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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
2: This is a '''list of U.S. state capitals''':
5: ! State !! Capital !! Year of current [[capitol]] construction
20: | [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]]
104: | [[Jefferson City, Missouri|Jefferson City]]
116: | [[Carson City, Nevada|Carson City]] - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...sion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
21: ...tish Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
30: ...7]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]] [[Berber]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central...
35: *[[Vitus Bering]]
36: *[[Vittorio Bottego]] (1860,1897), Italian explorer of the [[Giuba]] region in north-ea... - 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]]... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
1: [[Image:Goldmeir at whitehouse.jpg|frame|right|Golda Meir was the fourth [...
2: ...srael after graduate school and was never a U.S. citizen).
6: ...da looked up to Shayna. Her father left for the United States in [[1903]], and the rest of the family ...
8: ==Emigration to the United States, 1906==
14: ... She began speaking and advocating. She hosted visitors from [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]]. - Esther (5002 bytes)
2: ... the queen of [[Ahasuerus]] (commonly identified with [[Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes I]] or [[Artaxerxes ...
7: ...of Esther even though he is never mentioned explicitly.
9: ...itic]] name ''Ishtar'' may share a common origin with [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] words ...
12: ...f Abihail, a [[Benjamin|Benjamite]]. She resided with her cousin [[Mordecai]], who held some office in...
14: ... of their wonderful deliverance. According to traditional Jewish dating this took place about fifty-tw... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
2: ...and how it is interpreted. Depending on which tradition is believed, she may or may not have been the ...
4: Adam—אָדָם in [[Standard Hebrew...
12: ...nt portraying Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden with many of the "lower creatures."]]
15: ... knowledge of good and evil thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou sha...
17: ...radition made into Satan) to eat the forbidden fruit of the knowledge of good and evil, for "the serpe... - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
7: ...hen she was six years old. She continued to live with her mother Katherine Szenes and a brother.
9: ...ot take the office in the [[anti-semitism|anti-Semitic]] atmosphere. She joined ''Maccabea'', a Hungar...
11: ...gun a paratrooper training in [[Egypt]] for the British [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]].
15: ...ndow one at the time. She tried to keep their spirits up by singing.
21: After the Cold War, a Hungarian military court officially exonerated her. Her kin in Is... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...ares the coastlines of the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]], the [[Gulf of Aqaba]] (also known as G...
6: ...1491;ינת ישראל<br>("Medinat Yisra'el")<br>دو...
14: capital = [[Jerusalem]]<sup>[[#Footnotes|1]]</sup> |
17: leader_titles = [[Prime Minister]]<br>[[President]] |
19: largest_city = [[Jerusalem]] | - Thebes, Egypt (3900 bytes)
2: ... a striking testimony to Egyptian civilization at its height.
4: ...[Zeus]] being the god whom the Greeks identified with [[Amun]]).
6: ...he temple of [[Karnak]], which is located in the city.
8: ...rtant temples that stood on the outskirts of the city.
10: ==Important archaeological sites in Thebes== - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: ...[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
15: ...llo Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[painter]]
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
105: *[[Georg Baselitz]] ( [[1938]]-) - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
6: ... him for the chapel there; so Josquin returned to Italy.
8: ...site ''Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariae'', which is written on a ''[[cantus firmus]]'' derived from the mu...
10: ...two thirds of the citizens fled as well). His position at Ferrara was filled by [[Jacob Obrecht]] in ...
14: ... beginning of the [[Baroque music|Baroque]] era, with the decline of the polyphonic style.
16: ...ly, and was also able to express intense emotion with economy of means. - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
7: ...lign="center" colspan="2" | [[Image:DeGaullePortrait.jpg|180px]]
40: ...Gaulle''''', was a [[Military of France|French military]] leader and statesman. ({{audio|fr-Charles_de...
42: ...ch left a major influence in subsequent French politics.
47: ...uring the [[Dreyfus affair]] the family distanced itself from the more conservative natonalist circles...
49: ==1912–1940: Military career== - Hieronymus Bosch (3386 bytes)
1: ...Many of his works depict [[sin]] and human [[morality|moral]] failings; they contain complex, highly o...
3: ... '''van Aken'''. He signed some of his paintings with ''Bosch'' (pronounced as ''Boss'' in Dutch), der...
5: ...servative religious group of some 40 influential citizens of 's-Hertogenbosch.
8: ...ruit and birds on the middle panel, and [[hell]] with depictions of fantastic punishments of the vario...
10: ...application of paint; this contrasts with the traditional Flemish style of paintings, where the smooth... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ...ut were rarely constructed in his lifetime. In addition, he helped advance the study of [[anatomy]], [...
7: ...y a peasant girl. It has also been suggested, albeit on scanty evidence, that she was a [[Middle East|...
9: ...did not use his father's name because of his illegitimate status.
11: ...n apprentice. In this role, Leonardo also worked with [[Lorenzo di Credi]] and [[Pietro Perugino]].
12: ... he turned his mind to he made himself master of with ease" ([[Giorgio Vasari|Vasari]]). - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
34: *[[Karl Bitter]] (1867 - 1915)
110: *[[Vincenzo Gemito]] (1852 - 1929)
166: ...talie Krol]] [http://www.nataliekrol.com Gallery Site]
177: *[[Sol LeWitt]]
178: *[[Jacques Lipchitz]] (1891 - 1973) - 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... - African American (19830 bytes)
1: ...mply '''blacks''', are an ethnic group in the [[United States of America]] whose ancestors, usually in...
6: ... not include [[whites]], [[Asian|Asians]] or [[Semites]] of African origin.
9: ...black density.jpg|thumb|200px|2000 population density]]
10: ... by [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]], [[Michigan]], with 83 percent.
15: ... in the [[1860]] election of President of the [[United States]] [[Abraham Lincoln]], and was one reaso... - Henry the Navigator (6878 bytes)
3: ...alth, as well as with [[Africa]] in general, and with the legend of [[Prester John]].
5: ...assed he became more and more devoted to Christianity. For the purposes of his interest in exploration...
7: ... regency during [[Alphonso V of Portugal]]'s minority, and in return received a confirmation of this t...
9: ... return voyages, headed upwind, possible; without it, the brothers Ugolino and Guido Vivaldo had saile...
11: - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
13: ...dia|India's]] independence from [[British India|British colonial rule]] to world attention. His philo...
15: ...His auto-biography, "The story of my experiments with truth" reveals his inner persona and reflections...
18: ...e, a Hindu of the [[Vaishnava]] sect. Growing up with a devout Vaishnava mother and surrounded by the ...
20: ...appy at Samaldas College, he leapt at the opportunity to study in England, which he viewed as "a land ...
23: ...n to read works of and about Hinduism, [[Christianity]], and other religions. - Himalaya (16334 bytes)
1: ...y]] ''Himalaya'' means "abode of snow" in [[Sanskrit]] ( from ''hima'' "snow", and ''aalaya'' "abode")...
3: ...ublic of China|China]], [[Bhutan]] and [[Nepal]]. It is the source of two of the world's major [[river...
10: ...r Himalaya'' and is also the oldest of the three. It has an elevation of more than 6000 m and contains...
12: ... and altitude. While the sub-Himalayan range exhibits [[deciduous]] forests, the vegetation graduates ...
14: The [[states and territories of India|Indian states]] of [[Jammu and Kash...
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