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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ... the most famous and important aspects of space exploration was the landing of the first man on the mo...
4: ...ter-earth missions was no longer a dream, but a viable practice.
6: ...ticles of space hardware, including a full-size replica of the [[Apollo 11]] [[Saturn V]] rocket, the ...
11: ...ually used is that space begins 100 km (62 miles) above Earth's surface. The United States sometimes u...
13: ...anywhere else, such as to the [[Moon]] or [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. The first successful orbital launch ... - Cave (10592 bytes)
32: ...ority of all caves on Earth. The reasons for this abundance are the facts that limestone is so common ...
37: ...earby Carlsbad Caverns are now believed to be examples of another type of solutional cave. They were f...
42: ...than 1,000,000 km<sup>2</sup> - has hardly been explored underground.
45: ...ich utilize caves, but must leave the caves to complete their life cycle) and accidentals. Some autho...
47: ...caves, and by the feces of bats and other cave inhabitants. - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
7: ...e Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul (Constantinople).</small>
10: | Constantine makes Constantinople his capital.
13: | The Empire is permanently split into Eastern and Western halves, following the ...
27: | Arab armies conquer the Levant and Egypt. In the foll...
32: ...urch in Rome breaks with the Church in Constantinople. - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ...n|fortified enclosure]]. The term is most often applied to a small self-contained [[fortress]], usuall...
2: ...European castles were opened up and expanded into pleasure dwellings and power houses from the late 15...
4: ...apanese history]], where the feudal [[Daimyo]] inhabited them.
10: ...re places of protection from an invading enemy, a place of retreat. This can be seen by many of the ty...
12: ...astle]] in [[Kent]], whose defensive look was probably built merely to impress, and inside the castle ... - Tree (23723 bytes)
3: ...shrub]] for comparison). Compared with most other plant forms, trees are long-lived. A few species of ...
5: ...g [[orchard]] crops (e.g. [[apple]]s). Trees also play an important role in many of the world's [[myth...
9: ...gy)|orders]] and [[family (biology)|families]] of plants. Trees thus show a wide variety of growth for...
11: ...lant]]s and conifers. The listing below gives examples of many well known trees and how they are typic...
13: ...fined largely by the trees that inhabit them; examples are [[rainforest]] and [[taiga]] (see [[ecozone... - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: ...trapped inside ]]A '''carnivorous plant''' is a [[plant]] that derives some or most of its
3: ...[[insect]]s and other [[arthropod]]s. Carnivorous plants usually
4: grow in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutrients,
6: ...rote the first well-known treatise on carnivorous plants in 1875.
10: ...asic trapping mechanisms exploited by carnivorous plants. These - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...n called the ''[[Baconian method]]''. Induction implies drawing knowledge from the natural world throu...
8: ...l, Lord Burghley, the great minister of Queen Elizabeth.
16: ...[Henry III of France|Henry III]] afforded him valuable political instruction.
18: ...insufficient means, he borrowed money and became habitually in debt. To support himself, he took up hi...
21: ...im to devote himself to a life of learning. His application failed, and for the next two years he work... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
5: ...ed with his wounded lover [[Alcibiades]], and probably saved his life; despite the objections of Alcib...
7: ... scientific institute with his friend Chaerophon; Plato has Socrates tell us that he once spent all of...
11: ...rical accounts from varied sources, while questionable, suggest that Socrates had been studying philos...
13: ...s disciples and thinkers that reflect on his accomplishments through their writing.
15: ...rial of Socrates]] for more detail and background about Socrates' trial and execution. - Mars (27704 bytes)
2: ...t|North Polar region with icecap. (Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.)]]
4: ... This feature also earned it the name of "the Red Planet." Mars has two [[Natural satellite|moon]]s ([...
8: Mars has always fascinated people. Its red, fiery appearance is caused by Iron Oxi...
11: ...surements state a average methane concetration of about 10 [[Parts per million|ppb]] (see [[#reference...
13: ...o become uniformly distributed in the atmosphere. Plans are now being made to look for other 'companio... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...ups which settled in different locations on the seaboard. The [[Quakers]] of [[Province of Pennsylvan...
6: ==Motives for exploration and colonization==
9: ...st in [[geography]] and an intellectual curiosity about the world that had subsided during the Middle ...
11: ...power necessary to begin systematic attempts at exploration. Also, as the economy of Europe began to ...
13: ...as an attractive place for these new powers to establish colonies. Though these northerly lands were ... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
6: ...ian Love]]). Most Christians ( not all see [[Jonadabs]] ) believe Jesus to be the [[Son of God]] and t...
8: ...enerally grouped into three main branches, which split from one another in disputes over doctrine:
12: ...ion]], with an estimated 2.0 billion followers or about 33% of the world's population.
23: ...1), but was rejected as an [[apostate]] by the people generally considered to be the [[Jew]]ish author...
27: ...f Jesus as recorded in the [[New Testament]]. Examples include the book of [[Isaiah]] that alludes to ... - Allspice (3832 bytes)
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12: {{Taxobox_end_placement}} - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
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45: ... [[Burgundy]] which had been settled in Paris for about a century, whereas his mother's side was a fam...
54: ...ivisions in preference to the static theories exemplified by the [[Maginot Line]].
56: ...ble exception of [[Paul Reynaud]] who would later play a major role in de Gaulle's career. - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...mill]]. His best known assistant was [[Johannes Kepler]].
14: ''I've studied all available charts of the planets and stars and none of them match the others....
16: .... (These measurements became the possessions of Kepler following Tycho's death.)
18: ...he rest of his life, he was said to have worn a replacement made of [[silver]] and [[gold]]. Tycho's ...
22: ...at quadrant, Basel, and Freiburg. He was informed about his father's illness - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...[[1516]]. He is chiefly remembered for his principled refusal to accept King [[Henry VIII of England|...
7: ...]] order. Perhaps because he judged himself incapable of [[celibacy]], More finally decided to marry ...
12: ...nfluential in the government, welcoming foreign diplomats, drafting official documents, and serving as...
14: ... British House of Commons|Speaker of the House of Commons]]. He later served as high steward for the unive...
17: ...nd of Utopia, whose layout is schematically shown above him.]] - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...ple as subjects and amplifies the power of the people, boosting them to the status of citizens.
12: * Resentment of royal [[political absolutism|absolutism]].
15: ...y and exacerbating the burden of a grossly inequitable system of [[tax]]ation.
21: ...ncing potential creditors of the confidence and stability of France's finances.
23: ...show of support from a hand-picked Assembly of Notables would restore confidence in French finances, a... - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
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19: {{Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = Subfamilies}} - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
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19: ...erican White Pelican]] by its brown body and its habit of diving for [[fish]] from the air, as opposed...
21: The nest location varies from a simple scrape on the ground on an island to a bulky sti...
34: {{commons|Pelecanus occidentalis}} - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
3: ...nited States|United States of America]]. It is established by [[Article One of the United States Const...
7: ...nd foreign [[commerce]], to levy [[tax]]es, to establish [[court]]s inferior to the [[Supreme Court of...
17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
26: ...nternet, on the legislative database [[THOMAS (database)|THOMAS]].
29: ... the original version of the Constitution were supplemented by the post-[[American Civil War|Civil War... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
10: ...the United Kingdom|British Parliament]]). For example, [[John Dickinson (lawyer)|John Dickinson]] argu...
12: ...nding Founders intended the Senate to be a more stable, deliberative body than the House of Representa...
14: ...nion, culminated in the South's defeat and in the abolition of slavery. The ensuing years of [[Reconst...
16: ...hed for the direct election of senators by the people, rather than state legislatures; they achieved t...
18: ...ate leadership structure developed, with [[Henry Cabot Lodge]] and [[John Worth Kern]] becoming the un...
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