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- Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...ersal and, as the map below shows, the shapes of time zones can be quite irregular because they usually...
4: [[image:Timezones.png|thumb|400px|Standard Time Zones of the World by the CIA]]
6: ...today's atomically measured time as distinct from time determined by astronomical observation as formerl...
8: ... in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] as [[British Summer Time]] (BST).
10: The time for a location is given relative to UTC. Some exa... - Geologic time scale (26014 bytes)
1: The '''geologic time scale''' is used by [[geologist]]s and other scie...
3: ...e in each period. Different spans of time on the time scale are usually delimited by major [[geology|ge...
7: ...re recognized faunal stages than defined geologic time units.
9: ...ones based on [[trilobita|trilobites]]. The same timespan is split into [[Tommotian]], [[Atdabanian]] a...
11: ==History of the time scale== - Time (15299 bytes)
1: ...right|thumb|230px| Clock Tower, Prague. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
3: ...n philosophical and scientific issues relating to time.
5: ...motion have long served as standards for units of time - such as the apparent motion of the sun across t...
9: The standard [[unit]] for time is the [[SI]] [[second]], from which larger units...
11: ...iversal Time]] (UTC) which is the basis for civil time.
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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...ico''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Estados Unidos Mexicanos'' ; regarding the use of the variant ...
10: native_name = Estados Unidos Mexicanos |
22: leader_titles = [[President of Mexico|President]] |
46: time_zone = |
48: time_zone_DST = varies | - Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...mple of political stablity in the region, and sometimes refered to as the "[[Switzerland]] of [[Latin Am...
5: ... 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
10: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Costa rica flag large.png|125...
11: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Costa Rica|Full Size]])
12: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:CostaRica_coa.jpg]] - List of elements by symbol (14812 bytes)
51: <tr><td>Ir</td><td>[[iridium]]</td><td>77</td><td></td></tr>
83: <tr><td>Rb</td><td>[[rubidium]]</td><td>37</td><td></td></tr>
127: ...Name given at one time to an isotope of [[radon]] identified in the decay chain of [[actinium]].</td><...
133: <tr><td>Di</td><td>[[didymium]]</td><td>-</td><td>Rare earth metal that pr...
145: ...me given at one time to an isotope of [[thorium]] identified in the decay chain of [[uranium]].</td></... - Pennsylvanian (1543 bytes)
3: ...logy)|rock]] beds that define the period are well identified, but the exact date of the start and end ...
5: ...the [[United States]] in Middle [[Pennsylvanian]] time.]]
6: ...ne]]s, it is treated as a full fledged [[Geologic Timescale|geologic period]] between the [[Mississippia...
14: Provides a picture of what the world at the time period. - Lighthouse of Alexandria (3491 bytes)
1: ...'" after the island on which it resided), was considered one of the [[Seven Wonders of the World]].
7: ...ee stages, a lower square with a central core, a middle octagonal section, and at the top a circular s...
9: ...of modern optics and reflective technology in the time period in which the lighthouse existed. Probably ...
17: ... The [[lighthouse]] was built by [[Sostratus of Cnidus]] in the [[3rd century BC]], the project having...
20: With the exception of the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]], the lighthouse survived the longest of... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...many were eventually assimilated into the Chinese identity. These cultural and political influences fr...
5: == Prehistoric times ==
7: ...civilization as we know it. In late [[Neolithic]] times, the [[Huang He]] valley began to establish itse...
11: ...]s such as [[Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[Chi...
14: ...e of them, the [[Yellow Emperor]], is sometimes said to be the ancestor of all Chinese people. Followi... - Mesopotamia (2719 bytes)
6: ...ing the time of the [[Persian Empire]] of [[Sassanid]]s this area was called ''Dil-i Iranshahr'' meani...
14: * [[Ubaid period]], e.g., [[Eridu]]
19: ...e:Mesopotamia_2.jpg|thumb|350px|Writing|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa... - Persepolis (15450 bytes)
4: [[Image:Takht-jamshid.jpg|thumb|380px|After 2500 years, the ruins of Pe...
6: ...edon]] has been beyond dispute at least since the time of [[Pietro della Valle]].
8: ...ck, in which four similar tombs are cut, at a considerable height from the bottom of the valley. The m...
12: ...domannus), who is one of those whose bodies are said to have been brought "to the Persians."
14: ...he Pulwar, a good hour's walk above ''Takhti Jamshid''. These formed a single building, which was stil... - History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
7: ...hilosophy]] has a long history. Conventionally divided into three large eras - the Ancient, Medieval a...
10: Western Philosophy is generally said to begin in the Greek cities of western Asia Mino...
12: ...g parts), the [[Eleatic School|Eleatics]] [[Parmenides]] and [[Zeno of Elea|Zeno]] (All is One and cha...
14: ...ere respected members of society, and were well paid by their students. It's also well known that orat...
16: ...rying to determine whether anyone had a very good idea what they were talking about, especially when t... - Bjarni Herjulfsson (982 bytes)
1: ... seemed to have taken any interest in them at the time. - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...y]] of [[Great Britain]], where he appears as the ideal of kingship in both war and peace. He is the ...
5: ...hool of thought believes Arthur to have lived sometime in the late [[5th century]] to early [[6th centur...
7: ... Geoffrey Ashe and Leon Fleuriot, have argued for identifying Arthur with a certain [[Riothamus]], "Ki...
9: ...ding the historical career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to be little...
11: ...eltic deity devolved into a personage (citing sometimes a supposed change of the sea-god [[Lir]] into [[... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...hristopher_columbus_99w.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
2: ...:Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
3: ...]]. Contrary to this belief, most people at that time accepted that the earth was round. The main debat...
5: ...t to reach the American mainland (which Columbus did not reach until his third voyage). However, there...
7: ...g in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]]. - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
1: [[image:david_livingstone.jpg|thumb|right|David Livingstone]]
3: '''David Livingstone''' ([[March 19]], [[1813]] – [[...
8: ...44]], and his wife travelled with him for a brief time at his insistence and over the protests of the Mo...
11: ...al at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.jpg|thumb|right|David Livingstone memorial at [[Victoria Falls]]]]
14: ...as, and to publish a book on his travels. At this time he resigned from the missionary society to which ... - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
9: ...were victims of an epidemic ashore, he may be considered one of the most conscientious explorers of th...
13: ...or [[northwest passage]]. He landed for the first time at present day [[Gaspé|Gaspé, Quebec]] where he...
17: ...e sault, a location where the [[Jacques Cartier Bridge]] now stands.
19: ...ober 11. It is not known exactly when Cartier decided to spend the winter of 1535-1536 in Canada but ...
23: ... among the Hurons and then among the French. By mid-February, Cartier states that "out of 110 that we... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...lorer]], whose account documents his travels and side-excursions over a period of almost thirty years,...
4: ...ation '''Shams ad-Din''', a title or honorific at times given to the names of scholars particularly in t...
8: ...uzayy). In places the things he claims he saw or did are probably fanciful, but in many others there i...
11: Born in [[Tangier]], [[Morocco]] some time between 1304 and [[1307]], at the age of (approxi...
15: ...hrough [[Syria]]. An additional advantage to the side journey was that other holy places were along th... - Middle Colonies (4101 bytes)
1: ...[[agriculture]] than the New England colony. The Middle Colonies were also known as the "bread basket"...
3: There were many [[brick]] buildings in the middle colonies due to the amount of clay along the r...
5: ..., strawberries, and cherries. Since water was sometimes impure, all members of the family drank [[milk]]...
7: Originally, clothing in the middle colonies for the most part resembled the Dutch...
9: ...years living there. The people that lived in the Middle Colonies mostly had shipping-related jobs such... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...humb|250px|Industrial Revolution Illustration provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa...
10: ...SIIM.jpg|thumb|300px|A Watt steam engine in [[Madrid]]. The development of the [[steam engine]] starte...
12: ...nce of a large domestic market should also be considered an important catalyst of the Industrial Revol...
14: ... recovery from the disorder in the early medieval times, and there was development in agriculture and tr...
16: ... made the greatest gain from overseas trade. The middle class in England became wealthy from overseas ... - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...h are naturally arranged in a [[lattice]], from sliding past one another. Varying the amount of carbon...
8: ...gen-free environment. Unlike copper and tin, liquid iron dissolves carbon quite readily, so that smel...
11: ... similarly soft and metallic but can dissolve considerably more carbon (as much as 2.04 wt% carbon at ...
13: ...ery similar unit cell structure to austenite, and identical chemical composition. As such, it require...
15: ...ransformation to ferrite or perlite does not have time to take place. The transformation into martensit... - Puritan (15882 bytes)
4: ... the early eighteenth century. However, Puritans did not, by and large, use the term for themselves, a...
5: ...he seventeenth century the group had become so divided that "Puritan" was most often used by opponents...
8: ...ion towards Elizabeth's religious [[via media]] (middle way).
12: ...jected to ornaments and ritual in the churches as idolatrous (vestments, surplices, organs, genuflecti...
22: ...nformity with a distasteful religious regime, or did they take the separatist and illegal step of with... - Cottage industry (368 bytes)
3: ...used for people working from their home on a part time basis. Primarily used for manufactoring, these wo...
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