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- Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...helion|aphelia]] of which may be many times more distant than [[Pluto (planet)|Pluto]]'s orbit. Often ...
5: ... are [[temperature|cool]] enough that [[water]] exists in a [[solid]] (rather than [[gas]]eous) [[phas...
7: == Physical characteristics ==
9: ... solid body of the comet (called the ''nucleus'') is generally less than 50km across, the coma may be ...
11: ...lennia. One very famous old recording of a comet is the appearance of Halley's Comet on the [[Bayeux ... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
1: ...French president, Charles de Gaulle. For the [[Paris]] airport, see [[Charles de Gaulle International ...
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40: ...{audio|fr-Charles_de_Gaulle.ogg|pronunciation of his name}})
42: ...deologies|political ideology]] is known as [[Gaullism]], which left a major influence in subsequent Fr...
45: ...lle]], de Gaulle grew up and was educated in [[Paris]]. - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...nation. It downplays the previous trend of absolutism and people as subjects and amplifies the power o...
8: ...ded and as power devolved from the monarchy to legislative bodies, the conflicting interests of these ...
12: ...Resentment of royal [[political absolutism|absolutism]].
13: ...wage-earners, and, to a lesser extent, the bourgeoisie
14: * The rise of [[the Enlightenment|enlightenment]] ideals. - Frederick Cook (12772 bytes)
2: ...er]] and [[medical doctor|physician]], noted for his claim of having reached the [[North Pole]] on Apr...
7: Cook was born in Hortonville, [[New York]]. His parents were Dr. Theodore A. Koch and Magdalena K...
9: ...ibby Forbes, who died in childbirth in 1890. On his 37th birthday he married Marie Fidele Hunt; they ...
13: ...n the attempted publication of the dictionary as his own work.
15: ...the first ascent of that mountain (this claim is discussed at length below). - Roald Amundsen (8034 bytes)
14: ...led dog]]s. Continuing to the south of [[Victoria Island]], the ship cleared the [[Arctic Archipelago]...
18: ...en [[Robert Peary]] claimed the Pole, he changed his plans. Using [[Fridtjof Nansen]]'s ship ''[[Fram]...
20: ... he waited until Fram reached [[Madeira]] to let his crew know of the change. Every member agreed to c...
22: ...Antarctic Plateau]]. Amundsen would have to find his own path through the [[Trans-Antarctic Mountains]...
24: ...epots at 80°, 81° and 82° South. This gave him experience of Antarctic conditions and t... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...ian]]s are listed below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by...
7: *[[Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi]] (Arab mathematician, ? - ?)
22: ...Abu Arrayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni]] (Uzbekistan, [[973]] - [[1048]])
40: *[[Aristotle]] (Greece, [[384 BC|384 B.C.]] - [[322 BC|32...
46: *[[Michael Francis Atiyah]] (Britain, [[1929]] - ) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
36: *[[Francois Arago]] ([[France]], [[1786]] – [[1853]])
39: *[[Aristarchus]] ([[Samos]], circa [[310 BC]] – cir...
40: *[[Christoph Arnold]] ([[Germany]], [[1650]] – [[169...
58: *[[Francis Baily]] ([[Britain]], [[1774]] – [[1844]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...rs important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn...
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
39: *[[Leone Battista Alberti]], (1404-1472)
48: *[[Yohanan ben Isaac Alemanno]], (1433-1504){{fn|R}} - Inca road system (6879 bytes)
6: ...trees that were watered by irrigation ditches. This enabled [[chasqui]] runners and other travelers t...
8: ...d frequently ambushed by their enemies, many conquistadors lost their lives on the Inca trails.
12: ... Ecuador, passed through Cusco, and ended in what is now [[Tucuman|Tucumᮬ Argentina]]. The Camino R...
16: ...s along the way, and hundreds of thousands of tourists from around the world make the three-day trek e...
18: The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu is actually three routes which all meet up short of ... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...f Malta''' (see below) is the main successor to this tradition.
3: == Foundation and early history ==
5: ...ptist]], took in Christian pilgrims traveling to visit the birthplace of [[Jesus]]. It was served by [...
7: ... His successor, Raymond du Puy of Provence, established the first significant Hospitaller infirmary ne...
9: ...igious buildings. Many of the more substantial Christian fortifications in the Holy Land were the work... - Ernest Shackleton (9537 bytes)
4: [[Image:Discoveryboat.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Discovery]]
6: ...age:Baloonshack.jpg|thumb|right|250px|During the Discovery expedition, Shackleton made the first ballo...
11: ...ploration|explorer]], now chiefly remembered for his Antarctic expedition of [[1914]]–[[1916]] i...
18: .../www.antarctic-circle.org/advert.htm] for a full discussion.)
21: ...st of the early British expeditions, food was foolishly in short supply; the personnel on long treks w... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ...isbn=0340567511 | oclc=243883533}}</ref> [[File:Prise de la Bastille.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Storming of...
6: ... christian fundamentalism of earlier centuries. This dream turned into a nightmare during the terror o...
13: ...b|250px|Europe on the eve of the [[War of the Spanish Succession]] (1700)]]
14: ...|[[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough]], English general.]]
15: ... of the [[Pacific Northwest]]; the coast of Japan is struck by a [[tsunami]].
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