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- Hanging Gardens of Babylon (4963 bytes)
5: ...and [[Diodorus Siculus]], but otherwise there is little evidence for their existence. Some (circumsta...
7: ... there clearly showing gardens have been found. Writings on these tablets describe the possible use of...
13: ... Seven Wonders of the World. According to the tradition, the gardens did not hang but rather grew on t...
15: ... her homeland by building an artificial mountain with rooftop gardens.
19: ...cube-shaped pillars. These are hollow and filled with earth to allow trees of the largest size to be p... - 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. - Svetlana Savitskaya (713 bytes)
1: ...#1083;а́на Евге́ньевн&...
3: ...e first woman to perform a [[Extra-vehicular activity|space walk]]. She was outside the space station ... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...1057;офия Асгатовна Г...
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]]''. - Luxor (8772 bytes)
3: ... [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]], [[United States|USA]]''
5: ...n called the "world's greatest open air museum", with the ruins of the temple complex at [[Karnak]], [...
7: ... for Nile cruises. It is the site of the ancient city of [[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]], and has a populatio...
11: ...authority, knowledge and wisdom, religious and political supremacy, artistic work and grandiose plans....
13: ...u]], the Moon. Quite paradoxically, Amun was a political god and did not offer much for a debate in me... - 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> | - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ...on the moon in the [[space race]] between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]].
4: ...that would be done. During the [[20th century]], with the development of adequate propulsion technolog...
10: ==Orbiting and reaching space==
11: .... The United States sometimes uses a 50 mile definition. (See [[boundary to space]].)
13: ...n orbit on [[November 3]], [[1957]]. The first orbital flight made by a human being was [[Vostok 1]], ... - Crusade (28507 bytes)
2: ...]] The '''Crusades''' were a series of several military campaigns — usually sanctioned by the [[...
4: ...o have multiple meanings and connotations. For additional meanings see [[Crusade#Usage of the term "cr...
7: ...pulation. The Church tried to stem this violence with the [[Peace and Truce of God]] movements, forbid...
9: ... are allowed to substitute [[Friday abstinence]] with prayer or alms (except during [[Lent]]).
11: ...ort for the First Crusade, and the religious vitality of the 12th century. - Valley of the Kings (4430 bytes)
4: .... It is separated into the East and West Valley, with most of the important tombs in the East Valley. ...
6: ...tombs]], starting with [[Thutmose I]] and ending with [[Ramesses X]] or [[Ramesses XI|XI]].
8: ...was begun, although some wives were still buried with their husbands.
10: [[Graffiti]] on the walls of some of the tombs indicate tha...
13: ...fine material expands when it comes into contact with [[water]]. This has damaged many tombs, particul... - Seljuk Turks (7657 bytes)
3: ...estors of the Western Turks, the present-day inhabitants of [[Turkey]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Uzbekistan...
5: ...]] proclaimed himself Sultan and established a capital in Baghdad. [[Ahmed Sanjar]] was captured and h...
7: ...invaded [[Anatolia]] in the [[1260s]] and divided it into small [[emirates]] called the [[Anatolian be...
30: ...rovince|Kerman]] was a nation in southern Persia. It fell in 1187, probably conquered by [[Toghrü...
34: ... [[Sultan Shah of Kerman|Sultan Shah]] [[1074]]-[[1075]] - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
1: ...indbergh.jpg|thumb|Charles Lindbergh with the Spirit of St. Louis.]]
2: ...sh; [[August 26]], [[1974]]) was a pioneering [[United States]] [[aviator]] famous for piloting the fi...
6: ... training as a U.S. military aviator with the [[United States Army Air Corps]]. After finishing first ...
10: ...right|The Spirit of St. Louis on display at the Smithsonian.]]
11: ... done first by the crew of the [[NC-4]] in 1919, with the first non-stop flight made by [[Alcock and B... - 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. - Genghis Khan (31537 bytes)
1: ...for his historical role in giving a common [[identity]] to [[Mongols]] after their centuries of intern...
5: ... to defeat opponents, rapidly conquering more territory than any other single ruler.
7: ...lation of much of Asia [http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat0.htm#Mongol]. The exact number of peop...
11: ...], [[Babur]], and, allegedly, [[Timur]], although it is unlikely that the Tartar conquerer was actuall...
15: ... Borjigin (''Боржигин''). His mother was named [[Hoelun]... - 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]]''' - Taiga (2576 bytes)
1: ...75;а́) is a [[biome]] characterized by its [[conifer]]ous forests. In [[Canada]], the term ...
3: ...ree]]s, and species which need them, can survive. It is a northern subarctic and humid [[ecozone|bioge...
5: ...ed Thrush]] [[bird migration|migrate]] to this habitat to take advantage of the long summer days and a...
9: Relatively few mammals can cope with the harsh winters. Those that can include [[Moos...
11: ...]], slowing the rate at which the area returns to its natural state. - 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]]
77: ...я – Adyge/Адыгэ)
79: ...#1083;тайдынг) - Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
1: ...en revised since Linnaeus to improve consistency with the [[Charles Darwin|Darwinian]] principle of [[...
7: ... Arabic. His original commentary is now lost, but its translation into Latin by [[Michael Scot]] survi...
9: ...Gesner]] (1516–1565). Gesner's work was a critical compilation of life known at the time.
11: ...t to familiar kinds, was gradually extended until it formed a sufficient body of knowledge to serve as...
13: ...and instead classified plants according to similarities and differences that emerged from observation. - Capricornus (6733 bytes)
2: ...rdered by [[Aquila (constellation)|Aquila]], [[Sagittarius]], [[Microscopium]], [[Piscis Austrinus]] a...
5: ...zodiac besides [[Cancer (constellation)|Cancer]]. Its brighter stars are found on a triangle whose ver...
8: ...ousand years. The constellation may owe its antiquity to the fact that at that time, the northern hemi...
10: For the same reason, the sun's most southerly position, which is attained at the northern hemisphere'...
12: ...'' during the year. The cause of the association with the location or name of ''Augeas'' is not curren... - Igor Stravinsky (26622 bytes)
1: ...'[[The Rite of Spring|Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)]]'' {{lang|ru|Вст&#...
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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