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- Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
1: ... used to arrive at the age of the Earth and outlines their history.
3: == Prescientific notions ==
4: ... earth creationism]] (see [http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v24/i1/belief.asp Old-earth or you...
9: ...t the Earth had been created separately from the rest of the universe, several hundred thousands of ye...
11: ...hen measured its rate of cooling. This led him to estimate that the Earth was about 75,000 years old. - Australia (39438 bytes)
8: official_languages =[[English language|English]]|
11: largest_city =[[Sydney]]|
13: leader_titles = [[Queen of Australia|Queen]]<br>[[Governor-Gene...
14: leader_names = [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth ...
19: population_estimate = 20,180,878| - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ...ff the coast of north-west [[Europe]]. It is the westernmost state of the [[European Union]], and has ...
14: official_languages = [[Irish language|Irish]], [[English language|En...
18: largest_city = [[Dublin]] |
20: leader_titles = [[President of Ireland|President]]<br>[[Taoiseach]] |
21: leader_names = [[Mary McAleese]]<br>[[Bertie Ahern]] | - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...cean|Atlantic]], such as the [[Azores Islands|Azores]]and [[Madeira Islands|Madeira and Porto Santo]] ...
5: ...omic, political, and cultural power. The [[Portuguese Empire]] stretched across the world. After the r...
7: ...cial and economic progress in the subsequent decades, with a clear slow-down in the last few years.
13: ''Main articles: '''[[Lusitanian|Pre-Roman]]''' and '''[[Lusitani...
15: ...9, "A Lusit⮩a" paragraph 1}} The [[Conii]] were established in southern Portugal for a long time. Th... - Flag of Arkansas (1800 bytes)
3: ...es of America]]. The flag seems to bear striking resemblance to the [[Confederate Flag]].
5: ...egislature again changed the flag to the present design. - Flag of California (3028 bytes)
3: ...of the [[U.S. state]] of [[California]] is sometimes called the '''Bear Flag'''.
5: ... "bring freedom to the Spaniards". He was made President of the short-lived [[California Republic]]. ...
9: ...od to the [[Republic of Texas]], and the bear represents strength.
11: ...vived the earliest claims on California by his namesake, Sir [[Francis Drake]] (in 1579), and made goo...
15: ...ontgomery, who, because the flag snagged a few times as it was lowered, would later write in a letter ... - Flag of Colorado (1126 bytes)
2: ...lden disk. The blue is meant to represent the skies, the gold the sun, the white the snowcapped mount...
4: ...be the same color as the [[flag of the United States]]. On [[March 31]], [[1964]], the legislature fu... - Flag of Michigan (1261 bytes)
3: ...le the [[bald eagle]] represents the [[United States]].
5: The design features three [[Latin]] mottos. From top-to-bottom they a...
6: ...'', "Out of many, one", a motto of the United States
10: ...state coat of arms on one side and the United States coat of arms on the other side. - Flag of North Dakota (1521 bytes)
2: ...he [[North Dakota]] legislature on [[March 3]], [[1911]], although the color was not precisely specified...
4: ...mplicated design precludes standardization. The design is typically screen-printed on rayon for mass-...
6: ...t blue. The interpretation of the blue color varies as well, some versions a deep navy and others alm...
8: ...n outside the state. Furthermore, no digital representation of the [[Coat of Arms of North Dakota]] i... - Iowa (24205 bytes)
6: Seal = Iowastateseal.jpg |
9: Capital = [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]] |
11: LargestCity = [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]] |
30: HighestElev = 509 |
32: LowestElev = 146 | - Vermont (39851 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]] |
30: HighestElev = 1,339 |
32: LowestElev = 29 |
36: ...New Hampshire]] to the east, [[New York]] to the west, and the [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Quebe...
38: ...[[Montpelier, Vermont|Montpelier]], while the largest city is [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]]. - Utah (29154 bytes)
8: Seal = Utahstateseal.jpg |
12: LargestCity = [[Salt Lake City, Utah|Salt Lake City]...
32: HighestElev = 4,123 |
34: LowestElev = 610 |
42: Seal = Utahstateseal.jpg | - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
10: ...argestCity = [[Manchester, New Hampshire|Manchester]] |
30: HighestElev = 1,917 |
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36: ...S. presidential primary|primary]] in the [[U.S. presidential election]]s, and has probably the most fa...
38: ...that industry has declined greatly in recent decades. The nickname has also been embraced for reflecti... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...cal form many years before another inventor improves the invention into a practical form. Where there ...
7: ...uage|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
14: * 26 KYA: [[Venus of Dolni Vestonice|Ceramics]] in [[Moravia]]
19: ...iculture#History|Agriculture]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
30: * [[Irrigation]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]] - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
5: *[[U Ba Maw]], Burmese prime minister during Japanese occupation
6: *[[U Nu]], 3-time Burmese prime minister
20: ...Nobuo Uematsu|Uematsu, Nobuo]], (born 1959), Japanese composer
21: ...[[Naomi Uemura|Uemura, Naomi]], (1941-1984), Japanese climber and adventurer
22: *[[Kisshomaru Ueshiba|Ueshiba, Kisshomaru]], (1921-1999), 2nd [[Aikido Dosh... - Agathias (4785 bytes)
1: ...2]] [[594]]?), of [[Myrina]], an Aeolian city in western [[Asia Minor]], was a [[Greece|Greek]] [[poet...
5: ...ce. He also wrote marginal notes on the ''Periegetes'' of [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]].
7: ...ntine army, under the command of the eunuch [[Narses]], against the [[Goths]], [[Vandals]], [[Franks]]...
9: ... as a valuable authority for the period he describes." —[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01204b....
11: ...s "a poet and rhetorician" with Procopius, "a statesman and soldier." Christian commentators note the ... - Ptolemy II of Egypt (4048 bytes)
2: ...ronology of the Ancient World'', 2nd ed. 1980) gives the date of his death as [[January 29]].
8: ...olemaic sphere of power extended over the [[Cyclades]] to [[Samothrace]], and the harbours and coast t...
10: ...hus II Theos]] (after 260), Ptolemy sustained losses on the seaboard of [[Asia Minor]] and agreed to a...
16: ...c culture, he seems to have shown but little interest in the native religion.
18: ...cial, has been justly compared with the [[Versailles]] of [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]]. - Ptolemy IV of Egypt (2166 bytes)
3: ... ([[217 BC|217]]), at which Ptolemy himself was present, secured the kingdom for the remainder of his ...
5: ...by his mistress [[Agathoclea]], sister of Agathocles.
7: ...crypha|apocryphal]] [[3 Maccabees]], which describes purported events following the Battle of Raphia, ...
10: ...tp://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Africa/Egypt/_Texts/BEVHOP/7*.html Ptolemy Philop...
11: *[http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Egypt/ptolemies/ptolemy_iv.htm Ptolemy IV] — (Egyptian Roya... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ..., ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ..., ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
24: *[[Edwin Austin Abbey]] ([[1852]]-[[1911]])
33: *[[Jacques-Laurent Agasse]] ([[1767]]-[[1848]]) - Claude Monet (4533 bytes)
2: ...r 5]], [[1926]]) was a French [[impressionism|impressionist]] painter.
4: ...who taught him [[en plein air]] (outdoor) techniques for painting, rather than painting in a studio.
8: ...pen spaces and light painted with thick brushstrokes.
10: Monet's [[1866]] ''The Woman in the Green Dress'' ''(Camille, ou la femme � la robe verte)'', ...
14: ...t.jpg|thumb|left|275px|''Impression, Sunrise (Impression, soleil levant)'' ([[1872]]/[[1873]])]]
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