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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ...race]] between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]].
4: ...d lighter materials and other technological and scientific breakthroughs, the idea of outer-earth miss...
6: ...ee and touch, a [[Gemini]] space capsule and [[Soviet]] [[rocket]]s. The [[Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center...
13: ...ed [[Space Race]] between the two superpowers. Soviet dog [[Laika]] became the first animal in orbit o...
15: ...ocket in July, [[1946]]. Another milestone was achieved on [[May 17]], [[2004]] when [[Civilian Space ... - Cave (10592 bytes)
2: ...e:Lavacaveexit.jpg|thumb|300px|The outside world viewed from a cave]]
3: ... the term includes smaller spaces like cliff cavities, rock shelters and sea caves.
22: ...ve.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Ice cave in Big Four Glacier, [[Big Four Mountain]], [[Washington]], ca. [[19...
23: * '''Ice caves''' occur in and under [[glacier]]s, formed by melting. They are also influenced ...
37: ...echuguilla and nearby Carlsbad Caverns are now believed to be examples of another type of solutional c... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
27: | Arab armies conquer the Levant and Egypt. In the following ...
29: ...ning Italian territories, aside from some territories in the south.
38: | Constantinople is occupied by crusaders; Latin empire formed.
46: ...e introduced, dividing the empire into a ''pars Orientis'' and a ''pars Occidentis''. Others place it ...
51: ... such as [[Montesquieu]] began to popularize it. Hieronymus himself was influenced by the rift caused ... - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ...fortified enclosure]]. The term is most often applied to a small self-contained [[fortress]], usually ...
4: ...les also figure prominently in [[History of Japan|Japanese history]], where the feudal [[Daimyo]] inha...
11: ...nsive weapons, built in otherwise hostile territories from which to control surrounding lands.
15: ...protection of the castle, while others, if they tried anything, were easily overcome as they had no re...
19: ...aigievar castle 1991.jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[Craigievar Castle]] in [[Aberdeenshire]], completed in 16... - Tree (23723 bytes)
2: ...ifer]]ous [[Coast Redwood]], the tallest tree species on earth]]
3: ...ther plant forms, trees are long-lived. A few species of trees grow to 100 m tall, and some can live f...
5: ...t role in many of the world's [[mythology|mythologies]] (see [[Tree (mythology)]]).
9: ...)|families]] of plants. Trees thus show a wide variety of growth form, leaf type and shape, bark chara...
11: ...ell known trees and how they are typically classified. - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
2: [[nutrient]]s (but not [[energy]]) by trapping and consumi...
4: ...w in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutrients,
19: These traps may also be classified as active or passive. For example, there are bot...
37: order [[Ericales]] ([[heather]]s and allies). ''Heliamphora'' is limited to South America,
47: waterproofing, species of ''Sarracenia'' secrete enzymes such as [[prot... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: '''Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Albans''' ([[January 22]], [[1561]] – [[April 9]], [[1626]]...
4: ...called the ''[[Baconian method]]''. Induction implies drawing knowledge from the natural world through...
8: ...a daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, whose sister married William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the great minister...
10: Biographers believe that Bacon received an education at home in his...
14: Here also his studies of science brought him to the conclusion that the methods... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
5: ... his mother [[Phaenarete]], a midwife. He was married to [[Xanthippe]], who bore him three sons. By th...
7: ...s tell us that he once spent all of his time on scientific research, but gave up on it when he came to...
9: ...ree leading public figures to try Socrates for impiety and for corrupting the youth of Athens. Accordi...
11: ...Parmenides]], [[Anaxagoras]], [[Prodicus]], the priestess [[Diotima]] and others as his teachers.
27: ...ke the sleeping who are awakened, striking me, believing Anytus, you might easily kill, then the rest ... - Mars (27704 bytes)
4: ...eek mythology]]) because of its [[red]] color as viewed in the night sky. This feature also earned it ...
6: ...sentation of the god [[Mars (mythology)|Mars]]' shield and spear.
8: Mars has always fascinated people. Its red, fiery appearance is caused by Iron Oxide (rust) on it...
13: ... by [[ethane]], while volcanic methane is accompanied by [[sulfur dioxide]].
18: ...to the surface, while the presence of a magnetic field would have helped to protect the planet from [[... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...r vastly different reasons, and they created colonies with very different [[social]], [[religion|relig...
4: ...y the late [[18th century]], these different colonies found themselves more closely united than ever b...
9: ... led to the development of [[seafaring]] technologies needed to make long voyages across open water.
11: ...ind a direct trade route to the [[East Indies|"Indies"]] would benefit immensely. It was in this atmo...
13: ...tive place for these new powers to establish colonies. Though these northerly lands were relatively c... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
4: ==Beliefs ==
6: ...e [[Messiah]] of the [[Jews]] as [[prophet|prophesied]] in the [[Old Testament]] (or [[Hebrew Bible]])...
8: ...ry by culture, as well as thousands of diverse beliefs and sects. Christianity is generally grouped in...
10: ...ianity]] (including [[Eastern Orthodoxy]] and [[Oriental Orthodoxy]]), and
14: ...eve that faith in [[Jesus]] is the only way to achieve salvation and to enter into [[heaven]], and tha... - Allspice (3832 bytes)
3: <!-- If you add picture, put it in the commons with name Pimenta dioica.jpg -->
11: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''P. dioica'''''}}
16: ... or '''Newspice''', is a [[spice]] which is the dried unripe fruit of the [[Pimenta dioica]] plant. T...
18: ... than that of the red [[bell pepper]]... These Pimientos are the familiar red stuffing found in qualit...
25: ...ica]], although some other Central American countries produce it in small amounts. - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
13: | From [[January 8]], [[1959]]<br> to [[April 28]], [[1969]]
40:
42: ...58]] to [[1969]]. His [[Ideology#Political_ideologies|political ideology]] is known as [[Gaullism]], w...
47: ...ssion for the fatherland, equal to her religious piety"). Although traditionalist and [[monarchist]], ...
50: ...]] in March 1916, and left for dead on the battlefield. Alive, he was taken prisoner by the Germans. H... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
5: ...y his surname "Brahe". Apparently his contemporaries did so and the usage has persisted.
8: ...older ([[Kirstine Brahe]]) and one younger ([[Sophie Brahe]]). [[Otte Brahe]], Tycho's father, a [[nob...
10: ...rents took me away with him while I was in my earliest youth.'' Apparently this did not lead to any di...
12: ...o impressed him that he began to make his own studies of astronomy helped by some of the professors. H...
14: ''I've studied all available charts of the planets and stars an... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...scribed in a book published in [[1516]]. He is chiefly remembered for his principled refusal to accep...
5: ...ogic]]. He then returned to London, where he studied law with his father and was admitted to [[Lincol...
9: ... wife, Jane Colt, who died in [[1511]]. He remarried almost immediately, to a rich widow named Alice ...
14: ... He later served as high steward for the universities of Oxford and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridg...
19: ...[[Church Fathers]] in the light of classical [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] tradition in literature and phil... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...nd of absolutism and people as subjects and amplifies the power of the people, boosting them to the st...
8: ..., the conflicting interests of these initially allied groups would become the source of conflict and b...
13: ...ge-earners, and, to a lesser extent, the bourgeoisie
21: ...roller-General of Finances 1774–1776) and [[Jacques Necker]] (Director-General of Finance 1777&n...
23: However, Calonne, having conducted a lengthy review of France's financial situation, determined that... - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
19: ...bdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = Subfamilies}}
28: ... are [[Richmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]].
30: ...a cervus. The Stag beetle is predated on by [[magpie]]s, [[badger (animal)|badger]]s, [[fox]]es, [[hed... - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
10: {{Taxobox species entry | taxon = '''''P. occidentalis'''''}}
21: ...tick nest in a low tree. These birds nest in colonies, usually on islands.
23: ...n Baja California]]Pesticides like [[DDT]] and [[dieldrin]] threatened its future in the southwest [[U...
25: There are four subspecies:
34: {{commons|Pelecanus occidentalis}} - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
7: ...ntatives. The Senate is not a mere "chamber of review," as is the case with the upper houses of the [[...
17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
19: ...n address]] to a [[joint session of Congress]] on January 28, 2003 in the House chamber.]]
26: ...committee|subcommittee]]s. Details of the activities of Congress can also be found on the internet, o...
39: ...ommerce]] among the states and with foreign countries - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ...of the United States|President]] must ratify treaties and make important appointments "with the Advice...
4: ...rated to the House. As a result, the responsibilities of the Senate (the "[[upper house]]") are more e...
6: ...enate of the United States was named after the ancient [[Roman Senate]]. The chamber of the United Sta...
12: ...erative body than the House of Representatives. [[James Madison]] described the Senate's purpose as "A...
14: ...ears of [[Reconstruction]] witnessed large majorities for the [[United States Republican Party|Republi...
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