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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ...of space exploration was the landing of the first man on the moon in the [[space race]] between the [[...
4: ...ate propulsion technologies, stronger and lighter materials and other technological and scientific bre...
6: ..., Alabama]] next to [[Redstone Arsenal]] displays many articles of space hardware, including a full-si...
8: See also: [[The Blue Marble]], a [[1972]] image taken during the [[Apollo program]]
13: ...], [[1957]]. The first orbital flight made by a human being was [[Vostok 1]], carrying [[Yuri Gagarin]... - Cave (10592 bytes)
2: [[image:Lavacaveexit.jpg|thumb|300px|The outside world ...
3: ...ht; however, in popular usage, the term includes smaller spaces like cliff cavities, rock shelters and...
5: ==Cave types and formation==
6: Caves are formed by geologic processes. These may involve a combination of chemical processes, tec...
8: ===Primary caves=== - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
1: ...ight cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0.5em 0 1em 1em; background: #ffffff; border...
3: |+<big><big>'''''Romania'''''</big></big>
7: ...ical Patriarchate in Istanbul (Constantinople).</small>
10: | Constantine makes Constantinople his capital.
13: | The Empire is permanently split into Eastern and Western halves, foll... - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ...ing)|earthworks]] (e.g. [[Hollingbury]] Castle, [[Maiden Castle]]).
2: ...n remained attached to the dwelling, resulting in many un-castlelike castles and ''[[chaux]]''.
4: ...les also figure prominently in [[History of Japan|Japanese history]], where the feudal [[Daimyo]] inha...
5: ..._castle2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Prague Castle Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classr...
7: ...b|right|Castle found along the coast of Ireland. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classr... - Tree (23723 bytes)
2: [[Image:coastredwood.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The [[conife...
3: ..., having secondary branches supported on a single main stem or trunk (see [[shrub]] for comparison). C...
5: ...[[apple]]s). Trees also play an important role in many of the world's [[mythology|mythologies]] (see [...
8: ...aer.jpg|250px|right|thumb|An [[oak]] tree in [[Denmark]]]]
9: A tree is a plant form and trees occur in many different [[order (biology)|orders]] and [[fami... - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: ...thumb|200px|right|''[[Darlingtonia]]'': note the small entrance to the trap underneath the swollen 'ba...
2: ...ut not [[energy]]) by trapping and consuming [[animal]]s,
19: These traps may also be classified as active or passive. For exa...
28: ...ps are probably those of ''[[Heliamphora]]'', the marsh (or sun) [[pitcher plant]].
30: rolled leaf, whose margins have been sealed together. These plants live... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
1: [[image:Francis_Bacon.jpg|thumb|250px|Sir Francis Bacon...
2: ...]] [[philosopher]], [[statesman]], [[spy]], [[freemason]] and [[essayist]]. He was knighted in [[1603]...
8: ...and a daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, whose sister married William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the great mini...
16: ... 1576, he and Anthony were entered ''de societate magistrorum'' at [[Gray's Inn]], and a few months la...
21: ...hical reform in the lost tract, ''Temporis Partus Maximus'', but he failed to obtain a position of the... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
1: [[image:socrates.png|thumb|250px|right|Socrates]]
2: ...ic|Σωκράτης}} Sōkrá´Ĥamp;#275;s) was a Greek ([[Athens...
5: ...k-talking sessions. He was a legendary drinker, remaining sober even after everyone else in the party ...
7: ...art or occupation. According to Aristophanes, he managed a scientific institute with his friend Chaer...
11: ...[Anaxagoras]], [[Prodicus]], the priestess [[Diotima]] and others as his teachers. - Mars (27704 bytes)
1: [[Image:Mars.jpg|thumb|right|Mars, with polar ice caps visible.]]
2: [[Image:Mars NPArea-PIA00161 modest.jpg|thumb|right|North Po...
4: ...d [[asteroid]]s. The prefix '''areo-''' refers to Mars.
6: ...ized representation of the god [[Mars (mythology)|Mars]]' shield and spear.
8: ...ause Mars lacks [[ocean]]s). The [[solar day]] on Mars is almost the same length as it is on earth: 24... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...the gold-hungry settlers of [[Jamestown, Virginia|Jamestown]], and the [[convict]]s of [[Province of G...
4: ...the [[frontier]] had certain unifying features no matter what sort of colony it sprang from. By the l...
9: ...velopment of [[seafaring]] technologies needed to make long voyages across open water.
11: ...were found to belong to an entirely different landmass. [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]] quickly mounted an...
13: ...e]], and the [[Netherlands]]. The lands that now make up the [[United States]] presented themselves a... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
6: ..." '''The Greatest Command''' " or the "'''New Command'''" of Jesus (see [[Christian Love]]). Most Ch...
8: ...cts. Christianity is generally grouped into three main branches, which split from one another in dispu...
9: #[[Roman Catholicism]] (the largest single denomination, ...
12: ... world's largest single [[religion]], with an estimated 2.0 billion followers or about 33% of the worl...
14: ... [[Old Testament]] scriptures, was crucified by humanity, died and was buried, only to be resurrected ... - Allspice (3832 bytes)
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16: '''Allspice''', also called '''Jamaica pepper''', '''Myrtle pepper''', '''Pimento''',... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
4: ...ight cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1p...
7: ...kground:#efefef;" align="center" colspan="2" | [[Image:DeGaullePortrait.jpg|180px]]
13: | From [[January 8]], [[1959]]<br> to [[April 28]], [[1969]]
40: ...tary of France|French military]] leader and statesman. ({{audio|fr-Charles_de_Gaulle.ogg|pronunciation...
42: ...ideology]] is known as [[Gaullism]], which left a major influence in subsequent French politics. - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
1: [[Image:brahe.jpeg|right|]]
3: ...zech Republic]])) was a [[Denmark|Danish]] [[nobleman]], well known as an [[astronomer]]/[[astrologer]...
8: ...[[nobleman]], was an important figure in the [[Denmark|Danish]] King's court. [[Beate Bille]], Tycho's...
10: ...years old. Around 1552 his uncle was given the command of Vordingborg Castle to which they moved, and ...
12: ...predicted, that so impressed him that he began to make his own studies of astronomy helped by some of ... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
1: ...mas More.png|250px|thumb|right|Portrait of Sir Thomas More by [[Hans Holbein the Younger]]]]
2: ...[[canonization|canonized]] in [[1935]] by the [[Roman Catholic Church]], in which he became the [[patr...
5: ...young Thomas would become a "marvellous man". Thomas attended the [[University of Oxford]] for two ye...
7: ... for the rest of his life he continued to observe many monastic practices, including self-punishment i...
9: ...irst wife, Jane Colt, who died in [[1511]]. He remarried almost immediately, to a rich widow named Al... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ... subsequent revolutions in France in the popular imagination. It downplays the previous trend of absol...
6: ''See main article [[Causes of the French Revolution]].''
8: Many factors led to the revolution; to some extent t...
15: * An unmanageable national [[debt]], both caused by and exa...
20: [[Image:Taking of the Bastille.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Th... - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
2: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:Vacalloria.jpeg|200px|Stag beetle]] | caption =...
4: {{Taxobox_domain_entry | taxon = [[Eukaryote|Eukaryota]]}}
5: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Animal]]ia}}
28: ... are [[Richmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]].
30: ...eetle is predated on by [[magpie]]s, [[badger (animal)|badger]]s, [[fox]]es, [[hedgehog]]s, [[cat]]s a... - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
2: {{Taxobox image | image = [[image: Brownpelican77.jpg|Brown Pelican]] | caption =...
4: {{Taxobox regnum entry | taxon = [[Animal]]ia}}
15: ...s occidentalis'' <small>†</small>) is the smallest (42"-54") member of the [[pelican]] family.
17: ...outh of the [[Amazon River]]. Some immature birds may stray to inland freshwater lakes. After nesting,...
23: ...g|thumb|200px|left|Brown Pelican on the wing in Baja California]]Pesticides like [[DDT]] and [[dieldri... - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
1: [[Image:Uscongress.gif|right|frame|Seal of the Congress...
5: ...rm. Senatorial terms are staggered so that approximately one-third of the terms expire every two years...
7: ...me Court of the United States|Supreme Court]], to maintain [[armed forces]], and to declare [[war]]. I...
10: [[Image:Uscapitolindaylight.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Unite...
13: ... Convention, where every state had one vote, the small states refused to go along with any Constitutio... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
1: [[Image:Us senate seal.png|framed|[[Seal of the United ...
2: ...nited States|President]] must ratify treaties and make important appointments "with the Advice and Con...
4: ...t of the [[Connecticut Compromise]], a compromise made at the [[History of the United States Constitut...
6: ...the United States was named after the ancient [[Roman Senate]]. The chamber of the United States Senat...
9: {{main|History of the United States Senate}}
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