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- San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
19: population_note = 7,533,384 ([[metropolitan area|metro area]]) ...
29: footnotes = |
31: ...ty]] (the only one in California) situated at the northern tip of the [[San Francisco Peninsula]] that...
44: ...name of [[Yerba Buena]] in [[1822]], when what is now the downtown area was first settled by William R...
48: ... Buena Cove, granted to the city by military governor [[Stephen Watts Kearny]] in 1847. - Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
1: ... '''Maya''' are people of southern [[Mexico]] and northern [[Central America]] ([[Guatemala]], [[Beliz...
11: ...f numerous independent [[city-state]]s. The most notable monuments are the pyramids they built in the...
27: ... existing on the flat [[limestone]] plains of the northern Yucatan grew into great sprawling municipal...
29: ...ral resources such as fresh-water wells, or ''[[cenotes]]'', the city grew by connecting great plazas ...
31: ... this ritual center were the structures of lesser nobles, smaller temples, and individual shrines: the... - Hybrid vehicle (47544 bytes)
6: ...e though [[diesel]] and other fuels such as [[ethanol]] or plant based oils have also seen occasional ...
8: ...ferent fuels — typically gasoline and [[ethanol]] [[alcohol fuel]].
12: ...ive{{cite web | title=FreedomCAR: Getting New Technology into the Marketplace | work=U.S. House of Rep...
14: ...uming large amounts of [[oxygen]], rather than economizing on fuel. Since then, many submarines have ...
16: ...and in some places such as California is only a minor contributor, overshadowed by natural gas and oth... - Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen (8624 bytes)
2: ...etic radiation]] in a [[wavelength]] range today known as [[x-ray]]s or Röntgen Rays. Röntgen's na...
6: ... of one of the teachers, a "[[crime]]" he claimed not to have committed.
12: ...cinoma of the bowel. It is not believed his carcinoma was a result of his work with ionizing radiatio...
16: ...a small cardboard screen painted with barium platinocyanide when it was placed close to the aluminium ...
18: ...ing had come from the location of the barium platinocyanide screen he had been intending to use next. - Atlanta, Georgia (39442 bytes)
28: ... the suburbs OTP (Outside the Perimeter). The Perimeter is Atlanta's equivalent to the [[Capital Beltway]...
33: ..._Railroad|Western and Atlantic Railroad]], while another claims that the name is a variation of Martha...
36: ...was a critical point in the Civil War, giving the North more confidence, and leading to the re-electio...
38: ...h," by which he meant a diversification of the economy away from agriculture and a shift from the "Old...
43: ...ietta]] helped boost the city's population and economy. Shortly after the war in 1946, the Communicabl... - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (37869 bytes)
3: ...he city's name is sometimes abbreviated to 'OKC.' Non-residents often refer to Oklahoma City as 'Oak C...
5: ...tates" ([[Oklahoma]], [[Kansas]], [[Nebraska]], [[North Dakota]] and [[South Dakota]]) as well as four...
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23: area = 1,608.8 [[square kilometer|km²]] (621.2 [[square mile|mi²]]) |
32: north_coord = 35.4823 | - Molecular nanotechnology (10344 bytes)
1: ...nd in modern macroscale factories. Its most well-known exposition is in the books of [[K. Eric Drexler...
3: ...ner manufacturing processes than today's bulk technology offers.
7: ===Confused terminology===
8: ...ompted Drexler to use the term "molecular nanotechnology".
10: .../article.pl?sid=03/10/29/2017242][http://www.azonano.com/details.asp?ArticleID=56] - Allemande (1374 bytes)
3: ...imented with the allemande, shifting to quadruple meter and ranging more widely in tempo. German compose...
7: ...came to be used for a new type of dance in triple meter; [[Carl Maria von Weber|Weber's]] ''Douze alleman... - Guitar (36953 bytes)
12: Guitars are widely known as the primary instrument in [[rock music]].
16: Instruments almost identical to what we know as the "guitar" have been popular for at least 5...
17: ...th century]]. ([http://www.iranian.com/Music/2002/November/Guitar/index.html See related article]).
22: ...tuning]] and a small guitar-style body, but it is not clear whether this represents a transitional for...
24: ...ublic. Danelectro also pioneered [[Tube Amp]] technology. - Ziggurat (6043 bytes)
9: ...]] color, matching the tops of the tiers. It is known that there were three staircases leading to the...
11: ...tures. The final stage consisted of a 15 [[metre|meter]] hardened [[brick]] encasement constructed by [[...
15: ... [[spiral]] [[ramp]] from [[base]] to [[summit]]. Notable examples of this structure include the ruins...
17: ...ce.</center>]]The [[Mesopotamia]]n ziggurats were not the place of public [[worship]] or [[ceremonies]...
21: ...A.</center>]]Overall, 32 ziggurats are currently known to be existing from and around Mesopotamia. 4 o... - Wombat (7860 bytes)
2: ...x|Wombat in the snow]] | caption = Wombat in the snow}}
14: {{Taxobox_section_binomial | color = pink | binomial_name = Vombatus ursinus | author = [[George S...
17: ...evidence of their passage, treating fences as a minor inconvenience to be gone through or under. Womba...
19: ...ved sometime between 55 and 26 million years ago (no useful fossil record has yet been found for this ...
21: ...king around 14 days to complete digestion, and do not move quickly often. When required, however, they... - Literature (25676 bytes)
1: ...e and often controversial or dubious, but it does not interfere with the above definition.
7: ...tic]] implications. The [[Western canon|Western Canon]] forms one such literature.
13: ... inscribed [[monument]]s have all at one time or another pushed the boundaries of "literature".
21: ...and they may or may not utilise [[rhyme]]. One cannot readily characterise [[poetry]] precisely. Typic...
23: ...rhaps pre-dates other forms of literature: early known examples include the [[Sumeria|Sumerian]] ''[[E... - Ur (11926 bytes)
1: ...]]. Because of marine regression, the remains are now well inland in present-day [[Iraq]], south of th...
13: ... around [[24th century BC|2340 BC]]. Not much is known about the following second dynasty, during whic...
15: ...in [[1952]]) is one of the oldest such documents known, preceding the [[code of Hammurabi]]. After his...
17: .... Later [[Babylon]] captured the city. Nanna was known to the Babylonians as ''Sin''. The Babylonian c...
19: ...started to decline from around [[550 BC]] and was no longer inhabited after about [[500 BC]], perhaps ... - Berlin Wall (23423 bytes)
1: ...Berlin Wall on November 16, 1989|Berlin Wall on [[November 16]][[1989]]]]
3: ...ears, but was opened to unrestricted transit on [[November 9]], [[1989]] and subsequently almost entir...
11: ...s, Britain and France ([[West Berlin]]), although nominally still under joint four-power Allied sovere...
13: ...larly the Soviet Union, because East Germany's economy was being subsidized by the Soviet government.
17: ...rier, the East Germans were to fall back and were not to fire first under any circumstances. - Celtic mythology (25486 bytes)
1: ...rary Roman and Christian sources that what we do know of their beliefs has come down to us. In contra...
4: ...ulish]], it is surmised that the pagan Celts were not widely literate—although a written form of...
6: ...cated literacy was not introduced to Celtic areas not conquered by Rome until the advent of [[Christia...
12: ...-Celtic). The apparent array of divine names may, nonetheless, be justified differently: many may be m...
43: ...ns]], [[Ogmios]], [[Robur]], [[Rosmerta]], [[Rudianos]], [[Sabrina]], [[Segomo]], [[Sequanna]], [[Siro... - Sword (24928 bytes)
10: ... Sea]], and in [[Mesopotamia]]. Swords from the [[Nordic Bronze Age]] from ca. [[1400 BC]] show charac...
14: ...ility of the raw material. Early iron swords were not comparable to later [[steel]] blades; being brit...
18: ... iron, they could produce an improved alloy (now known as [[steel]]). Several different methods of sw...
20: ..., [[spatharius]], became a court rank in Constantinople), and from this time, the term "[[long sword]]...
27: ...e]] Spathas were decorated with Germanic artwork (not unlike the Germanic [[bracteate]]s fashioned aft... - Trebuchet (7499 bytes)
12: ...rebuchet's rate of fire was extremely slow, often not more than a couple of shots an hour. Yet some of...
14: In operation the long, nonweighted end is pulled toward the ground, and hel...
17: ...well as being easier to gain access to on site. Another trick is to place the supporting frame of the...
25: ...weigh dozens of tons. Not surprisingly, they were not readily transportable and instead had to be buil...
33: ...rt supply, at the siege of the Aztec capital, [[Tenochtitlᮝ], in [[1521]]. This trebuchet was shot ... - Longship (3972 bytes)
1: ...g|thumb|The Oseberg longship (Viking Ship Museum, Norway)]]
5: ... deployment on sandy shores in case of a raid and nonetheless hand carriage between river arms or lake...
8: ... rich possessions. The [[Oseberg]] ship burial in Norway and the [[Anglo Saxon]] longship of [[Sutton ...
14: ...Denmark|Danish]] [[longship]]s were sailed, while no sailing [[longship]] has been found from [[Sweden...
16: ...he first European vessel to reach the shores of [[North America]]. - Troy (22846 bytes)
3: ...[Anatolia]], close to the seacoast in what is now northwest [[Turkey]], southwest of the [[Dardanelles...
5: ...pire|Byzantine]] times. The Roman city of Celeia (now [[Celje]] in [[Slovenia]]) has been referred to ...
7: ...vealed several cities built in succession to one another. One of the earlier cities (Troy VIIa) is oft...
10: ...inor]] (or Little Asia, now [[Turkey]]). Troy is known for its riches gained from port trade with east...
14: ...of [[Sinope]], and [[Lydia]]ns move into [[Asia Minor]]. The [[Persia]]ns invade in 546 B.C. - Ernest Shackleton (9537 bytes)
11: ...rish]]-born [[British]] [[exploration|explorer]], now chiefly remembered for his Antarctic expedition ...
18: ... do not all agree on when or which newspaper, but no one has yet been able to locate the original news...
21: ...n the return trip and Dr. Wilson suffered from [[snow blindness]] at intervals.
23: ... In part, Scott exhibited unusual stamina and may not have recognized differing abilities of others.
26: ...n used Manchurian ponies for transport, which did not prove successful.
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