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- Iris (plant) (13374 bytes)
5: ...obox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]}}
20: ...es of ''Iris'', widely distributed throughout the north temperate zone.
21: ... Asia and southern North America. Elevation is of not much importance.
28: ... Northern Hemisphere) at irregular intervals from November to March, the bleakest period of the year. - Greek language (35285 bytes)
4: |region=The [[Balkans]]
17: ...reece]] and the Greek-speaking world. It is also known as the '''Alexandrian dialect''', '''Post-Class...
19: ...cular language of the [[Byzantine Empire]]. Also known as '''Byzantine Greek'''.
25: ...ior to the creation of the [[Greek alphabet]] are not listed in this article. For more information, se...
32: ...oenician alphabet]] in c. [[1000 BC]] and, with minor modifications, is still used today. - Europe (23835 bytes)
4: ...ction than a geographic one. It is bounded to the north by the [[Arctic Ocean]], to the west by the [[...
11: ...500 BC]] its meaning was extended to lands to the north.
13: ...meaning broad (''eurys'') and face (''ops''). A minority, however, see a [[Semitic]] origin, pointing ...
18: ...scovery, exploration, and increase in scientific knowledge. In the [[15th century]] [[Portugal]] opene...
20: ...se, most notably in [[France]] during the period known as the [[French Revolution]]. This led to vast ... - Turkey (41694 bytes)
47: footnotes = <sup>1</sup> Since [[January 1]] [[2005]], t...
49: ...ia]] is situated between the [[Black Sea]] on the north and the [[Mediterranean Sea]] to south, with t...
50: ...erbaijan]]i exclave of [[Nakhichevan]] and to the northeast; [[Iran]] to the east; and [[Iraq]] and [[...
58: ...s and unique answers of the republic's history cannot be understood without the background of the Turk...
68: ...y the Grand National Assembly. The President does not have to be a member of parliament. - Turkmenistan (10788 bytes)
48: '''Turkmenistan''', once known as the ''[[Turkmen SSR|Turkmen Soviet Socialist...
52: ...ince ancient times, as armies from one empire to another decamped on their way to more prosperous terr...
54: ...ingdom]] established its capital in Nisa, an area now located in the suburbs of the modern-day capital...
56: The Turkmenistan region soon came to be known as the capital of ''Greater'' ''[[Khorasan]]'' ...
66: ...ools, motorclubs, and homes. Institutions that cannot be named after him are named after his mother. A... - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ...v Republic of Macedonia]], and [[Albania]] to the north; and with [[Turkey]] to the east. The waters o...
32: ...)|28th]])<br>$21,017 ([[List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita|28th]])
50: ...av Republic of Macedonia]] and [[Albania]] to the north and by [[Turkey]] to the east. The [[Aegean Se...
52: ...ven to be especially influential in [[Europe]], [[Northern Africa]] and the [[Middle East]]. Today, Gr...
57: ...accent is written *before* the accented syllable, not after the accented vowel-->. This name is also ... - Serbia and Montenegro (13848 bytes)
1: ...federation]]. It is located on the west-central [[Balkan Peninsula]].
3: ...conomic policies and currencies. The country does not have a unified capital anymore, dividing its com...
75: ...] - autonomous province within Serbia (capital: [[Novi Sad]])
85: ...d autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall inland.
87: ...me size; the country's other largest cities are [[Novi Sad]], [[Nis]], [[Kragujevac]] and [[Podgorica]... - Romania (19812 bytes)
1: ...is bordered by [[Ukraine]] and [[Moldova]] in the northeast; [[Hungary]] in the west; [[Serbia and Mon...
12: ...Kings of Romania|Royal]] motto: "Nihil Sine Deo" (Nothing without God)|
48: footnotes = |
62: ...[Goths|Gothic]] and [[Carpi]]c campaigns in the [[Balkan]]s during [[238]]–[[256]] forced the Roman ...
64: ...egained it with the Treaty of Paris in 1856), its northern part [[Bukovina]] to the [[Austrian Empire]... - Albania (24647 bytes)
1: ...by [[Montenegro]] in the north, [[Kosovo]] in the north-east ? both still formally part of [[Serbia-M...
15: ...enter" colspan="2" | <small>''National [[motto]] (not verified): Feja e Shqiptareve 볨t렓hqiptaria''...
28: | [[Fatos Nano]], <small>''Prime Minister''</small>
40: ... ([[List of countries by GDP (Nominal) per capita|Nominal]])
43: | From the [[Ottoman Empire]]<br>[[November 28]], [[1912]] - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
7: ...the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul (Constantinople).</small>
10: | Constantine makes Constantinople his capital.
21: | Justinian's generals reconquer North Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Os...
27: ...ypt. In the following decades, they take most of North Africa, and later conquer Sicily as well.
29: | [[730]]-[[787]]; [[813]]-[[843]] || Iconoclasm controversies. This results in the loss of ... - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...carus]]. Daedalus was trapped on the island of Minos, and so built wings out of feathers and wax for ...
13: ... of early flying machines]] for a list of these. Note that there are many claims and counter-claims h...
15: ...d designs for a helicopter, but this design would not have flown.
17: ...g. Sufficiently light and powerful engines would not be available for powered flight until the [[gaso...
19: The first known human flight ever took place in [[Paris]] in [[... - World War I (62979 bytes)
2: ...ace. Four dynasties, the [[Habsburg]]s, the [[Romanov]]s, the [[Ottoman]]s and the [[Hohenzollern]]s, ...
6: ...heavily on [[technology]], and would thus involve non-combatants in war as never before.
8: ...anco-Prussian that would lead France to exploit a Balkan crisis as a precept for a general war. Scholars h...
10: ...more on the home front due to food shortages, [[genocide]], and ground combat.
16: ...s death these were largely aimed at the Serbian minority. Though this assassination has been linked as... - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
9: ...truction book of italic script to be published in northern [[Europe]].
15: ...Netherlands]] were added in [[1585]] and of the [[Balkan]]s and [[Greece]] in [[1588]], further maps were ... - Zeus (17267 bytes)
6: ...me god among the [[Germanic tribes]] and they did not identify Zeus/Jupiter with either Tyr or Odin, b...
8: ...tance, the classical Zeus also derives certain iconographic traits from the cultures of the [[ancient ...
23: ...amous Games. There was also an altar to Zeus made not of stone, but of ash - from the accumulated rema...
25: ... at any number of [[Greek temple]]s from [[Asia Minor]] to [[Sicily]]. Certain modes of ritual were he...
33: ...mage-route to one such site, emphasizing Cretan knowledge. On Crete, Zeus was represented in art as a... - Aircraft (13315 bytes)
15: ...speed it must descend in relation to the air (but not necessarily in relation to the ground). Helicopt...
37: ...dirigible balloons) such as [[blimp]]s (that have non-rigid construction) and rigid airships that have...
45: ...rofiting from airflow patterns determined by [[Bernoulli's equation]] and, to some extent, the [[Coand...
49: ...urfaces are placed forward of the wings, near the nose of the aircraft. Canards are becoming more comm...
51: ... principally an improvement in [[structure]]s and not aerodynamics. - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
1: ...ich was a legitimate form of war-like activity by non-state actors, authorized by their national autho...
4: ...rcraft that is directed on the high seas against another ship, aircraft, or against persons or propert...
10: ...itolHill/Parliament/2587/trade.html Phoenician Economy and Trade].</ref> By the 1st century BC, there ...
12: ...in 75 BC,<ref>Again, according to Suetonius's chronology (''Julius'' [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Tha...
16: ...any conflicts with the [[Roman Republic]]. It was not until 68 BC that the Romans finally conquered Il... - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
20: | [[Istanbul|İstanbul]] ([[Constantinople]]/[[Asitane]]/[[Konstantiniyye]] )
45: ...'Turkish Empire'' or ''Turkey'', though it should not be confused with the modern [[nation-state]] of ...
47: ...ns [[Fall of Constantinople|captured]] [[Constantinople]] (modern [[Istanbul|İstanbul]]) from th...
53: ...[[Egypt]] in the south to the [[Caucasus]] in the north. The Empire was situated in the middle of East...
55: ...he Ottomans built a fortress and supplied huge cannon. The [[the Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Protestants]] ... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: While the German people were not fully unified into a single political unit until...
5: ...e [[German Empire]] of 1871–1918 was often known as the second Reich to indicate its descent fro...
15: ...itary campaigns the Romans made the [[Rhine]] the north-eastern frontier of the [[Roman Empire]], givi...
19: ...ern Roman Empire, but the states they founded did not last. The western Germans moved into the territo...
25: ...nd was anointed by the Church. The Frankish kings now set up as protectors of the [[Pope]], and began ... - Adriatic Sea (5830 bytes)
3: ...the [[Apennine peninsula]] ([[Italy]]) from the [[Balkan peninsula]], and the system of the [[Apennine Mou...
20: The Adriatic extends northwest from 40? to 45? 45' N., with an extreme le...
22: Moreover, the chain of islands which fringes the northern part of the eastern shore reduces the extre...
24: The northern part of the sea is very shallow, and betwee...
26: ...] and the north shore of the spur of [[Monte Gargano]] there is a ridge giving shallower water, and a ... - Red deer (16671 bytes)
13: {{Taxobox section binomial | color = pink | binomial_name = Cervus elaphus | author = [[Carolus Li...
17: ...aphus''), known as '''elk''' or '''wapiti''' in [[North America]], are the second largest [[deer]] (ce...
19: ...often weigh twice as much as females. Wapiti are known for their loud ''bugling'' during the rut. In E...
26: ...han, the [[Russia]]n maral. The American elk terminology is different from the European, as the males ...
33: ...in Britain. The primary predators of adult elk in North America are [[mountain lion]]s, [[wolf|wolves]...
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