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  1. Civilization (29205 bytes)
    5: ... this sense, civilization is an exclusive term, applied to some human groups and not others.
    7: ...society, whether complex and city-dwelling, or simple and tribal. This definition is often perceived a...
    11: ... or crude behavior. In this sense, civilization implies sophistication and refinement.
    15: ...on is a complex society, as distinguished from simpler societies. Everyone lives in a society and a c...
    17: ...rrigation]]. This enables farmers to produce a surplus of food that will not be needed for their own s...
  2. Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
    18: ...e [[National Association of Professional Baseball Players|National Association]], [[National League]],...
    20: The new league recruited many of its players from the existing National League, persuadin...
    22: ...nk]] and [[Chief Bender|Charles "Chief" Bender]]. Plank holds the club record for career victories, wi...
    24: ... traded, sold or released most of the team?s star players. In his book ''To Every Thing a Season'', Br...
    26: ...17 (.235) in 1916. The team would finish in last place every year after that until 1922, when it fini...
  3. Albert Einstein (43065 bytes)
    3: ...ze in Physics|Nobel Prize for Physics]] for his explanation of the [[photoelectric effect]] and "for h...
    7: Einstein himself was deeply concerned with the social impact of scientific d...
    16: ...d time later than most children, he was able to apply a more developed intellect. Another, more recent...
    20: ...ind alone in Munich lodgings to finish school, completing only one term before leaving school in sprin...
    22: ... finish secondary school, where he received his diploma in [[1896]] September. During this time he lod...
  4. List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
    30: *[[Arnold Henry Bergier]]
    325: *[[List of people by occupation]]
  5. Lyndon B. Johnson (32801 bytes)
    10: | place of birth=[[Gillespie County, Texas]]
    13: | place of death=[[Johnson City, Texas]]
    29: As secretary, Lyndon became acquainted with people of influence, found out how they had reached the...
    31: ...own initials. His daughters' given names are examples, as was his dog later in life (Little [[Beagle]...
    33: .... Johnson was a notoriously tough boss with his employees throughout his career, often demanding long ...
  6. Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
    10: | place of birth=[[Hyde Park, New York|Hyde Park]], [[...
    13: | place of death=[[Warm Springs, Georgia]]
    18: ...and privilege, he overcame a crippling illness to place himself at the head of the forces of reform. H...
    22: ... conservatives. Today opinions of him are more complex. Some liberals criticise measures such as the i...
    32: ...lege. He learned to ride, to shoot, to row and to play [[polo]] and [[lawn tennis]]. Frequent trips to...
  7. Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
    9: ...ionary War]], in which he served under [[Benedict Arnold]], [[George Washington]] and [[Israel Putnam]].
    13: ...eat from [[Quebec]]. Burr's courage earned him a place on Washington's staff, but the general never q...
    14: ...|Yale]] students at [[New Haven]], where Benedict Arnold led a British assault in [[1780]]. Burr was admi...
    18: ...83]], became widely known for her beauty and accomplishments. She married [[Joseph Alston]] of [[South...
    28: ...ce in [[1798]] Some have speculated that Hamilton played a role in these decisions.
  8. Benedict Arnold (11750 bytes)
    1: [[Image:B_arnold.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Benedict Arnold. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com C...
    3: ...s|colonies]] in half. The plot was thwarted, but Arnold successfully avoided capture by Continental force...
    6: ...namesake]] colonial governor of [[Rhode Island]], Arnold grew up in a well-to-do Connecticut family that h...
    9: ...y]] to capture [[Fort Ticonderoga]] on [[Lake Champlain]]. They appointed him a [[colonel]] in the Mas...
    10: ...t care that Arnold had orders from Massachusetts. Arnold could not talk Allen out of relinquishing command...
  9. American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
    10: ...t. Militia typically lacked the training and discipline of regular troops, but could be effective when...
    37: ... War of Independence)|Henry Clinton]]. They began plans to break out of the city.
    39: ...siege was not broken, and General Gage was soon replaced by Howe as commander-in-chief for the British...
    41: ...d by the Americans]] at [[Fort Ticonderoga]] were placed upon [[Dorchester Heights]], overlooking the ...
    48: ... but 600 of his original 1,100 men. Nevertheless, Arnold demanded the surrender of the city, to no avail.
  10. March 21 (10586 bytes)
    11: ...ley]] began his trek to find the missionary and explorer [[David Livingstone]].
    23: ...1965]] - [[Martin Luther King Jr]] leads 3,200 people on the start of the 3rd and finally successful [...
    29: *[[1985]] - [[Canada|Canadian]] [[paraplegic]] [[athlete]] and [[humanitarian]] [[Rick Han...
    30: ...ted]]'' reports allegations that tie [[baseball]] player [[Pete Rose]] to [[baseball]] [[gambling]].
    48: *[[1901]] - [[Karl Arnold]], politician, (d. [[1958]])
  11. Columbus, Ohio (27104 bytes)
    11: {{Template:US City infobox|
    42: ...nment jobs provide the largest single source of employment within Columbus. However, it is by no means...
    44: ...also headquartered in Columbus, with over 7,000 employees.
    46: ...mbus area. [[Honda]] has its North American auto plant in Marysville to the northwest of Columbus and...
    48: ...s at the campus of The Ohio State University. Completed in 1993, the convention center spanned nearly...
  12. List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
    40: *[[Christoph Arnold]] ([[Germany]], [[1650]] – [[1695]])
    318: *[[Johannes Kepler]] ([[Germany]], [[1571]] – [[1630]])
    346: *[[Pierre-Simon Laplace]] ([[France]], [[1749]] – [[1827]])
    463: *[[Philip Plait]] ([[United States|USA]])
    464: *[[Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana]] ([[Italy]], [[1781]] – [[1864]])
  13. Estonia (13391 bytes)
    26: | [[Arnold R?]
    66: ...bove. In 1934, the parliamentary government was replaced with a more centralized, authoritarian system...
    84: ...considered counties rather than states (Estonian: pl. ''maakonnad''; sg. - ''maakond''). Here is a lis...
    97: *[[Rapla County]] (Estonian: ''Raplamaa'')
    108: ...vel northwestern part of the rising east European platform. Average elevation reaches only 50 m, ...
  14. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (15483 bytes)
    1: ...]] - [[November 14]], [[1831]]) was a [[German people|German]] [[philosopher]] born in [[Stuttgart]], ...
    9: ...ons inherent in the preceding movement''. For example, the French Revolution for Hegel constitutes the...
    13: ...nciple of it and the other form is its specific application to the actual events in history. He contin...
    19: ...vidual case. To do so would involve comparing examples of events of history with their archetypal form...
    21: ...e called "deliberately confusing") his work is perplexing for modern audiences because he had an organ...
  15. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    391: *[[Frederick Copleston]], (1907-1994)
    623: *[[Arnold Geulincx]], (1624-1669){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
    896: *[[David Kaplan (philosopher)|David Kaplan]], (born 1933){{fn|O}}
    897: *[[Mordecai Kaplan]], (1881-1983){{fn|R}}
    907: *[[Johannes Kepler]], (1571-1630){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
  16. New Deal (82408 bytes)
    2: ...lass conflict. The opponents of the New Deal, complaining of the cost and the shift of power to Washi...
    7: ...ation."<ref>Parker 2002, Friedman, ''Two Lucky People'' (1998) p. 59.</ref>
    11: ...market.<ref>Parker 2002, Friedman, ''Two Lucky People'' (1998) p. 59.</ref> Sixty years later Friedma...
    15: ...l laws. By 1942, the Supreme Court had almost completely abandoned its "judicial activism" of strikin...
    18: ...orldwide economic crisis. In 1929&ndash;1933, unemployment in the U.S. soared from 4% of the workforce...
  17. Republican Party (United States) (31573 bytes)
    20: ...Democratic-Republican Party]]. That party later split into the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Dem...
    24: The Republican 2004 [[political platform]] ''A Safer World and a More Hopeful Americ...
    31: ...ro-choice Republicans such as [[Colin Powell]], [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], and [[Olympia Snowe]], and the ...
    38: ...veloping and promoting the Republican [[political platform]], as well as for coordinating fundraising ...
    44: [[Image:Birthplace of the US Republican Party 1.jpg|thumb|left|Th...
  18. The Star-Spangled Banner (15265 bytes)
    1: ...ence of Fort McHenry," with an explanatory note explaining the circumstances of its writing. Of the fi...
    9: ...chrane over dinner, while they also discussed war plans. In the beginning, Ross and Cochrane refused t...
    11: ...fifteen stars and fifteen stripes, is today on display in the [[National Museum of American History]],...
    17: ...ic performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" took place in October, when Baltimore actor Ferdinand Dur...
    19: ...anner" during the [[seventh-inning stretch]]. The players and spectators stood at attention, took off ...
  19. Aztec (38742 bytes)
    3: The '''Aztecs''' were a [[Mesoamerica]]n people of central Mexico in the [[14th century|14th]], ...
    9: ...ebates in Mexica scholarship), so this name was applied to other cultures of the same cultural group. ...
    11: ...eaving Aztlan, [[Huitzilopochtli]] ordered his people not to use the word Azteca, instead they should ...
    14: ...logia e Historia, for example, refers to these people as Mexica.
    22: ... single system of government. [[Arnold J. Toynbee|Arnold Toynbee]] in his preface to ''War and Civilizatio...
  20. Crimean War (7100 bytes)
    3: The majority of the conflict took place on the [[Crimea|Crimean peninsula]] in the [[B...
    14: ...eckers and four 60-gun frigates in the Black Sea, plus a large number of smaller vessels. [[Pavel Nakh...
    25: ...vessels with their precious cargoes of medical supplies, food, clothing and other necessaries. The sca...
    30: * Some action also took place on the Russian Pacific coast, [[Asia Minor]], ...
    31: ...The Great Game]]). Conflicts over control of holy places in [[Jerusalem]] led to aggressive actions in...

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