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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: ...out the city called Rio de Janeiro. For the state with the same name, see [[Rio de Janeiro (state)]]....
7: ...[Ipanema]], for the giant statue of [[Jesus]], known as [[Christ the Redeemer (statue)|Christ the Red...
9: ... and used to be the country's capital until 1960, when [[Bras�a]] took its place.
13: ...outh of a river, they called it "Rio de Janeiro", which means January River.
15: ...st invaders - neighbor [[Niter, for instance, was founded by a native chief for supporting defens... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...ces from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves of immigration and emigration merged to creat...
7: ...d; the most archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
11: ...ite]]s such as [[Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in ...
14: ...d during the [[Xia Dynasty]], and that this model was perpetuated in the successor [[Shang Dynasty|Sh...
18: ...u Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood. - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...elopment of all-metal machine tools in the first two decades of the nineteenth century enabled the ma...
3: ... the development of [[Electric power|electrical power generation]].
5: ...s often compared to the [[Neolithic revolution]], when mankind developed [[agriculture]] and gave up ...
7: The term industrial ''revolution'' was introduced by [[Friedrich Engels]] and [[Louis-...
10: ...] of the 17th century. But one of the main causes was the invention of the steam engine. - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
3: ...isende''' ([[1105]] - [[September 11]], [[1161]]) was [[Kingdom of Jerusalem|Queen of Jerusalem]] fro...
5: ...her paternal grandmother, Melisende of Montlhery, wife of Hugh I, [[Count of Rethel]]. She had three ...
9: ...nant, reigning by right of hereditary and civil law.
11: ... patronage, and in diplomatic correspondence. Baldwin raised his daughter as a capable successor to h...
13: ...esignated Melisende as guardian for the young Baldwin, excluding Fulk altogether. - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...loriana''', or '''Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch of the [[Tudor dyna...
9: ...r [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]], she was a writer and poet. She granted [[Royal Charter]]s to ...
11: ...]], and one barony in the [[Peerage of Ireland]], were created during Elizabeth's reign. Elizabeth al...
13: ...and afterwards a member of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen".
16: ... succession after [[Edward VI of England|Prince Edward]] under the [[English Act of Succession|Act of... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: | [[Image:bwvictoria.jpg|thumb|right|200px|'''Victoria''' <br>...
7: ...nited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empre...
9: ...nover]]; her successor belonged to the [[House of Windsor|House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha]].
12: ...ningen]]. Victoria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on [[24 May]]...
14: ...s the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]]. - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
1: ...769-70.jpg|thumbnail|Marie-Antoinette, painted by Wagenschon shortly after her marriage in [[1770]]]]
2: ...f [[Louis XVI]] and mother of [[Louis XVII]]. She was guillotined at the height of the [[French Revol...
4: ... the Evangelist. A court official described the new baby as "a small, but completely healthy Archduch...
6: ...inand-Karl ? already had important official roles within the [[Hapsburg]] Empire.
7: ... for fifteen years before Antoinette's birth. She was considered one of the most brilliant political ... - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
2: ...s]], and a huge influence on the singers who followed her.
5: ...op a stage presence. Smith began developing her own act around [[1913]], at [[Atlanta]]'s "81" Theat...
7: ...tours for the rest of the year (traveling in her own railroad car), Bessie Smith became the highest-p...
9: ...m appearance, starring in a two-reeler based on [[W. C. Handy]]'s "[[St. Louis Blues]]." In the film,...
11: ...st inaudible guest visit. Hammond was not pleased with the result, preferring to have Bessie back in ... - Martina Navratilova (16246 bytes)
3: ...omen's singles title at [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] a record 9 times.
5: ...962]] her mother Jana married Miroslav Navrátil, who became her first tennis coach. Martina then too...
9: ...n [[1973]], aged 16, she turned professional. She won her first professional singles title in [[Orlan...
11: ... her determination to reach the top of the game saw her embark on a punishing routine to get herself ...
13: ...ty]] and informed them that she wished to defect. Within a month, she received a [[Green Card]]. - Pansy (10101 bytes)
2: ...nsies.jpg|250px|5-petaled purple, white, and yellow pansies]] | caption = 5-petaled pansies}}
5: {{Taxobox divisio entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
15: ''Viola × wittrockiana''
17: ...wo unrelated flowers such as the [[Pansy Monkeyflower]] also have "pansy" in their name.
20: ...able. By 1841 the pansy had become a favorite show plant. - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
1: ...lway]] No. 6833 ''Calcot Grange'', a [[4-6-0]] [[GWR 6800 Class|Grange class]] [[steam locomotive]], ...
3: ...rarely detached from their trains, are known as power cars.
5: ... in passenger service is [[push-pull]] operation, where the locomotives push the trains in one direct...
8: There are many reasons why the motive power for trains has been traditionally isolated in a...
11: ... train's power systems away from passengers. This was particularly the case for the '''steam locomoti... - Beehive (beekeeping) (7741 bytes)
1: ... winter. A location where beehives are kept is known as an [[apiary]].
4: ...b|Traditional manufacture of ''skeps'' from [[straw]] in [[England]]]]
5: ...ted with box hives of varying dimensions, with or without frames, and finally replaced by Langstroth ...
7: ...arvest method, they typically provided more [[beeswax]] but far less honey than a modern hive.
9: ... cannot be inspected for disease or [[parasite]]s without destruction of the honeycomb and usually th... - Greek language (35285 bytes)
2: |familycolor=lawngreen
13: ... "Hellenic") is an [[Indo-European]] [[language]] with a documented history of some 3,000 years. It i...
15: ...ties in many countries from the [[Renaissance]] onwards.
17: ... '''New Testament Greek''' (after its most famous word of literature).
19: ...lar language of the [[Byzantine Empire]]. Also known as '''Byzantine Greek'''. - United Nations (29685 bytes)
1: ...iwan)]], [[Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic]] ([[Western Sahara]]), and [[State of Palestine|Palesti...
3: ...ouncil. The organization's headquarters is in [[New York City]], [[USA]]; see [[United Nations headqu...
5: ... or '''UNO'''. But by the 1950s, English speakers were referring to it as the United Nations, or UN.
7: ... System is based on six principal organs, part of what is collectively called the [[United Nations Sy...
20: ... debated by governments and private citizens worldwide. - Sousaphone (2220 bytes)
2: ...al instrument]] that is a substitute for the tuba when used in a marching band. It is named after [...
4: ...ctional helicons. Contrary to popular belief, it was not initially developed as a marching instrumen...
6: ... far more easily than a traditional concert tuba, while still retaining the tuba sound.
8: ...re tuned to E♭. Sousaphones generally come with a three valve configuration, rather than the f...
10: ...ut the quality of sound, the tradeoff in cost and weight is generally considered acceptable in schola... - Pipe organ (24478 bytes)
1: ...isible pipes of an organ to be purely decorative, with the real pipes behind them.]]
3: ... makes its [[sound]] by forcing [[air]] through [[wood]] or [[metal]] [[organ pipe|pipes]].
5: ...oard]], with the most common configuration being two [[manual]]s played by the hands plus a [[pedalbo...
7: ...In the era of [[silent film]]s, large pipe organs were installed in many [[cinema]]s.
11: ...cle. If you update the text of the heading in any way, please update the link too.--> - War (7002 bytes)
1: ...ace]], which is usually defined as the absence of war.
3: ==History of war==
6: ...anization and structure has since been central to warfare, as illustrated by the success of highly di...
8: ...to an increase in the destructiveness and cost of warfare throughout human history.
10: The study of warfare is known as [[military history]]. - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ... sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free world," a phrase that is still invoked today, mostl...
7: ... is widely emulated all over the world in nations with a [[presidential system]] of government.
9: ...urrent President of the United States is [[George W. Bush]].
12: ...e United States at the time the U.S. Constitution was adopted), be at least 35 years of age, and have...
14: ...] [[Elaine Chao]], born in [[Republic of China|Taiwan]]; [[United States Director of National Intelli... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
17: | '''Successor:''' || [[Andrew Johnson]]
22: | [[Hardin County, Kentucky]]<br />(site now in [[LaRue County, Kentucky|LaRue County]])
26: | '''Place of death:''' || [[Washington, D.C.]]
31: | '''Profession:''' || [[Lawyer]]
39: *[[Andrew Johnson]] ([[1865]]) - Printing press (12986 bytes)
1: ...[Laurens Janszoon Coster]] has also been credited with this invention.
4: ...arved for each page, printing different [[book]]s was an incredibly time consuming activity.
6: ... in China until the European style printing press was introduced in relatively recent times (thus bri...
8: ...nowledge of metals that he learned as a craftsman were crucial to the later invention of the press. T...
12: ... Books produced in this period, between the first work of Johann Gutenberg and the year 1500, are col...
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