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- Europe (23835 bytes)
13: ...ived from the Akkadian word ''asu'', which means "sunrise" and is the land to the east from a [[Mesopotamia...
18: ...hs]] marked the start of a period of discovery, exploration, and increase in scientific knowledge. In ...
44: ...heart lies the [[North German Plain]]. An arc of uplands also exists along the northwestern seaboard, ...
46: ... counted as part of Europe, while the latter are upland areas that were once joined to the mainland un...
53: ...civilisations for millennia, Europe's animals and plants have been profoundly affected by the presence... - Asia (16910 bytes)
12: ...o rise", referring to the direction of the sun at sunrise in the [[Middle East]]. Moreover, some consider t...
14: ...eek language|Greek]] term given originally to the plains of [[Ephesus]] in [[Anatolia]], and later to ...
83: * The [[Iranian Plateau]], containing [[Iran]] and parts of other na...
118: |[[Unemployment]]
158: ...veloping Asia to take avantage of its abundant supply of cheap labor. - Marshall Islands (8760 bytes)
53: ...early history of the islands. [[Spain|Spanish]] explorer [[Alonso de Salazar]] was the first [[Europe]...
61: ...ive in [[1986]]. The independence was formally completed under international law in 1990, when the UN ...
76: ...r islands are sparsely populated due to lack of employment opportunities and economic development.
81: *[[Ailinglaplap Atoll]] (legislative district)
118: ...ndustry, now a small source of foreign exchange employing less than 10% of the labor force, remains th... - Abu Simbel (4501 bytes)
2: ...thumb|right|200px|A bay of Lake Nasser and the temple of Nefertari]]
4: ... '''Abu Simbel''' comprises two massive rock [[temple]]s in southern [[Egypt]], built on the western b...
7: The twin temples were carved out of the mountainside by [[Pharao...
9: ==The Greater Abu Simbel Temple==
11: ...sidered the grandest and most beautiful of his temples. The facade is 33 meters high, and 38 meters br... - Alaska (24727 bytes)
69: Alaska was probably first settled by people who came there across the [[Bering Land Bridge]]...
75: ...the Union on January 3, 1959. In [[1976]], the people of Alaska amended the state's constitution, esta...
77: ...ones was reduced to two, with the entire mainland plus the inner Aleutian Islands going to UTC −...
88: ... with towns, cities, and [[petroleum]] industrial plants;
93: ...[volcano]]es are found in the Aleutians. For example, Unimak Island is home to [[Mount Shishaldin]], ... - Florida (24937 bytes)
36: ...owery". It was discovered by [[Spain|Spanish]] explorers during the [[Easter]] season, which is calle...
49: ...licans]], leaving the state approximately evenly split between the two parties. Despite this demograph...
76: ...t as large as those in the [[Midwest]] or [[Great Plains]]. [[Hail]] is not an uncommon occurrence in ...
85: ...rt]] with four theme parks and over twenty hotels plus countless water parks, shopping centres and oth...
88: ...ata centers and the state's reputation as "a good place to do dirty business". [[Spammers]] are not t... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...hy)|meridian]]s of a [[longitude]] that is a multiple of 15? thus making neighboring time zones one ho...
6: ...T]]) is still often used (by the [[BBC]], for example, amongst others) to denote the "base time" to wh...
10: ...for a location is given relative to UTC. Some examples:
18: ...he location is one day later or earlier. Some examples:
31: ...til [[August 2]], [[1880]]. This paragraph only applies to the island of Great Britain, not to the isl... - Claude Monet (4533 bytes)
4: ..., he met [[Eug�ne Boudin]], who taught him [[en plein air]] (outdoor) techniques for painting, rathe...
6: ...ned to get him out of the army if he agreed to complete an art course at a university.
14: ...:Soleil levant.jpg|thumb|left|275px|''Impression, Sunrise (Impression, soleil levant)'' ([[1872]]/[[1873]])...
15: ...ressionist]] exhibition in [[1874]] and is now displayed in the [[Mus�e Marmottan]], Paris. From the...
19: ...rny]], [[Eure]], in [[Haute-Normandie]], where he planted a large garden which he painted for the rest... - Cloud (9947 bytes)
3: ...here|atmosphere]] above [[Earth]]'s (or another [[planetary body]]'s) surface.
5: ...s that, when surrounded with billions of other droplets or crystals, are visible as clouds. Clouds [[r...
7: Clouds on other planets often consist of material other than water, ...
15: ... it rises higher into the atmosphere (orographic uplift),
18: ...ming and re-evaporating. This give these droplets plenty of time to re-evaporate as they fall into in ... - Fog (4764 bytes)
5: ... [[autumn]] and usually does not last long past [[sunrise]].
13: ...lls into drier air below the cloud, the liquid droplets [[evaporate]] into water vapour. The water vap...
21: *'''Ice fog''' is any kind of fog where the droplets have [[frozen]] into extremely tiny [[crystal...
27: *'''Freezing fog''' is when liquid fog droplets freeze to surfaces, forming white [[rime ice]]... - Season (10047 bytes)
4: ...mber of seasons; for instance, some indigenous peoples in [[Australia]]'s [[Northern Territory]] use s...
6: ..."seasons" based upon climatic conditions. For example, the [[Tornado Alley]] area of the [[United Stat...
18: ...time during the summer or winter, one part of the planet is more directly exposed to the rays of the [...
22: ..., and with proximity to bodies of water. For example, the South Pole is in the middle of the continen...
36: ...e of the globe) are progressively longer. For example, at the military and weather station called [[Al... - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
1: ...ize and bulk composition. Although all planets' [[planetary orbit|orbits]] are [[ellipse|elliptical]],...
3: ...th it can usually only be seen a few hours before sunrise or a few hours after sunset. However, when at its...
9: ...|Korean]], and [[Japan]]ese cultures refer to the planet as the ''Metal Star'', based on the [[Five El...
14: ...5 km/h). Winds in the upper atmosphere circle the planet in only 4 days, helping to distribute the hea...
16: ...site is actually true. The cloud cover keeps the planet much cooler than it would be otherwise. The ... - Sundial (16148 bytes)
26: ...rved gnomons or other arrangements to directly display the clock time.
28: == Design & principles of operation ==
34: ...n to a surface called the ''dial face'' or ''dial plate'' (often shortened to ''face'').
47: ...here or a notch on a polar-pointing gnomon, or simply the tip of the gnomon.
55: ...rotation. The disk forms a plane parallel to the plane of the Earth's equator. The disk is marked so... - Clock (10086 bytes)
9: ...clock is often shown in a corner of [[computer display]]s or [[mobile phone]]s.
11: The main purpose of a clock is not always to ''display'' the time.
14: ...ese be for alarms, event initiation or just to display the time of day.
35: ==Displays==
43: ...lars to believe that these tower clocks did not employ hands or dials, but ?told? the time with audibl... - Cambodia (32076 bytes)
45: ...vada Buddhism|Therevada Buddhists]] of [[Khmer people|Khmer]] extraction. A citizen of Cambodia is usu...
51: ... one year to negotiate between the [[Cambodian People's Party]] and the royalists' [[FUNCINPEC]] is in...
61: ...l name of Cambodia, the one most used by Khmer people, is '''Srok Khmae''' literally "Land Khmer". ''S...
70: ...blique populaire du Kampuchea'' (a calque of [[People's Republic of China]]) under the rule of the Vie...
77: ...]. [[Angkor Wat]], the empire's main religious temple, remains a symbol of Cambodia during its time as... - March 21 (10586 bytes)
11: ...ley]] began his trek to find the missionary and explorer [[David Livingstone]].
23: ...1965]] - [[Martin Luther King Jr]] leads 3,200 people on the start of the 3rd and finally successful [...
29: *[[1985]] - [[Canada|Canadian]] [[paraplegic]] [[athlete]] and [[humanitarian]] [[Rick Han...
30: ...ted]]'' reports allegations that tie [[baseball]] player [[Pete Rose]] to [[baseball]] [[gambling]].
71: *[[1961]] - [[Lothar Matth䵳]], [[soccer]] player - 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 ... - Inca Empire (25571 bytes)
11: ...adjective when referring to the beliefs of the people or the artifacts they left behind.
26: The Inca people began as a tribe in the Cuzco area around the [[...
30: ...st accepted the rule of the Inca as a ''fait accompli'' and acquiesced peacefully. The ruler's childre...
36: ...uyu was a patchwork of languages, cultures and peoples. The components of the empire were not all unif...
42: ...have easily wiped out his party. However, many people joined Pizarro's army on the way, increasing the... - Hour (4351 bytes)
8: ... to be changed every morning and evening (for example by changing the length of its pendulum), or it h...
15: ..., the counting of hours started with sunrise. So, sunrise is always exactly at the ''beginning'' of the 1st...
17: ...ar time|equation of time]]. At the [[equinox]]es, sunrise is around 6 [[AM]] (''ante meridiem'', ''before n...
18: ...rding to the equation of time). At the equinoxes, sunrise is around 06:00, and sunset around 18:00.
20: ... or similar means to transfer a time signal in a split-second), this issue is no more relevant. - Hipparchus (astronomer) (50785 bytes)
8: ...("Geography"), and from [[Pliny the Elder]]'s ''[[Pliny's Natural History|Naturalis historia]]'' ("Nat...
14: ... but it is not known if and when he visited these places.
22: ...o [[Aristarchus]] of [[Samos]]. Some put in this place also Ptolemy of Alexandria. Hipparchus writin...
34: ...that the Chaldeans routinely made. Preserved examples date from [[652 BC]] to [[130|AD 130]], but pro...
45: ...arly various relations between the periods of the planets were known. The relations that Ptolemy attr...
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