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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
4: ...be done. During the [[20th century]], with the development of adequate propulsion technologies, strong...
6: ...rport]] in Northern Virginia displays an unparalleled array of aerospace technology in one place: [[S...
13: ...ieving orbit is a prerequisite for going anywhere else, such as to the [[Moon]] or [[Mars (planet)|Mar...
15: ...[[2004]], [[SpaceShipOne]] became the first privately-funded manned [[spacecraft]].
35: ...[European Launcher Development Organisation]], or ELDO. - Cave (10592 bytes)
3: ...cludes smaller spaces like cliff cavities, rock shelters and sea caves.
18: ...s''' are formed inside the rock after the rock itself has formed by processes which removes material s...
23: ...es''' occur in and under [[glacier]]s, formed by melting. They are also influenced by the very slow fl...
28: <!-- nothing to do with speleothems, which can be in any size passage -->
34: ...:HallOfTheMountainKings.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[Speleothem]]s in Hall of the Mountain Kings, [[Ogof Cr... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
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27: ...ost of North Africa, and later conquer Sicily as well.
35: | The Emperor Romanus IV is defeated by the [[Seljuk Turks]] at the [[Battle of Manzikert]]. Most ...
41: ...ated by the Byzantine emperor of [[Nicaea]], Michael Palaeologus.
46: ...f [[Hellenization]] and [[Christianization]] was well underway. - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ...ure]]. The term is most often applied to a small self-contained [[fortress]], usually of the [[Middle ...
2: ...tached to the dwelling, resulting in many un-castlelike castles and ''[[chaux]]''.
7: ...0px|thumb|right|Castle found along the coast of Ireland. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.co...
12: ...ent]], whose defensive look was probably built merely to impress, and inside the castle is geared towa...
15: ...ers. For he could do what he liked without fear, relying on the protection of the castle, while others... - Tree (23723 bytes)
5: ...mponents of the natural landscape and significant elements in [[landscaping]], and in [[agriculture]] ...
11: ...nifers. The listing below gives examples of many well known trees and how they are typically classifie...
13: ...forest]]'''. Several [[biotope]]s are defined largely by the trees that inhabit them; examples are [[r...
16: ... and [[phloem]]). [[Wood]] consists of ''xylem'' cells, and [[bark]] is made of ''phloem'' and other t...
18: ...row by the addition of new wood outwards, immediately under the bark. Endogenous trees, mainly in the ... - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
6: [[Charles Darwin]] wrote the first well-known treatise on carnivorous plants in 1875.
28: traps are probably those of ''[[Heliamphora]]'', the marsh (or sun) [[pitcher plant]]...
32: ... overflow. To counteract this problem, [[natural selection]] has favoured the
36: ''Heliamphora'' is a member of the [[Sarraceniaceae]], ...
37: order [[Ericales]] ([[heather]]s and allies). ''Heliamphora'' is limited to South America, - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
8: ...Cecil, Lord Burghley, the great minister of Queen Elizabeth.
10: ... that his health during that time, as later, was delicate. He entered [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], ...
12: ...the Queen, who was impressed by his precocious intellect, and was accustomed to call him "the young Lo...
14: ...Aristotle]] conflicted with his dislike of Aristotelian philosophy, which seemed barren, disputatious,...
18: ...ney and became habitually in debt. To support himself, he took up his residence in law at Gray's Inn i... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
5: ...g at the [[Battle of Potidaea]], the [[Battle of Delium]] and the [[Battle of Amphipolis]]. We know fr...
7: ...e with his friend Chaerophon; Plato has Socrates tell us that he once spent all of his time on scienti...
9: ...upting the youth of Athens. According to Dr Will Beldam he was the first person to question everything...
11: ..., and virtue; finding that they knew nothing yet believed they knew much led Socrates to the conclusio...
25: :''False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.'' (''Phae... - Mars (27704 bytes)
4: ...me of "the Red Planet." Mars has two [[Natural satellite|moon]]s ([[Phobos (moon)|Phobos]] and [[Deimo...
6: ...entation of the god [[Mars (mythology)|Mars]]' shield and spear.
8: ...he [[mass]] (though its surface area is approximately equal to that of the Earth's dry land because Ma...
11: ...so discovered in the atmosphere by Earth-based [[telescope]]s, and possibly confirmed in [[March 2004]...
13: ... gases that may suggest which sources are most likely; in the Earth's oceans biological methane produc... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...onies with very different [[social]], [[religion|religious]], [[politics|political]], and [[economics|...
4: ...hese different colonies found themselves more closely united than ever before, at odds with the [[King...
9: ...ellectual growth of the Renaissance led to the development of [[seafaring]] technologies needed to mak...
11: ...ands he came upon were found to belong to an entirely different landmass. [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]] ...
13: ...lonies. Though these northerly lands were relatively close to Europe, Spain and Portugal had taken li... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
2: '''Christianity''' is the world's largest religion. It is based on the life and teachings of [[...
4: ==Beliefs ==
6: ...for "Messiah". The word ''[[Christian]]'' means "belonging to Christ" or "of Christ".
8: ...vary by culture, as well as thousands of diverse beliefs and sects. Christianity is generally grouped ...
12: ...ed, Christianity is the world's largest single [[religion]], with an estimated 2.0 billion followers o... - Allspice (3832 bytes)
3: <!-- If you add picture, put it in the commons with name Pimenta dioica.jpg -->
18: ...cculent and more aromatic than that of the red [[bell pepper]]... These Pimientos are the familiar red...
25: ...to Europe after that. It is still almost exclusively grown in [[Jamaica]], although some other Centra...
28: ... or as a powder. The whole fruits have a longer shelf-life than the powdered product and produce a mor...
34: ... kept in proximity in order to allow fruits to develop. - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
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47: ...ng the [[Dreyfus affair]] the family distanced itself from the more conservative natonalist circles an...
50: ...] in March 1916, and left for dead on the battlefield. Alive, he was taken prisoner by the Germans. He...
52: ...France. He was heavily influenced by that war, namely by the use of tanks, fast manoeuvres and lack of...
56: ...n rejected most of de Gaulle's theories, and the relationship between them became strained. French pol... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...ublic]])) was a [[Denmark|Danish]] [[nobleman]], well known as an [[astronomer]]/[[astrologer]] (the t...
12: ...at he began to make his own studies of astronomy helped by some of the professors. He purchased an [[e...
16: ...arge the existing instruments, and construct entirely new ones. Tycho's naked eye measurements of plan...
18: ...his nose. A consequence of this was that Tycho developed an interest in [[medicine]] and [[alchemy]]. ...
22: ... to Augsburg, where he built a great quadrant, Basel, and Freiburg. He was informed about his father's... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...any public offices, including that of [[Lord Chancellor]] from [[1529]] to [[1532]]. More coined the ...
5: ...ho declared that young Thomas would become a "marvellous man". Thomas attended the [[University of Ox...
7: ... of wearing a [[hair shirt]] and occasional [[flagellation]].
9: ...husband. More provided his daughters with an excellent classical education at a time when such learn...
12: ...g as a liaison between the king and his Lord Chancellor: [[Thomas Cardinal Wolsey]], [[Archbishop of Y... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...apoleon Bonaparte]], the revolution nonetheless spelled a definitive end to the ''[[ancien r駩me]]'',...
8: ...the face of a changing world; to some extent, it fell to the ambitions of a rising [[bourgeoisie]], al...
16: * [[Food]] scarcity in the months immediately before the revolution.
21: ...om court factions, and both ministers were ultimately dismissed. [[Charles Alexandre de Calonne]], wh...
25: ...attack, attempting to disband the parlements entirely and collect the new taxes in spite of them. Thi... - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
28: ... are [[Richmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]].
30: ...tar]]s in the process. At this point it buries itself in the soil for about 3 months, then during the ... - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox begin | color = pink | name = Brown Pelican}}
2: ...mage | image = [[image: Brownpelican77.jpg|Brown Pelican]] | caption = }}
7: {{Taxobox ordo entry | taxon = [[Pelican|Pelecaniformes]]}}
8: {{Taxobox familia entry | taxon = [[Pelecanidae]]}}
9: {{Taxobox genus entry | taxon = ''[[Pelecanus]]''}} - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
3: ...[Constitution of the United States]], which also delineates its structure and powers. Congress is a [[...
5: ... Senatorial terms are staggered so that approximately one-third of the terms expire every two years.
13: ...rd being renewed every two years; two members are elected from each [[U.S. state]] by popular vote to ...
15: ... the population of a whole Congressional district elsewhere—are still guaranteed one whole seat....
17: ... Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 percent of members have law degrees. - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ... to break ties. The Senate is regarded as a more deliberative body than the House of Representatives; ...
4: ...are regarded as more important than those exclusively enumerated to the House. As a result, the respon...
10: ...tes called for a second Congressional chamber, modeled on the [[House of Lords]] (the [[aristocratic]]...
12: ...ounders intended the Senate to be a more stable, deliberative body than the House of Representatives. ...
14: ...[[1868]] for political purposes; the trial ultimately ended in acquittal, with the Senate falling one ...
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