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- Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...s ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
60: * [[Odometer]] : [[Ancient Rome|Rome]]: [[Archimedes]]?
66: ...ntury BC|200s BC]]: Compound [[pulley]]: [[Archimedes]]
74: * [[1st century]]: [[Rudder|Stern mounted rudder]] in [[History of China|China]]
83: * [[9th century|800s]]: [[Black powder|Gunpowder]] in [[History of China|China]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impression...
36: *[[Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz]] ([[1852]]-[[1916]])
49: *[[Lawrence Alma-Tadema]] ([[1836]]-[[1912]])
117: *[[Romare Bearden]] ([[1914]]-[[1988]])
137: *[[Alexander Benois]] ([[1870]]-[[1960]]) - Medieval literature (14207 bytes)
2: ... touching all points in-between. Because of the wide range of time and place it is difficult to speak ...
5: ...tern Roman Empire]] and the [[Orthodox Church]] made [[Greek language|Greek]] and [[Old Church Slavoni...
7: ...ve survived in the [[Breton lai|lais]] of [[Marie de France]], the ''[[Mabinogion]]'' and the [[King A...
10: ...sical]] writers and the [[Church Fathers]] and tended to re-tell and embellish stories they had heard ...
20: ...so frequently written, as an encouragement to the devout and a warning to others. - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
8: *[[1494]]-[[Treaty of Tordesillas]] divides the New World between [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]]
13: *[[1513]]-[[Vasco N?de Balboa]] crosses isthmus of [[Panama]], sees [[Pa...
14: *[[1513]]-[[Juan Ponce de Le claims [[Florida]] for Spain
15: *[[1519]]-[[HernᮠCort鳝] defeats [[Tlaxcala]], a small state neighboring the ...
17: *[[1521]]-Cortes destroys the Aztec empire - January 17 (12233 bytes)
5: ...562]] - [[France]] recognized the [[Huguenot]]s under the [[Edict of St. Germain]].
7: ...Charles Edward Stuart]], "Bonnie Prince Charlie", defeats a [[House of Hanover|Hanoverian]] army at [[...
9: ...General [[Daniel Morgan]] defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel [[Banastre Tarleton]] at the ...
11: ...1852]] - [[United Kingdom]] recognizes the independence of the [[Boer]] colonies of the [[Transvaal]].
13: ...[United Kingdom|British]] force defeats a large [[Dervish]] army at the [[Battle of Abu Klea]] in the ... - History of California (38344 bytes)
5: ...l fields, and finally with its high-technology leadership.
7: ...325px|A field of [[California Poppy|California golden poppies]] ''circa'' [[1910]].]]
13: ... while those in the northern [[Cascade Range]] traded [[obsidian]], used for arrowheads, axe heads, an...
19: ...cted by stories of [[Zihuatanejo|Ciguatan]], a wonderful country far to the northwest, populated with ...
23: ...ula of [[Baja California]]), and laid out and founded the city that was to become LaPaz later that spr... - Colorado (22240 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Denver, Colorado|Denver]] |
11: LargestCity = [[Denver, Colorado|Denver]] |
21: DensityRank = 37<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 16.01 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 38<sup>th</sup> | - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
1: ...'Baldassare Castiglione, count of Novellata''' ([[December 6]], [[1478]] – [[February 2]], [[152...
10: ...f a noble family, soon his duties would have included representative offices for the court; for instan...
13: ...edici]], [[Cardinal Bibbiena]], Ottaviano and [[Federico Fregoso]], [[Cesare Gonzaga]] (a cousin of bo...
15: ...ond the figures of three shepherds, he originally depicts the court of Urbino. The work contains echoe...
19: ...s expedition against [[Venice]] and this made him deserve the title of Novellata, a county near Pesaro... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
1: ...ami that struck [[Mal靝 in the [[Maldives]] on [[December 26]], [[2004]].]]
2: ...fects of a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to devastation.
4: ... [[ocean]]; it simply has a much smaller [[amplitude]] (wave heights) offshore, and a very long [[wave...
6: ...re not actually related to tides the term is considered misleading and its usage is discouraged by [[o...
10: ... tsunami by itself may trigger an undersea landslide quite capable of generating a tsunami. - Formula One (29650 bytes)
7: ... racing|formula]] [[auto racing]]. It is a worldwide [[sport]], involving an annual World Drivers Cham...
9: ...outh Africa]] have reinforced the sport's "worldwide" image.
11: ...regulated by the FIA, [[F餩ration Internationale de l'Automobile]], and is generally promoted and con...
18: ...g costs and sinking interest, the last of these ended in the early [[1980s]].
22: ...remembered for dominating Formula One's first decade. - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
4: :'''Founded:''' [[1870]], as an independent professional club. Joined the National Associa...
5: ...emnants'', in [[1901]], after a number of players deserted the team for the [[American League]]. The ...
8: :'''Logo design:''' A red "C" circumscribed by a blue circle...
18: ...teams in [[1870]], each with the singular goal of defeating the Red Stockings. A number of them adopt...
20: ...uth side of the city. The [[Great Chicago Fire]] destroyed the club's ballpark, uniforms and other po... - Chicago White Sox (19057 bytes)
5: :''Founded:'' [[1893 in sports|1893]], as the [[Sioux City,...
9: :''Logo design:'' the letters "SOX", interlocked in various ...
17: ...owns]] in the [[1880s]]. Comiskey originally founded the team in Sioux City, Iowa, as part of a minor...
19: ...te Sox would continue to be built on pitching and defense in the following years, led by pitching work...
21: ===The Hitless Wonders=== - Colorado Rockies (5998 bytes)
4: ...' are a [[Major League Baseball]] team based in [[Denver, Colorado]]. They are in the Western Division...
6: :'''Founded:''' [[1991]]
8: :'''Home ballpark:''' [[Coors Field]], Denver
10: :'''Logo design:''' Purple mountain with baseball
20: ...d their home games ever since. That year, they made their first and, to date, only post-season appear... - Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
5: :'''Founded:''' [[1883]], as a member of the minor Inter-St...
7: ... -- originally a pejorative term for Brooklyn residents, shortened to ''Dodgers'' and officially adopt...
10: :'''Logo design:''' a cursive "Dodgers" superimposed over a r...
17: :'''General Manager''': [[Paul DePodesta]]
23: ...they were then known won two successive pennats under [[Ned Hanlon]] in 1899 and 1900. - Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
5: ...in the minor [[Western League]]. Moved to [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] in [[1900]] when that league...
6: :'''Formerly known as:''' Philadelphia Athletics ([[1901]]-[[1954]]), Kansas City A...
9: :'''Logo design:''' A stylized "A's". The team also occasio...
17: ===The Philadelphia Years (1901-1954)===
18: ...t Shibe had a ?white elephant on his hands," Mack defiantly adopted the [[white elephant]] as the team... - Texas Rangers (baseball) (14993 bytes)
6: :'''Founded''': [[1961]] ([[American League]] expansion)
10: ...ign''': A "T" superimposed on a baseball, set inside a circle with "TEXAS" on the top half and "RANGER...
20: ...innesota]] in [[1960]], Major League Baseball awarded a team to [[Washington, D.C.]], giving it the na...
30: ...cs]], sought to move his team to Dallas, but the idea was rebuffed by the other AL team owners.
34: ...the form of [[Bob Short]], the Treasurer of the [[Democratic National Committee]]. He sought to move ... - Airline (29546 bytes)
1: ...tography of Air Kenya, Kenya Africa. Picture provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
11: ...it greater freedom, in steps that are usually decades apart. This pattern has not been completed for a...
13: ...uenced by macroeconomic activity in the markets under study. These patterns are highly seasonal, and o...
15: ...ions, but certainly areas where deregulation provided more competition and greater pricing freedom res...
17: ...upgrades they ordered to respond to the increased demand. Since 1980, the industry as a whole has not ... - Forest (3705 bytes)
2: [[image:Conifer_forest.jpg|thumb|right|360px|A dense growth of softwoods (a forest) in the Sierra N...
4: ...ommunities covering large areas of the globe provide carbon-sink, oxygen-release, habitat, and soil-re...
6: ... is locked in [[lignin]] and other materials that decompose slowly.
9: [[image:Forest1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A decidous beech forest in [[Slovenia]].]]
17: ...]). [[Tropical]] and [[subtropical]] forests include [[tropical rainforest]], [[Tropical and subtropic... - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
12: leader_title = [[Mayor]] |
13: leader_name = [[Gavin Newsom]] |
14: area_magnitude = 1 E8 |
21: population_density = 6958.45 |
26: latitude = 37°46' N | - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
1: ...C2_desoto77.jpg|thumb|Hernando de Soto|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
2: ...as with [[Francisco Pizarro]] in [[Peru]]. Later, de Soto led the largest expedition of the 16th and 1...
5: ...uestrian unit and went with [[Francisco Fernandez de Cordoba]] on his discovery and colonization voyag...
6: .... As a result, Davilas leadership was secured and de Soto gained his favour.
7: In [[1528]] de Soto led his own expedition along the coast of [[...
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