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- Finland (29511 bytes)
1: ...[Gulf of Bothnia]] to the west. Finland has land frontiers with [[Sweden]], [[Norway]] and [[Russia]] ...
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33: | style="vertical-align: top;" | From [[Russia]]<br/>[[6 December]] [[1917]]<br/>[[22 ... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
39: established_dates = From the [[United Kingdom]]<br />[[1947-08-14]]<br />...
51: ...uage|Persian]] means ''Land of the Pure''. With around 163 million inhabitants, it is the [[List of c...
57: ...umb|180px|right|[[Mohenjodaro|Ruins of Mohen-jo-Daro]], 80 km southwest of [[Sukkur]], was center of [...
59: ...ization]] and was subsequently conquered by many groups, including [[Aryans]], [[Achaemenid|Persian]]s...
62: ... the area was conquered by various Central Asian groups, most notably the [[Tocharian]] [[Kushan]]s. - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...a]], [[Jordan]], and [[Egypt]] (listed clockwise from north to south). Israel shares the coastlines of...
18: leader_names = [[Ariel Sharon]]<br>[[Moshe Katsav]] |
38: ...stered by the [[United Kingdom]]<br>[[May 14]], [[1948]] ([[Iyar]] 5, 5708) |
58: === Historical roots ===
60: ...cia [[Syria Palaestina]]'', a Greek name derived from ''[[Philistine]]'' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] &... - Nepal (22444 bytes)
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46: | ''[[Rastriya Gaan]]'' ("May Glory Crown You, Courageous Sovereign")
58: ...n [[Lumbini]], Nepal circa [[563 BC]] and the Emperor [[Ashoka|Aśoka]] ruled over a vast empire i... - Luxembourg (11321 bytes)
1: ... state]] in the north-west of the continental [[European Union]], bordered by [[France]], [[Germany]] ...
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3: ...mbourg'''<br>'''Groߨerzogtum Luxemburg'''<br>'''Groussherzogtum L봺ebuerg'''<br><br></big>
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13: | align=center colspan=2 style="background:#f9f9f9;" | [[image:LocationLuxembourg.png|Loc... - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
2: ...eason stood for 34 years until it was broken by [[Roger Maris]] in [[1961]]. He also was a member of t...
4: ...fuel the rising interest in sports during the ''[[Roaring Twenties]]'' as the fan base expanded signif...
9: ... one man Babe respected above all others. It was Brother Matthias who taught him baseball, working wit...
10: ...abe Ruth, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding up bat, in baseball uniform, on field]...
12: ...tcher. Brother Matthias promptly switched George from catcher to pitcher to teach him a lesson. But, i... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
39: ...ited by the tribes of the [[Lenape]], the first Europeans to settle the region were the [[Netherlands|...
41: ...|Sir George Carteret]] and [[John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton|Lord Berkeley of Stratton]]...
43: ...[[George Carteret|Sir George Carteret]], Jersey's Royalist Governor, was gifted a large tract of land ...
45: ...ovinces were united under a royal, rather than a proprietary, governor.
51: ...ar for Independence, British and American armies crossed New Jersey several times. - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...ctical form many years before another inventor improves the invention into a practical form. Where the...
7: * 2 MYA: [[Origin of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
8: * 1 MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
10: * 60 KYA: [[Shipbuilding|Ships]] probably used by settlers of [[New Guinea]] - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
47: ...elet|Quetelet, Adolphe]], (1796-1874), Belgian astronomer
56: *[[Carroll Quigley|Quigley, Carroll]], historian
74: ...la, A.B.]], (born c. 1965), cumbia-rap musician, brother of Selena Quintanilla
77: ...Quintillus]], (270-275), [[Roman Empire|Roman Emperor]]
82: ...rino|Quirino, Elpidio]], President of Philippines 1948-1953 - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
12: *[[Uda, Emperor of Japan|Uda, emperor of Japan]], (867-931)
16: *[[Tom Udall|Udall, Thomas Stewart "Tom"]] (1948-)
26: *[[Charlotte Uhlenbroek|Uhlenbroek, Charlotte]], (born 1968), British zoolologist ...
46: *[[Yoshijiro Umezu|Umezu, Yoshijiro]], Japanese general
52: ...wood, Frederick D.]], president of the [[Erie Railroad]] [[1901]]–[[1927]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
5: *[[Laloo Prasad Yadav|Yadav, Laloo Prasad]] (born 1948), [[India]]n politician
16: *[[Yamagata Hiro]] (born 1964), author
17: *[[Yamamoto Isoroku]] (1884-1943), Japanese admiral
23: *[[Yan Chia-kan]] (1905-1993), ROC politician
27: ...nkovic|Yankovic, "Weird Al"]] (born 1959), US [[parody]] musician - History of science (41710 bytes)
6: ... [[empirical]] [[truth]]. [[Philosophy]] differs from science in that, while both the [[Natural scienc...
11: ...work, looking closely at the ways in which they "produce" and "construct" scientific knowledge. Since ...
13: ...progressive, and that there can be [[demarcation problem|no demarcation]] between science and any othe...
21: ...s a direct outgrowth of [[religion]], often as a project of a particular religious community.
23: ...hat would describe nature as it was in the world around them. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] an...
44: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] ([[1595]]-[[1654]])
46: *[[Alessandro Allori]] ([[1577]]-[[1621]])
52: *[[Altichiero]] ([[1320]]-[[1395]])
54: *[[Rodolfo Amoedo]] ([[1857]]-[[1941]]) - Albania (24647 bytes)
1: ...t ? both still formally part of [[Serbia-Montenegro]], the [[Republic of Macedonia]] in the east, and...
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39: | '''[[Gross domestic product|GDP]]'''<br> - Total ([[List of countrie...
43: | From the [[Ottoman Empire]]<br>[[November 28]], [[191... - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...flew too close to the sun and the wax melted, destroying the wings and causing Icarus to fall into the...
5: ...ngs ([[Wright brothers]]). Modern planes are controlled by [[computer]]s, which can make planes that ...
15: ...etation of his design, with modern knowledge of aerodynamic principles in mind, was made. Leonardo als...
17: ...l the [[gasoline]] engine designed by the Wright Brothers.
19: ...r "rage" in Europe in the late [[18th century]], providing the first detailed understanding of the rel... - World War II (58065 bytes)
1: ...:nagasakibomb.jpg|thumb|295px|[[Mushroom cloud]] from the [[nuclear explosion]] over [[Nagasaki]] risi...
2: ...937]], in Asia and [[1 September]] [[1939]], in Europe and lasted until 1945, involving the majority o...
6: ... of Germany on [[8 May]] [[1945]] ([[Victory in Europe Day|V-E]] and [[Victory Day|Victory]] Days), bu...
8: ...a case of [[total war]], it involved the "[[home front]]" and [[Strategic bombing|bombing of civilians...
10: ...Europe largely aligned as [[NATO]], and Eastern Europe largely as the [[Warsaw pact]], alliances which... - Civil rights (27169 bytes)
2: ...emerged as the vehicle for claiming more [[equal protection]] for all citizens and advocating new laws...
4: ...effect to supranational agrements such as the [[European Convention on Human Rights]] (with forty-five...
8: ...izenship'. The term [[Human rights]] refers to a broader concept.<br>
10: ...no right of ownership. Similarly, the mediaeval European city-states limited access to the [[status]] ...
12: ...es status and capacity. As each individual moves from state to state, the extent of the civil rights t... - Timeline of United States history (1930-1949) (8681 bytes)
1: ...eline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1930]] to [[1949]]'''.
3: [[Image:Lange-MigrantMother02.jpg|250px|thumb|[[Dorothea Lange]]'s "Migrant Mother," an iconic image o...
11: *[[1932]] - [[Amelia Earhart]] flies across [[Atlantic Ocean]]
15: *[[1933]] - [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] becomes President
28: *[[1933]] - [[Japan]] and [[Germany]] withdraw from [[League of Nations]] - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
8: ...nd [[Britain]] would open a second front on the European continent; but the Allied invasion did not oc...
11: ... Churchill]] (left), U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] (center), and Soviet First Secretary [[J...
13: ...from a few minor adjustments, this would be the "iron curtain" of the Cold War. In hindsight, [[Yalta]...
17: ...merge intact—and even greatly strengthened from an economic perspective—was the United Sta...
20: ... for cordoning off a new Russian empire with an "iron curtain." - Ohio (19444 bytes)
24: ...ittanceDate = [[March 1]], [[1803]], declared retroactively on [[August 7]], [[1953]] |
36: ...ation is '''O.''' Ohio is an [[Iroquois language|Iroquois]] word meaning "great water." The name refer...
42: ...|French]] set up a system of trading posts to control the [[fur trade]] in the region.
44: ...is (1763)|Treaty of Paris]], the French ceded control of Ohio and the old Northwest to Great Britain.
46: ...ists]] from settling in Ohio Country. British control of the region ended with the American victory in...
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