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- Pope Zosimus (7180 bytes)
2: ... where at his death the clergy were very much divided.
4: ...]] and his father's name was Abram. Some scholars deduce from this that the family was of Jewish origi...
6: ... Rome without bringing with him a certificate of identity from Patroclus.
8: ... [[Vienne]], [[Narbonne]] and [[Marseilles]] regarded this elevation of the See of Arles as an infring...
10: ...y, the occupant of the Apostolic See at the right moment maintained with all authority the traditional dog... - Jan van Eyck (7234 bytes)
3: ...85]]–[[1441]]) was a [[15th century]] [[Flanders|Flemish]] [[painter]] and one of the first to p...
7: ...rt admitted him into partnership, and both were made court painters to [[Philip the Good|Philip of Cha...
9: ...s|livres]] per annum, and from that time till his death Jan van Eyck remained the faithful servant of ...
11: ...s salary at [[Bruges]], yet settled in a fixed abode at [[Lille]].
13: ...f many distinctions by which Philip the Good rewarded his painter's merits. - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...Bonaparte]], the revolution nonetheless spelled a definitive end to the ''[[ancien r駩me]]'', and ecl...
8: ...nment]]. As the revolution proceeded and as power devolved from the monarchy to legislative bodies, th...
10: Certainly, causes of the revolution must include all of the following:
14: ... The rise of [[the Enlightenment|enlightenment]] ideals.
15: ... [[debt]], both caused by and exacerbating the burden of a grossly inequitable system of [[tax]]ation. - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...ation in the unity of science movement which includes [[logical positivism]].
6: ...of its proponents attempted to use rationalism to demonstrate the existence of a supreme being. In thi...
8: ...rise of [[empiricism | empirical]] philosophical ideas, and their application to [[political economy]]...
10: ... and the [[Renaissance]] and [[Reformation]] preceded it (if it is thought of as a long period). Furth...
14: ...the universe where God and Nature were one. This idea became central to the Enlightenment from Newton ... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
1: ...ami that struck [[Mal靝 in the [[Maldives]] on [[December 26]], [[2004]].]]
2: ...fects of a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to devastation.
4: ... [[ocean]]; it simply has a much smaller [[amplitude]] (wave heights) offshore, and a very long [[wave...
6: ...re not actually related to tides the term is considered misleading and its usage is discouraged by [[o...
10: ... tsunami by itself may trigger an undersea landslide quite capable of generating a tsunami. - Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
5: :'''Founded:''' [[1883]], as a member of the minor Inter-St...
7: ... -- originally a pejorative term for Brooklyn residents, shortened to ''Dodgers'' and officially adopt...
10: :'''Logo design:''' a cursive "Dodgers" superimposed over a r...
17: :'''General Manager''': [[Paul DePodesta]]
23: ...they were then known won two successive pennats under [[Ned Hanlon]] in 1899 and 1900. - Ramadan (3064 bytes)
8: ... Muslims allow that the start of the month can be determined by astronomical calculations.)
14: ...hours. Traditionally this begins at dawn from the moment a white line can be seen at the horizon and ends ...
16: ...ssions and temper. The fast is also meant to provide time for meditation and to strengthen one's faith...
26: {{Months in the Islamic calender}} - Earth Day (8264 bytes)
1: ...held annually in the (northern) spring, both intended to inspire awareness of and appreciation for the...
8: ...mn in the [[Southern Hemisphere]]. At this global moment, night and day are equal length anywhere on Earth...
10: ...nt]] signed a proclamation to that effect. At the moment of the equinox, the Peace Bell is rung at the UN ...
12: ...he Environment in [[1969]], the same year that he designed the [[Earth flag]]. The first ''Earth Day''...
13: ...e equinox. In [[1975]] the U.S. Congress and President [[Gerald Ford|Ford]] proclaimed and urged obser... - Diwali (5677 bytes)
4: ... [[Ugadi]], is followed by persons in [[Andhra Pradesh]] and [[Karnataka]]. [[Vishu]] and [[Varsha Pir...
6: [http://www.saja.org/stylebook.html#D] (Diwali definition; Excerpt from saja.org: Diwali should not...
12: ... geographical location, the date of Dipavali also depends on one's location.
14: ...tes and on Saturday, [[October 25]] for the remainder of India as well as for [[North America]].
26: ...hna]]. So Dipavali is a festival symbolising the destruction of evil forces. - Albert Einstein (43065 bytes)
3: ... and [[physical cosmology|cosmology]]. He was awarded the [[1921]] [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Priz...
5: ...or a scientist. In his later years, his fame exceeded that of any other scientist in [[history of scie...
7: ... day Einstein receives popular recognition unprecedented for a scientist.
14: ...y was [[Jew]]ish (and non-observant); Albert attended a [[Catholic school|Catholic elementary school]]...
16: ...ct. Another, more recent, theory about his mental development is that he had [[Asperger's syndrome]], ... - George Washington Carver (7937 bytes)
5: ...as unable to work as a hand and spent his time wandering the fields, drawn to the varieties of wild pl...
7: ...gs of flowers on the walls of the room. From that moment on, he knew that he was going to be an artist as ...
9: ...mptly left, but still carried scars from this incident for the rest of his life.
11: ..., whose father was head of the Iowa State College Department of Horticulture, recognized Carver's hort...
13: ...tary regiment. His poetry was published in the student newspaper and two of his paintings were exhibit... - Extinction (15793 bytes)
2: ...t of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of that species. Exti...
4: Descendants may or may not exist for extinct species...
6: ...ey]]. The ''Eohippus'' itself is no more, but its descendants live on. It is therefore said to be pseu...
8: ...e likely to have gone unnoticed. Most of these modern extinctions can be attributed directly or indir...
12: ==Definition== - Swimming (22854 bytes)
1: ...sic swimming skills and safety precautions are needed to participate in water activities.
5: ...g composed mostly of water, has nearly the same [[density]] as water. Thus, staying afloat requires on...
7: ...convert a slow or average swimmer to at least a moderately fast swimmer. Since speed converts directly...
11: ...easing speed. This is an effect long used by boat designers, and unconsciously used by "naturally good...
13: ...the torso is smaller front-to-back than side-to-side on most swimmers. This reduces the frontal cross-... - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
3: ...ugustus, the pre-Augustan state is conventionally described as the [[Roman Republic]], since the struc...
5: ...s traditionally set in [[476]], when [[Odovacar]] deposed the last Emperor and sent the Imperial insig...
7: ...various semantic periods or eras. Such names include [[Byzantine Empire]], [[Eastern Roman Empire]] an...
9: ...r") imperial power showed its naked face, with golden crowns and ornate imperial ritual. We now know t...
14: ===Political Developments=== - Palermo (10618 bytes)
6: ...its fine natural harbour. Palermo is widely considered to be the most conquered city in the world, as...
8: ...man Empire]] was split, Sicily and Palermo came under the rule of the Eastern [[Byzantine Empire|Byzan...
10: ... the Muslim period Palermo was a major city of trade, culture and learning, with (it is said) more tha...
12: ...n in the Palatine Chapel, the church San Giovanni degli Eremiti and the Zisa. [http://sights.seindal.d...
14: ...Angevin]] rule ([[1266]]-[[1282]]), Sicily came under the house of [[Aragon]] and later, in ([[1479]])... - Richard Nixon (32863 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Richard M. Nixon
4: | order=37th President
7: | preceded=[[Lyndon B. Johnson]]
8: | succeeded=[[Gerald R. Ford]]
11: | dead=dead - Herbert Hoover (27123 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Herbert Hoover
4: | order=31st President
7: | preceded=[[Calvin Coolidge]]
8: | succeeded=[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]
11: | dead=dead - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: ...ntroducing Roman influence into what has become modern [[France]], an accomplishment whose direct cons...
4: ...lic]] and the beginning of the [[Roman Empire]] under Caesar's grand-nephew and adopted son, [[Caesar ...
6: ...tarii'')]], and many details of his life are recorded by later historians such as [[Suetonius]], [[Plu...
9: ... who according to myth was the son of [[Venus (goddess)|Venus]]. Caesar was raised in the Subura, a lo...
15: ...7;s proscription said, "He whose life you so much desire will one day be the overthrow of the part of ... - Pompey (25785 bytes)
3: ...n the ensuing [[civil war]] and ultimately was murdered by [[Ptolemy XIII]] in [[Egypt]].
7: ==Early life and political debut==
8: ...ular teenager, considered a look alike of [[Alexander the Great]].
10: ... affairs and fortune. Despite his youth, Pompey sided with Sulla after his return from the [[Mithridat...
12: ... When Pompey commended on his action, Sulla responded saying that he wanted to leave a few enemies ali... - Nero (23127 bytes)
4: ...d. His death was reportedly the result of [[suicide]] assisted by his [[scribe]] [[Epaphroditos]].
8: ... but not by the general public. There is a strong desire for certainty, especially if there is an invo...
14: Born in [[Antium]] (modern day [[Anzio]]), he was the only son of [[Gnaeus...
16: His father was grandson to an elder [[Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (1st century BC)|G...
18: ... the namesake of her own mother [[Agrippina the elder]] who was granddaughter to Octavia's brother [[C...
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