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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... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
1: {{christianity}}
2: ...1502;רים''' '''Maryām''' "Bitter"; [[Septuagint]] [[Greek language|Greek]] '''&...
4: ==Historicity==
8: ...x Christian churches, are based on [[faith]], traditions of the Church Fathers, and their interpretati...
13: ...1:18|Matt. 1:18]]-[[Matthew 1:25|25]]) of her condition, and took her to his own home. Soon after thi... - Pre-historic art (9744 bytes)
4: ===Palaeolithic===
7: ...a sophisticated and more complicated artistic tradition.
9: ...someone and used as a figurine, regardless of how it may have been formed. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi...
11: ===Mesolithic===
12: ...nish Levant]], stylized rock art. Patterns on utilitarian objects, like the paddles from [[Tybrind Vig... - Wagner tuba (1858 bytes)
2: ...]]. The [[euphonium]] is sometimes used as a substitute when a Wagner tuba can not be obtained.
4: ...nted an instrument that could intone the Walhalla motif somberly like a trombone but less incisive like a...
6: ...dle C, and it sounds a perfect fifth lower than written.
8: ...ly gives them sustained tones rather than melodic motifs in such passages. In Bruckner's Eighth and Ninth... - Tibetan art (2932 bytes)
3: ... in terms of influences which have contributed to it over the centuries.
10: ...vara), often portrayed as a thousand-armed saint with an eye in the middle of each hand, representing ...
13: ..., also known as Vajrayana Buddhism for its common motif of the ''vajra'', the diamond thunderbolt (known ...
15: ...hese images represent the ''Protectors'' ([[Sanskrit|Skt]]. ''[[dharmapala]]'') and their fearsome bea...
18: ...ds once inflicted harm and sickness on the local citizens but after the arrival of Padmasambhava these... - Australian Aboriginal art (4187 bytes)
1: ...art]] by Aborigines based on traditional culture. It is not restricted to merely paintings, but includ...
3: ... Aboriginal culture. Artwork was used to mark territory, record history, and tell stories. Rare ochres...
7: ...rk]] [[eucalyptus|gum]]). Tools used included primitive [[brush]]es, [[stick]]s, [[finger]]s and even ...
9: ... designs of straight lines, circles and spirals, with the occasional zig zag persist throughout the wo...
13: ...re, the bark is flattened under foot and weighed with stones or logs to dry flat. The "canvas" is then... - Islamic architecture (6677 bytes)
4: [[Architectural history]] series.</small></td></tr>
7: [[Prehistoric architecture]]</td></tr>
9: [[Architecture of the ancient world]]</td></tr>
11: [[Western architecture]]</td></tr>
13: '''Islamic architecture'''</td></tr> - Lightning rod (7638 bytes)
4: ...in [[salt]] to improve its electrical connection with the ground.
6: ...y of individuals near them. Similarly, [[Electricity_pylon|high-tension power lines]] carry a lighter...
8: ...satisfactory for protecting taller structures, as it is possible for lightning to strike the side of a...
10: ...earer to the leader than this critical distance. It is standard practice to approximate the sphere's ...
12: ...leader if there is a grounded object within the critical distance. Noting this, locations that are sa... - Mango (12190 bytes)
2: ...Mango fruit]] | caption = Immature Black Mango fruit}}
23: ''M. oppositifolia''<br>
34: ...tern India. The mango also features as a common [[motif]], known as the [[paisley (design)|paisley]], in ...
36: ...is reputed to be the most commonly eaten fresh fruit worldwide. Mangos also readily naturalize in trop...
39: ... the valley]]. After the flowers fall off, the fruits may take from three to six months to ripen. - Chinese dragon (7565 bytes)
3: ... the concept of [[Yin Yang|yang]] and associated with the [[weather]] and [[water]] as the bringer of ...
5: ... that the [[giant panda]] is far more often used within China as a national emblem than the Chinese dr...
11: ...eaven. Chinese dragons are occasionally depicted with bat-like wings grown out of the front limbs, but...
21: ...ther away from China a dragon went the fewer toes it had, and dragons only exist in China, Korea, Indo...
23: ...ok Palace]] has seven claws, implying its superiority over the Chinese Dragon. - Crochet (5214 bytes)
3: ...able controversy. The word is not to be confused with "crotchet", otherwise known as a [[quarter note]...
5: ==Definition==
7: ...es crochet from other methods of fabric-making as it is composed entirely of loops and is only secured...
12: ... the "simplicity" of the technique and claim that it "must" have been early.
14: ..., or archeological source prior to 1800. These writers point to the tambour hooks used in tambour emb... - Cahokia (4221 bytes)
1: ...al excavations. Cahokia is one of the best known sites of the [[Mississippian culture]] and the term "...
3: ...ssippian culture but no stories referring to the city of Cahokia were ever recorded among the tribes.
5: ...) plaza stood in front of the mound. The Cahokia site contains several types of mounds - flattop, coni...
7: ...he [[Mesoamerica]]n cities of central [[Mexico]]. It was one of two major centers of a group of people...
9: ...f Mexico would be larger than Cahokia had been at its peak (Around 1800, [[Philadelphia]] broke Cahoki... - Inca Empire (25571 bytes)
8: ...he Lost City of the Incas," now an archaelogical site.]]
9: ...ur provinces whose corners met at the empire's capital, [[Cusco]] (Qosqo).
17: ...ici Viracocha of Colina de las Ventanas in [[Pacaritambo]] sent forth his four sons and four daughters...
19: ...om the depths of [[Lake Titicaca]] and found the city of Cuzco. They traveled by means of underground ...
21: ...of oral tradition, since the Incas did not have writing. There probably did exist a Manco Capac who be... - Sequencing (2283 bytes)
6: ... is not commonly used due to the greater practicality of the chain termination method.
8: ... are under development, which may offer many benefits over the conventional methods, include:
23: Though [[polysaccharide]]s are also biopolymers, it is not so common to talk of
30: * [[Sequence motif]] - Iris (anatomy) (11258 bytes)
1: ...sparent [[pupil|pupil]] (showing as black), the white outer [[sclera]], of which the central part, the...
5: ...ueous humour]] constantly drains out of the eye, with the result that diseases of the iris often have ...
10: ...his huge molecule is only slightly different from its equivalent found in [[skin]] and [[hair]].
13: ... misconception that the iris colour is all due to its melanin pigment, but this varies only from brown...
15: ...e thin [[anterior border layer]], which by its position has an undue influence on the overall colour. ... - Kudu (2825 bytes)
2: ...e motif often carved with a bust-length figure in it as if at a window.
8: == Habitat ==
14: ...ng season, and they'll only be in groups of 6-10 with their offspring. Calves grow very quickly and at...
15: ...riods in [[time]]s. At 3 or 4 [[month]]s will be with her constantly. And at about 6 months they will ...
19: ...ons, they eat wild [[watermelon]]s and other [[fruit]] for the liquid they provide. The lesser Kudu is... - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
3: ...250px|right|Johann Sebastian Bach, [[1748]] portrait by Elias Gottlob Haussmann]]
5: ... to nearly every musician in the [[Europe]]an tradition, from [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] to [[...
13: ...rom his brother's music cabinet and began to copy it by the moonlight. This went on nightly until Joha...
17: ... equally at home talking with organ builders and with performers.
19: - Ancient Indian science and technology (21581 bytes)
1: ...] [[technology]], [[civil engineering]] and [[architecture]], [[shipbuilding]] and [[navigation]], [[s...
3: ''Grant Duff'', a [[British]] [[historian]] has remarked: �Many of the a...
9: ...|zero]], the techniques of [[algebra]] and [[algorithm]], [[square root]] and [[cube root]].
11: ... [[atom]] and [[theory of relativity]] were explicitely stated by an Indian Philosopher around [[600 B...
14: *Fine Arts � [[Veda]]s were recited and recitation has to be correct, which gave rise to a fine... - European-influenced classical music (18917 bytes)
1: ...tern cultures, see: [[List of classical music traditions]], For the period of music in the late 18th c...
4: ...ween 1000 and 1900. The central norms of this tradition developed between 1550 and 1825 centering on w...
12: ...by the use of [[counterpoint]] and growing popularity of keyboard music and orchestral music
13: ... era which established many of the norms of composition, presentation and style.
14: ...he role of music in cultural life and created institutions for the teaching, performance and preservat... - Rio Bec (1828 bytes)
1: ...o]]. It is also the name of a style of Maya [[architecture]]
3: == The site of Rio Bec ==
6: ...temple-pyramids consist of a range-type building with typically two nonfunctional solid masonry towers...
7: ... atop them. However, the steps are only a design motif that creates the illusion of functional stairs. ...
8: ...operative as well. The temples are solid masses with no interior rooms. Pseudo-doorways, which have ...
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