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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
108: | [[Helena, Montana|Helena]]
204: | [[Cheyenne, Wyoming|Cheyenne]]
209: ...List of current and former capital cities within the United States]]
219: [[Category:Lists of cities in the United States|* Capital]]
221: [[he:מדינות ארצות הבר... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...specially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].'...
6: ...a]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...r]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
12: ...rge Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
17: ..., first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a single ship - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...l [[sphere]], and argued that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
2: [[Image:Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [ht...
3: ...icas, they inaugurated permanent contact between the New and Old Worlds.
5: ...t Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...tober]], the anniversary of Columbus' landing in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]]. - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
1: ...eir at whitehouse.jpg|frame|right|Golda Meir was the fourth [[Prime Minister of Israel]]]]
2: ...moved to [[Philadelphia]] when he was a teenager; he moved back to Israel after graduate school and wa...
4: ==Born in the Russian empire==
6: ...and the rest of the family followed in [[1906]]. They settled in [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]].
8: ==Emigration to the United States, 1906== - Esther (5002 bytes)
2: ... Biblical [[Book of Esther]] which is named after her.
4: ==The name==
5: ...sian]] word ''satarah'' meaning [[star]] — the myrtle blossom resembles a twinkling star.
7: ...n in the events of the Book of Esther even though he is never mentioned explicitly.
9: ...s may nevertheless be coincidentally related, as the [[Semitic languages|Semitic]] name ''Ishtar'' may... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
1: ...apel]] is one of the most famous works of art in the world.]]
2: ...dition is believed, she may or may not have been the [[first woman]], or Adam's first wife.
4: ...אָדָם in [[Standard Hebrew]],
5: ...3;ָּה (Ḥavva) in Standard Hebrew,
6: Ḥawwāh in Tiberian Hebrew, and حواء (Ḥaww... - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
7: ...o live with her mother Katherine Szenes and a brother.
9: ...n the [[anti-semitism|anti-Semitic]] atmosphere. She joined ''Maccabea'', a Hungarian [[Zionism|Zionis...
11: ...he begun a paratrooper training in [[Egypt]] for the British [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]].
13: ... threatened to torture her mother as well. The mother was eventually released.
15: ...in her window one at the time. She tried to keep their spirits up by singing. - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...f Aqaba]] (also known as Gulf of [[Eilat]]), and the [[Dead Sea]].
6: ...1491;ינת ישראל<br>("Medinat Yisra'el")<br>دو...
12: national_anthem = ''[[Hatikvah]]'' |
13: official_languages = [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], [[Arabic]] |
18: leader_names = [[Ariel Sharon]]<br>[[Moshe Katsav]] | - Thebes, Egypt (3900 bytes)
2: ...triking testimony to Egyptian civilization at its height.
4: ...s'', "City of Zeus" ([[Zeus]] being the god whom the Greeks identified with [[Amun]]).
6: ...of the temple of [[Karnak]], which is located in the city.
8: ...important temples that stood on the outskirts of the city.
10: ==Important archaeological sites in Thebes== - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painte...
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
22: *[[Hans von Aachen]] ([[1552]]-[[1615]])
27: *[[Andreas Achenbach]] ([[1815]]-[[1910]]) - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
2: ...e central figure of the [[Dutch School (music)|Netherlands]] style.
6: ...Ercole I of [[Ferrara]] hired him for the chapel there; so Josquin returned to Italy.
8: ...'s name. While there he also wrote a setting of the [[Miserere]], Psalm 50, for five voices, widely a...
10: ...tion to them has been discovered by researchers. He remained at Cond頵ntil his death in 1521.
14: ...Baroque music|Baroque]] era, with the decline of the polyphonic style. - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
1: ... former French president, Charles de Gaulle. For the [[Paris]] airport, see [[Charles de Gaulle Intern...
42: ... inspired a new constitution<sup>1</sup> and was the [[Fifth Republic]]'s first [[president]] from [[1...
45: ...r's side was a family of rich entrepreneurs from the industrial region of Lille in [[French Flanders]]...
47: ...reyfus affair]] the family distanced itself from the more conservative natonalist circles and supporte...
50: ...eld. Alive, he was taken prisoner by the Germans. He made five unsuccessful escape attempts, and was p... - Hieronymus Bosch (3386 bytes)
1: ...an inspiration to the [[surrealism]] movement in the [[20th century]].
3: ...-Hertogenbosch]]. In [[Spanish language|Spanish]] he is often called '''El Bosco'''.
5: ...gious group of some 40 influential citizens of 's-Hertogenbosch.
7: ...|''Hell'', the right panel from the triptych ''[[The Garden of Earthly Delights]]'']]
8: ...ments of the various types of [[sin|sinners]] on the right panel. - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ... in his lifetime. In addition, he helped advance the study of [[anatomy]], [[astronomy]], and [[civil ...
7: ... been suggested, albeit on scanty evidence, that she was a [[Middle East|Middle Eastern]] [[slave]] ow...
9: ...not "da Vincis". Presumably he did not use his father's name because of his illegitimate status.
11: ...ndrea del Verrocchio]], who subsequently took on the fourteen-year old Leonardo as an apprentice. In t...
12: ... of intellect that whatever he turned his mind to he made himself master of with ease" ([[Giorgio Vasa... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
30: *[[Arnold Henry Bergier]]
45: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]] (1475 - 1564)
97: *[[Victor Fisher]] (1938-)
103: *[[Daniel Chester French]] (1850 - 1931)
108: *[[Henri Gaudier-Brzeska]] (1891 - 1915) - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
1: ...arles_Lindbergh.jpg|thumb|Charles Lindbergh with the Spirit of St. Louis.]]
2: ...r piloting the first solo non-stop flight across the [[Atlantic Ocean]] in [[1927]].
6: ...n [[airmail]] pilot on the line [[St. Louis]] in the 1920s.<!--What does this mean? Please clarify.-->
8: ==First solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean==
10: ...humb|right|The Spirit of St. Louis on display at the Smithsonian.]] - African American (19830 bytes)
1: ..., or simply '''blacks''', are an ethnic group in the [[United States of America]] whose ancestors, usu...
6: ... Despite its literal meaning, the usual usage of the term does not include [[whites]], [[Asian|Asians]...
10: ..., [[Gary, Indiana|Gary]], [[Indiana]], had the highest percentage of black residents of any U.S. city ...
15: ... [[Confederate States of America]] which lead to the [[American Civil War]] ([[1861]] - [[1865]]).
17: ...regation]], and with it a wave of lynchings and other vigilante violence. - Henry the Navigator (6878 bytes)
1: ...ortugal]], looms large as an important figure in the early days of European [[colonial]] expansion.
2: ...age:Heinrich der Seefahrer.jpg|right|200px|Henry the Navigator]]
3: ... as well as with [[Africa]] in general, and with the legend of [[Prester John]].
5: ...nt proved important as a source of funds through the [[1440s]].
7: ...ax. Henry also arranged for the colonization of the Azores during Pedro's regency (1439–1448). - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
4: ...mage_caption=''"[[Father of the Nation|Father of the nation]]"'' —Mohandas Gandhi |
5: quotation=An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. |
13: ... philosophy of non-violence, for which he coined the term ''[[satyagraha]]'', has influenced both nati...
15: ...iolence]] (''[[ahimsa]]''). His auto-biography, "The story of my experiments with truth" reveals his i...
18: ...Kasturba Makharji]], who was the same age as he. They had four sons: [[Harilal Gandhi]], born in [[188... - Himalaya (16334 bytes)
1: ...e correct name for the range is Himalaya, though the plural '''Himalayas''' is often used.
3: ...750 million people live in the watershed area of the Himalayan rivers, which also includes [[Banglades...
5: ...en from space looking south-south-east from over the [[Tibetan Plateau]]. ([[:Image:himalaya_annotated...
9: ...n the east. The width varies between 250-300 km. The Himalayan range comprises three parallel ranges, ...
10: ...ree highest - [[Mount Everest]], [[K2]] and [[Kanchenjunga]].
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