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- Hanging Gardens of Babylon (4963 bytes)
1: ...0px|Gardens of Semiramis, 20th century interpretation]]
5: ...tely substantiate what look like fanciful descriptions.
7: ...s of thought think that through the ages the location may have been confused with gardens that existed...
10: ...t|thumb|300px|Hanging Garden, Assyrian interpretation]]
11: ...den.gif|a hanging Garden, 21st century interpretation]] - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: ...Janeiro. For the state with the same name, see [[Rio de Janeiro (state)]].''
3: [[Image:Rio_de_Janeiro-Ipanema_Beach.jpg|thumbnail|250px|righ...
5: ...59_lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro]]
7: ...It also has the biggest forest inside an urban region, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor ...
9: ...litan area]] population is estimated at 10-13 million. It's Brazil's [[Second city|second-largest city... - Svetlana Savitskaya (713 bytes)
1: ...[1948]], in [[Moscow, Russia]], was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] female [[astronaut|cosmonaut]] who flew...
3: ...ivity|space walk]]. She was outside the space station for 3 hours 35 minutes. - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...[[Russia]]n-[[Tatar]] [[composer]] of deeply religious music.
3: ...], in the [[Tatar Republic]]. She studied composition and piano at the [[Kazan]] Conservatory, graduat...
5: ...ostakovich]], who in evaluating her final examination encouraged her to continue down her "mistaken pa...
7: ...lina founded Astreja, a folk-instrument improvisation group with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vy...
9: ...ium]]''. She later composed a homage to [[T. S. Eliot]], using the text from the poet's spiritual mast... - Luxor (8772 bytes)
7: ...ity of [[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]], and has a population of approximately 150,000.
11: ...s and political supremacy, artistic work and grandiose plans. Several of them never came to be true, l...
13: ...t was then called — consecrated a large portion of their treasures for their expensive trips in ...
16: ... send her someone, being not sure about the intentions of [[Ay]], the high priest of Amun, since he in...
18: ...r valuable cedar wood, necessary for the construction of the holy boat of Amun, and did not fear, when... - California (63989 bytes)
15: PostalAbbreviation = CA |
16: TradAbbreviation = Calif. |
44: ...s against official California Government Code sections 420-429.8,
45: ...i-bin/waisgate?WAISdocID=06487414661+1+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve
89: ...each other. If California were an independent nation, it would have the sixth largest [[Economy of Ca... - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ... between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]].
3: ==From fiction to fact==
4: ...ntific breakthroughs, the idea of outer-earth missions was no longer a dream, but a viable practice.
6: ...dvar-Hazy Center|NASM annex]] at [[Dulles International Airport]] in Northern Virginia displays an un...
11: ...The United States sometimes uses a 50 mile definition. (See [[boundary to space]].) - Crusade (28507 bytes)
2: ...f several military campaigns — usually sanctioned by the [[Papacy]]— that took place durin...
4: ...have multiple meanings and connotations. For additional meanings see [[Crusade#Usage of the term "crus...
7: ...ained warriors always sought an outlet for their violence. A plea for help from the Byzantine Emperor ...
9: [[Image:crusades.jpg|thumb|250px|Illustration provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classro...
11: ...pular support for the First Crusade, and the religious vitality of the 12th century. - Valley of the Kings (4430 bytes)
2: ...s were built for the [[Pharaoh]]s of the [[Conventional_Egyptian_chronology#New Kingdom|New Kingdom]],...
6: ...lley was used from approximately [[1539 BC]] to [[1075 BC]], and contains some [[Burials in the Valley o...
10: ...ome of the tombs indicate that this was an attraction during [[Roman Empire|Roman]] times.
13: ... probably changed on account of this. The most serious problem are the [[shale]] layers. This fine mat...
23: ...nkhamun. He supervised the clearance and conservation until 1932. Tutankhamun's tomb was the first tom... - Seljuk Turks (7657 bytes)
1: ...north into [[Persia]], fighting and conquering various tribes on their way to [[Transoxiana]].
5: ...ird son [[Ahmed Sanjar]], unsatisfied by his portion of the inheritance, took over the empire. His br...
7: ...rom regaining their former empire. For a brief period, [[Toghrül III|Toğrül III]], was...
30: [[Kerman province|Kerman]] was a nation in southern Persia. It fell in 1187, probably co...
34: ... [[Sultan Shah of Kerman|Sultan Shah]] [[1074]]-[[1075]] - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
2: ... [[1902]] – [[August 26]], [[1974]]) was a pioneering [[United States]] [[aviator]] famous for p...
11: Lindbergh gained sudden great international fame as the first pilot to fly solo and non-st...
13: ...tees, including the central committee of the [[National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics]] in the [[...
15: ...nge by decreasing fuel consumption. These innovations are the basis of modern intercontinental air tr...
18: ...s.ogg|title=Flight from Paris to Belgium |description= Lindbergh's flight to Belgium to be honored aft... - William I of England (8753 bytes)
9: ...wearing [[plate armour]] that was invented generations after his death.
14: ...sfully dealing with threats of rebellion and invasion. With the assistance of King Henry, William fina...
25: ...[[Hastings]] as a base. This was a direct provocation to Harold Godwinson as this area of Sussex was H...
27: ... to some accounts, perhaps based on an interpretation of the [[Bayeux Tapestry]] commemorating the Nor...
31: ...stance came with the [[Revolt of the Earls]] in [[1075]]. - Genghis Khan (31537 bytes)
1: ... ([[1206]]–[[1368]]). He is considered a national hero in modern [[Mongolia]] for his historical...
5: ... intelligence and the mobility of his mounted warriors to defeat opponents, rapidly conquering more te...
7: ... in the longer term, resulted in massive depopulation of much of Asia [http://users.erols.com/mwhite28...
15: ... Borjigin (''Боржигин''). His mother was named [[Hoelun]...
21: ...er she was freed from the Merkit, leading to questions regarding the child's paternity. - Easter (31700 bytes)
2: ...esus]] from the dead after his death by [[crucifixion]] (see [[Good Friday]]), which Christians believ...
4: ...by Jesus and his [[disciples]] before his crucifixion is generally thought of as a Passover [[seder]],...
57: ...n most countries with a generally Christian tradition, but not as a rule in the [[United States]], exc...
59: ...date of Easter has often been a matter for contention.
61: ...d as converted into the [[Julian calendar]] by [[Dionysius Exiguus]] (certain proof of this does not e... - Taiga (2576 bytes)
1: ...'' is used to refer to the southern part of this biome; the term '''taiga''' is used to described the ...
3: ...rn subarctic and humid [[ecozone|biogeographic region]] in which the main plant life is coniferous [[l...
5: ...hrush]] and [[Dark-throated Thrush]] [[bird migration|migrate]] to this habitat to take advantage of t...
7: ...omnivorous birds that can take live prey or [[carrion]] will also maintain a presence in this zone in ...
11: ... comes when evergreen trees are planted in other biomes, such as [[temperate broadleaf and mixed fores... - List of autonomous entities (9309 bytes)
17: | 1 autonomous region
21: | rowspan=5 | 5 autonomous regions
32: | rowspan=2 | 2 special administrative regions *
38: | 1 autonomous province under international law
48: | 1 autonomous region - Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
1: ... to the science of [[taxonomy]] or [[systematics|biological systematics]].
5: ...sified animals based on their means of transportation (air, land, or water).
7: ... original commentary is now lost, but its translation into Latin by [[Michael Scot]] survives.
9: ...ndash;1565). Gesner's work was a critical compilation of life known at the time.
11: ...Tyson]] (1649–1708). Advances in classification due to the work of [[entomologist]]s and the fir... - Capricornus (6733 bytes)
2: ... boundaries it is bordered by [[Aquila (constellation)|Aquila]], [[Sagittarius]], [[Microscopium]], [[...
5: ...dimmest in the zodiac besides [[Cancer (constellation)|Cancer]]. Its brighter stars are found on a tri...
8: ...ronomical and astrological observation of this region of space very important.
10: ...or the same reason, the sun's most southerly position, which is attained at the northern hemisphere's ...
12: ...currently known. However, during the classical period of Greek history, this name gradually fell out o... - Igor Stravinsky (26622 bytes)
1: ...lso wrote in a broad spectrum of ensemble combinations and classical forms. His oeuvre included every...
5: ... the composer, which were published as ''Conversations with Stravinsky''.
9: ==Biography==
10: ...ky originally studied to be a [[lawyer]]. Composition came later. In [[1902]], at the age of 20, Stra...
12: ...ve;re of ''Le sacre du printemps'' turned into a riot.) - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
15: | [[Subdivisions of Russia|Subdivision]]: || [[Federal cities of Russia|federal city]]
17: ...ystem|Location]]: || {{coor dm|59|56|N|30|20|E|region:RU_type:city(4,661,219)}}
21: | [[Population]]: || 4,661,219 <small>(2002 Census)</small>
23: | [[Population density]]: || 7691 persons/km�
36: ...etrograd''' (Петрогра́д, [[1914]]–[[192...
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