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- November 4 (10686 bytes)
8: * [[1612]] - [[Moscow]] China Town taken by [[Russia]]n troops under...
14: ...arty|Republican]] [[James G. Blaine]] in a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecut...
22: * [[1924]] - [[Nellie Tayloe Ross]] of [[Wyoming]] elected as the first woman gove...
23: ...28]] - [[Arnold Rothstein]], [[New York City]]'s most notorious gambler, is shot dead over a [[poker]]...
24: ...esident [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]] orders the [[United States Customs Service... - Narcissi (1567 bytes)
15: ...[Persian language|Persian]] word of this plant, نرگس (''Nargis''). - Painting (4567 bytes)
2: ...c painting is considered by many to be among the most important of the [[art]] forms.
8: ...chre]] and black pigment and show horses, rhinoceros, lions, buffalo, and mammoth. There are examples ...
34: ...rking characteristics of the paint, such as [[viscosity]], [[miscibility]], [[solubility]], drying tim...
72: *[[Postmodern art|Postmodernism]]
88: A proposed and yet-unrealised development in painting is [... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
5: ...y but not including any of the major revision proposals that have also been made in that time.
7: ... particular rulers. Often there are also several possible spellings of the names.
9: ...re is a 60 year discrepancy between the dates proposed by these two authors. There is no attempt to re...
63: ===Position uncertain===
65: *Ba (two different writings, possibly two separate kings) - Nile (13738 bytes)
4: ...e''' ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: النيل ''an-nīl''), in [[Africa]], i...
8: ...ile. Another Greek name for the Nile was ''Aigyptos'' (Αιγυπτ&omicron...
12: ...ins the subject of much debate. This is, for the most part, due to two reasons: first, the lengths of ...
30: ...ue Nile and White Nile join to form "the Nile." Most of the water carried by the Nile originates from...
32: ...trans.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Composite image|Composite]] satellite image of the Nile (see also the [[... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...Arabic]], '''الإسكندرية''', [[transliteratio...
7: ...|Fishing Boats in Alexandria's Eastern Harbour, close to Kait Bey Castle]]
19: ...interpreted this as an omen that the city would prosper, particularly in grain. Other authors make the...
23: ...y one possible site, behind the screen of the Pharos island and removed from the silt thrown out by Ni...
29: ... number-theorist [[Euclid]]. From this division arose much of the later turbulence which began to mani... - Australia (39438 bytes)
50: ...ng access for traditional uses of the waterway across the border by Papua New Guinean people and [[Tor...
63: ... present-day [[Southeast Asia|south-east Asia]]. Most Indigenous Australians were [[hunter-gatherers]]...
65: ...shment of a [[penal colony]] there following the loss of the [[American colonies]].
70: [[Image:Anzac1.JPG|right|thumb|160px|The [[Last Post]] is played at an [[ANZAC Day]] ceremony in [[Po...
71: ...es in 1911 to provide a neutral place for the proposed new federal capital of [[Canberra]] ([[Melbourn... - Jordan (20715 bytes)
1: ...[[Arabic language|Arabic]] أردنّ, [[transliteration|transliterated]] ''...
3: ...1603;ة الأردنّيّة اله...
71: ...which moved to assist Palestinian nationalists opposed to the creation of Israel in May 1948, and took...
73: ... West Bank, the [[United States]] maintained the position that ultimate sovereignty was subject to fut...
79: ...uing heavy fighting, a Syrian tank force took up positions in northern Jordan to support the ''fedayee... - Brunei (7197 bytes)
5: |+<big><big>'''برني دارالس...
55: ...ually brought an end to this power, with Brunei loosing much of its territory to Sarawak. Brunei was a...
60: ...pro-government and the Royal family retains an almost godlike status within the country. There is no e...
84: ...estic product|GDP]]. Per capita GDP is far above most other [[Third World]] countries, and substantial...
89: ...], with about 15%. These groups also reflect the most important languages: [[Malay language|Malay]], w... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
4: ...1577; اللبنانيّة<br>(Al Jumhuriyah al Lubnan...
71: ...ic home of the [[Phoenicia]]ns, Semitic traders whose maritime culture flourished there for more than ...
78: ...sed with prosperity built on [[Beirut|Beirut's]] position as a regional center for finance and trade.
85: ...n]] (PLO). In the early [[1970s]], difficulties arose over the presence of Palestinian refugees, and f...
87: ...re a number of mostly [[Maronite]] militias, the most important of which was the one linked to the [[K... - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
1: ...People's Republic of China|China]] in the easternmost part of the country. It is among the poorest cou...
5: ...#1601;غانستان'''<br>'''Da Afghanistan Islami Dawlat'''<br>'''D...
60: Afghanistan, often called the crossroads of [[Central Asia]], has had a very turbule...
64: ...nged to the Abdali tribe of the ethnic Afghans, whose name was changed to Durrani upon the accession o...
66: ...xecution), [[1933]] (assassination), [[1973]] (deposition), [[1978]] (execution), [[1979]] (execution)... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
8: ...1577; السودان <br> Jumhuriyat as-Sudan |
43: time_zone = [[Moscow Time|MSK]] |
72: ...ccess to basic health care services, and little prospects for productive employment in the small and w...
85: ...slamist ideologue. Al-Turabi was stripped of his posts in the ruling party and the government, parliam...
92: ... mid-1990s Sudan gradually began to moderate its positions as a result of increased US pressure follow... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
8: ...#1585;سكوتوان مليسيا'''</b...
45: | '''[[Gross Domestic Product|GDP]]''' (PPP) <br> - Tota...
58: | Bunga Raya: ''[[Hibiscus]]'', Rosa sinensis
78: ... and within that time period spread [[Islam]] to most of the [[Malay archipelago]]. [[Malacca]] was an...
82: ... by Captain [[Francis Light]] as a commercial outpost granted by the Sultan of Kedah. Malacca came int... - Aswan (1042 bytes)
6: '''Aswan''' (أسوان ''Aswān'') ({{coor dm|24|05|N|32|56|E|}}, p...
10: ...ch is famous for providing a basis on which [[Eratosthenes]] disputed the [[Flat Earth]] theory and at... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = VA |
46: ...]] by a royal charter drawn up on [[April 10]], [[1606]]. It swiftly financed the first permanent Engli...
52: ...n on [[January 26]], [[1870]], after a period of post-war military rule.
59: ...olk]], [[Williamsburg]], and [[Jamestown]] each chose one burgess. The Burgesses met to make laws for...
63: ...der the Constitution, the State Government is composed of three branches: legislative, executive, and ... - Influenza (10335 bytes)
4: ...omic burden in the form of health care costs and lost productivity. Major genetic changes in the virus...
12: The A type of influenza virus is the type most likely to cause [[epidemic|epidemics]] and [[pan...
14: ...dentified for influenza B virus. At present, the most common antigenic variants of influenza A virus a...
16: ...et al'' 2004) Examples of the nomenclature are A/Moscow/10/99 (H3N2) and B/Hong Kong/330/2001.
18: ..., is unusually [[virulent]], or is for which the host is unusually unresponsive to treatment. Thus, th... - Dictionary (22415 bytes)
2: ...nce, and examples in sentences. Dictionaries are most commonly found in the form of a book.
8: ...tionary]] (e.g. a dictionary containing the 2000 most frequently used words in the English language).
10: ==Special-purpose dictionaries==
22: ===Glossaries===
23: ...th these, the rest of English, and even the 4000 most common English [[idiom]]s and [[metaphor]]s, can... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
158: *[[Ross Bleckner]] ([[1949]]-) - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...er]], [[philosopher]], and [[physicist]] who is closely associated with the [[scientific revolution]]....
7: ...for financial reasons. However, he was offered a position on its faculty in [[1589]] and taught mathem...
10: ...ience and to the separation of science from [[philosophy]] or religion. These are the primary justific...
12: ...ate measurements of time, which appeared to be impossible with the technology of the [[1600s]]. Accord...
24: ...emisphere to face the Earth when it was on the opposite side of the Sun and to face away from the Eart... - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
11: ... compared to the other pupils, an outsider. This ostracizing probably led him to turn to the world of...
15: ...estant school in Graz, Austria. He accepted the position in April of [[1594]], at the age of 23.
21: ...y [[1612]] the Emperor died, and Kepler took the post of provincial mathematician in [[Linz]].
32: ...] model of the [[Solar system]] from ''Mysterium Cosmographicum'' (1596)]]
35: ...he smallest orbit, that of Mercury, was the innermost sphere. He thereby identified the five [[Platon...
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