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- Lighthouse of Alexandria (3491 bytes)
7: ...x was positioned a [[mirror]] which reflected [[sunlight]] during the day; a [[fire]] was lit at night...
9: ... they could reach shore. However, this is highly unlikely due to the lack of modern optics and reflect...
17: ...Egypt]], with its artificial connection to the mainland (the [[Heptastadion]]) forming one side of the...
20: ...bn Battuta]] reported not being able to enter the ruin. Even the stubby remnant disappeared in [[1480]],... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
11: ... to [[Holstein]] of her beloved sister Anne, her only remaining near relation, the princess found hers...
23: ...e Preobrazhensky [[Leib Guard|Guards]] regiment, enlisted their sympathies by a stirring speech, and l...
25: ...ttle knowledge and no experience of affairs, suddenly found herself at the head of a great empire at o...
29: ...eden ceded to Russia all the southern part of [[Finland]] east of the river Kymmene, which thus became...
31: This triumphant issue was mainly due to the diplomatic ability of the new vice ch... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
20: ... Pierantonio had four sons and one daughter. But only the daughter, Prudenzia, survived to adulthood &...
34: ... father Orazio departed for [[Genoa]]. It is commonly believed that Artemisia followed her father (and...
42: ...trait of Gonfaloniere"''), today in [[Bologna]] (only known example of her capacity as portrait painte...
46: ...ated to [[Naples]] and stayed there - except for only a brief trip to [[London]] and some other journe...
52: .... Charles I was a fanatical collector, willing to ruin public finances to follow his artistic wishes. Th... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
36: ...itics saw the album as a mixed bag, praising the unlikely reworkings of [[Eminem]]'s "97' Bonnie and C...
41: ... Aucoin]], a friend of Amos'. A contest was held online to create a music video for the song, and it r...
45: ...itional incentive to buy the album rather than download its contents illicitly, the CD also served as ...
64: ... tactics were employed in a vindictive attempt to ruin Amos’s career, and it seemed to work tempor...
91: ...ack''''': Amos' fifth tour was [[North America]]-only. The first part of the tour was co-headlining wi... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
22: ... first of non-[[England|Anglo descent]], and the only whose [[first language]] was not [[English langu...
59: ...e, Maryland|Baltimore]]. He expressed himself plainly on the questions of slavery and the bank, at the...
63: ...ut one of Jackson's cabinet, and met with statesmanlike firmness the commercial crisis of [[1837]], al...
65: ...ated and attacked with the nickname '''Martin Van Ruin''' during the campaign, and his nomination obviou...
113: * [[John McKinley]] - 1838 - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
3: ... civilization|Hellenistic]] world — second only to [[Rome]] in size and wealth throughout much o...
23: ...e silt thrown out by Nile mouths. An Egyptian townlet, Rhacotis, already stood on the shore and was a...
27: ...age]]; and for some centuries more it was second only to [[Rome]]. Nominally a free Greek city, Alexa...
29: It was not only a center of [[Hellenism]], but was also the grea...
44: ...s, the Soma and Museum, fallen to ruin. On the mainland, life seems to have centred in the vicinity of... - Togo (15373 bytes)
57: ...came agents for the European traders, travelling inland to buy slaves from the Kaby頡nd other norther...
65: ...sphate prices plummeted, Togo's economy fell into ruin. The government was plagued by numerous coup atte...
67: ...tripped of all powers and made president in name only. An interim prime minister was elected to take o... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
64: ...ch includes the mainland of Great Britain, the mainland of [[Ireland]], and the smaller islands associ...
69: ...a time when Scotland was on the brink of economic ruin and was deeply unpopular with the broader Scottis...
91: ...use of Commons|House of Commons]], the lower and only directly elected house in Britain's [[bicameral]...
93: ...he Commons with a small number chosen from the mainly appointed upper house, the [[British House of Lo...
97: ...e modern United Kingdom, the monarch's role is mainly, though not exclusively, ceremonial. Her Majesty... - Bes (2294 bytes)
2: ... order to attack snakes, and creatures that might ruin crop stores, such as mice, and so Bes was natural... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
27: ...g controversial political matters freely. It is unlikely that More, a devout and conservative Christi...
36: ...mbrace the Protestant teaching that the Pope was only the [[Bishop of Rome]] and therefore had no auth...
39: ...that the marriage of Henry to Catherine had been unlawful. But as Henry began to deny the authority o...
48: ...d of the church. This testimony was almost certainly false, but on the strength of it the jury voted ...
53: ...In [[2000]], Saint Thomas More was declared "heavenly patron of statesmen and politicians" by [[Pope J... - Richard Nixon (32863 bytes)
19: ...licy, but he is also remembered as the first and only U.S. President to have ever [[resignation|resign...
44: ...Dwight D. Eisenhower]]'s ticket, although he was only 39 years old.
55: ...senhower didn't show much support for Nixon, and only reluctantly endorsed him as the Republican candi...
68: ... in the war ended while Nixon was in office, but only after four more years of [[strategic bombing]] a...
80: ...r vote. He carried 49 of the 50 states, trailing only in Massachusetts. - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
18: ...the longest-serving holder of the office and the only man to be elected President more than twice, was...
30: ...other very old American family. Franklin was her only child, and she was an extremely possessive mothe...
36: ...t firm of Carter, Ledyard and Milburn, dealing mainly with corporate law. Meanwhile he had become enga...
46: ...vy]], [[Josephus Daniels]], had been appointed mainly for political reasons and was widely considered ...
50: ...This made him a favorite of Wilson, and it was mainly due to Wilson's influence that the [[1920]] [[De... - Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
18: ...ld, hence the name bestowed on this era. We have only hints of the advanced [[painting]] of the classi...
23:
33: ...n, while interior space was entirely secondary. Only in the Late Post-Classic era did the great Maya ...
37: ...pliable enough to be worked with stone tools ... only hardening once removed from its bed. In additio...
41: ... as actual stone carvings used as a facade. Commonly, these would continue uninterrupted around an en... - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
13: ...he Marius party through family connections. Not only was he Marius' nephew, he was also married to Co...
30: ...ws which were designed to grant Pompey the Great unlimited powers in dealing with Cilician Pirates in ...
32: ...a young Senator, and Crassus’ support certainly made it an achievable task for Caesar. All the w...
34: ...r indebted himself to the point of near financial ruin during this time, but enhanced his image irrevers...
40: [[63 BC]] was an especially difficult year, not only for Caesar, but for the [[Roman Republic]] itsel... - Rome (33048 bytes)
48: [[Image:Roman ruins.jpg|thumb|left|''Forum Romanum'']]
84: ... including Ravenna, [[Naples]] and Rome. The one inland city continuing under Byzantine control was [[...
88: ...s completed during the autumn of [[598]] and was only after recognized by Maurice. But it would last t...
108: ...inspired many to visit the city and examine the [[ruin]]s themselves.
125: ...nt Rome, very few areas from ''Quattrocento'' (mainly around piazza Farnese), and many churches and pa... - Shinto (25829 bytes)
11: ...su]]. Much of the area of modern Japan was under only fragmentary control by the Imperial family, and ...
48: Unlike many religions, one does not need to publicly ...
57: *Physical cleanliness: Followers of Shinto take baths, wash their ...
61: ...on is taken before consensus is reached (even if only superficially) among all parties to a decision.
69: ...dding on others, this is believed to be possible only if the target has committed wrongs first, or if ... - New Deal (82408 bytes)
11: ... the sense of state ownership of factories), and only one major program, the [[Tennessee Valley Author...
40: ...d|Roosevelt's energetic public personality--"the only thing we have to fear is fear itself," and his "...
60: Roosevelt was keenly interested in farm issues, and emphasized that t...
62: ...reforestation, and purchase of marginal lands to enlarge national forests.
115: ...wen Josephus Roberts|Owen Roberts]], almost certainly in response to the threat, switched positions an... - Timeline of the French Revolution (9550 bytes)
13: * Louis XVI and France face economic ruin - War of 1812 (34444 bytes)
58: ...ar of 1812 ended in a [[stalemate]] and is often only dimly remembered, the war had many effects on th...
86: ...olicy of [[impressment]] was supposed to reclaim only British subjects, between 1806 and 1812 about 6,...
99: ...as weak and inexperienced. The army consisted of only 7,000 men and small state militias. The paper st...
108: ... Navy]], which was not yet twenty years old, had only twenty-two commissioned vessels, the largest of ...
110: ...] tactics, such as the capture of [[prize]]s and only enagaging Royal Navy vessels under favourable ci... - Troy (22846 bytes)
11: [[Image:Troy 07.jpg|thumb|250px|Ruins at Troy|Image provided by [http://classroomclipa...
23: [[Image:Troy_04.jpg|thumb|250px|Ruins at Troy|Image provided by [http://classroomclipa...
24: ...e 3000 years ago, were some 5 kilometers further inland, pouring into a bay that has since been filled...
34: The layers of ruins on the site are numbered Troy I – Troy IX,...
51: [[Image:Troy 01.jpg|thumb|250px|Ruins at Troy|Image provided by [http://classroomclipa...
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