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- Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
10: ...d England and Scotland into Great Britain) was a product of subsequent negotiations.
12: ...s husband was [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough]], who led the English armies in the [[War of ...
15: ... married John Churchill (the future Duke of Marlborough), who would later become one of Anne's most im...
17: ...nded the Throne as James II. James, desirous of a Roman Catholic successor, suggested to Princess Anne...
19: ...Bill of Rights 1689]] settled succession to the Throne; Princess Anne and her descendants were to be i... - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
8: ... however, govern the realm when her husband was abroad fighting wars.
13: ...69]], but Mary and Anne had a [[Protestantism | Protestant]] upbringing, pursuant to the command of C...
15: ...ing that it would improve his popularity amongst Protestants. The first cousins Mary and William marri...
20: ...the boy was "suppositions," having been secretly brought in as a substitute for the Queen's stillborn ...
22: ...is wife's position as the heiress to the English Crown, and feared that she would become more powerful... - Flowering plant (29088 bytes)
2: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:Haw2_242_rose.jpg|250px]] | caption = Magnolia [[flower]]}}
12: ...ng those that produce [[seed]]s in specialized reproductive [[organ (anatomy)|organ]]s called [[flower...
16: ...nical writers, but with varying limitation, as a group-name for other dicotyledonous plants.
17: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
18: ... the position of Gymnosperms as a class distinct from Dicotyledons, and the term Angiosperm then gradu... - Bassoon (11661 bytes)
2: ...es and below. Also called ''fagott'', in German, from a word meaning "bundle of sticks" due to its con...
6: ...at the bottom, with a curved metal crook leading from the instrument body to the reed. It was, like th...
8: ...rcell]]'s call for a "bassoon" in ''Dioclesian'' (1690) referring to the wooden double reed, the word be...
10: ...s and acoustical knowledge made possible great improvements in the playability of the instrument. A Du...
14: ...bocal]] (or crook) <font color=red>(2)</font>, a crooked metal tube which attaches wing joint to reed ... - Arizona (24367 bytes)
50: Fish = [[Trout|Arizona Trout]] |
57: Flower = [[Saguaro]] Blossom |
62: StateRock = [[Petrified wood]] |
72: Ships = U.S.S. Arizona (Destroyed 1941) |
88: ...s the maps were republished and circulated in [[Europe]], the name Arizona became attached to the whol... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
36: ... York]] to the west, and the [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Quebec]] to the north.
38: ...tionary War]]. Famous for its scenery, [[dairy]] products and [[maple syrup]], Vermont has long been k...
44: ...hington]], three miles east of [[Roxbury, Vermont|Roxbury]].
50: ...ion, giving Vermont some of New England's best [[cross-country skiing]] areas.
52: ...articular variant of the tree; it rather results from a number of soil and climate conditions unique t... - Texas (39610 bytes)
38: The state name derives from a word in a [[Caddoan languages|Caddoan language...
55: ...and [[Arkansas]] on the east. To the southwest, across the [[Rio Grande]], Texas borders the [[Mexico|...
57: ...m you talk to (and which part of Texas they come from), Texas forms part of the [[U.S. Southern States...
70: ...kapan]], [[Bidai]], [[Caddo]], [[Comanche]], [[Cherokee]], [[Kiowa]], [[Tonkawa]], and [[Wichita (trib...
76: ...[?var N?Cabeza de Vaca]] became the first known European to set foot on Texas. - 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]]) - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...wton's laws of motion|laws of motion]], laid the groundwork for [[classical mechanics]]. Newton also s...
4: ...n the white light and not added by the prism as [[Roger Bacon]] had claimed in the [[13th century]].
19: .... As Newton became engrossed in his studies, the romance cooled and Miss Storey married someone else....
25: ...ater life, to illustrate how he drew inspiration from everyday events.
29: ...thod" were superior, and were generally adopted throughout the English-speaking world. (Curiously, in ... - John Locke (14749 bytes)
2: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
3: ...lightenment]] period. Locke has been placed in a group called the [[British Empiricists]], which inclu...
6: ...n in [[Wrington]], [[Somerset]], about ten miles from [[Bristol]], [[England]], in [[1632]]. His fath...
8: ...irtuosi as [[Robert Boyle]], [[Thomas Willis]], [[Robert Hooke]] and [[Richard Lower]]. In [[1666]], ...
12: ...lf) to remove the cyst. Shaftesbury survived and prospered, crediting Locke with saving his life. - Jupiter (24639 bytes)
6: ...an="2" | [[Orbit]]al characteristics ([[Epoch (astronomy)|Epoch]] J2000)
9: ...8,412,027]] [[kilometre|km]]<br>5.203 363 01 [[Astronomical unit|AU]]
53: | [[1 E8 m|142,984 km]] [http://www.onasch.de/astro/showobject.php?lang=en&obj=p05]<br>(11.209 Earths...
79: ! align="left" | Rotation period
82: ! align="left"| Rotation velocity - Uranus (15207 bytes)
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15: ...pan="2"| [[Orbit]]al characteristics ([[Epoch (astronomy)|Epoch]] [[J2000]])
18: ...70,972,220 [[kilometre|km]]<br>19.191 263 93 [[Astronomical unit|AU]]
88: !align="left"| Rotation period
89: | [[retrograde motion|−]]0.718 333 333 d (17 h 14 min... - Palermo (10618 bytes)
3: ...ily]], [[Italy]] as well as the capital of the [[Province of Palermo]]
6: ...n the 8th century BC by [[Phoenicia]]n tradesmen around a natural harbour on the north-western coast o...
8: ...ation in [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracuse]]. When the [[Roman Empire]] was split, Sicily and Palermo came un...
10: ... throughout the Muslim world. It was a period of prosperity and tolerance, as [[Christianity|Christian...
14: ...es Palermo was adorned with a large number of [[baroque]] buildings, many of which still exist today. - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
2: ...right|thumb|240px|Left: original [[paddlewheel]] from a paddle steamer on the lake of Lucerne. Right: ...
6: ...l that is propelled by [[steam]] power driving a propeller or paddlewheel. The term '''steamboat''' is...
15: ...e. One of the first to propose the idea (around [[1690]]) was the physicist [[Denis Papin]] who was deve...
17: ...in a boat. The boat sank, and while he made an improved model he does not seem to have had much succes...
19: ... engine failed, but bureaucracy thwarted further progress. - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
1: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
2: ... Society]] and was also elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society]]. In [[1775]], Franklin became the fi...
4: ...theter]], the [[lightning rod]], [[swimfin]]s, improvements to the [[glass harmonica]], and possibly [...
11: In around [[1677]], Josiah married a one Anne Child at E...
17: ...d the following children: John ([[December 7]], [[1690]]), Peter ([[November 22]], [[1692]]), Mary ([[Se... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
15: *[[Robert Adrain]] (Ireland)
18: *[[Ahmes]] (Egypt, roughly around [[17th century BC]])
21: *[[al-Marrakushi ibn Al-Banna]] (Morocco, [[1256]] - [[1321]])
24: *[[Jean le Rond d'Alembert]] (France, [[1717]] - [[1783]])
25: *[[Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov]] (Russia, [[1912]] - [[1999]]) - Faience (4113 bytes)
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6: ...ned tin-glazed earthenwares shipped to [[Italy]] from the [[kingdom of Aragon]] in Spain at the close ...
8: ... [[ceramic]] composed primarily of [[quartz]]. Approximately two hundred of these "masterpieces of fai...
10: ==European Faience==
11: ...e blue-and-white [[porcelain]] that was imported from [[China]] in the early [[16th century|sixteenth ... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...id to have come to an end following its ejection from Malta by [[Napoleon]]. The '''Sovereign Military...
5: ...e of [[Jesus]]. It was served by [[Benedictine]] Brothers.
7: ...it to Jerusalem but the order soon extended into providing an armed escort to pilgrims. The escort soo...
9: ...h located near [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]]. The property of the Order was divided into [[priories]], ...
15: ... surrendered to the knights. They also gained control a number of neighboring islands, as well as the ... - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
4: ...h a preceding [[Proto-Elamite]] period beginning around [[3200 BC]].
5: Its culture played a crucial role in the [[Achaemenid]] [[Persian Empire]] that s...
8: ...change ''ha'' to ''e'' indicates this word was borrowed prehistorically). Additionally, the Haltamti w...
10: ...|Khuzestān]] is derived from the Old Persian root ''Hujiyā'', which means "Elam."
13: ...nguage|Sumerian]], and [[Iranian languages|Indo-European]] languages. Some scholars believe the langua...
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