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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]]
85: | [[1772]] — [[1779]]
104: | [[Jefferson City, Missouri|Jefferson City]] - 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]].... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
1: [[Image:DiderotVanLoo.jpg|thumb|right|''Portrait of Diderot'' by [[Louis-Michel van Loo]], 1767]]
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5: ... as the author of the essay ''Regrets on Parting with My Old Dressing Gown'', upon which many an artic...
7: ... had affairs with the writer Madame Puisieux and with Sophie Voland, to whom he was constant for the r...
10: ... ''Inquiry Concerning Virtue and Merit'' (1745), with some original notes of his own. He composed a vo... - Phillis Wheatley (3014 bytes)
3: ...]] studies. She became a very accomplished poet, with her first poem published when she was only 13.
5: ...untingdon]] and the [[Earl of Dartmouth]] helped with the publication.
7: ...] was among the harshest critics of her poetry, writing "The heroes of [[the Dunciad]] are to her, as ...
9: ...ork nor artistic ability were to bring her prosperity, and she died in poverty in 1784.
11: == Writings == - Bass clarinet (3454 bytes)
3: ...ning it is a [[transposing instrument]] where a written C sounds as B flat), and plays notes an octave...
5: ...l bore gives it the clarinet's dark tone and low pitch.
13: ...m of the bass clarinet in the early 19th century. It is also used in school bands, and are a good opti...
15: == Musical compositions using bass clarinet ==
16: ... its low tones contrast with the tinkling higher pitches of the [[celesta]]. Other pieces featuring th... - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
5: ... to the [[First Intermediate Period]]. Some authorities point to cultural differences between the Elev...
8: ...n of Mentuhotep IV. This explains the smooth transition of power as a palace coup by Amenemhat that re...
10: ...hout the Twelfth dynasty and provided great stability.
12: ...f his father to recapture [[Nubia]] and other territories lost during the First Intermediate Period. T...
14: ...rnment though) and established trade connections with Nubia and a war seems to be conducted in the [[L... - 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... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
19: ... [[History of the United States Constitution|Constitutional Convention]].
26: ...h in July [[1752]], he rented and eventually inherited the estate, [[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount V...
29: ...earliest portrait of Washington, was painted in [[1772]] by [[Charles Willson Peale]], and shows Washing...
31: ...ecame an international incident, and helped to ignite the [[French and Indian War]], which eventually ... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
2: ...ancock [[:Image:JohnHancockLarge.jpeg|(full portrait)]]]]
3: ...the [[United States Declaration of Independence|United States Declaration of Independence]]]]
5: ...III of the United Kingdom|George III]] could read it, causing his name to become an [[eponym]] for "si...
8: ...s return from England, his uncle died and he inherited the fortune and business, making him the wealth...
10: ...his generosity, he was regarded as a man of integrity and honor. - Missouri (16086 bytes)
1: ... Missouri is '''MO''' and the state public university's main branch is located in [[Columbia, Missouri...
10: ...are of the People be the Supreme Law"'', compare with King [[Charles XIII of Sweden]] ([[1809]]) ''"Th...
11: ...l = [[Jefferson City, Missouri|Jefferson City]] |
12: ...argest [[United_States_metropolitan_areas|metropolitan area]] is [[Saint Louis, Missouri|Saint Louis]]...
23: DensityRank = 27<sup>th</sup> | - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
8: ...[Moammar Al Qadhafi|Qadhafi, Moammar]], Libyan military leader
22: *[[Darlene Quaife|Quaife, Darlene]], Canadian writer
23: *[[Mary Quant|Quant, Mary]], (born 1934), British fashion designer
24: *[[David Quantick|Quantick, David]] - writer
26: ...trill|Quantrill, William]], [[United States]] [[United States Civil War|Civil War]] - 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]]-) - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
1: ... Note that this map does not show the bulk of [[British North America]] of that time.]]
2: ...Lexington and Concord]] and continued after the British surrender at [[Battle of Yorktown (1781)|Yorkt...
4: ...pretations fall somewhere in between these two positions.
7: ... summarize the political, social, economic, etc. situations before the revolution, and the trends whic...
10: ...th the same rights and obligations as people in Britain. - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1760...
9: *[[1763]] - [[British Royal Proclamation of 1763]]
20: *[[1772]] - [[Samuel Adams]] organizes the [[Committees of Correspondence]]
21: *[[1773]] - [[British Parliament]] passes [[Tea Act]]
25: *[[1774]] - British pass [[Intolerable Acts]], including: - Crustacean (6274 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox_authority | author = [[Br?]] | date = [[1772]]}}
35: ...ey are variously found in marine and freshwater, with a few terrestrial members (such as [[woodlouse|w...
41: ... by [[diffusion]] and larger crustaceans respire with [[gill]]s. Crustaceans typically have a thick [[...
49: ...ups are not entirely clear, making the exact definition of larger groups difficult.
51: ...nded by [[Integrated Taxonomic Information System|ITIS]], and as such probably represent a consensus o... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: ...portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. 1775, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich]]
3: ... three voyages to the [[Pacific Ocean]], in which its main shorelines were mapped. Cook was also a [[c...
7: ... day laborer on a farm. As a child, Cook moved with his family to [[Great Ayton]].
8: ...War]] to start again at the lowest level in the British [[Royal Navy]].
12: ...ted in the siege of [[Quebec City, Quebec|Quebec City]] before the [[Battle of the Plains of Abraham]]... - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
1: ...]]) was the first [[United States]] overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back.
3: ... America, but was roughly a decade after the expedition of [[Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)|Alexander ...
5: ...rom the men and shared the leadership of the expedition, always referring to Clark as "Captain" ([http...
7: ...les Floyd]] died, apparently from acute [[appendicitis]]. In the winter of 1804-1805 they wintered at...
9: ...llowed the Missouri through what is now [[Kansas City, Missouri]] and [[Omaha, Nebraska]], crossed the... - Annapolis, Maryland (7226 bytes)
1: {{Template:US City infobox|
2: city = Annapolis |
4: nickname = "America's Sailing Capital" |
10: mayor = [[Ellen O. Moyer]] ([[United_States_Democratic_Party|Dem]]) |
15: city pop = 35,838| - Abigail Adams (3753 bytes)
1: ..., and is seen as the second [[First Lady of the United States]], though that term was not coined until...
3: ...ional]] ministers, leaders in a society that held its clergy in high esteem.
11: '''Abigail Smith Adams'''
33: <td>[[First Lady of the United States]]</td>
48: ...he [[United States Constitutional Convention|Constitutional Convention]]. She is perhaps best known fo... - Sweden (27111 bytes)
1: ...tropolitan Areas of Sweden|metropolitan areas]], with most of the inland consisting of large peaceful ...
3: ... been at peace, adopting a policy of armed neutrality.
5: ...l tendencies and a strong national quest for equality.
20: government_type = [[Constitutional monarchy]], <br>[[Parliamentarism]] |
21: leader_titles = <br>[[Monarch of Sweden|King]]<br>[[Prime Mi...
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