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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...arian-based Chinese an advantage over neighboring nomadic and mountain-dwelling cultures. The developm...
7: ...and administrators: in short, civilization as we know it. In late [[Neolithic]] times, the [[Huang He]...
14: ...torical Records]]'' written by [[Sima Qian]], a renowned Chinese historiographer of the [[2nd century ...
18: ...aracter]]s, but such claims are unsupported. With no clear written records to match the Shang [[oracle...
24: ...he early Zhou (successor state of the Shang), is known to have existed at the same time as the Shang. - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
9: [[Image:Rosa_parks_bus.jpg|thumb|right|The bus, now a museum exhibit at the [[Henry Ford Museum]]]]
10: ...of the negro community, headed by a relatively unknown minister ([[Martin Luther King]]) gathered to d...
19: ...ed in her autobiography, ''My Life'', that it was not true that she was physically tired but was "tire...
21: ... portray her as an average, middle-aged woman and not a political activist.
23: ...n wanted her to give up her seat. That is, it was not a matter of protest on any level when she sat do... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ...]]. Many people therefore regard Joan of Arc as a notable woman of valor, vigor, and faith.
7: ...and making the infant [[Henry VI of England]] the nominal king after [[1422]].
10: [[Image:JoanOfArcLarge.jpeg|350px|right|thumb|[[Jules Bastien-L...
12: ... private prayer that he had made the previous [[1 November]], although he additionally insisted on hav...
14: ...iers, [[Jean de Dunois|Jean d'Orleans (Count of Dunois)]],[[La Hire]], and [[Poton de Xaintrailles]]. - Pancreas (4781 bytes)
13: ...] passes posterior to the pancreas but is said to not drain the pancreas itself. The [[portal vein]] ...
26: ...leaves the rest of the trypsinogen and chymotrypsinogen to their active forms.
33: ... cell]]s and the D1 cells, about which little is known.
36: ... and "kreas") which means 'all meat'. "Kreas" in Homer always meant edible animal flesh. An example of ...
40: :[[Carcinoma of pancreas]] - 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 ... - Saqqara (4142 bytes)
7: ...|Thebes]], it remained an important complex for minor burials and cult ceremonies for more than 3,000 ...
10: ...n be traced back to the [[First Dynasty]], it was not until the [[Second dynasty of Egypt|Second Dynas...
14: In addition to Djoser's, there are another dozen or so [[pyramid]]s on the site, in vari...
15: ...top of Hotepsekhemwi's tomb, houses the earliest known example of the Pyramid Texts – inscriptio...
18: ...mortuary complex surrounding Djoser's pyramid was not uncovered until 1924 – many of these have ... - Ancient Greece (23806 bytes)
2: ...tered Greek settlements on the coasts of what are now [[Albania]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Egypt]], [[France]]...
4: ...nclude the periods of the [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]] and [[History of Mycenaean Greece|Mycenaean]]...
6: ...lympic Games]] in [[776 BC]], but most historians now extend the term back to about [[1000 BC]]. The t...
15: ..." and [[Jerome]]'s "Chronicon", contain brief chronologies and king lists for this period. The history...
17: ...l, military and diplomatic history, and ignore economic and social history. All histories of Ancient G... - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
2: ...d also commonly known by the nicknames ''The Bambino'' and ''The Sultan of Swat'', was an American [[b...
4: ...pelled other teams to follow suit, breaking the monopoly of the "inside game" that had been the primar...
9: ...perate attempt to bring the boy into line, but to no avail. He was finally sent to St. Mary's Industri...
14: ...anager of the minor-league [[Baltimore Orioles (minor league)|Baltimore Orioles]], and the man often c...
15: ...ced a team in Baltimore, across the street from minor league Orioles, and the competition hit Orioles'... - Alaska (24727 bytes)
9: Motto = North to the Future |
12: ... = [[English language|English]] 85.7%, Native North American 5.2%, [[Spanish language|Spanish]] 2....
14: Governor = [[Frank Murkowski]] |
52: ...U.S. state flowers|State flower]]'''||[[Forget-me-not]]<br />(''Myosotis alpestris'')
54: ...'''[[List of U.S. state mottos|State motto]]'''||"North To The Future" - Washington (20186 bytes)
11: Governor = [[Christine Gregoire]] |
13: OfficialLang = ''None'' |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[November 11]], [[1889]] |
36: ...ton''' is a [[U.S. state|state]] in the [[Pacific Northwest]] of the [[United States]]. The state capi...
38: It should not be confused with [[Washington, D.C.]], the natio... - West Virginia (24258 bytes)
11: Governor = [[Joe Manchin]] |
36: ...tates|Southern state]] of the [[United States]], known as ''The Mountain State.''
38: ... during the [[American Civil War]]. The state is noted for its [[coal]] mining heritage, and union or...
40: ...een Bank Telescope]] at the [[National Radio Astronomy Observatory]].
42: ... [[USS West Virginia|USS ''West Virginia'']] in honor of this state. - Alcidamas (1796 bytes)
3: ...speeches (a more recently discovered fragment of another speech against Isocrates is probably of later...
8: ... contained the narrative of the contest between [[Homer]] and [[Hesiod]], two fragments of which are foun... - Lydia (2194 bytes)
2: ... an ancient kingdom of [[Asia Minor]], known to [[Homer]] as '''M毮ia'''. Its principal city was [[Sardi...
4: ...ts capital at Sardis, which controlled all Asia Minor west of the River Halys, except [[Lycia]]. Lydia...
6: ...nt [[coin]]s (circa [[650 BC]]), and Sardis was renowned as a beautiful city. Croesus was beaten by [[...
8: Homer speaks only of Maeonians (''Iliad'' ii. 865, V. 4...
10: ...st millennium BC]] (perhaps even after the age of Homer) in which the cult of Attis, the consort of [[Cyb... - Ptolemy IV of Egypt (2166 bytes)
5: ...(about 215) his sister [[Arsinoe III of Egypt|Arsinoë III]], but continued to be ruled by his mis...
18: ...f Egypt]]'''<br>''with [[Arsinoe III of Egypt|Arsinoe III]]'' - List of painters (54090 bytes)
17: *[[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|...
47: *[[Cristofano Allori]] ([[1577]]-[[1621]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
108: *[[Jacopo Bassano]] (ca.[[1510]]-[[1592]])
137: *[[Alexander Benois]] ([[1870]]-[[1960]]) - Classical antiquity (3940 bytes)
1: ...est recorded [[Greek language|Greek]] poetry of [[Homer]] ([[7th century BC]]), and continues through the...
9: ... the formation of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. The notion that an [[emperor]] is a [[monarch]] who outr...
33: ...on Age]], for the Roman period in Scandinavia and Northern Germany - Artemis (11271 bytes)
3: ...(god)|Apollo]]. In [[Roman mythology]], she was known as [[Diana (goddess)|Diana]]. In [[Etruscan my...
11: ... deity. The city of Ephesus is probably the best known of the Asian centers of her worship, from the s...
13: Festivals in honor of Artemis include [[Brauronia]], held in [[Brau...
29: ...mb|250px|Closeup of statue of Artemis from Asia Minor. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com ...
33: ...erly believed to be multiple breasts but are now known to have represented bull testes (''see right'')... - Giovanni Boccaccio (10149 bytes)
2: ...]] in the vernacular. Boccaccio's characters are notable for their era in that they are realistic, sp...
5: ...son of a [[Florence|Florentine]] banker and an unknown woman. An early biographer claimed his mother w...
7: ...his father had introduced him into the Neopolitan nobility and the French-influenced court of Robert t...
9: It seems Boccaccio enjoyed law no more than banking but his studies allowed him the...
13: ... in 1344. Boccaccio also became a father again, another illegitimate child, Violante, was born in [[R... - Petrarch (10447 bytes)
6: ...s. Petrarch spent much of his early life at [[Avignon]] and nearby [[Carpentras]], where his family mo...
8: ...eritage." Disdaining what he believed to be the ignorance of the era in which he lived, Petrarch is cr...
10: ... the time, it was unusual to climb a mountain for no other reason than the experience itself. Therefor...
12: ...1361]]. Francesca married [[Francescuolo da Brossano]] (who was later named executor of Petrarch's tes...
17: ...ere'' ("Song Book"). She may have been [[Laure de Noves]], the wife of [[Hugues de Sade]] and an ances... - World Series (40101 bytes)
1: ...pionship series of [[Major League Baseball]] in [[North America]], played in [[October]] after the end...
3: ...d Sox]]. The Red Sox won the series four games to none, earning their first World Series Championship ...
7: ...s finishing in second place in their division but not earning a [[wild card]] receive them, because th...
9: ... Japanese or Latin American leagues have, so far, not succeeded.
11: ...'New York World'' for the relevant years revealed no evidence of the supposed sponsorship. (For detai...
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