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- Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
5: ...r sisters: [[Alice of Antioch|Alice]], [[Principality of Antioch|princess of Antioch]]; [[Hodierna of ...
7: == Inheritance ==
9: ...), but a Queen Regnant, reigning by right of hereditary and civil law.
11: ...]]'', a kind of royal council comprising the nobility and clergy of the realm.
13: ...ake Melisende sole queen and to strengthen her position, he designated Melisende as guardian for the y... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
9: ...6]] – [[1558]]), and whose reign coincided with that of Mary, Queen of Scots.
12: She was born at [[Linlithgow Palace]], West Lothian, [[Scotland]], on [[De...
14: ...questionable. Females and female lines could inherit only after extinction of male lines.
15: ...y have inherited. In this sort of [[Semi-Salic]] situation, Mary ascended the throne because all other...
17: ...in France, and she and her descendants stuck with it.) - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
11: ...pite never having had the right to that title, as it would imply that she was a [[princess]] by [[birt...
13: ...rshadowed by a [[scandal]]-plagued marriage. Her bitter accusations of [[adultery]], [[mental cruelty]...
15: ...oman in the world, the pre-eminent female [[celebrity]] of her generation: a [[fashion]] [[icon]], an ...
22: ...[Earl Spencer]], and she acquired the [[courtesy title]] of ''The Lady Diana Spencer''. A year later, ...
24: ...e]], a [[finishing school]] in [[Rougemont]], [[Switzerland]]. Diana was a talented amateur [[pianist... - Harriet Tubman (5215 bytes)
5: ...head. As a result of the blow, she suffered intermittent bouts of [[narcolepsy]] the rest of her life.
7: == Escape and abolitionist career ==
9: ...ductor. During the [[American Civil War]], in addition to working as a cook and a nurse, she served a...
13: ...e them to recapture them. This would amuse the whites who would assume the ineffectual chicken chaser...
15: ...essfully gambling that the retreat into enemy territory would never be anticipated by her pursuers and... - Orchidaceae (20056 bytes)
14: ...ons with [[pollinator]]s and their [[symbiosis]] with mycorrhizae, are considered by some to be the cu...
18: ...s, in their natural habitat, are considered by [[CITES]] as threatened or endangered. They are therefo...
21: ...except [[Antarctica]] and deserts. The great majority are to be found in the [[tropics]], mostly [[Asi...
22: ...ees, cacti or tree ferns. But they are not [[parasite]]s.
24: * a few are [[lithophyte]]s, growing on rocks, or lack [[chlorophyl... - Glass (26176 bytes)
1: ...ke the sugar was originally, which can be seen in its [[conchoidal]] fracture.
5: The remainder of this article will be concerned with a specific type of glass—the [[silica]]-ba...
9: ...e modified, or even changed entirely, with the addition of other compounds or [[heat treatment]].
13: ...same chemical compound found in [[quartz]], or in its polycrystalline form, [[sand]].
18: ... this ball from the [[Verrerie of Brehat]] in [[Brittany]].]] - Flute (11293 bytes)
1: .... Unlike other wind instruments, a flute produces its sound from the flow of air against an edge, inst...
3: ...well with other instruments. The flute's timbre, pitch and attack are flexible, allowing a very high d...
7: ...2004/12/30/Arts/flute-prehistoric041230.html] At its most basic, a flute can be an open tube which is...
9: There are several broad classes of flutes. With most flutes, the musician blows directly onto th...
14: ...ter, more pleasing timbres. An organ pipe may be either open or closed, depending on the sound desired... - Vertical flute (689 bytes)
1: ...to tune as a standard flute, but it lacks the ability to play at as loud of volume as transverse flute...
3: ...l flutes are sometimes used by people with disabilities that make playing a standard flute difficult o... - Shakuhachi (6042 bytes)
1: ...Section.jpg|thumb|125px|A [[shakuhachi]], showing its ''utaguchi'' (blowing edge) and inlay ]]
3: ...dhism]] in the practice of [[Suizen]] (blowing meditation).
8: ... name shakuhachi means "1.8 foot", from its size. It is a simple compound of two japanese words:
14: ... 3.3 shaku. (The longer the shakuhachi, the lower its tuning.) Although the sizes differ, they are all...
16: ...with no half-tones, but the player can bend each pitch as much as a whole tone or more. - Conch (4541 bytes)
17: ...more specifically, a marine [[gastropod]]. Still, it should be noted that many other gastropods have c...
21: ...national trade is heavily restricted.[http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.shtml]
26: ...d lip on their shells upon reaching [[sexual maturity]].
31: ...ither raw, as in [[salad]]s, or cooked, as in [[fritter]]s, [[chowder]]s, [[gumbo]]s, and burgers.
33: ...any ways including as paint and ink holders for elite scribes, as bugle or trumpet, and as hand weapon... - Horn (instrument) (19243 bytes)
4: ... ''corno'' (plural ''corni'') ([[Italian language|It.]]), ''cor'' ([[French language|Fr.]]), etc.
6: ...[playing range]] of a French horn goes from the written F at the bottom of the staff in [[bass clef]] ...
12: ... to guide his steed. The only way to change the pitch was to use the natural [[harmonic]]s of that pa...
14: ... horn, called the [[natural horn]] in the modern literature.
16: ...series, and there were then three valves added to it. Using these three valves, the player could play... - Tenor horn (3923 bytes)
1: ... the name '''tenor horn''' is identical with [[baritone horn]].
5: ...dard bell-up horn comes in two basic shapes. One with the beginning of the bell looping over the top o...
9: ...t in this register and the notes at the bottom of its range sound less mellow.
11: ... mouthpiece is used to sustain the correct lip position.
13: ...he player should blow the air at a faster speed. Without using the [[valves]], the player can play Eb,... - Harmonica (21752 bytes)
6: dimension into which it can freely vibrate, thus repeatedly
13: with but one, two or a few reeds. Because a reed mou...
26: ...raw reedplates are riveted (rarely screwed) onto either side of the comb. Over the reedplates, there ...
33: of a "harmonica." It has ten holes which offer the player 19 notes
49: ...melody by blocking or unblocking the lower holes with the tongue. The most important notes: C-E-G, the... - Aeolian harp (2264 bytes)
3: ... strings stretched lengthwise across two bridges. It is placed in a slightly opened window where the w...
7: The harp is driven by an [[Aeroelasticity|aeroelastic]] effect. The merest motion of a str...
9: ...g automobile radio antenna can be a dramatic exhibitor. And of course the effect can happen in other m...
11: == Aeolian harps in literature and music ==
14: ...com/Opus25-1.html ''Sound file of a performance, with sheet music, from ChopinFiles.com''] - Old Kingdom (5401 bytes)
2: ... The Old Kingdom was followed by a period of disunity and relative cultural decline referred to by Egy...
4: The royal capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom was located at ...
10: It was in this era that formerly independent ancient...
14: ...h dynasty of Egypt|Fourth dynasty]], which began with [[Sneferu]] ([[2575 BC|2575]]–[[2551 BC]])...
16: ...lt the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]]. Later Egyptian literature describes him as a cruel tyrant, who impos... - Nile (13738 bytes)
2: ... 830|3 400 000|[[Africa]]|the [[Mediterranean]]||[[Uganda]] - [[Sudan]] - [[Egypt]]}}
8: ...gamma;υπτος), which itself is the source of the name "Egypt".
12: ...bara River]] in [[Sudan]] all the way to the [[Mediterranean Sea]].
14: ... a length of approximately 5584 km (3470 miles). It drains approximately 2.8 million to 3.4 million k...
20: There are two great branches of the Nile: the White Nile, from equatorial East Africa, and the Blue ... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ...]. Under the [[Constitution of Ireland|Irish constitution]] the state's official name is simply '''Ire...
15: capital = [[Dublin]] |
18: largest_city = [[Dublin]] |
20: leader_titles = [[President of Ireland|President]]<br>[[Taoi...
24: area_magnitude = 1 E9| - Cuba (25106 bytes)
2: ...lands]] and [[Jamaica]], and to the southeast [[Haiti]].
6: ...s independence was granted in [[1902]], though limited by the [[Platt Amendment]] (revoked in [[1934]]...
8: ... peso was valued very close to the us dollar. Illiteracy ran about 12%, one of the lowest in the lati...
10: ...ed to cover all Cubans.After some delay, a [[Constitution]] of Soviet inspiration was adopted in [[197...
12: ...n Internatiional Nuclear Stand-off, between the United States of America and Russia. - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
2: ...The Sporting News]]'' named Ruth as Number One in its list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players."
4: ...he "power game" compelled other teams to follow suit, breaking the monopoly of the "inside game" that ...
9: ... countless hours on hitting, fielding and later, pitching.
10: ...pg|thumb|right|400px|Babe Ruth, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding up bat, in baseb...
12: ...atthias promptly switched George from catcher to pitcher to teach him a lesson. But, instead of gettin... - Anaxagoras (6622 bytes)
4: ...ears, some amount of property and prospects of political influence, both of which he surrendered, from...
9: ...rived from him an enthusiasm for science and humanity.
10: Some authorities assert that even [[Socrates]] was among his di...
12: ...d his superiority to ordinary weaknesses—traits which legend has embalmed.
13: It was he who brought philosophy and the spirit of scientific inquiry from [[Ionia]] to [[Athens]...
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