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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)
85: | [[1772]] — [[1779]]
124: | [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]]
215: * http://www.cupola.com/html/bldgstru/statecap/cap01.htm - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ... a distant castle, and Catherine took the throne, triumphant about her bloodless and widely supported ...
11: ...le status hereditary; and gave the nobles full control over their serfs and lands. In addition, Cather...
13: ...courage the modernization of agriculture and industry. Second, she encouraged foreign investment in ec...
19: ...ions]] among Russia, [[Austria]] and [[Prussia]] (1772, 1793 and 1795).
21: ...gn. This war ([[1787]]-[[1792]]) ended with the [[Treaty of Jassy]], which legitimated the Russian cla... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
1: [[Image:DiderotVanLoo.jpg|thumb|right|''Portrait of Diderot'' by [[Louis-Michel van Loo]], 1767...
5: ...enged conventions regarding [[novel]]s and their structure and content, while also examining [[philoso...
10: ...reece'' (1743); with two colleagues he produced a translation of James's ''Dictionary of Medicine'' (1...
12: ...ptique'', an [[allegory]] pointing first to the extravagances of Catholicism; second, to the vanity of...
14: ...election]]. It is worth noticing, too, as an illustration of the comprehensive freedom with which Dide... - Phillis Wheatley (3014 bytes)
5: ... that received widespread acclaim in Boston. In [[1772]] she was examined by a group of [[Boston]] lumin...
7: ...ferson]] was among the harshest critics of her poetry, writing "The heroes of [[the Dunciad]] are to h... - Bass clarinet (3454 bytes)
3: ...mal" B flat clarinet and an octave above the [[Contrabass clarinet]].
5: ...ically the same diameter along the body of the instrument. This cylindrical bore gives it the clarinet...
10: ... used in symphony [[orchestra]]s and as a solo instrument in [[jazz]]. They almost universally play t...
13: ...turer of musical instruments, first designed the straight-bodied form of the bass clarinet in the earl...
16: ...f the [[celesta]]. Other pieces featuring this instrument include: - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
2: ... is a period in the history of [[ancient Egypt]] stretching from the establishment of the [[Eleventh d...
8: ... reign of Mentuhotep IV. This explains the smooth transition of power as a palace coup by Amenemhat th...
14: ...he centralized government though) and established trade connections with Nubia and a war seems to be c...
16: ...ret II]] ([[1842 BC]] - [[1836 BC]]) improved the trade connections with Nubia en Palestine and the Le...
18: ...-king, often taking the field himself. He led his troops deep into Nubia, making that kingdom even mor... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
3: ==Introduction==
17: ...n Chronology in Relation to the Bronze Age", in Astrom (ed) ''High, Middle or Low'' (Gothengurg, 1987)...
20: ... developed by [http://www.petrie.ucl.ac.uk/ The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology].)
166: *Montuhotep II (Nebhepetre) 1986-1956
172: *Iyibkhenetre - George Washington (29551 bytes)
19: ...alled '''[[Father of the Nation|Father of his Country]]'''<sup>[[#Notes|1]]</sup>, was an [[United Sta...
26: ...[[Chotank]] in King George County. As a youth, he trained as a [[surveyor]] (obtaining his certificate...
29: ...earliest portrait of Washington, was painted in [[1772]] by [[Charles Willson Peale]], and shows Washing...
31: ...irginia Regiment, led a mission into the Ohio Country. He ambushed a [[French Canadian]] scouting part...
33: ...nd showed coolness under fire in organizing the retreat. In Virginia, Washington was acclaimed as a he... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
2: ...f Hancock [[:Image:JohnHancockLarge.jpeg|(full portrait)]]]]
8: Hancock was born in [[Braintree, Massachusetts]] (Now [[Quincy, Massachusetts]]...
13: ...Stamp Act]], which attempted to restrict colonial trading.
17: ...istance to British authority and his financial contributions led Bostonians to joke that "[[Samuel Ada...
19: ...ary of the [[Boston Massacre]], he gave a speech strongly condemning the British. In the same year, he... - Missouri (16086 bytes)
1: ...ri''', named after the Missouri [[Siouan]] Indian tribe meaning "canoe", is a [[Midwest|Midwestern]] [...
12: ...y]] (largest [[United_States_metropolitan_areas|metropolitan area]] is [[Saint Louis, Missouri|Saint L...
27: ...TimeZone = [[Central Standard Time Zone|Central]] : [[UTC]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|-5]] |
32: HighestElev = 1772 feet; 540 |
54: ...ricts divided such that the population of each district is approximately equal. - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
11: ...mmad]], (born 1953), world champion boxer, boxing trainer
25: *[[Paul Quantrill|Quantrill, Paul]]
26: *[[William Quantrill|Quantrill, William]], [[United States]] [[United States ...
38: ...h, Harry]], (1858-1913), socialist politician and trade unionist
46: ...e Questel|Questal, Mae]], (1908-1998), American actress - List of painters (54090 bytes)
14: ...[1912]]-[[1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
206: *[[Bertram Brooker]] ([[1888]]-[[1955]])
219: *[[William Partridge Burpee]] ([[1846]]-[[1940]])
287: *[[Pietro da Cortona]] ([[1596]]-[[1669]]) - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
4: ...t revolutionary at all, that it did not radically transform colonial society, but simply replaced a di...
7: ...c, etc. situations before the revolution, and the trends which led to the coming revolution -->
16: ...ilosophy]] and began to replace arguments born of tradition and authority with those based on observat...
18: ===Religious trends===
23: ...e stable and profitable, new economic and land distribution policies were implemented. Colonial resent... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
1: ...pg|thumb|"The Boston Massacre," an engraving by patriot Paul Revere.]]
7: *[[1763]] - [[Treaty of Paris (1763)]] ends [[French and Indian Wa...
20: *[[1772]] - [[Samuel Adams]] organizes the [[Committees o...
27: ** [[Administration of Justice Act]] ([[May 20]]),
39: *[[1778]] - [[Treaty of Alliance]] - Crustacean (6274 bytes)
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6: {{Taxobox_subphylum_entry | taxon = '''Crustacea'''}}
7: {{Taxobox_authority | author = [[Br?]] | date = [[1772]]}}
17: **Subclass [[Sarsostraca]] - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: ...t.jpg|thumb|250px|British explorer James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. 1775, National Maritime...
5: ==Introduction==
8: ...ebra]], [[trigonometry]], [[navigation]], and [[astronomy]], skills he would need one day to command h...
12: ...phy and was responsible for mapping much of the entrance to the [[Saint Lawrence River]] during the si...
14: ...xtent of his explorations and going beyond the instructions given by the [[Admiralty]]. - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
3: ...erence of British and French-Canadian hunters and trappers who were already well established in the ar...
7: ...hought that when they got to that part of the country, she could take them to her native home.
10: ...e wintering at the fort, the men prepared for the trip home by boiling salt from the ocean, hunting el...
16: ...s from the East would have stormed the Indian Country much too soon, and there would have been total c...
24: *Opened American fur trade in the West - Annapolis, Maryland (7226 bytes)
16: metro pop = |
25: ...shington Metropolitan Area|Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area]], 28 miles east of [[Washington D.C...
28: ...after the signing of the [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris]] in [[1783]].
34: ... 26]] [[1783]] to [[August 13]] [[1784]], and the Treaty of Paris was ratified there on [[January 14]]...
36: ...ong attachment to the Maryland state house and instructed [[Pierre L'Enfant]] to model the dome of the... - Abigail Adams (3753 bytes)
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22: </tr> - Sweden (27111 bytes)
1: ... in all but its [[Metropolitan Areas of Sweden|metropolitan areas]], with most of the inland consisti...
3: ... has been at peace, adopting a policy of armed neutrality.
5: ...try is today defined by liberal tendencies and a strong national quest for equality.
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47: time_zone = [[central European Time|CET]] |
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