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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ...f the most famous and important aspects of space exploration was the landing of the first man on the ...
4: ...hese works even included various descriptions of exactly how that would be done. During the [[20th ce...
6: ...cket Center]] museum in [[Huntsville, Alabama]] next to [[Redstone Arsenal]] displays many articles o...
15: ...ed on [[May 17]], [[2004]] when [[Civilian Space eXploration Team]] launched the [[GoFast Rocket]] on...
19: ...ber 23]], [[2004]] with a VSV-30, or [[Brazilian Exploration Vehicle]], launched on a [[sub-orbital]]... - Cave (10592 bytes)
2: [[image:Lavacaveexit.jpg|thumb|300px|The outside world viewed from a cave]]
10: ...ube at Craters of the Moon NM-750px.JPG|thumb|300px|Lava tube cave at [[Craters of the Moon National ...
22: [[Image:Ice cave.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Ice cave in Big Four Glacier, [[Big F...
30: ...ub> ([[carbonic acid]]) and naturally occurring [[organic acid]]s. The dissolution process produces a d...
34: [[Image:HallOfTheMountainKings.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[Speleothem]]s in Hall of the Mountain Kin... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
1: ...: 0.5em 0 1em 1em; background: #ffffff; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-si...
7: ...=2 align=center | [[Image:Byzantine eagle.JPG|280px]]<br/><small>Emblem of the [[Palaeologus]] dynast...
46: ...l in [[Constantinople]]. In certain specific contexts, usually referring to the centuries that marked...
51: ...ayed a crucial role in this. Henceforth, it was fixed policy in the West to refer to the emperor in C...
57: ...ousand year history, in 1453, as a [[Greek Orthodox]] state: An empire that became a [[nation]], almo... - Castle (27805 bytes)
2: ...sulting in many un-castlelike castles and ''[[chaux]]''.
5: [[Image:Prague_castle2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Prague Castle Image provided by [http://class...
7: [[Image:Ireland_coast.jpg|280px|thumb|right|Castle found along the coast of Irela...
14: ...built castles for offensive reasons: territorial expansion and control of a region. A castle was a st...
17: ...g decline of the German kingdom, castle building exploded as local warlords staked claims to minor ki... - Tree (23723 bytes)
2: [[Image:coastredwood.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The [[conifer]]ous [[Coast Redwood]], the tallest...
8: [[Image:Raunkiaer.jpg|250px|right|thumb|An [[oak]] tree in [[Denmark]]]]
11: ...g plant]]s and conifers. The listing below gives examples of many well known trees and how they are t...
13: ... defined largely by the trees that inhabit them; examples are [[rainforest]] and [[taiga]] (see [[eco...
16: ...[[bark]] is made of ''phloem'' and other tissues external to the vascular cambium. - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: [[image:Darlingtonia_californica.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''[[Darlingtonia]]'': note the small entran...
10: There are five basic trapping mechanisms exploited by carnivorous plants. These
17: ...g hairs to force prey to move towards a digestive organ.
19: ...may also be classified as active or passive. For example, there are both passive flypapers,
34: zipped up leaf margins that allows excess water to flow out of the pitcher. - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
1: [[image:Francis_Bacon.jpg|thumb|250px|Sir Francis Bacon]]
2: ...ans''' in [[1621]]; both peerage titles becoming extinct upon his death.
4: ...servation, and testing of hypotheses. In the context of his time, such methods were connected with o...
21: ...cal reform in the lost tract, ''Temporis Partus Maximus'', but he failed to obtain a position of the ...
23: ...t of 1586 he took a prominent part in urging the execution of Mary Queen of Scots. About this time h... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
1: [[image:socrates.png|thumb|250px|right|Socrates]]
5: ...iades. During such campaigns, he also showed his extraordinary hardiness, walking without shoes and a...
7: ...n artisan; in Xenophon's ''Symposium'', Socrates explicitly states that he teaches for a living, paid...
11: ...longer than this and include [[Parmenides]], [[Anaxagoras]], [[Prodicus]], the priestess [[Diotima]] ...
15: ... detail and background about Socrates' trial and execution. - Mars (27704 bytes)
4: ..., possibly being captured [[asteroid]]s. The prefix '''areo-''' refers to Mars.
6: Its symbol, ♂ (a circle with a small arrow pointing out fr...
8: ...nth the [[mass]] (though its surface area is approximately equal to that of the Earth's dry land beca...
11: ...ssibly confirmed in [[March 2004]] by the [[Mars Express Orbiter]], present measurements state a aver...
13: ...le volcanic methane is accompanied by [[sulfur dioxide]]. - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ..., and the [[convict]]s of [[Province of Georgia|Georgia]] each came to the new continent for vastly dif...
4: ...eat Britain|British]] government on issues of [[taxation]] and [[representation]].
6: ==Motives for exploration and colonization==
9: ...e [[Renaissance]], a development that encouraged exploration and colonization in many ways. A reviva...
11: ... power necessary to begin systematic attempts at exploration. Also, as the economy of Europe began t... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
8: ...]] religion,Christians believe in a [[God]] that exists as three divine persons (technically Greek ''...
10: ...uding [[Eastern Orthodoxy]] and [[Oriental Orthodoxy]]), and
14: ...ns (generally including [[Catholicism]], [[Orthodox Christianity]], and most forms of [[Protestantism...
23: ... the year [[30]]. The formal charge cited in his execution was leading a rebellion ([[Gospel of Luke|...
27: ...n of Jesus as recorded in the [[New Testament]]. Examples include the book of [[Isaiah]] that alludes... - Allspice (3832 bytes)
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5: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Plant]]ae}} - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
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52: - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...t yet distinct) and [[alchemist]]. He had [[Uraniborg]] built, which became an early "[[research instit...
10: ...d 1552 his uncle was given the command of Vordingborg Castle to which they moved, and where Tycho began...
16: ...ho's naked eye measurements of planetary [[parallax]] were accurate to the [[arcminute]]. (These meas...
18: ...f the [[skull]] was rimmed with green, a sign of exposure to [[copper]], not silver or gold.
22: His foster father, uncle Jorgen Brahe, had already died in 1565 of pneumonia af... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
1: [[Image:Thomas More.png|250px|thumb|right|Portrait of Sir Thomas More by [[Hans...
2: ...tical career and led to his [[capital punishment|execution]] as a [[treason|traitor]]. More was [[ca...
5: ...llous man". Thomas attended the [[University of Oxford]] for two years, where he studied [[Latin]] a...
7: ...r years he lodged at a [[Carthusian]] monastery next to Lincoln's Inn while he considered joining the...
9: ...s husband. More provided his daughters with an excellent classical education at a time when such le... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
8: ...igidity in the face of a changing world; to some extent, it fell to the ambitions of a rising [[bourg...
13: ...em]] by peasants, wage-earners, and, to a lesser extent, the bourgeoisie
15: ...the burden of a grossly inequitable system of [[tax]]ation.
20: [[Image:Taking of the Bastille.jpg|right|350px|thumb|The storming of the Bastille, July 14 1789]...
21: ...inisters were ultimately dismissed. [[Charles Alexandre de Calonne]], who became Controller-General... - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
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5: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Animal]]ia}} - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
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5: {{Taxobox phylum entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}} - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
5: ...red so that approximately one-third of the terms expire every two years.
7: ... interstate and foreign [[commerce]], to levy [[tax]]es, to establish [[court]]s inferior to the [[Su...
10: [[Image:Uscapitolindaylight.jpg|thumb|350px|right|United States Capitol]]
13: ...om each [[U.S. state]] by popular vote to serve six-year terms. Each state has equal representation i...
15: ...pulation of each state, but the total number is fixed by statute at 435 ([[Public Law 62-5]]). - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ...c opinion than the House. The Senate has several exclusive powers enumerated in the Constitution not ...
4: ...s of the Senate (the "[[upper house]]") are more extensive than those of the House of Representatives...
10: ...of the United Kingdom|British Parliament]]). For example, [[John Dickinson (lawyer)|John Dickinson]] ...
12: ...sary fence against...fickleness and passion". [[George Washington]], in answer to a question by Thomas ...
14: ... 19th century, a balance between North and South existed in the Senate, as the numbers of free and sl...
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