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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...h [[Medieval]] Welsh texts often call him ''amerauder'' ("[[emperor]]").
5: ...his power and the extent and kind of power he wielded continues to rage.
7: ...Geoffrey Ashe and Leon Fleuriot, have argued for identifying Arthur with a certain [[Riothamus]], "Kin...
9: ...ing the historical career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to be little ...
11: ...eves that Arthur is a half-forgotten Celtic deity devolved into a personage (citing sometimes a suppos... - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
6: ...cade later in the songwriting, singing, and attitude of singers such as Aguilera, [[Avril Lavigne]], a...
10: ...an older brother, Chad, and a [[twin]] brother, Wade.
23: With the support of her parents and a relentless desire to succeed, Morissette traveled with Howe to ...
26: :''And your fake identification''
30: :''I'll be dealing with".'' - Mosaic (6524 bytes)
3: ...thumb|150px|Detail of mosaic from [[Herculaneum]] depicting [[Amphitrite]]]]
5: ...0pix.jpg|thumb|200px|A small part of '''The Great Pavement''', a Roman mosaic laid in AD 325 at Woodchester,...
7: ...ly 12th-century [[Kiev]]an mosaic depicting [[St. Demetrius]].]]
12: ...ve arts|decorative art]], an aspect of [[interior decoration]]. In mosaics, small [[tile]]s or fragme...
16: ...ed across the ancient world for domestic interior decoration. Mosaics of the [[4th century BC]] are fo... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
3: ...ntry's capital was ended, and it fell into a long decline, which by the late [[Ottoman]] period had se...
5: ...|right|Alexandria's state-of-the-art [[library]], designed by [[Christoph Kapellar]], was inaugurated ...
16: * The modern city from [[1798]] (red).
19: ...in. Alexander's seers, and in particular [[Aristander of Telmessus]], interpreted this as an omen that...
21: ...t the foundation, but are thwarted when Alexander descends in a glass box, and armed with exact knowle... - Abydos, Egypt (9715 bytes)
2: ...bydos, like the city on the [[Hellespont]]; the modern [[Arabic language|Arabic]] name is [[Arabet el ...
6: ...c Period|Ptolemaic]] times the place continued to decay and no later works are known (Petrie, ''Abydos...
10: ...r times, so that at last the whole place was considered as sacred to him (''Abydos'', ii. 47).
14: ...ler building was erected behind it, enclosing a wide hearth of black ashes.
15: ...hese were probably the substitutes for sacrifices decreed by [[Khufu (pharaoh)|Khufu]] (or Cheops) in ... - Landform (3582 bytes)
1: ...[Ocean]]s and [[continent]]s exemplify highest-order landforms.
3: ...orms -- see for example the role of plants in the development of [[dune]] systems and [[salt marsh]]es...
4: ...b|right|Landform of Cappodocia, Turkey.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
12: *[[limestone pavement]]
30: ...ght|Coastal landform of Rhodes, Greece.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A... - Sundial (16148 bytes)
7: ...en designs, such as the 'ordinary' or standard garden sundial, cast a shadow on a flat surface marked ...
9: However, sundials can be designed for any surface where a fixed object casts ...
11: Most sundial designs indicate [[solar time|apparent solar time]].
12: Minor design variations can measure standard and daylight ...
14: Sundials are known from ancient Egypt, and were developed further by other cultures, including the [... - Pompeii (10901 bytes)
1: ...e:Pompeii7.jpg|right|thumb|Ruins in Pompeii, provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
3: ...vessels to save some of those trapped in the seaside towns.
7: ...mage:Pompeii6.jpg|left|thumb|View of Pompeii provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
9: The town was founded in the ca. [[6th century BCE]] by the [[Osci]] o...
11: ... of '''Colonia [[Cornelius|Cornelia]] [[Venus (goddess)|Veneria]] Pompeianorum'''. The town became an ... - Tricycle (4572 bytes)
5: ...motorcycle]]s (however, [[sidecar]]s are not considered tricycles, neither are the three wheeled autom...
7: ...being at one end, tadpoles always understeer, and deltas always oversteer.
9: ... Higgins and Pashley are the principal makers of 'delta' pattern upright trikes in the UK. Most tadpo...
11: ... corners much as a bicycle does, and this also renders them more comfortable on cambered roads. They ...
13: ...r use. These are known as [[velomobile]]s. Other designers try to reduce the number of parts, especia... - Doric order (6699 bytes)
3: ...[Corinthian order|Corinthian]]. The Greek Doric order was the earliest of these, known from the [[7th ...
5: ...ion, Doric [[column]]s stood directly on the flat pavement (the ''stylobate'') of a [[temple]] without a bas...
7: ...pg|thumb|right|250px|[[Temple of the Delians]], [[Delos]]; [[19th century]] pen-and-wash restoration]]
9: ...hat occupies the lower half of the entablature. Under each triglyph are peglike ''guttae'' that appear...
11: ...e:DoricParthenon.jpg|thumb|left|100px|The Doric order of the [[Parthenon]]]] - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
4: ...oups. The section called the "Old City" is surrounded by walls and consists of four quarters: [[Jew]]i...
12: ...brew]] ''Ir Shalem'' ("city of Salem"). Some consider a connection between the name and ''Shalim'' the...
18: .... David then expanded the city to the south, and declared it the capital city of the united [[Kingdom...
22: ... history, the kings of Judah become historically identifiable, and the significance the Temple had in ...
24: ... burnt, and the city's walls were ruined, thus rendering what remained of the city unprotected.
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