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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...he central character in the cycle of [[legend]]s known as the "[[Matter of Britain]]." There is disagr...
5: ...] to early [[6th century]], to have been of [[Romano-British]] origin, and to have fought against the ...
7: ...y figure of whom we know little, and scholars are not certain whether the "Brettones" he led were [[Br...
11: Another school of thought believes that Arthur is a h...
13: Subscribers to this school of thought argue that another Roman Briton of the period, for example [[Amb... - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
7: ...nited Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]].
9: ...ist of Lords of the Isle of Man|Lord of Mann]]<!--Note on spelling: the Isle of Man has one "n", but h...
20: ...ge|Eton]], and also learned modern languages. She now speaks fluent [[French language|French]], as she...
23: ...sed to consider this, saying, "The children could not possibly go without me, I wouldn't leave without...
27: ...itary, though other royal women have been given honorary ranks. - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
1: ...lt.gif|White House portrait|thumb|right|175px|Eleanor Roosevelt]]
3: ...r Roosevelt''' ([[October 11]] [[1884]] – [[November 7]] [[1962]]) was an [[United States|Americ...
5: ... called her the ''First Lady of the World'', in honor of her extensive travels to promote [[human righ...
9: ...tions outside marriage by FDR (See [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|FDR]] for more information.)
11: ...Hyde Park]] branches of the Roosevelt family. Eleanor is descended from the Johannes branch and Frankl... - Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
1: ...[1687]] by [[Isaac Newton]]. These boundaries are not uncontroversial, with some claiming that the pro...
3: ...led a [[natural philosophy|natural philosopher]]. Not only were there major theoretical and experiment...
9: ...ere with "other narratives" or alternate ways of knowing, or the like.
15: ...omy, though largely superseded by later work, are none the less important contributions to science.)
31: ...s of its antecedents in Aristotle), it still does not go far to fill fourteen centuries, and the other... - Recorder (12954 bytes)
1: ... the windway with respect to the labium, there is no need to form an [[embouchure]] with the lips. On ...
3: ...ever, that the instrument intended was the sopranino recorder.
5: ... easy to play at some level, is pre-tuned, and is not too strident in even the most musically-inept ha...
7: ...eat stature have written for it, including [[Luciano Berio]], [[John Tavener]], [[Michael Tippett]], [...
9: ... contrabass in F is about 2 meters tall. The soprano and the alto are the most common solo instruments... - Australia (39438 bytes)
7: national_motto =None (formerly Advance Australia)|
13: ...a|Queen]]<br>[[Governor-General of Australia|Governor-General]]<br>[[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime...
38: footnotes=|
44: footnotes=<sup>1</sup>There are some minor variations from these three timezones, see [[Aus...
50: ...etres; however, the [[Extreme points of Australia|northernmost inhabited island]], [[Boigu Island]], i... - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
1: ...of the Kingdom and was split into North and South Holland in [[1840]]. There are 10 more provinces in the N...
49: footnotes = <sup>1</sup> [[Low Saxon language|Low Saxon]...
55: ...[[2004]] [[UN Human Development Index]], behind [[Norway]], [[Sweden]], [[Australia]], and [[Canada]].
57: ... [[English language|English]] [[adjective]] and [[noun]] for "of or relating to the Netherlands" is "[...
62: ...not prepared to let them go that easily. It would not be until [[1648]] before Spain would recognize D... - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
11: Governor = [[M. Jodi Rell]] |
38: ... Connecticut|USS ''Connecticut'']] was named in honor of this state.
47: ...ital. Unlike most other states, Connecticut does not have [[county]] governments or [[county seat]]s;...
49: ...e current [[List of Governors of Connecticut|governor of Connecticut]] is [[M. Jodi Rell]] (Republican...
52: ...necticut. There is an ongoing civic pride and economic competition between Hartford and New Haven, wh... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
11: Governor = [[Jim Douglas]] |
13: OfficialLang = ''None'' |
36: ...[[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Quebec]] to the north.
38: ...ducts and [[maple syrup]], Vermont has long been known for its [[Liberalism|liberal politics]] and sta...
44: ...n of the state. The state's greatest length, from north to south, is 159 miles. Its greatest width, fr... - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
3: ...]] or through the [[Levant]] into [[Egypt]] and [[North Africa]].
5: These exchanges were critical not only for the development and flowering of the gr...
11: ...y as circa [[11th century BC|1100 BC]], and the [[nomads]] of the vast Eurasian [[steppe]]-lands had d...
18: ...cient world – [[Badakshan]], in what is now northeastern [[Afghanistan]] – as far as [[Mes...
20: ...be the oldest [[shipbuilding|sea-faring]] harbor known. - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
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26: *[[Arnold O. Beckman]], (1900 - 2004), [[pH]] meter
32: *[[Katherine Blodgett]], (1898-1979) — nonreflective [[glass]]
34: *[[Joseph-Armand Bombardier]] — [[snowmobile]]
40: ... and [[United States|USA]] — [[rocket]] technology - Michigan (29427 bytes)
11: Governor = [[Jennifer Granholm]] |
42: ...dispute eventually culminated into what would be known as the [[Toledo War]] when Michigan and Ohio mi...
46: ...nd Michigan, but permanently altered the socio-economic climate of [[United States|the United States]]...
48: ...facturing. Since [[1838]], the city has also been noted for its thriving furniture industry.
55: ... [[ɴienne Br? and his fellow explorers from [[Grenoble]], [[France]], were probably the first white m... - Aristotle (37648 bytes)
8: ...s (Plato)|Phaedrus]]''. His ideas are therefore known to us only indirectly, through Plato and a few ...
10: ... the world we see is but an imperfect copy. Such knowledge has ethical as well as scientific importanc...
12: ...t, unpublished texts. These were probably lecture notes or texts used by his students, and were almost...
14: ...ractically comprise an [[encyclopedia]] of Greek knowledge.
21: ...or a plain and unadorned (though not easy) style; not one is a dialogue. Some lost works of Aristotle ... - Flood (7770 bytes)
4: ...mage:Flood.jpg|thumb|right|Flooding in Asheville, North Carolina in July 1916]]
5: ...n a sudden flood of water filling dry streambeds known as a "[[flash flood]]".
7: ...[[flood plain]]s. When heavy rainfall or melting snow causes the river's depth to increase and the riv...
12: ...of the hurricane when it moves from sea to land. Another is the large amounts of [[precipitation (mete...
14: ...[[flash flood]]s from quickly melting mountain [[snow]] has caused loss of property and life. - Jan van Eyck (7234 bytes)
1: [[Image:Arnolfini.jpg|thumb|250px|''[[The Arnolfini Portrait]]'', painted 1434]]
7: The date of his birth is not more accurately known than that of his elder brother, but he was born...
9: ...uke of Burgundy]], at a salary of 100 [[livre tournois|livres]] per annum, and from that time till his...
13: ...re he married, and his wife bore him a daughter, known in after years as a nun in the convent of Maese...
15: ...e name they bear, though not of equal excellence, none being better than those which were completed ab... - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
5: ...d of warfare from [[April 20]], [[1792]], until [[November 20]], 1815, is sometimes (though rarely the...
11: * France was no longer a dominant power in Europe, as it had been...
12: ...the world, and the United Kingdom's industrial economy made it the most powerful commercial nation as ...
14: ...the next hundred years following Napoleon's wars, not based on fiefs and aristocracy, but on the basis...
15: * On the other hand, another concept had been brought about — that o... - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
5: ...[[Western Roman Empire]], changes in the roles of nobles and peasants, and overall key developments in...
8: ...o-Saxon]] leadership and installing a new [[Anglo-Norman]] power structure as William took the English...
10: ... kingdom, and personal desires on the part of the nobility to gain wealth and increase prestige.
15: ...t Joan was a product of her mother's adultery and not a daughter of Louis X), but precedent for only m...
17: ...ands became a major focus of English diplomacy. Another effect of the war was to galvanize opposition... - Badminton (12494 bytes)
5: ...s with a lot of [[drag (physics)|drag]], and will not bounce significantly. The shuttlecock is always ...
7: ...e covered by the player as the [[shuttlecock]] is not allowed to bounce before being returned. Also, ...
18: ...other light metals became the material of choice. Now, almost all professional badminton [[racquets]] ...
22: ...durability during drags, and shock dispersion technology for jumping; badminton places a lot of stress...
30: ...n points. If the non-serving team wins the rally, no point is scored but instead there is a change of ... - Surfing (15219 bytes)
7: ...of the board), interchangeable "[[skeg]]s" (also know as fins), and of course in warmer climates surf ...
9: ...g that they break in large parts at a time (also known as a close-out).
11: ...ing out and waiting 'outside'. However, one does not see photographs of pros paddling out.
13: ...essional competitors and sponsors, the sport does not have its origins as a competitive pursuit. It is...
15: ...vive 'wipeouts'. In many instances surfers would not survive the battering of the 'sets' (groups of w... - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
2: ...irst Englishman (and the first of any nationality not on a Spanish ship) to [[circumnavigation|circumn...
7: ...contemporaries, the exact date of his birth is unknown and could be as early as [[1535]]. The [[1540]]...
9: ...sailing]] skills on the difficult waters of the [[North Sea]], and eventually, after the death of the ...
12: ... Spanish, at least in part due to his mistrust of non-Spaniards and their [[Catholicism]]. His hostili...
13: ...II of Spain]], and so was unable to officially acknowledge Drake's accomplishment. Such intrigues were...
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