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- Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
5: ... to live with her mother in Toledo. As a child in Toledo, Gloria cared for her ill mother and helped to su...
9: ...3]] she became a full-time [[freelance writer]] through the publication of her infamous undercover exp...
12: ... also brought other notable feminists to the foreground. During this time she toured the country with ...
14: ...e feminist magazine ''[[Ms. Magazine|Ms.]]'' and wrote for the magazine until it was sold in [[1987]]....
21: ...her' figure to many young women who recognize the role she played in changing the outcome of their liv... - Ptolemy (10609 bytes)
1: ...erman styling, in a 16th century engraved book [[frontispiece]]]]
3: ...rapher]], [[astronomer]], and [[astrologer]] who probably lived and worked in [[Alexandria]] in [[Egyp...
5: ...two important scientific treatises. One is the astronomical treatise that is now known as the '''[[Alm...
7: ...t'' also contains a [[star catalogue]], which is probably an updated version of a catalogue created by...
9: ...rapher, Marinos of Tyre, and on gazetteers of the Roman and ancient Persian empire, but most of his so... - Belize (11927 bytes)
1: ...f of Honduras]] to the east. The name is derived from [[Belize City]], the former capital and largest ...
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42: | '''[[Independence]]''' From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]
60: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]] - Peru (12264 bytes)
2: ...cean]] to the west. Peru is rich in cultural anthropology, and is well-known as the ''cradle of the [...
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22: ... Presidents of Peru|President]]''' || [[Alejandro Toledo Manrique]] - 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... - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
15: ...Vietnam]]<br><br>[[Viet Cong|National Liberation Front<br>(Viet Cong)]]<br><br />[[Image:Viet cong fla...
33: ...and communist forces and an array of Western and pro-Western forces, most notably the United States. ...
37: ... experts consider the Vietnam War to just be one frontline in the larger [[Cold War]].
41: ...ern]] world as the "[[Viet Cong]]". The [[USSR]] provided military and financial aid, along with [[dip...
43: ...ed States, fought a losing effort to maintain control of her former colony of [[French Indochina]]. - Ohio (19444 bytes)
24: ...ittanceDate = [[March 1]], [[1803]], declared retroactively on [[August 7]], [[1953]] |
36: ...ation is '''O.''' Ohio is an [[Iroquois language|Iroquois]] word meaning "great water." The name refer...
42: ...|French]] set up a system of trading posts to control the [[fur trade]] in the region.
44: ...is (1763)|Treaty of Paris]], the French ceded control of Ohio and the old Northwest to Great Britain.
46: ...ists]] from settling in Ohio Country. British control of the region ended with the American victory in... - Michigan (29427 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]] |
36: ...ke Michigan]], which in turn is believed to come from the [[Chippewa]] Indian word ''meicigama'', mean...
40: ...the opening of the [[Erie Canal]] in 1825, which brought large numbers of settlers.
42: ...in the area. Ultimately, Congress awarded the "[[Toledo Strip]]" to Ohio, and Michigan, having received t...
44: ...was a rich and important source of [[lumber]], [[iron]], and [[copper]], which would become the state'... - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
8: ...rn in [[Mantua]], [[Italy]] to an ancient family from [[Lombardy]] that had moved to [[Mantua]] at the...
10: ...ions to [[Rome]], he met [[Guidubaldo da Montefeltro]], duke of [[Urbino]], and in [[1504]] Gonzaga, a...
13: ...n an interesting, stimulating cultural life that produced a brilliant literary activity.
15: ...with recalls [[Vergil]], [[Poliziano]], [[Sannazzaro]].
17: Castiglione wrote about his works and of those of other guests in... - Henry Ford (16324 bytes)
2: ...s achievement not only revolutionized industrial production in the United States and the rest of the w...
4: == Background ==
6: ...hop over doing farm chores. At 13, he saw a self-propelled vehicle, a steam powered thresher, for the ...
8: ...th James F. Flower & Bros., and later with the Detroit Dry Dock Co. In [[1882]], he returned to Dearb...
10: ...vehicle named the [[Quadricycle]], which he test-drove on [[June 4]] of that year. - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
11: *[[John Abercrombie]], (1780-1844)
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
22: *[[Robert Adamson]], (1852-1902) - Sebastiano Serlio (4494 bytes)
1: ...ential treatise, ''Tutte l'opere d'archittura et prospetiva''.
3: ...ruzzi, he began as a painter. He lived in Venice from 1527 to 1540 but left little mark on the city.
6: ...made more classical, of the innovative method of providing a facade to a church with a high vaulted na...
10: ... in the libraries of Sir [[Christopher Wren]] and Robert Woods, the entrepreneur who laid out [[Bath]]...
12: ...'s plans and elevations of many Roman buildings, provided such a useful repertory of classical images ... - El Greco (2407 bytes)
4: ...tical capital of [[Spain]] — where he produced his mature works, and led a successful caree...
9: ...rough a process of redefinition and reduction. In Toledo, he accomplished this by abandoning the [[Renaiss... - Pipette (1308 bytes)
1: ...art provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]A '''pipette''' is a glass tube used...
3: ...tions of a milliliter of liquid is called a '''micropipette'''. Many methods are employed in measuring...
5: Rainin (a division of Mettler Toledo) is the world's largest developer & supplier of p...
9: ...d to deliver a fixed amount of liquid with each stroke. - Culture of Spain (17671 bytes)
1: ...ranean]] climate and geography have played strong roles in shaping its culture.
4: ...ain in 1854, after the first [[Carlist]] War]]A strong sense of regional identity exists in many regio...
10: ...spite a broad Spanish nationalist feeling, have strong regional identities: [[Cantabria]], [[Asturies]...
17: ...ects. (Spanish itself also has distinct dialects around the country, with the Andaluz dialect being cl...
19: In addition, there is strong and growing support for other regional languages, some of... - List of U.S. military history events (12126 bytes)
49: **[[Operation Provide Comfort]] (1991–1996)
55: *'''[[War on Terrorism]]''' (2001—)
93: *[[Rogue River Wars]] (1855–1856)
126: ==Ethnic cleansing and control==
138: *[[Gabriel Prosser]]'s Rebellion (1800) - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
2: ...arge portions of mainland [[Mexico]] under the [[Crown of Castile|King of Castile]], in the early 16th...
4: ...ile the more prestigious title of [[New Spain|Viceroy]] was given to a high-ranking nobleman, [[Antoni...
6: Because of the controversial undertakings of Cortés and the scarcity o...
14: ... of [[Rodrigo de Monroy y Almaraz, 5th Lord of Monroy]], and wife Mencía de Orellana y Carvajal.
16: ...tings and actions suggest he studied [[Law]] and probably [[Latin language|Latin]]. - Madrid (20882 bytes)
4: ...,000 as of 2000 estimates. Population of the [[metropolitan area]] (urban area plus satellite towns) w...
6: ... the country but also of the [[Madrid (province)|province]] and ''[[Madrid (autonomous community)|auto...
14: ...VI of Castile|Alfonso VI]] in his advance towards Toledo. He reconsecrated the mosque as the church of the...
16: After troubles and a fire [[Henry III of Castile|Enrique II...
18: ...I century, Madrid had no resemblance with other European capitals: the population of the city was econ...
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