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- Flag of Rhode Island (948 bytes)
1: ...[[Image:Rhode_Island_flag.jpg|thumb|Flag of Rhode Island. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.c...
3: ...en [[braid]] around the three free (i.e., non-[[hoist]]) edges.
7: ..., website of the government of the state of Rhode Island.
8: ...otw.net/flags/us-ri.html Flags of the world Rhode Island page] - Delaware (15006 bytes)
33: ISOCode = US-DE |
36: ...[[U.S. state|state]] of the [[United States]]. It is known as the "First State" because it was the fir...
38: == History ==
40: ...edes]] (led by [[Peter Minuit]]) around [[Fort Christina]] (now [[Wilmington, Delaware | Wilmington]])...
42: ...4 the "three lower counties" gained a separate legislature, and in 1710 a separate executive council. ... - Tennessee (19096 bytes)
10: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
11: ...ennessee|Memphis]] (largest [[metropolitan area]] is Nashville) |
33: ISOCode = US-TN |
36: '''Tennessee''' is a [[U.S. Southern States|Southern]] [[U.S. state|...
38: ==Origin and history of the name ''Tennessee''== - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
7: ...igin of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
11: ...0 KYA: [[Bow (weapon)|Bow]] and [[arrow]] in [[Tunisia]]
19: * 8500 BC: [[Agriculture#History|Agriculture]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]] - Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Archosauria]]}}
9: {{Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = Orders}}
10: [[Saurischia]]<br/>
13: [[Ornithischia]]<br/>
16: ...pressions of skin and internal organs, and "soft tissues, including blood vessels and cells lining the... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
7: *[[Paul Cezanne]], ([[1839]]-[[1906]]), French artist
8: ...[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
12: ...840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
13: ...([[1881]]-[[1973]]), Spanish [[Cubism|cubist]] artist - Sumerian language (10760 bytes)
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12: ...are [[Semitic languages]], and [[Elamite]], which is an [[Elamo-Dravidian]] language.
15: ...dab.jpg|thumb|350px|[[26th century BC]] document listing gifts to the high priestess of [[Adab]] on th...
16: ...rassmaier who compiled an Alphabetisches Verzeichnis (cuneiform syllabary) in the 1880s, but Rawlinson... - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ... Britain it has also referred to [[Prehistory|prehistoric]] [[earthworks (engineering)|earthworks]] (e...
2: ...heir "castle" designations, relics of the [[feudalism|feudal]] age, often remained attached to the dwe...
4: ...igure prominently in [[History of Japan|Japanese history]], where the feudal [[Daimyo]] inhabited them...
10: ...pical features of European castles - e.g. portcullises, battlements and drawbridges.
11: ...ly castles were offensive weapons, built in otherwise hostile territories from which to control surrou... - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
1: ...x|[[Carl Larsson]], ''Crayfishing'', watercolor, 1897]]
3: ...used in watercolor painting vary, the most common is paper. Others include [[papyrus]], bark papers, [...
5: ==History of watercolor painting==
10: .... One well-known example of buon fresco is the [[Sistine Chapel]], begun in [[1508]] and completed in ...
12: ...watercolor painting is by [[Italy|Italian]] [[Renaissance]] painter [[Raffaello Santi]] ([[1483]]-[[15... - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
1: ...Thomas Edison.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Thomas Alva Edison]]
3: '''Thomas Alva Edison''' ([[February 11]], [[1847]] – [[October...
5: ... nine major film studios (commonly known as the Edison Trust).
7: ...es). They were friends until Edison died. The [[Edison and Ford Winter Estates]] are now open to the p...
10: ...ar Vienna, Ontario. Among them was Samuel Ogden Edison, Jr., a shingle maker, tailor, and tavern keepe... - Timeline of United States history (1860-1899) (10289 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1860]] to [[1899]...
9: *[[1860]] - [[Crittenden Compromise]]
12: ...eracy) established under President [[Jefferson Davis]]
23: *[[1863]] - Lincoln issues [[Emancipation Proclamation]]
28: *[[1864]] - [[Wade Davis Bill]] - Cambodia (32076 bytes)
9: ...ench language|French]] and [[English language|English]] often understood by educated classes |
13: ...itles = [[King of Cambodia|King]] <br> [[Prime Minister]] |
32: established_events = - Declared<br>- Recognized |
33: established_dates = From [[France]]<br>[[1949]]<br>[[1953]...
45: ... people|Khmer]] extraction. A citizen of Cambodia is usually identified as '''Cambodian''', or more of... - World Series (40101 bytes)
1: ...etermined through a [[best-of-nine playoff]]) and is awarded the [[World Series Trophy]]. The World Se...
3: ...onship Series|National League champion]] [[St. Louis Cardinals]] and the [[2004 American League Champi...
5: ...jor League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star Game]] is given the home field advantage in the World Serie...
7: ...ecause there are more divisions and each division is smaller.
9: ...no reason to believe that the World Series winner is a significantly better team than any club team ou... - Atlanta Braves (20715 bytes)
1: {{MLB Braves franchise}}
3: ...own for their ongoing record of 13 consecutive division championships (1991-2004, except for the strik...
5: ...re the oldest continuously operating sports franchise in North American sports. Arguably, they can tra...
6: ...ussell (lawyer)|William Russell]] owned the franchise, [[1911 in sports|1911]]). Following the [[1935...
11: :'''Teams in Division:''' [[Florida Marlins]], [[Philadelphia Philli... - Computer (32773 bytes)
3: ...of a system. If a computer configured in this way is given appropriate input data, then it can automat...
4: ... the theory, design, and application of computers is called '''[[computer science]].'''
10: ...olved, in the sense that the problem being solved is mapped as closely as possible onto the physical p...
12: In most computers today, the problem is first translated into mathematical terms by rende...
14: ...that can be translated into mathematical ones). This basic idea, which made modern ''digital'' compute... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
1: This is a list of famous chemists:
6: *[[Emil Abderhalden]], (1877-1950), German chemist
7: *[[Richard Abegg]], (1869-1910), German chemist
8: ...ikin]], (1773-1854), English chemist and mineralogist
9: ...ohan August Arfwedson]], (1792-1841), Swedish chemist - Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (14006 bytes)
5: ...l]] died when he was three, and he was raised by his mother, [[Henrietta Grace]], a strong woman deter...
7: ...y spent on yachting or canoeing expeditions with his brothers.
11: ... service in [[Africa]] and returned to India in [[1897]] to command the 5th [[Dragoon]] Guards.
13: ...corporating plans of military installations into his drawings of butterfly wings.
15: ...ilitary scouting, to help train recruits. Using this and other methods he was able to train them to th... - Ship (18843 bytes)
2: A '''ship''' is a large, sea-going [[watercraft]], sometimes with...
4: ...variably she would also have a [[bowsprit]] but this was not part of the definition. The same economic...
6: ...rly customs and practices at [[sea]]. '''Naval''' is the adjective pertaining to ships though in commo...
10: ...e]]. A number of different tonnage definitions exist; most measure [[volume]] rather than weight, and...
14: ..." of lines seen forward of the Plimsoll mark to this day. - Softball (19057 bytes)
1: ...ground called [[base (baseball)|bases]]. Softball is a direct descendant of [[baseball]] (sometimes re...
3: ...ball the ball may be released in any position and is usually thrown overarm or sidearm.
4: * The ball is larger, less dense, and heavier than a baseball.
5: * The playing field is normally smaller.
6: * The game is seven innings long, as opposed to nine in basebal... - Palermo (10618 bytes)
3: ...opulation 680,000) is the principal city and administrative seat of the autonomous region of [[Sicily]...
5: ==History==
6: ...st conquered city in the world, as the following history will show.
8: ...ve calm, Palermo coming under the provincial administration in [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracuse]]. When the ...
10: ...of prosperity and tolerance, as [[Christianity|Christians]] and [[Jew]]s were allowed to live in peace...
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