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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...icle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fic...
6: ... de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ... de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: ...lmeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...uerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]]) - History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
1: ...n from different [[premise]]s and approaches, examples of which include [[rationalism]] (through [[log...
7: ...ome and includes the Greek philosophers such as [[Plato]]. The Medieval period runs until roughly the ...
12: ...ruth was no more than opinion and for teaching people to argue fallaciously to prove whatever conclusi...
14: ...thens had a direct [[democracy]]. It's known from Plato's writings that many sophists maintained schoo...
16: ...d truth. He wrote nothing, but inspired many disciples. He was executed in [[399 BCE]] on the charge t... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...] and early [[19th century]] resulting from the replacement of an economy based on manual labor to one...
10: ...the surplus population who could no longer find employment in [[agriculture]] into the cities to seek ...
12: ... other nations, such as [[France]], markets were split up by local regions, which often imposed tolls ...
14: ...to produce more goods to meet the needs of the people.
16: From 1430, people in Europe discovered sea routes to Asia and Amer... - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
3: .... The term is equally correct in the singular or plural, although pipers most commonly talk of "pipes...
16: ...ch is tied into the bag and which the pipe itself plugs into. The bag usually consists of leather, but...
23: ...s. [[Nero]] is generally accepted to have been a player; there are Greek depictions of pipers, and th...
25: ...iti", is traditionally said to have been the tune played as [[Robert the Bruce]]'s troops marched to [...
38: ...[pipe band]]s (civilian and military), and is now played in countries around the world, particularly c... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
98: ...p://www.nyjournalnews.com/newsroom/090303/b05w03abplanalp.html]
99: *[[Abram|Abraham]], (circa 1800 BC), Biblical figure - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
11: About 125 million people live in the countries of which she is Head of St...
29: ...dging to devote her life to the service of the people of the Commonwealth and Empire.
33: ...s claim to the [[Greece|Greek]] throne and was simply referred to as Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten bef...
55: ...ronation of the British monarch|coronation]] took place in [[Westminster Abbey]] on [[2 June]] [[1953]...
64: ... in some cases, such as [[South Africa]], she has played an important role in retaining or restoring g... - Sofia Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
3: ...er father was [[Vasily Vasilievich Kriukovskoi]] (1800-1874), an artillery officer of Belarusian ("''Pol...
7: ...lly completed the study of [[rotating solid]]s, applying the then-new theory of [[Abelian function]]s ...
15: ...istorically, and the friend was so impressed he implored Sophia's father to let her take private mathe...
17: ...] and is interred there in the [[Norra begravningsplatsen]]. - Rose (15436 bytes)
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5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
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12: ...Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = lightgreen| plural_taxon = Species}} - Clavichord (3295 bytes)
5: ...ass over a curved wooden bridge. The action is simple, with the keys being levers with a small brass '...
7: ...ies of the instrument, since only one note can be played at a time on each string. As a result there a...
11: ...c)|organ]] from the period circa 1400-1800 can be played on the clavichord; however, it is too quiet t...
15: ... uses a magnetic pickup to provide a signal for amplification. - Cairo (12536 bytes)
2: ...rea]] population of approximately 15.2 million people. Cairo is the [[List of metropolitan areas by po...
4: ...e city, in local speech it is typically called simply by the name of the country, ''Mişr'' (Arabi...
6: ...Cairo. ([[Mongols]], Crusaders & Ottomans are examples)
20: ...the ancient [[necropolis]] of Memphis on the Giza plateau, with its three large [[pyramid|pyramids]], ...
32: ...amed the city Al-Qahirah after the planet [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] which was rising on the day the city ... - Trumpet (13239 bytes)
2: ...et is called a ''trumpeter'' or simply, ''trumpet player''.
6: ...umpet fully [[chromatic]], allowing the player to play in all keys. The sound is projected outward by...
8: ...cupped "pea-shooter" mouthpieces are used to ease playing of extremely high register passages. Mouthp...
15: ...able. The C trumpet is most common in orchestral playing because it often does not need to transpose ...
19: ... usually but not always by a fourth, to allow the playing of lower notes which are otherwise hard to o... - Accordion (10069 bytes)
6: Simple metal or wood reed instruments ("Maultrommel", J...
10: ...f a table top. The reed is fitted inside a holder plate, and as air is drawn through the hole in the h...
20: ... used in Europe around [[1800]] AD for organs. People used their knowledge and the standard of the con...
22: .... It is thought that a traveler to China in the [[1800s]] brought this idea back to Europe. However, the...
28: ...r each note. The instrument was copied by many people, and many variations came into existence in a ve... - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
8: ... Egypt), under the reign of Mentuhotep IV. This explains the smooth transition of power as a palace co...
20: ...production levels and Amenemhat III ordered the exploitation of the [[Fayyum]] and increased mining op...
26: * [[1800 BC]] - [[Timeline of mathematics|Berlin Papyrus]]
27: * [[1800 BC]] - [[Moscow Papyrus|Moscow Mathematical Papyr... - Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
7: ...tested dates in other calendaric systems, for example, Greek, Jewish, Assyrian, Persian, and Julian/Gr...
9: The archeological record is incomplete, also (with relics and artifacts missing or de...
15: ... that the beginning of the next Sothic cycle took place in [[26 BCE]], instead of 139 CE.
17: ...' states that all the plausible second millennium placements require that a major calendrical readjust...
21: ...n found in a tomb of [[Dorak]], near [[Constantinople]], tells E. Bacon, ''Archaeology; Discoveries in... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
14: ...ould be repealed because it excludes qualified people based on technicalities, and fails to appreciate...
16: ...George W. Bush]] will become the fourth at the completion of his current term in 2008.
19: ...President, while the individual who was in second place became Vice President.
25: ...ing across the country to explain their views and plans to the voters. Much of the modern electoral pr...
35: ... a vast organization numbering about 4 million people, including 1 million active-duty military person... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
13: | place of death=[[Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]]
28: ...ly manifested at a later period—as, for example, during his term as president.
39: ...ore this question had been disposed of, Adams was placed at the head of the Board of War and Ordinance...
46: ...rens played a minor role, Jay, Adams and Franklin played the major part in the negotiations. Overrulin... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
10: | place of birth=Shadwell, [[Virginia]]
13: | place of death=[[Charlottesville, Virginia]]
20: Many people consider Jefferson to be among the most brillian...
27: ...e of his collection (the Library was founded in [[1800]]; Jefferson sold his third library to the Congre...
30: ...84]], Jefferson avoided the common practice of simply digging downwards until something turned up. In... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
10: | place of birth= [[Waxhaw, North Carolina|Waxhaws are...
13: | place of death= [[The Hermitage]], [[Nashville]], [[...
18: ...dent had either been a member of the [[Virginia]] plantation [[elite]], or had been named [[Adams]]. J...
24: ... family. He came to [[Tennessee]] shortly after [[1800]], as a young lawyer. Since he was not of a disti...
32: ...ver, since many voters believed the man of the people had been robbed by the corrupt aristocrats of th... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
10: <tr><td>'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Kinderhook (village), N...
12: <tr><td>'''Place of Death:'''</td><td>[[Kinderhook (town), New ...
27: ...y. In [[1796]] he began the study of [[law]], completing his preparation in 1802 at [[New York City|N...
29: ...entrance into politics. New York politics after [[1800]], the year of the election of [[Thomas Jefferson...
33: ...ber of the Senate, until [[1819]], when he was displaced to make room for a Federalist. He had already... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
9: ...><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[January 7]], [[1800]]</td></tr>
10: <tr><td>'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Summerhill, New York]]<...
12: <tr><td>'''Place of Death:'''</td><td>[[Buffalo, New York]]</td...
20: '''Millard Fillmore''' ([[January 7]], [[1800]] – [[March 8]], [[1874]]) was the thirteent...
26: ...e, self-made candidate from [[New York]] would complement Taylor, a slave-holding military man from th...
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