...-note details) in the score. Indeed, deviations from the composer's intentions are sometimes condemn...
51: ...essible', (trashy?) Frank Zappa's work 'simple', (Frank Zappa is considered by many a serious composer...
57: ...phrases which classical music supposedly deviates from were set as the default by music of the common ... - Music history of the United States (35788 bytes)
6: ...of [[West Africa]]n [[slavery|slave]]s. These [[African American]]s played a variety of instruments, ...
8: ...], [[music of Russia|Russian]], [[music of France|French]], [[music of Germany|German]], [[music of It...
10: ...innings of [[ragtime]] and [[minstrel]] songs, [[African American music]] has remained at the heart of...
12: ...ck|punk]] and [[funk]]. In the [[1970s]], urban African Americans in [[New York City]] began performi...
19: ... a melting pot of different peoples. Immigration from [[China]] began in large numbers in the 19th ce... - Assyrian (19682 bytes)
11: ...aic (also known as Neo-Aramaic) belongs to the [[Afro-Asiatic]] language family, the [[Semitic languag...
20: ...] to designate a common language used as [[lingua franca]] by speakers of different dialects).
22: ...on its speakers in Iran, Iraq, and Turkey. Aside from the toll that [[World War I]] and the attacks b...
26: ...trians, Mandeans and others, they were restricted from certain employment that would place them in sit...
32: ...as pagans. (Buddhists and Hindus as well as some African groups were the ones with which they came in ...
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