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- Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...s an extensive '''traveller''' or [[exploration|explorer]], whose account documents his travels and si...
6: ...tional in places, the ''Rihla'' still gives as complete an account as exists of some parts of the worl...
8: ... – Ibn Battuta himself (via Ibn Juzayy). In places the things he claims he saw or did are probab...
15: ...bron]], [[Jerusalem]], and [[Bethlehem]], for example – and the Mameluke authorities put special...
17: ... days, he then journeyed on to Mecca. There he completed the usual rituals of a Muslim pilgrim, and ha... - Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
57: * [[The Band Wagon]] (1953) (cameo) - Woodworking (12397 bytes)
9: ...bach-Schmieden]] in Germany has provided fine examples of wooden animal statues from the [[Iron Age]]....
13: ...tumn Period]]. Lu Ban is said to have brought the plane, chalkline, and other tools to China. His teac...
19: ...ely and then applied, rather than being worked in place
22: * burl: wood with a convoluted, complex grain, usually taken from cancerous growths on ...
38: ...shtail chisel or gouge: a chisel or gouge with a splayed end - Flag of Kansas (1706 bytes)
7: * Settler's cabin and a man plowing a field ([[agriculture]]) [foreground]
8: * [[Wagon train]] heading west (American expansion) - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
38: ...ral influences. For a variety of reasons, some people in other parts of the U.S. sometimes mistake it ...
44: ...est inhabitants of the New World. The [[Pueblo people]] built a flourishing sedentary culture in the [...
46: ...]]. His maltreatment of the Pueblo people while exploring the upper Rio Grande valley led to long-stan...
62: ...arly in [[1822]] with the first party of traders. Wagon caravans thereafter made the 40- to 60-day annual...
64: ...ving as a teamster, cook, guide, and hunter for exploring parties until [[1840]]. - Cattle (12844 bytes)
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15: ... and as [[draught animal]]s (pulling [[cart]]s, [[plow]]s and the like). In some countries, such as [[...
17: ...etic testing of the Dwarf Lulu breed, the only humpless "''Bos taurus''-type" cattle in Nepal, found t...
21: ...oximately) is called a '''cow'''. The adjective applying to cattle is '''bovine'''. - Horse tack (8580 bytes)
1: ...s, reins, bits, harnesses, martingales, and breastplates are all forms of horse tack.
42: ...ack. When pairs of horses are used in drawing a [[wagon]]or [[coach]] it is usual for the outer side of e...
48: A '''bit''' is piece of [[metal]] that is placed in the horse's mouth, although on occasion th...
50: ...s are too numerous to list, but here are some examples:
81: A [[harness]] is a complicated set of devices and straps that attaches a h... - Train (10331 bytes)
7: ...en from a [[locomotive]] or self-propelled [[multiple unit]].
13: ...hed [[railroad car]]s, or a self-propelled [[multiple unit]] (or occasionally a single powered coach, ...
17: ...es, some or all of which are powered as a "[[multiple unit]]". In many parts of the world, particularl...
19: Freight trains comprise wagons or trucks rather than carriages, though some par...
23: ...ins became rare in many countries, but were commonplace on the first 19th century railroads. - Underground Railroad (17993 bytes)
4: ... between [[1810]] and [[1850]], nearly 100,000 people escaped enslavement via the Underground Railroad...
10: ...American]]s. Churches and religious denominations played key roles, especially the [[Religious Society...
15: *people who helped slaves find the railroad were "agents...
17: *hiding places were "stations"
21: ...ul records, including short biographies of the people, that contained frequent railway metaphors. Sti... - Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
2: ...and [[agricultural]] center, and a terminus for [[wagon train]]s, [[stagecoach]]es, [[riverboat]]s, the [...
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]]. - 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...
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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 ... - Topeka, Kansas (10234 bytes)
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33: ...rs could reliably find a way across the river and plenty of whiskey but little else.
35: ...wly-established Fort Riley. In [[1854]], after completion of the first cabin, six men established the ...
44: Topeka was the home of Linda Brown, the named plaintiff in [[Brown v. Board of Education]] which w...
69: ...few churches in the U.S. to have its sanctuary completely decorated with [[Louis Comfort Tiffany|Tiffa... - July 24 (8660 bytes)
5: ...f Scotland|Mary Queen of Scots]] is deposed and replaced by her 1 year old son [[King James I|King Jam...
8: ...832]] - [[Benjamin Bonneville]] leads the first [[wagon train]] across the [[Rocky Mountains]] by using [...
19: ...eople in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] kills 48 people.
22: ...f explosives will have killed more than 30,000 people and destroyed 280,000 buildings.
25: ...sile]]s in the first such attack against American planes in the war. One is shot down and the other th... - Sumer (14409 bytes)
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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... - Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
1: ...ed to this harsh [[desert]] environment. Some examples include [[Creosote Bush]], [[Bighorn Sheep]], [...
3: ...ley National Monument''' was created in [[1933]], placing the area under some protection. In [[1994]],...
5: ...a [[subduction zone]] formed off the coast. This uplifted the region out of the sea and created a line...
36: ... type of canyon results from the relatively fast uplift on this mountain range doesn't allow the canyo...
41: ...ll-known [[playa]] in the park is the [[Racetrack Playa|Racetrack]], famous for its mysterious moving ... - Bayeux Tapestry (13194 bytes)
5: ...tured often in the tapestry. The tapestry was completed in 1077, 11 years after the famous battle of ...
7: ...he tapestry was returned to Bayeux. The townspeople wound the tapestry up and stored it like a scrol...
15: ...4 feet two inches, so they made an interesting couple.
22: ...mous day dawns; October 14 1066. The battle took place 65 miles from London. Harold forced marched h...
25: ... a well known scandal of the day that needed no explanation. (Setton 125) The second mystery of the ... - Mormon Trail (35249 bytes)
12: ...tte River|Platte]] and [[North Platte River|North Platte]] rivers was chosen to avoid potential confli...
14: ...ed sixteen weeks—nearly three times longer than planned. It was apparent that the Latter-day Saints...
17: ...vision the group for one year. On April 5th, the wagon train moved west from Winter Quarters toward the ...
25: ...ce of the valley and declared ''This is the right place, drive on.''
27: ...ember 1847, more than two thousand Mormons had completed the journey to the Salt Lake Valley. - Antalya (20816 bytes)
5: ... the rustic old town, where historic [[Turkish people|Turkish]] and [[ethnic Greek|Greek]] houses are ...
7: ...[Yivli Minare]] and Kulliye, Karaalioglu park are places where [[Ottoman architecture]] can be seen. [...
24: ...ssed under the sovereignty of Byzantines. Antalya played a considerable part in the medieval history o...
31: :"The people of the city are living in separate neighborhoods...
33: ...extremely picturesque, but ill-built and backward place. The chief thing to see was the city wall, out... - Ox (2803 bytes)
3: ...machines, [[irrigation]] by powering pumps, and [[wagon]] drawing. Oxen were commonly used to skid logs, ...
11: ...lves, with horns since the horns hold the yoke in place when the oxen lower their heads, back up or sl... - Chesapeake Bay Retriever (3178 bytes)
1: ...-- The following markup is for the breed table displayed on the page. Scroll down to get to the main t...
17: |[http://www.fci.be/uploaded_files/263gb99_en.doc Stds]
41: ...ot only to retrieve the game, but also sat on the wagon when the game was taken to market in order to pro...
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