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- Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
1: ...[[Nicolaus Copernicus]] in [[1543]], while others wish to extend it into the [[18th century]]. Nevert...
3: ...y [[Aristotle|Aristotelian]]; at its end, science was [[mathematics|mathematical]], [[mechanics|mecha...
7: ...from different conceptions of what the revolution was; some of the rancor and cross-purposes in such ...
9: ...e with "other narratives" or alternate ways of knowing, or the like.
11: ...Margolis, 2002). It may be summarized in the following lists of significant advances in science: - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Andrew Jackson
10: | place of birth= [[Waxhaw, North Carolina|Waxhaws area]] of [[North Carolina]]
14: | wife= [[Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson]]
18: ...[War of 1812]] and the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].
22: ...s. Jackson admired [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] for his willingness to contest British military supremacy. - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
7: <tr><td>'''Followed:'''</td><td>[[Andrew Johnson]]</td></tr>
12: ...:'''</td><td>[[Wilton, New York|Mount McGregor, New York]]</td></tr>
18: ;[[Henry Wilson]] ([[1873]]–[[1875]])</td></tr>
22: ...rmy | Union]] [[general]] in the [[American Civil War]] and the 18th ([[1869]]–[[1877]]) [[Pres...
24: ...storians to be one of America's worst presidents, who led an administration plagued by severe [[scand... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...a|Mediterranean]], the [[Gulf of Aqaba]] (also known as Gulf of [[Eilat]]), and the [[Dead Sea]].
6: ...سرائيل<br>("Dawlat Israil") |
13: official_languages = [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], [[Arabic]] |
15: latd=31|latm=47|latNS=N|longd=35|longm=13|longEW=E|
23: percent_water = ~2% | - Palau (8171 bytes)
2: ...tates of America]]) in [[1994]], it is one of the world's youngest and least populated nations.
4: ... border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #...
9: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Palau flag large.png|125px|...
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12: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Palau|In Detail]]) - Egyptian pyramids (20601 bytes)
3: ... land of the dead, because the Sun set there.{{an|west_bank_hell}}
10: ...able bench-like structures{{an|mastaba_bench}} known as [[Mastaba|mastabas]].{{an|mastabas_for_rich}}
11: ...tombs and tombs only" as Egyptologists believe it would be necessary for one pharoah to have construc...
13: ...as reduced, and later pyramids were smaller, less well built and often hastily constructed.
15: ...wn pyramid-building revival, which saw more than two hundred uniquely indigenous, but strongly Egypti... - Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
1: ...''Oklahoma''' is a [[Southwest United States|southwestern]] [[U.S. state|state]] of the [[United Stat...
19: WaterArea = 3,173 |
20: PCWater = 1.8 |
27: ...: [[UTC]]-7/[[Daylight saving time|-6]] <small>(town of [[Kenton, Oklahoma|Kenton]])</small> |
29: Longitude = 94?29'W to 103?W | - Agathocles of Bactria (7452 bytes)
1: ...athocles.<br>'''Rev:''' [[Zeus]] holding sceptre, with [[Hecate]] on extended arm. Greek legend Β...
3: ...In that case, he was a grandson of [[Euthydemus]] whom he qualified as "God-King" on his coins.
5: ...of the [[Greco-Bactrian]] territory. Little is known about him, apart from his extensive coinage.
8: ...d a series of "pedigree" dynastic coins, probably with the intent to advertize his lineage and legiti...
11: ...eve that a king who had experienced this as a boy would have found it suitable to mint coins celebrat... - History of science (41710 bytes)
2: ...] and their pre-cursors back in [[time]], all the way into human [[prehistory]].
4: ...many place ancient [[natural philosophy]] clearly within the scope of the history of science.
6: ... philosophy also enquires about other areas of knowledge, notably [[ethics]]. In practice, each of th...
11: ... scientific knowledge, and to de-emphasize the view that scientific data is self-evident, value-free,...
13: ... can be [[demarcation problem|no demarcation]] between science and any other form of investigation. - Flag (13245 bytes)
1: [[Image:Delaware_flag.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Delaware State Flag]]
3: ...ce of cloth is a flag if it is flown like a flag, with one side attached, though many flags are recog...
5: The study of flags is known as [[vexillology]], from the Latin ''vexillum'' ...
9: ...ers held that the [[Roman Empire]]'s ''vexillum'' was the first true flag.
11: ... they were the [[samurai]], and in [[China]] they were the [[general]]s under the imperial army. - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...own for his [[Kepler's laws of planetary motion|laws of planetary motion]]. He is sometimes referred ...
4: ...o [[Tycho Brahe]]. Kepler's career also coincided with that of [[Galileo Galilei]].
6: ...pus'' '''harmonices mundi''' ("The Harmony of the world") in Linz during the early 17th century.
9: ... and sickly child, but despite his ill health, he was precociously brilliant.
11: ...robably led him to turn to the world of ideas, as well as an abiding religious conviction, for solace... - Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War (11837 bytes)
1: ...War]]. ''See also [[Origins of the American Civil War]].''
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6: ...between free and slave territory in the region between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi ...
9: |As Western territories begin applying for statehood, t...
15: ... between liberty and union. "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable!" he cries. - Bill Buckner (4174 bytes)
2: ...t rolled between his legs in Game 6 of the [[1986 World Series]].
5: ...won the [[National League]] batting title in 1980 with the [[Chicago Cubs]].
7: ...iams]], 42.7 for [[Nellie Fox]], 44.9 for [[Lloyd Waner]] and 46.3 for [[Tris Speaker]]).
9: ...always be remembered for one error he made in the World Series.
11: ==1986 World Series== - Dolphin (13554 bytes)
2: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:Dolphin_063w.jpg|250px]] | caption = [[Dolphin]]}}
11: See article below.
13: ...is'' meaning "with a womb", viz. "a 'fish' with a womb".
15: The word is used in a few different ways. It can mean:
19: ...ny member of the suborder [[Odontoceti]] (toothed whales; these include the above families and some o... - Drama (12658 bytes)
1: ...all, such as the [[Imaginary Conversations]] of [[Walter Savage Landor]].
3: ...ophanes]] crying out, "Oimoi ta dramata!" (Oh no what's become of my plays).
5: ==The problem with the term==
7: ...t may be helpful to imagine drama as an umbrella, with all of its subforms underneath it.
9: ...nd its disbelief (to allow itself to believe that what is happening on stage is real, and to forget a... - Jimmy Carter (33280 bytes)
15: | wife=[[Rosalynn Carter]]
17: | vicepresident=[[Walter Mondale]]
19: ...[[1924]]), [[United States|American]] politician, was the 39th [[President of the United States|Presi...
21: ...ss and the White House. His administration oversaw the founding of the Departments of [[Department o...
23: ...and establish relief efforts. In [[2002]], Carter won the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] for his "efforts to f... - Bahrain (16123 bytes)
1: ...Bahrain to Qatar as the longest fixed link in the world.
3: ... border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #...
9: | align="center" width="140px" | [[image:Bahrain_flag_large.png|125p...
10: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Coa_bahrain_small.jpg]]
12: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Bahrain|In Detail]]) - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: ...t has become modern [[France]], an accomplishment whose direct consequences are visible to this day. ...
4: ...of the [[Roman Empire]] under Caesar's grand-nephew and adopted son, [[Caesar Augustus]].
6: ...e known in detail from his own written [[Literary works of Julius Caesar|''Commentaries'' (''Commenta...
9: ...veral languages, including [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] and [[Gaul|Gallic]] dialects.
11: ...ned political clout, the Caesar family gained the wealth. - Germanic tribes (16394 bytes)
3: ...es|Welsh]], [[Valais|Wallis]], [[Walloon]], and [[Wallachia]] have been derived.
5: ..., the various tribes remained free, led by their own hereditary or chosen leaders.
10: ...oup of peoples sharing a common material culture dwelt in northern [[Germany]] and southern [[Scandin...
12: Linguists, working backwards from historically-known [[Germanic languages]], suggest that this group ...
13: ... the [[Pre-Roman Iron Age]] culture(s) associated with [[Proto-Germanic]], ca [[500 BC]]-[[60 BC]]. T... - Politics of Russia (78325 bytes)
2: ...new constitution]], creating a strong presidency, was approved by referendum in December [[1993]].
4: ...house of the parliament, [[Duma|the State Duma]], was a bastion of antireform communists and national...
8: ...aranteed "right" to secede from the union. Russia was the largest of the union republics in terms of ...
10: ... led to the election of new republic legislatures with substantial blocs of pro-reform representative...
12: ...une 1991, handily defeating five other candidates with more than 57 percent of the vote.
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