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  1. 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: ...erm industrial ''revolution'' was introduced by [[Friedrich Engels]] and [[Louis-Auguste Blanqui]] in ...
    10: ...] of the 17th century. But one of the main causes was the invention of the steam engine.
  2. 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: ... box hives of varying dimensions, with or without frames, and finally replaced by Langstroth equipment...
    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...
  3. Pakistan (74854 bytes)
    12: ... = 33|latm=40|latNS=N|longd=73|longm=10|longEW=E |
    20: percent_water = 3.1 |
    39: established_dates = From the [[United Kingdom]]<br />[[1947-08-14]]<br /...
    51: ...ganization of the Islamic Conference]], and the [[World Trade Organization]].
    57: ...f Mohen-jo-Daro]], 80 km southwest of [[Sukkur]], was center of [[Indus Valley Civilization]], 2600 B...
  4. Abydos, Egypt (9715 bytes)
    1: {{Hiero|1=Abydos|2=<hiero>Ab-b-Dw:O49</hiero>|align=right|era=egypt}}
    2: ...eliquary," in which the sacred head of [[Osiris]] was preserved. Thence the Greeks named it Abydos, l...
    6: ...lace continued to decay and no later works are known (Petrie, ''Abydos'', i. and ii.).
    8: ==Worship ==
    10: ...t in later times, so that at last the whole place was considered as sacred to him (''Abydos'', ii. 47...
  5. Medieval fortification (8517 bytes)
    1: ...ified to suit new [[military tactics|tactics]], [[weapon]]s and [[siege]] techniques.
    5: ...ogical development of a [[Fortification|fortified enclosure]]. The term is most often applied to a small self...
    7: ==== [[Tower]]s ====
    8: ==== City [[wall]]s ====
    9: ... the [[Five Burghs|Five Boroughs]] of the [[Danelaw]] in [[England]].
  6. Castle (27805 bytes)
    1: ...ory|prehistoric]] [[earthworks (engineering)|earthworks]] (e.g. [[Hollingbury]] Castle, [[Maiden Cast...
    2: ...ism|feudal]] age, often remained attached to the dwelling, resulting in many un-castlelike castles an...
    4: ...inently in [[History of Japan|Japanese history]], where the feudal [[Daimyo]] inhabited them.
    8: ...r owners for specific purposes, or evolved into new purposes over time:
    10: ...n castles - e.g. portcullises, battlements and drawbridges.
  7. Plant (12870 bytes)
    10: ** [[Liverwort|Hepatophyta]] - liverworts
    11: ** [[Hornwort|Anthocerophyta]] - hornworts
    18: ** [[whisk fern|Psilotophyta]] - whisk ferns
    26: ** [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] - flowering plants
    31: ... unrelated to the presumed phylogenic concepts on which modern [[taxonomy]] is based.
  8. Plato (17363 bytes)
    2: ...er)|spring]] of water, and, metaphorically, of knowledge.
    4: ...dialogues of Plato survive; some of the dialogues which the Greeks ascribed to him are considered by...
    6: ... given dialogue is Socrates' point of view, and how much of it Plato's.
    8: ... series of footnotes to Plato." -- [[Alfred North Whitehead]], Process and Reality, 1929]]
    12: ...efers either to his physical appearance or to his wrestling stance or style.
  9. John Locke (14749 bytes)
    3: ...erkeley]]. Locke is perhaps most often contrasted with [[Thomas Hobbes]].
    6: ...e university and also a [[Puritan]]. Although he was a capable student, Locke chafed under the under...
    8: ...tment for a liver infection. Cooper was impressed with Locke and pressed him to become part of his re...
    10: ...king - an impact that resonated deeply in Locke's writing of the Essay Concerning Human Understanding...
    12: ...aftesbury survived and prospered, crediting Locke with saving his life.
  10. William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Shakespeare.jpg|frame|right|William Shakespeare ([[National Portrait Gallery, L...
    2: ...n the [[English language]], as well as one of the world's pre-eminent [[dramatist]]s.
    4: ...d. Shakespeare was among the very few playwrights who have excelled in both [[tragedy]] and [[comedy]...
    6: Shakespeare wrote his works between [[1588]] and [[1616]], although the exact date...
    8: ...tions of Shakespearean plays|adaptations]] of his works.
  11. Capacitor (29664 bytes)
    2: ...c field]] created between a pair of conductors on which equal but opposite electric charges have been...
    5: === Overview ===
    7: ...e charge, the ''total'' charge in the device is always zero.
    9: ...al capacitor, the dielectric is in direct contact with the plates.)]]
    13: ...n [[potential difference]] or ''voltage'' (''V'') which appears across the plates:
  12. Wombat (7860 bytes)
    1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = pink | name = Common Wombat}}
    2: ...Wombat in the snow]] | caption = Wombat in the snow}}
    14: ...me = Vombatus ursinus | author = [[George Shaw|Shaw]] | date = [[1800]]}}
    17: ... minor inconvenience to be gone through or under. Wombats are [[herbivore]]s, their [[diet]] consisti...
    19: ...abitants]] of Australia arrived while diprotodons were still common, and are believed to have brought...
  13. Thylacine (4846 bytes)
    4: ... = pink | name = Thylacine}}<br />{{StatusExtinct|when=[[1936]]}}
    19: ...ny Australian mammals to have become extinct following [[History of Australia before 1901|European se...
    21: ...ly resembled the Northern Hemisphere predators it was originally named after.
    22: ...Ta_tasmanian_wolf.jpg||thumb|250px|left|Tasmanian Wolf Illustration provided by [http://classroomclip...
    23: ...pete and the population dwindled. It is uncertain when the last mainland Thylacine died, but it may n...
  14. Tower of Babel (13111 bytes)
    1: [[Image:TowerOfBabel2.jpg|thumb|250px|"The Tower of Babel" by [[Pieter Brueghel the Elder]]]]
    2: ...could not proceed. After that time, people moved away to different parts of Earth. The story is used ...
    4: == From the Hebrew scriptures ==
    5: ...onstruction of the Tower of Babel in the [[Maciejowski Bible]]]]
    6: === The Tower of Babel (Gen 11:1-9, KJV) ===
  15. Corinthian order (9508 bytes)
    2: ... was revived, two more orders were added to the [[wikt:canon|canon]], the [[Tuscan order]] and the [[...
    6: ...9th-century naturalism at the U.S. Capitol (''below, left'').
    8: [[Image:CorinthianCapitalDrawing.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Greco-Bactrian]] Corinthian ...
    9: ...e, the leaves may be blown sideways, as if by the wind of Faith. Unlike the Doric and Ionic column ca...
    11: ...f the orders. Its atmosphere is rich and festive, with more opportunities for variation than the othe...
  16. Hamster (25289 bytes)
    9: {{Taxobox_infraordo_entry | taxon=[[Myodonta]]}}
    21: ...ents (because they can reproduce quickly), along with [[rats]], [[mice]], and many other rodents.
    24: ...orted docility of the Black Bear hamster is not however related to the black color, but rather to the...
    28: ...o breed and keep, they are usually only available from breeders, and therefore limited to serious rode...
    30: ... and appealing, so are more appropriate for homes with limited space.
  17. Water dragon (1570 bytes)
    14: ...er) total length and thus requires a fairly large enclosure for proper care.
    16: ...r laterally-compressed tails to propel them when swimming. They are able to remain submerged for long...
    23: .../dragon/ Extensive information on care of Chinese Water Dragons as pets]
  18. Head (anatomy) (526 bytes)
    1: ...is attached to the [[spine (anatomy)|spine]]. The front of the [[human]] head is called the [[face]].
  19. Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombat (9097 bytes)
    1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = pink | name = Wombats}}
    2: ...Wombat in the snow]] | caption = Wombat in the snow}}
    13: ...uthor = [[Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire|É. Geoffroy]] | date = 1803}}
    14: ...obox authority parens | author = [[George Shaw|Shaw]] | date = 1800}}
    15: ...inus''''' {{Taxobox authority | author = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]] | date = 1863}}
  20. Water Dragons (1773 bytes)
    14: ...on MJC02.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Australian Eastern Water Dragon]]
    15: ...on MJC01.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Australian Eastern Water Dragon closeup]]
    17: ...er) total length and thus requires a fairly large enclosure for proper care.
    19: ...r laterally-compressed tails to propel them when swimming. They are able to remain submerged for long...

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