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  1. Steel (28384 bytes)
    8: ...take place in a fairly oxygen-free environment. Unlike copper and tin, liquid iron dissolves carbon q...
    11: ... fairly soft metallic material that can dissolve only a small concentration of carbon (no more than 0....
    21: ...osphorus]] make steel more brittle, so these commonly found elements must be removed from the ore duri...
    28: ... the year [[1000]], the [[Thule]] people of [[Greenland]] began making [[harpoon]]s and other edged to...
    46: ...lized cast iron, and quench-hardened steel, with only a few, probably ornamental, bronze weapons.
  2. Cleopatra VII of Egypt (8634 bytes)
    4: ...pa;λεοπάτρα θεά φιλ&omicr...
    6: ...ll these cases, her co-rulers were king in title only, with her keeping the true authority.
    21: ...this, when she ordered the second course — only a cup of strong vinegar. She then removed one of...
  3. Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
    13: ...r the developing world. Current projects include: Alpha, (TM) a satellite based telecommunication system ...
    21: ...Space Explorers: Honorary member of [[Alpha Kappa Alpha]] Sorority, Inc.; board of Directors of Scholasti...
  4. Actinium (7046 bytes)
    109: | [[1 E_ s|10 days]] || α || 5.935
    119: | &alpha; || 5.536 || <sup>222</sup>[[francium|Fr]]
    125: | &alpha; || 5.042 || <sup>223</sup>[[francium|Fr]]
    133: ... in uranium ores as 227-Ac, an [[alpha radiation|&alpha;]] and [[beta radiation|&beta; emitter]] with a [...
    146: ...nd in trace amounts in uranium ore, but more commonly is made in milligram amounts by the neutron irra...
  5. Artery (6875 bytes)
    3: ...lled the ''intima''. This layer is made up of mainly [[endothelial cell]]s. Just deep to this layer ...
    11: ...ous oxide, etc. (See epinephrine, norepinephrine, alpha and beta receptors.)
    17: ...[[hemoglobin]] molecules have typically given up only 1 of the 4 oxygen molecules, a venous saturation...
  6. Heart (10132 bytes)
    3: ...ek]] ''kardia'' (&kappa;&alpha;&rho;&delta;&iota;&alpha;) for "heart".
    17: ...sure. As the right ventricle needs to pump blood only to the lungs, it requires less muscle.
    28: ...[[Heart sound|beating sounds of the heart]], commonly referred to as the "lub-dub" sound.
  7. Pancreas (4781 bytes)
    11: ...mpulla of Vater]]. The [[common bile duct]] commonly joins the pancreatic duct at or near this point.
    21: ...ory granules containing the digestive enzymes (mainly [[trypsin]], [[chymotrypsin]], [[pancreatic lipa...
    33: ... [[beta cell]]s which produce [[insulin]]. The [[alpha cell]]s produce [[glucagon]] and the [[delta cell...
  8. Adrenal gland (7544 bytes)
    11: Composed mainly of hormone-producing [[chromaffin cell]]s, the a...
    23: ...ona fasciculata]] - glucocorticoid production, mainly [[cortisol]] (roughly 95%)
    28: ...id-producing tissues. Subsequent steps, however, only occur in the adrenal cortex.
    31: * Progesterone -> (hydroxylation at C17)-> 17-alpha-hydroxyprogesterone ->(hydroxylation)-> Deoxycort...
    43: ...icoids. This three-organ endocrine system is commonly called the [[HPA axis|hypothalamic-pituitary-adr...
  9. Ceramics (15941 bytes)
    46: ...Greek language|Greek]] word &Kappa;&epsilon;&rho;&alpha;&mu;&epsilon;&iota;&kappa;&omicron;&sigmaf; (the ...
    57: ...used as a susceptor in microwave furnaces, a commonly used abrasive, and as a refractory material.
    112: ...r]]s, etc. The specialized formulations most commonly used in electronics are detailed in the book "Ta...
    127: ...aliber [[rifle]] fire. Such plates are known commonly as [[small-arms protective insert]]s (SAPI). Ver...
  10. Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
    2: ...icron;&sigmaf; ''kallos'' "beauty" + &gamma;&rho;&alpha;&phi;&omicron;&sigmaf; ''graphos'' "writing") is ...
    14: ... sound and meaning ideographically, kana express only sound without regard to meaning. Three types of ...
    92: ...uage, and by extension, calligraphy in the Arabic alphabet. [[Proverb]]s and complete passages from the Q...
    98: ...nce, they were usually used for secular purposes only.
    121: ...rokes lean to the right rather than (as more commonly) to the left, making Nasta'liq writing particula...
  11. Greek language (35285 bytes)
    13: ...#957;&#953;&#954;&#940;, [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] {{IPA|/&#603;&#716;lini&#712;ka/}} &ndas...
    23: Greek is traditionally written in the [[Greek alphabet]].
    25: ...t are placed prior to the creation of the [[Greek alphabet]] are not listed in this article. For more inf...
    32: ...as probably created by modifying the [[Phoenician alphabet]] in c. [[1000 BC]] and, with minor modificati...
    44: Greek is spoken by about 12 million people mainly in [[Greece]] and [[Cyprus]] but also in many ot...
  12. Ptolemy (10609 bytes)
    5: ...Arabic manuscripts (hence its familiar name) and only made available in Latin translation (by [[Gerard...
    7: ...tral to the modern system of constellations, but unlike the modern system they did not cover the whole...
    9: ...]] in the Roman empire at his time. He relied mainly on the work of an earlier geographer, Marinos of...
    14: ...frica; Ptolemy was well aware that he knew about only a quarter of the globe.
    16: ...scripts of Ptolemy's ''Geography'' however, date only from about 1300, after the text was rediscovered...
  13. Geography (8541 bytes)
    2: ...ilon;&iota;&alpha;'' ("Earth") and ''&gamma;&rho;&alpha;&phi;&epsilon;&iota;&nu;'' ("to write," as in "to...
    5: [[Geographer]]s not only investigate what is where on the Earth, but also...
    104: ...erical methods peculiar to (or at least most commonly found in) geography. In addition to [[spatial a...
  14. Nile (13738 bytes)
    8: ...nother Greek name for the Nile was ''Aigyptos'' (&Alpha;&iota;&gamma;&upsilon;&pi;&tau;&omicron;&sigmaf;)...
    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: ... a number of others, Brown and Scaturro were the only ones to remain on the expedition for the entire ...
    86: *[http://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/river-nile-facts.html Facts About The Nile...
  15. Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
    29: ...ulations. However, they assumed that the Sun was only glowing from the heat of its [[gravitational con...
    37: ...his estimates were correct. The geologists could only suggest (correctly) that Kelvin didn't have all ...
    51: ...oke down into another, lighter element, releasing alpha, beta, or gamma [[radiation]] in the process. The...
    59: ...ord was only guessing at the relationship between alpha particles and helium atoms, but he would prove th...
    61: ...just determined the rate at which radium produces alpha particles, and Rutherford proposed that he could ...
  16. Antarctica (14761 bytes)
    4: ...' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] &#7936;&nu;&tau;&alpha;&rho;&kappa;&tau;&iota;&kappa;&#8057;&sigmaf;, op...
    6: ...thern Land") go back to antiquity, the first commonly accepted sighting of the continent occurred in [...
    40: ...nd]] at 68?50' S, 90?35'W, claimed [[1929]], the only Antarctic claim area that is not a sector, a Nor...
    46: ...; claimed [[1939]]&ndash;[[1945]] as [[New Schwabenland]]
    101: * [[Kim Stanley Robinson]]'s ''Antarctica'' ([[1997]])
  17. Thebes, Egypt (3900 bytes)
    2: '''Thebes''' [&Theta;&eta;&beta;&alpha;&iota; ''Th&#275;bai''] is the [[Greek language|G...
    6: The name ''Thebes'' is often mistakenly thought to derive from the Greek as there is a c...
  18. Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
    4: ...&gamma;&alpha;&sigmaf; &#7944;&lambda;&#8051;&xi;&alpha;&nu;&delta;&rho;&omicron;&sigmaf;}} ("Megas Alexa...
    23: ...he coast held no major ports, so Alexander moved inland. At Pisidian [[Termessus]] Alexander humbled b...
    29: ...ign (although he allowed those that wished to re-enlist as mercenaries in his imperial army). His thre...
    60: ...from India, in which his men clamor for him to openly kiss the young man. "Bagoas [...] sat down close...
    87: ...ezzar II|Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon]]. He was only 33 years old. Various theories have been propose...
  19. Pythagoras (10747 bytes)
    2: &Pi;&upsilon;&theta;&alpha;&gamma;&#972;&rho;&alpha;&sigmaf;) was an [[Ionians | Ionian]] [[mathemat...
    23: ...thematikoi'' held that the ''akousmatikoi'' knew only the outer form of the doctrine, but they themsel...
    31: ...ophical and mathematical training. Evidence certainly suggests that the Egyptians had advanced further...
    39: ...e oath of the Pythagorean Brotherhood [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/greek/greek_oath.html].
    52: ''Only a few relevant source texts deal with Pythagoras...
  20. Pytheas (6447 bytes)
    4: ...ha;&nu;&omicron;&upsilon;). It has not survived; only excerpts remain, quoted or paraphrased by later ...
    8: ...kade, he may have stuck close to land and sailed only at night. It is also possible he took advantage ...
    12: ... made a drink out of [[cereal|grain]] and honey. Unlike the people from southern Europe, they had [[ba...
    14: ... sleep, and he noted that the night in Thule was only two to three hours. One day further north the co...
    25: ...f information to later periods, and possibly the only source. The astronomical author [[Geminus of Rho...

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