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  1. King Arthur (22450 bytes)
    9: ...cal career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to be little reason for him ...
    29: ...t he with his company of riders may be seen by moonlight in the forests of Britain or Brittany or Savo...
    93: ...orth a read and the Authors notes at the end are enlightening. "There is a sword and there is a stone,...
    104: ...]] [[Pendragon RPG|Pendragon]] details how to run adventure games set in the time of the Round Table.
    110: ...n series ''Justice League'' and ''Justice League Unlimited'' featuring related characters Morgan Le Fa...
  2. Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
    6: ...ents is the primary source of information for his adventures. The title of this intial manuscript may be tran...
    13: ... embarked on the first of his detours. Three commonly used routes existed to Mecca, and Ibn Battuta ch...
    15: ...first trip who prophesied that Ibn Battuta would only reach Mecca after a journey through [[Syria]]. A...
    20: ...ra]], then [[Isfahan (city)|Isfahan]], which was only a few decades away from being nearly destroyed b...
    25: ...doing so, however, he determined to have one last adventure, and signed on for a trip down the coast of [[Afr...
  3. Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
    11: ...rbanks (1883-1939)|Douglas Fairbanks]], an action-adventure film star. The phrase "by the clock" became a sec...
  4. Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
    18: ...]], with a loss of 2,200 English soldiers versus only a little over 20 French and Scots. This allowed...
    33: ...nfirmed that this was based on a distortion: she only objected to being tried by pro-English clergy wh...
    38: ...] cemetery and threatened with summary execution unless she signed a confession and agreed to wear a d...
    43: ...ree surviving members of Jeanne d'Arc's family. Unlike the original trial, the appellate process incl...
    47: ...imprisonment, Joan of Arc wore clothing more commonly worn by men. Her motive is given in her own word...
  5. Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
    5: ...mily, who she credited with giving her a sense of adventure and independence.
    19: ... [[Great Neck, New York]]. The producer had suddenly fired the play's original leading lady and asked...
    50: ... working-class machismo. Tracy seemed to be the only one Hepburn would allow to tame her. When [[Jos...
    70: ...Mrs. Venable in [[Tennessee Williams]]'s ''[[Suddenly Last Summer]]'' (1959) and as Mary Tyrone in the...
    149: * ''[[Suddenly Last Summer]]'' ([[1959]])—[[Academy Award...
  6. Nicole Kidman (11782 bytes)
    19: ...he was in ''[[Eyes Wide Shut]]'' ([[1999]]), [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s final [[film]], when she co-starred...
    69: *''Archer's Adventure'' (1985)
    88: *''Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures'' (2001) (documenta...
  7. Nile (13738 bytes)
    30: ...e Nile originates from Ethiopia, but this runoff only happens in summer, when the great rains fall on ...
    36: After the Blue and White Niles merge, the only remaining major tributary is the [[Atbara River]...
    52: ...ion for the entire journey. They chronicled their adventure with an [[IMAX]] camera and two handheld video ca...
    86: *[http://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/river-nile-facts.html Facts About The Nile...
  8. Pakistan (74854 bytes)
    132: ...although (because of the [[Pressler amendment]]) only a few were eventually supplied. However, China c...
    138: ...r Soviet allies, [[Libya]] and [[Syria]] are the only two middle eastern countries with whom Pakistan ...
    140: ...te a [[renaissance]] and [[Age of Enlightenment|enlightenment]] in the Islamic world. Besides the OIC...
    142: ...ar states|declared nuclear power]] – the only Islamic nation to have that status – als...
    165: ...he structure of the economy, and agriculture now only accounts for roughly one-fifth of the GDP. There...
  9. Arizona (24367 bytes)
    13: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] Only [[State]] |
    145: ...iting to Exhale]], and [[Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure]] have been made there (as indeed have many [[Wes...
    170: ... country's total Indian population of 2,752,158. Only [[California]] has more Indians than Arizona, an...
  10. List of sports (7304 bytes)
    1: ...may fit in more than one category. Here they are only listed in one.
    87: * [[Adventure racing]]
    164: Sports mainly based on sheer power.
    191: * [[Inline speed skating]]
    195: * [[Roller skating]], Inline skating
  11. World War I (62979 bytes)
    8: It was commonly called "The Great War" (a title previously used ...
    19: ...of these nations was emphatic that victory would only be gained by striking first, and that mobilizati...
    67: ...rvour, many eagerly joined the ranks in search of adventure. Few were prepared for what they actually encount...
    74: ...e of their enemy: the Anglo-French trenches were only intended to be 'temporary' before their forces b...
    77: ...ne and operating a month-long four stage system, unless an offensive was underway. The front contained...
  12. Surfing (15219 bytes)
    5: ...iding) spread in the early 20th century to the mainland [[United States|USA]] and [[Australia]], where...
    9: ...t and formidable. Surfers' skills are tested not only in their ability to control the craft in challen...
    11: ... differs from the sport in reality. Most people only see the pros riding; most of surfing has to do w...
    15: ... occur in heavily populated regions, and usually only a very long way out to sea on outer reefs, few s...
    47: **[[Mainland]] – States of [[Sinaloa]], [[Jalisco]], ...
  13. Aviator (3951 bytes)
    4: ... [[aviation]] and has connotations of bravery and adventure. As [[Steve Fossett]] has shown with his [[2002]]...
  14. Henry Morgan (5671 bytes)
    6: ...The governor of Panama, astonished at this daring adventure, in vain attempted to drive out the invaders, and...
    8: ... Morgan found three Spanish ships waiting at the inlet to the [[Caribbean]]; but these he destroyed or...
    10: ...gly, after ravaging the coasts of Cuba and the mainland, Morgan determined on an expedition to Panama....
  15. William Kidd (4938 bytes)
    6: ... least a French passenger aboard. Legally he was only allowed to take [[France|French]] and pirate ves...
    10: ... pretended to be French. Kidd took his prize and only later realised that he had in fact captured an E...
    12: ...and joined the pirates of the ''Mocha Frigate''. Only 13 of Kidd’s men remained loyal to him.
    14: Deciding to return home, Kidd left the ''Adventure Galley'' behind ordering her to be burnt because ...
  16. Pirate (23151 bytes)
    2: ... on shore. These acts are known as ''piracy''. Unlike the [[stereotype|stereotypical]] pirate with [...
    10: ... '''[[filibuster]]s''', who were not pirates, but adventurers involving themselves in [[Latin American revolu...
    38: ...is of note in [[international law]] as it is commonly held to represent the earliest invocation of the...
    46: ...some surprising facts about pirate organization. Unlike traditional Western societies of the time, man...
    60: ...irates are not interested in the cargo and are mainly interested in taking the personal belongings of ...
  17. Cabeza de Vaca (4807 bytes)
    5: ...antes and Alonso del Castillo Maldonado were the only survivors of the party of 600 men. The four were...
    26: ...cabeza/index.shtml Cabeza de Vaca] Primary Source Adventure, a lesson plan hosted by [http://texashistory.unt...
  18. Francisco Coronado (5090 bytes)
    14: ...xico through roughly the same route he had come. Only 100 of his men came back with him. Although the ...
    29: ...l Coronado: Misfortune's Explorer] Primary Source Adventure, a lesson plan hosted by [http://texashistory.unt...
  19. James Cook (14770 bytes)
    20: ...apped the complete New Zealand coastline, making only minor mistakes (such as calling [[Banks Peninsul...
    26: ...collections of Australian flora and there were mainly peaceful meetings with the local Aboriginal peop...
    28: ...een Australia and [[New Guinea]], again becoming only the second European to do so (the first being [[...
    39: ...voyage, while [[Tobias Furneaux]] commanded HMS ''Adventure''. Cook [[circumnavigation|circumnavigated]] the ...
    41: Cook almost discovered the mainland of [[Antarctica]], but turned back north towar...
  20. Digital photography (33923 bytes)
    16: * Linear array (very rare, only limited to the highest-end)
    35: *You only pay for the printing of successful pictures.
    54: ...es, creation of work prints or FPO (For Position Only) images, and final images are much quicker.
    59: ...Digital images from professional cameras can be 'enlarged' many times greater than the equivalent film...
    72: ...ire computer literacy (e.g., for learning how to unload pictures from the camera or how to print them)...

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