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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ...race]] between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]].
3: ==From fiction to fact==
4: ...d lighter materials and other technological and scientific breakthroughs, the idea of outer-earth miss...
6: ...ee and touch, a [[Gemini]] space capsule and [[Soviet]] [[rocket]]s. The [[Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center...
11: From a spaceflight perspective, the definition of sp... - Cave (10592 bytes)
2: ...caveexit.jpg|thumb|300px|The outside world viewed from a cave]]
3: ... the term includes smaller spaces like cliff cavities, rock shelters and sea caves.
22: ...ve.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Ice cave in Big Four Glacier, [[Big Four Mountain]], [[Washington]], ca. [[19...
23: * '''Ice caves''' occur in and under [[glacier]]s, formed by melting. They are also influenced ...
26: ... between layers of less soluble rock. These rocks fracture and collapse in blocks. - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
21: ...inian's generals reconquer North Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Ostrogoths]].
27: ...n the following decades, they take most of North Africa, and later conquer Sicily as well.
29: ...ning Italian territories, aside from some territories in the south.
38: | Constantinople is occupied by crusaders; Latin empire formed.
46: ...e introduced, dividing the empire into a ''pars Orientis'' and a ''pars Occidentis''. Others place it ... - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ...fortified enclosure]]. The term is most often applied to a small self-contained [[fortress]], usually ...
2: ...expanded into pleasure dwellings and power houses from the late 15th century, their "castle" designati...
10: ...st and foremost castles were places of protection from an invading enemy, a place of retreat. This can...
11: ...e weapons, built in otherwise hostile territories from which to control surrounding lands.
14: ...nd control of a region. A castle was a stronghold from which a lord or baron could control surrounding... - Tree (23723 bytes)
2: ...ifer]]ous [[Coast Redwood]], the tallest tree species on earth]]
3: ...ther plant forms, trees are long-lived. A few species of trees grow to 100 m tall, and some can live f...
5: ...t role in many of the world's [[mythology|mythologies]] (see [[Tree (mythology)]]).
9: ...)|families]] of plants. Trees thus show a wide variety of growth form, leaf type and shape, bark chara...
11: ...ell known trees and how they are typically classified. - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
2: [[nutrient]]s (but not [[energy]]) by trapping and consumi...
4: ...w in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutrients,
19: These traps may also be classified as active or passive. For example, there are bot...
29: ...e leaves are quite clearly evolutionarily derived from a simple
37: order [[Ericales]] ([[heather]]s and allies). ''Heliamphora'' is limited to South America, - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
1: [[image:Francis_Bacon.jpg|thumb|250px|Sir Francis Bacon]]
2: ...lish]] [[philosopher]], [[statesman]], [[spy]], [[freemason]] and [[essayist]]. He was knighted in [[1...
4: ...n method]]''. Induction implies drawing knowledge from the natural world through experimentation, obse...
6: Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand [[Londo...
8: ...a daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, whose sister married William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the great minister... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
5: ...elium]] and the [[Battle of Amphipolis]]. We know from [[Symposium (Plato)|Plato's ''Symposium'']] tha...
7: ...s tell us that he once spent all of his time on scientific research, but gave up on it when he came to...
9: ...ree leading public figures to try Socrates for impiety and for corrupting the youth of Athens. Accordi...
11: ...Parmenides]], [[Anaxagoras]], [[Prodicus]], the priestess [[Diotima]] and others as his teachers.
27: ...ke the sleeping who are awakened, striking me, believing Anytus, you might easily kill, then the rest ... - Mars (27704 bytes)
4: ...eek mythology]]) because of its [[red]] color as viewed in the night sky. This feature also earned it ...
6: ...sentation of the god [[Mars (mythology)|Mars]]' shield and spear.
8: Mars has always fascinated people. Its red, fiery appearance is caused by Iron Oxide (rust) on it...
13: ... by [[ethane]], while volcanic methane is accompanied by [[sulfur dioxide]].
15: ...en summer and winter, giving rise to Earth-like [[frost]] and large [[cirrus cloud]]s [http://marsrove... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...r vastly different reasons, and they created colonies with very different [[social]], [[religion|relig...
4: ...y the late [[18th century]], these different colonies found themselves more closely united than ever b...
9: ... led to the development of [[seafaring]] technologies needed to make long voyages across open water.
11: ...ind a direct trade route to the [[East Indies|"Indies"]] would benefit immensely. It was in this atmo...
13: ... as the Europeans were concerned, they were still free for the taking. - Christianity (47078 bytes)
4: ==Beliefs ==
6: ...term "Christ" to describe Jesus, which is derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] translation for "M...
8: ...lly grouped into three main branches, which split from one another in disputes over doctrine:
10: ...ianity]] (including [[Eastern Orthodoxy]] and [[Oriental Orthodoxy]]), and
14: ...eve that faith in [[Jesus]] is the only way to achieve salvation and to enter into [[heaven]], and tha... - Allspice (3832 bytes)
3: <!-- If you add picture, put it in the commons with name Pimenta dioica.jpg -->
11: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''P. dioica'''''}}
16: ...pice''', is a [[spice]] which is the dried unripe fruit of the [[Pimenta dioica]] plant. The name "al...
18: ... than that of the red [[bell pepper]]... These Pimientos are the familiar red stuffing found in qualit...
25: ...ica]], although some other Central American countries produce it in small amounts. - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
1: ''This article refers to the former French president, Charles de Gaulle. For the [[Paris...
10: | [[President of France]]
13: | From [[January 8]], [[1959]]<br> to [[April 28]], [[...
40: ...|French military]] leader and statesman. ({{audio|fr-Charles_de_Gaulle.ogg|pronunciation of his name}}...
42: ...ism]], which left a major influence in subsequent French politics. - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
5: ...y his surname "Brahe". Apparently his contemporaries did so and the usage has persisted.
8: ...court. [[Beate Bille]], Tycho's mother, also came from an important family which had produced leading ...
10: ...rents took me away with him while I was in my earliest youth.'' Apparently this did not lead to any di...
12: ...o impressed him that he began to make his own studies of astronomy helped by some of the professors. H...
14: ...ect with the aim of mapping the heavens conducted from a single location over a period of several year... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...scribed in a book published in [[1516]]. He is chiefly remembered for his principled refusal to accep...
5: ...ogic]]. He then returned to London, where he studied law with his father and was admitted to [[Lincol...
7: ...o Lincoln's Inn while he considered joining the [[Franciscan]] order. Perhaps because he judged himse...
9: ... wife, Jane Colt, who died in [[1511]]. He remarried almost immediately, to a rich widow named Alice ...
12: From [[1510]] to [[1518]], More served as one of the... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
1: {{French Revolution}}
2: ...nd of absolutism and people as subjects and amplifies the power of the people, boosting them to the st...
6: ''See main article [[Causes of the French Revolution]].''
8: ..., the conflicting interests of these initially allied groups would become the source of conflict and b...
13: ...ge-earners, and, to a lesser extent, the bourgeoisie - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
11: {{Taxobox_infraclassis_entry | taxon = [[Neoptera]]}}
15: {{Taxobox_infraordo_entry | taxon = [[Scarabaeiformia]]}}
19: ...bdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = Subfamilies}}
28: ... are [[Richmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]].
30: ...a cervus. The Stag beetle is predated on by [[magpie]]s, [[badger (animal)|badger]]s, [[fox]]es, [[hed... - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
10: {{Taxobox species entry | taxon = '''''P. occidentalis'''''}}
17: ... River]]. Some immature birds may stray to inland freshwater lakes. After nesting, [[North America]]n ...
19: ...om the air, as opposed to [[cooperative fishing]] from the surface. It dines mostly on [[herring]]-lik...
21: ...tick nest in a low tree. These birds nest in colonies, usually on islands.
23: ...n Baja California]]Pesticides like [[DDT]] and [[dieldrin]] threatened its future in the southwest [[U... - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
1: [[Image:Uscongress.gif|right|frame|Seal of the Congress.]]
7: ...ntatives. The Senate is not a mere "chamber of review," as is the case with the upper houses of the [[...
13: ... renewed every two years; two members are elected from each [[U.S. state]] by popular vote to serve si...
15: ...sional district]]s. Only the non-voting delegate from Puerto Rico (known as [[Resident Commissioner o...
17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
1: [[Image:Us senate seal.png|framed|[[Seal of the United States Senate|Seal of th...
2: ...of the United States|President]] must ratify treaties and make important appointments "with the Advice...
4: ...rated to the House. As a result, the responsibilities of the Senate (the "[[upper house]]") are more e...
6: ...enate of the United States was named after the ancient [[Roman Senate]]. The chamber of the United Sta...
12: ...egislation into the senatorial saucer to cool it (from the The House of Representatives)". <!--Sources...
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