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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
5: ...ate !! Capital !! Year of current [[capitol]] construction
57: ...[[1876]] (design), [[1884]] — [[1887]] (construction)
124: | [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]]
215: * http://www.cupola.com/html/bldgstru/statecap/cap01.htm
221: [[he:מדינות ארצ... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...a explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technolog...
26: ...rich Barth]] ([[1821]]-[[1865]]), Northern and Central Africa
29: *[[George Bass]] - [[Australia]]n explorer
30: ...isited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]], [[Tomboucto...
31: ... [[France|French]] explorer, mapped the West [[Australia]]n coastline. - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ...ome the first european-inhabited area of that country.
5: Born in [[Saint-Malo]], [[France]] in 1491, Cartier was part of a respectable family of mari...
7: ...s Cartier has been found and the most familiar portrait (see right) was painted by a Russian artist in...
13: ...and claimed the territory for France. During this trip he took [[Domagaya]] and [[Taignoagny]], the so...
17: ... to visit [[Hochelaga (village)|Hochelaga]] ([[Montreal]]) and arrived on [[October 2]], [[1535]]. Mu... - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...ontent can be made harder and [[tensile strength|stronger]] than iron, but is also more [[brittle]]. O...
8: ... material with limited uses on its own. Iron is extracted from [[ore]] by removing the oxygen by combi...
11: ...ementite-ferrite mixture. Cementite is a stochiometric phase with the chemical formula of Fe<sub>3</su...
13: ...cal chemical composition. As such, it requires extremely little thermal [[activation energy]] to form...
15: ...place. The transformation into martensite, by contrast, occurs almost immediately, due to a lower act... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ...]] '''גּוֹלְדָּה מֵאִ...
20: ...r duties there included picking almonds, planting trees, caring for chickens, and running the kitchen....
22: ...her. Her husband died in [[1951]], Golda was away traveling at the time.
30: ... forces from [[Egypt]], [[Syria]], [[Lebanon]], [[Transjordan]] and [[Iraq]]. She was issued Israel's...
42: ... governing coalition, and serious questions over strategic misjudgments and general lack of leadership... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
2: ...ead and how it is interpreted. Depending on which tradition is believed, she may or may not have been ...
4: Adam—אָדָם in [[Standard Hebrew]],
11: ...0px|thumb|right|''Adam and Eve'', by [[English poetry|English poet]] and [[Painting|painter]] [[Willia...
12: ...|200px|thumb|right|Traditional woodblock print portraying Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden with many...
13: ... means "red earth"), and God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and gave him dominion over... - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
11: ...the British army. In 1944 she begun a paratrooper training in [[Egypt]] for the British [[Special Oper...
15: ...ers she placed in her window one at the time. She tried to keep their spirits up by singing.
17: ...udges had even found her guilty. She kept diary entries up until her last day, November 7, 1944. Her r...
23: ==Poetry==
45: ...1514;פילת האדם - Americas (7154 bytes)
6: ... and historical reasons. The [[isthmus]] of [[Central America]] is usually considered geographically ...
8: ... plural name ''the Americas''. In many other countries, they are considered a single continent, so (a...
23: ...ges]]. An accompanying book, ''[[Cosmographiae Introductio]]'', explains that the name was derived fr...
25: ... however no copies survive) and that this was the true inspiration for Waldseem?
27: ... ''Amerrique'' in [[Nicaragua]]. The gold-rich district of Amerrique was purportedly visited by both V... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...controls, including the [[West Bank]] and [[Gaza Strip]], borders the states of [[Lebanon]], [[Syria]]...
5: {{Infobox Country |
6: native_name = מדינת ישרא...
60: ...ael (about 25% of the Jewish population, see [[Destruction of Jerusalem]]). After crushing [[Bar Kokhb...
68: ...s subject to waves of invasions and changes of control, including rule by the [[Seljuks]], [[Fatimids]... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
7: ..." align="center" colspan="2" | [[Image:DeGaullePortrait.jpg|180px]]
42: ... of [[tank]] battles and an advocate of the concentrated use of armored and aviation forces. He was th...
45: ... was a family of rich entrepreneurs from the industrial region of Lille in [[French Flanders]]. Born i...
47: ...herland, equal to her religious piety"). Although traditionalist and [[monarchist]], the family was le...
50: ...aduated in [[1912]] and decided to join an [[infantry]] regiment when he could have joined an elite co... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...f human life as well, opening the door to young astronomers everywhere to challenge the facts and neve...
8: ... his father, a wealthy businessman and [[copper]] trader, died. Little is known of his mother, Barbara...
10: ...[Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara]], a famous [[astronomer]]. He followed his lessons and became a dis...
14: ...r [[eclipse]] and where he gave some lessons of astronomy or maths (unfortunately nothing of this rema...
18: ...ely became ill. Throughout his lifetime he made astronomical observations and calculations, but always... - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
6: ...and became a [[stunt pilot]]. In 1924, he started training as a U.S. military aviator with the [[Unite...
11: ...o Paris nonstop, he was not the first to make a [[Transatlantic flight]]. That had been done first by...
13: ...presented the [[Medal of Honor]] for his historic trans-Atlantic flight.
15: ...ions are the basis of modern intercontinental air travel.
18: ...bergh's flight to Belgium to be honored after his trans-Atlantic flight.|format=[[Theora]]}} - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
15: ...auto-biography, "The story of my experiments with truth" reveals his inner persona and reflections on ...
18: ...r]], [[Gujarat]], India. They were descendants of traders (the word "Gandhi" means [[grocer]]). He was...
20: ...as "a land of philosophers and poets, the very centre of civilization."
23: ...ty College]], of the [[University of London]], to train as a [[barrister]]. His time in [[London, Unit...
25: ...s in this climate that he accepted a year-long contract from an Indian firm to a post in [[KwaZulu-Nat... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
5: ...e [[Low Countries]], and parts of northern and central [[Italy]]. But its sovereign was usually the Ge...
10: ...[[Germanic tribes]], [[Confederations of Germanic Tribes]], [[Germania]], [[Germania Inferior]], [[Ger...
15: ...e Rhine. Roman forts were built at [[Cologne]], [[Trier]], [[Koblenz]], [[Mainz]] and elsewhere to sec...
17: ... the emergence of a number of large West Germanic tribes - Alemanni, Franks, Chatti, Bajuwari, Saxons,...
19: ...heir own ancestral land. The mingling of Germanic traditions and the Christian religion gave rise to t... - Sidon (4751 bytes)
1: ...ebrew language|Hebrew]] '''צִידוֹן''', [[Standard Hebrew]] '''...
10: ...[[Kingdom of Jerusalem]]. In 1260 it was again destroyed by the [[Mongols]]. The remains of the origin...
21: ...er city of [[Tyre]]. It lay within the lot of the tribe of Asher, but was never subdued (Judges 1:31)....
24: ...e with the Sidonians, and thus their form of idolatrous worship found a place in the [[land of Israel]... - Holy Land (2739 bytes)
1: ...ficant religious importance to three monotheistic traditions: [[Judaism]], [[Christianity]], and [[Isl...
11: ...20-21, [[Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall|Pickthall]] translation)
13: It is described in early Islamic tradition by az-Zujaj as "[[Damascus]], [[Palestine ... - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
4: ...is observations of [[biology]] led him to study [[transmutation of species]] and develop his theory of...
19: ...' Charles saw [[John James Audubon]] give a demonstration of his method of using wires to prop up bird...
24: ...or the (competitive) collecting of beetles. Fox introduced him for advice on this to the [[John Steven...
27: ...rse, then that summer worked with him at mapping strata in [[Wales]].
29: ...to pay for his son's expedition which eventually stretched to five years. - William Howard Taft (15237 bytes)
20: ...sidency prosecuted the [[Trust-busting|trusts]], strengthened the [[Interstate Commerce Commission]], ...
27: ...rican War]] and the [[Treaty of Paris (1898)|1898 Treaty of Paris]]. From [[1901]] to [[1903]], Taft s...
33: ...e:Taft.png|left|frame|Official [[White House]] portrait of Taft.]]
37: Taft fought for prosecution of trusts, further strengthened the Interstate Commerce Commission, esta...
39: ...outraged liberal opinion; his opposition to the entry of the state of Arizona into the Union because o... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
5: ...e [[Low Countries]], and parts of northern and central [[Italy]]. But its sovereign was usually the Ge...
10: ...[[Germanic tribes]], [[Confederations of Germanic Tribes]], [[Germania]], [[Germania Inferior]], [[Ger...
15: ...e Rhine. Roman forts were built at [[Cologne]], [[Trier]], [[Koblenz]], [[Mainz]] and elsewhere to sec...
17: ... the emergence of a number of large West Germanic tribes - Alemanni, Franks, Chatti, Bajuwari, Saxons,...
19: ...heir own ancestral land. The mingling of Germanic traditions and the Christian religion gave rise to t... - Head of state (33577 bytes)
1: ...nd duties granted to the head of state in the country's [[constitution]].
14: ...he [[United States]]). In this case the debate centres on the suitability of the individual for office...
16: ...al importance, sometimes even held by some administrative technocrat rather than a politician. A prime...
18: ... characteristics of a presidential system (ie, a strong dominant political figure with an executive an...
20: ...[[House of Representatives]] becoming the real centre of government as a quasi-prime minister. This di...
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