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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...lom'' in [[Catalan]], ''Cristoforo Colombo'' in [[Italian]], ''Cristóbal Colón'' in [[Spanish]], ''C...
3: ...er it would be possible to get around the planet without running out of food or getting stuck in windl...
5: ... his claims. There are also many theories of expeditions to the Americas by a variety of peoples throu...
7: ...h America]]. He never reached the present-day [[United States]] where "Columbus Day" ([[12 October]], ...
9: ...ns, such as [[virus]]es, [[bacteria]], and [[parasite]]s, and beneficial to humans, such as [[tomato]]... - 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. - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
18: *[[Ian Adam|Adam, Ian]], (born 1937), Canadian writer
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
26: ...[[Valdas Adamkus|Adamkus, Valdas]], (born 1926), Lithuanian president
34: ...ms, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]] - Isabella of Jerusalem (7928 bytes)
3: ...l I Comnenus]], who had received the town and territory of [[Nablus]] from her husband the king. Isabe...
5: ...air and lovely". A marriage was arranged for her with the 17-year-old [[Humphrey IV of Toron]] in [[11...
9: ...macy shadowed Isabella's half-sister Sibylla's position for the entire period. In order to prepare for...
11: ...h Sibylla and Isabella were considered equally entitled to succeed.
13: ...ow, that both Baldwin IV and Baldwin V were dead, it was easier to resurrect that legal grounds for th... - 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]].... - Chromosome (12667 bytes)
2: ...okaryote]]s do not possess histones or nuclei. In its relaxed state, the DNA can be accessed for [[tra...
5: ...nucleus. Each chromosome has one [[centromere]], with one or two arms projecting from the centromere. ...
8: ...rally taken into account. Bacterial chromosomes initiate replication and one origin of replication.
13: ...romatin]], which consists of mostly inactive DNA. It seems to serve structural purposes during the chr...
14: ...d around the centromere and usually contains repetitive sequences. - 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... - Pottery (17136 bytes)
1: ...ery.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A man shapes pottery as it turns on a wheel. (Cappadocia, Turkey)]]
2: ...called "[[stoneware]]". Fine earthenware with a white tin glaze is known as [[faience]].
4: ...oth an ancient and modern [[technology]], in that it uses materials and techniques that are thousands ...
8: ...tery are essential for dating the remains of non-literate cultures and help in the dating of some hist...
14: ...n pottery - handwork, wheelwork, and slipcasting. It's very common for wheelworked pieces to be finish... - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
6: ...variety of precious stones were used for high quality sculpture and inlays. [[Clay]] was used for pot...
8: ...hem are a wooden harp with gold and mosaic inlay with a black-bearded golden bull's head.
11: ...urabi|code of law]]. A bearded head, made of diorite, is believed to represent Hammurabi. The head h...
13: ...mia]]), and was donated to the [[New York Metropolitan Museum of Art]] by [[John D. Rockefeller, Jr.]]...
18: ...eat Sphinx of Giza]], located near the pyramids. It is about 60 feet high and 240 feet long, and was ... - Silk (8683 bytes)
2: ... the larvae. The shimmering appearance for which it is prized comes from the fibres triangular prism-...
5: ...areas accessible to Chinese merchants, because of its texture and [[lustre]]. Because of the high dema...
11: ...eign dignitaries. The remainder was sold at exorbitant prices.
21: ...dipping them in boiling water or they are killed with a needle, thus allowing the whole cocoon to be u...
23: ...f wild silk were already being produced in the Mediterranean and Middle East by the time the superior,... - 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... - Finland (29511 bytes)
1: ...r Finland is '''Suomi.''' In the Swedish language it is '''Finland'''.
18: |'''[[Capital]]''' || [[Helsinki]]
20: |'''Largest City''' || [[Helsinki]]
29: ...l ([[2003]]) <br> - [[Population density|Density]]
51: ...e Stone Age, possibly even among the first [[Mesolithic]] settlers. The arrival of the [[Battle-Axe]] ... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...ares the coastlines of the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]], the [[Gulf of Aqaba]] (also known as G...
14: capital = [[Jerusalem]]<sup>[[#Footnotes|1]]</sup> |
17: leader_titles = [[Prime Minister]]<br>[[President]] |
19: largest_city = [[Jerusalem]] |
22: area_magnitude = 1 E10 | - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ... the north, the [[Red Sea]] to the northeast, [[Eritrea]] and [[Ethiopia]] to the east, [[Kenya]] and ...
16: capital = [[Khartoum]] |
18: government_type = [[Authoritarian]] [[regime]] |
19: leader_titles = [[List of Presidents of Sudan|Pre...
21: largest_city = [[Khartoum]] | - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
2: ...ocked]] [[country]] in central [[South America]]. It is bordered by [[Brazil]] on the north and east, ...
16: capital = [[La Paz]], [[Sucre]]<sup>1</sup> |
19: leader_titles = [[President of Bolivia|President]] |
21: largest_city = [[La Paz]] |
24: area_magnitude = 1 E12 | - Iron Age (8996 bytes)
3: ...ent. The adoption of this new material coincided with other changes in past societies often including ...
5: ...n Europe and Asia whilst in the rest of the world it was adopted directly after one or other sub-phase...
7: ... "cheaper" than bronze and contributed greatly to its adoption as the most commonly used metal. The ar...
10: ...y the metallurgy of the time. By [[1600 BC]] to [[1200 BC]], iron was used increasingly in the [[Middle ...
13: ...ory of iron and steelmaking]]), dating to circa [[1200 BC]]. - Writing system (16928 bytes)
1: A '''writing system''', also called a '''script''', is a ty...
4: ...ully read and comprehend the text. Contrast this with other possible symbolic systems such as [[inform...
6: ...ge, which can be retrieved independently of the initial act of formulation.
8: All writing systems require:
10: ...ns understood and shared by a community, which arbitrarily assign [[meaning]]s to the base elements, t... - Geologic time scale (26014 bytes)
1: ...y]], and uses the standard color codes of the [[United States Geologic Survey]].
3: ... spans of time on the time scale are usually delimited by major [[geology|geologic]] or [[paleontology...
7: ...gnized faunal stages than defined geologic time units.
9: ...omian]] stages in [[East Asia]] and [[Siberia]]. It is a key aspect of the work of the International ...
13: ...d, distorted, tilted, or even inverted after deposition; 2) Strata laid down at the same time in diffe... - 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 [... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...'Viscount St Albans''' in [[1621]]; both peerage titles becoming extinct upon his death.
4: ...context of his time, such methods were connected with occult trends of [[hermeticism]] and [[alchemy]...
8: ...of Sir Nicholas, a member of the Reformed or [[Puritan]] Church, and a daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, ...
10: ...3 at the age of 13, living for three years there with his older brother [[Anthony Bacon]].
14: ..., which seemed barren, disputatious, and wrong in its objectives.
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