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- Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
4: ...r the Cursed''' due to his burning of the Persian capital and national library.
6: ....” After twelve years of constant military campaigning, Alexander died, probably of [[malaria]]...
11: ... his father descended from [[Heracles]] through [[Caranus]] and his mother descended from [[Aeacus]] t...
14: ...|Pausanias]]), who held a grudge against Philip because the king had ignored a complaint he had expres...
16: ...ial rivals and marched south with his armies in a campaign to solidify control of Greece and confront ... - Ptolemy II of Egypt (4048 bytes)
2: ...phus''' ([[309 BC|309]]-[[246 BC]]), was of a delicate constitution, no [[Macedon]]ian warrior-chief o...
8: ...("Rough Cilicia"), [[Pamphylia]], [[Lycia]] and [[Caria]] were largely in Ptolemy's hands.
10: ...aughter [[Berenice (Seleucid queen)|Berenice]] (''ca''. 250).
12: ...er her repudiation he married, probably for political reasons, his full-sister [[Arsinoe II of Egypt|A...
16: [[Callimachus]], made keeper of the library, [[Theocri... - Ptolemy III of Egypt (1403 bytes)
3: ...pt]] Philadelphus and [[Arsinoe II of Egypt]]. He came to power in 246 BC upon the death of his father...
10: ...nelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Africa/Egypt/_Texts/BEVHOP/6*.html Ptolemy Euergetes&nbs...
11: *[http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Egypt/ptolemies/ptolemy_iii.htm Ptolemy II... - Ptolemy IV of Egypt (2166 bytes)
5: The arming of Egyptians in this campaign had a disturbing effect upon the native pop...
7: ...rotagonist of the [[Apocrypha|apocryphal]] [[3 Maccabees]], which describes purported events following...
10: ...nelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Africa/Egypt/_Texts/BEVHOP/7*.html Ptolemy Philopator&nb...
11: *[http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Egypt/ptolemies/ptolemy_iv.htm Ptolemy IV]... - Ptolemy IX of Egypt (2673 bytes)
7: Ptolemy IX's name recalls that of his great ancestor, [[Ptolemy I of Egy...
10: ...nelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Africa/Egypt/_Texts/BEVHOP/11*.html Ptolemy Soter I... - Ptolemy V of Egypt (2995 bytes)
1: ...Egypt]], was not more than five years old when he came to the throne, and under a series of regents th...
5: ...as. Philip seized several islands and places in [[Caria]] and [[Thrace]], whilst the [[Battle of Paniu...
9: ... some accounts represent him as personally tyrannical. In [[197 BCE]] Lycopolis was held by rebels bu...
14: ...nelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Africa/Egypt/_Texts/BEVHOP/8*.html Ptolemy Epiphanes at ...
15: *[http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Egypt/ptolemies/ptolemy_v.htm Ptolemy V] &... - Ptolemy VI of Egypt (2419 bytes)
5: ...|Rome]] to seek support, which he received from [[Cato]]. He was restored the following year by the i...
8: ...nelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Africa/Egypt/_Texts/BEVHOP/9*.html Ptolemy Philometor at...
9: *[http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Egypt/ptolemies/ptolemy_vi.htm Ptolemy VI]... - Ptolemy VIII of Egypt (5881 bytes)
1: ...Ptolemaic dynasty]] in [[Egypt]]. His complicated career started in [[170 BC]], when [[Antiochus IV Ep...
3: ...partition that left Physcon in charge of [[Cyrenaica]].
5: ...tion]] records that Physcon had bequeathed Cyrenaica to Rome if he died childless, an act not mentione...
7: ...r [[Cleopatra Thea]], and sent him back to Cyrenaica.
9: ...olemy VIII Euergetes II", the name deliberately recalling his ancestor [[Ptolemy III of Egypt|Ptolemy ... - Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
2: ...image | image = [[Image:Trex skull.gif|225px|]] | caption = Skull of ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex|T. Rex]]'' ...
16: ...s, including blood vessels and cells lining them [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/03/science/03dinosaur.h...
20: ...roved tremendously useful in [[scientific classification|classifying]] dinosaurs, which are still know...
25: ...umb|200px|left|Allosaurus Image provided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
30: ...vians.html''DinoBuzz''] hosted by [[University of California]] Museum of [[Paleontology]]</blockquote> - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
1: ...mage:VAT74_0643_W.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Basilica of Saint Peter, portrayed by Viviano Codazzi in a...
2: ...n buried there, too. Construction of the [[basilica]] began in [[1506]] and was completed in [[1626]]...
4: ...edra]] Petri'', the episcopal throne of the basilica's namesake when he led the Roman church, but whic...
7: ...convened in the Basilica of Saint Peter. The high canopy or baldocchino was designed by Bernini.]]
8: ... started construction in [[324]] of a great basilica in this exact spot, which had previously been a c... - Sun (20830 bytes)
30: ...or="#ffffc0" colspan="2" align="center" | '''Physical characteristics'''
55: ! align="left" | [[Escape velocity]]<br> from the surface
78: ...eft" | [[Right ascension]]<br>of North pole <sup>[http://www.hnsky.org/iau-iag.htm 1]</sup>
85: | 25.3800 [[day]]s <br>(25 d 9 h 7 min 12?8 s) [http://www.hnsky.org/iau-iag.htm <sup>1</sup>]
101: ! align="left" | [[Carbon]] - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...erential [[calculus]]. While they both discovered calculus nearly contemporaneously, their work was no...
4: .... Newton is also credited with providing mathematical substantiation for [[Kepler's laws of planetary ...
14: ...live with her new husband, leaving her son in the care of his grandmother.
19: ... other recorded 'sweethearts' and never married. [http://scidiv.bcc.ctc.edu/Math/Newton.html]
23: .... For the next two years Newton worked at home on calculus, [[optics]] and [[gravitation]]. - Ribosome (4897 bytes)
1: ....png|frame|'''Figure 1:''' Ribosome structure indicating small subunit (A) and large subunit (B). Side...
4: ...l fluid of the cell) or bind to another organelle called the [[endoplasmic reticulum]]. Since ribosome...
7: ...hat the protein components of ribosomes act as a scaffold that may enhance the ability of rRNA to synt...
10: ...ference was held in [[Queenstown, New Zealand]] [[http://biochem.otago.ac.nz/ribocon/home.htm 1]].
16: ...st]]s in eukaryotic cells. Several free ribosomes can associate on a single mRNA molecule to form a ''... - Michigan (29427 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Lansing, Michigan|Lansing]] |
40: ...ation grew slowly until the opening of the [[Erie Canal]] in 1825, which brought large numbers of sett...
57: *[[1701]] [[Antoine de Lamothe Cadillac]], with his lieutenant [[Alphonse de Tonty]...
58: *[[1760]] Detroit was captured by the [[Great Britain|British]].
60: ...is (1783)|Treaty of Paris]] that ended the [[American Revolutionary War]]. The U.S. did not take contr... - Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (16156 bytes)
8: ... as well as for the nature of the mental decay it causes.
11: ...nce of "holes" in the brain, degeneration of physical and mental abilities and ultimately death.
13: == The BSE epidemic in British cattle ==
14: ...us tissue got into the feed, and so the number of cases reached epidemic proportions. The tissues that...
16: ... a large increase of the infectious agents in the cattle feed. A contributing factor seems to have bee... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
5: ...ouraged the decoration of Alcibiades. During such campaigns, he also showed his extraordinary hardines...
7: ...on scientific research, but gave up on it when he came to see that it was ''philosophy'' that was trul...
11: ...e knew nothing and strived for knowledge. Historical accounts from varied sources, while questionable...
13: ... no written accounts of his real life have been located, he is idolized by his disciples and thinkers ...
27: ...lives you might continue sleeping, unless the god caring for you should send you another.'' (''Apology... - Mathematics (24164 bytes)
1: ...e study of the [[shape]]s and [[motion]]s of physical objects.
3: ...mathematics includes the mathematics used to do [[calculation]]s and is an indispensable tool in the [...
7: The evolution of mathematics can be seen to be an ever increasing series of abstr...
8: ...]] (e.g. [[addition]], [[subtraction]], [[multiplication]] and [[division (mathematics)|division]]).
12: ...to predict astronomical events. These three needs can be roughly related to the broad subdivision of m... - Morse code (33777 bytes)
1: ...Portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
2: ...ver, with the development of more advanced communications technologies, the use of Morse code is now l...
4: ...nical or visual signal (e.g. a flashing light). Because Morse code is transmitted using just two state...
11: ...racters made it hard to adapt to automated communication, so it was largely replaced by more regular f...
13: ...United States, became known as Railroad or [[American Morse code]], and is now very rarely used. - Earthquake (13859 bytes)
1: ...ur in the interior of the lithospheric plates are called [[intraplate earthquake]]s.
4: ...and cause no damage(those less than 5 on ritcher scale).
5: ...uakes shaking is the dominant and most widespread cause of damage.
9: | [[image:EarthquakeFreewayCa1989.jpg|thumb|200px|none|Section of collapsed fre...
11: ...ume of sound than a smaller one, large faults are capable of higher magnitude earthquakes than smaller... - Pope Silvester II (8276 bytes)
1: ...r II''', known as '''''Gerbert d'Aurillac''''' (''ca''. [[940s|950]] – [[May 12]], [[1003]]), wa...
7: ...ms]] where he was soon appointed a teacher in the cathedral school by [[Adalberon, archbishop of Reims...
9: When Otto II became [[Holy Roman Emperor]] in [[983]], he appointed...
11: ...pet]]. Capet became king of France, ending the [[Carolingian]] line of kings.
13: ...a natural candidate for his succession, but Hugh Capet appointed [[Arnulf]], an illegitimate son of [...
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