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- Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
3: ... She then went on to graduate from the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]].
7: ...search" in which many popular actresses were considered for the role opposite [[Clark Gable]] includin...
11: ...s year of Blanche DuBois in ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]''.
13: ...ed to keep a framed photograph of him on her bedside table, even while living with her companion, acto...
34: *''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' ([[1951]]) - Ivory (4783 bytes)
5: ...read. Therefore, "ivory" can correctly be used to describe any mammalian teeth or tusks of commercial ...
11: ... same physical structures: [[pulp]] [[cavity]], [[dentine]], [[cementum]] and [[Tooth enamel|enamel]]....
13: ...and is therefore a characteristic unique to the order.
19: ...ed Nations]] partially lifted the ban on ivory trade, allowing a few countries to export certain amoun...
21: ...ywhere in Africa as poachers would attempt to launder their illegal ivory with legal stockpiles. - Silk (8683 bytes)
1: ...orm4.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Silk Worms. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
5: ...silk was one of the staples of international [[trade]] prior to [[industrialization]].
7: ==Silk trade==
8: ...s trade was so extensive that the major set of trade routes between Europe and Asia has become known a...
11: ...macy, as gifts to foreign dignitaries. The remainder was sold at exorbitant prices. - Ptolemy (10609 bytes)
5: ... manuscripts (hence its familiar name) and only made available in Latin translation (by [[Gerard of Cr...
7: ...modern system of constellations, but unlike the modern system they did not cover the whole sky.
11: ...ar circle). He put the meridian of 0 longitude at the most western land he knew, the Canary Isla...
13: ...|thumb|300px|Ptolemy System Explained. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
14: ...f latitude from the Arctic to the East-indies and deep into Africa; Ptolemy was well aware that he kne... - Vernacular architecture (3581 bytes)
1: ...uishing feature of traditional vernacular is that design and construction are often done simultaneousl...
3: ...w invention, because academic architecture has tended towards a narrow range of acceptable styles and ...
5: ...Howard Davis]]'s book [[The Culture of Building]] details the culture that enabled several vernacular ...
9: ... not a kind of architecture is accepted within academia.
13: *[[Machiya]] Japanese traditional wooden townhouses - United Nations (29685 bytes)
1: ...f Palestine|Palestine]], have ''de facto'' independence and/or some international diplomatic recogniti...
3: ...o fulfill these obligations. The General Assembly determines admission upon recommendation of the Secu...
5: ... The name was transferred to the UN as it was founded by the victorious powers in the war as a conditi...
20: ...ebated by governments and private citizens worldwide.
24: ...ong the original signatories had been reserved, added its name later, bringing the total of original s... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
5: ...he major revision proposals that have also been made in that time.
20: ...ac.uk/ Digital Egypt for Universities], which was developed by [http://www.petrie.ucl.ac.uk/ The Petri...
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79: *Djedefre 2528-2520
107: ...for which there is also no direct contemporary evidence. - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Thomas Jefferson
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4: | order=Third President
7: | preceded=[[John Adams]]
8: | succeeded=[[James Madison]] - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...rguments or evidence to the contrary, please provide them on the talk page, and wait until the consens...
3: ...o keep this overview article concise, please consider adding information instead to one of the many "m...
6: ...the second largest in area (after [[Russia]]). Bordering the [[United States]], its territorial claims...
8: ...iamentary system|parliamentary]] [[representative democracy]] and is a [[constitutional monarchy]] wit...
15: ... who is the head of government, have official residences in Ottawa. - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
1: ...cluded as a part of the [[Middle East]]. It is bordered by [[Iran]] in the west, [[Pakistan]] in the s...
3: ... ''Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan''. Under its new [[Constitution of Afghanistan|constituti...
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13: ...center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Afghanistan|In Detail]]) - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
12: ... Kingdom|None]]; [[English language|English]] ''[[de facto]]'' <sup>4</sup> |
17: leader_titles = [[British monarchy|Queen]]<br>[[Prime M...
18: leader_names = [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|El...
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28: population_density = 246.5 | - Hippopotamus (6778 bytes)
17: ...nk from which to draw in a harem of females while defending it against other males. Male hippos challe...
19: ...till found in the rivers of [[Sudan]], northern [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] and [[Ethiopia]],...
21: [[Image:Hippo4.jpg|thumb|right|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
22: ...he animals are 1.5 metres (5 ft) tall at the shoulder and weigh 1,500 kg up to 3,200 kg (3300 up to 70...
26: ...po2.jpg|right|250px|thumbnail|Hippo pictures provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar... - Thebes, Egypt (3900 bytes)
1: ...age:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg|thumb||170px|Clipart provided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom C...
2: ... the seat of government moved to the [[Nile Delta|Delta]]. Its archaeological remains offer a striking...
4: ...of Zeus" ([[Zeus]] being the god whom the Greeks identified with [[Amun]]).
6: ...he name ''Thebes'' is often mistakenly thought to derive from the Greek as there is a city in Greece w...
20: *[[Deir al-Madinah]] (workers' village) - Isis (20790 bytes)
1: ...age:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg|thumb||170px|Clipart provided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom C...
3: '''Isis''' is a goddess in the [[Egyptian mythology|Egyptian belief]]. ...
5: .... [[mortal]], and she may simply have represented deified, real, [[Queen regnant|queen]]s.
7: ...f many other goddesses. It eventually spread outside [[Egypt]] throughout the [[Middle East]] and [[Eu...
12: ...uption by English speakers. The Ancient Greeks tended to add a terminal 's' at the end of foreign name... - Thoth (5655 bytes)
1: ...oth was the god of writing, and of magic, he was identified by the Greeks with their god [[Hermes]], w...
3: ...eed his name translates as ''Ibis'', or sometimes depicted as a [[baboon]] (a nocturnal animal that ha...
5: ... thus aiding [[Osiris]] to judge the souls of the dead. He was a son of either Ra or Set, but is also ...
7: ...1/360th of a cycle (360 was used as the number of degrees in a circle since ancient times).
11: == Thoth in modern times == - Alabama (10792 bytes)
2: ...jpg|thumb|350px|right| Alabama State Capital provided by classroomclipart.com]]
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29: AdmittanceDate = [[December 14]], [[1819]] | - Agatharchides (3646 bytes)
1: ...urished [[2nd century BC]]); [[Strabo]] (14.2.15) describes him as a [[Peripatetic]]. He is known as t...
3: ...s is best known for negotiating the treaty that ended [[Antiochus IV]]'s invasion of [[Egypt]] in [[16...
5: Agatharchides furnishes few clues about his own life. At the c...
7: ...xford Classical Dictionary]] article on Agatharchides. However, at least as early as 1810, when [[B.G....
9: ...authors. Although his work was superseded by more detailed accounts in the [[2nd century]] AD, Photius... - Agathias (4785 bytes)
5: ...out a hundred epigrams by Agathias that show considerable taste and elegance. He also wrote marginal n...
7: ...iefly with the struggles of the Byzantine army, under the command of the eunuch [[Narses]], against th...
9: ...oked on as a valuable authority for the period he describes." —[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/...
11: ...readth of Agathias' culture was not Christian (Kaldellis).
13: ...he history of [[freedom of thought]]— to [[Edessa]], where just a century later the forces of Is... - Anthemius of Tralles (1694 bytes)
1: ... one brother who was a lawyer and another who was described as a man of learning.
3: ... he is said to have been employed to repair flood defences at [[Daras]].
5: ...nfigurations in his work on remarkable mechanical devices which was known to certain of the Arab mathe...
7: ...s, which we may not be able to ascertain for an indefinite amount of time. Regardless of the veracity,...
9: ...hquake in Zenon's house by the use of steam led under pressure through pipes connected to a boiler.'' - Pythagoras (10747 bytes)
6: ...ut his life and teachings. Pythagoras and his students believed that everything was related to [[math...
11: ...center. He opened his school to men and women students alike. They called themselves the Mathematikoi...
13: ...y infer from this that participants required some degree of wealth and leisure to join the inner circl...
17: ...e bad." Others were more cryptic: "What is the [[Delphic oracle]]?" "The [[tetraktys]], in which the ...
19: ...p joy and love" (excerpt from the book ''The extended circle'', by Jon Wynne-Tyson).
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