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- Mosaic (6524 bytes)
16: ...n (''illustration, right'') to [[Dura-Europas]]. Splendid mosaic floors distinguished luxurious Roman ...
18: ...tern Europe, the demanding techniques of fresco replaced the even more labor-intensive techniques of m...
20: ...ussia, where Moscow claimed to succeed Constantinople as the "Third Rome."
22: ...in the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] the mosaic was replaced with one of [[Saddam Hussein]].
28: ...ethod of mosaic construction''' involves directly placing (gluing) the individual [[tessera]]e onto th... - Islamic architecture (6677 bytes)
22: ...l as modern expressions and the production of all places that have come under the varying levels of Is...
48: ... is a frequent motif but typically stylized or simplified for the same reason.
54: ... may be identified as early as AD 691 with the completion of Qubbat al-Sakhrah ([[Dome of the Rock]]) ...
56: The [[Great Mosque of Samarra]] in Iraq, completed in AD 847, combined the [[hypostyle]] archit...
59: ...e reached its peak with the construction of the [[Alhambra]], the magnificent palace/fortress of [[Granada]]... - Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
37: ...diet was dominated with [[acorn]]s taken from the plentiful [[oak]] trees in the region and by eating ...
39: The Spanish explorer [[Gabriel Moraga]] discovered and named the S...
42: ... increasing the population. John Sutter, Jr. then planned the City of Sacramento, against the wishes o...
52: ...l]] style [[California State Capitol]] was not completed until [[1874]].
78: ...acific Coast League]] professional baseball team, played in Sacramento from [[1903]] - [[1961]] (origi... - Phoenix, Arizona (34271 bytes)
5: ...[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] with 1.5 million people
13: Phoenix is called ''Hoodzo'' (lit. 'the place is hot') in [[Navajo language|Navajo]] (a lang...
16: {{Template:US City infobox|
46: ...tery. Prolonged drought may have destroyed or displaced them; or, they may be the ancestors of the mo...
49: ...est of Mesa, which was already a city of 1,000 people; and a few miles northwest of a similar farming ... - Culture of Spain (17671 bytes)
1: ... its [[Mediterranean]] climate and geography have played strong roles in shaping its culture.
17: ...languages cover broad enough regions to have multiple distinct dialects. (Spanish itself also has dist...
39: ...ding inland ports on rivers: [[Seville]], for example, was a major port until the [[Guadalquivir]] sil...
41: ...o]] in the courtyard of a building or on a public plaza. In Madrid, many of the most popular nightclub...
44: ...the Arab word — but perhaps a ''posada'': a place one can ride into with a mule or a donkey, whe...
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