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- Hanging Gardens of Babylon (4963 bytes)
3: ...Seven Wonders of the World]]. They were both supposedly built by [[Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon|Nebuc...
7: ...en found. Writings on these tablets describe the possible use of something similar to an [[Archimedes'...
13: ...lon. Nebuchadnezzar II, the Chaldean king, is supposed to have had the gardens built in about 600 BC a...
17: ...an inexact translation of the Greek word [[kremastos]] or the Latin word [[pensilis]], which means not...
38: * [http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/gardens.html Seven Wonders of the World: ... - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
30: *[[Joaquim Agostinho|Agostinho, Joaquim]], (1942-1984), Portuguese cyclist
31: *[[Paolo Agostino|Agostino, Paolo]], (1593-1629), Italian musician
32: *[[Benjamin Agosto|Agosto, Benjamin]], (born 1982), American skater
33: *[[Jose Miguel Agrelot|Agrelot, Jose Miguel]], (1927-2004), Puerto Rican entertainer
34: *[[Georg Agricola|Agricola, Georgius]] (1490-1555) - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ...njamin Netanyahu]] is a native-born [[Israeli]] whose family moved to [[Philadelphia]] when he was a t...
14: ...e was 18. She began speaking and advocating. She hosted visitors from [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]]...
20: ... also began to emerge as a leader. Her kibbutz chose her to represent them at [[Histadrut]], the Gen...
28: ...erican history as a schoolgirl and I read about those who signed the [[United States Declaration of In...
33: ...rowd.jpg|right|thumb|Jewish [[High Holidays]] in Moscow, 1948. Golda Meir in the crowd (est. 50,000) o... - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
3: ...n]] [[Jew]]ish woman who became a [[Partisans (Yugoslavia)|partisan]].
9: ...e office in the [[anti-semitism|anti-Semitic]] atmosphere. She joined ''Maccabea'', a Hungarian [[Zion...
13: ... her mission and was interned in the [[Horthy Miklos Prison]] where she was tortured. She did not talk...
17: ...more time to find a verdict, followed by another postponment, this one due to the appointment of a new...
37: ...88;לי, שלא יגמר לעולם... - Hungary (18459 bytes)
59: ...]. Hungary was partially demolished with a great loss of life in [[1241]]–[[1242]] by [[Mongol]]...
61: ...ry|Matthias Corvinus]] ruled Hungary from 1458 to 1490. He strengthened Hungary and its government. Unde...
69: ...Miklorthy]] ruled with autocratic powers for most of the interwar period. Hungarian politics and c...
71: ...collaborator [[Ferenc Szᬡsi]] and his [[Arrow Cross Party]] in order to avert Hungary's defection to...
73: ...the Soviet Union in [[1991]], Hungary developed closer ties with Western Europe, joined [[NATO]] in [[... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...tly [[Jew]]ish with a large non-Jewish minority, mostly comprising [[Muslim]], [[Christian]], and [[Dr...
18: leader_names = [[Ariel Sharon]]<br>[[Moshe Katsav]] |
60: ...ce in Jewish religious obligations and Judaism's most important sites, including the remains of the [[...
62: ...udaism's most important religious texts, were composed in Palestine during this period. The province b...
68: ...cted [[Arab]] settlers. After a brief period of prosperity under the [[Umayyad]] Caliphate, the territ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
158: *[[Ross Bleckner]] ([[1949]]-)
171: *[[Rosa Bonheur]] ([[1822]]-[[1899]]) - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
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42: Prior to [[World War II]], he was mostly known as a [[tactician]] of [[tank]] battles a...
50: Young Charles de Gaulle chose a military career and spent four years at the [[...
52: ... possibility of a further career in Poland, but chose instead to return to France. He was heavily infl...
56: - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
7: ...a young [[lawyer]] and his mother, Caterina, was most likely a peasant girl. It has also been suggeste...
9: ...thorities therefore refer to his works as "Leonardos", not "da Vincis". Presumably he did not use his ...
16: ...Jacopo Saltarelli]], who was a notorious male [[prostitute]]. After two months in jail, he was acquitt...
20: ...re, been assumed that he was a [[homosexuality|homosexual]]. One of his loves may have been Gian Giaco...
29: ... [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci#rossiPage33], employed Leonardo and permitted him to ... - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
2: ...us for piloting the first solo non-stop flight across the [[Atlantic Ocean]] in [[1927]].
6: ... was a lawyer and later a U.S. congressman who opposed the entry of the U.S. into [[World War I]]; his...
8: ==First solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean==
11: ...op across the [[Atlantic Ocean]], flying from [[Roosevelt Airfield]] ([[Nassau County, New York|Nassa...
26: ...of being in the spotlight and still mourning the loss of their son, the Lindberghs moved to [[Europe]]... - Cabeza de Vaca (4807 bytes)
1: '''Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca''' (c. [[1490]] – c. [[1559]]) was an early [[Spain|Spani...
7:
9: ...ación'' and published under the title ''Comentarios'' (Commentary).
25: ...nions from Florida to the Pacific, 1528-1536''], hosted by the Portal to Texas History
26: ...de Vaca] Primary Source Adventure, a lesson plan hosted by [http://texashistory.unt.edu/ The Portal to... - March 20 (10075 bytes)
10: ...sh; The "Great Fire" of [[Boston, Massachusetts |Boston]] destroys 349 buildings.
35: ...ndash; [[Ferdinand Marcos]]'s widow, [[Imelda Marcos]], goes on trial for [[bribery]], [[embezzlement]...
38: *[[1996]] – In [[Los Angeles, California]], [[Erik Menendez]] and [[Ly...
65: *[[1915]] - [[Sviatoslav Richter]], Ukrainian pianist (d. [[1997]])
67: ...y (television)|Jack Barry]], American television host (d. [[1984]]) - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
13: ...tish colonial rule]] to world attention. His philosophy of non-violence, for which he coined the term...
20: ...udy in England, which he viewed as "a land of philosophers and poets, the very centre of civilization....
23: ...atsky]] to further universal brotherhood. The Theosophists were devoted to the study of [[Buddhist]] ...
25: ...ed a year-long contract from an Indian firm to a post in [[KwaZulu-Natal Province|Natal]], [[South Afr...
29: ...t of his race. This experience led him to more closely examine the hardships his people suffered in S... - Republican Party (United States) (31573 bytes)
20: ...sin]] on [[February 28]], [[1854]], as a party opposed to the expansion of [[slavery]] into new territ...
22: ...rican Party]]. Since its inception, its chief opposition has been the Democratic Party.
31: ...blican in Name Only "[[Republican In Name Only|RINOs]]".
33: ..., as opposed to the Democratic [[Cock (chicken)|rooster]]. This symbol still appears on Indiana ballot...
38: ...e similar committees in every [[U.S. state]] and most [[County (United States)|U.S. counties]] (though... - Adolescence (13933 bytes)
6: ... years-old and before has reached the age of 13. Most cultures regard people as becoming adults at var...
11: In most Western countries, the average age of menarche f...
17: ... income that is often more abundant than that of most teenagers and young adults.
23: A '''teenager''' or '''teen''' is a person whose age is a number ending in "-teen" in the English...
41: ... the standard to which most children are held by most parents today. Of course, this doesn't mean tha... - Globe (2597 bytes)
4: ...anets, because their positions vary relative to those of the stars; however, the "orbit" of the Sun is...
8: The [[Earth]] is obviously the most popular planet represented but globes of the [[S...
10: ...erg Terrestrial Globe", was made during the years 1490-1492 by German mapmaker [[Martin Behaim]].
17: The most common type has long, thin strips <!-- Is there ... - Yoga (18820 bytes)
3: ...nduism|Hindu]] cultural context. Its origin is impossible to trace, because it dates back to before re...
7: ... name is that of the individual soul with the cosmos, or the Supreme.
9: ... activity that leads or brings the practitioner closer to this mystical union - a state called [[self-...
11: ...ation of truth and reality ([[Jnana Yoga]]). The most conspicuous form of yoga in the West, [[Hatha Yo...
17: ...al Sanskrit terms. Most yoga guidebooks include glossaries of these terms with local language explanat...
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