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- Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
16: ...leather, but in more recent times many other materials, such as [[rubber]] and [[Gore-Tex]] have becom...
18: ...number of important exceptions, including the Italian Zampogna, the French Musette du Cour, and severa...
23: ...eems likely they were first invented in pre-Christian times. [[Nero]] is generally accepted to have b...
27: ...the funerals of high-ranking civilian public officials as well.
33: ...e the [[Great Highland Bagpipe]]s (commonly abbreviated GHBs), which were developed in [[Scotland]] an... - Yolanda of Flanders (2422 bytes)
3: ...nda ruled as regent. She allied with the [[Bulgaria]]ns against the various Byzantine successor state...
14: ...d first Raoul d'Issoudun and then Henry count of Vianden - Rose (15436 bytes)
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Rosaceae]]}}
9: {{Taxobox_subfamilia_entry | taxon = [[Rosoideae]]}}
21: ...form a group of generally thorny [[shrub]]s or [[liana|climbers]], and sometimes trailing plants, reac...
23: ...duous]], but a few (particularly in southeast [[Asia]]) are [[evergreen]] or nearly so.
27: ...but stiff, hairs. Rose hips of some species, especially the [[Dog Rose]] (''Rosa canina'') and [[Rugos... - Manuscript (5266 bytes)
1: ...nscription]]s that are scratched upon a hard material (the original meaning of ''[[graffiti]]''), or i...
3: ...s: similar sheets have been discovered in [[Bulgaria]]. Technically, these are all [[inscription]]s ra...
6: ... convention, doubles the last letter of the abbreviation to express the plural, just as ''pp'' means "...
8: ...ment]]s, on [[papyrus]], and on [[paper]]. In Russia [[birch bark documents]] as old as from the 11th ...
12: ...esert burials in the [[Tarim Basin]] of Central Asia. Manuscripts preserved in volcanic ash preserve s... - Greek language (35285 bytes)
3: ...epublic of Macedonia]], central and south [[Bulgaria]], [[Turkey]] and surrounding countries
8: [[Attic dialect|Attic]]<br>
17: ...ng world. It is also known as the '''Alexandrian dialect''', '''Post-Classic Greek''' or even '''New T...
19: ...k]] during medieval [[Greek history]] as the official and vernacular language of the [[Byzantine Empir...
32: ...d, was probably created by modifying the [[Phoenician alphabet]] in c. [[1000 BC]] and, with minor mod... - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
1: [[Image:Mediterranian_Sea_16.61811E_38.99124N.jpg|thumb|300px|Satellit...
4: ...n the south by [[Africa]], and on the east by [[Asia]]. It covers an approximate area of [[1 E12 m2|2...
6: ... Rome|Romans]], and the [[Middle-East]] (Arab/Persian/Semitic) cultures. The [[history of the Mediterr...
21: ...ruit)|orange]]s, [[tangerine]]s, and [[cork (material)|cork]]. The region has a long [[history of the ...
25: * [[Sardinia]], [[Corsica]], [[Sicily]], and [[Malta]] in the ... - Europe (23835 bytes)
4: ... the east by the [[Ural Mountains]] and the [[Caspian Sea]] (for more detailed description see [[Geogr...
6: ...ion]] it is the third largest continent after [[Asia]] and [[Africa]]. The population of Europe is rou...
11: ...y]], [[Europa (mythology)|Europa]] was a [[Phoenicia]]n princess who was abducted by [[Zeus]] in bull ...
13: ...se" and is the land to the east from a [[Mesopotamian]] perspective.
18: ...holdings in [[Africa]], [[the Americas]], and [[Asia]]. - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
9: *[[Algeria]] (Al - Jaza'ir) - [[Algiers]]
16: *[[Cape Verde]] - [[Praia, Cape Verde|Praia]]
25: *[[Equatorial Guinea]] - [[Malabo]]
27: *[[Ethiopia]] (Itiopia) - [[Addis Ababa]]
29: *[[The Gambia]] - [[Banjul]] - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
12: <tr><td>[[Abuja]] <td>[[Nigeria]]
14: ...[[Addis Ababa, Ethiopia|Addis Ababa]] <td>[[Ethiopia]]
15: <tr><td>[[Algiers]] <td>[[Algeria]]
17: <tr><td>[[Amsterdam]] <td>[[Netherlands]] (official)
21: <tr><td>[[Apia, Samoa|Apia]] <td>[[Samoa]] - Turkey (41694 bytes)
12: official_languages = [[Turkish language|Turkish]]|
17: established_events = - Formation of Parliament<br> - Declaration of Republic |
49: ...uthwest Asia]] from [[Southeast Europe]]. [[Anatolia]] is situated between the [[Black Sea]] on the no...
50: ...east; [[Iran]] to the east; and [[Iraq]] and [[Syria]] to the south.
52: ...005, the [[European Union]] opened accession negotiations with Ankara. - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ... proven especially influential in [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [[Africa]].
15: | '''[[Official language]]''' || [[Greek language|Greek]]
21: ...dents of Greece|President]]''' || [[Karolos Papoulias|KᲯlos Papo?]]
50: ...ies to the east of mainland Greece while the [[Ionian Sea]] lies to the west. Both, parts of the easte...
52: ...h its culture has proven to be especially influential in [[Europe]], [[Northern Africa]] and the [[Mid... - Romania (19812 bytes)
1: ...Black Sea]] and the eastern and southern [[Carpathians]] mountains run through its center.<!--
8: common_name = Romania |
9: image_flag = Romania flag large.png |
10: image_coat = Coa_romania.png |
11: image_map = LocationRomania.png | - Ancient Greece (23806 bytes)
2: ...garia]], [[Egypt]], [[France]], [[Libya]], [[Romania]], [[Spain]], and [[Ukraine]].
4: ...ek history before the [[Roman Empire]], but historians use the term more precisely. Some writers inclu...
6: ...t [[Olympic Games]] in [[776 BC]], but most historians now extend the term back to about [[1000 BC]]. ...
8: ...s a continuum running until the advent of [[Christianity]] in the [[third century]] AD.
10: ...ent Greek civilization has been immensely influential on the language, politics, educational systems, ... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...generally centered on [[Meridian (geography)|meridian]]s of a [[longitude]] that is a multiple of 15? ...
4: ...mb|400px|Standard Time Zones of the World by the CIA]]
6: ...ones are relative. UTC is, nevertheless, the official term for today's atomically measured time as dis...
11: ...[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]], [[United States|USA]]: UTC − 8 (e.g. if ...
15: *[[Mumbai]], [[India]]: UTC + 5.5 (e.g. if it is 13:00 UTC, then it is... - String instrument (8163 bytes)
10: ...his instrument family; the proclamation that the piano is a percussion instrument has at times served ...
12: A variant of the hammering method is found in the [[clavi...
14: The [[aeolian harp]] employs a very unusual method of sound pr...
16: ...gs directly. The most familiar example is the [[piano]], where the keys control the felt hammers by m...
18: ...ic which asks for the player to reach inside the piano and pluck the strings directly, or to "bow" the... - Flag (13245 bytes)
3: ... for signaling or identification. Flags were initially created for signalling (as in [[Semaphore (com...
11: ...China]] they were the [[general]]s under the imperial army.
14: [[Image:Australiaflag.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://cla...
15: ...e battlefields, and have been used only at ceremonial occasions ever since.
24: ...lth]]. ''Examples'': [[Flag of Australia |Australia]], [[Flag of Fiji|Fiji]], [[Flag of New Zealand|N... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
3: |+<big><big>'''''Romania'''''</big></big>
7: ...erved today at the entrance of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul (Constantinople).</small>
15: | [[527]] || Justinian I becomes emperor.
18: | Justinian builds the church of [[Hagia Sophia]] (Αγία Σοφ	...
21: | Justinian's generals reconquer North Africa and Italy from... - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
5: ... planes have advanced significantly as well. Initially planes were controlled by moving your entire b...
15: ...as constructed in the late 20th century from materials that would have been available to da Vinci. The...
17: ...e place without danger, although when the first trials are made you may have to pay for the experience...
27: ...derably more lift than expected by Cayley's Newtonian reasoning, with [[lift-to-drag ratio]]s of about...
29: ...ee names in particular remain well known in the aviation world; [[Otto Lilienthal]], [[Percy Pilcher]]... - World War I (62979 bytes)
2: ...f the century's first large-scale [[genocide|civilian massacres]] took place. Four dynasties, the [[Ha...
6: ... It also greatly increased the use of mass industrialization as the basis for a new form of warfare th...
8: ...dignation at the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian that would lead France to exploit a Balkan crisi...
10: ...e little because of tight defences. This was especially true of the [[Western Front (WWI)|Western Fron...
16: ...rigins lie further back, in the complex web of alliances and counterbalances that developed between th... - World War II (58065 bytes)
2: ...onflict]] that began on [[7 July]] [[1937]], in Asia and [[1 September]] [[1939]], in Europe and laste...
4: ...arlier yet the 1931 Japanese invasion of [[Manchuria]]. Still others argue that the [[World War I|two ...
6: ...[[Victory Day|Victory]] Days), but continued in Asia until [[Japanese Instrument of Surrender|Japan su...
8: ... front]]" and [[Strategic bombing|bombing of civilians]] to a new degree. [[Atomic weapon]]s, [[jet ai...
10: ...ere fundamental to the ensuing [[Cold War]]. In Asia, the United States' military occupation of Japan ...
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