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- Fall of the Western Roman Empire (2775 bytes)
1: ...] when the last [[Roman Emperors|Emperor]] of the Western Roman Empire was deposed; however there are many ...
10: ...Brown (historian)|Peter Brown]], have turned away from the idea that the Roman Empire "fell". They see... - Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo (1897 bytes)
19: Their breeding habitat is [[deciduous]] woods from southern [[Canada]] to [[Mexico]]. They nest in...
21: ...[[Argentina]]. This [[bird]] is a rare vagrant to western [[Europe]].
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- Plateau (3062 bytes)
4: ...ntinents; the vast [[Ontong Jaya Plateau]] of the western Pacific is an example of such.
7: ..., but there are many other notable examples of it from around the world, including:
22: ... and the [[Cumberland Plateau]], which are at the western edge of the [[Appalachian Mountains]] of eastern ... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: ...[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portugues...
11: *[[Francisco Alvarez]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]]...
25: *[[Samuel Baker]], Africa - 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... - History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
1: ...d independent discovery. Such theories have grown from different [[premise]]s and approaches, examples...
4: ==Western Philosophy==
5: ''See article [[History of Western philosophy]]''
7: ...d with more varied use, which includes everything from [[Post-Medieval]] through the specific period o...
10: ...is generally said to begin in the Greek cities of western Asia Minor (Ionia) with [[Thales]] of Miletus, wh... - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
1: [[image:JohnCFremont.jpg|frame|John C. Frémont]]
2: ...dash;[[July 13]], [[1890]]), born '''John Charles Fremon''', was an [[United States|American]] [[milit...
4: ...mb|left|200px|Modern marker for site where two of Frémont's men were lost in Colorado]]
5: ... Sierra Nevada, it is generally acknowledged that Frémont became the first European American to view ...
7: ...e first pair of [[United States Senate|Senator]]s from [[California]]. In [[1856]] the new Republican ... - Erik the Red (5731 bytes)
4: ...victed of these murders and was forced into exile from Iceland. This event led him and a group of foll...
6: ...e commodities such as seal (used for rope), ivory from tusks, and beached whales if they happened to b...
12: ...ren. He had a daughter, [[Freydís Eiríksdóttir|Freydís]], as well as three sons, the [[List of exp... - Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
1: ... Navy|naval officer]], who explored the south and western [[Pacific]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], and ...
4: ...]. He immediately arranged for the government of France to acquire one of the most valuable and famou...
8: ...und out the probable place of the death of [[Jean-François de La Pérouse|La Perouse]].
10: ... a coastal area of Antarctica that he named the [[French Southern Territories|Adélie Coast]] in honor...
16: ...in the [[Cimetière du Montparnasse]], [[Paris]], France. - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...ns claim he could have been born in other places, from the [[Aragonese_Empire|Crown of Aragó]] to the...
5: ...is one thing that sets off Columbus' first voyage from all of these: less than two decades later, the ...
11: ...im for the massive boost his explorations gave to Western expansion and culture. [[Italian American]]s hail...
29: ... Atlantic Ocean. The fleet came under attack by [[French privateers]] off the [[Cape of St. Vincent]],...
31: ...and]], [[Madeira]], [[Azores|the Azores]], and [[Africa]]. Columbus's brother Bartolomeo worked as a ... - 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 ... - 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...
5: The effects spread throughout [[Western Europe]] and [[North America]], eventually affect...
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... - Steel (28384 bytes)
2: [[Image:Steel framework.jpg|thumb|300px|Steel framework]]
3: ...s, which are naturally arranged in a [[lattice]], from sliding past one another. Varying the amount of...
8: ...rtant that smelting take place in a fairly oxygen-free environment. Unlike copper and tin, liquid iro...
11:
17: ...n this case, expansion occurs. Internal stresses from this expansion generally take the form of [[com... - Ancient Greek theatre (7531 bytes)
3: ...lays have had a lasting impact on [[Western world|Western]] drama and culture.
7: ...ition holds that formal theatre in Athens evolved from festivals related to the cult of [[Dionysus]], ...
9: ... the Dionysia each year. The dithyrambs began as frenzied [[improvisation]]s. In the 600s BC, the poe...
17: ...have complete plays that survive extant. All are from Athens. They are the tragic writers [[Aeschylu...
21: ... Comedy|New Comedy]]. The only extant playwright from the period is [[Menander]]. One of New Comedy'... - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...ng in the [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
5: ...[country]]'s territorial extent expanded outwards from a core area in the [[North China Plain]], and v...
7: ... formally surrendering its claims, has moved away from its former identity as the ruler of China, and ...
16: ...eir nation as culturally and politically distinct from - and as the [[axis mundi]] of surrounding nati...
25: ... political legitimacy. It was used in this manner from the tenth century onwards by the competing dyna... - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
13: Minor religions introduced from abroad include [[Islam]] and [[Christianity]].
23: ...by emperors. Estimate of Buddhists in China range from 70 million to 150 million.
35: ...us Region]]s. Islam in China, particularly in the western, minority-dominated regions, can be connected wit...
44: In [[1289]], [[Franciscan]] friars from Europe initiated mission work in China. This mi...
46: ...gain initiated mission work in China, introducing Western science, mathematics, and astronomy. One of these... - May (3270 bytes)
19: * In Western Europe May 8 is [[Victory in Europe Day|VE Day]]....
26: * [[No Pants Day]] is celebrated the first Friday in May. - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ... of [[Dar es Salaam]]. The country's name derives from its [[Bantu languages|Bantu]] language, [[Kirun...
3: ...he poorest and most conflict-ridden countries in Africa and in the world. Its small size belies the ma...
10: ... = Unit鬠Travail, Progr賠([[French language|French]]: Unity, Work, Progress) |
13: ...[Kirundi language|Kirundi]] and [[French language|French]]. [[Swahili]] is widely spoken.|
38: established_dates = From [[Belgium]] <br> [[July 1]], [[1962]] | - Raccoon (4751 bytes)
14: ...al]] native to [[the Americas]]. Its name derives from the [[Algonquian]] word ''aroughcoune'', "he wh...
18: ...ood before eating it (the term for the animal in French is ''raton laveur'', or "washing rat"; the Ge...
35: ...tablished itself in a small area of north-central France and in a considerable area of central Germany... - Theodora (6th century) (3433 bytes)
4: ...rmation from this earliest part of her life comes from the ''Secret History'' of [[Procopius]], publis...
12: ...ised women's status far above that current in the Western portion of the Empire. - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
1: ...fealty from a vassal, possibly Melisende herself, from the [[Melisende Psalter]]]]
3: ...) was [[Kingdom of Jerusalem|Queen of Jerusalem]] from [[1131]] to [[1153]].
9: ...the [[Count of Boulogne|County of Boulogne]] in [[France]]. Melisende was the heir of this dynasty, an...
13: ...son of previous marriage, [[Geoffrey of Anjou|Geoffrey]] was in these same years married to Empress Ma...
15: ...d of his crusader knights Fulk excluded Melisende from granting titles and other forms of patronage, a... - Agnes of Courtenay (6051 bytes)
3: ...lin III]]. Agnes had lived in Jerusalem since the western remnant of [[Edessa, Mesopotamia|Edessa]] was los...
5: ...e de Jherusalem". Both these charges however come from sources biased towards Willaim; Bernard Hamilto...
7: ...ntess of Jaffa and Ascalon and received a pension from that fief's income. Agnes soon thereafter marri...
11: ...rranged to have her brother Joscelin III released from captivity and appointed [[Officers of the Kingd...
15: ...lla or Isabella. Sibylla herself was not excluded from the succession. Guy had become very unpopular a...
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