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- Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (3639 bytes)
1: ...her parts of the southwest of what is now the [[United States]].
3: ...nado expedition.jpg|thumb|500px|The Coronado Expedition 1540-1542.]]
7: ...expedition of 340 Spanish, 300 Indian allies, and 1000 slaves, both native Americans and Africans.
9: ... the great golden city fray Marcos had described, it was just a simple [[pueblo]] of the [[Zuni]] Indi...
11: ...r six Zuni pueblos. He also sent out various expeditions. [[Melchior Diaz]] was sent out to the mouth ... - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...up to 5.1 percent [[carbon]]; ironically, alloys with higher carbon content than this are known as [[c...
5: ...steels are iron-based alloys that can be [[plasticity (physics)|plastically]] formed (pounded, rolled,...
8: ...ke copper and tin, liquid iron dissolves carbon quite readily, so that smelting results in an alloy co...
11: ...pearance, or the similar but less beautiful [[bainite]].
13: ...cal composition. As such, it requires extremely little thermal [[activation energy]] to form. - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
16: ...and the Balkans, a whole goatskin is used, cured with salt and alum.
18: ... very mellow [[oboe]]-like sound, while chanters with a conical bore will produce a louder and brighte...
23: ...er and inflation device seems to have originated with various ethnic groups in the Roman empire.
25: ...or "[[Scots Wha Hae]]", "Hey Tutti Taiti", is traditionally said to have been the tune played as [[Rob...
27: ... of bagpipes has become a common tradition for military funerals and memorials in the [[anglophone]] w... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: ...n [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
7: ...[[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
8: ...nder command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozharski|Dmitry Pozharsky]]
10: ...dinia|Sardinia]], which soon expanded to become [[Italy]].
11: ...attle]], [[Washington]] as the Territorial University - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: *[[Evaristo Abaco|Abaco, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
15: ...bandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
30: ...rge Abbot|Abbot, George]], (1603-1648), English writer
31: ... Abbot|Abbot, Robert]], (1588?-1662?), English Puritan divine - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...entricities and policies, including an obsession with neighboring and enemy country Prussia, alienated...
9: ... the law, but she disbanded the commission before it took effect, possibly having turned more conserva...
11: ...es full control over their serfs and lands. In addition, Catherine gave land in [[Ukraine]] to favored...
13: ...ine the Great instituted several drastic reforms within the Russian society. First, she established th...
16: ...reat's coronation coach is exhibited in the [[Hermitage Museum]], [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]].... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
1: [[Image:Eleanor_Roosevelt.gif|White House portrait|thumb|right|175px|Eleanor Roosevelt]]
3: ...e United States promoting the [[New Deal]] and visited troops at the frontlines during [[World War II]...
5: ...tion]] and [[Freedom House]]. She chaired the committee that drafted and approved the [[UN Universal D...
9: ...urvived infancy. However their marriage almost split over sexual explorations outside marriage by FDR ...
13: ...ce viewed as an afront to Theodore Roosevelt's position as President. - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: ...], known as "America's Sweetheart" and "the girl with the curl." She became one of the [[Canadian pion...
5: ...oduction of ''The Silver King'', as Baby Gladys Smith. She subsequently played in many melodramas and...
7: ...]] play, ''The Warrens of Virginia'', which was written by William C. DeMille, brother of [[Cecil B. D...
9: ...ies of disappointing roles and the public's inability to accept Pickford in roles that reflected her o...
11: ...ame secretly involved in a romantic relationship with [[Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939)|Douglas Fairbank... - Murasaki Shikibu (2682 bytes)
1: ...n in [[Japanese language|Japanese]] between about 1000 and 1008, one of the earliest and most famous [[n...
3: ...250px|right|Rozanji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, with ties to Lady Murasaki]]
4: ...ry]]. Her father praised her intelligence and ability, but lamented she was "born a woman".
6: At the royal court, she was the lady in waiting for Empress Shoshi/Akiko, and may have been hi...
8: ...ikibu Collection was a compilation of 128 poems written by Murasaki. - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
3: ...ared to that of [[Kate Bush]], [[Bj?] and [[Joni Mitchell]].
7: ...)|Baltimore]]'' with her brother Mike for a competition involving the [[Baltimore Orioles]]. This song...
10: ...buted to a band called "Tess Makes Good" with "additional vocals by Ellen Amos".
12: ===''Little Earthquakes''===
13: ...ter, it was released in America to breakthrough critical success. The accompanying singles were "Me an... - Sunflower (5784 bytes)
15: ... of the flower can grow up to 3 [[metre]]s tall, with the flower head reaching 30cm in diameter. The s...
18: ...ting the sunflower as an image of their [[Solar deity|sun god]], and [[gold]] images of the "flower" a...
23: ... the [[fruit]] (an ''[[achene]]'') of the plant, with the true seeds encased in an inedible husk.
29: ...the blooming stage is reached the stem freezes in its eastward direction. Thus, blooming sunflowers ar...
32: ...rtile, moist, well-[[drainage|drained]] [[soil]] with a lot of [[mulch]]. Seeds should be 45 cm (1.5')... - Cootamundra wattle (1558 bytes)
15: ... Fabaceae]]. The Cootamundra is but one of nearly 1000 species of ''Acacia'' found in [[Australia]].
17: ...to cylindrical [[inflorescence|inflorescences]], with only the [[stamen|stamens]] prominent. Wattle fl... - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
1: ... of the Renaissance in the [[15th century]] in [[Italy]], early [[16th century]] in [[Northern Europe...
5: ...mage:MCD_001.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Romanesque]] [[architecture]] flourished in the early '''Middle Ages'''...
6: ...ts political and social senses were unevolved and its technologies undeveloped, compared to the preced...
8: ...cture quickly vanished, leading to the rise of illiteracy among leadership.
12: ...Romans did not withstand the changes, and the institutional support for large scale chattel slavery la... - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
3: ...lamic art history|Middle East]] and North Africa. It includes the major art movements, national art, g...
5: ...n each "nation" or culture in the Middle Ages had its own distinct artistic style and these are looked...
9: ...y [[Christian church]]. These sources were mixed with the vigorous "Barbarian" artistic culture of Nor...
13: ... subject and art historians traditionally look at it based on about nine large-scale movements, or per...
17: ...t mixed with Germanic traditions through contact with the [[Anglo-Saxon]]s creating what is called the... - Glass (26176 bytes)
1: ...ke the sugar was originally, which can be seen in its [[conchoidal]] fracture.
5: The remainder of this article will be concerned with a specific type of glass—the [[silica]]-ba...
9: ...e modified, or even changed entirely, with the addition of other compounds or [[heat treatment]].
13: ...same chemical compound found in [[quartz]], or in its polycrystalline form, [[sand]].
18: ... this ball from the [[Verrerie of Brehat]] in [[Brittany]].]] - Jewellery (4234 bytes)
1: ...namental devices worn by persons, typically made with [[gem]]s and [[precious metal]]s. [[Costume jew...
3: ...[necklace]]s, rings, and [[earring]]s, as well as items like hair ornaments or [[Body piercing jewelry...
7: ...an also be symbolic, as in the case of [[Christianity|Christians]] wearing a [[crucifix]] in the form ...
9: ...every (if not every) human culture, on every inhabited continent. Personal [[adornment]] seems to be a...
27: * 2500 BC - The intentional addition of [[silver]] and copper to gold. - Greek language (35285 bytes)
3: ...eece]], [[Cyprus]], south [[Albania]], [[Southern Italy]], south [[Republic of Macedonia|Former Yuglos...
13: ...]] with a documented history of some 3,000 years. It is symbolically divided in four historical period...
15: ...sation. It has been studied in schools and universities in many countries from the [[Renaissance]] onw...
17: ...estament Greek''' (after its most famous word of literature).
21: ...as 11th century). Today in its '''common''' form, it is spoken by approximately 15 million speakers wo... - Imhotep (3367 bytes)
3: ...[architect]] and [[physician]] known by name to written history. As the [[Pharaoh]] [[Djoser|Djos�r...
5: ...C but may perhaps go back to texts written around 1000 years earlier.
7: ...nhotep son of Hapu]], who was another deified architect.
13: ...and its sequel ''[[The Mummy Returns]]''. The architect Imhotep most likely provided the name for the ...
30: ** [[List of deities]] - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
13: | place of death= [[The Hermitage]], [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]
15: | party= [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
18: ... or the "'''Jacksonian Era'''" — an era traditionally seen as dominating the years between the [...
22: ...parte]] for his willingness to contest British military supremacy. - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
21: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Rose Clevel...
23: ...e United States|Political party]]:'''</td><td>[[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]]</td></tr>
24: <tr><td>'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td>
29: ... [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] political domination between the [[American Civil War]]...
31: ...e when many politicians were neither, but he had little imagination and seemed overwhelmed by the nati...
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