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- Fall of the Western Roman Empire (2775 bytes)
1: ...] when the last [[Roman Emperors|Emperor]] of the Western Roman Empire was deposed; however there are many ...
12: ...with "[[bread and circuses]]" and rulers seeking only to gratify these obsessions. - Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo (1897 bytes)
21: ...[[Argentina]]. This [[bird]] is a rare vagrant to western [[Europe]].
23: ...es, also may catch [[insect]]s in flight. They mainly eat insects, especially [[Lasiocampidae|tent cat...
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- Plateau (3062 bytes)
4: ...ntinents; the vast [[Ontong Jaya Plateau]] of the western Pacific is an example of such.
22: ... and the [[Cumberland Plateau]], which are at the western edge of the [[Appalachian Mountains]] of eastern ... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
89: ...Red]], (c.950-1003), explored and colonized [[Greenland]]
90: ...ríksson]], (born 970), attempted to colonize [[Vinland]], discovered [[the Americas|America]]
105: ...net]], (1779-1842), explored coastal regions of [[Western Australia]]
129: ...tch East India Company|VOC]] captain, charted mid-western coast of [[Australia]]
131: ...ara Falls]] and the [[Saint Anthony Falls]] (the only [[waterfall]] on the [[Mississippi River|Mississ... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...east 3,500 years, and with 5,000 years being commonly used by Chinese as the age of their civilization...
36: ...he [[Qin Dynasty|Qin]] (秦) Emperor lasted only twelve years, he managed to subdue great parts o...
55: * Hill, John E. 2004. ''The Western Regions according to the Hou Hanshu.'' Draft anno...
63: ...d and [[execution (legal)|executed]] the last two Western Jin emperors. More than [[Sixteen Kingdoms|Sixtee...
69: ...de Crespigny, Rafe. 1991. "The Three Kingdoms and Western Jin: A History of China in the Third Century AD."... - History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
1: ...ern hemisphere|Eastern]] and [[Western hemisphere|Western]]; [[religious]] and [[secular]]; have had their ...
4: ==Western Philosophy==
5: ''See article [[History of Western philosophy]]''
7: [[Western philosophy]] has a long history. Conventionally d...
10: ...is generally said to begin in the Greek cities of western Asia Minor (Ionia) with [[Thales]] of Miletus, wh... - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
5: ...ed multiple [[surveying]] expeditions through the western territory of the United States. In [[1838]] and [... - Erik the Red (5731 bytes)
2: ... [[Greenland]] (long before it had been named Greenland, it had perhaps been inhabited by the [[Dorset...
4: ... discovery pushed him aside in the history of Greenland and Erik the Red has been dubbed the genuine d...
6: ...ted in the north and the south, proved to be the only two areas suitable for farming. During the summe...
8: ... title was that of [[paramount chieftain]] of Greenland and there Erik was both greatly respected and ...
12: ...eif was the first Viking to explore the land of Vinland (North America). Leif invited his father on th... - Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
1: ... Navy|naval officer]], who explored the south and western [[Pacific]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], and ... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
5: ...as John Cabot) was first to reach the American mainland (which Columbus did not reach until his third ...
9: Unlike the voyage of the Scandinavians, Columbus's vo...
11: ...im for the massive boost his explorations gave to Western expansion and culture. [[Italian American]]s hail...
46: ...vered less space on the earth's surface than commonly believed. Finally, Columbus read maps as if the ...
69: ... vast interior of the North and South American mainlands would of course be largely mapped with the le... - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
9: ...red harbours without serious mishap and that the only sailors he lost were victims of an epidemic asho...
13: ...r riches"). In [[1534]] he set sail looking for a western passage to [[Asia]]. He explored parts of what ar...
21: ...he natives, in particular their habit of wearing only leggings and moccasins even in the dead of winte... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...y [[coal]]) and powered [[machine|machinery]] (mainly in [[textile]] [[manufacturing]]). The developme...
5: The effects spread throughout [[Western Europe]] and [[North America]], eventually affect...
34: ...f Arts, Manufactures and Commerce]] or, more commonly, [[Society of Arts]] published an illustrated vo...
65: ...g needed, and thus goods in these materials made only a small proportion of the output.
83: ... the scientific reasons for the improvement were only discovered later. His family followed in his foo... - 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. - Ancient Greek theatre (7531 bytes)
3: ...lays have had a lasting impact on [[Western world|Western]] drama and culture.
17: Only four playwrights from this period have complete ...
21: ...was [[Greek comedy#New Comedy|New Comedy]]. The only extant playwright from the period is [[Menander]...
37: ...the side of a hill. Greek theatres, then, could only be built on hills that were correctly shaped. A...
43: ...ndicate objects. The convention of plays having only two or three actors meant that an actor had to p... - China (38909 bytes)
7: ...f as ''[[Taiwan]]'', which is also the usage commonly adopted in the West (see [[political status of T...
16: ...cribe the states politically descended from the [[Western Zhou]], in the [[Yellow River]] (Huang He) valley...
27: The Republic of China as it controlled mainland China, and later, the People's Republic of Chi...
30: The most commonly accepted theory as to the origin of the [[Englis...
32: ...before it finally reached Europe and England. The Western "China", transliterated to [[Shina (word)|Shina]]... - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
7: Secondly, unlike other countries, Chinese belief systems allow ...
35: ...us Region]]s. Islam in China, particularly in the western, minority-dominated regions, can be connected wit...
46: ...gain initiated mission work in China, introducing Western science, mathematics, and astronomy. One of these...
50: During the [[1840s]], Western [[missionary|missionaries]] spread Christianity r...
54: ...s call to preach the gospel across China and the enlargement of the house church movement. - May (3270 bytes)
19: * In Western Europe May 8 is [[Victory in Europe Day|VE Day]]....
35: ...t of the United States has ever died in May (The only month with no presidential deaths) - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ... Although the country is land-locked, much of its western border is adjacent to [[Lake Tanganyika]] where i...
58: ...undian government issued arrest warrants for the FNL leaders Agathon Rwasa and Pasteur Habimana, and d...
60: ...otiations are now under way, amid fears that the FNL will demand a blanket amnesty in exchange for lay...
70: ...is area forms part of the [[Albertine Rift]], the western extension of the [[Great Rift Valley]].
74: ...s in Burundi. Although [[Lake Victoria]] is commonly considered to be the source of the Nile, the [[K... - Raccoon (4751 bytes)
22: ...ve up to 12 years in the wild, but most live for only a few years.
35: They became an invasive species in western Europe after several escaped from a nature pres... - Theodora (6th century) (3433 bytes)
12: ...ised women's status far above that current in the Western portion of the Empire. - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
21: ...his was reason enough for the queen's party to openly challenge Fulk, as Fulk's unfounded assertions o...
39: ... Melisende must have seemed a kind of paradise to western Europeans. Eleanor, sure of herself and with the ...
45: ...onsibility in governance. Melisende had hitherto only partially associated Baldwin in her rule. Tensio... - Agnes of Courtenay (6051 bytes)
3: ...lin III]]. Agnes had lived in Jerusalem since the western remnant of [[Edessa, Mesopotamia|Edessa]] was los...
5: ...aute Cour]]'' refused to endorse Amalric as king unless his marriage to Agnes was annulled. This was s...
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