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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
20: | [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]]
25: | [[1860]] through [[1874]]
76: | [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]]
135: | [[North Carolina]]
136: | [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]] - 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.]] - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...]] and reached the [[Americas]] on October 12th [[1492]] under the flag of [[Castile|Castilian]] [[Spain...
2: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
3: ...ate was over whether it would be possible to get around the planet without running out of food or gett...
5: ...rica was known to the general public throughout Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[p...
9: ...large-scale [[colonization]] of the Americas by Europeans. - 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.]] - Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
1: ...t|175px|Carved sphinx with face of Hatshepsut, Cairo Museum]]
4: ...commissioning hundreds of construction projects throughout Egypt. She also began rebuilding Egypt's tr...
6: She is believed to have ruled from [[1473 BC]] to 1458 BC. [[Josephus]] quotes [[Ma...
10: ...pt|Thutmose II]] and assumed the title of ''Great Royal Wife''.
13: ...self crowned Pharaoh about 1473 BC and took the throne name ''Maatkare''. - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
2: ...Queen consort]] of King [[Edward IV of England]] from [[1464]] until his death in [[1483]].
6: ...claimant to the throne.) Elizabeth had two sons from the marriage, [[Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dor...
10: ..., and when Elizabeth's relatives, especially her brother, [[Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers|Earl Ri...
12: ..., the most outrageous being when her 20-year-old brother John Woodville married [[Lady Katherine Nevil...
16: ... came to the fore when a priest (believed to be [[Robert Stillington]], Bishop of Bath and Wells), tes... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ...9]] to [[April 11]][[1974]]. Golda Meir was the "Iron Lady" of Israeli politics years before the epith...
6: ...up the front door in response to rumors of a [[pogrom]]. Her life there was tough; she and her two sis...
10: ... carpenter in [[Milwaukee]] and her mother ran a grocery store. Beginning when she was only eight yea...
14: ...gan speaking and advocating. She hosted visitors from [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]].
16: She eventually graduated from teachers' college and taught in the public schoo... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
2: ...te, '''Eve''' (or '''Hawa''') was either created from his [[rib]] (Genesis 2.21-22), or created at the...
5: ...." Eve—חַוָּה (Ḥavva) in Standard Hebrew,
7: In [[Aramaic]] (חיויה,חיווי,xywy)—...
15: ...ivate it, and to enjoy its fruits under this one prohibition: "Of the tree of the knowledge of good an...
17: ...he eyes of them both were opened" and they made aprons of [[fig]] leaves to cover themselves. - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
7: ...d to live with her mother Katherine Szenes and a brother.
9: Szenes entered a private protestant girl's school open – with increased ...
11: ...ted in the British army. In 1944 she begun a paratrooper training in [[Egypt]] for the British [[Speci...
13: ...r comrades crossed the Hungarian border in small groups. She was captured before she could begin her m...
17: ...her last day, November 7, 1944. Her remains were brought to [[Israel]] in 1950 and buried in the cemet... - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
1: ...ntury]] in [[Northern Europe]], as well as the [[Protestant Reformation]] starting in 1517. These var...
5: [[Image:MCD_001.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Romanesque]] [[architecture]] flourished in the earl...
6: ...rn European historians. That term has now fallen from favor, partly to avoid the entrenched stereotype...
8: ..., and patterns of property ownership. The ''[[Pax Romana]]'', with its accompanying benefits of safe c...
12: ...ty. The centralised administrative systems of the Romans did not withstand the changes, and the instit... - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
4: ...nean Sea'' in [[oceanography]] to distinguish it from other [[mediterranean sea]]s in the world.
6: ...ians]], [[Ancient Greece|Greeks]], [[Ancient Rome|Romans]], and the [[Middle-East]] (Arab/Persian/Semi...
9: The term ''Mediterranean'' derives from the [[Latin]] ''mediterraneus'', 'inland' (''med...
11: ...alled "ha-Yam ha-Tichon" (הים התיכון), "the middle...
13: ... contraction for the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding regions when employed in informal speech. - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...[[Christopher Columbus]], [[Vasco da Gama]], [[Pedro ?vares Cabral]], [[John Cabot]], [[Juan Ponce de ...
3: ...]. These that were a combination of traditional European and Arab designs were the first ships that co...
6: ...he most accurate world maps prior to the age of European exploration]]
7: ...East was almost completely controlled by traders from the Italian city states. Their close links to th...
9: ...'[[Travels]]'' and the work was read throughout Europe. - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...a]], [[Jordan]], and [[Egypt]] (listed clockwise from north to south). Israel shares the coastlines of...
18: leader_names = [[Ariel Sharon]]<br>[[Moshe Katsav]] |
38: established_dates = From the League of Nations mandate administered by th...
58: === Historical roots ===
60: ...cia [[Syria Palaestina]]'', a Greek name derived from ''[[Philistine]]'' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] &... - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ... the [[Islas Chafarinas|Chafarine]] islands, the "rocks" (es: ''pes'') of [[Pede V鬥z de la G...
20: ...s頌uis Rodr�ez Zapatero|Jos頌uis Rguez. Zapatero]] |
39: established_dates = [[1492]] |
40: currency = [[Euro]] (€)<sup>2</sup> |
42: time_zone = [[Central European Time|CET]]<sup>3</sup> | - 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... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] an...
44: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] ([[1595]]-[[1654]])
46: *[[Alessandro Allori]] ([[1577]]-[[1621]])
52: *[[Altichiero]] ([[1320]]-[[1395]])
54: *[[Rodolfo Amoedo]] ([[1857]]-[[1941]]) - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
1: ...lly in [[Japan]]. ''Silk road'' is a translation from the [[German language|German]] ''Seidenstraߥ'',...
3: ...hern Anatolia into the [[Mediterranean Sea]] or through the [[Levant]] into [[Egypt]] and [[North Afri...
5: ..., if ever, covered the whole distance between [[Europe]], or the [[Middle East]], and [[China]], by la...
7: The last missing railroad link on the Silk Road was completed in [[1992]], when the internation...
10: ===Cross-continental travel=== - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
3: ...]] suspended or dissolved in water. Although the grounds used in watercolor painting vary, the most co...
6: ...ened in [[1276]], and Arches, France, opened in [[1492]].
10: The forerunner of watercolor painting in Europe was [[Fresco|buon fresco painting]] — wal...
12: The earliest known use of European watercolor painting is by [[Italy|Italian]] [...
14: ...y]]. The first school of watercolor painting in Europe was led by [[Hans Bol]] ([[1534]]-[[1593]]) and... - Agriculture (19147 bytes)
3: ...le scientists, inventors and others devoted to improving farming methods and implements are also said ...
5: ...for four percent of the world's [[gross domestic product|GDP]].<!--Source?-->
10: ...bsistence farming|subsistence agriculture]], the production of enough [[food]] to meet just the needs ...
11: ...l income from the cultivation of land to yield [[produce]], the commercial raising of animals ([[anima...
15: ...[GMO|Genetically engineered]] plants and animals produce specialty drugs. - Politics (7193 bytes)
2: ...nment]]s, politics is also observed in all human group interactions including [[corporate]], [[academi...
6: One theorist, [[Harold Lasswell]], has defined politics as "who gets w...
9: ...]] and would give up absolute rights for certain protections.
14: ... transformation of human society that took place around [[6th millennium BCE|6000 BCE]] as an urban re...
16: The word "Politics" is derived from the Greek word for city-state, "Polis". Corpora...
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