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- Eurasia (4541 bytes)
3: ...continent. In [[plate tectonics]], the [[Eurasian Plate]] includes Europe and most of Asia, but not th...
5: ...nes, and the availability of Eurasian animals and plants suitable for domesticaion.
7: ...ian scope of history]], establishing genetic, cultural, and [[linguistic]] relationships between Europea...
9: ... of the world, even though ''Asia'' contains multiple regions and cultures as large and populous as Eu...
11: ...[[North Asia]] create another vaguely similar cultural and geographic sphere known as [[North Eurasia]]. - Europe (23835 bytes)
4: ...] and the [[Black Sea]], and to the east by the [[Ural Mountains]] and the [[Caspian Sea]] (for more det...
18: ...hs]] marked the start of a period of discovery, exploration, and increase in scientific knowledge. In ...
25: ...ws Europe at its furthest extent, reaching to the Urals.]]
29: ...sn't universally defined. Either the [[Ural River|Ural]] or [[Emba River|Emba]] rivers can serve as poss...
31: ...ater regard to political, economic, and other cultural considerations. This has led to there being sever... - Asia (16910 bytes)
6: ...ccording to others, the [[Emba River]]) and the [[Ural Mountains]] to [[Novaya Zemlya]]. About 60 percen...
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]]
148: ===Natural resources=== - Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
1: ...urope]]. It has borders with [[Russia]], the [[People's Republic of China]], and the [[Central Asia|Ce...
76: ...ailway]] from [[Orenburg]] to [[Tashkent]] was completed in 1906, and the movement was overseen and en...
82: ...rezhnev]], sped up the development of the agricultural sector, which to this day remains the source of l...
84: ... mass demonstrations by young ethnic Kazakhs took place in [[Almaty]] to protest the methods of the [[...
91: ... standards. The prime minister, who serves at the pleasure of the president, chairs the Cabinet of Min... - Sumerian language (10760 bytes)
12: ...t least the [[4th millennium BC]]. Sumerian was replaced by [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]] as a spoken...
40: .... Some Sumerian logograms were written with multiple cuneiform signs. These logograms are called dir...
47: Sumerian is a [[split ergativity|split ergative]] language. In an ergative language th...
48: Example: ''lugal-e e2 mu-du3'' "the king built the house...
49: ...lit ergative]] languages (see more examples at [[split ergativity]]). - World War II (58065 bytes)
1: ...umb|295px|[[Mushroom cloud]] from the [[nuclear explosion]] over [[Nagasaki]] rising 18 km (over 11 mi...
8: Approximately 57 million people [[List of World War II casualties by country|die...
10: ..., and China came to split into the Communist [[People's Republic of China]] and the Nationalist [[Repu...
18: ...s powers with any great abundance of troops or supplies.
24: ...ests in seeing a particular side prevail. For example, neutral [[Switzerland]] was generally considere... - Russia (28007 bytes)
13: ...through the eighth century. They in turn were displaced by a group of Scandinavians, the [[Varangian...
15: ...be applied to the Varangians and the Slavs who peopled the region. In the [[10th century|10th]] to [[1...
17: ... of Kievan Rus divided the [[Russians |Russian people]] in the north from the [[Belarusians]] and [[Uk...
23: ... their territories. After the fall of Constantinople in 1453 Russia remained the only more or less fu...
31: ...orced rapid [[industrialization]] of the largely rural country and [[collectivization]] of its agricultu... - Economy of Russia (68844 bytes)
2: ... hallmark of the [[Soviet Union]], and then its replacement by an economy operating on the basis of ma...
7: ...es, a decaying infrastructure, and inefficient supply systems hinder efficient utilization of those re...
9: ...led all aspects of economic activity. The central planning system left a number of legacies with which...
11: ...unit met or exceeded its plan, then demand and supply would balance.
13: The government's role was to ensure that the plans were fulfilled. Responsibility for production ... - Politics of Russia (78325 bytes)
10: ...es, and Russian branches of trade unions, for example. As the titular nationalities of the other fourt...
12: ...ecutive office, the presidency, following the example of Gorbachev, who had created such an office for...
16: ...by Yeltsin, combined with the irresolution of the plotters, caused the coup to collapse after three da...
18: ...ed full independence, and they quickly received diplomatic recognition from many nations. Gorbachev's ...
22: ... executive powers for one year so that he might implement his economic reforms. In November 1991, he a... - Sumer (14409 bytes)
1: {{Template:Ancient Mesopotamia}}
5: ...to no known language family, as compared, for example, to [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]] which belongs...
10: ...ed various [[city-state]]s, each centered on a temple dedicated to the patron [[god]] of the city and ...
26: ...eavily on [[irrigation]]. The irrigation was accomplished by the use of [[shaduf]]s, [[canal]]s, [[cha...
28: ...s with [[pickaxe]]s. After drying, they [[plowing|plowed]], [[harrowing|harrowed]], [[raking|raked]] t... - Steppe (1362 bytes)
3: ...[Slavic languages|Slavic]] ''step''') is a [[plain]] without [[tree]]s (apart from those near riv...
6: ...tend through desert or semi-desert south of the [[Ural Mountains]] and to the north and east of the
8: ...north on the eastern side of the [[Ural Mountains|Urals]] is the
9: forested [[West Siberian Plain]] which extends nearly to the [[Arctic Ocean]]... - Chromium (13677 bytes)
89: <th>[[Isotope|iso]]</th><th>[[natural abundance|NA]]</th><th>[[half-life]] </th><th>[[d...
114: == Applications ==
118: ** in [[chrome plating]],
132: ...tlob Lehmann found an orange-red mineral in the [[Ural Mountains]] which he named Siberian red lead. Tho...
136: In 1797, [[Nicolas-Louis Vauquelin]] received samples of crocoite ore. He was able to produce chromiu... - Osmium (11139 bytes)
81: <th>[[Isotope|iso]]</th><th>[[natural abundance|NA]]</th><th>[[half-life]] </th><th>[[d...
145: ...in pen]] tips, electrical contacts and in other applications where extreme durability and hardness are...
152: ...oint]] and the lowest [[vapor pressure]] of the [[platinum family]]. Common [[oxidation state]]s of os...
154: == Applications ==
155: ... group metals is almost entirely used in alloys employed in the tips of [[fountain pen]]s, [[phonograp... - Palladium (9737 bytes)
8: '''Pd'''<br>[[Platinum|Pt]] <br>
111: ! [[natural abundance|NA]]
151: ...l]] of the platinum group, palladium resembles [[platinum]] chemically and is extracted from some [[c...
154: ...nse and has the lowest [[melting point]] of the [[platinum group]] metals. It is soft and ductile when...
160: == Applications == - Platinum (10600 bytes)
6: ... td colspan="2" align="center" | [[Iridium]] - '''Platinum''' - [[Gold]]
16: ...ymbol]], [[List of elements by number|Number]] || Platinum, Pt, 78
81: ! [[natural abundance|NA]]
159: ... [[copper]] ores along with some native deposits. Platinum is used in [[jewelry]], laboratory equipmen...
162: ...resence of platinum). For this catalytic property platinum is used in [[catalytic converter]]s, incorp... - Rhodium (8753 bytes)
111: ! [[natural abundance|NA]]
138: ...d in platinum ores and is used in [[alloy]]s with platinum and as a [[catalyst]].
141: ...higher [[melting point]] and lower density than [[platinum]]. It is not attacked by [[acid]]s and onl...
143: == Applications ==
144: ...ple elements, [[electrode]]s for aircraft [[spark plug]]s, and laboratory crucibles. Other uses; - Ruthenium (10241 bytes)
111: ! [[natural abundance|NA]]
155: ...latinum]] ores and used as a [[catalyst]] in some platinum alloys.
158: ...ounts of ruthenium can increase the hardness of [[platinum]] and [[palladium]]. The corrosion resistan...
160: This metal can be plated either through [[electrodeposition]] or by th...
162: == Applications == - Pangaea (1625 bytes)
3: ...the [[Atlas Mountains]], and the [[Ural Mountains|Urals]]. The vast ocean that surrounded Pang�a has b...
10: ...ieved that [[Pannotia]] formed about 600 MYA and split up 550 MYA. Also, [[Rodinia]] had formed approx... - Carboniferous (4655 bytes)
50: ...] welded itself to Europe along the line of the [[Ural mountains]]. Most of the [[Mesozoic]] supercontin...
56: ...o 80% higher than today. The oxygen increase is implicated in increased [[wildfire]] activity, as well...
58: ...came quite uncommon. On land, large and diverse [[plant]] populations existed. Land [[vertebrata|verte...
62: ... [[amniote]] egg, which allowed for the further exploitation of the land by certain [[tetrapod]]s. The...
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