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- Desert (21206 bytes)
1: ...humb|right|Valley of the Kings, Egypt. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
2: ...mb|right|Man and Camel, Desert, Egypt. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
4: ... of the world's deserts, http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/deserts/what/world.html)
6: ...nd-driven) processes are major factors in shaping desert landscapes.
8: ...ed by erosion. Because deserts are dry, they are ideal places for human artifacts and fossils to be pr... - Astronomy (13970 bytes)
3: ...ed near the center of the [[Far side (Moon)|far side]] of Earth's Moon, its diameter is about 58 miles...
5: ...d with [[astrology]], which assumes that people's destiny and human affairs in general are correlated ...
8: ...rns itself much more with trying to observe and understand the actual physical nature of celestial obj...
10: ... and involves working with computer or analytic models.
12: ...er ways. Categorization by the region of space under study (e.g., Galactic astronomy, Planetary Scien... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ... [[Meridian (geography)|meridian]]s of a [[longitude]] that is a multiple of 15? thus making neighbori...
6: ...'s atomically measured time as distinct from time determined by astronomical observation as formerly c...
8: ...00 UTC on the last Sunday in March. For the remainder of the year local time is UTC + 1—known in...
13: *[[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]: UTC + 1 (e.g. if it is 12:00 UTC, then it is ...
18: ...ment for time zones results in a time the other side of midnight from UTC, then the date at the locati... - Islamic architecture (6677 bytes)
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22: ...and the production of all places that have come under the varying levels of Islamic influence.
32: ...architecture may be identified with the following design elements:
37: *extensive use of decorative [[Arabic calligraphy]] - Plain (710 bytes)
- String instrument (8163 bytes)
4: ...g|thumb|The string bass is often plucked or bowed depending on the genre and piece.]]
5: In order for a string instrument to produce sound, its st...
7: ...ed, either by a finger or thumb, or by some other device such as a [[plectrum]]. Instruments like the...
10: ...ment, since sound production through struck blows defines this instrument family; the proclamation tha...
16: ...n. Other string instruments with a keyboard include the [[clavichord]] (where the strings are struck ... - Cuneiform script (7588 bytes)
6: ==Development==
7: ...tating counter-clockwise all of the pictograms 90° in the process), and a new wedge-tipped stylus ...
9: ...iform tablets could be fired in [[kiln]]s to provide a permanent record, or they could be recycled if ...
11: ...ssyria]]ns to write their own languages and was widely used in [[Mesopotamia]] for about 3000 years, t...
13: ...nese]], written in a [[Chinese language|Chinese]] derived script; some of these Sinograms were used as... - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
1: ...nslation from the [[German language|German]] ''Seidenstraߥ'', the term first used by [[Germany|German...
5: ...deas may have travelled the whole way, ancient trade was probably conducted over sections of the route...
11: ...al exchange]]s among widely separated populations developed rapidly. For example, the [[dromedary]] ma...
13: ...respassing on agricultural lands. This presented ideal conditions for [[merchant]]s, mounted [[warrior...
16: ... been in use as early as [[3500 BC]]. There is evidence that [[Ancient Egypt|Ancient Egyptian]] [[expl... - Tree (23723 bytes)
3: ...ennial]], woody [[plant]]. Though there is no set definition regarding minimum size, the term generall...
8: ...nkiaer.jpg|250px|right|thumb|An [[oak]] tree in [[Denmark]]]]
9: ...iology)|families]] of plants. Trees thus show a wide variety of growth form, leaf type and shape, bark...
13: ...lled a '''[[forest]]'''. Several [[biotope]]s are defined largely by the trees that inhabit them; exam...
16: ...]] consists of ''xylem'' cells, and [[bark]] is made of ''phloem'' and other tissues external to the v... - Caste (32815 bytes)
1: The word '''''Caste''''' is derived from the [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] ...
3: This term is also used in [[entomology]] to describe [[social insect]]s species who have a speci...
5:
7: ...r belief.") The language of the [[Gathas]] (the oldest part of the Avesta) is very similar to the lang...
20: ...e sacred texts, and also that of interpreting and determining the law and the rules of caste. Shudras ... - Civilization (29205 bytes)
5: ...r working small [[horticulture|horticultural]] gardens. When used in this sense, civilization is an ex...
7: ...lex and city-dwelling, or simple and tribal. This definition is often perceived as less exclusive and ...
9: ...y back in Civilization after being lost in the wilderness for 3 weeks." Additionally, it is used in th...
11: ...zed" behavior is contrasted with "barbaric" or crude behavior. In this sense, civilization implies sop...
17: ... to produce a surplus of food that will not be needed for their own subsistence. - Cold War (18329 bytes)
2: ...nancier [[Bernard Baruch]] in April 1947 during a debate on the [[Truman Doctrine]].
7: ...d in good part by arming or funding surrogates, a development that lessened direct impact on the popul...
9: ...ic Missile Treaty]]). U.S.-Soviet relations would deteriorate once again in the late 1970s and early [...
11: ...e:Berlinwall.jpg|thumb|right|A section of the now-defunct [[Berlin Wall]], a symbol of the Cold War-er...
12: ...da wars between the United States and the USSR. Indeed, it was far from certain that a global nuclear ... - Timeline of United States history (1950-1969) (7885 bytes)
13: *[[1953]] - [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] becomes President
27: *[[1955]] - [[American Federation of Labor|AFL]] and [[Congress of Industrial...
29: *[[1955]] - [[Jonas Salk develops polio vaccine]]
32: *[[1956]] - US installs Diem as leader of [[South Vietnam]]
37: *[[1957]] - [[Little Rock, Arkansas]] school desegregation - Timeline of United States history (1970-1989) (5473 bytes)
6: *[[1972]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1972]] (including [[Watergate]] bu...
8: *[[1973]] - [[Roe v. Wade]] [[Supreme Court]] ruling over-turns state laws ...
10: *[[1974]] - [[Richard Nixon]] resigns Presidency over [[Watergate]]
11: *[[1974]] - [[Gerald R. Ford]] becomes President (by [[succession]] rather than [[election]])
12: *[[1976]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1976]] - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
8: ... horrendous casualties, as high as twenty million dead.
11: ...e Minster [[Winston Churchill]] (left), U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] (center), and Soviet ...
13: ...des that they could stay there and that neither side would use force to push the other out. This tacit...
15: ...e to vie for the allegiance of the developing and developed world in the postwar years.
17: ...f-interest. [[World War II]] resulted in enormous destruction of infrastructure and populations throug... - History of the United States (1964-1980) (21973 bytes)
3: ... the political mood of the country. The new president, [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], capitalized on this sit...
5: ...dash;and led the nation in the number of black leaders elected. In [[1969]], [[Tennessee]] had a 92.1%...
11: ... 1964]], Lyndon Johnson positioned himself as a moderate, contrasting himself to his GOP opponent, [[B...
13: ...nous electoral trends for Democrats, who had depended on the "solid South" as an electoralt base for a...
15: ...30 years, until the issue of [[civil rights]] divided conservative southern whites from the rest of th... - History of the United States (1980-1988) (35211 bytes)
2: ==Changing demographics and the growth of the Sun Belt==
4: ...xpense of industry and manufacturing, facilitated demographic shifts to the "frontiers" from the more ...
6: ...lifornia]] has reemerged as a bright spot for the Democratic Party in the late [[1990s]], due to a bac...
8: ...nding demand for social services, while tax bases declined. [[New York City]] barely averted bankruptc...
10: ...the GOP captured the U.S. House after 40 years of Democratic control. - History of the United States (1988-present2) (20668 bytes)
3: ==1988 presidential election==
4: ''For details see the main article [[U.S. presidential election, 1988]].''
6: ...defeating [[Democratic Party of the United States|Democratic]] [[Massachusetts]] governor [[Michael Du...
10: ...mber 26]], [[1991]] the USSR was officially disbanded, breaking up into fifteen constituent parts. The...
12: ...e Bush]] declared the emergence of "a new world order... freer from the threat of terror, stronger in ... - List of politics by country articles (10131 bytes)
13: ...hrain|Bahrain]] - [[Politics of Bangladesh|Bangladesh]] - [[Politics of Barbados|Barbados]] - [[Polit...
16: ...[Politics of the Democratic Republic of the Congo|Democratic Republic of the Congo]] (formerly ''Zaire...
19: ...c Republic of the Congo]] - [[Politics of Denmark|Denmark]] - [[Politics of Djibouti|Djibouti]] - [[Po...
28: ...f Grenada|Grenada]] - [[Politics of Guadeloupe|Guadeloupe]] - [[Politics of Guam|Guam]] - [[Politics o...
47: ...[Politics of the Federated States of Micronesia|Federated States of Micronesia]] - [[Politics of Mold... - Earthquake (13859 bytes)
1: ...s]] into which the Earth's [[lithosphere]] is divided. Events that occur at plate boundaries are call...
5: ...he earthquakes shaking is the dominant and most widespread cause of damage.
11: ...er one, large faults are capable of higher magnitude earthquakes than smaller faults are.
13: ...ake, or as a result of submarine landslips or "slides" indirectly triggered by it.
15: ...ed simultaneously. They arrive in the following order: first the body waves [[P-wave]]s (primary or pr...
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