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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ...oon in the [[space race]] between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]].
11: ...m (62 miles) above Earth's surface. The United States sometimes uses a 50 mile definition. (See [[bound...
40: ISRO has capability to build and launch satellites up to 2000 kg into [[Polar orbit|polar]] and [[ge...
46: ...l Aeronautics and Space Administration (United States)===
150: ||[[Apollo-Soyuz Test Project]] - Cave (10592 bytes)
13: ...and also the eighth longest cave of the United States.
35: ...[[Lechuguilla Cave]] ([[New Mexico]], [[United States|USA]]).
42: ...re [[caving]] is popular (such as the [[United States]], [[France]], [[Italy]], the [[United Kingdom|UK...
47: ...ations in water). Aquatic troglobites (or stygobites), such as the endangered [[Alabama cave shrimp]],...
58: ...ge is [[Mammoth Cave]] ([[Kentucky]], [[United States|USA]]) at 579km in length. This record is unlikel... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
51: ...the 17th century when French authors such as [[Montesquieu]] began to popularize it. Hieronymus himself...
79: ... the Byzantine Empire around [[550]]. Green indicates the conquests during the reign of Justinian I.]]
110: ... the 11th and 12th centuries. The Italian city states, who had been granted trading rights in Constanti...
116: Three Byzantine successor states were left - the [[Empire of Nicaea]], the [[Empir...
126: ...ndence, 395 to 1453, are one of the traditional dates for the period of the [[Middle Ages]]. It was 117... - Castle (27805 bytes)
2: ...chau-fort,'' for in French a simple ''chau'' connotes a grand [[country house]] at the center of an [[e...
14: ...] in the last decades of the 10th century illustrates this:
61: ...high ground and consisted of three distinct enceintes or wards besides the keep, which was in this case...
71: ...tives, built strongholds and castles on their estates, and these were multiplied so rapidly during the ...
75: ...or their control was in the forefront of every contest. When Richard made vast grants at his accession ... - Tree (23723 bytes)
20: ...s, it creates [[growth ring]]s. In temperate climates, these are commonly visible due to changes in the...
37: ;Stoutest trees
47: The stoutest species in diameter, excluding baobabs, are:
63: ...de on the basis of extrapolating current growth rates, but the results are usually little better than g...
301: {{commons|Trees}} - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
16: ...aps, which suck in prey with a bladder that generates an internal vacuum; and
71: is particularly pronounced, and both secretes [[nectar]], and provides a thorny overhang to the
127: ...d specialised in catching small aquatic invertebrates; ''Dionaea'' is
132: [[action potential]], which propagates to cells in the midrib. These cells respond by
152: [[osmosis]], and this generates a partial [[vacuum]] inside the bladder. The blad... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ... was an [[England|English]] [[philosopher]], [[statesman]], [[spy]], [[freemason]] and [[essayist]]. He...
4: ...l world through experimentation, observation, and testing of hypotheses. In the context of his time, su...
35: ...rerogative, while retaining the confidence of the Commons. In 1613, Bacon was finally able to become attorn...
40: "I was the justest judge, that was in England these last fifty year...
53: ...therefore irrational -- in ''De augmentis'' he writes that "[t]he more discordant, therefore, and incre... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
1: [[image:socrates.png|thumb|250px|right|Socrates]]
2: '''Socrates''' ([[June 4]], c.[[470 BC|470]] – [[May 7]...
5: ... life; despite the objections of Alcibiades, Socrates refused any sort of official recognition and inst...
7: ...titute with his friend Chaerophon; Plato has Socrates tell us that he once spent all of his time on sci...
9: ...duced by three leading public figures to try Socrates for impiety and for corrupting the youth of Athen... - Mars (27704 bytes)
2: ...|thumb|right|North Polar region with icecap. (Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.)]]
8: ...e same length as it is on earth: 24 hours, 39 minutes, and 35.244 seconds.
13: ...ery intriguing, since as an unstable gas it indicates that there must be (or have been within the last ...
29: ...the Martian seasons-the carbon dioxide ice sublimates in summer, uncovering a surface of layered rocks,...
35: ...jpg|thumb|left|250px|Topographic map of Mars, courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech. Notable features include the T... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
4: ...the lands that later became the eastern United States. Listed from north to south, they are: [[New Eng...
13: ...ds]]. The lands that now make up the [[United States]] presented themselves as an attractive place for...
16: ...asion, assisted by a degree of [[Protestantism|Protestant]] militarism and adoration of [[British Monar...
33: ...led to the creation of the plantation owners' greatest fear: a permanent class of poor, unhappy, and ar...
47: ...ed the [[Pilgrims]], originated from a small [[Protestant]] congregation in [[Scrooby Manor]], [[Englan... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
2: ... [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]] as described in the [[New Testament]] of the [[Bible]].
6: ...e [[Jews]] as [[prophet|prophesied]] in the [[Old Testament]] (or [[Hebrew Bible]]). This is reflected ...
8: ...in branches, which split from one another in disputes over doctrine:
11: #[[Protestantism]] (numerous denominations & schools of tho...
14: ...on earth, born as [[Jesus]] pursuant to the [[Old Testament]] scriptures, was crucified by humanity, di... - Allspice (3832 bytes)
3: <!-- If you add picture, put it in the commons with name Pimenta dioica.jpg --> - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
40: ...ilitary of France|French military]] leader and statesman. ({{audio|fr-Charles_de_Gaulle.ogg|pronunciati...
47: ...who founded his own private school. Political debates were frequent at home, and from an early age, de ...
71: ...[[Free French]] movement. Whereas the [[United States|USA]] continued to recognise [[Vichy France]], th...
75: ...lings with his British allies and the [[United States]], de Gaulle insisted at all times in retaining f...
78: ...aud]], the candidate preferred by the [[United States]]) and then sole chairman of the [[Committee of N... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
10: ...youth.'' Apparently this did not lead to any disputes nor did his parents attempt to get him back. Tych...
51: ...med to be more acurate than Copernicus by 3.5 minutes. After his death, his records of the motion of th...
99: {{commons|Tycho Brahe}} - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...]], in which he became the [[patron saint]] of statesmen, lawyers, and politicians.
14: ... British House of Commons|Speaker of the House of Commons]]. He later served as high steward for the unive...
27: ...ife of [[Christianity|Christian]] [[Europe]]an states with the perfectly orderly and reasonable social ...
31: ...nts]]'', a [[polemic]] against [[Protestantism|Protestant]] doctrine that earned Henry the title of "De...
34: ...This dispensation was based partly on Catherine's testimony that the marriage between her and Arthur ha... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
25: ...stants), and promising the convocation of the Estates-General within five years, but also attempted in ...
27: ...reed on [[August 8]], [[1788]] to convene the Estates-General in May [[1789]] — for the first tim...
30: ===The Estates-General of 1789===
31: ...[[1788]] – [[June 17]], [[1789]], see [[Estates-General of 1789]].''
33: ... decision, this provoked an uproar. The 1614 Estates had consisted of equal numbers of representatives... - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
28: ... are [[Richmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]]. - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
23: ...hreatened its future in the southwest [[United States]] and [[California]] in the early [[1970s]].
34: {{commons|Pelecanus occidentalis}} - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
3: ...ves]] (the "[[Lower House]]") and the [[United States Senate|Senate]] (the "[[Upper House]]").
5: ..., regardless of population. As there are fifty states in the Union, the Senate consists of 100 members....
7: ... inferior to the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]], to maintain [[armed forces]], an...
9: Both Houses of Congress meet in the [[United States Capitol|Capitol]] in [[Washington, D.C]].
10: ...capitolindaylight.jpg|thumb|350px|right|United States Capitol]] - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
1: ...Us senate seal.png|framed|[[Seal of the United States Senate|Seal of the Senate]]]]
2: ...nt of the Senate" ([[Article One of the United States Constitution|Article I]]).
4: ...ution|Constitutional Convention]], under which states would be represented on the basis of population i...
6: ...e is located in the north wing of the [[United States Capitol|Capitol]] building, in [[Washington, D.C....
9: {{main|History of the United States Senate}}
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