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- Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ...Maria Theresa), ruler of the [[Habsburg Empire]] from [[1740]]-[[1780]]. Also see [[Maria Theresa of S...
3: ...MariaTheresa.JPG|frame|H.I.M. Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduc...
4: ... women of her time, ruling over most of central Europe.
6: ...erit his united lands on his death. While many European monarchs agreed to the Pragmatic Sanction whe...
8: ...ir apparent to the king of France, who was later crowned [[Louis XVI of France|King Louis XVI]]. She h... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...Archduchess of [[Austria]] (born [[2 November]] [[1755]] ? executed [[16 October]] [[1793]]) Daughter of...
4: ...ony of Padua, ''Josepha'' in honour of her elder brother, [[Joseph II|Archduke Josef]] and ''Johanna''...
6: ...d Ferdinand-Karl ? already had important official roles within the [[Hapsburg]] Empire.
7: ... one of the most brilliant political figures in Europe.]]
11: ...a]] and Maria-Antonia's favourite sister, Maria-Carolina, was married to King Ferdinand of the [[Naple... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...mbers of [[Persian rug]]s introduced to Western Europe.
3: ... woven in strips. In the real estate and home improvement industries a distinction is made between ca...
10: ...lain weave]], and [[tapestry weave]]. Types of European flatwoven carpets include Venetian, Dutch, [[...
12: ... pulling strips of cloth such as wool or cotton through the meshes of a sturdy fabric such as burlap. ...
14: ...s alternate with a supplementary weft that rises from the surface of the weave at a perpendicular angl... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
21: ...blic]]an [[democracy]] that served as an example around the world.
26: ...nia. He visited [[Barbados]], with his sick half-brother Lawrence in [[1751]], and survived an attack ...
31: ...eventually became the [[Seven Years' War]] in [[Europe]].
33: ...tion]], which successfully drove the French away from [[Fort Duquesne]].
37: ...n. In that year, he was chosen as a [[delegate]] from Virginia to the First [[Continental Congress]] a... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
22: ...eration descendant of Henry Adams, who emigrated from [[Devon]], [[England]], to [[Massachusetts]] in ...
24: ...758]], he was admitted to the [[bar_(law)|bar]]. From an early age he developed the habit of writing d...
28: ...[Samuel Adams]]; instead, his influence emerged through his work as a constitutional lawyer. Impetuous...
31: ...which he pronounced the Stamp Act invalid on the ground that Massachusetts, being without representati...
35: ...f a series of committees to study naval matters. From that time onward, Adams championed the establish... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ..., and is the westernmost country in continental Europe. Portugal is bordered by [[Spain]] to the north...
5: ...ural power. The [[Portuguese Empire]] stretched across the world. After the rise of other colonial pow...
7: ...]. Portugal made significant social and economic progress in the subsequent decades, with a clear slow...
13: ...'''[[Lusitanian|Pre-Roman]]''' and '''[[Lusitania|Roman Lusitania]]'''''
15: - Great Sphinx of Giza (7181 bytes)
2: of[http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
8: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
9: ...gypt|Memphis]], the Sphinx is seen in profile in front of the [[Great Pyramid]] of [[Khufu]].
11: ...out in [[1925]], to the great pleasure of its numerous visitors.
13: The body of the Sphinx was carved out of solid bedrock whose removed stones some weighing upwards of 2... - 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... - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
9: ...hree wars, fought more as secondary theatres to European conflicts, resulted in little territorial cha...
13: ...ictories at [[Fort William Henry]], [[Fort Ticonderoga]], and against the [[Braddock Expedition]] and ...
15: ...wer Canada]]. Near the beginning of the war, in [[1755]], the British had expelled French speaking popul...
17: ...r]] crops and the ease with which it could be controlled.
19: ...onial settlements imposed by the [[British Royal Proclamation of 1763]] in the newly acquired French t... - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...dirty snowballs", comets are composed largely of frozen [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane]] and [[water]] ...
5: ...r [[volatile]] materials may come to resemble asteroids.
9: ... the tails can extend over 150 million km (1 [[Astronomical unit]]) or more.
11: ...s of kings or noble men, or coming catastrophes. From ancient sources, such as Chinese oracle bones, i...
15: ... tend to be very dark, like [[tar]] or crude [[Petroleum|oil]]. The very darkness of cometary surfaces... - Dictionary (22415 bytes)
2: ...her languages. Many dictionaries also provide [[pronunciation]] information, word derivations, histor...
5: ...(Chinese character)|strokes]], overall shape, or pronunciation of each character. Due to the nature of...
8: ...empts to cover only a limited selection of words from a speech community is called a [[minimizing dict...
14: ...rder, or [[Romanization|romanized]] and sorted in Roman alphabetical order.
17: ...d dictionary]]), or their coverage may be more narrow, in that they cover one particular subject field... - 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]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
13: ...rge Armstrong]] — [[hydraulic crane]], Armstrong breech-loading gun
19: *[[Robert Baden Powell]]- scouting movement
29: ...r]], (1813-1898), [[England]] — [[Bessemer process]]
36: ...63;]], (1711-1787) — [[Croatia]], ring-[[micrometer]], water [[telescope]]
40: ..., [[Germany]] and [[United States|USA]] — [[rocket]] technology - Dodo (9332 bytes)
12: ... | binomial_name = Raphus cucullatus | author=[[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1758]]}}
15: ...is now extinct, lived on fruit and nested on the ground.
18: ...[[Oxford]]'s [[Ashmolean Museum]], were burned in 1755.
20: Nevertheless, from artists' renditions we know that the dodo had bl...
22: ...e ever supported flight and it is believed these ground-bound birds evolved to take advantage of an is... - Earthquake (13859 bytes)
1: ...th]]'s surface. [[Earthquakes]] typically result from the movement of [[Geologic fault|fault]]s, quasi...
5: ...iche]], dam failure), various kinds of permanent ground failure (e.g. [[earthquake liquefaction|liquef...
7: ...mage:SanFranHouses06.JPG|thumb|200px|none|Damage from the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake]].]]
11: ...er, though. Just as a large [[loudspeaker]] can produce a greater volume of sound than a smaller one,...
20: ...ecialists. For example, the Japanese [[Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale|shindo]] sc... - Brine shrimp (4112 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Arthropoda]]}}
27: ...ther the varieties that have been identified are properly classified as separate species.
29: ...within a few hours, and will grow to a length of around one centimeter on average. Brine shrimp have a...
31: ...investigate the effect of salinity levels on the growth of these creatures.
33: The nutritional properties of newly hatched brine shrimp make them pa... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
2: ...e a tsunami. The effects of a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to devastation.
4: ...hermen]] who returned to port to find the area surrounding the [[harbor|harbour]] devastated, although...
6: ...rred to as ''[[tidal wave]]s'' because as they approach land they take on the characteristics of a vio...
12: ...ceanic plates slip under continental plates in a process known as subduction.
14: ...and rocks slide downslope and are redistributed across the sea floor. Similarly, a violent submarine v... - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
1: {{Roman Empire infobox}}
3: ...gustan state is conventionally described as the [[Roman Republic]], since the structure of the power i...
5: ...n [[476]], when [[Odovacar]] deposed the last Emperor and sent the Imperial insignia to [[Constantinop...
7: ...gably throughout this article to mean the same as Roman Empire.
9: ...ed, and displays of imperial majesty were common from the earliest days of the Empire. - Battle of the Wilderness (11082 bytes)
1: ...dian War]] battle, see [[Battle of the Wilderness 1755]].''
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16: |commander2=[[Robert E. Lee]]
22: ... Virginia [[Overland Campaign]] against General [[Robert E. Lee]] and the [[Confederate States of Amer...
24: ...ly overlapped the old battlefield along the Brock Road on the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] arm... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
5: ==Introduction==
7: ...n [[North Yorkshire]], near the town of [[Middlesbrough]]. Cook was one of five children born to Grac...
8: ... start again at the lowest level in the British [[Royal Navy]].
12: ...nd]], which brought him to the attention of the [[Royal Society]].
14: ...to the Antarctic circle repeatedly and exploring around the [[Great Barrier Reef]]), ability to lead m...
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