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- 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]] - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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...
145: * [[Lythraceae]] [[Loosestrife]] family - 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 - 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... - 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}} - 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.... - 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... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
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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 [... - Allspice (3832 bytes)
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34: Allspice is a small shrubby tree, quite similar to the bay laurel in size... - 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... - 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}} - 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... - 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... - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
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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... - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
23: ...fornia]]Pesticides like [[DDT]] and [[dieldrin]] threatened its future in the southwest [[United State...
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...
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... - 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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