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- Dodos (9122 bytes)
15: ...itius]]. The Dodo, which is now extinct, lived on fruit and nested on the ground.
18: ... decaying remnants of the last stuffed Dodo, in [[Oxford]]'s [[Ashmolean Museum]], were burned in 1755.
20: Nevertheless, from artists' renditions we know that the dodo had b...
24: ...easons, the dodo probably fattened itself on ripe fruits at the end of the wet season to live through ...
27: ...sness, made it easy prey. The name ''dodo'' comes from the archaic [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] ... - Hippopotamuses (6272 bytes)
15: ...962;" ("river horse") is a large, plant-eating [[Africa]]n [[mammal]], one of only two living and thre...
17: ...hippo often marks his territory along a riverbank from which to draw in a harem of females while defen...
19: ...hern Africa]] ([[Botswana]], [[Republic of South Africa]], [[Zimbabwe]], [[Zambia]]). A separate popul...
23: ... not because they are more aggressive than other African mammals but rather because they are highly te...
25: The word hippopotamus comes, by way of [[Latin]], from the ancient [[Greek language|Greek]] ιN... - Tigers (12435 bytes)
3: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:LA1_082A.jpg|noframe|250px|Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)...
15: ...eir [[penis]]es, believed to be [[aphrodisiac]]s. From the destruction of its habitat, to the poaching...
23: The ground of the coat may be any colour from yellow to orange-red, with white areas on the c...
25: ... is [[camouflage]], serving to hide these animals from their prey (few large animals have colour visio...
29: ...gers overpower their prey from any angle, usually from ambush, and bite the neck, often breaking the p... - History of geography (6224 bytes)
17: ...der]], appointed reader at [[University of Oxford|Oxford University]] in [[1887]].
23: ..."heat makes inhabitants of the tropics lazy" and "frequent changes in barometric pressure make inhabit...
27: ...na. They adopted the philosophy of [[positivism]] from the natural sciences and turned to [[mathematic...
29: ...aphy]] is, as the name suggests, the use of ideas from [[feminism]] in geographic contexts. The most r... - History of science in the Middle Ages (30877 bytes)
14: ... of [[Rome]] in the [[5th century]], and isolated from the rest of the world by the spread of [[Islam]...
16: ...rpretation. Given the limited scientific advances from about [[476]] to about [[1000]], this period ca...
18: ...ic]], [[geometry]], [[astronomy]] and [[music]]). From the year [[787]] on, [[decree]]s began to circu...
20: ...e rebirth of the interest in speculative inquiry; from this interest would follow the rise of the [[Sc...
27: ...the texts of the ''ancients'' and started a new infrastructure which was needed for scientific communi... - Protodynastic Period of Egypt (2081 bytes)
10: ...Egypt'', edited by Ian Shaw. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. 61–88
11: ... to the First Pharaohs''. Translated by Ian Shaw. Oxford and Malden: Blackwell Publishers
13: ...l Archeologist: Perspectives on the Ancient World from Mesopotamia to the Mediterranean'' 48 (4):240&n... - Rowing (20818 bytes)
22: ...bridge Boat Race|University Boat Race]] between [[Oxford University]] and [[Cambridge University]] in 1829...
26: ... the [[United Kingdom]], the [[United States]], [[France]], [[Canada]], [[Germany]], [[Australia]] and...
30: ...made from [[wood]], shells are almost always made from a [[composite material]] (usually [[graphite-re...
46: ... qualifying for the next round. The losing boats from each heat may be given a second chance to quali...
48: ...nd race against the clock. Distances usually vary from 2,000 m to 7,000 m (although some races are ove... - Indian art (7305 bytes)
17: ... The dancing girl from Mohenjodaro, various seals from Harappa and other art objects show that there w...
23: ...e supple and intense with myth, legends, snippets from epic, multitudinous gods born out of dream and ...
28: *Mitter, Partha. Indian Art, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001
31: ...n Buddhism and the frequent exchanges of scholars from the 12th century onwards. - Geography1 (26085 bytes)
2: '''Geography''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] ''γεωγραφία''...
7: ...of Geography |publisher=Basil Blackwell |location=Oxford |pages=p. 66}}</ref>}}
17: ...de Wallace.jpg|96px]] || [[Image:Cyclone Catarina from the ISS on March 26 2004.JPG|96px]] || [[Image:...
86: ... to be regarded separately. Cartography has grown from a collection of drafting techniques into an act...
88: ...ut much controversy, that cartography is the seed from which the larger field of geography grew. Most ... - Tim Berners-Lee (7363 bytes)
1: [[Image:Berners-Lee.jpg|frame|right|Sir Tim Berners-Lee]]
6: ...hacking with a friend and was subsequently banned from using the university computer.
12: ...updating information among researchers. With help from [[Robert Cailliau]] he built a prototype system...
18: ... later maintained a list of other web sites apart from his own.
24: ...ch shows Berners-Lee's first goal to maintain the freedom of the Web. - Roman economy (23678 bytes)
2: ...nd the [[As (coin)|as]] (copper). These were used from the middle of the third century BC until the mi...
9: [[Image:Maximinus denarius.jpg|left|frame|A [[denarius]] by [[Maximinus]].]]
10: ... Estimates of the value of the [[denarius]] range from 1.6 to 2.85 times its metal content, thought to...
12: ...tion of bronze coinage during the Republic, where from the time of [[Sulla]] till the time of [[August...
23: ...Caesar, although the [[Roman Emperor|imperators]] from time to time also produced coins featuring the ... - Mauryan (48769 bytes)
2: ...ia|India]]''', ruled by the '''Mauryan dynasty''' from 321 to 185 BC.
4: Originating from the kingdom of [[Magadha]] in the [[Indo-Ganget...
10: ...[Seleucus I Nicator|Seleucus I]], a Greek general from Alexander's army. Under Chandragupta and his su...
20: ...[Babylon]], soon after in [[323 BCE]], his empire fragmented, and local kings declared their independe...
28: With the help of these frontier martial tribes from Central Asia, Chandragupta was able to defeat t... - Anne Bonny (5802 bytes)
15: ...ead's name and gender were, however, known to all from the start, including Gov. Rogers, who named the...
18: ...r commanded a ship of her own. Her renown derives from the fact that she was a rarity: a female pirate...
23: ...they gave birth. Read died in prison, most likely from a fever, though it has been alleged that she di...
25: ==Disappearance from the record==
26: ...sts that her father managed to secure her release from jail and bring her back to Charles Town, South ... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
2: The '''18th century''' lasted from [[1701]] to [[1800]] in the [[Gregorian calenda...
4: ..., [[July 14]], [[1789]], an iconic event of the [[French Revolution]]]][[File:Washington Crossing the ...
6: ...urope embraced enlightenment ideals, but with the French revolution, they were on the side of the coun...
8: ...became a major power worldwide with the defeat of France in the Americas in the 1760s and the conquest...
21: ...]]-[[1715]]: [[Camisard|Camisard Rebellion]] in [[France]]. - Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
41: ...any songs and TV drama series presented Christmas from a lover's point of view, for example '[[Last Ch...
48: ...banese Muslims celebrate Christmas with Christian friends. A poll showed that around two thirds of th...
49: ...open all night for praying and people go to visit friends and families, often to villages in the mount...
54: ...ël]]". Most of Christmas Greetings are spoken in French like "[[Joyeux Noel|Joyeux Noël]]" or Englis...
62: ...rch Centre (also assistant parish priest of [[St. Francis Xavier]]'s Church) has lodged a formal compl... - Vampire (17166 bytes)
2: [[Image:Orlock.JPG|right|thumb|[[Count Orlok]] from ''[[Nosferatu]]'']]
3: ...emely variable in different traditions, and are a frequent subject of folklore, [[film|cinema]], and c...
11: ...he [[Hades|underworld]] are lured to the blood of freshly sacrificed rams, a fact which Odysseus uses ...
13: ...arly Slavic folklore, a vampire drank blood, was afraid of (but could not be killed by) [[silver]], an...
23: ... of wood to attempt to strike the monster's heart from a distance. If you ram a wooden stake into a v... - Star (12279 bytes)
3: ...the [[Earth]]'s [[atmosphere]] and their distance from us. The Sun is also a star, but it is close en...
5: ...on kilometres, or 4.2 [[light year]]s away (light from Proxima Centauri takes 4.2 years to reach Earth...
9: ...]] and [[stellar evolution]].) They range in size from the tiny [[neutron star]]s (which are actually ...
17: ...aviolet and infrared components are typically far from negligible. The apparent [[brightness]] of a st...
25: ... High mass stars powerfully illuminate the clouds from which they formed. One example of such a [[nebu... - Robert Abbot (2381 bytes)
2: ...be incorrect. The misunderstanding probably stems from a passage in Robert Abbot's work ''A Hand of Fe...
5: ...[1658]], and in [[1662]], Abbot appears to vanish from record, and his activities are unknown. - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (32608 bytes)
5: ... political and social importance, with [[Benjamin Franklin]] playing an extraordinary role in Philadel...
34: ...apital of his new colony founded on principles of freedom and religious tolerance, would be a model of...
41: ...nited States|United States Government]] was moved from [[Federal Hall]] in [[New York, New York|New Yo...
47: ...sition]]. Memorial Hall and the expansive mall in front of it are remnants of this fair.
51: ...|800px|<center>Center City Philadelphia panorama, from [[1913]].</center>]] - Propeller (12179 bytes)
1: ...force produced is from the difference in pressure from the forward and rear surfaces of the blades.
27: ...cy as the fan is drawing on a smaller area of the free stream and so using less air, this is balanced ...
34: ...include [[William Symington]], the Marquis de Jouffroy, [[John Fitch]] and many others. The American [...
36: ...igned and patented a screw propeller in [[1827]]. Francis Petit Smith tested a screw propeller similar...
40: ...itial designs owed much to the ordinary [[screw]] from which their name derived - early propellers con...
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