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- Hanging Gardens of Babylon (4963 bytes)
5: ...cavation of the palace at [[Babylon]] has been accrued, but does not completely substantiate what look...
15: ...tions. The land she came from, though, was green, rugged and mountainous, and she found the flat, sun-...
19: ...d. The pillars, [[vaults]], and terraces are constructed of baked brick and asphalt."
43: [[bg:Висящи градини н... - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
21: ...pe. Since there was no physical space nor urban structure to accommodate hundreds of noblemen who arri...
54: ...arra da Tijuca, JacarepaguᬠCampo Grande, Santa Cruz and Bangu. Barra da Tijuca remains an area of ac...
58: ...hich is currently experiencing a wave of new construction. High rise apartments and sprawling shopping...
63: ...equent. The favelas are troubled by widespread [[drug]] related crime and [[gang]] warfare and other p...
127: ...046;анейро (город)]] - Svetlana Savitskaya (713 bytes)
1: ...03;}}); born [[August 8]], [[1948]], in [[Moscow, Russia]], was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] female [[as... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...ullina''') (born [[October 24]], [[1931]]) is a [[Russia]]n-[[Tatar]] [[composer]] of deeply religious...
5: During her studies in [[Soviet]] Russia, her music was labeled "irresponsible" for it...
7: ...mid-1970s Gubaidulina founded Astreja, a folk-instrument improvisation group with fellow composers Vic...
25: *''Rumore e silenzio'' for percussion and harpsichord (...
44: *''Alleluja'' for mixed chorus, boy soprano, organ and large orchestra (1990) - Luxor (8772 bytes)
5: ... the "world's greatest open air museum", with the ruins of the temple complex at [[Karnak]], [[Luxor T...
7: ...ht and as a starting or finishing point for Nile cruises. It is the site of the ancient city of [[Theb...
11: ...randiose plans. Several of them never came to be true, like the golden obelisk of [[Hatshepsut]], but ...
18: ...t for valuable cedar wood, necessary for the construction of the holy boat of Amun, and did not fear, ...
20: ...prince, who was his ally, at the throne of Egypt. Ruined, Thebes did not forfeit any part of its impor... - California (63989 bytes)
76: MusicalInstrument = none |
89: ... to California's 1849 [[California Gold Rush|Gold Rush]]. {{ref|origin_of_nickname}}
103: In this period, some nobles of [[Imperial Russia]] made brief attempts to explore and claim pa...
109: ...d other immigrants in the great [[California gold rush]]. In 1850, the state was admitted to the Union...
113: ... fruit cultivation and agriculture in general. Citrus, oranges in particular, were widely grown, and t... - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
15: ...The first [[organisms]] launched into space were fruit flies and corn seeds aboard a U.S.-launched V2 ...
49: ===Russian Aviation and Space Agency===
50: ...1086;'') is the government agency responsible for Russia's space science program and general aerospace...
53: ... programs. Launches are conducted in Kazakhstan, Russia, and on the [[Sea Launch]] platform.
56: ...t millions of dollars of taxpayers' money to construct. - Crusade (28507 bytes)
1: {{Crusade}}
2: ...[Cathars]] of southern France and the [[Northern Crusades]].
4: ...e#Usage of the term "crusade"|Usage of the term "crusade"]].
7: ...tried to stem this violence with the [[Peace and Truce of God]] movements, forbidding violence against...
9: [[Image:crusades.jpg|thumb|250px|Illustration provided by [ht... - Valley of the Kings (4430 bytes)
6: ...lley was used from approximately [[1539 BC]] to [[1075 BC]], and contains some [[Burials in the Valley o...
16: ... in his case, it seems that the robbers were interrupted, so very little was removed. King [[Tutankham...
25: ... later archaeologists contracted local lethal [[virus]]es through [[food]] or [[animal]]s (particularl... - Seljuk Turks (7657 bytes)
3: ...t, defending the Islamic world against [[Crusade|Crusaders]] from the West, and conquering the [[Byzan...
7: ...he centuries following Malik Shah's death, the [[Crusade]]s prevented them from regaining their former...
9: ===Rulers of Great Seljuk [[1037]]-[[1157]]===
15: * Rukn ad-Din [[Barkiyaruq]] [[1094]]-[[1105]]
29: ===Seljuk Rulers of Kerman [[1041]]-[[1187]]=== - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
2: '''Charles Augustus Lindbergh''' ([[February 4]], [[1902]] – [[August 26]], [[1974]])...
18: ...-video item|filename=Charles Lindbergh flight to Brussels.ogg|title=Flight from Paris to Belgium |desc...
26: ...cus ensued when the man accused of the murder, [[Bruno Hauptmann]], went on trial. Tired of being in t...
31: ...udices of other people to lead our country to destruction." Although Lindbergh never returned his Nazi...
33: ... Lightning]] pilots. This improved fuel usage in cruise, and enabled aircraft to fly longer range miss... - William I of England (8753 bytes)
23: ...ive the throne to William. Even if this story is true, however, Harold made the promise under duress a...
27: ...am's 250 miles in 9 days to challenge him at the crucial battle of Senla, which later became known as ...
31: ...stance came with the [[Revolt of the Earls]] in [[1075]].
34: ...rench Domination|English]] as the language of the ruling classes, for nearly 300 years.
42: ...y his younger son [[William II of England|William Rufus]] and as Duke of Normandy by his elder son [[R... - Genghis Khan (31537 bytes)
1: ...] (Emperor) as well as a brilliant and sometimes brutal military leader who founded the [[Mongol Empir...
5: ...y conquering more territory than any other single ruler.
9: ...Austria]]. Genghis Khan's successors continued to rule the [[Mongol Empire]] he founded after his deat...
11: ...ouse was conquered by the [[Manchu]]. Many of his rules and customs continued to be followed by his de...
15: ... Borjigin (''Боржигин''). His mother was named [[Hoelun]... - Easter (31700 bytes)
2: ... of [[Jesus]] from the dead after his death by [[crucifixion]] (see [[Good Friday]]), which Christians...
4: ...shared by Jesus and his [[disciples]] before his crucifixion is generally thought of as a Passover [[s...
57: ...ith a generally Christian tradition, but not as a rule in the [[United States]], except formerly in a ...
81: ...ntry in Jerusalem, the [[Last Supper]] and the [[Crucifixion]]. Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy S...
86: ...an Resurrection icon.jpg|thumb|right|16th century Russian Orthodox icon of the Resurrection of Jesus C... - Taiga (2576 bytes)
1: ...Russian language|Russian]] тайга́) is a [[biome]] characterized by it...
3: ...h covers most of inland [[Canada]] and northern [[Russia]]. The taigas are one of the world's major so...
5: ...hrush]], [[White's Thrush]] and [[Dark-throated Thrush]] [[bird migration|migrate]] to this habitat to... - List of autonomous entities (9309 bytes)
67: | [[Transnistria]] (Sta Nistrului – Pridnestrovje/Прl...
75: | rowspan=32 | [[Russia]]
77: ...я – Adyge/Адыгэ)
79: ...#1083;тайдынг)
85: | [[Dagestan]] (Dagestan/Дагестан) - Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
7: In 1172 Ibn Rushd ([[Averroes]]), who was a judge (Qaadi) in [[S...
11: ...mus Fabricius|Fabricius]] (1537–1619), [[Petrus Severinus]] (1580–1656), [[William Harvey]...
13: ... classification of plants in his [[Historia Plantarum]] was an important step towards modern taxonomy....
21: ...al adjective, sometimes with another, so that no true names were fixed and accepted. Linnaeus' system ...
53: ..., is currently under development, but many of its rules are in conflict with established codes of nome... - Capricornus (6733 bytes)
30: ...strology|sidereal zodiac]] ([[January 19]] - [[February 15]]).
32: ... body, viewed as the seat of its power. Capricorn rules the [[knee|knees]], [[bones]], and [[skin]]. T...
60: [[ru:Козерог (созвезk... - Igor Stravinsky (26622 bytes)
1: ...the genre. Stravinsky also wrote in a broad spectrum of ensemble combinations and classical forms. H...
3: ...he [[Columbia Symphony Orchestra]] through ''[[Petrushka]]''.]]
7: A quintessentially [[cosmopolitan]] [[Russia]]n, Stravinsky was one of the most authoritat...
10: ...[[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]], probably the leading Russian composer of the time.
12: ...e style draws largely on Rimsky-Korsakov, to ''Petrushka's'' emphasis on [[polyphony|bitonality]], and... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
13: ...]]: || [[Northwestern Federal District|North West Russia]]
15: ...s of Russia|Subdivision]]: || [[Federal cities of Russia|federal city]]
17: ...m|Location]]: || {{coor dm|59|56|N|30|20|E|region:RU_type:city(4,661,219)}}
36: ...sh;[[1924]]), is a city located in [[Northwestern Russia]] on the delta of the river Neva at the east ...
38: ...r European cultural center and the most important Russian Baltic Sea port.
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