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- China (38909 bytes)
3: ...ltiple states, and as a single [[nation]] or multiple nations.
5: ...ed outwards from a core area in the [[North China Plain]], and varied according to its moving fortunes...
7: ...nese Civil War]] in [[1949]] established the [[People's Republic of China]] (PRC) in [[1949]] which ha...
21: ... or imperial domain. The ''[[Book of Poetry]]'' explicitly gives this definition.
23: # The area now called the [[North China Plain]]. The ''[[Sanguo Zhi]]'' records the followin... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...College]] in [[Toronto]]. After living in various places in North America and around the world, she re...
4: ...ues and concerns, which she examines through multiple genres such as [[science fiction]], [[Southern O...
6: ...ell as [[alliteration]] or [[assonance]] that is split up and put in separate lines to produce an echo...
53: :''[[Good Bones and Simple Murders]]'' ([[1994]])
76: :''[[Princess Prunella and the Purple Peanut]]'' ([[1995]]) - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
6: Morrison was an important player in the battle to open the canon of English an...
12: ...nt household, born poor, working-class, saxophone-playing, McDonald's-and-junk-food-loving boy from Ar...
21: *''[[Playing in the Dark]]'' (1993)
28: ==Plays== - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
5: ...garette smoker since the age of nine, which may explain the unique texture to her voice, which was esp...
11: ...ses]]'' (1972), whose title track continued her exploration of the themes of "For Free", sold well, su...
13: ..."). The album was stylistically diverse, with complex vocal harmonies set with African drumming (the ...
15: ...dominated by the lengthy part-improvised "Paprika Plains". The album received mixed reviews: some enj...
17: ...rles Mingus]], who died before the project was completed. Mitchell finished the tracks with a band fe... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
8: ...ven. The Bolenders were a religious couple who supplemented their meager income by being foster parent...
15: ...3.jpg|frame|right|Cover of the first issue of ''[[Playboy]]'']]
22: By 1952 Zanuck was nearly convinced and she played her first role as a leading lady in ''Don't B...
23: ...l, [[movie]] critics seemed to forget about the [[plot]] and focused on Marilyn and her unique connect...
25: ...ppeared in the first edition of his new magazine, Playboy in December 1953. It was a smash hit. And wh... - Martina Navratilova (16246 bytes)
3: ...vakia]]) is a former World No. 1 woman [[tennis]] player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, she defected...
21: ...(Navrátilová was ranked the World No. 1 doubles player for a period of over three years in the 1980s...
25: ...ks and 331 total weeks as the World No. 1 singles player.) In [[1988]], Graf truly eclipsed Navratilo...
31: ...ged 47 years and 8 months, to make her the oldest player to win a professional singles match in the Op...
33: ...167 top-level singles titles (more than any other player in the Open Era) and 175 doubles titles. Her... - Eye (21834 bytes)
1: ...ular vision]]), as in [[human]]s; or on different planes producing two separate "images" ([[monocular ...
11: ...ple facets which give a pixelated image (not multiple images as is often believed). Each sensor has it...
15: Some of the simplest eyes, called [[ocelli]], can be found in anima...
16: Jumping spiders have simple eyes that are so large, supported by an array of...
22: The structure of the mammalian eye owes itself completely to the task of focusing [[light]] onto the [... - Greek language (35285 bytes)
25: ... historical stages of the Greek language that are placed prior to the creation of the [[Greek alphabet...
36: ...Italian]] is to [[Latin language|Latin]], for example. It is claimed that an "educated" speaker of the...
44: Greek is spoken by about 12 million people mainly in [[Greece]] and [[Cyprus]] but also in ...
52: ... reflects features of the older language. The examples below are intended to represent Attic Greek in ...
164: | [[plosive consonant|'''Plosive''']] - Bassoon (11661 bytes)
2: ...cal piece of wood, doubled over onto itself, and split into several sections so it can be disassembled...
6: ...the modern instrument,frequently constructed of maple, with thick walls to allow finger-holes to be dr...
10: ...knowledge made possible great improvements in the playability of the instrument. A Dutch painting, "De...
16: ...he desired tuning. <!--The bocal, made of ... and plated with ... and must be carefully matched to the...
18: ...istance between the widely-spaced holes with a complex system of keywork, which extends throughout nea... - Ukulele (6345 bytes)
11: ...s very popular in vaudeville in the days before amplification. The tension and tone are a little brig...
17: ...[Image:UkuleleZiegfeldGal.jpg|thumb|Ukulele being played by a [[Ziegfeld Follies]] chorus girl, c. [[1...
18: Musicians and entertainers particularly known for playing the ukulele have included:
50: You can hear the playing of a Tahitian ukulele by Vehia, of Te Ava Pi...
62: ==Audio samples== - Egypt (18830 bytes)
62: ...yramid_complex|Giza Pyramids]], the [[Karnak]] Temple and the [[Valley of the Kings]]; the southern ci...
67: ...-k3-ptḥ'' ("Hut ka Ptah"), the name of a temple of the god [[Ptah]] at [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]...
69: ...y and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by [[desert]]s to ...
73: Following the completion of the [[Suez Canal]] in [[1869]], Egypt bec...
86: ...for the fire, used as part of their predetermined plot to overthrow Farouk. - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
21: | '''Place of birth:'''
26: | '''Place of death:''' || [[Washington, D.C.]]
42: ...n''' and nicknamed '''Honest Abe''', the '''Rail Splitter''', and the '''Great Emancipator''', was the...
44: ...]][[Confederate States of America#International Diplomacy and Legal Status |<small><sup>1</sup></small...
46: ...]. His leadership qualities were evident in his diplomatic handling of the border slave states at the ... - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
18: <tr><td>'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Caldwell, New Jersey|Ca...
20: <tr><td>'''Place of Death:'''</td><td>[[Princeton, New Jersey|P...
46: ...lf admitted that, as President, his greatest accomplishment was blocking others' bad ideas. He vigoro...
56: ...ess failures, farm mortgage foreclosures, and unemployment. He obtained repeal of the mildly inflation...
62: ...d States]]). The lump was preserved and is on display at the [[M�tter Museum]] in [[Philadelphia, P... - Turkey (41694 bytes)
47: ...e [[New Turkish Lira]] (''Yeni Türk Lirası'') replaced the old [[Turkish Lira]].
58: ...ing related to [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman history]] please refer to the [[Ottoman Empire]] page or for t...
82: ...e independent in discharging their duties, must explain each ruling on the basis of the provisions of ...
84: ...ed by lawyers and prosecutors. For minor civil complaints and offenses, justices of the peace take the...
86: ...re. However, the retirement age restrictions do apply. The child courts have their own structure. - Iraq (19222 bytes)
49: ...removed Saddam Hussein's Government from power, replacing it with an interim American-backed Provision...
56: ...ged [[Coalition Provisional Authority]] announced plans to turn over sovereignty to an [[Iraqi Interim...
58: On [[January 30]], [[2005]], the Iraqi people voted in an election conducted by their transiti...
60: ...titution, which will be presented to the Iraqi people for their approval in a national referendum in O...
64: ...a new Iraqi constitution, as outlined above, to replace the [[Law of Administration for the State of I... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
31: * [[Plough]]s in [[Mesopotamia]]
35: * 3500 BC: [[Plywood]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
80: * [[600]]: Mouldboard [[plough]] in [[Eastern Europe]]
162: * [[1797]]: [[Cast iron plow]]: [[Charles Newbold]]
201: * [[1831]]: [[Multiple coil magnet]]: [[Joseph Henry]] - Electronic musical instrument (4501 bytes)
1: ...ally, and only amplified electronically - for example an [[electric guitar]]. Usually the instrument w...
3: ...t of [[audio signal processing]] applications. Simple electronic musical instruments are sometimes cal...
12: ...um]], built by [[Thaddeus Cahill]] in [[1906]]. Employing electric generators and tonewheels to produc...
16: ...es with controllable [[pitch (music)|pitch]], [[amplitude]] and [[vibrato]].
18: ... metal plate. [[Oskar Sala]] was one of the first players and continued development until his death in... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
3: ...scientists]], [[List of inventions named after people]], [[timeline of invention]], [[inventor]].
20: ...3) - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]]
49: *[[George Washington Carver]], (1860-1943), plant scientist
77: ...Eastwood]] (1857-1924) - reinforced concrete multiple arch dam
80: ...6-1971) — [[vacuum tube]] [[television]] display - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
3: ...was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of [[mass production]] to the process of [[inve...
5: ...patents, and were actually made by his numerous employees. Edison was frequently criticized for not sh...
20: Edison applied for his first patent, the electric vote record...
24: ...e invention enjoyed popularity. The "gramophone", playing [[gramophone record]]s, was invented by [[Em...
27: ...marily supervised the operation and work of his employees. - Morse code (33777 bytes)
2: ...e is now largely obsolete, although it is still employed for a few specialized purposes, including nav...
11: ...t to automated communication, so it was largely replaced by more regular formats, including the [[Baud...
19: ...ecial characters, so it could be used for more complete messages. The shorter marks were called "...
23: ... short and long tones. It was later found that people become more proficient at receiving Morse code w...
27: ...letter groups that were sent as single words. Examples: BYOXO ("Are you trying to crawl out of it...
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