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- Europe (23835 bytes)
2: ...te orthographic.jpg|thumb|250px|A satellite composite image of Europe]]
4: ... the [[Atlantic Ocean]], to the south by the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and the [[Black Sea]], and to the e...
6: ...n [[Australia]] only. In terms of [[population]] it is the third largest continent after [[Asia]] and...
11: ...opa'' stood for mainland Greece and by [[500 BC]] its meaning was extended to lands to the north.
13: ...ived from the Akkadian word ''asu'', which means "sunrise" and is the land to the east from a [[Mesopotamia... - Asia (16910 bytes)
2: ...te orthographic.jpg|thumb|250px|A satellite composite image of Asia]]
8: '''Asia''' as a political division consists of the part of Eurasia and ...
12: ... "Asia". It bears a striking similarity to the Semitic word 'erebu', which means "to set". From a Midd...
14: ...]] in [[Anatolia]], and later to the lands beyond it.
26: Asia itself is often divided in the following subregions: - Marshall Islands (8760 bytes)
20: | '''[[Capital]]'''
29: ...al ([[2003]])<br> - [[Population density|Density]]
53: ...peans for several more centuries, before being visited by [[England|English]] captain [[John Marshall]...
57: ...[[1944]]), and they were added to the [[Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands]] (including several mo...
61: ...stablished and a [[Compact of Free Association]] with the U.S. government was signed, becoming effecti... - Abu Simbel (4501 bytes)
5: ...'Nubian Monuments''' [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]], which runs from Abu Simbel downriver as far a...
13: ... there is a carved row of baboons, smiling at the sunrise. On the doorway of the temple, there is a beautif...
15: ...entrance leads on to the Great Hall of Pillars, with eight pillars bearing the deified Rameses II in ...
17: ...e of Kadesh]] waged by Rameses II against the Hittites. Then we enter the smaller hall of the temple &...
21: ... goddess of love and beauty, and also to his favorite wife, Nefertari. The fa硤e is adorned by six st... - Alaska (24727 bytes)
10: Capital = [[Juneau, Alaska|Juneau]] |
13: LargestCity = [[Anchorage, Alaska|Anchorage]] |
23: DensityRank = 50<sup>th</sup> |
24: 2000Density = 0.42 |
25: AdmittanceOrder = 49<sup>th</sup> | - Florida (24937 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Tallahassee, Florida|Tallahassee]] ...
10: LargestCity = [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]] |
21: DensityRank = 8<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 114.43 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 27<sup>th</sup> | - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...ap below shows, the shapes of time zones can be quite irregular because they usually follow the bounda...
6: ...h Observatory]] in [[Greenwich]], [[London]], [[United Kingdom]] [http://greenwichmeantime.com/]. For ...
8: ...1—known in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] as [[British Summer Time]] (BST).
11: ...A]]: UTC − 8 (e.g. if it is 12:00 UTC, then it is 04:00 in Los Angeles)
12: ...a]]: UTC − 5 (e.g. if it is 11:00 UTC, then it is 06:00 in Toronto) - Claude Monet (4533 bytes)
6: ...f he agreed to complete an art course at a university.
8: ...onism]], featuring open spaces and light painted with thick brushstrokes.
10: ...mme � la robe verte)'', which brought him recognition, depicted [[Camille Doncieux]]. Shortly therea...
14: ...:Soleil levant.jpg|thumb|left|275px|''Impression, Sunrise (Impression, soleil levant)'' ([[1872]]/[[1873]])...
15: ...mottan]], Paris. From the painting's title, art critic Louis Leroy coined the term "impressionism". - Cloud (9947 bytes)
5: ...sible wavelengths of light equally and are thus white, but they can appear grey or even black if they ...
7: ...er than water, depending on local atmospheric conditions (what gases are present, and the temperature)...
15: ... flows up the side of a [[mountain]] and cools as it rises higher into the atmosphere (orographic upli...
18: ...of keeping small droplets suspended. As well, conditions inside a cloud are not static: water droplets...
20: ...r salt. In [[supersaturation|supersaturated]] conditions, water droplets may act as condensation nucle... - Fog (4764 bytes)
3: ...es the surface of the Earth, while clouds do not. It can form in a number of ways, depending on how th...
5: ... [[autumn]] and usually does not last long past [[sunrise]].
7: ...y common as a [[warm front]] passes over an area with significant [[snowpack]].
9: ...lakes]] in late [[autumn]] and early [[winter]]. It is closely related to [[lake-effect snow]] and [[...
13: ...r. The water vapour cools and at the [[dewpoint]] it condenses and fog forms. - Season (10047 bytes)
4: ...the amount of [[Precipitation (meteorology)|precipitation]] may vary more dramatically than the averag...
6: ..., depending upon [[latitude]]). Areas with a [[Mediterranean climate]], such as [[Western Australia]],...
13: ...[[Earth's atmosphere|atmosphere]] is greater when it falls at a shallow angle.</td></tr>
16: ...in the northern and southern hemispheres are opposite.</td></tr></table>
18: ...rn]] and [[southern hemisphere]]s experience opposite seasons (see ''Fig. 2'' and ''Month ranges of se... - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
1: ...rcular]], with an [[eccentricity (orbit)|eccentricity]] of less than 1%.
3: ...ing Star]]", and when it is visible in dark skies it is by far the brightest [[star]]-like object in t...
5: ...ion of the goddess Venus's hand mirror: a circle with a small cross underneath ([[Unicode]]: ♀)...
7: ...e of its modern association with [[sexually transmitted disease]]s. Some astronomers use ''[[Cytherea...
14: ... between the night and day sides of Venus despite its extremely slow rotation (less than one rotation ... - Sundial (16148 bytes)
6: A '''sundial''' measures [[time]] by the position of the [[sun]].
7: ... sundial, cast a shadow on a flat surface marked with the hours of the day.
8: As the position of the sun changes, the time indicated by the ...
18: ...to install a mass-produced garden sundial so that it will keep time. Some mass-produced garden sundia...
20: ...adjusted to another [[latitude]] by tilting it so its style or [[gnomon]](s) is (are) parallel the Ear... - Clock (10086 bytes)
2: ...te one is called a [[chronometer]]. The clock in its modern form (24 hour clock) has been in use sinc...
12: It may also be used to ''control'' a device accordin...
14: ...f operations whether these be for alarms, event initiation or just to display the time of day.
21: This leads to the following definitions:
27: ...er, its indicator, and everything else supporting it. - Cambodia (32076 bytes)
10: capital = [[Phnom Penh]] |latd=11|latm=31|latNS=N|longd...
11: largest_city = [[Phnom Penh]] |
12: government_type = [[Democracy|Democratic]] [[constitutional monarchy|const. monarchy]] |
13: leader_titles = [[King of Cambodia|King]] <br> [[Prime Minis...
16: area_magnitude = 1 E11| - March 21 (10586 bytes)
7: ... [[Papal Coronation|crowned Pope]] in [[Venice]] with a temporary [[Papal Tiara|papal tiara]] made of ...
8: ...lexandria]] was fought between [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[France|French]] forces near the ruins ...
15: ...al community to call [[Persian Empire|Persia]] by its native name, [[Iran]], which means 'Land of the ...
17: *[[1945]] - [[World War II]]: [[United Kingdom|British]] troops liberate [[Mandalay]], [[Burma]]
20: *[[1963]] - [[Alcatraz]], a federal [[penitentiary]] on an island in [[San Francisco Bay]], c... - Phoenix, Arizona (34271 bytes)
4: ...ropolitan area]] in the state of [[Arizona]], [[United States]]. Phoenix ranked:
5: ... city, surpassing [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] with 1.5 million people
6: ... largest metropolitan area of the United States, with a population of 3,251,876 (2000 census)
7: * the largest capital city by area and population in the U.S. (including [[...
8: * the eighth-fastest growing metropolitan area in the U.S. (2000 census) - 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... - Hour (4351 bytes)
3: ...]] 60 [[minute]]s, or 3600 [[second]]s in length. It is approximately 1/24 of a median [[Earth]] [[day...
5: ...s also the '''hour of [[right ascension]]''', a unit of both time and [[angle]].
7: Earlier definitions of the hour:
8: ...the length of its pendulum), or it had to keep position of the Sun on ecliptic (see [[Prague Astronomi...
9: ...ughout the year. When a clock showed these hours, it had to be adjusted a few times in a month. - Hipparchus (astronomer) (50785 bytes)
4: ...pyists. As a consequence, we know comparatively little about Hipparchus.
8: ..."the great treatise"; ed. [Toomer 1981]), with additional references to him by [[Pappus of Alexandria]...
10: ...lpha;''), [[ancient history|ancient]] district [[Bithynia]], (modern-day [[İznik, Turkey|İzn...
14: ...[Babylon]], but it is not known if and when he visited these places.
16: ... show him with a [[globe]]; this confirms the tradition that he was born there.
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