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- 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 - History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
1: ...|leaps of faith]], hope and inheritance (such as the [[supernatural]]ist philosophies and [[religion]]...
7: ...[[Post-Medieval]] through the specific period of the early [[20th century]].
10: ...etus, who was active around 585 B.C. and left us the opaque dictum, "All is water." His most noted stu...
12: ...ore concentrated in [[Athens]], which had become the dominant city-state in [[Greece]].
14: ... respected. Since winning debates led to wealth, the subjects and methods of debate became highly deve... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...f more production machines for manufacturing in other industries.
3: ...growth of the [[internal combustion engine]] and the development of [[Electric power|electrical power ...
5: ... often compared to the [[Neolithic revolution]], when mankind developed [[agriculture]] and gave up it...
7: ... [[Louis-Auguste Blanqui]] in the second half of the [[19th century]].
10: ... But one of the main causes was the invention of the steam engine. - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
3: ...though pipers most commonly talk of "pipes" and "the bagpipe".
16: ...cularly Highland pipers. In the Middle east, and the Balkans, a whole goatskin is used, cured with sal...
18: ...ores for the Zampogna, and cylindrical bores for the Musette and Scottish Small Pipes). In general, c...
20: ...erm is also somewhat mistakenly used to describe the general sound produced by a bagpipe.
23: ...to have originated with various ethnic groups in the Roman empire. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
6: ...|Abagnale, Frank]], (born 1948), US impostor and cheque fraud
18: ...die, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher
21: *[[Abbas II]], (1874-1944), khedive of Egypt
36: ...in Abbott]], (1838-1926), British schoolmaster & theologian
46: *[[Abd-ar-rahman III]], (912-961), prince of the Ummayad dynasty in Spain - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...lizabeth II|Golden Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Canadian Orders.)]]
7: ...d Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]].
9: ... second-longest-serving current head of state in the world, after King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] of Thail...
11: ...], and is the mother of the [[heir-apparent]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
14: ..."Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover of ''Time'' in 1929, at age three.]] - Sofia Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
1: ...appointed professor at [[Stockholm University]], the third woman in [[Europe]] to become a professor.
3: ...racy, a Hungarian king in particular; in [[1858]] he was permitted to change his surname to [[Matthias...
5: ...ation and "appreciation of the finer things" than her husband.
7: ...fying" the enormous effort that was put into the theory).
9: ...lder sister Anna and he very probably proposed to her. - Rose (15436 bytes)
18: ...ng [[shrub]] of the [[genus]] '''''Rosa''''' and the [[flower]] of this shrub.
21: ...arely reaching as high as 20 m by climbing over other plants.
23: ...are [[deciduous]], but a few (particularly in southeast [[Asia]]) are [[evergreen]] or nearly so.
25: ... or red. The ovary is inferior, developing below the petals and sepals.
27: .... Some birds, particularly [[finch]]es, also eat the seeds. - Clavichord (3295 bytes)
3: ...aps 4 x 1 x 1/3 feet and four octaves in range), the last instruments built were up to seven feet long...
5: ...ried by varying the force of the tangent against the string, which is known as ''[[bebung]]'', and can...
7: ...her (such as C and C#) are on the one string. In the late 18th century, clavichords were often built '...
9: ...ertoire were in fact more accurately written for the pedal clavichord.
11: ...Philipp Emmanuel Bach]] was a great proponent of the instrument. - Cairo (12536 bytes)
1: ...pg|thumb|200px|Although technically in [[Giza]], The Great [[Egyptian Pyramids|Pyramids]] have become ...
2: ...|thirteenth most populous metropolitan area]] in the world. Cairo is located at 30°2' North, 31&de...
4: ...1605;صر) pronounced ''Maşr'' in the local dialect.
6: ...oyed in attempts to invade Cairo or defeated elsewhere by troops sent from Cairo. ([[Mongols]], Crusad...
11: ...gypt, seen as a large bright area centre left of the image, Credit-ESA 2004.]] - Trumpet (13239 bytes)
1: ...mpeter.jpg|frame|right|Trumpeter performing with the United States Air Forces in Europe Band]]
2: ...phone]], and [[french horn]]. A person who plays the trumpet is called a ''trumpeter'' or simply, ''tr...
6: ... in all keys. The sound is projected outward by the [[bell]].
8: ... are best suited for expansive, lower-register orchestral performance, while shallow-cupped "pea-shoot...
10: ==Relationship to other brass instruments== - Accordion (10069 bytes)
2: ...board|keyboard]], the smallest representative of the [[organ (music)|organ]] family.
4: ...had reed instruments. It has been suggested that they may have existed in ancient Egypt.
10: ... as air is drawn through the hole in the holder, the reed vibrates, producing sound.
16: *Reed tone pitch is given by the reed itself and not through a resonator tube (as ...
18: ... the Jew's Harp, but not all are true for all of them. - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
2: ...ynasty of Egypt|Eleventh dynasty]] to the end of the [[Fourteenth dynasty of Egypt|Fourteenth dynasty]...
4: ==The Beginning==
5: ...lfth dynasties]], and date the Middle Kingdom to the beginning of that dynasty.
7: ==The Twelfth dynasty==
8: ...r as a palace coup by Amenemhat that resulted in the death of Mentuhotep IV. - Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
1: ...ing beginnings and endings to various Dynasties. The [[conventional Egyptian chronology]] is a type of...
5: ...logy a difficult task. As Dr. Robert A. Hatch of the University of Florida puts it:
7: ...in the Egyptian calendar with attested dates in other calendaric systems, for example, Greek, Jewish, ...
9: ...ultimately settle many of these questions while others may last for eternity.
13: ...fy the prevailing modern Egyptian chronology, so the previous "firm" dates cannot be supported astrono... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
1: ...sdent.jpg|200px|thumb|[[Seal of the President of the United States]]]]
3: ...deral government]] and [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[United States armed forces|armed forces]].
5: ...dent was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free world," a phrase that is still invoked today...
7: ...]]. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world in nations with a [[presidential system]] o...
9: The current President of the United States is [[George W. Bush]]. - John Adams (18716 bytes)
18: ...[John Quincy Adams]], was the sixth President of the United States ([[1825]]–[[1829]]).
22: ...], to [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his mother was Susanna Boylston Adams.
24: ...ions of this scene; it is instructive to compare the two accounts.
26: ...ional]] minister at [[Weymouth]], Massachusetts. Their son, John Quincy Adams, was born in [[1767]].
28: ...usness to be a handicap in his political career. These qualities were particularly manifested at a lat... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
14: ...tha Wayles Skelton Jefferson|Martha]] died before he took office
18: ...[slavery|slaveowner]], [[author]] and founder of the [[University of Virginia]].
20: ...residency include the [[Louisiana Purchase]] and the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]].
23: ...e founding his own vision of higher education at the [[University of Virginia]].
25: ...usly solicited Jefferson to prepare the draft of the Declaration alone. - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
13: | place of death= [[The Hermitage]], [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]
14: | wife= [[Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson]]
18: ...nating the years between the [[War of 1812]] and the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].
22: ...that they were too inclined to favor and emulate their former colonial masters. Jackson admired [[Napo...
24: ...le world of frontier law. He became a colonel in the state militia, which began his military career. - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
8: <tr><td>'''Succeeded by:'''</td><td>[[William Henry Harrison]]</td></tr>
14: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''</td><td>[[Angelica...
17: <tr><td>'''[[List of political parties in the United States|Political Party]]:'''</td><td>[[Uni...
18: <tr><td>'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td>[[Rich...
22: ... the first of non-[[England|Anglo descent]], and the only whose [[first language]] was not [[English l... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
9: ...><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[January 7]], [[1800]]</td></tr>
13: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Abigai...
16: <tr><td>'''[[List_of_political_parties_in_the_United_States |Political Party]]:'''</td><td>[[U...
17: <tr><td>'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td>''none...
20: ...in his own right. He was the last president from the [[United States Whig Party|Whig Party]].
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