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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 China (45919 bytes)
2: ...s of immigration and emigration merged to create the familiar image of Chinese culture and people toda...
7: ...l center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically significant of those was fo...
9: == Into the Bronze Age ==
14: ...三代; [[pinyin]]: sāndài) that the historical China begins to appear.
18: ...1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood. - Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
1: ... and [[French Navy|naval officer]], who explored the south and western [[Pacific]], [[Australia]], [[N...
4: ...n the world. The [[Venus de Milo]] now stands in the [[Louvre]] in [[Paris]].
6: In [[1822]] he sailed on a voyage around the world under [[Louis Isidore Duperrey|Captain Dupe...
8: ...her islands, and found out the probable place of the death of [[Jean-François de La Pérouse|La Perou...
10: ...area of Antarctica that he named the [[French Southern Territories|Adélie Coast]] in honor of his wif... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: ...pg|thumb|right|200px|'''Victoria''' <br>Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empr...
7: ...Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
9: ... [[House of Hanover]]; her successor belonged to the [[House of Windsor|House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha]].
12: ...ince of Leiningen]]. Victoria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on ...
14: ...er educator was the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]]. - Rani Lakshmi Bai (4917 bytes)
1: ...ia]], was one of the great nationalist heroes of the [[Revolt of 1857]], and a symbol of resistance to...
5: ...ncluded horse riding, fencing and shooting, when she was still a child.
7: ...ngadhar Rao expired on [[21 November]] [[1853]], when Lakshmi Bai was 18 years old.
10: ...ousie decided to annex the state of Jhansi under the [[Doctrine of Lapse]].
12: ... defend Jhansi. She proclaimed her decision with the famous words :''Mai apni Jhansi nahi doongi'' (I ... - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
3: ...e]]'s early mechanical general-purpose computer, the [[analytical engine]].
6: ...ngland for good a few days later. He never saw either again.
8: ...ety, she was a member of the [[Bluestockings]] in her youth.
11: ...Honourable Augusta Ada, Countess of Lovelace'''. She is widely known in modern times simply as '''Ada ...
13: ...[[David Brewster|Sir David Brewster]], [[Charles Wheatstone]], [[Charles Dickens]] and [[Michael Farad... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
1: ...ge:Tallulah.jpg|thumb|Tallulah Bankhead, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934]]
2: '''Tallulah Brockman Bankhead''' ([[January 31]], [[1902]] - [[December 12]],...
4: ... granddaughter of Senator [[John H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[[1920]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[1907]]-[[192...
6: ...parts, first appearing in a non-speaking role in The Squab Farm.
8: ... member said: "She was so pretty that we thought she must be stupid." - Chromosome (12667 bytes)
1: ... point where the two chromatids touch, and where the microtubules attach. (3) Short arm. (4) Long arm....
2: ...Thomas Hunt Morgan]] proved that chromosomes are the carriers of genes.
5: ...eplication begins at many different locations on the chromosome.
8: ... few. Bacterial DNA also exists as [[plasmid]]s. The distinction between plasmids and chromosomes is p...
11: Two types of [[chromatin]] can be distinguished: - Harmonium (4268 bytes)
2: The '''harmonium''' is a type of [[reed organ]]
5: ...used in many pioneer churches in the U.S., where the harmonium was used for accompaniment of congrega...
7: ...d overseas to support missionary efforts, though they remain common (though disused) in both private a...
9: ...is]] in [[1842]] by [[Alexandre Debain]], though there was concurrent development of similar instrumen...
11: ==The Harmonium in India== - 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. - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
5: ...during the 20th century but not including any of the major revision proposals that have also been made...
7: ...ten there are also several possible spellings of the names.
9: ...he combined chronology presented below, which is the “Conventional Chronology” that is quo...
16: * The dates of Dynasties 1 to 10 are from Baines and Ma...
17: ... Age", in Astrom (ed) ''High, Middle or Low'' (Gothengurg, 1987), taking his low chronology. - 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... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
7: <tr><td>'''Followed:'''</td><td>[[William Henry Harrison]]</td></tr>
13: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Letiti...
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> ''non...
21: ...irst to assume the office of President following the death of his predecessor. - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
18: ...es Electoral College|electoral vote]]. He became the youngest president up unto that time.
20: ...cy]] during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. He died in 1869 from [[cirrhosis]].
22: ...handsome. And he was genuinely religious. And yet he was a timid man with a shallow, rigid, old-fashio...
25: ...had six older and two younger siblings, four brothers and three sisters.
27: ...g friendship, and [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]]. He also met [[Calvin E. Stowe]], [[Sargent S. Prenti... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
28: | '''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''
33: | '''[[List of political parties in the United States|Political Party]]:'''
36: | '''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''
42: ...he United States]], and the first president from the [[United States Republican Party|Republican Party...
44: ...ithin their boundaries. These events soon led to the [[American Civil War]]. - Texas (39610 bytes)
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36: ... member [[U.S. state|state]] in [[1845]]. It has the [[U.S. Postal Service|postal abbreviation]] '''TX...
38: ...rs mistakenly applied the word to the people and their location.
41: * [[state flower]] — the [[bluebonnet]] (''Lupinus texensis'')
43: ... on several historical flags of Texas, including the current Texas flag [http://www.50states.com/bio/n... - Rhode Island (15004 bytes)
3: Fullname = The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ...
8: Nickname = The Ocean State, Little Rhody |
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37: ...s naval history and the fact that every point in the state is within 30 miles of [[sea water]].
40: In 1614 the Dutch explorer Adriaen Block visited the island that is now called [[Block Island]]. - Oregon (26551 bytes)
25: ...>(all but majority of [[Malheur County, Oregon|Malheur County]] is in Pacific)</small> |
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36: ...the state is notably rainy; east of the Cascades the climate is much more arid. In fact, on average O...
38: ...]] {{IPA|[ˈɔɹ.ə.gən]}}. The pronunciation {{IPA|[ˈɔɹ.ə.&#...
41: ...ism [that] is writing the preface to what may be the future for all [[United States|Americans]]: simpl... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...actical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
7: ... of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
19: ... 8500 BC: [[Agriculture#History|Agriculture]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
22: * [[Animal husbandry]] in the [[Middle East]]
30: * [[Irrigation]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]] - Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
2: ...es Department of the Interior|U.S. Department of the Interior]]}}
7: ...ority | author = [[Richard Owen|Owen]] | date = [[1842]]}}
12: [[Theropoda]]<br/>
16: ...issues, including blood vessels and cells lining them [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/03/science/03din...
18: ...[[Dimetrodon]]'', the winged [[pterosaur]]s, and the aquatic [[ichthyosaur]]s, [[plesiosaur]]s, and [[...
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