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- 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. - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...g by the Qin emperor ([[2nd century BC|200 BC]]) strengthened the Chinese civilization. Politically, C...
7: ...s, and to support specialist craftsmen and administrators: in short, civilization as we know it. In la...
18: ...nnect the Xia to excavations at [[Erlitou]] in central [[Henan]] province, where a bronze smelter from...
28: ...mi-feudal system. Nevertheless, power became decentralized during the [[Spring and Autumn Period]] whe...
30: ...aoning]], and governed under the new local administrative system of [[commandery]] and [[prefecture]] ... - Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
1: ... explored the south and western [[Pacific]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], and [[Antarctica]].
3: ...:Dumont-d'Urville.web.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''L'Astrolabe'' making water on a floe [[February 6]], [...
4: ...]]. On that expedition, D'Urville recognized the true value of a recently unearthed statue as an anci...
14: ...eet in Paris, Rue Dumont d'Urville, in the 8th district near the [[Champs-Élysées]]. [[Dumont d'Urv...
18: ...enty-four volumes, with six large volumes of illustrations. - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
9: ...a|Victorian Era]] was at the height of the [[Industrial Revolution]], a period of great social, econom...
12: ...e king. At the age of fifty the Duke of Kent and Strathearn married [[Viktoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld...
16: ... that Victoria's mother, the Duchess of Kent and Strathearn, would act as Regent during the queen's mi...
18: ... Victoria may have been, theirs proved to be an extremely happy marriage.
27: ...able to cope with the problems overseas, the ministry of Lord Melbourne resigned. - Rani Lakshmi Bai (4917 bytes)
5: ...r father. She completed her education and martial training, which included horse riding, fencing and s...
7: ...ja Gangadhar Rao, the Maharaja of [[Jhansi]] in [[1842]], and became the Rani of Jhansi. After the marri...
10: ...cided to annex the state of Jhansi under the [[Doctrine of Lapse]].
15: ...ots. Women were also recruited and given military training. Rani was accompanied by her generals [[Gu...
19: ... hit by a spray of bullets while riding on the fortress ramparts. The British captured Gwalior three d... - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
13: ... scientific author of the [[19th century]], who introduced her in turn to [[Charles Babbage]] on [[Jun...
15: ...he programs in the notes appended to the Menebrea translation. Her prose acknowledged some possibilit...
17: ...ady Anne Blunt]], is famous in her own right as a traveller in the [[Middle East]] and a breeder of [[...
21: ==Controversy over attribution==
23: Biographers have noted that Lovelace struggled with mathematics, and there is some debate ... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
2: ...12]], [[1968]]) was a [[United States]] [[actor|actress]], talk-show host, and bon vivant, born in [[H...
4: ... granddaughter of Senator [[John H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[[1920]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[1907]]-[[192...
10: ...zen plays in the next eight years. Famous as an actress, she was famous, too, for her drinking, drug t...
12: ...ra -- and that she was generally outclassed by Dietrich, [[Carole Lombard]], et al.
16: ...le-Dee-Dee" Scarlett with anything approaching a straight face). - Chromosome (12667 bytes)
1: ...e after [[S phase]]. (2) <font color="#FF0000">Centromere</font>. The point where the two chromatids t...
2: ...irst observed by [[Karl Wilhelm von N䧥li]] in [[1842]] and their behavior later described in detail by...
5: ...tromere. The ends of the chromosomes are special structures called ''[[telomere]]s''. DNA replication ...
13: ...nsists of mostly inactive DNA. It seems to serve structural purposes during the chromosomal stages. He...
14: ...h is never expressed. It is located around the centromere and usually contains repetitive sequences. - Harmonium (4268 bytes)
5: ...ng the [[melodeon]]. It was used as a practice instrument by organists, most notably [[Franck]], who c...
7: ...en replaced by the piano, the pipe organ, and electronic organs. Many harmoniums were shipped overseas...
9: ...gh there was concurrent development of similar instruments.
13: ...nium remains an important [[musical instrument|instrument]] in many genres of [[Music of India|Indian ...
20: ...ans have began playing the harmonium as a solo instrument. One of the largest pioneers of this style i... - 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 - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
1: ...border="0" align="right" style="margin-left:1em"><tr><td>
4: ...r" colspan=2>[[Image:Martin Van Buren.jpg]]</td></tr>
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>8th President</td></tr>
6: ...h 4]], [[1837]]–[[March 4]], [[1841]]</td></tr>
7: ...>'''Followed:'''</td><td>[[Andrew Jackson]]</td></tr> - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
1: ...border="0" align="right" style="margin-left:1em"><tr><td>
4: ...resdent.jpg|200px|Presidential Seal]]</div></td></tr>
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>10th President</td></tr>
6: ...April 4]], [[1841]] - [[March 4]], [[1845]]</td></tr>
7: ...owed:'''</td><td>[[William Henry Harrison]]</td></tr> - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
20: ... [[Jane Means Appleton Pierce]] fell apart. He destroyed his reputation by declaring support for the [...
22: ... with her aristocratic, nervous ways and show her true affection. He was one of the most popular men i...
25: ...|Hillsborough]], [[New Hampshire]], part of the [[Transcendental Generation]]. The site of his birth i...
27: ...cademy in spring [[1820]]. Later that year he was transferred to [[Phillips Exeter Academy]] to prepar...
36: ...from [[March 4]], [[1837]], to [[February 28]], [[1842]], when he resigned. He was chairman of the [[U.... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
44: ...he [[Confederate States of America]], and took control of U.S. forts and other properties within their...
48: ...akness after Reconstruction and the modern administrative state would only emerge with the [[New Deal]...
50: ...though is criticized by some for overstepping the traditional bounds of executive power.
53: ...site the following year, the 22-year-old Lincoln struck out on his own, [[canoe]]ing down the Sangamon...
59: ...Sangamon in the hopes of attracting [[steamboat]] traffic to the river, which would allow sparsely pop... - Texas (39610 bytes)
25: ...TimeZone = [[Central Standard Time Zone|Central]]: [[UTC]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|-5]]<br />[...
44: * [[state tree]] — the [[pecan]]
52: ...th an area of [[1 E11 m?|690,000]] [[square kilometre|km<sup>2</sup>]], Texas forms the second-largest...
57: Texas lies in the south-central part of the United States of America. Depending...
70: ...a]] Tribes of Texas, the [[Kickapoo]] Traditional Tribe of Texas, and the [[Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo]] of... - Rhode Island (15004 bytes)
42: ...[England]], and once from the [[Native American]] tribes which lived on the land.
52: ... charter was used as the state constitution until 1842.
60: As the Industrial Revolution moved large numbers of workers into...
62: ...made to address this problem, but none passed. In 1842 [[Thomas Dorr]] drafted a liberal [[constitution]...
65: ... district one) and [[Jim Langevin]] (Democrat, district two). (See [[list of Rhode Island Governors]]... - Oregon (26551 bytes)
43: ...t its increasing population without losing what attracts people to Oregon in the first place. The sta...
49: ...[War of 1812]], the [[Britain|British]] gained control of all of the Pacific Fur Company posts.
51: ...ted the Company's Chief Factor of the Columbia District, built [[Fort Vancouver]] in 1825.
53: ...erring to the northern border of the [[Oregon Country]] at latitude 54?40′. Cooler heads prevail...
59: ...riodic fluctuations in the nation's building industry has severely impacted the state's [[economy]] on... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ''Note:'' Dates for inventions are often controversial. Inventions are often invented by several...
7: * 2 MYA: [[Origin of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
8: * 1 MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
34: * [[39th century BC|3800s BC]]: [[Sweet Track|Engineered roadway]] in [[England]]
67: * [[150s BC]]: [[Astrolabe]]: [[Hipparchus]] - Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
2: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:Trex skull.gif|225px|]] | caption = Skull of ''[[Tyr...
4: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Animal]]ia}}
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Archosauria]]}}
7: ...ority | author = [[Richard Owen|Owen]] | date = [[1842]]}}
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