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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
4: ...lly feasible. Some of these works even included various descriptions of exactly how that would be done....
27: ...23).jpg|right|thumb|The [[UN]] and [[Flag of the People's Republic of China|PRC flags]] in orbit durin...
28: ...e Administration]] is the civilian agency in the People's Republic of China that is responsible for na...
40: ...] (Polar satellite launch vehicle) and [[GSLV]] (Geostationary satellite Launch Vehicle). Most of ISR...
56: Space exploration has come under criticism from people. One of the most common charges is that it use... - Cave (10592 bytes)
6: Caves are formed by geologic processes. These may involve a combination o...
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 ...
56: ...e new caves are continually being explored, the various records of cave dimensions need to be updated f... - 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.
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...
51: ...lf]], who introduced a system of [[Byzantine historiography]] in his work ''Corpus Historiae Byzantinae... - Castle (27805 bytes)
28: ...river estuary, and often made use of the natural geography to support the defensive walls through expl...
46: ...n its name to a [[parish]], was erected at this period on the border of [[Herefordshire]] and [[Shropsh...
48: ...ngholds subdue their equals and oppress their inferiors. They heap up a mound as high as they are able,...
50: ...s type made them characteristic of the Conquest period in [[England]] and of the Anglo-Norman settlemen...
63: ...lity of position in others, maintained itself superior to the attack during the latter middle ages. Its... - Tree (23723 bytes)
11: ...ntly [[flowering plant]]s in the [[Cretaceous]] Period. Most species of trees today are [[flowering pla...
13: ...across grassland (usually grazed or burned over periodically) is called a '''[[savanna]]'''.
148: ** [[Liriodendron|Tulip tree]], ''Liriodendron'' species
155: ** [[Durian]], ''Durio zibethinus''
157: ** [[Cacao]] ([[cocoa]]), ''Theobroma cacao'' - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
52: pitted with areolae, which are [[chlorophyll]]-free patches throug...
55: ...'Darlingtonia'' may therefore be an example of [[neoteny]].
135: a second. In the Venus flytrap, spurious closure (in response to raindrops and blown-in ...
142: a period of one to two weeks. Leaves can be reused three ...
151: ...s (or vesicula), which pump ions out of their interiors. Water follows the ions by - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
14: ...that the methods (and thus the results) were erroneous. His reverence for [[Aristotle]] conflicted wit...
18: ...579 necessitated Bacon's return to England, and seriously influenced his fortunes. Sir Nicholas had lai...
21: ... he worked quietly at Gray's Inn giving himself seriously to the study of law, until admitted as an [[o...
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... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
37: {{commons|Socrates}} - 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...
17: ===Geology===
18: ...d on the ocean floors of Earth. One interesting theory, published in [[1999]] is that these bands coul...
22: ...s at Meridiani may have been habitable for some period of time in Martian history". On the opposite si... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...], and the [[convict]]s of [[Province of Georgia|Georgia]] each came to the new continent for vastly d...
9: ...n interest in [[geography]] and an intellectual curiosity about the world that had subsided during the ...
22: ...trace of the colonists, discovering only the mysterious word "CROATOAN" carved on a tree. Over a hundre...
29: [[Archaeology|Archaeological]] findings have indicated that the entire ...
33: ...d servants, who would sign on as laborers for a period of time. However, there were few other choices ... - 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...
45: During this period of first organization the Christian church had t...
47: ...otius. Similar events took place in neighbouring Georgia and Armenia. But in [[Persian Empire|Persia]]...
52: ...to belief that Jesus was God. At the same time, various Christian groups did not share that belief. The... - Allspice (3832 bytes)
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...
47: ... [[conservative]] authors. The family was very patriotic and he was raised in the cult of the [[Nation]...
54: ... armoured divisions in preference to the static theories exemplified by the [[Maginot Line]]. - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
14: ...heavens conducted from a single location over a period of several years.'' -Tycho Brahe, [[1563]] (age ...
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 [[... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
7: To his father's great displeasure, More seriously contemplated abandoning his legal career in o...
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 ...
23: ...nd|Richard III]]'', an unfinished piece of [[historiography]] which heavily influenced [[William Shakes...
39: ...n parliament and proclaiming the opinion of the theologians at Oxford and Cambridge that the marriage ... - 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
25: ...pted a thorough-going reform position, granting various civil rights (including freedom of worship to P...
35: ...and voting by head (as had already been done in various provincial assemblies). The parlement soon bac... - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
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28: ... are [[Richmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]]. - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
34: {{commons|Pelecanus occidentalis}} - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
7: ...], to levy [[tax]]es, to establish [[court]]s inferior to the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supr...
17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
19: [[Image:State of the Union.jpg|thumb|250px| [[George W. Bush]] delivered his annual [[State of the ...
60: ... government are reserved to the states or to the people.
133: ...rocess, which can last several weeks or months, theoretically opens the legislative process to public ... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
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...
56: ...Majority Leader and Minority Leader are accorded priority during debates, even if another senator rises...
69: ...s the preferences of individual senators, giving priority on the basis of seniority. Each party is allo...
77: ...en [[senility]]. Now, committee chairmen are in theory elected, but in practice, seniority is very rar...
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