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- Hydrangea (4213 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = lightgreen| name = ''Hydrangea''}}
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5: ...ox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Hydrangeaceae]]}} - Magnolia (3033 bytes)
1: ...Taxobox_begin | color = lightgreen| name = ''Magnolia''}}
2: ...nolia) <br>A large tree at [[Hemingway, South Carolina]]}}
3: {{Taxobox_begin_placement | color = lightgreen}}
5: ...ox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}} - Rhododendron (3464 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin | color=lightgreen | name= ''Rhododendron''}}
2: ...image | image = [[image:rhododendron-by-eiffel-public-domain-20040617.jpg|250px]] | caption = ''Rhodod...
3: {{Taxobox_begin_placement | color = lightgreen}}
5: ...ox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}} - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
14: ...- separating the motive power from the payload-hauling cars means that either can be replaced without ...
20: ...ded by by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
21: ...cause of the steam engine, some people took to calling the steam locomotives themselves "steam engines...
25: ...lly believed to be close to the practicable upper limit for the direct-coupled steam locomotive.
27: ...s turbines, have been experimented with, but seen little use. - Ploidy (4598 bytes)
16: ...provides a second set of chromosomes when it fertilizes the egg.
18: ...[[kin selection]], which may explain the [[eusociality]] of these sorts of insects.
21: ...#959;ποίηση'' = simplification) is the process of creating a haploid cel...
23: This was one of the procedures used by [[Japan]]ese researchers to produce [[Kaguya]] the father...
26: ...ee copies) of the sex chromosome (the cause of [[Klinefelter's syndrome]] and others) and of chromosom... - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
1: ...an history]] into three 'ages': the Classical civilization of [[Antiquity]], the Middle Ages, and mode...
6: ... surprising artistic sophistication, though its political and social senses were unevolved and its tec...
8: ...ucture quickly vanished, leading to the rise of illiteracy among leadership.
12: ...nces, produced a new model for society. The centralised administrative systems of the Romans did not w...
14: ...ning, maintaining the art of writing, and a centralised administration through its network of [[bishop... - Pottery (17136 bytes)
2: ...ich does not vitrify in the [[kiln]] but remains slightly porous is often called [[earthenware]] or [[...
8: ...ttery are essential for dating the remains of non-literate cultures and help in the dating of some his...
14: ...d pieces to be finished by handwork techniques. Slipcast pieces tend not to be, as that negates one o...
16: ...abs, ropes and balls of clay, often joined with a liquid clay slurry. No two pieces of handwork will b...
19: ... the disk rather than the wheel head so as to facilitate easy removal of the finished piece. This dis... - Pre-historic art (9744 bytes)
4: ===Palaeolithic===
7: ...s may have developed a sophisticated and more complicated artistic tradition.
9: The earliest [[figurine]] yet discovered come from between ...
11: ===Mesolithic===
12: ...ylized rock art. Patterns on utilitarian objects, like the paddles from [[Tybrind Vig]], [[Denmark]], ... - Heraldry (23465 bytes)
1: ...ements''' or '''armorial bearings'''. Its origins lie in the need to distinguish participants in [[bat...
3: ...ing the descriptions are accurate and reasonably alike, blazons follow a set of rules. The first thing...
14: ...times followed to the extent, as in [http://www.polity.org.za/html/govdocs/misc/gaucoat.html the arms ...
19: <tr align="center"><td colspan="2">'''The arms of [[Marga...
20: <tr align="center"><td>[[Image:THATCHERBARONESS.jpg|The a... - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
1: ...phy.malmesbury.bible.arp.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Calligraphy in a Latin Bible of AD 1407 on display in M...
2: ...the art of decorative [[writing]]. A style of calligraphy is described as a ''hand''.
4: ...ent Roman [[graffiti]] are of interest to both calligraphers and palaeographers.
6: == East Asian calligraphy ==
8: ...have to know Chinese to appreciate its beauty. Calligraphy, in essence, is an abstract art. - Woodcut (1909 bytes)
1: ...such as a spoon or a ''baren'' (though any hard, slightly curved surface will do). The ink is transfe...
3: ... [[shot-blasting]]. The shield may be a metal outline, or a thick coat of rubber cement or similar co...
5: ... level of technical and artistic development in [[Japan]].
14: * [[Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]]
27: * [[Clifford Harper]] - Seal (device) (5951 bytes)
2: ...any other object) in order to authenticate it, in lieu of or in addition to a [[signature]]. The word ...
6: ...t]]. While many instruments required seals for validity (i.e. the [[deed]] or [[covenant]]) it is rat...
8: ...ot the item had been opened since the seal was applied. Seals were used both to seal the item to prev...
11: ...n an [[oath]] or acknowledgement, see [[notary public]]
16: ... ancient [[Mesopotamia]] seals were engraved on cylinders, which could be rolled to create an impressi... - Silk (8683 bytes)
1: ...ovided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
2: ...ture, which allows silk cloth to refract incoming light at different angles.
5: ...es of international [[trade]] prior to [[industrialization]].
11: ...fabric was a strict imperial monopoly; all top-quality looms and weavers were located inside the Palac...
12: ...ovided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]] - Marco Polo (6716 bytes)
1: ...aken to prison, where he dictated the book ''Il Milione'' about his travels.
5: ...ire, to inform the [[Mongols]] about their way of life.
13: ...ina and with numerous achievements of Chinese civilization, many of which were more advanced than simi...
15: ==''Il Milione''==
16: ...ir reports of distant China. Since they did not believe him, Marco Polo invited them all to dinner one... - Culture (23440 bytes)
1: ...ovided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
4: ===Culture as civilization===
5: ...rovided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroo Clipart]]]
6: ...s some cultural theorists have actually tried to eliminate popular or mass culture from the definition...
8: ...music traditions of aboriginal peoples of [[Australia]]. - Definitions of music (17609 bytes)
1: ...ics|semioticians]] or semiologists, [[Linguistics|linguists]] and other scientists, students, and vari...
8: ...is]]. Of those, only the last - musica instrumentalis - referred to music as performed sound.
10: [[Musica universalis]] referred to the order of the [[universe]], as ...
12: ...s consistent in itself, and is reflected in the religious or spiritual thought of many other cultures&...
14: ...s]], finally, was the lowliest of the three disciplines and referred to the manifestation of those sam... - United Nations (29685 bytes)
1: ...China (Taiwan)]], [[Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic]] ([[Western Sahara]]), and [[State of Palestine...
3: ...nization, are able and willing to fulfill these obligations. The General Assembly determines admission...
5: ...ganization''', or '''UNO'''. But by the 1950s, English speakers were referring to it as the United Nat...
20: ....C.]] Those and later talks produced proposals outlining the purposes of the organization, its members...
24: ...ecurity Council|Security Council]] — [[Republic of China]], [[France]], the [[Soviet Union]], [[... - Shakuhachi (6042 bytes)
1: [[Image:JapaneseShakuhachiSection.jpg|thumb|125px|A [[shakuhach...
3: ...] instead of being held transversely like the familiar Western [[transverse flute]]. It was used by th...
8: ...t", from its size. It is a simple compound of two japanese words:
10: ...qual to 30.3 [[centimeters]] (ca. 0.994 of the English foot) and subdivided in ten (not twelve).
16: ...s into a duct, also called "fipple", and thus has limited pitch control. The shakuhachi player blows ... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
1: <table border="0" align="right" style="margin-left:1em"><tr><td>
4: <tr><td style="background:#efefef;" align="center" colspan=2><div style="float:center">[[...
8: <tr><td>'''Succeeded by:'''</td><td>[[Franklin Pierce]]</td></tr>
16: ...List_of_political_parties_in_the_United_States |Political Party]]:'''</td><td>[[United States Whig Pa...
24: === Early life === - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
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4: <tr><td style="background:#efefef;" align="center" colspan=2>[[Image:Ulysses Grant 1870-1...
13: ...of the United States|First Lady]]:'''</td><td>[[Julia Grant]]</td></tr>
15: ...'''</td><td>[[United States Republican Party|Republican]]</td></tr>
26: ... More recent treatments have emphasized the accomplishments of his administration, including his strug...
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