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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]] - November 4 (10686 bytes)
12: ...United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: * [[1884]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1884]]: [[United States Democratic Party|Democr...
15: ...ns the allegiance of a large majority of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving the way for him to be crow...
16: ... [[King William Street]] and [[Stockwell tube station|Stockwell]].
17: ...[[1899]] - [[Sigmund Freud]]'s ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'' is published. - 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 Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
1: ...#1072;левская) ([[January 15]], [[1850]]–[[February 10]]...
5: ...Academician) and had more education and "appreciation of the finer things" than her husband.
7: ...s, applying the then-new theory of [[Abelian function]]s (and thus "justifying" the enormous effort th...
9: ...thoven)|''Pathetique'' Sonata]], to get his attention, but he was focused on the older sister Anna and...
22: ...: Sofia Kovalevskaia -- Scientist, Writer, Revolutionary</cite> (Rutgers University Press, 1983) - 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... - World War II (58065 bytes)
1: ...295px|[[Mushroom cloud]] from the [[nuclear explosion]] over [[Nagasaki]] rising 18 km (over 11 miles)...
4: ...ese War]]), or earlier yet the 1931 Japanese invasion of [[Manchuria]]. Still others argue that the [[...
8: ...y [[Technology during World War II|war-time inventions]].
10: ...mmunist [[People's Republic of China]] and the Nationalist [[Republic of China]].
18: ...0, and vowed to defend one another against aggression. This replaced the German-Japanese [[Anti-Comint... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
10: *[[Aleijadinho]] - Antonio Francisco Lisboa (1730 or 1738 - 1814)
20: *[[Giovanni di Balduccio]]
21: *[[Baccio Bandinelli]] (1493 - 1560)
51: *[[Antonio Canova]] (1757 - 1822)
65: *[[Clodion]] - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ...[Canada]]. It ranks eighth in the world in population, following [[China]], [[India]], the [[United St...
4: ...ssolution in December [[1991]]. In the [[Soviet Union]] Russia was called the [[Russian Soviet Federat...
6: ...but is still far from that of the former Soviet Union.
13: ...s]]. The Slavs constituted the bulk of the population from the [[8th century]] onwards and slowly assi...
15: ...o the Varangians and the Slavs who peopled the region. In the [[10th century|10th]] to [[11th century|... - Politics of Russia (78325 bytes)
2: ...Constitution of Russian Federation|A new constitution]], creating a strong presidency, was approved by...
4: ...]], was a bastion of antireform communists and nationalists.
8: ...government; they also controlled local administration.
10: ...ought constitutional reforms that led to the election of new republic legislatures with substantial bl...
12: ...fice, whereas Gorbachev had eschewed such an election and had himself appointed by the Soviet parliame... - Mormon Trail (35249 bytes)
1: ...al Trails System]], as the '''Mormon Pioneer [[National Historic Trail]]'''.
4: ...830]] and [[1844]], most notably in [[Kirtland, Ohio]], [[Independence, Missouri]], and [[Nauvoo, Illi...
6: ...isis (Mormonism)|schismed]] into several denominations after [[Death of Joseph Smith, Jr.|Smith's deat...
9: {{Main|Mormon pioneer}}
10: ... He insisted the Mormons should settle in a location no one else wanted and felt the isolated [[Great... - 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... - Guinea pig (19730 bytes)
2: ... = [[image:Guinea_1.jpg|250px|Guinea Pigs]] | caption = }}
12: {{Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = Species}}
22: ...ystricognathi]] may belong to a different [[evolution]]ary offshoot, and therefore a different order.
24: ...', the common guinea pig. The majority of information in this article is about the common guinea pig.
27: ...o play the role of evil-spirit collector in traditional healing rituals. - Guinea Pigs (18488 bytes)
2: ... = [[image:Guinea_1.jpg|250px|Guinea Pigs]] | caption = }}
12: {{Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = Species}}
22: ...ystricognathi]] may belong to a different [[evolution]]ary offshoot, and therefore a different order.
24: ...', the common guinea pig. The majority of information in this article is about the common guinea pig.
27: ...o play the role of evil-spirit collector in traditional healing rituals. - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
4: ...[[539 BC]], with a preceding [[Proto-Elamite]] period beginning around [[3200 BC]].
8: ...tes this word was borrowed prehistorically). Additionally, the Haltamti were known as ''Elam'' in the ...
10: ... empire, the Elamites had extended their civilisation into the province of [[Fars]] in prehistoric tim...
13: ... by some theorists with the [[Harappan]] civilisation found in the Indus Valley somewhat to the East, ...
17: ...g bull holding a spouted vessel, Proto-Elamite period; 3100?2900 BCE, Iran, kept at The Metropolitan M... - 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
43: ...azija/Абхазия) - 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... - 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: ...ation of Russian into English|English transliteration]]: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as i... - Monarchy (11801 bytes)
1: ...ublic]], where a [[president]] is normally [[Election|elected]] for a certain amount of time. <!-- ([[...
3: ...t, or to the [[realm]] in which the monarchy functions.
4: ...hority by virtue of God's choosing, or other religious-based authority.
6: ...gside the symbolism of democracy can lead to division over the apparently contradictory principles.
9: ... power by acclamation of the ruling or of the warrior caste of a clan or group of clans: kings of the ... - Muscle (12774 bytes)
3: ...tissue]] and [[nervous tissue]]. [[Muscle contraction]] is used to move parts of the [[body]], as well...
13: ... smooth muscles are use to sustain longer contraction or even near permanent whereas the striated musc...
18: ...oes). Thus, sedentary people have a higher proportion of type IIx fibers.
22: ... the muscles and provide feedback sensory information to the [[central nervous system]].
24: ...gan, from the [[skin]] (in which it controls erection of body hair) to the [[blood vessel]]s and [[dig... - Walter Baade (2275 bytes)
11: | [[967 Helionape]] || [[November 9]], [[1921]]
15: | [[1103 Sequoia]] || [[November 9]], [[1928]]
25: == Biography ==
28: ...populations]]" for stars (Population I and Population II).
30: ...ical counterparts of various [[radio astronomy|radio]] sources.
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