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- Relic (11473 bytes)
1: ...nd [[Hinduism]]. In some [[religious denomination|denominations]] of Christianity, a '''relic''' is an...
7: ...cited is the veneration of Polycarp's relics recorded in the Martyrdom of Polycarp (written 150-160 AD...
9: ...[[Caesar of Heisterbach]]. These miracle tales made relics much sought after during the Middle Ages. ...
15: ... the mystic potency belong to spirits, in varying degrees to the faithful, and to inanimate objects. T...
17: ..., the "idols" of our museums and archaeology, and destroying it accounts for some of the righteous rag... - Personal life (2762 bytes)
2: ...in modern existence. There are service industries designed to help people improve their personal lives...
4: ... little privacy in a community, and a person was identified by their [[job]].
6: ...ciency, both at work and at home. A common phrase demonstrating this is "Work hard, play hard".
10: ...ect an [[afterlife]] (for some the most important thing). In the interim, those who can afford to pause a...
12: ...n personally-defined life. Certain cultures, some defined by [[state]] or [[corporate]] agencies, enco... - Science (19868 bytes)
8: ..., and the sources of those powers in terms of the thing's structure or internal nature.
10: ...the empiricist tradition, we must be careful to understand that "prediction" refers to the outcome of ...
12: ...used interchangeably. Both have been subjected to devastating criticisms:
14: ...demonstrated the impossibility of a theory-independent observation language, so the very notion of tes...
15: ...steady accumulation of facts, as the empiricist model implies. - Recorder (12954 bytes)
1: ...r to the functioning of the ancestors of the recorder, early folk [[whistle]]s.
3: ...at the instrument intended was the sopranino recorder.
5: ...y at some level, is pre-tuned, and is not too strident in even the most musically-inept hands. It is h...
7: ... of recorder music in which he himself plays recorders.
9: ... are the most common solo instruments in the recorder family. - Harmonica (21752 bytes)
3: known, among other things, as a '''mouth organ''', '''french harp''', simp...
14: is made to vibrate more easily by air from above, reeds a...
16: ...) also include a spring-loaded button-actuated slide that, when
17: depressed, further redirects air blown or drawn thr...
24: The harmonica consists of a "comb" made of wood, plastic or metal which - Berimbau (11944 bytes)
2: .... The instrument is also a part of [[Candombl靝-de-caboclo tradition.
4: ...icon.png|30px]] [[media:Toque-de-angola.ogg|Toque de Angola]] ([[ogg]] format, 17 seconds, 174KB).
6: ==Design==
8: [[Image:Hn_caxixi_baqueta_vadero.jpg|thumb|right|A caxixi, baqueta, and dobr㯝]
9: ...steel string ("arame" - often pulled from the inside of an automobile [[tire]]) tightly strung and sec... - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
3: ...300 BC]]. Archeological evidence indicates that a developed Egyptian society has existed for much long...
10: ...span of about three millennia. There is a recommended revision of the chronology of Egypt.
27: ...ociety]] (see [[Nile#History|Nile: History]]). Evidence of [[pastoralism]] and cultivation of [[cereal...
29: ...there must have realized the benefits of a more sedentary life. Scientific analysis of the remains of ...
31: ...stract&list_uids=12495079]; reveals also that ''modern day'' Egyptians "''reflect a mixture of [[Europ... - Continental drift (4518 bytes)
3: ...]. The idea of continental drift did not become widely accepted as [[theory]] until the [[1950s]] in E...
5: ...tectonics]]''' for information on current ideas underlying concepts of continental drift.
11: == Evidence for continental drift ==
14: ...ca]], and [[Antarctica]]. There is also living evidence - the same animals being found on two continen...
16: ...hich inspired [[Alfred Wegener]] to study what he defined as continental drift. - Antarctica (14761 bytes)
4: ...near the Earth's [[North Pole]] on the opposite side of the planet.
8: ...so the continent with the highest average [[altitude]], and the lowest average [[humidity]] of any con...
15: ...he continent, but [[ice]] there can last for extended time periods. Nearly all of Antarctica is cover...
24: ...ea is called [[Western Antarctica]] and the remainder [[Eastern Antarctica]], since they correspond ro...
30: ...ons, particularly those close to the continent, made territorial claims in the [[20th century]]. These... - Feed (1445 bytes)
3: ...en to or meant for livestock (also called ''"[[fodder]]"'').
6: # A coupling device between an antenna and its transmission line....
8: # Pertaining to the function of inserting one thing into another, such as in a feed [[horn]], paper f...
11: ...is also an abbreviation for Front End Engineering Design.
12: * In [[metalworking]] feed describes the rate at which a tool advances into the... - Barge (1987 bytes)
4: ...ed by draft animals on an adjacent towpath) contended with the [[railway]] in the early [[industrial r...
16: ...the term '''barge''' is used to describe a boat wider than a [[narrowboat]].
20: ... length, the more the sayer feels it is to be avoided. - Egyptian pyramids (20601 bytes)
1: ...age:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg|thumb||170px|Clipart provided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom C...
3: ...iver Nile. They believed this was the land of the dead, because the Sun set there.{{an|west_bank_hell}...
6: ==Historic development==
11: ...impressive "Bent" and "Red" pyramids, it is not understood why if Egyptian pyramids were built as "tom...
13: ...yramid-building phase coincided with the greatest degree of absolutist [[Pharaoh|pharaonic]] rule, dur... - Ancient Rome (25155 bytes)
11: ... ford, Rome was at a crossroads of traffic and trade.
13: ...al or semi-mythical kings are (in chronological order): [[Romulus]], [[Numa Pompilius]] (Good King Num...
23: ...rs]], conquering [[Sicily]] and [[Iberia]]. After defeating [[Macedonia]] and the [[Seleucids]] in the...
25: ...and [[Gaius Cassius Longinus|Cassius]], on the [[Ides of March]] [[44 BC]].
27: ...ransformed Rome from a Republic to an Empire. His designated successor, [[Tiberius]], took power witho... - California (63989 bytes)
8: Nickname = The Golden State |
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30: AdmittanceOrder = 31<sup>st</sup> | - Nebraska (13662 bytes)
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23: AdmittanceOrder = 37<sup>th</sup> |
26: Latitude = 40?N to 43?N |
27: Longitude = 95?25'W to 104?W | - Alexander of Pherae (1959 bytes)
1: '''Alexander''', tagus or [[despotism|despot]] of [[Pherae]] in [[Thessaly]], ruled from [...
3: ...phalae]] by the Thebans, although the victory was dearly bought by the loss of Pelopidas, who fell in ...
5: ... ''Life of Pelopidas,'' agree in describing Alexander as a cruel and suspicious tyrant:
7: ...apid pace, exclaiming that it would be a dreadful thing, if, when he was slaughtering so many citizens, h...
8: ...h;Plutarch, ''Moralia:'' "On the Fortune of Alexander." - Anacharsis (4399 bytes)
2: ...at among the Greeks, those who were skillful in a thing vie in competition; those who have ''no'' skill, ...
4: ... to Athens in the early [[6th century BCE]] and made a great impression as a forthright, outspoken "[[...
6: ...utsider's knack of seeing the illogic in familiar things. His conversation was droll and frank, and Solon...
8: ... Solon's slave that Anacharsis was come to visit, desired to see Solon, and wanted to enter into hospi...
10: ...ian Mysteries]] of the Great Goddess, a privilege denied to those who did not speak fluent Greek. - Anaxagoras (6622 bytes)
4: ...ch he surrendered, from a fear that they would hinder his search after knowledge.
5: ...ere is no reason for the theory that he studied under [[Hermotimus]] of Clazomenae, the ancient miracl...
9: ...to love and admire him and the poet [[Euripides]] derived from him an enthusiasm for science and human...
14: ...s led him to form new theories of the universal order, and brought him into collision with the popular...
15: ...meteor]]s, [[rainbow]]s and the [[sun]], which he described as a mass of blazing metal, larger than th... - Pyrrho (3149 bytes)
1: ...r he was diverted to philosophy by the works of [[Democritus]], and became acquainted with the Megaria...
3: ...since nothing can be known, the only proper attitude is ''[[ataraxia]]'', "freedom from worry".
5: ...lete suspense of judgment. We can be certain of nothing, not even of the most trivial assertions. - Sport (14061 bytes)
1: ...f these. A sport has physical activity, side by side competition, and a scoring system. The difference...
3: [[Image:Oly8.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
9: ... of sport throughout history can teach us a great deal about social changes, and about the nature of s...
11: ... carbon dating. Although there is scant direct evidence of sport from these sources, it is reasonable ...
12: ...mage:Horse_racing.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
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