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  1. Space exploration (14877 bytes)
    4: ...ials and other technological and scientific breakthroughs, the idea of outer-earth missions was no lon...
    194: {{Commons|Category:Space exploration}}
    219: *[[List of human spaceflights chronologically]]
  2. Cave (10592 bytes)
    11: *'''[[Lava tube]]s''' are formed through volcanic activity. They are the most common p...
    15: *'''Blister caves''' are also formed through volcanic activity.
    35: ...orned with calcium carbonate formations produced through slow precipitation, including the most common...
    47: ...ygobites), such as the endangered [[Alabama cave shrimp]], live in bodies of water found in the caves ...
    69: Throughout history, primitive peoples have made use o...
  3. Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
    46: ... capital, the process of [[Hellenization]] and [[Christianization]] was well underway.
    57: ...fined as a multi-ethnic empire that emerged as a Christian empire, soon comprised the Hellenized empir...
    72: ...mpire was not yet "Byzantine" under Constantine, Christianity would become one of the defining charact...
    78: ...Zeno negotiated with the [[Goths]], ending their threats to the east but leaving them in control of th...
    82: ...e [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Eastern Orthodox]] form of Christianity. The sixth century was also a time of fl...
  4. Castle (27805 bytes)
    28: ...natural geography to support the defensive walls through exploitation of cliffs, rivers, hills, and th...
    30: ... were very permanent structures and many survive through to the modern day; they are now mostly consid...
    46: ... period on the border of [[Herefordshire]] and [[Shropshire]] by [[Richard Fitz Scrob]]. The essential...
    57: ...projecting towers. From the Byzantine engineers, through the crusaders, we derive, therefore, the card...
    61: ...e castle stood upon high ground and consisted of three distinct enceintes or wards besides the keep, w...
  5. Tree (23723 bytes)
    3: ... supported on a single main stem or trunk (see [[shrub]] for comparison). Compared with most other pla...
    20: ...this practice is known as the science of [[dendrochronology]]. In some tropical regions with constant ...
    24: ...rub]]. However, no sharp differentiation between shrubs and trees is possible. Given their small size,...
    39: ...been found to have a girth which has dilated and shrunk in the following way: 11.28 m (1834 Loudon), 9...
    56: ...Giant Sequoia]] ''Sequoiadendron giganteum'': '''1489 m�''', [[General Sherman tree]]
  6. Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
    3: especially [[insect]]s and other [[arthropod]]s. Carnivorous plants usually
    33: evolution of an overflow, similar to that of a bathroom [[sink]]: there is a small gap in the
    52: ... areolae, which are [[chlorophyll]]-free patches through which light can penetrate.
    142: ...period of one to two weeks. Leaves can be reused three or four times before
    179: 'non-carnivores' like [[cabbage]]s, through borderline carnivores, to the
  7. Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
    4: ...implies drawing knowledge from the natural world through experimentation, observation, and testing of ...
    10: ...ambridge]], in 1573 at the age of 13, living for three years there with his older brother [[Anthony Ba...
    21: ...d aid him toward these ends, in 1580 he applied, through his uncle, [[William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghle...
    35: ...rerogative, while retaining the confidence of the Commons. In 1613, Bacon was finally able to become attorn...
    49: ...t nature, the philosopher should instead proceed through inductive reasoning from fact to axiom to law...
  8. Socrates (7975 bytes)
    5: ...ime (and perhaps all time), she was considered a shrew. Socrates himself attested that he, having lear...
    9: ...defeat, the Athenian public court was induced by three leading public figures to try Socrates for impi...
    13: ...and thinkers that reflect on his accomplishments through their writing.
    31: ...ple in which you put your questions. You lead me through the field of my own knowledge, and then by po...
    37: {{commons|Socrates}}
  9. Mars (27704 bytes)
    27: ... thought to be seas, hence their names [[Mare Erythraeum]], [[Mare Sirenum]] and [[Aurorae Sinus]]. Th...
    31: ...nets' different radii, this means Mars is nearly three times "rougher" than Earth.
    87: ...here are vast deposits of water ice in the upper three meters of Mars' soil within 60° latitude of...
    101: ...[[Astronomical opposition|opposition]] and about three days from its [[perihelion]], making Mars parti...
    143: ...he planet was known as "[[Horus]] the Red" (Hor Dshr), and for a long time the Sphinx was painted red....
  10. Colonial America (32872 bytes)
    11: ...fit immensely. It was in this atmosphere that [[Christopher Columbus]] left Spain on his famous westw...
    16: ...] and national assertiveness blossomed under the threat of Spanish invasion, assisted by a degree of [...
    25: ...irginia|Jamestown]] - named after the recently enthroned [[James I of England|James I]] - very nearly ...
    44: ...orm it by setting an example of a holy community through the society they were to build in the New Wor...
    60: ...itan community were expected to be active in all three of these organizations, ensuring the moral, pol...
  11. Christianity (47078 bytes)
    1: {{christianity}}
    2: ...based on the life and teachings of [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]] as described in the [[New Testament]] of the...
    6: ...Christian]]'' means "belonging to Christ" or "of Christ".
    8: ...nd sects. Christianity is generally grouped into three main branches, which split from one another in ...
    10: #[[Orthodox Christianity]] (including [[Eastern Orthodoxy]] and [...
  12. Allspice (3832 bytes)
    3: <!-- If you add picture, put it in the commons with name Pimenta dioica.jpg -->
    34: Allspice is a small shrubby tree, quite similar to the bay laurel in size...
  13. Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
    59: ...s]] due to his bold views. After the German breakthrough at [[Sedan, France|Sedan]] on May 10, 1940, h...
    69: ...]" could be heard nationwide in the evening. The phrase "France has lost a battle; she has not lost th...
    98: ...A republican by conviction, de Gaulle maintained throughout the crisis that he would accept power only...
    114: ...d of which (April [[1961]]) France herself faced threatened invasion by rebel paratroops. He was also ...
    121: ...n of [[Marseilles]] harbor (soon becoming number three in Europe and number one in the [[Mediterranean...
  14. Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
    18: ...a fellow Danish nobleman. This occurred in the [[Christmas]] season of [[1566]], after a fair amount o...
    27: ...e became a binding [[morganatic]] marriage after three years.
    45: ...e Tycho disagreed with [[Christian IV of Denmark|Christian IV]], the new king of his country, he moved...
    80: * John Robert Christianson: ''On Tycho's Island: Tycho Brahe, scien...
    99: {{commons|Tycho Brahe}}
  15. 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: ...d Thomas More sought to reexamine and revitalize Christian [[theology]] by studying the [[Bible]] and ...
    23: ...eigning [[Tudor dynasty]], which had wrested the throne from Richard at the end of the [[Wars of the R...
    27: ... Christian, intended to offer the communist, non-Christian Utopia as a concrete model for political re...
    34: ...], Henry became [[heir apparent]] to the English throne and was compelled to marry his brother's widow...
  16. French Revolution (36529 bytes)
    2: ...ocrats]] and [[republicanism | republican]]s overthrew the [[absolute monarchy]] and the [[Roman Catho...
    42: ...state, now meeting as the ''Communes'' (English: "Commons"), proceed with verification of its own powers an...
    63: ...and the spirit of [[popular sovereignty]] spread throughout France. In rural areas, many went beyond t...
    73: ====Dechristianisation====
    74: ''For a more detailed discussion, see [[Dechristianisation of France during the French Revoluti...
  17. Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
    7: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Arthropod]]a}}
    25: [[Penichrolucaninae]]<br>
    28: ... are [[Richmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]].
    30: ... a variety of places, tree stumps, old trees and shrubs, rotting fence posts, compost heaps and [[leaf...
  18. Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
    23: ...fornia]]Pesticides like [[DDT]] and [[dieldrin]] threatened its future in the southwest [[United State...
    34: {{commons|Pelecanus occidentalis}}
  19. 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...
    33: ...lation dealing with gathering revenue (generally through [[Taxation in the United States|taxes]]), whi...
    163: ...ca's party system they are responsible to voters through [[primaries]].
    201: Candidates are generally chosen through [[primary election]]s. In some states, [[Thi...
    203: ...a given state no more often than twice for every three Congressional-election years. In fact, no state...
  20. United States Senate (35505 bytes)
    33: ...icle I, Section 3 of the Constitution sets forth three qualifications for senators: each senator must ...
    37: ...nize the qualifications of members. As a result, three individuals that were Constitutionally disquali...
    62: .... In most cases, cloture requires the support of three-fifths of the Senate; however, if the matter be...
    80: ...hich only the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] may originate such measures.
    82: ... includes members of both bodies. For the stages through which bills pass in the Senate, see [[Act of ...

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