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- Persepolis (15450 bytes)
2: ...z]], not far from where the small river Pulwar flows into the Kur (Kyrus).
6: ...e traced back to the [[13th century]], are now known as ''Takhti Jamshid'' ("the throne of Jamshid")....
8: ...umber of Persian kings, either that their remains were brought "to the Persians," or that they died t...
12: ...ia|Darius III]] (Codomannus), who is one of those whose bodies are said to have been brought "to the ...
14: ...ilding, which was still intact 900 years ago, and was used as the [[mosque]] of the then existing cit... - Sculpture (5545 bytes)
1: ...stic expression. Sculpture is primarily concerned with space: occupying it, relating to it, and influ...
5: ...ribed as ''sculpturesque'' if it shares qualities with [[classicism|classical]] figurative sculpture ...
8: ...s_love_small.jpg|thumb|right|A sculpture: "Mother with child"]]
11: ** [[marble]] - see [[marble sculpture]]
32: * [[wood, as a medium|wood]] - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
1: ...f sculpture''' is varied and is illustrative of how sculpture has changed extensively over the ages.
4: ...area of [[Willendorf]], [[Austria]], is a well-known example.
6: ...sed for pottery and terra cotta sculpture. Stone was generally rare and had to be imported from othe...
8: ...them are a wooden harp with gold and mosaic inlay with a black-bearded golden bull's head.
11: ...elieved to represent Hammurabi. The head has the wide open eyes, typical of the time period. - Eurasia (4541 bytes)
2: ...right|thumb|African-Eurasian aspect of [[the Blue Marble|Earth]]]]
3: ... also used in international politics as a neutral way to refer to organizations of or affairs concern...
5: ... Eurasia's dominance in world history to the east-west extent of Eurasia and its climate zones, and t...
7: ...between European and Asian cultures of antiquity, which had long been thought of as distinct.
9: ...nd this terminology has spread to the rest of the world, even though ''Asia'' contains multiple regio... - Africa (35389 bytes)
3: ...tries, it accounts for about one seventh of the [[world human population]].
6: [[Image:LocationAfrica.png|thumb|World map showing location of Africa]]
8: ..., as the [[Africa (province)|province of Africa]] with its capital [[Carthage]], corresponding to mod...
12: ...fri, a tribe—possibly [[Berber]]—who dwelt in [[North Africa]] in the Carthage area;
13: ...[Greek language|Greek]] word ''aphrike'', meaning without cold; - Turkey (41694 bytes)
4: national_motto = Peace at Home, Peace in the World
10: ...] |latd=52|latm=31|latNS=N|longd=13|longm=24|longEW=E|
11: ...]] |latd=41|latm=1|latNS=N|longd=28|longm=57|longEW=E|
22: percent_water = 1.3 |
39: currency = [[New Turkish Lira]] | - Turkmenistan (10788 bytes)
1: ... border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0.5em 0 1em 1em; backgroun...
6: | align=center width=148 | [[Image:Turkmenistan flag large.png|125...
7: | align=center width=148 | [[Image:Turkmenistan coa.jpg|100px|Coat...
9: | align=center width=148 | [[Flag of Turkmenistan]]
10: | align=center width=148 | ([[Coat of Arms of Turkmenistan|In Deta... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
12: ... = 33|latm=40|latNS=N|longd=73|longm=10|longEW=E |
20: percent_water = 3.1 |
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...
59: ...e country advance in trade and culture to a level where the [[Gandhara]] region and the great city of... - Hourglass (3146 bytes)
3: ...d with fine [[sand]] which flows through the narrow tube into the bottom bulb at a given rate. Once ...
5: ...ll in use, but typically only [[ornament]]ally or when a relatively approximate measurement of time i...
8: ...use as far back as the [[11th century]], where it would have complimented the [[magnetic compass]] as...
10: ...owever, it is not until the [[14th century]] that we find evidence of their existence, appearing in a...
12: ...tence is fleeting, and in [[England]] hourglasses were sometimes placed in [[coffin]]s to symbolise t... - Ancient Greece (23806 bytes)
2: ...red Greek settlements on the coasts of what are now [[Albania]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Egypt]], [[France]],...
4: ...e that these civilizations, while Greek-speaking, were so different from later Greek cultures that th...
6: ...f [[Alexander the Great]] in [[323 BC]]. The following period is classed [[History of Hellenistic Gre...
8: These dates are historians' conventions and some writers treat the Ancient Greek civilization as a c...
10: ...world, particularly during the [[Renaissance]] in Western Europe and again during various [[Classicis... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
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26: Longitude = 71?28'W to 73?26'W |
28: Width = 130 |
32: LowestElev = 29 | - Alyattes II (1682 bytes)
1: ...BC]]), the real founder of the [[Lydian empire]], was the son of [[Sadyattes]], of the house of the [...
3: ... and the Halys fixed as the boundary between the two kingdoms.
5: ...Izmir|Smyrna]], [[Colophon]]). ([[Izmir|Smyrna]] was sacked and destroyed c.[[600 BC]]E, the inhabit...
7: ...produced using an anvil die technique and stamped with the Lion's head, the symbol of the Mermnadae.
9: He was succeeded by his son [[Croesus]]. - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
1: [[Image:VAT74_0643_W.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Basilica of Saint Peter...
2: ...ruction of the [[basilica]] began in [[1506]] and was completed in [[1626]].
4: ...lica's namesake when he led the Roman church, but which is no longer used. These are the sources of ...
7: ...ca of Saint Peter. The high canopy or baldocchino was designed by Bernini.]]
8: ...hich had previously been a cemetery for pagans as well as Christians. - Islamic architecture (6677 bytes)
1: ...tyle="float:right; margin:5px; border:3px solid;" width="40%">
9: [[Architecture of the ancient world]]</td></tr>
11: [[Western architecture]]</td></tr>
22: ...us buildings as well as secular ones, historic as well as modern expressions and the production of al...
32: ...amic architecture may be identified with the following design elements: - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ...he first man on the moon in the [[space race]] between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]]...
4: ...c breakthroughs, the idea of outer-earth missions was no longer a dream, but a viable practice.
6: ...one Arsenal]] displays many articles of space hardware, including a full-size replica of the [[Apollo...
8: See also: [[The Blue Marble]], a [[1972]] image taken during the [[Apollo pro...
13: ...]. The first orbital flight made by a human being was [[Vostok 1]], carrying [[Yuri Gagarin]] on [[Ap... - Cave (10592 bytes)
2: ...Lavacaveexit.jpg|thumb|300px|The outside world viewed from a cave]]
3: ...t some portion of it will not receive daylight; however, in popular usage, the term includes smaller ...
11: ...face cools down and becomes hard. The lava now flows inside its crust, until the eruption ends.
12: ...lava inside the crust flows out and leaves a hollow tube.
13: ...ilo]] is the longest and deepest lava tube of the world and also the eighth longest cave of the Unite... - Trajans Column (10003 bytes)
1: ...]]'s victory in the [[Trajan's Dacian Wars|Dacian Wars]]. Its design has inspired numerous [[victory ...
3: ...capital block of Trajan's Column weighs 53.3 tons which had to be lifted to a height of ca. 34 m.
5: ...Sixtus V]] with a bronze figure of [[St. Peter]], which remains to this day.
9: ...military campaigns against the [[Dacia]]ns; the lower half illustrating the first (101-102), and the ...
11: ...ferent angle is used to show men working behind a wall). - Classical antiquity (3940 bytes)
1: ...]] and the [[fall of the Roman Empire|fall of the Western Roman Empire]] ([[5th century AD]]).
3: ...ter people, of what was, in [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s words,
5: ... was [[Ancient Greece|Greece]], the grandeur that was [[Ancient Rome|Rome]]!''
7: ...nce for classical antiquity was much greater in [[Western Europe]] and the [[United States]] than it ...
9: ...ose jurisdiction extended to the entire civilised world. - Sundial (16148 bytes)
4: ...sundial-st-remy-of-provence.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Wall sundial]]
7: ...n sundial, cast a shadow on a flat surface marked with the hours of the day.
8: ...f the sun changes, the time indicated by the shadow changes.
9: ...ace where a fixed object casts a predictable shadow.
12: ...can measure standard and daylight saving time, as well. - Colorado (22240 bytes)
12: Governor = [[Bill Owens]] |
17: WaterArea = 962 |
18: PCWater = 0.36 |
27: Longitude = 102?W to 109?W |
28: Width = 451 |
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