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- Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
4: ...ic East, meaning "the Sun of Religion". His full title and name is given as '''Shams ad-Din Abu Abdull...
6: ...''A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Travelling'', but is often ...
8: ...g. The following account assumes the former where it is not obviously the latter.
10: ==The Hajj (with detours)==
13: ...Aydhad|'Aydhad]]. However, upon approaching that city he was forced to turn back due to a local rebell... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...and machine manufacture. It began in [[England]] with the introduction of [[steam engine|steam power]]...
3: ...hnological and economic progress gained momentum with the development of steam-powered [[ship]]s, and ...
5: ...hen mankind developed [[agriculture]] and gave up its [[nomad|nomadic lifestyle]].
10: ...tion of [[Capital (economics)|capital]] are also cited as factors, as is the [[scientific revolution]]...
12: ...ther nations, such as [[France]], markets were split up by local regions, which often imposed tolls an... - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
16: ...and the Balkans, a whole goatskin is used, cured with salt and alum.
18: ... very mellow [[oboe]]-like sound, while chanters with a conical bore will produce a louder and brighte...
23: ...er and inflation device seems to have originated with various ethnic groups in the Roman empire.
25: ...or "[[Scots Wha Hae]]", "Hey Tutti Taiti", is traditionally said to have been the tune played as [[Rob...
27: ... of bagpipes has become a common tradition for military funerals and memorials in the [[anglophone]] w... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: ...n [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
7: ...[[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
8: ...nder command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozharski|Dmitry Pozharsky]]
10: ...dinia|Sardinia]], which soon expanded to become [[Italy]].
11: ...attle]], [[Washington]] as the Territorial University - Helen Clark (4005 bytes)
21: |University lecturer
23: |colspan=2 bgcolor=#DDDDDD align=center|'''Political Details'''
31: |'''Political Party:'''
45: ...e New Zealand | United Future]] and 'good faith' with the [[Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | Gree...
47: ... Aucklander, an academic (former lecturer in [[political science]]), an advocate for the arts, and a [... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
21: |'''[[Political Party]]:'''
27: ...on|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellation that stuck.
29: ...h the [[United States]], and formed a close bond with [[Ronald Reagan]]. Thatcher also dispatched a [[...
31: ...rgaret Thatcher assert that [[Thatcherism|Thatcherite]] policies were responsible for this.
33: ...'; since then her direct political work has been within the [[House of Lords]] and as head of the That... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ... [[1910]]), who came to be known as ''The Lady with the Lamp'', was the pioneer of modern [[nurse|nu...
7: ...r older sister (named [[Parthenope]] for the old city that is now [[Naples]]). A brilliant and strong-...
9: ...was particularly concerned with the appalling conditions of medical care for the legions of the poor a...
13: ...sed by the quality of medical care and by the commitment and practises of the sisters.
17: ...vinced that marriage would interfere with her ability to follow her calling to nursing, Nightingale co... - Odette Sansom (1906 bytes)
5: ...rations Executive]] and return to France to work with the [[French Resistance|French underground]] in ...
7: ...r [[Cannes]] in [[1942]], where she made contact with her supervisor, [[Peter Churchill]]. Using the ...
9: ...pe was that in this way their treatment would be mitigated.
17: Odette was appointed an [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] and was awarded the [[George Cros... - 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... - Begonia (2934 bytes)
2: ...ge:Begonia1.jpg|250px]] | caption = ''Begonia aconitifolia''}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Cucurbitales]]}}
15: ...to four branched or twisted [[stigma]]s. The [[fruit]] is a winged capsule containing numerous minute ...
21: ...y loam and leaf-mould, and placed in a temperate pit until late spring or early summer, when they may ... - Cherry (2620 bytes)
5: ...family [[Rosaceae]], genus ''[[Prunus]]'' (along with [[almond]]s, [[peach]]es, [[plum]]s, and [[apric...
7: ...e also grown to a smaller extent north to the [[British Isles]] and southern [[Scandinavia]].
9: In the [[United States]], most sweet cherries are grown in the ...
12: ...uble" flowers), so are sterile and do not bear fruit. They are grown purely for their [[blossom]] and ...
14: Cherries have a very short fruiting season. In Australia, they are usually at thei... - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
3: ...comotives, and may be referred to as [[multiple unit]]s or [[railcar]]s; the use of these self-propell...
5: ...and are controlled from a control cab at the opposite end of the train in the other.
7: ==Benefits of locomotives==
8: ...sons why the motive power for trains has been traditionally isolated in a locomotive, rather than in s...
10: * ''Ease of maintenance'' - it is easier to maintain one locomotive than many se... - Human brain (15406 bytes)
9: ... billion [[synapse|synaptic]] connections, making it one of the most densely connected network systems...
13: ...[[energy]] used by the [[body]]. (In [[infant]]s, it consumes about 60%.) This generates a lot of [[h...
15: ...y the [[medulla oblongata]] visible as it merges with the [[spinal cord]].
21: ...ton, 1965). Fluid movement within the brain is limited by the [[blood-brain barrier]], [[brain-cerebro...
23: ...ertebrae). Elevated levels of CSF are associated with [[brain injury|traumatic brain injuries]] and a ... - Artery (6875 bytes)
3: ...n as the ''[[tunica adventitia]]'' or the ''adventitia''. This layer is composed of [[connective tiss...
5: ... cycle. This pressure and blood volume variation within the artery produces the pulse which is palpabl...
11: ...c, cholinergic, other locally produced peptides, nitrous oxide, etc. (See epinephrine, norepinephrine,...
13: ...beat, stroke volume, versus the volume and elasticity of the major arteries.
15: ...n, termed 100% saturation if all four O2 binding sites have bound oxygen. Blood returning from the lun... - Pulmonary alveolus (8193 bytes)
1: ...es and are the primary sites of [[gas exchange]] with the [[blood]]. The alveoli are found in the resp...
6: The alveoli consist of an epithelial layer and extracellular matrix surrounded b...
16: ...lation to the water solubility of the gas the ability of the gas to bind to hemoglobin. [[Water vapor...
18: ...leaves the alveolar capillaries are 'perfusion limited'.
20: ... and [[sneezing]] to dislodge mucus contaminated with dust particles or micro-organisms. - Eye (21834 bytes)
1: ..."images" ([[monocular vision]]), such as in [[rabbit]]s and [[chameleon]]s.
9: ...he light that enters the eye. Although they are quite similar in function and appearance once fully de...
11: ...egree field of vision. Compound eyes are very sensitive to motion.
13: ...lenses in such an eye varies, however: some trilobites had only one, and some had thousands of lenses ...
15: ...see' in the common sense. They do have [[photosensitive]] cells, but no lens and no other means of pro... - 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 ... - Heart (10132 bytes)
7: ...s. In adults, it weighs about 300-350 [[gram|g]]. It consists of four chambers, the two upper ''atria'...
11: ...ventricle pumps blood to the [[lung]]s. Compared with the walls of the atria, the ventricle walls are ...
13: ...ft|Anterior (frontal) view of the opened heart. White arrows indicate normal blood flow. ([[Media:Hear...
15: ...this newly oxygenated blood passes through the [[mitral valve]] to enter the left ventricle. The left...
17: ... ventricle needs to pump blood only to the lungs, it requires less muscle. - Kidney (12846 bytes)
3: ...ea]]) from the [[blood]] and excrete them, along with [[water]], as [[urine]]. The medical field that ...
9: ... [[peritoneum]], the lining of the [[abdominal cavity]]. They are approximately at the [[vertebra]]l l...
11: ... fat and the pararenal fat) which help to cushion it.
13: ...ehind.jpg|thumb|250px|Kidneys viewed from behind with spine removed]]
15: ... kidney is an opening, called the hilus, which admits the renal [[artery]], the renal [[vein]], [[nerv... - Liver (11441 bytes)
1: ...cogen]] storage and [[plasma protein]] synthesis. It also produces [[bile]], which is important for di...
5: .... It is the largest organ in the [[abdomen]] and sits immediately under the [[diaphragm (anatomy)|diap...
9: ...tic duct to form the common bile duct. Bile can either drain directly into the [[duodenum]] via the c...
11: ...tion (biology)|regeneration]] of lost tissue; as little as 25% of remaining liver can regenerate into ...
14: ...y are easily recognizable surface landmarks. Traditional gross anatomy divided the liver into four lo...
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