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- Aswan Dam (6375 bytes)
1: ...ight|thumb|220px|Aerial view of Lake Nasser, courtesy of [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
5: ...wiped out, while in a low-water year there was widespread drought and famine.
10: ...e and the height of the dam was raised in two phases, 1907–1912 and 1929–1933.
13: ...vy machinery. The enormous rock and clay dam was designed by the Russian Zuk [[Hydroproject Institute]...
15: ...cations (see [[Abu Simbel]]) or granted to countries that helped with the works (such as the [[Princip... - Senet (1763 bytes)
3: ... external link below). Therefore, Senet is the oldest board game whose ancient existence has been conf...
5: ... is depicted in a painting in the tomb of [[Rashepes]] (c. [[2500 BC]]).
7: ...ional pantheon : [[Ra|Re]], [[Thoth]], and sometimes [[Osiris]]. Consequently, Senet boards were often...
9: ... as [[Cyprus]] and [[Crete]] but with apparently less religious significance.
13: ...storians who have proposed (different) sets of rules to play the game. - Thebes, Egypt (3900 bytes)
2: ...a]]. Its archaeological remains offer a striking testimony to Egyptian civilization at its height.
4: ...triad]] of [[Amun]], [[Mut]], and [[Khonsu]], Thebes was known in the [[Egyptian language]] from the e...
6: ...(lit. "The Most-select of Places"), one of the names of the temple of [[Karnak]], which is located in ...
8: ...tuated at or near the sites of two important temples that stood on the outskirts of the city.
10: ==Important archaeological sites in Thebes== - Luxor (8772 bytes)
3: ...gas, Nevada|Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]], [[United States|USA]]''
5: ...e]], and the monuments, temples and tombs on the West Bank of the [[Nile]], including the [[Valley of ...
7: ...e site of the ancient city of [[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]], and has a population of approximately 150,000.
11: ...tors into ''Thebai'', whence [[Thebes (Egypt)|Thebes]] — enjoyed unprecedented high place of lux...
13: ...dash; consecrated a large portion of their treasures for their expensive trips in the afterlife. - Ancient Rome (25155 bytes)
1: ...al centuries, the Romans controlled the whole of Western Europe, as well as the entire area surroundin...
13: ...C]] or [[509 BC]] when the [[Roman Republic]] was established. The mythical or semi-mythical kings are...
19: ...man Senate, which grew in size and power with the establishment of the Republic.
21: ...opean stock; such as the [[Samnites]], the ''Sabines'' ...) but also the [[Etruscans]]. The last threa...
25: ...nd [[Gaius Cassius Longinus|Cassius]], on the [[Ides of March]] [[44 BC]]. - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
1: ...g.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Ruth batting for the Yankees]]
2: ...as Number One in its list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players."
4: ...ion of nearly all the ballparks in the major leagues.
9: ...o taught him baseball, working with him for countless hours on hitting, fielding and later, pitching.
12: ...ed George from catcher to pitcher to teach him a lesson. But, instead of getting his comeuppance, Babe... - California (63989 bytes)
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of California]] |
11: ...tCity = [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] |
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25: 2004Pop(est) = 35,893,799 | - Maine (17312 bytes)
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Maine]] |
10: LargestCity = [[Portland, Maine|Portland]] |
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36: ...ostal abbreviation is '''ME'''. Four [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] ships were named [[USS Maine|USS... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Vermont]] |
10: LargestCity = [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]] |
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36: ...New Hampshire]] to the east, [[New York]] to the west, and the [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Quebe... - Utah (29154 bytes)
7: Flaglink = [[Flag of Utah]] |
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12: LargestCity = [[Salt Lake City, Utah|Salt Lake City]...
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34: LowestElev = 610 | - South Dakota (14035 bytes)
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of South Dakota]] |
6: Seal = SouthDakotastateseal.jpg |
11: LargestCity = [[Sioux Falls, South Dakota|Sioux Fall...
25: ...]: [[UTC]]-7/[[Daylight saving time|-6]] <small>(western)</small> |
30: HighestElev = 2,207 | - Montana (14119 bytes)
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Montana]] |
6: Seal = Montanastateseal.jpg |
13: LargestCity = [[Billings, Montana|Billings]] |
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34: LowestElev = 549 | - Antigonus I Monophthalmus (4328 bytes)
1: ...ars of the Diadochi]] after Alexander's death. He established the [[Antigonid dynasty]] and declared h...
5: ...nes was defeated and forced to retire to the fortress of Nora in [[Cappadocia]].
7: ...ene|Gabiene]] in [[316 BC]], following which Eumenes was executed at Antigonus' order.
9: ...more than a year. His son [[Demetrius I Poliorcetes|Demetrius]] was defeated at the [[Battle of Gaza ...
11: ...ssist Antigonus against Egypt. The [[siege of Rhodes]] lasted a year and ended in [[304 BC]] with a pe... - Ptolemy II of Egypt (4048 bytes)
2: ...ronology of the Ancient World'', 2nd ed. 1980) gives the date of his death as [[January 29]].
8: ...olemaic sphere of power extended over the [[Cyclades]] to [[Samothrace]], and the harbours and coast t...
10: ...hus II Theos]] (after 260), Ptolemy sustained losses on the seaboard of [[Asia Minor]] and agreed to a...
16: ...c culture, he seems to have shown but little interest in the native religion.
18: ...cial, has been justly compared with the [[Versailles]] of [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]]. - Ptolemy IX of Egypt (2673 bytes)
1: ...ter II Lathyros''' was [[king of Egypt]] three times, from [[116 BC]] to [[110 BC]], [[109 BC]] to [[1...
3: ...r, she claimed that he tried to kill her, and successfully deposed him, putting her favorite son Alexa...
7: ...ypt|Ptolemy I]] Soter; note that in older references, he may be numbered VIII.
9: ===External Link===
10: ...tp://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Africa/Egypt/_Texts/BEVHOP/11*.html Ptolemy Soter... - Ptolemy VIII of Egypt (5881 bytes)
1: ...es]] invaded Egypt and installed the young Euergetes as king.
3: ...a II]]. This arrangement led to continuous intrigues, lasting until October [[164 BC|164]], when Philo...
5: ...had bequeathed Cyrenaica to Rome if he died childless, an act not mentioned by any literary source.)
9: ...getes II", the name deliberately recalling his ancestor [[Ptolemy III of Egypt|Ptolemy III]], and had ...
11: ...ndria]] who had opposed him, engaging in mass purges and expulsions that included [[Aristarchus]] and ... - Pytheas (6447 bytes)
1: ...ar ice]], and the first to mention [[Germanic tribes]].
4: ...nderstood the relationships between tides and phases of the Moon. In northern [[Spain]], he studied th...
6: ...s, Land's End, Plymouth, Isle of Man, Outer Hebrides, Orkneys, Iceland, Britain's east coast, Kent, [[...
10: ... as referring to the [[British Isles]] as the "Isles of the Pretani."
12: ...urope, they had [[barn (building)|barn]]s, and threshed their grain there rather than outside. - Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
2: ...aurus rex|T. Rex]]'' from the <br /> [[United States Department of the Interior|U.S. Department of the...
16: ...od vessels and cells lining them [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/03/science/03dinosaur.html]".
18: ...erosaur]]s, and the aquatic [[ichthyosaur]]s, [[plesiosaur]]s, and [[mosasaur]]s.
20: ...ication of [[cladistics]], which rigorously analyzes the relationships between biological organisms, h...
27: ...s chosen to express Owen's awe at the size and majesty of the extinct animals; not out of fear or trep... - Mayflower (4074 bytes)
2: ...as later to become the [[United States|United States of America]]) in [[1620]], leaving Plymouth on [[...
6: ... and [[1623]] it was mastered by [[Christopher Jones]], who was Captain on the trans-atlantic voyage, ...
8: ...ptember 22, 1956), to make it as much like its namesake as possible.
11: ...ade in the ''Mayflower'' alone. Their intended destination was a section of land in the area near th...
13: As a result of the delay, the settlers did not arrive unti... - Roaring Twenties (28131 bytes)
1: ...gnificant changes in the [[lifestyle]]; and a series of events, [[national]] as well as the [[internat...
3: ... were also called the "Crazy Years" (''ann饳 folles'').
5: ...First World War, which were still present in peoples minds.
8: ...920]]s were setting the stage for the [[Great Depression]] that would dominate the [[1930]]s.
11: ...rning soldiers entered the labor force and factories were retooled to produce consumer goods.
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