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- Antarctica (14761 bytes)
4: '''Antarctica''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] ἀντ&alpha...
8: ...he fifth largest continent, after [[Eurasia]], [[Africa]], [[North America]], and [[South America]]. H...
15: ...oldest place on earth. [[Weather pattern|Weather front]]s rarely penetrate far into the continent, le...
37: ...erre Ad鬩e]], one of the four districts of the [[French Southern Territories]]
47: *[[South Africa]]: claimed [[1963]]–[[1994]] - Americas (7154 bytes)
13: ...referring to U.S. citizens. In [[French language|French]], ''鴡ts-unien'' (''鴡ts-unienne'' for wom...
23: ...troductio]]'', explains that the name was derived from the [[Latin]]ized version of the explorer [[Ame...
25: ...eem?s maps are alleged to incorporate information from the early British journeys to North America. T...
27: ...ld, and even changed the spelling of his own name from ''Alberigo'' to ''Amerrigo'' to reflect the imp...
29: ... death, people forgot where the name America came from, so they changed his name to Amerigo to explain... - Slovakia (19892 bytes)
56: ...vs. Federal Republic of Germany or [[France]] vs. French Republic.
63: ...tained a chain of outposts around the [[Danube]]. From 20 to 50 AD, the Kingdom of [[Vannius]], a barb...
67: ...hs]] (from the 14th century), and [[Hungarians]] (from the late Middle Ages).
69: A huge population loss resulted from the invasion of the [[Mongols]] in 1241 and the...
71: ...especially in rural areas. As the Turks retreated from Hungary in the 18th century, Slovakia's influen... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
10: ...t mon droit]] (Royal motto)<br>([[French language|French]]: God and my right)''<sup>2</sup></small> |
56: ...r, although there is also a nominal frontier with France in the middle of the [[Channel Tunnel]]. The ...
62: ...d). This political usage of "Great Britain" dates from the personal union of the Crowns of Scotland an...
64: The [[British Isles]] is a term frequently used to refer to the [[archipelago]] whic...
71: ...nce]] of [[Ulster]], immediately opted out of the Free State and to remain in the UK. The nomenclature... - Utah (29154 bytes)
74: ...e most popular destinations. The name ''Utah'' is from the [[Southern Ute language]] and means "higher...
85: [[Francisco Vᳱuez de Coronado]] may have crossed int...
96: ...ce Brigham Young as territorial governor with [[Alfred Cumming]]. The resulting conflict is known as t...
98: ...nd [[Paiutes]] attacked and killed 120 immigrants from [[Missouri]], an event called the [[Mountain Me...
100: ...ng, Johnston established Fort Floyd 40 miles away from Salt Lake City, to the southwest. - Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
46: ...lahoma's natural terrain is very diverse, ranging from Oak-Hickory mixed forest in the Eastern well-wa...
48: The state is one of the six states on the [[Frontier Strip]].
56: ...e), Great Plains Country (Southwestern Oklahoma), Frontier Country (Central Oklahoma, including the Ok...
60: From a [[bioregional]] perspective, Oklahoma is reco...
115: ...l swapping going on between [[European]] powers [[France]] and [[Spain]]. - Minnesota (26682 bytes)
37: Its name is from the [[Lakota#The_Dakota|Dakota people's]] name ...
54: Much of the state was purchased from [[France]] as part of the [[Louisiana Purchase]], alth...
59: ...e [[M鴩s people (Canada)|M鴩s]] people, a mixed French and Native American culture, were a presence ...
61: Modern [[immigrant]]s have come from all over the world in recent decades, with [[Hm...
63: ...with the early Scandinavian immigrants. Families frequently own or share [[cabin]]s on central and no... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
6: * 2.4 MYA: [[Oldowan|Stone tools]] in [[Africa]]
8: ...YA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
26: * [[Cloth]] woven from [[flax]] fiber
112: * [[1589]]: [[Stocking frame]]: [[William Lee]]
134: ...quadrant]]: [[Thomas Godfrey (inventor)|Thomas Godfrey]] - Agathon (3124 bytes)
1: ...of [[Euripides]] and [[Plato]]. He is best known from his mention by [[Aristophanes]] (''Thesmophoria...
2: original, not, as usually, borrowed from mythological subjects.
4: ...is intimacy with Aristophanes doubtless saved him from many well-deserved strictures, though in one of...
6: Agathon was a friend of [[Euripides]], accompanying him to the cou...
12: ...and Influence on Civilization'', volume 1, by [[Alfred Bates]]. ([[London]]: [[Historical Publishing C... - Salem witch trials (12402 bytes)
6: The community, under threat from [[Native American|Indian]]s and without any for...
11: ...haned as a teenager at the death of her mother, a French innkeeper, was the town beggar, noted for her...
17: ... explained as a way of preventing his possessions from being confiscated by the state, this is not tru...
33: *The Rev. [[Francis Dane]]
75: This is not a complete list; there were anywhere from 150 to 300 accused recorded, and there may have... - History of biology (3053 bytes)
3: ... by [[Karl Friedrich Burdach]] in [[1800]], [[Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus]] (''Biologie oder Philoso...
7: ...ought in the field by the independent work of [[Alfred Russel Wallace]].
9: ...t of evolutionary theory|opposition and support]] from different parts of society.
11: By [[1953]] [[James Watson]] and [[Francis Crick]] clarified the basic structure of [[D...
18: .../genomics/human/watson-crick/ James D. Watson and Francis H. Crick. "Letters to ''Nature'': Molecular... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
7: *[[Paul Cezanne]], ([[1839]]-[[1906]]), French artist
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
17: *[[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
29: *[[Franklin Adams]]
59: *[[Fra Angelico]] ([[1387]]-[[1445]]) - Albania (24647 bytes)
25: | [[Alfred Moisiu|Alfred Moisiu]], <small>''President''</small>
43: | From the [[Ottoman Empire]]<br>[[November 28]], [[19...
66: ...highlands". Alternatively, "Albania" may derive from the ancient [[Proto-Indo-European|Indo-European...
68: ...e-names ending in ''-esh'' that appears to derive from the latin ''-enisis'' or ''-esis'', between the...
72: ...://foreignaffairs.tripod.com/armillotta/albania01_frosina.html Arb벥sh띮 - Claude Monet (4533 bytes)
1: [[Image:ClaudeMonet.jpg|right|frame|Claude Monet]]
2: ... [[1840]] – [[December 5]], [[1926]]) was a French [[impressionism|impressionist]] painter.
4: Monet was born in [[Paris|Paris, France]], but his family moved to [[Le Havre]] in [[...
8: ...e-Auguste Renoir]], [[Frederic Bazille]], and [[Alfred Sisley]]. Together they shared new approaches t...
12: During the [[Franco-Prussian War]] ([[1870]] – [[1871]]), M... - Plant (12870 bytes)
38: ...s. Plants are distinguished from [[green alga]]e, from which they evolved, by having specialized repro...
47: ...he last major group of plants to appear, emerging from within the gymnosperms during the [[Jurassic]] ...
52: The embryophytes developed from green algae; the two are collectively referred ...
54: ...e green plants, acquiring chloroplasts separately from ingested or symbiotic green and red algae.
56: ...s but contain eukaryotic [[cell nucleus|nuclei]]. Fruiting bodies, of which [[mushroom]]s are the most... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
12: *[[Manfred von Ardenne]], (1907-1997), [[Germany]]
53: *[[Jacques-Yves Cousteau|Jacques Cousteau]], [[France]] — [[Aqua-Lung|aqualung]]
56: ...illiam Cullen]] — mechanical / chemical [[refrigeration]]
87: *[[Benjamin Franklin]], (1706-1790), [[United States|USA]] &mdas...
88: *[[William Friese-Greene]], (1855-1921) — [[cinematograph... - Agriculture (19147 bytes)
11: ...ere, which consists of obtaining financial income from the cultivation of land to yield [[produce]], t...
15: ...ol]], [[hemp]], and [[flax]]), fuels ([[methane]] from [[biomass]], [[biodiesel]]) and both legal and ...
25: ...ties also influenced by science. Methods of quick-freezing and dehydration have increased the markets ...
32: ... cost, however, of large amounts of energy input, from unsustainable, mostly [[fossil fuel]], sources.
46: ...tributed the major part of the inhabitants' diet. From the [[Fertile Crescent]] agriculture spread eas... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
1: [[image:Francis_Bacon.jpg|thumb|250px|Sir Francis Bacon]]
2: ...lish]] [[philosopher]], [[statesman]], [[spy]], [[freemason]] and [[essayist]]. He was knighted in [[1...
4: ...n method]]''. Induction implies drawing knowledge from the natural world through experimentation, obse...
6: Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand [[Londo...
16: ...nt and society in [[France]] under [[Henry III of France|Henry III]] afforded him valuable political i... - World War II (58065 bytes)
1: ...e:nagasakibomb.jpg|thumb|295px|[[Mushroom cloud]] from the [[nuclear explosion]] over [[Nagasaki]] ris...
6: ...ranean Sea]], [[African Theatres of World War II|Africa]], the [[Middle East Theatre of World War II|M...
8: ... a case of [[total war]], it involved the "[[home front]]" and [[Strategic bombing|bombing of civilian...
18: ...7. Spain's fascist government lead by [[Francisco Franco]] was a great asset in trade to the Axis powe...
22: ...of the British Empire, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Gr... - Plato (17363 bytes)
8: ...nsists of a series of footnotes to Plato." -- [[Alfred North Whitehead]], Process and Reality, 1929]]
12: ...es"; however, his [[nickname]], Plato, originated from wrestling. Since "Plato" means ''broad'', it pr...
18: ...s]]... some however say that it received its name from an ancient hero." (Robinson, Arch. Graec. I i 1...
29: ...hereas his later writing increasingly breaks away from the views of his former teacher. In the middle ...
31: ... dialogue distances both Plato and a given reader from the philosophy being discussed; one can choose ...
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