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- Shofar (6586 bytes)
5: ...ai]] that made all the [[Israelites]] tremble in awe (Exodus xix, xx).
7: ...More frequently it was used as the signal-horn of war, like the silver trumpets mentioned in Num. x. ...
9: ...lowing; Num. xxix). This was interpreted by the Jewish sages as referring to the sounding the shofar.
11: ...he ceremony was performed with the shofar as on New-Year's Day.
15: ...mand to hear the shofar-blowing, but they are allowed to, and encouraged to, attend the ceremony. - Pipe organ (24478 bytes)
1: ...isible pipes of an organ to be purely decorative, with the real pipes behind them.]]
3: ... makes its [[sound]] by forcing [[air]] through [[wood]] or [[metal]] [[organ pipe|pipes]].
5: ...oard]], with the most common configuration being two [[manual]]s played by the hands plus a [[pedalbo...
7: ...In the era of [[silent film]]s, large pipe organs were installed in many [[cinema]]s.
11: ...cle. If you update the text of the heading in any way, please update the link too.--> - Balalaika (5108 bytes)
1: ...) is a stringed instrument of [[Russia]]n origin, with a characteristic [[triangle|triangular]] body ...
14: ...] instrument is the prima, tuned E-E-A (the two lower [[string]]s being [[tune]]d to the same pitch)....
16: ...ly [[nylon]]) [[string]]s on the lower pegs and a wire string on the top peg.
18: ... used on the larger sizes. One can play the prima with a plectrum, but it is considered rather [[hete...
24: ...om [[Central Asia]], from whence several kinds of fretted long-necked [[chordophone]]s stem, including... - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
18: * [[New Kingdom of Egypt|New Kingdom]] (18th–20th Dynasties)
19: ...ate Period]] (21st–25th Dynasties) (also known as the Libyan Period)
27: ...early tribes naturally migrated to the Nile river where they developed a settled [[agriculture|agricu...
29: ... their culture indicates that by [[6000 BC]] they were [[herding]] cattle and [[construction|construc...
31: ...xture of [[Europe]]an, [[Middle East]]ern, and [[Africa]]n''"). - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
10: | place of birth=Shadwell, [[Virginia]]
14: | wife= None; wife [[Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson|Martha]] died before he to...
18: ...], [[Archaeology|archaeologist]], [[slavery|slaveowner]], [[author]] and founder of the [[University ...
20: ...cy include the [[Louisiana Purchase]] and the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]].
23: ...et [[Flat Hat Club]] — before founding his own vision of higher education at the [[University o... - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
16: [[William McKinley]] ([[1897]])</td></tr>
18: ...''</td><td>[[Caldwell, New Jersey|Caldwell]], [[New Jersey]]</td></tr>
20: ...</td><td>[[Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton]], [[New Jersey]]</td></tr>
21: ...se Cleveland]] (sister)<br>[[Frances Cleveland]] (wife)</td></tr>
22: <tr><td>'''[[Profession]]:'''</td><td>Lawyer</td></tr> - Printing press (12986 bytes)
1: ...[Laurens Janszoon Coster]] has also been credited with this invention.
4: ...arved for each page, printing different [[book]]s was an incredibly time consuming activity.
6: ... in China until the European style printing press was introduced in relatively recent times (thus bri...
8: ...nowledge of metals that he learned as a craftsman were crucial to the later invention of the press. T...
12: ... Books produced in this period, between the first work of Johann Gutenberg and the year 1500, are col... - Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
1: ...t part of the [[Earth]]'s interior is made up of two layers, the outer [[lithosphere]] and the inner ...
3: ...lates move away from each other), and transform (two plates slide past one another). [[Earthquake]]s,...
5: ...eading]], noticed in the 1960s. The theory itself was developed during the late [[1960s]] and has sin...
6: ....png|thumb|380px|The tectonic plates of the world were mapped in the second half of the [[20th centur...
8: ...e. The relative fluidity of the asthenosphere allows the tectonic plates to undergo motion in differe... - Antarctica (14761 bytes)
1: ...e:LocationAntarctica.png|thumb|250px|World map showing location of Antarctica]]
4: ...]]. It is not to be confused with the [[Arctic]], which is located near the Earth's [[North Pole]] on...
6: ...821]]. A [[1513]] map by Admiral [[Piri Reis]], however, contains a southern continent that bears a p...
8: ...ity]] of any continent on Earth, as well as the lowest average temperature.
15: ...oldest place on earth. [[Weather pattern|Weather front]]s rarely penetrate far into the continent, le... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...ntrary, please provide them on the talk page, and wait until the consensus changes before making the ...
3: ...e of the many "main" articles about Canada linked from this article, e.g., [[Politics of Canada]], [[G...
6: ...ry in [[North America]], the northern-most in the world and the second largest in area (after [[Russi...
8: ... democracy]] and is a [[constitutional monarchy]] with [[Elizabeth II of Canada|Queen Elizabeth II]] ...
10: ...2005|June 2005]] is 32.2 million people [http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/clock/population.htm]. - Ethiopia (20233 bytes)
1: ...-Ethiopian Agreement]] in December 1944. Ethiopia was historically called Abyssinia.
3: ... border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #...
5: <big>'''Ityop'iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik'''</big><br>
10: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Ethiopia flag large.png|125...
11: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Ethiopia_COA.png|90px|Ethio... - Turkey (41694 bytes)
4: national_motto = Peace at Home, Peace in the World
10: ...] |latd=52|latm=31|latNS=N|longd=13|longm=24|longEW=E|
11: ...]] |latd=41|latm=1|latNS=N|longd=28|longm=57|longEW=E|
22: percent_water = 1.3 |
39: currency = [[New Turkish Lira]] | - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ...cially influential in [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [[Africa]].
2: ... border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #...
6: ... large.png|125px|Flag of Greece]] || align=center width=130px | [[Image:Greece_coa.png|125px|Coat of ...
8: ...[[Flag of Greece|National Flag]]) || align=center width=130px |
11: ...#932;ΟΣ<br>''([[Greek language|Greek]]: Freedom or Death)'' - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ...y, it remains a one-party [[authoritarian]] state from its true communist days.
4: ... See '''[[China]]''' and [[Political status of Taiwan]] for more information.
6: ...s and critics, in reference to the association between the color [[red]] and [[communism]].
12: [[Image:Greatwall_china3.jpg|thumb|250px]]
13: ...and China]] and the Kuomintang in control of [[Taiwan]] and some outlying islands of [[Fujian]]. On [... - Slovakia (19892 bytes)
1: ... border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #...
6: | align=center width=140px | [[Image:Slovakia flag large.png|125px...
7: | align=center width=140px rowspan=2 height=140px | [[Image:Slovakia Coat of Arm...
9: | align=center width=140px | ([[Flag of Slovakia|In Detail]])
28: | '''[[Area]]'''<br> - Total <br> - % water - Belgium (31774 bytes)
1: ...e [[Netherlands]], [[Germany]], [[Luxembourg]], [[France]], and the [[North Sea]].
3: ...age|French]] speakers, mainly in the south (the [[Walloons]]) but also in the center (in and around t...
4: ... border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #...
8: ...large.png|125px|Flag of Belgium]] || align=center width=130px | [[Image:Belgium coat of arms large.pn...
10: ...| ([[Flag of Belgium|In Detail]]) || align=center width=130px | ([[Coat of Arms of Belgium|In Detail]... - Uganda (11554 bytes)
1: ...[[Lake Victoria]], within which it shares borders with Kenya and Tanzania.
3: ...its name from the historical [[Buganda]] kingdom, which encompasses a portion of the south of the cou...
16: latd=0|latm=19|latNS=N|longd=35|longm=25|longEW=E|
20: leader_names = [[Yoweri Museveni]] |
24: percent_water = 15.39| - Gabon (7342 bytes)
1: ... new constitution in the early [[1990s]] that allowed for a more transparent electoral process and fo...
2: ... border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #...
7: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Gabon flag large.png|125px|...
8: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:gabonarms22.PNG]]
10: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Gabon|In Detail]]) - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...rth and east and by the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to the west and south. In addition, Portugal includes seve...
5: ...oss the world. After the rise of other colonial powers, Portugal declined.
7: ...ent decades, with a clear slow-down in the last few years.
15: ... for a long time. The [[Celtic|Celtics]], a later wave of Celts, settled in [[Alentejo]].
17: ...ocess of [[Culture of Ancient Rome|Romanization]] was carried out, leading [[Lusitania]] to gain [[La... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
10: ...t mon droit]] (Royal motto)<br>([[French language|French]]: God and my right)''<sup>2</sup></small> |
14: latd=51|latm=30|latNS=N|longd=0|longm=7|longEW=W|
22: percent_water = 1.3% |
46: ... each of these, the UK's official name is as follows:
47: ...Welsh]]: ''Teyrnas Unedig Prydain Fawr a Gogledd Iwerddon''
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