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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
17: *[[Roald Amundsen]], (1872-1928), [[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first ...
131: ...lls]] and the [[Saint Anthony Falls]] (the only [[waterfall]] on the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]...
134: *[[Sir Edmund Hillary]], with [[Tenzing Norgay]] was the first person to the summit of [[Mount Everes...
191: *[[Tenzing Norgay]], with [[Sir Edmund Hillary]] was the first person to the summit of [[Mount Everes...
210: ...entury]] [[Portuguese]] explorer and adventurer, was among the first [[Europeans]] to reach [[Japan]]... - History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
10: ...d 585 B.C. and left us the opaque dictum, "All is water." His most noted students were [[Anaximenes of...
12: ... known (perhaps unjustly) for claiming that truth was no more than opinion and for teaching people to ...
14: ... the blanks by saying that the Sophists' students wanted to acquire the skills of an orator in order t...
16: ...e that philosophy and sophistry, interchangeably, was destroying the piety and moral fiber of the city...
20: ...t for the defeat of Athens in the [[Peloponnesian War]] - he attributes the indecision of the masses (... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...assroom Clipart]]]The '''Industrial Revolution''' was the major [[technology|technological]], [[socioe...
3: ...development of steam-powered [[ship]]s, and [[railway]]s, and later in the nineteenth century the grow...
5: ...e world. The impact of this change on [[society]] was enormous and is often compared to the [[Neolithi...
7: The term industrial ''revolution'' was introduced by [[Friedrich Engels]] and [[Louis-A...
10: ...] of the 17th century. But one of the main causes was the invention of the steam engine. - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
16: ... bellows; the inlet to the bag normally has a one-way [[valve]] which prevents air from returning via ...
23: ...ated claim is that the [[Great Highland Bagpipe]] was banned after the [[Jacobite Rising|'45 Rising]]....
42: ...00]]s. In all other respects the Brian Boru pipe was identical with the Great Highland Bagpipe. The ...
45: ...he first beat of a bar, or just as a more musical way to get from one note to the next.
57: ...l. The music, however, is always written in G. Nowadays, chanters are available anywhere from D to G,... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
22: *[[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
73: ...(1706-1781), British General in French and Indian War
99: *[[Abram|Abraham]], (circa 1800 BC), Biblical figure - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
11: ...ent]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
15: ...e]] and his wife, the Countess of Strathmore. She was named after her mother, while her two middle nam...
17: ... United Kingdom|The Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII]].
20: ...ion by the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] and has always been a strong believer in the [[Church of Engla...
23: ...acuated]] to [[Windsor Castle]], Berkshire. There was some suggestion that the princesses be sent to [... - Sofia Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
1: ...Karl Weierstrass]] in [[Berlin]]. In [[1881]] she was appointed professor at [[Stockholm University]],...
3: ...y, a Hungarian king in particular; in [[1858]] he was permitted to change his surname to [[Matthias Co...
5: ...[Elizaveta Fyodorovna Schubert]] (1820-1879). She was granddaughter of [[Theodor Schubert]] aka [[Fyo...
7: ...s (and thus "justifying" the enormous effort that was put into the theory).
9: ...thetique'' Sonata]], to get his attention, but he was focused on the older sister Anna and he very pro... - Rose (15436 bytes)
27: ...[bird]]s such as [[Thrush (bird)|thrushes]] and [[waxwing]]s, which then disperse the seeds in their d...
78: ... known simply as 'The Portland Rose'). This group was developed from that rose. Repeat-flowering. Exam...
81: ...flowering roses although their fragrance is not always a tea scent. Example: 'Lady Hillingdon'
89: ...ient symbols of [[love]] and [[beauty]]. The rose was sacred to a number of [[goddess]]es, and is ofte...
91: ...ose), and the state flower of four US states: [[Iowa]] and [[North Dakota]] ([[Rosa arkansana|''R. ark... - Clavichord (3295 bytes)
3: ...ury and continued to be made until the 1840s, and was revived by Arnold Dolmetsch at the end of the 19...
5: ...the left-hand end to tuning-pegs on the right; towards the right-hand end they pass over a curved woo...
9: ...ractice use of [[pipe organ|organists]]. This use was common in the days before the invention of the e...
11: ...J. S. Bach]]'s son [[Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach]] was a great proponent of the instrument. - Cairo (12536 bytes)
6: ...daa" meaning "subduer of the enemies". This title was given to the city as many armies were destroyed ...
11: ...0617.jpg|thumb|left|200px|This Envisat ASAR Wide-Swath radar multicolour composite image is focused ov...
18: Extensive water systems have also allowed the city to expand e...
20: ...ies were Cairo's ancient predecessors, when Cairo was still in this approximate geographical location.
26: ...], which was the capital of [[Ancient Egypt]] and was founded in around [[3100 BC]] by [[Menes]] of [[... - Trumpet (13239 bytes)
6: ...r to play in all keys. The sound is projected outward by the [[bell]].
18: ...umb|250px|Piccolo trumpet in B♭ - note the swappable leadpipes for B♭ and (longer) A]]
19: ...s the instrument down in pitch, usually but not always by a fourth, to allow the playing of lower note...
28: ...larly after the addition of valves (after about [[1800]]), and its use and instruction became much more ...
50: ...re (muscles of the face). Some commonly accepted ways to do this are: - Accordion (10069 bytes)
20: ...haracteristics were first used in Europe around [[1800]] AD for organs. People used their knowledge and ...
22: .... It is thought that a traveler to China in the [[1800s]] brought this idea back to Europe. However, the...
25: ...st instrument using steel reeds with steel frames was a Querhammerfl?ith Aoline, made by Kasper Schimm...
26: The first basic "accordion" was invented in [[1822]] by [[Friedrich Buschmann]] ...
28: ...the bellows outwards, another when pushing them inwards. The notes are arranged much like on a [[harmo... - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
8: ...uhotep IV]]) of the Eleventh dynasty ended, there was a smooth transition into the illusturous Twelfth...
10: ... his son Senuseret I co-regent. In [[1908 BC]] he was presumably murdered by his bodyguard and Senuser...
14: ...nd established trade connections with Nubia and a war seems to be conducted in the [[Levant]].
18: ...ing that kingdom even more dependent on Egypt. He was deified at the end of the Middle Kingdom and wor...
20: [[Amenemhat III]] ([[1817 BC]] - [[1772 BC]]) was the last great Pharaoh of the Middle Kingdom. Eg... - Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
15: ... to at least four Egyptian rulers, although there was absolutely no doubt for Egyptologists that [[Ram...
17: In 1974, Ronald D. Long was making the same point as [[Rowton]]: "Mesopotami...
21: ... period so far. Pharaoh [[Sahure]] or [[Sephres]] was a king of the [[fifth dynasty of Egypt|fifth dyn...
23: ...: 114), "...dating to perhaps 2100-2200 BCE (1700-1800 BCE in [[radiocarbon year]]s)." In the same book ...
29: ... They confirm John Brug's observation that 26 BCE was the beginning of a cycle, not 139 CE. If such ca... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...c figures. During the [[Cold War]], the President was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free...
7: The United States was the first nation to create the office of [[Presi...
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 Intellig...
16: ...endment XXII]] (which took effect in [[1951]] and was first applied to [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] starti... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[George Washington]]
18: ... United States]]. His son, [[John Quincy Adams]], was the sixth President of the United States ([[1825...
22: ...o [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his mother was Susanna Boylston Adams.
24: ...se of the American colonies. Years later, when he was an old man, Adams undertook to write out, at len...
26: ...h]], Massachusetts. Their son, John Quincy Adams, was born in [[1767]]. - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
14: | wife= None; wife [[Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson|Martha]] died before he too...
18: ...pril 13]], [[1743]] – [[July 4]], [[1826]]) was the third ([[1801]]–[[1809]]) [[President ...
23: ...he [[College of William & Mary]] — where he was a member of the secret [[Flat Hat Club]] —...
25: Jefferson was the primary author of the [[United States Declar...
27: ...e of his collection (the Library was founded in [[1800]]; Jefferson sold his third library to the Congre... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
10: | place of birth= [[Waxhaw, North Carolina|Waxhaws area]] of [[North Carolina]]
18: ...[War of 1812]] and the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].
22: ...y the [[British]] in the [[American Revolutionary War]]. When he refused to clean the boots of a Briti...
24: ...ortly after [[1800]], as a young lawyer. Since he was not of a distinguished family, he had to make hi...
26: ...the battlefield, which gave him his nickname. The war, and particularly his command at the [[Battle of... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
22: ... descent]], and the only whose [[first language]] was not [[English language|English]].
25: ... farmer and popular [[tavern]]-keeper. His mother was Maria Hoes ([[February 27]], [[1747]]–[[Fe...
27: ... did not fall under his influence. In [[1803]] he was admitted to the bar and continued in active and ...
29: ...ia County]] from [[1808]] until [[1813]], when he was removed. In [[1812]] he entered the state Senate...
33: ...s a member of the Senate, until [[1819]], when he was displaced to make room for a Federalist. He had ... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
9: ...><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[January 7]], [[1800]]</td></tr>
20: ...er elected to the presidency in his own right. He was the last president from the [[United States Whig...
26: ...resentatives and was Comptroller of New York. It was thought that the obscure, self-made candidate fr...
29: ...[Mexico]] in the [[Mexican-American War]]. Taylor wanted the new states to be free states, while Fillm...
39: ... the extension of slavery, without any progress toward settling the major issues.
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