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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: ...ut the city called Rio de Janeiro. For the state with the same name, see [[Rio de Janeiro (state)]].''
5: ...aneiro_LE2002059_lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro]]
7: ...arly [[Brazilian Carnival|Carnival]] celebration. It also has the biggest forest inside an urban regio...
9: ...ntry's capital until 1960, when [[Bras�a]] took its place.
13: ...ra was actually the mouth of a river, they called it "Rio de Janeiro", which means January River. - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ... into the Chinese identity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as...
7: ...times, the [[Huang He]] valley began to establish itself as a cultural center, where the first village...
11: ...ological site]]s such as [[Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilizat...
14: ...asty|Shang]] and [[Zhou Dynasty|Zhou]] dynasties. It is during this period of the ''Three Dynasties'' ...
18: ...Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood. - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
7: ...tes or even several whole chronologies as possibilities. Consequently, there may be discrepancies betw...
9: It should be noted that there is a 60 year discrepan...
15: ...Predynastic Egypt is from [http://xoomer.virgilio.it/francescoraf/ Late Predynastic and Early Dynastic...
17: * The dates of Dynasties 11 to 20 are from Kitchen, "The Basics of Egyptian Chronology in Relati...
18: * The dates of Dynasties 21 to 26 are from Kitchen, ''Third Intermediate Period in Egypt'' (1973... - Kyrgyzstan (23226 bytes)
1: ...tion on [[April 4]], [[2005]], and the political situation in the country remains uncertain.
3: ...- WikiProject Countries Infobox; scroll down to edit content-->
14: capital = [[Bishkek]] |
17: leader_titles = [[President of Kyrgyzstan|Preside...
19: largest_city = [[Bishkek]] | - Dynasties in Chinese history (8665 bytes)
7: ...ina was divided for long periods of its history, with different regions being ruled over by different ...
9: ...as established in [[1636]] (or even [[1616]], albeit under a different name), while the last Ming dyna...
11: ...ory''' of the dynasty, and '''E''' for a table of its '''emperors''' (or other rulers).
44: <td>[[1600 BC]] - [[1046 BC]]</td>
52: <td>[[1046 BC]] - [[770 BC]]</td> - Civilization (29205 bytes)
1: ...erm comes from the [[Latin]] ''civis'', meaning "citizen" or "townsman."
3: ...x|right|The ruins of [[Machu Picchu]], "the Lost City of the Incas," has become the most recognizable ...
5: ...ety]] in which many of the people live in [[city|cities]] and get their food from [[agriculture]], as ...
7: ... In this sense civilization is nearly synonymous with [[culture]].
9: ...ost in the wilderness for 3 weeks." Additionally, it is used in this sense to refer to the potential [... - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
3: ...se'' is also used to describe tall buildings, but it tends to be applied specifically to residential b...
5: ...ntury]], buildings of over six stories were rare. It was impractical to have people walk up so many fl...
9: ...the Field's building. Another contender for the title is the 1892 ten-story [[Wainwright Building]] b...
11: ... hang off this frame like curtains--hence the architectural term curtain wall for tall systems of glas...
13: ...rankfurtMain.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Frankfurt with its skyscrapers]] - List of popes (77758 bytes)
4: ...tenure of [[Pope Siricius]], and there have been either 265 or 266 popes, depending on whether a sourc...
6: ... [[Archbishop]] and [[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus Servor...
7: ...been [[Sovereign]] in the State of the [[Vatican City]] (the [[Holy See]]).
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 Sep...
57: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); feast day [[26 Oct... - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
8: ...ical rail car can hold up to 125 tons of freight with this and the weight of the car on two four wheel...
9: ...n does [[road]] transport. Furthermore, together with the sleepers, the rails distribute the weight of...
15: ...tive marketing stance and have achieved profitability as a result.
17: ... because securing the tracks as they run through cities and the countryside is impractical.
22: ...s [[infrastructure]] such as tracks, [[railroad switch]]es, [[Railway signal|signals]], [[classificati... - Ancient China (39554 bytes)
1: ... into the Chinese identity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as...
6: ...times, the [[Huang He]] valley began to establish itself as a cultural center, where the first village...
11: ...ological site]]s such as [[Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilizat...
14: ...asty|Shang]] and [[Zhou Dynasty|Zhou]] dynasties. It is during this period of the ''Three Dynasties'' ...
18: ...Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood. - Civilizations (30128 bytes)
1: ...erm comes from the [[Latin]] ''civis'', meaning "citizen" or "townsman."
3: ...x|right|The ruins of [[Machu Picchu]], "the Lost City of the Incas," has become the most recognizable ...
5: ==Definitions==
8: ...ety]] in which many of the people live in [[city|cities]] and get their food from [[agriculture]], as ...
11: ... In this sense civilization is nearly synonymous with [[culture]]. - Igor Stravinsky (26622 bytes)
1: ...rd|L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird)]]'' {{lang|ru|Жар-Птица...
5: ...omposer, which were published as ''Conversations with Stravinsky''.
7: ...[[Russia]]n, Stravinsky was one of the most authoritative composers in [[20th century]] music, both in...
10: ...nsky originally studied to be a [[lawyer]]. Composition came later. In [[1902]], at the age of 20, St...
12: ... ''Le sacre du printemps''. As he himself said, with these premieres his intention was "<nowiki>[</no... - Liquid (2220 bytes)
2: ...iquid.jpg|thumb|A liquid will assume the shape of its container.]]
3: ... within the liquid itself; this pressure is transmitted undiminished in all directions.
5: If a liquid is at rest in a uniform gravitational field, the [[pressure]] <math>p</math> at ...
8: where <math>\rho</math> is the [[density]] of the liquid (assumed constant) and <math>z</...
10: ... have traits of [[surface tension]] and [[capillarity]]; they generally expand when heated, and contra... - Shang Dynasty (10029 bytes)
2: ...e turtle shells or cattle scapula on which were written the first recorded [[Chinese character]]s, fou...
4: ...l tombs and the foundations of palace and ritual sites, all of them containing weapons of war. Tens of...
7: ...ith the Shang dynasty in history, although lately it has been used specifically in reference to the la...
9: ... who may have been [[slave]]s, were buried alive with the royal corpse.
11: [[Shang Zhou]], the last Yin king, committed [[suicide]] after his army was defeated by the...
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