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- Iris (plant) (13374 bytes)
20: ...are many species of ''Iris'', widely distributed throughout the north temperate zone.
25: ...panded portion), adorned with lines or dots. The three, sometimes reduced, [[petal]]s stand upright, p...
41: ...rl surface which is borne and an ovary formed of three carpels. The shelf-like transverse projection o...
63: ...the capsules, which remain attached to the plant throughout the winter, are 2 to 3 in. long; and the s...
65: ... of these broad segments are produced instead of three. Of this too there are numberless varieties cul... - Greek language (35285 bytes)
4: |region=The [[Balkans]]
17: ...gh Koine Greek it is also traced the origin of [[Christianity]], as the [[Apostles]] used it to preach...
32: Greek has been spoken in the [[Balkan]] Peninsula since the [[2nd millennium BC]]. The ...
38: ...ue to be productive as a basis for coinages: ''anthropology'', ''photography'', ''isomer'', etc. and f...
41: ... a [[dialect]] of Greek) and [[Phrygian language|Phrygian]], are not well enough documented to permit ... - Europe (23835 bytes)
22: ... World War I]]. From the end of [[World War II]] through the end of the [[Cold War]], Europe was divid...
35: ...y definable area. In the past concepts such as ''Christendom'' were deemed more important.
42: ... peninsulas—[[Iberia]], [[Italy]] and the [[Balkans]]—emerge from the southern margin of the m...
44: ...high [[Alps]], [[Pyrenees]] and [[Carpathians]], through hilly uplands, into broad, low northern plain...
48: ...regions provided homes for many separate nations throughout history. - Turkey (41694 bytes)
49: ...eninsula, with 3% of its territory located in the Balkan region of Southeastern [[Europe]]. Its straddles ...
50: ...cal position between [[Europe]] and [[Asia]] and three seas, Turkey has been a historical crossroads, ...
62: .... The least disputed classification is based on three global periods: [[Turkish War of Independence|t...
84: ...ging from small fines to brief prison sentences. Three-judge courts of first instance have jurisdictio...
96: ...odern society with cultural identity, and guided through the legacy of [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]]'s po... - Turkmenistan (10788 bytes)
68: ... turkmen national anthem-oath himself, including phrases that say people who defamate the motherland o...
78: # [[Balkan Province|Balkan]] (capital [[Nebitdag]])
88: ...he southwestern border, reaches 2,912 meters. The Balkan Mountains in the far west and the Kugitang Range ...
105: ...stitution). Education is universal and mandatory through the secondary level, the total duration of wh... - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ...theast of [[Europe]] on the southern tip of the [[Balkan peninsula]]. It has land boundaries with [[Bulgar...
50: ...n Europe]], situated on the southern end of the [[Balkan peninsula]]. It is bordered by [[Bulgaria]], the ...
65: ... Great]] and aimed at the defeat of the 'eastern threat' of the Persians. Alexander led the Greeks to ...
70: ...rist on the walls of the upper southern gallery. Christ is flanked by the Virgin Mary and John the Bap...
72: ...omini|AD]] [[600]] the old cities of Greece shrank considerably due to barbarian raids by the [[A... - Serbia and Montenegro (13848 bytes)
1: ...federation]]. It is located on the west-central [[Balkan Peninsula]].
3: ...ro cooperate in only some political fields (e.g. through a defence union). The states have separate ec...
93: ... variety than many other European countries. Its three largest ethnic groups are [[Serbs]] (62.6%), [[...
126: ...y-named Highway of Brotherhood and Unity running through Croatia, Serbia and Macedonia was one of the ...
128: ... [[European_route|international highways]] going through Serbia are [[E75]] and [[E70]]. [[E763]]/[[E7... - Romania (19812 bytes)
1: ...stern and southern [[Carpathians]] mountains run through its center.<!--
62: ...vely. In the [[Middle Ages]], Romanians lived in three distinct principalities: Walachia, Moldavia, an...
162: After Romania's Communist regime was overthrown in late 1989, the country was left with an obs...
174: ...tion]] remains a major problem at all levels and threatens to stifle economic growth. Additionally, la...
208: ...ich is one of the churches of [[Eastern Orthodox Christianity]]. [[Catholicism]] (both [[Roman Catholi... - Albania (24647 bytes)
87: Illyrians were relative latecomers to the Balkan arena. Though their presence can be traced back t...
94: After the [[Balkan Wars|First Balkan War]], Albania declared its independence from the...
100: ...rbeg Division]]" of the [[Waffen SS]] had under three thousand men, with low morale and discipline.
102: ... Albania, with Kosovo, in a Yugoslav and possibly Balkan federation, but the Albanian Communists followed ...
138: Albania after the communist regime was overthrown, as all the ex-communist countries, the countr... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
46: ... capital, the process of [[Hellenization]] and [[Christianization]] was well underway.
57: ...fined as a multi-ethnic empire that emerged as a Christian empire, soon comprised the Hellenized empir...
59: ...mained even though its constituent parts in the [[Balkans]] and [[Asia Minor]] contained an overwhelmingly...
72: ...mpire was not yet "Byzantine" under Constantine, Christianity would become one of the defining charact...
78: ...Zeno negotiated with the [[Goths]], ending their threats to the east but leaving them in control of th... - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...o the first time prehistoric man observed birds. Through all of recorded history aspects of this desir...
17: ...nt in his observation that powering the aircraft through the air was the crux of flying. Sufficiently...
21: ...e]], with a steam engine mounted on a dirigible. Throughout the latter half of the 19th century and th...
29: ...at led to the first truly practical [[glider]]s. Three names in particular remain well known in the av...
37: Throughout this period a number of attempts were made... - World War I (62979 bytes)
8: ...anco-Prussian that would lead France to exploit a Balkan crisis as a precept for a general war. Scholars h...
16: ...heir to the [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian]] throne, was [[assassination in Sarajevo|assassinated ...
24: ...uring [[Serbia]]'s territory as a result of the [[Balkan Wars]] of [[1912]]-[[1913]]. Serbia, for its part...
41: ...ons ([[July 25]]) and declared war ([[July 28]]) through a telegram sent to the Serbian government.
49: ...c Ocean|Atlantic]] ports would be an even larger threat to British trade as a whole. - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
15: ...Netherlands]] were added in [[1585]] and of the [[Balkan]]s and [[Greece]] in [[1588]], further maps were ... - Zeus (17267 bytes)
42: ...es, Greece|Thebes]], and the Spartans even had a shrine to ''Zeus [[Agamemnon]]''.
59: ...ysus]]) absorbed the role of the chief [[Phrygia|Phrygian]] god [[Sabazios]] in the syncretic deity kn...
65: ...ined to be overcome by his own son as he had overthrown his own father. But when Zeus was about [[chil...
76: ...es, Hecatonchires and Cyclopes [[Titanomachy|overthrew]] Cronus and the other Titans. The Titans were ...
80: ...se they were her children. Soon after taking the throne as king of the gods, Zeus had to fight some of... - Aircraft (13315 bytes)
15: ...tor (a ''rotary wing'') to provide both lift and thrust. The abbreviation [[VTOL]] is applied to aircr...
41: ...ircraft defeats gravity by use of [[vertical]] [[thrust]] greater than its [[weight]].
51: ..., as [[biplane]]s (two wings) and [[triplane]]s (three wings) were numerous in the early days of aviat...
84: ...r]], did not come into widespread use until the [[Balkan War]] when [[First Air-dropped bomb]] was invente... - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
10: ...ere pirate states along the [[Anatolia]]n coast, threatening the commerce of the [[Roman Empire]].
12: ...tained an attitude of superiority and good cheer throughout his captivity. When the pirates decided to...
14: ... months of naval warfare managed to suppress the threat. (See [[Pompey#Campaign against the pirates]])...
16: ...red Illyria and made it a province, ending their threat.
31: After the [[Slavs|Slavic]] [[invasions]] of the Balkan peninsula in the 5th and 6th centuries, a [[Slavs... - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
47: ...its steady advance through the [[Balkan Peninsula|Balkans]]. At its height, it comprised an area of over [...
53: ...ed in the middle of East and West and interacted throughout its six-century history with both the [[Ea...
59: Through a series of reforms, the empire continued to ...
63: ...y resulted in the secession of the Balkans in the Balkan war of 1910-12.
65: ...ere defeated in [[Gallipoli]], [[Iraq]] and the [[Balkans]], and some territories were regained. - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
13: Between 800 and 70 BC the Germanic peoples thrust into [[Celts|Celtic]] territory from [[Schlesw...
17: ...obardi. Around 260 AD, the Germans finally broke through the Limes and the Danube frontier.
19: ...and. The mingling of Germanic traditions and the Christian religion gave rise to the pattern of life o...
23: ...r Papal authority were established to spread the Christian faith in the German lands.
37: ...winning the Langobardic (Lombard) crown. Outside threats to the kingdom were contained when in 955 the... - Adriatic Sea (5830 bytes)
3: ...the [[Apennine peninsula]] ([[Italy]]) from the [[Balkan peninsula]], and the system of the [[Apennine Mou...
20: ...es (160 km), although the [[Strait of Otranto]], through which it connects at the south with the Ionia... - Red deer (16671 bytes)
34: Red deer, like other cervids, are subject to [[chronic wasting disease]], which may be similar to [[...
39: ...te forest]]s and [[grassland]], wapiti are found throughout North America, especially in [[Rocky Mount...
48: ...ltai red deer (''C. e. asiaticus or sibiricus''), Balkan red deer (''C. e. hippelaphus''), Kansu red deer ...
65: ...ent, and the southwestern wapiti (Merriam's elk) through hunting and increased desertification. A popu...
73: ...ns from central British Columbia and [[Alberta]] through [[Idaho]], [[Montana]], eastern [[Washington]...
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