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- Mosaic (6524 bytes)
3: ...of mosaic from [[Herculaneum]] depicting [[Amphitrite]]]]
5: ...A small part of '''The Great Pavement''', a Roman mosaic laid in AD 325 at Woodchester, Gloucestershire, E...
7: ...ica.jpg|thumb|150px|Early 12th-century [[Kiev]]an mosaic depicting [[St. Demetrius]].]]
9: |[[Image:Monreale.jpg|thumb|200px|Mosaics in the [[apse]] at [[Monreale]]]]
12: ...lae'') or of colored glass or clear glass backed with metal foils, are used to create a pattern or pic...
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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...t mentions and Welsh texts he is never given the title "King." Early texts refer to him as ''[[dux]] ...
2: ... Arthur''' in plate armour with visor raised and with jousting shield]]
5: ...gan]] [[Saxon]]s. His power base was probably in either [[Wales]], [[Cornwall]], or the west of what w...
7: ...n whether the "Brettones" he led were [[Britain|Britons]] or [[Armorica|Bretons]].
9: ...is identification unlikely, as there seems to be little reason for him to have become a major legendar... - Theodora (6th century) (3433 bytes)
1: ...umb|150px|right|Theodora, depicted on a Byzantine mosaic]]
2: ... and the wife of Emperor [[Justinian I]]. Along with her husband, she is a [[saint]] in the [[Eastern...
6: ... in charge of courting the Monophysites' reunion with the [[Chalcedonian]] party in the Church, and so...
8: ...], her advice and leadership for a strong (and militant) response caused the riot to be quelled and pr...
10: ...t in Justinian's efforts to reconcile the Monophysites to orthodoxy. - Zoe (empress) (1927 bytes)
1: ...age:EmpZoe.jpg|thumb|Empress Zoe as depicted in a mosaic from the Hagia Sophia]]
3: ...[1050]]) was Empress of the [[Byzantine Empire]] with co-rulers [[November 15]], [[1028]] - [[1050]], ...
5: ...mpresses born into the purple (that is, as the legitimate child of an reigning emperor). She was daug...
7: ...l the government, but Romanus proved to be an unfaithful husband and an ineffective emperor. He was fo...
9: ...other husband, her third and the last she was permitted according to the rules of the [[Eastern Orthod... - 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... - Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1937 bytes)
1: ...]], [[1910]]–[[July 29]], [[1994]]) was a British [[scientist]], born Dorothy Mary Crowfoot in [...
3: ...yrightKaihsuTai.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Order of Merit medal of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, displayed in t...
5: ...in]], [[ferritin]], [[tobacco mosaic virus]], [[vitamin B12]], and [[insulin]]. This latter achieveme...
7: ...n [[1965]] she was appointed to the [[Order of Merit]], filling the vacancy left by [[Winston Churchil...
13: ===Obituary notices=== - Pansy (10101 bytes)
2: ...mage:5p pwy pansies.jpg|250px|5-petaled purple, white, and yellow pansies]] | caption = 5-petaled pans...
15: ''Viola × wittrockiana''
17: ...e hybrids and are referred to as ''Viola × wittrockiana''. The name "pansy" also appears as par...
20: ...e available. By 1841 the pansy had become a favorite show plant.
22: ... Victorian age (due in large part to the availability of affordable, low cost [[steel]]) the bold flow... - Retina (13061 bytes)
3: ...ball of [[vertebrate]]s and some [[cephalopod]]s; it is the part of the eye which converts [[light]] i...
5: ...optic nerve]]. The retina not only detects light, it also plays a significant part in [[visual percept...
7: ...ld]], [[Haldan Keffer Hartline]] and [[Ragnar Granit]] won the [[1967]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or...
12: ...om one ora to the other (or macula), the most sensitive area along the horizontal [[meridian]] is abou...
14: ...to hit the photoreceptors (right layer). This elicits chemical transformation mediating a propagation ... - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
1: ...ng glory. One of the most famous of the surviving mosaics is in the [[Church of the Holy Wisdom]] in forme...
3: ...lamic art history|Middle East]] and North Africa. It includes the major art movements, national art, g...
5: ...art]]. Medieval art was of many crafts, such as [[mosaic]]s and [[sculpture]]; and there were many unique ...
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... - Mosaic (6524 bytes)
3: ...of mosaic from [[Herculaneum]] depicting [[Amphitrite]]]]
5: ...A small part of '''The Great Pavement''', a Roman mosaic laid in AD 325 at Woodchester, Gloucestershire, E...
7: ...ica.jpg|thumb|150px|Early 12th-century [[Kiev]]an mosaic depicting [[St. Demetrius]].]]
9: |[[Image:Monreale.jpg|thumb|200px|Mosaics in the [[apse]] at [[Monreale]]]]
12: ...lae'') or of colored glass or clear glass backed with metal foils, are used to create a pattern or pic... - 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 ... - Stained glass (3937 bytes)
7: ...f [[color]]s. Early stained glass artists were limited to a very few primary colors, but today almost ...
13: ...ble the piece so that it is capable of supporting its own weight and (for a window) surviving the elem...
15: ...ists include [[Ludwig Shaffrath]], [[Johannes Shreiter]] and many others who transformed an ancient ar...
17: ...e of those establishments is Florida State University's Master Craftsman Program who recently complete...
25: * [[G. Owen Bonawit]] - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...t until the consensus changes before making the edit. Thank you.
3: ...about Canada linked from this article, e.g., [[Politics of Canada]], [[Geography of Canada]], etc. Tha...
6: ...ssia]]). Bordering the [[United States]], its territorial claims extend north into the [[Arctic Ocean]...
8: ...democracy]] and is a [[constitutional monarchy]] with [[Elizabeth II of Canada|Queen Elizabeth II]] as...
10: ...anguage|English]] and [[French language|French]]. Its [[Statistics Canada|official]] population estima... - Solar system (21174 bytes)
1: ...eneric term for [[star]]s and the objects that orbit around them.
8: ...]]s of the Solar System are those nine bodies traditionally labelled as such:
13: **[[Jupiter|Jupiter]] (♃)
20: ...the Solar System, accompanied by their main satellites, profiled against the limb of the Sun]]
22: ...ects that orbit these planets are [[Natural satellite|moon]]s. For a complete listing, see that articl... - Pope John IV (2299 bytes)
1: ...t to an Emperor Heraclius for Christian teachers. It is supposed that the emperor to whom this message...
4: ...ated the attempt to connect the name of Honorius with Monothelism. Honorius, he declared, in speaking ... - Roman architecture (3399 bytes)
1: ...etimes that approach is productive, and sometimes it hinders understanding by causing us to judge Roma...
3: ...ric order]] and the Composite being a tall order with the floral decoration of the [[Corinthian order|...
5: ...ront of a load-bearing wall. In smaller-scale architecture, concrete's strength freed the [[floor plan...
7: ...the early [[Roman Empire|imperial period]]: the [[mosaic]], a decoration of colorful chips of stone inset ...
9: ...e's style of architecture, though no longer used with any great frequency, can still be seen throughou... - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
1: ...-state actors, authorized by their national authorities, until this form of [[commerce raiding]] was o...
3: == Definition ==
4: ...net/article/piracy-challenges-global-governance |title=Piracy challenges global governance |date=2009-...
9: [[File:Romtrireme.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Mosaic of a [[Trireme|Roman Trireme]] in [[Tunisia]].]]
10: ...d as [[slave]]s.<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Parliament/2587/trade.html Phoenician Econo... - Film speed (5065 bytes)
1: ...with higher sensitivity can shoot the same scene with a shorter exposure and is called a ''fast film''...
4: ...on (ISO)]] defines both a linear scale and a logarithmic scale for measuring film speed.
6: ...a film rated ISO 200/24° is twice as sensitive as a film rated ISO 100/21°.
18: ! with this nominal speed
145: ...ed is converted from the linear scale to the logarithmic scale by this formula (plus rounding to the n... - Denver, Colorado (21161 bytes)
2: ...lColorado.jpg|thumb|293px|right|Colorado State Capitol Building]]
3: {{Infobox City | official_name = Denver, Colorado
4: |nickname = The Mile-High City
9: |subdivision_type = [[City-County]]
11: |leader_title = [[Mayor]] - Hagia Sophia (7132 bytes)
3: ...]], in [[Istanbul]], formerly [[Constantinople]]. It is universally acknowledged as one of the great b...
7: ...s of the first church that was built on the same site during the 4th century. Following the destructi...
10: ...ty of Constantinople]]; Anthemius, however, died within the first year. The construction is described ...
12: ... and [[marble]] pillars and coverings. The temple itself was so richly and artistically decorated that...
16: ...tecture. Its influence, both architecturally and liturgically, was widespread and enduring in the [[Ea...
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