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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
4: ...s of exactly how that would be done. During the [[20th century]], with the development of adequate pro...
15: ...the first amateur space flight. On [[June 21]], [[2004]], [[SpaceShipOne]] became the first privately-...
19: ...They had their first success on [[October 23]], [[2004]] with a VSV-30, or [[Brazilian Exploration Veh...
27: ...23).jpg|right|thumb|The [[UN]] and [[Flag of the People's Republic of China|PRC flags]] in orbit durin...
28: ...d a human into space independently on October 15, 2003 when Yang Liwei piloted the Shenzhou V mission,... - Cave (10592 bytes)
6: Caves are formed by geologic processes. These may involve a combination o...
22: ...r, [[Big Four Mountain]], [[Washington]], ca. [[1920]]]]
28: <!-- nothing to do with speleothems, which can be in any size passage -->
34: ...allOfTheMountainKings.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[Speleothem]]s in Hall of the Mountain Kings, [[Ogof Crai...
35: ...ondary mineral deposits in caves are called [[speleothem]]s. The world's most spectacularly decorated ... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
7: ... eagle.JPG|280px]]<br/><small>Emblem of the [[Palaeologus]] dynasty, as preserved today at the entranc...
13: ...tern and Western halves, following the death of Theodosius I.
37: | [[1204]]
41: ... the Byzantine emperor of [[Nicaea]], Michael Palaeologus.
46: ...st sole imperial authority. In any case, the changeover was gradual and by 330, when [[Constantine the... - Castle (27805 bytes)
5: [[Image:Prague_castle2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Prague Castle Image provided by [http://cl...
28: ...river estuary, and often made use of the natural geography to support the defensive walls through expl...
57: ...shown (Oman, ''Art of War: the Middle Ages'', p. c20) that the designers realized, first, that a secon...
61: ...c;teau Gaillard fell to [[Philip Augustus]] in [[1204]] after a strenuous defence, and the success of ...
73: ...e of such fortresses in private hands, while the people hated them from the first for the oppressions ... - Tree (23723 bytes)
3: ...he term generally applies to plants at least 6 m (20 ft) high at maturity and, more importantly, havin...
11: ... subsequently [[flowering plant]]s in the [[Cretaceous]] Period. Most species of trees today are [[flo...
157: ** [[Cacao]] ([[cocoa]]), ''Theobroma cacao''
301: {{commons|Trees}} - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: [[image:Darlingtonia_californica.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''[[Darlingtonia]]'': note the small ent...
52: pitted with areolae, which are [[chlorophyll]]-free patches throug...
55: ...'Darlingtonia'' may therefore be an example of [[neoteny]].
66: [[image:Brocchinea.jpg|thumb|200px|left|''[[Brocchinia]]'': a carnivorous bromeli...
162: [[image:Genlisearepens1web.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''[[Genlisea]]'': carnivorous plants sti... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
14: ...that the methods (and thus the results) were erroneous. His reverence for [[Aristotle]] conflicted wit...
25: ...ime (he objected to the time span) offended many people; he was accused of seeking popularity, and was...
27: [[Image:StatueOfFrancisBacon.jpg|thumb|left|Memorial to Francis B...
29: ...f Essex,'' etc. He received a gift of a fine of ?1200 on one of Essex's accomplices.
35: ...rerogative, while retaining the confidence of the Commons. In 1613, Bacon was finally able to become attorn... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
37: {{commons|Socrates}}
51: * Taylor, C. C. W. (2001). ''Socrates: A very short introduction''. Oxfo... - Mars (27704 bytes)
4: ...bly being captured [[asteroid]]s. The prefix '''areo-''' refers to Mars.
8: Mars has always fascinated people. Its red, fiery appearance is caused by Iron O...
11: ...[[telescope]]s, and possibly confirmed in [[March 2004]] by the [[Mars Express Orbiter]], present meas...
15: ...hat were photographed by the Opportunity rover in 2004.
17: ===Geology=== - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...], and the [[convict]]s of [[Province of Georgia|Georgia]] each came to the new continent for vastly d...
9: ...l in classical learning sparked an interest in [[geography]] and an intellectual curiosity about the w...
29: [[Archaeology|Archaeological]] findings have indicated that the entire ...
49: ...ablishing that settlement on [[December 21]], [[1620]].
56: ...n to Puritanism. For example, [[Roger Williams (theologian)|Roger Williams]] came to Massachusetts pre... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
23: ...:11), but was rejected as an [[apostate]] by the people generally considered to be the [[Jew]]ish auth...
43: ...rigen]] and [[Augustine]] developed [[Christian theology]] and [[Christian philosophy]], which some ar...
47: ...otius. Similar events took place in neighbouring Georgia and Armenia. But in [[Persian Empire|Persia]]...
54: ...uage|Coptic]]. As a result differences in later theological constructs lead these national branches of...
56: ...ennium approached, certain major differences in theology and practice became increasingly troublesome.... - Allspice (3832 bytes)
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3: <!-- If you add picture, put it in the commons with name Pimenta dioica.jpg --> - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
19: | [[Georges Pompidou]]
42: .... His [[Ideology#Political_ideologies|political ideology]] is known as [[Gaullism]], which left a majo...
45: ...ressive [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[bourgeois]] family. His father's side of the family was a...
52: ... During the [[Polish-Soviet war]] in [[1919]]-[[1920]], he volunteered to be a member of the [[French ...
54: ... armoured divisions in preference to the static theories exemplified by the [[Maginot Line]]. - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
18: ...de of [[silver]] and [[gold]]. Tycho's tomb was reopened in [[1901]] and his remains were examined by...
38: ...[[solar system]]. Tycho believed in a modified [[geocentric model]] known as the [[Tychonian system]],...
51: ...or the [[Copernicus|Copernican]] [[heliocentric theory]] of the solar system.
63: ... his study of [[astrology and astronomy]] simultaneously, and [[Uraniborg]] was constructed as both [[...
80: ... sixteenth century'' (Cambridge University Press, 2000) (ISBN 0-521-65081-X) (xii, 451 p. : ill., maps... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
14: ... British House of Commons|Speaker of the House of Commons]]. He later served as high steward for the unive...
19: ... sought to reexamine and revitalize Christian [[theology]] by studying the [[Bible]] and the writings ...
39: ...n parliament and proclaiming the opinion of the theologians at Oxford and Cambridge that the marriage ...
53: ...in [[1935]]. His feast day is [[22 June]]. In [[2000]], Saint Thomas More was declared "heavenly pat...
57: ... historical character in English history." The [[20th-century]] [[agnosticism|agnostic]] playwright [... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...eople as subjects and amplifies the power of the people, boosting them to the status of citizens.
8: ...tent, it fell to the ambitions of a rising [[bourgeoisie]], allied with aggrieved peasants, wage-earne...
13: ..., wage-earners, and, to a lesser extent, the bourgeoisie
42: ...ly]], an assembly not of the Estates but of "the People". The National Assembly's first act was to pas...
44: ...ceeded to swear the [[Tennis Court Oath]] ([[June 20]], 1789), under which they agreed not to separate... - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
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11: {{Taxobox_infraclassis_entry | taxon = [[Neoptera]]}}
13: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[beetle|Coleoptera]]}}
16: {{Taxobox_superfamilia_entry | taxon = [[Scarabaeoidea]]}}
28: ... are [[Richmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]]. - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
15: [[image:Pelican.cropped.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Brown Pelican]]The '''Brown Pelican''' (''Pele...
23: [[Image:Brown pelican Baja 2005.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Brown Pelican on the wing in Baja Califor...
34: {{commons|Pelecanus occidentalis}} - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
19: ...to a [[joint session of Congress]] on January 28, 2003 in the House chamber.]]
60: ... government are reserved to the states or to the people.
129: ...ent) committees; the House of Representatives has 20 standing committees. Each specializes in specific...
133: ...rocess, which can last several weeks or months, theoretically opens the legislative process to public ... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
10: ...tish House of Lords as possible."<!--Harpers, May 2004, 42-->
12: ...ssary fence against...fickleness and passion". [[George Washington]], in answer to a question by Thoma...
16: ...ushed for the direct election of senators by the people, rather than state legislatures; they achieved...
30: ...senators were millionaires.<!--http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/06/13/senators.finances/--> In gene...
77: ...en [[senility]]. Now, committee chairmen are in theory elected, but in practice, seniority is very rar...
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