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- Cleopatra VII of Egypt (8634 bytes)
4: ...ra V Tryphaena]]. The name "Cleopatra" is [[Greek language|Greek]] for "father's glory"; her full name...
6: ...l of her similarly-named predecessors having been largely forgotten. Cleopatra was never in fact the s...
10: ...t|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
11: ...and imposed himself as arbiter between the rival claims of Ptolemy and Cleopatra. (It should be noted ...
19: ... of [[Cyrenaica]] and [[Libya]]; and [[Ptolemy Philadelphus]] was crowned ruler of [[Phoenicia]], [[Sy... - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
1: ...407 on display in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England. The Bible was hand written in Belgium, by Gera...
2: ...m [[Greek language|Greek]] καλλος ''kallos'' "beauty" + &gamm...
4: ...iti]] are of interest to both calligraphers and palaeographers.
10: ...hodo|Shodō]]'' 書道, in [[Korean language|Korean]], ''[[Seoyae]]'' 書藝, ...
12: ...s and unified the written form for the use of scholars. This is chuan-shu and contained more than 3,00... - Greek language (35285 bytes)
1: {{language|name=Greek|nativename=<i><font lang="el">Ελληνικ...
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3: ...aly]], south [[Republic of Macedonia|Former Yugloslav Republic of Macedonia]], central and south [[Bul...
7: [[Greek languages|Greek]]<br>
13: .../}} – "Hellenic") is an [[Indo-European]] [[language]] with a documented history of some 3,000 y... - Ptolemy (10609 bytes)
1: [[image:Ptolemy.jpg|thumb|240px|Claudius Ptolemaeus, given contemporary German stylin...
3: '''Claudius Ptolemaeus''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Κλαύδ_...
5: ...iliar name) and only made available in Latin translation (by [[Gerard of Cremona]]) in the 12th centur...
7: ...ons]] is ancestral to the modern system of constellations, but unlike the modern system they did not c...
9: ...in work is his ''Geography''. This too is a compilation, of what was known about the world's [[geogra... - Nile (13738 bytes)
4: The '''Nile''' ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: الني ...
8: ...mes from the word ''Neilos'' (Νειλος), a Greek name for the Nile...
12: ... lengths of rivers vary over time (especially in plains, where rivers often change course), and, secon...
14: ...695 km (4160 miles) long. Measuring instead from Lake Victoria gives a length of approximately 5584 k...
20: ...m Ethiopia. Both branches formed on the western flanks of the East African Rift, which is the souther... - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: ...Greek]] γη- (''ge-'', "the earth") and λογος (''logos'',...
3: ...ite]], [[mica]], [[phosphates]], [[zeolites]], [[clay]], [[pumice]], [[quartz]], and [[silica]], as we...
5: ...udies of the [[Moon]]), ''areology'' (of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]), etc., are also in use.
10: ...eds of miles from the ocean, he inferred that the land was formed by [[erosion]] of the [[mountain]]s ...
12: ...h language|French]]. [[Georg Bauer]] (Georg Agricola), a physician, summarized the knowledge of [[mini... - Papyrus (5819 bytes)
1: [[image:Papyrus.jpg|thumb|right|Blank papyrus. Close-up of the surface.]]
2: ...diterranean| Mediterranean]] region, as well as inland parts of [[Europe]] and south-west [[Asia]].
5: ... as cordage, basketry, or a writing surface. This latter usage finds its way into English in such word...
7: ...Thus in reality, Greek ''papuros'' has no known relation to any Egyptian word or phrase.
10: ...the two layers are hammered together, mashing the layers into a single sheet. The sheet is then dried ... - Thebes, Egypt (3900 bytes)
1: ...rt provided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
2: ...anguage|Greek]] designation of ancient [[Egyptian language|Egyptian]] '''niwt''' "(The) City" and '''n...
4: ...ndered Διοσπολις ''Diospolis'', "City of Zeus" ...
6: ...gyptian ''t3 ipt-swt'' (lit. "The Most-select of Places"), one of the names of the temple of [[Karnak]...
20: *[[Deir al-Madinah]] (workers' village) - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
4: ...lytonic|Μέγας Ἀλέξανδρο&s...
6: ...tary campaigning, Alexander died, probably of [[malaria]] or [[typhoid]]. His conquests ushered in ce...
9: ...ough training in rhetoric and literature and stimulated his interest in science, medicine, and philoso...
14: ...er from Alexander to Darius III, where Alexander blames Darius and [[Bagoas]] for his father's murder,...
16: ... death of Philip, Alexander, then aged 20, was acclaimed by the army as the new king of Macedon. Gree... - Aristotle (37648 bytes)
3: ...Alpha;ριστοτέλης
4: ... [[ancient Greek]] [[philosopher]]. Along with [[Plato]], he is often considered to be one of the two ...
8: ...h Plato and a few other writers. The writings of Plato and Aristotle form the core of [[Ancient philos...
10: ...e has ethical as well as scientific importance. Plato can be called, with qualification, an [[idealis...
12: ... develop into the [[scientific method]] centuries later. Although he wrote dialogues early in his car... - List of computing topics (15876 bytes)
2: ...], [[Computer science topics]], [[List of terms relating to algorithms and data structures]]
13: [[100VG-AnyLAN]] --
25: [[20-Gate programming language]] --
50: [[473L Query programming language]] --
55: [[51forth programming language]] -- - Electricity (13894 bytes)
1: ...f attraction or repulsion is given by [[Coulomb's law]]. Some electrical effects are discussed under ...
6: ...rigin of the word "electricity", from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''ēlektron'' = "[[amber]]", wh...
8: ... believed by some to have been used for [[electroplating]]. There is no firm documentary evidence to i...
10: ... a type of [[capacitor]] for electrical energy in large quantities, was invented at [[Leiden Universit...
11: ...Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]] - Pinhole camera (6994 bytes)
1: ...nhole camera usually consists of a hand operated flap of some light-proof material to cover and uncove...
4: ...cameras with CCDs are sometimes used for [[surveillance]] work because of their small size.
8: ... [[circle of confusion]] is smaller at the image plane. An extremely small hole, however, can produce ...
10: .... Industrially produced pinholes have access to [[Laser]] etching, but a hobbiest can still produce pi...
12: ...ides in and out in order to produce a smooth circular hole. - Constantinople (4125 bytes)
1: ...]] colony with the name of [[Byzantium]] ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Byzantion or ''Βυζ&...
3: ...tium (Constantinople), where most gold coins circulating in Europe came from and were associated with.
5: ...relatively unmolested, while Rome and the west collapsed.
7: ...an]] forces under the command of [[Michael VIII Palaeologus]] in [[1261]]. - Chlorine (10751 bytes)
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31: ... | isotopesof=chlorine | color1=#ffff99 | color2=black }} - Helium (36603 bytes)
9: ...age-BIG.png|250px|click for larger version and explanation]]<br><div align="right"><small>[[Periodic t...
104: ...archers studying [[quantum mechanics]] (in particular the phenomenon of [[superfluidity]]) and those l...
106: ...re]] separation process called [[fractional distillation]].
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108: ...onducting magnet]]s, in [[helium dating]], for inflating [[balloon]]s, for providing lift in [[airship... - Selenium (9236 bytes)
69: | [[Molar volume]]
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182: ...This is a toxic [[nonmetal]] that is chemically related to [[sulfur]] and [[tellurium]]. It occurs in ...
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187: ...vely in electronics, such as photo cells, and [[solar cell]]s. Selenium is also extensively used in re... - Aegean Sea (2751 bytes)
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3: ...]). It is connected to the [[Marmara Sea]] and [[Black Sea]] by the [[Dardanelles]] and [[Bosporus]].
5: In ancient times there were various explanations for the name "Aegean." It was said to have...
7: ...the [[Hellenic Civilization]]. The Aegean Sea was later inhabited by [[Iran|Persia]]ns, [[Roman Republ...
9: ... [[G?ada]] . The current status of many smaller islands is a source of conflict between [[Turkey]] and... - Molar (tooth) (1877 bytes)
1: ..., Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
3: ... food; hence the name, which means "millstone". Molars differ considerably from one species to another...
4: ...ng [[platypus]]es (adults have no teeth). Upper molars look like three-pointed mountain ranges; lowers...
7: ...e gumline and the top of the pulp. This kind of molar is found in mammals that wear their teeth a lot,...
8: ... ridges that meet at an angle, forming the letter lambda. - Hipparchus (astronomer) (50785 bytes)
2: '''Hipparchus''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] ''Ἳππαρχ&...
4: ...onomical poem by [[Aratus]] has been preserved by later copyists. As a consequence, we know comparati...
14: ...but it is not known if and when he visited these places.
18: ... island of [[Rhodes]], where he spent most of his later life — Ptolemy attributes observations t...
20: ...stellations: the globe carried by the [[Farnese Atlas]] [Schaefer 2005].
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