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- Harmonium (4268 bytes)
13: .... Its popularity has stayed intact to the present day, and the harmonium remains an important [[musica...
20: ...the largest pioneers of this style is Pandit Tulsidas Borkar of Mumbai. More and more music students a... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
58: ...ares land borders with [[Libya]] to the west, [[Sudan]] to the south, and [[Israel]] to the northeast....
62: ...particularly large number of ancient artifacts. Today, Egypt is widely regarded as the main political ...
82: ...g the assassination of former President [[Anwar Sadat]] on [[October 6]] [[1981]]. President Mubarak i...
84: ...e Prime Minister. Egypt holds regular single-candidate presidential and multi-party parliamentary elec...
86: ...bery]] on a very large scale ever since Nasser, Sadat, Mubarak, and other members of the [[Egyptian Re... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...nd largest city, and the capital of the [[Al Iskandariyah]] governate. It is located at {{coor dm|31|...
3: ... [[Hellenistic civilization|Hellenistic]] world — second only to [[Rome]] in size and wealth thr...
13: * The [[#Foundation|Ptolemaic era]] which starts with the foundin...
18: === Foundation ===
19: ...er the Great]] in or around [[334 BC]] (the exact date is disputed). Alexander's chief architect for t... - Switzerland (22270 bytes)
29: established_dates =[[Federal Charter of 1291|Federal Charter]]<...
48: ...continues to serve the [[Vatican]] to the present day. The expansion of the federation, and the reputa...
59: ... [[direct democracy]], which remain unique even today. Since then, continued political, economic, and ...
80: ...f both houses serve for 4 years. Through [[referenda]] citizens may challenge any law voted by federal...
203: * [[Data codes for Switzerland]] - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
40: established_dates = From [[United Kingdom|UK]] by treaty<br>[[21...
58: ...] of the state as per the [[Ireland Act 1949]]. Today while ''Republic of Ireland'' is an accepted ter...
77: ...e Free State suffered a hard blow in the earliest days of its existence as a result.
83: ...he privileges of Commonwealth membership. To this day, for example, Irish citizens resident in the Uni...
85: ...t Agreement]], was approved in [[1998]] in referenda north and south of the border, and is currently b... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
39: established_dates = From the [[United Kingdom]]<br />[[19...
42: time_zone = [[Pakistan Standard Time|PST]] |
54: ...civilizations of the region, and modern events to date)''
57: ...thumb|180px|right|[[Mohenjodaro|Ruins of Mohen-jo-Daro]], 80 km southwest of [[Sukkur]], was center of...
62: ...[1st century]] CE, as petty rulers (such as [[Theodamas]]) and as administrators, after the area was c... - Zambia (24496 bytes)
35: established_events = - Date |
36: established_dates = [[October 24]], [[1964]] |
49: ...uries]]. They came primarily from the Luba and Lunda tribes of southern [[Democratic Republic of Congo...
51: ...y Western explorers, missionaries, and traders. [[David Livingstone]], in [[1855]], was the first Euro...
61: ...ricity. A railroad to the [[Tanzania]]n port of [[Dar es Salaam]], built with [[People's Republic of C... - Egyptian pyramids (20601 bytes)
7: [[Image:PyramidDatePalms.JPG|left|222px|thumb|The Great Pyramid of ...
11: ...he [[Pyramid of Djozer|Step Pyramid of Djozer]] — which was designed to serve as a gigantic stai...
15: ...oe]] (approximately in the period between 300 BC–AD 300) this flowered into a full-blown pyramid...
25: ...s on top of each other. The [[Bent Pyramid]] at [[Dahshur]] represents the transition between these tw...
35: The number of pyramid structures in Egypt today is reported by most sources as being between 80 ... - Ancient Greece (23806 bytes)
4: There are no fixed or universally agreed dates for the beginning or the end of the Ancient Gr...
6: ...e term back to about [[1000 BC]]. The traditional date for the end of the Ancient Greek period is the ...
8: These dates are historians' conventions and some writers t...
10: ...ce is considered by most historians to be the foundational culture of [[Western world|Western Civiliza...
15: ...only scant archaeological evidence, survive. Secondary and tertiary texts such [[Herodotus]] "Historie... - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
16: LandArea = 12,559 |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[January 9]], [[1788]] |
25: ...Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
43: ...tion, the "[[Fundamental Orders of Connecticut|Fundamental Orders]]", was adopted on [[January 14]], [...
52: ...n Hartford and New Haven, which stems back to the days when the two cities shared the state's capital,... - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
12: Governor = [[Linda Lingle]] |
16: LandArea = 16,649 |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[August 21]], [[1959]] |
25: ...tian Standard Time Zone|Hawaii]]: [[UTC]]-10/ (no daylight saving time) |
39: ...]. Ecologically and agriculturally, it is the [[endangered species]] capital of the world and is the o... - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
16: LandArea = 23,249 |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[June 21]], [[1788]] |
25: ...Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
36: ... of [[Massachusetts]], south of [[Quebec]], [[Canada]], and west of [[Maine]] and the [[Atlantic Ocean...
51: ...ound Railroad]] in providing safe routes into Canada, primarily via the [[Connecticut River]] waterway... - Alcibiades (7778 bytes)
4: ...e]], who belonged to the family of the [[Alcmaeonidae]].
13: He took part in the [[Battle of Potidaea]] ([[432 BC]]), where his life was saved by Soc...
16: ... [[Hipponicus]] bestowed upon him the hand of his daughter.
22: But, on the day before the expedition sailed, there occurred the...
40: ...set on fire, and on rushing out on his assassins, dagger in hand, he was killed by a shower of arrows ... - Alexander Aetolus (705 bytes)
- Anthemius of Tralles (1694 bytes)
3: ... have been employed to repair flood defences at [[Daras]]. - Seven Years' War (11256 bytes)
1: ...he '''Seven Years' War''' ([[1754]] and [[1756]]–[[1763]]) pitted [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Gre...
3: ... the [[Europe]]an portions of the conflict (1756–1763), not the nine-year North American conflic...
10: ...ble [[navy]] in Europe, Prussia had the most formidable land force on continental Europe and thus allo...
34: ... Austrian general [[Leopold Josef, Count von Daun|Daun]] forced the surrender of an entire Prussian co...
47: ...g in the following year to the surrender of [[Canada]] ([[New France]]) to the British. - Dictionary (22415 bytes)
2: ...[etymology|etymologies]], illustrations, usage guidance, and examples in sentences. Dictionaries are m...
33: ..., ''sometimes offensive'' or ''nonstand'' (nonstandard.) [[American Heritage Dictionary|''American He...
35: ...d the language is being changed and created every day. As [[Jorge Luis Borges]] says in the prologue ...
47: ...t dictionaries known, and which is still extant today in an abridged form, is one written in [[Latin]]...
56: ...oning implicit in the defining process of any standard dictionary. - Cave (10592 bytes)
3: ...e enough that some portion of it will not receive daylight; however, in popular usage, the term includ...
17: ===Secondary caves===
18: '''Secondary caves''' are formed inside the rock after the r...
32: ...y of all caves on Earth. The reasons for this abundance are the facts that limestone is so common and ...
35: ... [[stalactite]]s and [[stalagmite]]s. These secondary mineral deposits in caves are called [[speleoth... - History of science (41710 bytes)
4: ...nowledge]]. This change is considered to be so fundamental that older inquiries are known as ''pre-sci...
11: ...dge, and to de-emphasize the view that scientific data is self-evident, value-free, and context-free.
40: ... long period that followed is also known as the [[Dark Ages]]. While the [[Byzantine Empire]] still he...
43: ...[Image:Vitruvian.jpg|right|thumb|140px|[[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s [[Vitruvian Man]], an example of the bl...
46: ...vitalization of Europe. This provided a solid foundation for all future scientific work. Contact with ... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...Viscount St Albans''' ([[January 22]], [[1561]] – [[April 9]], [[1626]]) was an [[England|Englis...
8: ...mber of the Reformed or [[Puritan]] Church, and a daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, whose sister married ...
25: ...]ship fell vacant in 1594 and Bacon became a candidate for the office, Lord Essex's influence could no...
31: ...ment session Bacon married [[Alice Barnham]], the daughter of a London merchant. Little or nothing is ...
37: ...re (which was that he should be released in a few days), and to be incapable of holding office or sitt...
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