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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: '''Space exploration''' is the physical exploration of outer-[[Earth]] objec...
4: ...cientific breakthroughs, the idea of outer-earth missions was no longer a dream, but a viable practice...
6: ...ntsville, Alabama]] next to [[Redstone Arsenal]] displays many articles of space hardware, including a...
11: ...perspective, the definition of space usually used is that space begins 100 km (62 miles) above Earth's...
13: ...Sputnik I]] mission on [[October 4]], [[1957]]. This spectacular success led to an escalation of the A... - Cave (10592 bytes)
3: ...ge enough for an adult human to enter. Some scientists stipulate that it must be large enough that som...
13: ...d)|Big Island]]). [[Kazumura Cave]] near [[Hilo]] is the longest and deepest lava tube of the world an...
15: *'''Blister caves''' are also formed through volcanic acti...
25: ...rocess of cave formation is karstification, which is the solution of rocks by rain water.
26: ...n layers of more soluble minerals such as gypsum dissolve out from between layers of less soluble rock... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
7: ...at the entrance of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul (Constantinople).</small>
10: | Constantine makes Constantinople his capital.
13: | The Empire is permanently split into Eastern and Western halves...
18: ...ία Σοφία/Holy Wisdom)
29: ...; [[813]]-[[843]] || Iconoclasm controversies. This results in the loss of most of the Empire's remai... - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ... Britain it has also referred to [[Prehistory|prehistoric]] [[earthworks (engineering)|earthworks]] (e...
2: ...heir "castle" designations, relics of the [[feudalism|feudal]] age, often remained attached to the dwe...
4: ...igure prominently in [[History of Japan|Japanese history]], where the feudal [[Daimyo]] inhabited them...
10: ...pical features of European castles - e.g. portcullises, battlements and drawbridges.
11: ...ly castles were offensive weapons, built in otherwise hostile territories from which to control surrou... - Tree (23723 bytes)
3: ...ingle main stem or trunk (see [[shrub]] for comparison). Compared with most other plant forms, trees a...
9: ...f growth form, leaf type and shape, bark characteristics, reproductive structures, etc.
11: ...today are [[flowering plant]]s and conifers. The listing below gives examples of many well known trees...
13: ...land (usually grazed or burned over periodically) is called a '''[[savanna]]'''.
16: ...ls, and [[bark]] is made of ''phloem'' and other tissues external to the vascular cambium. - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: ...e prey trapped inside ]]A '''carnivorous plant''' is a [[plant]] that derives some or most of its
4: grow in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutrients,
6: ...[Charles Darwin]] wrote the first well-known treatise on carnivorous plants in 1875.
8: ==Trapping mechanisms==
10: There are five basic trapping mechanisms exploited by carnivorous plants. These - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
1: [[image:Francis_Bacon.jpg|thumb|250px|Sir Francis Bacon]]
2: ...621]]; both peerage titles becoming extinct upon his death.
4: ...s were connected with occult trends of [[hermeticism]] and [[alchemy]].
6: Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand [[London]].
8: ...arried William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the great minister of Queen Elizabeth. - Socrates (7975 bytes)
4: ==His life==
5: ...lcibiades. During such campaigns, he also showed his extraordinary hardiness, walking without shoes an...
7: ...o has Socrates tell us that he once spent all of his time on scientific research, but gave up on it wh...
9: ... drink [[Cicuta virosa|hemlock]], which cost him his life.
11: ...dicus]], the priestess [[Diotima]] and others as his teachers. - Mars (27704 bytes)
1: ...e:Mars.jpg|thumb|right|Mars, with polar ice caps visible.]]
4: ...f its [[red]] color as viewed in the night sky. This feature also earned it the name of "the Red Plane...
6: ... with a small arrow pointing out from behind it), is a stylized representation of the god [[Mars (myth...
7: ==Physical characteristics==
8: ...lar day]] on Mars is almost the same length as it is on earth: 24 hours, 39 minutes, and 35.244 second... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
1: {{Ushistory}}
2: ...cessful colonies were soon established. The colonists who came to the [[New World]] were by no means ...
4: ...[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] government on issues of [[taxation]] and [[representation]].
9: ...the same time, the intellectual growth of the Renaissance led to the development of [[seafaring]] tech...
11: ...here that [[Christopher Columbus]] left Spain on his famous westward voyage. He sought for Asia, but ... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
1: {{christianity}}
2: ...sed on the life and teachings of [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]] as described in the [[New Testament]] of the [...
6: ...ristian]]'' means "belonging to Christ" or "of Christ".
8: ...e main branches, which split from one another in disputes over doctrine:
9: #[[Roman Catholicism]] (the largest single denomination, with over on... - Allspice (3832 bytes)
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6: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta...
7: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Dicots | Magnoliopsida ]]}}
16: ...plant. The name "allspice" was coined by the English, who thought it combined the flavour of several ... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
1: ...French president, Charles de Gaulle. For the [[Paris]] airport, see [[Charles de Gaulle International ...
31:
40: ...{audio|fr-Charles_de_Gaulle.ogg|pronunciation of his name}})
42: ...deologies|political ideology]] is known as [[Gaullism]], which left a major influence in subsequent Fr...
45: ...lle]], de Gaulle grew up and was educated in [[Paris]]. - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...ing press]] and [[paper mill]]. His best known assistant was [[Johannes Kepler]].
5: ...y his contemporaries did so and the usage has persisted.
8: ...an]], was an important figure in the [[Denmark|Danish]] King's court. [[Beate Bille]], Tycho's mother,...
10: ...Castle]] until he was six years old. Around 1552 his uncle was given the command of Vordingborg Castle...
12: ...orbis and [[Regiomontanus]]' De triangulis omnimodis. - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ... his political career and led to his [[capital punishment|execution]] as a [[treason|traitor]]. More ...
5: ...n]] in [[1496]]. In [[1501]] More became a [[barrister]].
7: ...bserve many monastic practices, including self-punishment in the form of wearing a [[hair shirt]] and ...
9: ...aughter by her previous husband. More provided his daughters with an excellent classical education a...
12: ...rd Chancellor: [[Thomas Cardinal Wolsey]], [[Archbishop of York]]. - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...nation. It downplays the previous trend of absolutism and people as subjects and amplifies the power o...
8: ...ded and as power devolved from the monarchy to legislative bodies, the conflicting interests of these ...
12: ...Resentment of royal [[political absolutism|absolutism]].
13: ...wage-earners, and, to a lesser extent, the bourgeoisie
14: * The rise of [[the Enlightenment|enlightenment]] ideals. - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
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10: {{Taxobox_subclassis_entry | taxon = [[Pterygota]]}}
11: {{Taxobox_infraclassis_entry | taxon = [[Neoptera]]}}
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20: ''not a complete list''<br> - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox classis entry | taxon = [[bird|Aves]]}}
10: ...Taxobox species entry | taxon = '''''P. occidentalis'''''}}
12: ...olor = pink | binomial_name = Pelecanus occidentalis | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date =...
15: ...Pelecanus occidentalis'' <small>†</small>) is the smallest (42"-54") member of the [[pelican]] ...
19: ...the surface. It dines mostly on [[herring]]-like fish. Groups of these birds often travel in single fi... - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
3: ... is a [[bicameralism|bicameral]] legislature, consisting of the [[United States House of Representativ...
5: ...o is elected by the whole state rather than by a district, serves a six-year term. Senatorial terms ar...
7: ...ase with the upper houses of the [[bicameral]] legislatures of most other nations.
15: ...he population of each state, but the total number is fixed by statute at 435 ([[Public Law 62-5]]).
17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ...more collegiate and less partisan atmosphere that is somewhat more insulated from public opinion than ...
4: ...of both houses is necessary for the passage of legislation. The exclusive powers enumerated to the Sen...
6: ...Senate]]. The chamber of the United States Senate is located in the north wing of the [[United States ...
8: ==History==
9: {{main|History of the United States Senate}}
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