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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.]] - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...twerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
8: ...2]] - [[Moscow]] China Town taken by [[Russia]]n troops under command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozhars...
12: ...ard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: ...]: [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Grover Cleveland]] defeats [[United States Republican...
15: ...ility, paving the way for him to be crowned [[emperor]]. - Empress Wu (14478 bytes)
1: {{Chinese_Emperor_1 |
9: ...]].<br>———<br>1. Year deducted from the age at death given in the<br>[[New Book of T...
10: ... of birth deducted from the<br>[[Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government]]''
11: ...r in February [[705]] by her son the restored emperor<br>Zhongzong. The honorific name was used as her...
14: ... Shengshen''' (聖神皇帝) from [[690]] to [[705]]. Her rise and reign has been ... - Adela of Normandy (2741 bytes)
5: ...ghter of [[William I of England|William the Conqueror]] and the mother of both [[Stephen of England|St...
7: ...d]]; they were probably the youngest of the Conqueror's children. She was a high-spirited and educated...
9: ...[First Crusade]], along with his brother-in-law [[Robert Curthose]].
22: ...ce as well as degenerate''", and had his younger brother Theobald replace him as heir. Her son Stephen...
24: ...enough to see her son Stephen seize the English throne, but died soon after. - Alexandra Kollontai (3203 bytes)
1: ... effectively exiled by [[Stalin]], who sent her abroad as a diplomat, and she was thus one of the very...
7: ...ment" in [[1919]]. This organization worked to improve the conditions of women's lives in the [[Soviet...
13: ...Joseph Stalin]] gained power, he sent Kollontai abroad as a [[diplomat]]. In [[1923]], she was appoint...
15: ...the Stalin regime, though as a diplomat serving abroad, she had little or no influence in government p... - Anna Akhmatova (2156 bytes)
1: ...' (''Анна Ахматова, Аl...
3: ...stantial verse pieces including "Poem Without a Hero". Her work addresses themes including time and me...
13: ..., Russia|St Petersburg]]), where Akhmatova lived from the mid [[1920s]] until [[1952]]. - Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
3: ...937]]), is a retired [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[astronaut|cosmonaut]] and was the first woman to fly in...
5: ... also trained in [[parachuting]] at the local [[Aeroclub]]. In [[1962]] she was selected to join the f...
7: ...None of the other four in Tereshkova's cosmonaut group ever flew.
9: ...e Communist Party]]. In [[1997]] she was retired from the [[VVS|air force]] and the cosmonaut corps by... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
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."
21: *''Vivente - Non Vivente'' for electronics (1970) - 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. - Cotton (7876 bytes)
2: ...ant]], a [[shrub]] native to the tropical and subtropical regions of both the [[Old World]] and the [[...
3: ...ng-in-a-field.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Cotton plants growing in field]]
4: ...se is arranged in a way that gives cotton unique properties of strength, durability, and absorbency. E...
9: ... [[feather]]s and [[fur]]) which dated back to approximately 7,000 years ago. There is clear archaeolo...
11: ...rote about Indian cotton: "There are trees which grow wild there, the fruit of which is a [[wool]] exc... - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
3: ==From fiction to fact==
4: ...als and other technological and scientific breakthroughs, the idea of outer-earth missions was no long...
6: ...et, the original [[Apollo program|Apollo]] and [[Project Mercury|Mercury]] space capsule trainers, and...
8: ...le]], a [[1972]] image taken during the [[Apollo program]]
11: From a spaceflight perspective, the definition of spa... - Astronaut (7339 bytes)
1: ...onaut.jpg|right|300px|thumb|U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut [[Bruce McCandless II]] using a manned maneuv...
3: ...ings]]. Astronauts from at least [[Timeline of astronauts by nationality|32 countries]] have gone into...
7: ...4;т ''(kosmonavt)'', which in turn derives from the Greek words ''kosmos,'' meaning "universe" a...
9: ...bly becoming the first American cosmonaut in the process.
11: ... ''nautes'', "sailor"). While Europe has not yet produced manned spaceships, it has sent men and women... - Seljuk Turks (7657 bytes)
1: ...h century|14th centuries]]. The Seljuks migrated from the north into [[Persia]], fighting and conqueri...
3: ... the Islamic world against [[Crusade|Crusaders]] from the West, and conquering the [[Byzantine Empire]...
5: ... was captured and held captive by Turkish nomads from [[1153]] to [[1156]] and died the following year...
7: ...ik Shah's death, the [[Crusade]]s prevented them from regaining their former empire. For a brief perio...
30: ...as a nation in southern Persia. It fell in 1187, probably conquered by [[Toghrül III|Toğr&u... - 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... - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
13: ...ught the cause of [[India|India's]] independence from [[British India|British colonial rule]] to world...
15: ...He often said that his values were simple; drawn from traditional [[Hinduism|Hindu]] beliefs: [[truth]...
18: ...e [[Jain]] influences of Gujarat, Gandhi learned from an early age the tenets of non-injury to living ...
23: ... 1875 by [[H.P. Blavatsky]] to further universal brotherhood. The Theosophists were devoted to the st...
25: ...from an Indian firm to a post in [[KwaZulu-Natal Province|Natal]], [[South Africa]]. - Mormon Trail (35249 bytes)
1: ...rs of the [[Latter Day Saint movement]] traveled from [[1846]]-[[1857]]. Today the Mormon Trail is a ...
3: ==Background==
4: ... Saints]] (LDS) established several communities throughout the United States between [[1830]] and [[18...
10: ...nted and felt the isolated [[Great Basin]] would provide the Saints with many advantages.
12: ...entral gathering point in the Great Basin. A new route on the north side of the [[Platte River|Platte... - 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... - Himalaya (16334 bytes)
1: ...malaya'' means "abode of snow" in [[Sanskrit]] ( from ''hima'' "snow", and ''aalaya'' "abode"). The co...
3: The Himalaya stretch across five nations — [[Pakistan]], [[India]], [...
5: ...rest as seen from space looking south-south-east from over the [[Tibetan Plateau]]. ([[:Image:himalaya...
9: The Himalayan range runs for about 2400 km, from [[Nanga Parbat]] in the west to Namche Barwa in ...
10: ...200 m. This range is made up of erosion material from the rising Himalaya. Running parallel to this is... - Culture of Russia (14552 bytes)
1: '''Russian culture''' began around the 10th century B.C. with the development of...
9: Russian [[icon]] painting was inherited from the [[Byzantine]] churches. It became an offshoo...
14: ...ily Kandinsky]], [[Vladimir Tatlin]], [[Alexander Rodchenko]], and [[Marc Chagall]] amongst others.
18: ... However the latter sought too much independence from the ruling [[Communist Party]] of [[Bolsheviks]]...
22: ...arties to European baroque style, was popular. Througout the majority of the 1900's russian architetu... - 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
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