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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...nion and disunion, and was occasionally conquered by external ethnicities, of which many were eventua...
7: ...haeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
9: == Into the Bronze Age ==
11: ...Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[China]].
14: ...pinyin]]: sāndài) that the historical China begins to appear. - Irene (empress) (3748 bytes)
1: ...ne reports the legend <small>bASILISSH</small>, ''Basilissa''.]]
2: ...he male form of the word "emperor," rather than ''basilissa'', "empress") from [[797]] to [[802]]. Sh...
4: ...ble husband, and at his death in [[780]] was left by him sole guardian of the empire and of their ten...
8: ...a]] in [[787]], formally revived the adoration of images and reunited the [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Eastern chur...
10: ...]] into open resistance, and the soldiers, headed by the [[Armenia]]n guard, formally proclaimed Cons... - Eye (21834 bytes)
1: ... "images" ([[monocular vision]]), such as in [[rabbit]]s and [[chameleon]]s.
5: ...:Human eye cross-sectional view grayscale.png|thumb|Diagram of a [[human]] eye. Note that not all eye...
7: |[[Image:Eye.jpg|thumb|right|Color Cross Section Illustration of the Hum...
9: ...brate eyes grow outward from brain cells during embryonic development, while mollusk eyes grow inward...
11: ... pixelated image (not multiple images as is often believed). Each sensor has its own lens and photose... - Relic (11473 bytes)
1: ...ous]] [[veneration]], especially a piece of the [[body]] or a personal item of a [[saint]]. A [[shri...
7: ...s mentioning how Paul's handkerchiefs were imbued by God with healing power (19:11-12).
9: ...den Legend]]'' or the works of [[Caesar of Heisterbach]]. These miracle tales made relics much sough...
11: ...is questionable. The [[abbey]] church of [[Coulombs]] in [[France]], among several others, claims to...
14: ...n his introduction to [[Gregory of Tours]] Ernest Brehaut analyzed the Romano-Christian concepts that... - Seal (device) (5951 bytes)
1: [[image:siegel.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Seal on envelope]]
2: ...o a [[signature]]. The word is also used to describe the device used to make this impression. The stu...
6: ...er document, which would destroy the seal as well because the cords had knots tied in them inside the...
8: ...ter, fold it over, pour wax over the joint formed by the top of the page of paper, and then impress a...
11: ...en an [[oath]] or acknowledgement, see [[notary public]] - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
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5: |+ <font size="+1">'''Abraham Lincoln'''</font>
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8: [[Image:Lincoln.jpg|Abe Lincoln]] - Printing press (12986 bytes)
1: ...ands|Dutch]] [[Laurens Janszoon Coster]] has also been credited with this invention.
4: ... page, printing different [[book]]s was an incredibly time consuming activity.
6: ...s was introduced in relatively recent times (thus bringing the technology full circle).
8: ...nted the printing press in Europe is not accepted by all. The other candidate advanced is the [[The N...
12: ...e collectively referred to as [[incunabulum|incunabula]]. - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
1: :''See [[2005 Kashmir earthquake]] for the 8 October 2005 [[earthquake]] in [[Pakistan-administered ...
2: {{Infobox Country|
3: ...n<br />اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاکستان<br />Islāmī Jamhūriya-i-Pākistān |
6: image_coat = Pakistan emblem.jpg |
7: ...motto = Yaqeen-e-muhkam, ittihād, nazm<br /> ([[Urdu]]: Faith (self confidence), Unity, Di... - Art (11479 bytes)
3: ...nical skill. Intended to be appreciated for their beauty or emotional power, these creations encompas...
5: ...s the expression of creativity or imagination, or both.
7: ...ge:Various-colors-of-artist-acrylic-paint.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Artists Acrylic Paints]]
11: ...hild art]] is created by all from about the first birthday.
15: ...d. Photography, a relatively new medium, captures images using light-sensitive materials. Digital art empl... - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
1: ...]. Note that this map does not show the bulk of [[British North America]] of that time.]]
2: ...n (1781)|Yorktown]]. "The Revolution was effected before the War commenced," wrote [[John Adams]]. "T...
4: ...y. Most current interpretations fall somewhere in between these two positions.
7: ... the political, social, economic, etc. situations before the revolution, and the trends which led to ...
10: ...with the same rights and obligations as people in Britain. - World War I (62979 bytes)
1: ... the vicinity of the [[Battle of Passchendaele]]. Battle aftermath. Remains of the Chateau Wood]]
2: ...and the [[Hohenzollern]]s, who had roots of power back to the days of the [[Crusade]]s, all fell duri...
4: ...itical origins|Diplomatic and political origins]] below).
6: ...would thus involve non-combatants in war as never before.
8: ...anco-Prussian that would lead France to exploit a Balkan crisis as a precept for a general war. Schol... - World War II (58065 bytes)
1: [[image:nagasakibomb.jpg|thumb|295px|[[Mushroom cloud]] from the [[nuclear explo...
2: ... majority of the world's countries and every inhabited continent. Virtually all countries that parti...
4: ...|two world wars]] are one conflict separated only by a "ceasefire".
6: ...rope Day|V-E]] and [[Victory Day|Victory]] Days), but continued in Asia until [[Japanese Instrument o...
8: ...d the "[[home front]]" and [[Strategic bombing|bombing of civilians]] to a new degree. [[Atomic weapo... - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
1: ...g="0" align="right" style="margin-left:1em;margin-bottom:1em"
2: !colspan="2" bgcolor="#ffff99"| '''The Vietnam War'''
10: ...ll; Reunification of Vietnam under communist rule<br>
12: !colspan="2" bgcolor="#ffff99"|Major Combatants
14: ...br>[[United States|United States of America]]<br><br />[[Image:Us flag large.png|105px|Flag of the Un... - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ... [[labor movement]]. Finally, the era was capped by U.S. involvement in [[World War I]].
7: ...es of laws, passed by the Federal government, established the conditions and procedures for reintegra...
9: ...vernment to effectively reunite the country contributed to the government's failure for many decades ...
11: ...rotection for life or property now exist in the rebel States."
13: ...mation of the original [[Ku Klux Klan]], in 1866; but it lasted for only three years. - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
8: ...ld open a second front on the European continent; but the Allied invasion did not occur until June [[...
11: ...x|thumb|The "Big Three" Allied leaders at Yalta: British Prime Minster [[Winston Churchill]] (left),...
13: ... quo in which Soviet Union hegemony reigned over about one third and the United States over two third...
15: ...ent two ways of life, each vindicated in [[1945]] by previous disasters. Conflicting models of autark...
17: ...d War I]], and he saw his mission in the 1940s as bringing lasting peace and genuine democracy to the... - History of the United States (1964-1980) (21973 bytes)
3: ...olitical savvy to push Kennedy's agenda; most notably, the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]].
5: ...ash;74%—and led the nation in the number of black leaders elected. In [[1969]], [[Tennessee]] h...
9: [[Image:ElectoralCollege1964-Large.png|thumb|Electoral College 1964]]
11: ...usly, the Johnson campaign issued a commercial dubbed the "Daisy Girl" ad, which featured a little gi...
13: ...ad depended on the "solid South" as an electoralt base for a hundred years. - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
1: [[Image:Leonardo da Vinci.jpeg|thumb|Leonardo da Vinci]]
2: ...any inventions that anticipated modern technology but were rarely constructed in his lifetime. In add...
7: ... a [[Middle East|Middle Eastern]] [[slave]] owned by Piero.
9: ...cis". Presumably he did not use his father's name because of his illegitimate status.
11: ...m to the painter [[Andrea del Verrocchio]], who subsequently took on the fourteen-year old Leonardo a... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
1: ...hat struck [[Mal靝 in the [[Maldives]] on [[December 26]], [[2004]].]]
2: ... The effects of a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to devastation.
4: ...[[wave]] in the open water. A tsunami is not a sub-surface event in the deep [[ocean]]; it simply ha...
6: ...onsidered misleading and its usage is discouraged by [[oceanographer|oceanographers]].
9: [[Image:Tsunami_comic_book_style.png|thumb|200px|Schema of a tsunami]] - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
1: ...British rule in the thirteen colonies and the establishment of the [[United States|United States of A...
3: ...e refers solely to the military campaign; for the broader perspective, including the origins and afte...
5: ...mitated or parodied, it is one of the most famous images relating to the American Revolutionary War.]]
7: == Combatants ==
10: ...f regular troops, but could be effective when led by talented officers. - Ice age (15810 bytes)
2: [[Image:Vostok-ice-core-petit.png|thumb|right|Variations in CO2, temperature and dust fro...
4: ...ontinents: in this sense, the last ice age ended about 10,000 years ago. This article will use the te...
6: ...equencies. These are the best studied. There have been four major ice ages in the further past.
10: ...]] of the theory, and Agassiz published it in his book ''ɴude sur les glaciers'' of [[1840]].
12: At this early stage of knowledge what were being studied were the glacial periods within the p...
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