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- Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
9: ...the height of the [[Industrial Revolution]], a period of great social, economic, and technological cha...
12: ...lotte Augusta of Wales]]. When she then died in [[1817]], the remaining unmarried sons of King George II...
14: ...he occupied a high position in the line of succession, Victoria was taught only [[German language|Germ...
16: ... would an adult. In order to prevent such a scenario, Parliament passed the ''[[Regency Act 1831]]'', ...
18: ...h young Victoria, and that he entered into a relationship with her in order to gain social status (he ... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
3: ...othing to reduce the stature and drama of her fiction.
5: ...novelist, she continued to live in relative seclusion, and began to suffer ill-health. It is now thoug...
7: ...ly ''[[Emma]]'', are often cited for their perfection of form, while modern critics continue to uneart...
12: ...ary types, are drawn with such firmness and precision, and with such significant detail as to retain t...
14: ...er novels is different from that of their publication. They are: - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
2: The '''Middle Kingdom''' is a period in the history of [[ancient Egypt]] stretching f...
5: ...t, bringing an end to the [[First Intermediate Period]]. Some authorities point to cultural difference...
8: ...of Mentuhotep IV. This explains the smooth transition of power as a palace coup by Amenemhat that resu...
10: ...uilt a new capital for Egypt, (Iljtawy), the location of this capital is unknown but presumably the pr...
12: ...territories lost during the First Intermediate Period. The Lybians were subdued. - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
1: This is a '''Conventional Egyptian chronology'''.
3: ==Introduction==
5: ...h century but not including any of the major revision proposals that have also been made in that time.
9: ...ology presented below, which is the “Conventional Chronology” that is quoted by [[David Ro...
15: * Predynastic Egypt is from [http://xoomer.virgilio.it/francescoraf/ Late Predynastic and Early Dynas... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
3: ...er the [[United States Constitution|U.S. Constitution]], the President is also the [[head of governmen...
7: ...ffice is widely emulated all over the world in nations with a [[presidential system]] of government.
12: ...f the United States at the time the U.S. Constitution was adopted), be at least 35 years of age, and h...
14: ...sh Columbia]], [[Canada]]. Occasionally, constitutional amendments are proposed to remove or amend thi...
16: ...ge W. Bush]] will become the fourth at the completion of his current term in 2008. - James Madison (15187 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
6: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1817]]
18: ...omething|Father of the]] [[United States Constitution]]''.
20: ==Biography==
21: ...territories (consisting of most of modern-day [[Ohio]], [[Kentucky]] and [[Tennessee]]) to the [[Conti... - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1817]]
18: ...]] – [[July 4]], [[1831]]) was the fifth ([[1817]]–[[1825]]) [[President of the United State...
22: ...ollege of William and Mary]], fought with distinction in the [[Continental Army]], and practiced law i...
24: ...with [[Robert R. Livingston]] and under the direction of President [[Thomas Jefferson]], he helped neg... - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
20: ==Biography==
22: ...y, Massachusetts]]), and acquired his early education in [[Europe]] at the [[University of Leiden]]. H...
24: ...rchant living abroad. Despite his father's opposition to him having a foreign-born wife, Adams wed Lou...
26: ...802]], and was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the [[United States House of Representatives|... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
3: ...font size="+1">'''Martin van Buren'''</font></caption>
16: <tr><td>'''Occupation:'''</td><td>Lawyer</td></tr>
22: ...United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]], the first of non-[[England|An...
24: ==Biography==
25: ... 16]], [[1817]]) who also had children from a previous marriage. - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
3: ...tion><font size="+1">'''John Tyler'''</font></caption>
16: <tr><td>'''Occupation:'''</td><td>[[lawyer]]</td></tr>
21: ...United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]], and the first to assume the o...
23: ==Biography==
25: ...essive handling of the South Carolina [[nullification]] issue. - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
5: ...]], when he declined to be a candidate for reelection. He was chairman of the Committee on Naval Affa...
9: ...llas, Texas]] and others are [[Dallas (disambiguation)|named in his honor]].
14: {{succession box|title=[[Mayor of Philadelphia]]|before=[[Jos...
15: {{succession box|title=[[United States Attorney|U.S. Attorney...
16: {{succession box|title=[[List of United States Senators from ... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
31: | '''Profession:''' || [[Lawyer]]
44: ...|seceded]][[Confederate States of America#International Diplomacy and Legal Status |<small><sup>1</sup...
46: ...f the peace issue in the [[U.S. presidential election, 1864|1864 presidential campaign]].
48: ...e stage for the complete abolition of the institution.
50: ... is criticized by some for overstepping the traditional bounds of executive power. - Australia (39438 bytes)
6: image_map =LocationAustralia.png|290px|
7: national_motto =None (formerly Advance Australia)|
12: government_type=[[Constitutional monarchy|Const. monarchy]]|
19: population_estimate = 20,180,878|
20: population_estimate_year = 2004| - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
2: '''Madagascar''' is an [[island]] [[nation]] in the [[Indian Ocean]], off the eastern coast...
10: national_motto = Tanindrazana, Fahafahana, Fa...
11: image_map = LocationMadagascar.png |
12: national_anthem = ''Ry Tanindraza nay malala &...
24: population_estimate = 17,501,871 | - Great Sphinx of Giza (7181 bytes)
7: ==Description==
9: ...ne]], with the face of a man and the body of a [[lion]]. It is 57 metres (260 feet) long, 6 m (20 ft) ...
11: ...817]] that the first modern dig, supervised by [[Giovanni Battista Caviglia|Captain Caviglia]], uncove...
15: ... the legendary Greek creature with the body of a lion and the head of a woman, but the Egyptian Sphinx...
18: The Great Sphinx is an international symbol of mystery and controversy. It is the w... - Flag of Texas (2443 bytes)
4: ...consists of a rectangle with a width to length ratio of two to three containing: (1) a blue vertical s...
6: ...public also had a naval flag, and the previous national flag (the [[Bonnie Blue Flag]]) became an [[in...
8: ...ates|Union]] on [[December 29]], [[1845]], its national flag became the [[Flags of the U.S. states|sta...
18: The [[flag of Chile]], first used in [[1817]], is similar to the flag of Texas. - Eli Whitney (3270 bytes)
4: ==Biography==
6: ...lected to [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. On [[January 6]], [[1817]] he married Henrietta Edwards and they had four ...
8: ==Invention and innovation==
14: ...ing area; some historians believe that this invention allowed for the African [[slavery]] system in th...
18: ...vention of the cotton gin, or at least its conception. It is known that she associated with Eli Whitn... - Koala (10686 bytes)
2: ...e:Tak_koala.jpg|none|200px]] | caption = Illustration of a Koala Bear.
15: ...r = [[Georg August Goldfuss|Goldfuss]] | date = [[1817]]}}
18: ...]], and the only representative of its [[family (biology)|family]], '''Phascolarctidae'''.
26: ...erences between individual Koalas in any given region such as hair color.
28: ==Physical description== - South Dakota (14035 bytes)
11: LargestCity = [[Sioux Falls, South Dakota|Sioux Falls]] |
13: PostalAbbreviation = SD |
38: ...ddle West. It is named after the [[Lakota]] ([[Sioux]]) [[Native American|American Indian]] tribe.
39: South Dakota was admitted to the Union on [[November 2]], [[1889]]. [[North Dakota]] wa...
41: ...], to the south by [[Nebraska]], to the east by [[Iowa]] and [[Minnesota]], and to the west by [[Wyomi... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
30: * [[Irrigation]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
48: ** [[Fermentation]] to produce [[beer]] in [[Sumeria]]
54: * [[Spoke|Spoked]] wheel [[chariot]] in the [[Ancient Near East|Middle East]]
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