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- Zoe (empress) (1927 bytes)
3: ...[1050]]) was Empress of the [[Byzantine Empire]] with co-rulers [[November 15]], [[1028]] - [[1050]], ...
5: ...mpresses born into the purple (that is, as the legitimate child of an reigning emperor). She was daug...
7: ...l the government, but Romanus proved to be an unfaithful husband and an ineffective emperor. He was fo...
9: ...[[Constantine IX]] Monomachus (reigned [[1042]]-[[1055]]) who outlived her by four years. Zoe died in [[... - Theodora (11th century) (2075 bytes)
2: ...mperor|Byzantine Empress]] from [[January 11]], [[1055]] to [[August 31]], [[1056]]. She was the daught...
4: ...] in [[1028]]. Though living in retirement she excited Zoë's jealousy, and on a pretext of conspi...
6: ...also led to Theodora's installment as co-empress with her sister. After two months of active participa...
8: ...er of her dynasty, she had chosen one of her favorites as her successor. But [[Michael VI]], not being... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...e grandiose baroque projects of her favourite architect, [[Bartolomeo Rastrelli]], particularly in [[P...
7: ...t that time, her illegitimacy would be used by political opponents to challenge her right to the thron...
9: ...ed every one by her extraordinary beauty and vivacity.
11: ...ersonal dislike of the princess for the various suitors proposed to her, so that on the death of her m...
13: ... all control, abandoned herself to her appetites without reserve. - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
3: ...ervatory with Nikolay Peyko until 1959, and then with Shebalin until 1963.
5: ...ing|tunings]]. She was supported, however, by [[Dmitri Shostakovich]], who in evaluating her final exa...
7: ...d Astreja, a folk-instrument improvisation group with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyacheslav Ar...
9: ...T. S. Eliot]], using the text from the poet's spiritual masterpiece ''[[Four Quartets]]''.
11: ...nternationale Bachakademie Stuttgart project to write a piece for the Passion 2000 project in commemor... - Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
1: ...cated in eastern-most [[Europe]]. It has borders with [[Russia]], the [[People's Republic of China]], ...
3: ...]]) make it only the 57th country in population, with approximately 6 persons per sq km (16 per sq mi)...
31: | '''[[Capital]]'''
34: | '''Largest city'''
46: ...al ([[2001]])<br/> [[Population density|Density]] - Cotton (7876 bytes)
4: ...ives cotton unique properties of strength, durability, and absorbency. Each fiber is made up of twenty...
9: ... (cotton cloth and fragments of fiber interwoven with [[feather]]s and [[fur]]) which dated back to ap...
11: ...n: "There are trees which grow wild there, the fruit of which is a [[wool]] exceeding in beauty and go...
13: ...nderful tree which bore tiny lambs on the ends of its branches. These branches were so pliable that th...
17: ...by the invention of the [[cotton gin]] by [[Eli Whitney]] in [[1793]]. - California (63989 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Sacramento, California|Sacrament...
11: LargestCity = [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]...
28: DensityRank = 12<sup>th</sup> |
29: 2000Density = 83.78 |
30: AdmittanceOrder = 31<sup>st</sup> | - Politics (7193 bytes)
1: {{Politics}}
2: ...gh it is generally applied to [[government]]s, politics is also observed in all human group interactio...
4: ...cquisition and application of power, i.e. the ability to impose one's will on another.
6: One theorist, [[Harold Lasswell]], has defined politics as "who gets what, when, and how."
8: ==A political animal== - 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... - Pirate (23151 bytes)
2: ... Unlike the [[stereotype|stereotypical]] pirate with [[cutlass]] and masted [[sailing ship]], today m...
4: ... oceans, and specifically in the straits of [[Strait of Malacca|Malacca]] and [[Singapore]], used by o...
8: ...These hunters became pirates and took their name with them. These pirates were eventually organized a...
10: ...the disruptive parliamentary maneuver of talking without stopping.
12: ...f seafaring people, their name became synonymous with piracy in the 15th century. - William I of England (8753 bytes)
7: ...am the Bastard''', he was the [[Illegitimacy|illegitimate]] and only son of [[Robert the Magnificent]]...
9: No authentic portrait of William has been found. In the patriotic print...
14: ... dealing with threats of rebellion and invasion. With the assistance of King Henry, William finally se...
16: ... Seine-Maritime|Eu]], Normandy (now in [[Seine-Maritime]]). He was 26, she was 22. Their marriage prod...
23: ...e under duress and so may have felt free to break it. - Easter (31700 bytes)
1: {{christianity}}
2: ...er''' is the most important [[holiday]] of the [[liturgical year|Christian year]], observed in [[March...
4: ... much of its symbolic meaning but also for its position in the calendar; the [[Last Supper]] shared by...
6: ...]] is often identified as a remnant of this fertility festival, although there is no hard evidence of ...
13: ...hristianity|Western]]''' !! '''[[Eastern Christianity|Eastern]]''' - Hipparchus (astronomer) (50785 bytes)
4: ...pyists. As a consequence, we know comparatively little about Hipparchus.
8: ..."the great treatise"; ed. [Toomer 1981]), with additional references to him by [[Pappus of Alexandria]...
10: ...lpha;''), [[ancient history|ancient]] district [[Bithynia]], (modern-day [[İznik, Turkey|İzn...
14: ...[Babylon]], but it is not known if and when he visited these places.
16: ... show him with a [[globe]]; this confirms the tradition that he was born there. - Hipparchus (50784 bytes)
3: ...pyists. As a consequence, we know comparatively little about Hipparchus.
7: ..."the great treatise"; ed. [Toomer 1981]), with additional references to him by [[Pappus of Alexandria]...
9: ...lpha;''), [[ancient history|ancient]] district [[Bithynia]], (modern-day [[İznik, Turkey|İzn...
13: ...[Babylon]], but it is not known if and when he visited these places.
15: ... show him with a [[globe]]; this confirms the tradition that he was born there. - List of autonomous entities (9309 bytes)
1: ...territory, usually giving autonomy to ethnic minorities or isolated areas.
10: | 1 autonomous city
51: | rowspan=5 | [[Italy]]
67: ...]] (Sta Nistrului – Pridnestrovje/Приднест...
135: ... (Komi-Permjackija/Коми-Пермяцки... - Energy (16265 bytes)
1: ...ever, misses many important examples of energy as it exists in the physical world.
3: ... moving the weight up and when you are not moving it.
5: ...ld in a [[quantum mechanics|quantum mechanical]] situation. Scientists have also defined several forms...
7: ==Units==
9: ===[[SI]] and related units=== - Pterosaurs (10375 bytes)
3: with permission from ''The Pterosaur <br/>
16: ... classified as [[Archosauria|archosaurs]], along with [[crocodiles]] and [[dinosaurs]] (and their desc...
20: ...ral history|naturalist]] [[Cosimo Collini]]. He initially believed that pterosaurs were [[aquatic]] an...
22: ...kinds of pterosaurs have been found in those deposits alone. Most [[paleontologist]]s now believe that...
24: ...azil]]. For some reason, when the bones were deposited, the sediments encapsulated the bones, rather t... - List of Byzantine Emperors (11779 bytes)
3: ...e traditional Roman imperial title of "Augustus" with "Basileus", the Greek word for "Emperor", and di...
31: ... of a grand-nephew of Justin I; Count of the Excubitors under Justin II; adopted by Justin II in 574
43: *[[Justinian II]] Rhinotmetus (the Slit-nosed) (668-711, ruled [[685]] - [[695]]) –...
77: *[[Constantine VII]] Porphyrogenitus (the Purple-born) (905-959, ruled [[913]] - [[9...
83: *[[Constantine VIII]] Porphyrogenitus (960-1028, ruled [[1025]] - [[1028]]) – s... - Igor Stravinsky (26622 bytes)
1: ...e Firebird)]]'' {{lang|ru|Жар-Птица}} . For some, these...
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... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
15: ...ivision]]: || [[Federal cities of Russia|federal city]]
17: ...n]]: || {{coor dm|59|56|N|30|20|E|region:RU_type:city(4,661,219)}}
23: | [[Population density]]: || 7691 persons/km�
25: | [[Altitude]]: || 3 m
33: ! align="center" colspan="2" |[[Image:neva_spit.jpg|thumb|300px|The [[Neva]] river has been calle...
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