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- Hanging Gardens of Babylon (4963 bytes)
1: [[image:ogrody_semiramidy.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Gardens of Sem...
3: ...Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon|Nebuchadnezzar II]] around [[600 BC]] (present-day [[Iraq]]). However, t...
7: ...mething similar to an [[Archimedes' screw]] as a process of raising the water to the required height.
8: <!-- discussed on UKtv's History of the Ancients program The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. -->
13: ...ion to his Median wife, who missed the natural surroundings of her homeland.]] - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...arbon content than this are known as [[cast iron|iron]].
5: ...asticity (physics)|plastically]] formed (pounded, rolled, etc.).
7: ==Iron and steel==
8: ...free environment. Unlike copper and tin, liquid iron dissolves carbon quite readily, so that smelting...
10: ...ap of [[iron ore]] pellets will be used in steel production.]] - Svetlana Savitskaya (713 bytes)
1: ...sia]], was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] female [[astronaut|cosmonaut]] who flew the [[Soyuz T-7]] in [[1... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...ubaidulina''', ([[Russian language|Russian]] '''София Асг...
7: ...founded Astreja, a folk-instrument improvisation group with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyaches...
9: ...osed a homage to [[T. S. Eliot]], using the text from the poet's spiritual masterpiece ''[[Four Quarte...
11: ...rt project to write a piece for the Passion 2000 project in commemoration of [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]...
15: ...n than the recomposition of spiritual integrity through the composition of music." - Larisa Latynina (2531 bytes)
3: ...dals at 18 (9 gold medals, 5 silver medals and 4 bronze medals).
5: ...] Rome World Championships, winning the team all-around title.
7: ... vault, a silver medal in the uneven bars, and a bronze medal in the now discontinued team event with ...
9: ...beam and uneven bars event. Finally, she won the bronze in the horse vault competition.
11: ...ighteen - nine gold medals, five silver and four bronze. - Serbia and Montenegro (13848 bytes)
1: ...the name of the union of [[Serbia]] and [[Montenegro]], two former [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yug...
3: ...Belgrade]] in Serbia and [[Podgorica]] in Montenegro. Each of the two states may seek full independenc...
5: ...'</big><br/>State Union of<br> Serbia and Montenegro</big>
7: | style="background: #ffffff;" align=center colspan=2 |
10: ...n=center width=142px | [[Image:Serbia and montenegro flag large.png|120px|Flag]] - Papyrus (5819 bytes)
2: ...erranean]] region, as well as inland parts of [[Europe]] and south-west [[Asia]].
5: ...blos'' for the same plant when used for non-food products, such as cordage, basketry, or a writing sur...
7: ...et'' [''ḏt'']. Thus in reality, Greek ''papuros'' has no known relation to any Egyptian word or ...
10: ...rying, the sheet of papyrus is polished with some rounded object, possibly a stone.
13: ...ly, expensive papyrus was often reused, writing across the fibres on the ''[[verso]]'' [http://www-use... - California (63989 bytes)
52: Animal = [[Brown Bear|California grizzly bear]]; marine - [[Gray...
55: Fish = [[Golden Trout]]; marine - [[Garibaldi (fish)|Garibaldi]] |
68: StateRock = [[Serpentine]] |
83: 2) Add the macro {{ref|TheSun_Dec9}} to the body of the article, w...
93: ...s of Splandian), a 16th century novel, by [[Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo]], where there is an island p... - Crusade (28507 bytes)
2: ...Muslims]], but some were directed against other Europeans, such as the [[Fourth Crusade]] against [[Co...
6: == Historical background ==
7: ... violence. A plea for help from the Byzantine Emperor [[Alexius I]] in opposing [[Muslim]] attacks thu...
9: ...ts]] and some [[mercenaries]] from elsewhere in Europe in the fight against the Islamic [[Moors]]. In ...
11: ...me personally engaged in a dramatic religious controversy. The result was an awakening of intense Chri... - Meerkat (4260 bytes)
15: ...he '''meerkat''' (from ''[[Dutch]]'' ''monkey'', from ''[[Afrikaans]]'' ''lake cat''), or '''suricate'...
19: ...ut. They are brown with short, parallel stripes across their backs. They are known for standing uprigh...
22: ... certain types of [[venom]], including the very strong venom of the scorpions of the [[Kalahari Desert...
24: ...others search for food. Sentry duty is usually approximately an hour long. The meerkat standing guard ...
26: ...ght in just seconds. Digging is done to create burrows, to get food and also to create dust clouds to ... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
2: This is a '''list of Popes of the Roman Catholic Church'''.
4: ...tself has been used officially by the head of the Roman Catholic Church since the tenure of [[Pope Sir...
6: ...[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus Servorum Dei|Servant of the...
21: | rowspan="2" | '''[[Pope Peter]]'''<br><small>Saint P...
23: | rowspan="2" | <small>Simon Peter</small><br>'''—... - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ...that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern [[Europe]] and northern [[Asia]]. With an area of 17,075...
6: ...age. This influence is notable, but is still far from that of the former Soviet Union.
13: ...no-Ugric]] tribes, such as the [[Merya]], the [[Muromian]]s and the [[Meshchera]].
15: ... prosperous, due to diversified trade with both Europe and Asia.
17: ...ed the [[Russians |Russian people]] in the north from the [[Belarusians]] and [[Ukrainians]] in the we... - William I of England (8753 bytes)
7: ...]], now in [[France]], William succeeded to the throne of England by right of conquest by winning the ...
14: ...ntrol of Normandy by defeating the rebel Norman barons at [[Caen]] in the [[Battle of Val-賭Dunes]] i...
16: ...ritime]]). He was 26, she was 22. Their marriage produced four sons and six daughters (see list below)...
18: ...d [[Robert, Count of Mortain]] played significant roles in his life.
23: ... if this story is true, however, Harold made the promise under duress and so may have felt free to bre... - Byzantine art (10470 bytes)
1: ... the fall of [[Constantinople]] in [[1453]]. (The Roman Empire during this period is conventionally kn...
3: ...despite being in other respects part of western European culture. It can also be used for the art of p...
5: ==Introduction==
7: ...tinguished from it in a number of ways. The most profound of these was that the [[humanism|humanist]] ...
9: ... roots in [[Judaism]], and the nude was banished from its dominant position in art. - Easter (31700 bytes)
2: ... fifty days, which follows this holiday and ends around [[Pentecost]]. See [[Eastertide]].)
4: ...spels]]. The [[Gospel of John]] has a different chronology which has Christ's death at the time of the...
6: ...er" and "Ostern", are not etymologically derived from ''Pesach'' and are instead related to ancient na...
57: ...xcept formerly in a few states, all of which had dropped it by the [[1980s]].
61: ...hurches in western continental Europe used a late Roman method until the late [[8th century]] during t... - List of autonomous entities (9309 bytes)
13: | rowspan=2 | [[Azerbaijan]]
20: | rowspan=7 | [[China]]
21: | rowspan=5 | 5 autonomous regions
32: | rowspan=2 | 2 special administrative regions *
38: | 1 autonomous province under international law - List of Byzantine Emperors (11779 bytes)
1: ...s a '''list of [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] Emperors'''.
3: ...themselves continued to think of their empire as "Roman" for over a millennium.
6: *[[Constantine I (emperor)|Constantine I]] the Great (AD 272 - 337, ruled ...
8: ... - [[363]]) – son in-law of Constantine I, brother-in-law and first cousin of Constantius II, gr...
14: ...364]] - [[378]]) - brother of [[Western Roman Emperor]] [[Valentinian I]] - Igor Stravinsky (26622 bytes)
1: ...classical forms. His oeuvre included everything from symphonies to [[piano]] miniatures.
3: ... conducting the [[Columbia Symphony Orchestra]] through ''[[Petrushka]]''.]]
5: ...lso a writer. With the help of his prot�g� [[Robert Craft]], who helped with the composer's Engli...
10: ...became the pupil of [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]], probably the leading Russian composer of the time.
12: ...]). The ballets trace his stylistic development: from the ''L'oiseau de feu'', whose style draws large... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
4: ...ng="1" align="right" style="margin-left:1em; background:#e3e3e3;"
36: ...́д, [[1924]]–[[1991]]) and '''Petrograd''' (Петрог...
38: ...est city, Europe's fourth largest city, a major European cultural center and the most important Russia...
40: ...1094;а). <!-- translator paraphrasing here from de: -->
42: ...ion) and the [[Northwestern Federal District]] (Северо-за... - Gemstone (7411 bytes)
1: ... in jewelry, for example, single-crystal [[rhodochrosite]], but are exhibited in museums and are sough...
3: ...e by tumbling rough rock with abrasive grit, in a rotating drum. The biggest pebble here is 40 mm long...
5: ... a cubic crystal system are often found as octahedrons.
7: ...m that belongs to the [[spinel]] or [[hematite]] group. Emerald (green), aquamarine (blue), bixbite (r...
9: ...], a certain [[luster]]. They may exhibit [[pleochroism]] of a sort, or [[double refraction]] to a deg...
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