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  1. Malta (18511 bytes)
    69: ...e link between the Maltese inhabitants and the people of Rome. In AD 60, the islands were visited by [...
    75: ...Axis Powers|Axis]] [[ship]]ping lanes, and its people's bravery led to the awarding of the [[George Cr...
    110: ...1820 during the [[Battle of Navarino]] which took place in Greece, the British fleet was based in Malt...
    112: ... of ships called at Malta for coal and various supplies on their way to the Indian Ocean and the Far E...
    123: ... 20% of its food needs, has limited freshwater supplies, and has no domestic energy sources. The econo...
  2. Monaco (12001 bytes)
    53: ...#954;ος means single house or single temple).
    88: ...ach year many are attracted to its [[casino]] and pleasant climate. In [[2001]], a major new construct...
    92: ...attention but the majority of them are businesspeople.
    110: * [[List of famous Monegasque people]]
  3. Tobacco smoking (36030 bytes)
    10: ...h many smokers consider smoking to be a relaxing, pleasurable, social activity, others view it as a ba...
    37: ...Cancer of the mouth and jaw is also a risk for people who chew tobacco rather than smoke it. US Presid...
    43: ...ating warnings that cigarettes are required to display notes that smoking can lead to "low fetal birth...
    48: ...acco in the United States, because it starves the plant for [[nitrogen]], thereby producing more flavo...
    54: ...tion, as described above, do not permit such a simple [[assay]] and require more difficult studies, re...
  4. Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
    1: ...inventing the Cartesian coordinate system used in plane geometry and algebra.
    4: ... to [[Teleology|ends]]—divine or natural—in explaining natural phenomena. In his theology, he insi...
    14: ...eling, visiting courts and armies, mixing with people of diverse temperaments and ranks, gathering var...
    18: ...ege of La Rochelle]] by Cardinal [[Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu|Richelieu]] in [[1627]]....
    20: ... the [[Catholic Church]], and Descartes abandoned plans to publish ''[[The World (Descartes)|Treatise ...
  5. Pierre Abelard (18114 bytes)
    11: ...en dominant in the early [[Middle Ages]] (to be replaced by Abélard's [[Conceptualism]], or by [[Nomi...
    13: ...ectures of Anselm at [[Laon]]. His triumph was complete; the pupil was able to give lectures, without ...
    22: ...had helped her run away, wanted to be rid of her, plotted revenge. He and some others broke into Abél...
    25: ...and he was finally allowed to leave. In a desert place near [[Nogent-sur-Seine]], he built himself a ...
    29: ...ems to be some dissent as to their actual resting place.
  6. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (15483 bytes)
    1: ...]] - [[November 14]], [[1831]]) was a [[German people|German]] [[philosopher]] born in [[Stuttgart]], ...
    9: ...ons inherent in the preceding movement''. For example, the French Revolution for Hegel constitutes the...
    13: ...nciple of it and the other form is its specific application to the actual events in history. He contin...
    19: ...vidual case. To do so would involve comparing examples of events of history with their archetypal form...
    21: ...e called "deliberately confusing") his work is perplexing for modern audiences because he had an organ...
  7. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    391: *[[Frederick Copleston]], (1907-1994)
    896: *[[David Kaplan (philosopher)|David Kaplan]], (born 1933){{fn|O}}
    897: *[[Mordecai Kaplan]], (1881-1983){{fn|R}}
    907: *[[Johannes Kepler]], (1571-1630){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
    973: *[[Pierre-Simon Laplace]], (1749-1827){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}
  8. History of dance (9081 bytes)
    7: ...y]], and said that certain dancers, with rhythm applied to gesture, could express manners, passions, a...
    10: Throughout history, people have danced as part of religious rituals and soc...
    13: ..., sixteenth century man believed he could attract planetary influences. Dance in itself was an imitati...
    15: ... of extolling its own greatness. The ballets took place as a part of the magnificences, huge celebrato...
    17: ...ballet was performed in heavy ballroom attire, complete with wigs and masks. Because of Louis XVI, cou...
  9. Mustard (7834 bytes)
    3: {{Taxobox_begin_placement | color = lightgreen}}
    4: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Plant]]ae}}
    5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
    10: {{Taxobox_end_placement}}
    11: ...axobox_section_subdivision | color = lightgreen | plural_taxon = Species}}
  10. Ice age (15810 bytes)
    16: ...e was responsible for the subsequent [[Cambrian Explosion]], though this theory is recent and controve...
    20: ...sheet in Antarctica, but intensified during the [[Pleistocene]] (starting around 3 million years ago) ...
    22: ... between summers in which the winter snow mass completely melts and summers in which the winter snow p...
    31: ...e from the evidence of ice core records. For example, an article in Nature [http://www.nature.com/cgi...
    39: ... and interglacial phases — this was first explained by the theory of [[Milutin Milankovic]].
  11. Ballet (9155 bytes)
    11: ...]] was performed. This early form consisted of a play in which the scenes were separated by dances. ...
    15: ...rticularly after [[World War II]] engaged in multiple tours all over the world that revitalized ballet...
    104: [[Elisabeth Platel]],
  12. Tennis (24557 bytes)
    1: ...ourt tennis''), an older form of the game that is played indoors on a very different kind of a court. ...
    3: ...long with its millions of players, millions of people follow tennis as a spectator sport, especially t...
    5: ==Manner of play==
    12: ...r space around the court is required in order for players to reach overrun balls. A net is stretched a...
    20: ...es keep rallies short, and powerful, hard-serving players have an advantage. Grass courts add an addit...
  13. List of male tennis players (14849 bytes)
    1: The following lists male [[tennis]] players from over the years who have been ranked in ...
    5: ...assi]] ([[1970]]-) - ([[:Category:American tennis players|United States]])
    6: ...eter Aldrich]] - [[:Category:South African tennis players|South Africa]] - doubles specialist
    8: ...er]] ([[1951]]-) - ([[:Category:Australian tennis players|Australia]])
    10: ...] ([[1895]]-[[1984]]) ([[:Category:Spanish tennis players|Spain]])
  14. List of female tennis players (8364 bytes)
    1: List of female [[tennis]] players:
    48: * [[Charlotte Cooper (tennis player)|Charlotte Cooper]] (England)
    132: * [[Li Ting (tennis player)|Li Ting]] (China)
    274: ...[[List of male tennis players]], [[List of tennis players]], [[List of sportsmen]]
  15. Neanderthal (12705 bytes)
    4: {{Taxobox_begin_placement | color = pink}}
    13: {{Taxobox_end_placement}}
    16: ...alaeolithic]] and [[Lower Paleolithic]], in the [[Pleistocene]] epoch).
    28: ...e remains were from ancient [[Europe]]ans who had played an important role in modern human origins. Ov...
    37: ... or ''Homo sapiens neanderthalensis.'' The latter places Neanderthals as a [[subspecies]] of ''[[Homo ...
  16. Petroglyph (5591 bytes)
    6: ...stone]], usually by [[Prehistory|prehistoric]] peoples, by means of carving, pecking or otherwise inci...
    7: ...hey are commonly associated with [[Neolithic]] people, and were a dominant form or pre-[[writing]] sym...
    13: ...10,000 B.C. to 5,000 B.C. when they begun to be replaced by more advanced [[writing system]]s using [[...
    19: ...visited by Irish, Iberian, Libyan, and Egyptian explorers "some 2,000 to 2,500 years ago".
    24: Examples of petroglyphs can be found at:
  17. Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
    5: ...in Christian pilgrims traveling to visit the birthplace of [[Jesus]]. It was served by [[Benedictine]]...
    9: ...s in the Holy Land were the work of either the Templars or Hospitallers, at the height of the Kingdom ...
    15: ...His successor [[Fulkes de Villaret]] executed the plan, and on [[August 15]], [[1309]] after over two ...
    17: ...] in [[1480]], who after the [[fall of Constantinople]] made the Knights a priority target.
    25: After seven years of moving from place to place in [[Europe]], the Knights were re-established...
  18. Computer mouse (29399 bytes)
    3: ...tion of a [[cursor]] on the [[computer display|display]].
    5: ... be either ''mice'' or ''mouses''. See [[English plural]] for more information.
    13: ...t ultimately, the mouse won out because of its simplicity and convenience.
    15: ...[[1970]] for a ''"X-Y Position Indicator For A Display System"''. At the time, Engelbart intended tha...
    17: ...us mouse.jpg|200px|thumb|left| An Apple Macintosh Plus's Mouse, 1986]]
  19. Timeline of the French Revolution (9550 bytes)
    21: ... 1]]: [[ɴienne Charles de Lom鮩e de Brienne]] replaces de Calonne as Contoller-General of Finances.
    97: ...ur'' and ''madame'' are baneed by decree, to be replaced with ''citoyen'' and ''citoyenne''
  20. Jean Fouquet (2536 bytes)

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