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- List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
55: *[[Francesco Algarotti]], (1712-1764)
62: *[[Henri-Fr餩ric Amiel]], (1821-1881)
109: *[[Georg Anton Friedrich Ast]], (1778-1841)
122: *[[Alfred Ayer|Alfred Jules Ayer]], (1910-1989){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R... - Judaism (54799 bytes)
9: [[Image:Menorah7a.png|100px|right|framed|The seven-branched [[Menorah]] is an ancient ...
11: ...s [[monotheism]]. This notion is derived directly from the [[Torah]] (the [[Hebrew Bible]]) where [[Na...
14: ...world. This is the foundation of Judaism. To turn from these beliefs is to deny God and the essence of...
24: ...[[Israelite]]s from slavery. After [[the Exodus]] from Egypt, God led them to [[Mount Sinai]] and gave...
32: ...uild the temple and the throne would never depart from his children. David himself was not allowed to ... - Glacier (6999 bytes)
3: ...ntinents. Glacier ice is the largest reservoir of fresh [[water]] on [[Earth]], and second only to the...
7: ...de end, lateral and medial [[moraine]]s that form from glacially transported rocks and debris; [[glaci...
11: ...glacier's movement. In the summer, the melted ice from the glacier alone may be enough to create a str...
13: ... the glacier thins to nothing is called the [[ice front]].
19: ...n [[rock flour]], an extremely fine powder ground from the underlying rock by the glacier's movement. - Republican Party (United States) (31573 bytes)
7: senateleader= [[Bill Frist]]|
22: ...f the Republican Party came from the Whigs, the [[Free Soil Party]], and [[Know-Nothing movement|Ameri...
46: ...Lincoln]] in [[1860]] ended the domination of the fragile coalition of pro-slavery southern Democrats ...
48: ... in the Confederacy), forcing drastic reforms and frequently giving former slaves positions in governm...
50: ...l politics – albeit with strong competition from the Democrats, especially during the 1880s. Wit... - Atlantis (41399 bytes)
2: ...r been confirmed. The first mentions we have are from the [[classical Greek]] philosopher [[Plato]], ...
7: ...dfather of [[Critias]]. And Critias learned of it from his grandfather also named Critias, son of Drop...
17: ...us]], to where proud and warlike men used to come from the continent beyond the islands, in order to o...
20: ...s]] recorded that the Atlanteans did not know the fruits of [[Ceres (mythology)|Ceres]]. In fact, Old...
21: ...scribes it as having a climate that is very mild; fruits and vegetables grow ripe throughout the year.... - Persian Empire (26229 bytes)
1: ...n because changing the name separated the country from its past. It also caused some Westerners to con...
4: ...ek name for Iran, ''Persis''. This in turn comes from a province in the south of Iran, called ''[[Far...
11: ...e Persians comes from an [[Assyria]]n inscription from c. 844 BC that calls them the ''Parsu'' (Parsua...
13: ...ate]]. The Persians gradually conquered territory from the native kingdom of [[Elam]], including the i...
19: ...of the empire. He moved the administration center from Persia itself to [[Susa]], near Babylon and clo... - Berlin Wall (23423 bytes)
3: ...tion barrier|barrier]] separating [[West Berlin]] from [[East Berlin]] and the surrounding territory o...
7: ...|Mitte]], and the eastern districts of Berlin - [[Friedrichshain]], [[K?ick]], [[Lichtenberg]], , [[Pa...
11: ... Germany in preference to either West Berlin or [[Frankfurt]].
13: ...ially the citizens of Berlin were allowed to move freely among all the sectors. However, as the [[Cold...
17: ... impetus for the creation of the Berlin Wall came from East German leader [[Walter Ulbricht]], who sou... - Alchemy (42222 bytes)
8: ...ld and silver". The Arabic therefore could derive from a purely Greek word, not Coptic, and have been ...
11: ...f [[mysticism]] and [[magic (paranormal)|magic]]. From today's perspective, their endeavours and belie...
13: ...son to separate the chemical (material) dimension from the interpretive, symbolic or philosophical one...
17: ...uml;ve interpretations of some alchemists, or the fraudulent hopes fostered by others should not dimin...
19: ...istry, which provided a more precise and reliable framework for matter transmutations and medicine, wi... - Tyre (5124 bytes)
3: ...])" (Driver's Isaiah). In the time of [[David]] a friendly alliance was entered into between the [[Heb...
5: ...ge]] of seven months in which he built a causeway from the mainland to the island, but continued to ma...
7: ...hen]], and [[Paul of Tarsus|Paul]], on his return from his third missionary journey, spent a week in c...
9: ... in Tyre. In the 13th century, Tyre was separated from the royal domain as a separate crusader [[Vassa...
11: "It is noticed on monuments as early as [[1500 BC]], and claiming, according to [[Herodotus]], t... - Mycenaean Greece (6175 bytes)
2: ... mythology]]. The Mycenaean period takes its name from the archaeological site [[Mycenae]] in the nort...
10: ...ry equipment with the deceased. The nobility were frequently buried with gold masks, tiaras, armour, a...
18: ...aeologist [[Arne Furumark]] based on the material from the [[excavation]]s of [[Asine]]. He provided a...
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36: <tr><td>1550–1500<td>LHI - Andes (13210 bytes)
6: ...wn as [[Andean States]]. The name ''Andes'' comes from the [[Quechua]] word ''anti'', which means "hig...
8: ... is the point on the Earth's surface most distant from its center, because of the [[equatorial bulge]]...
13: ...[transform fault]] separates [[Tierra del Fuego]] from the small [[Scotia Plate]]. Across the 1,000&nb...
17: ...ordillera Oriental. The term ''cordillera'' comes from the Spanish word meaning 'rope'. The Andes rang...
20: ...only 300 m in [[Tierra del Fuego]] at 55°S; from 50°S, several of the larger glaciers descend t... - Aluminium (26079 bytes)
48: ...the [[world economy]]. Structural components made from aluminium are vital to the [[aerospace]] indust...
58: ...so coated with a thin layer of aluminium, but are front coated to avoid internal reflections even thou...
82: ...lue if people started producing this bright metal from clay. Therefore, instead of giving the goldsmit...
86: ...in bauxite ore and successfully extracted it. The Frenchman [[Henri Saint-Claire Deville]] improved W?...
88: ...t process]] in [[1886]] made extracting aluminium from minerals cheaper, and is now the principal meth... - Mercury (element) (24761 bytes)
177: ...aratuses. Mercury is mostly obtained by reduction from the [[mineral]] [[cinnabar]].
184: ...nd [[cadmium]] and does not displace [[hydrogen]] from [[acid]]s. Common [[oxidation state]]s of this ...
206: ...]], mercury use was thought to prolong life, heal fractures, and maintain generally good health. The [...
208: ...lity to transform mercury into any metal resulted from the essentially mercurial quality of all metals...
210: ... modern [[chemical symbol]] for mercury. It comes from hydrargyrum, a [[Latin]]ized form of the [[Gree... - Tantalum (11817 bytes)
99: | 1500 kJ/mol
145: | [[Hafnium|<sup>180</sup>Hf]]<br/>[[Wolfram|<sup>180</sup>W]]<br/><sup>180</sup>Ta
171: ...ic solutions containing the [[fluoride]] ion, and free [[sulfur trioxide]]. The element has a melting ...
178: .... Tantalum oxide is used to make special high [[refractive index]] [[glass]] for [[camera]] lenses. Th...
183: ...e level he could reach, and if he reached for the fruit, the branches moved out of his grasp. This was... - Aegean civilization (41260 bytes)
15: ...t. The fresco-paintings, ceramic motifs, reliefs, free sculpture and toreutic handiwork of [[Crete]] h...
21: ...e complexity, and the greater oblongs are entered from a long side and divided longitudinally by pilla...
23: ...rom the rest of the plan by corridors, is entered from a vestibule on a short side, and has a central ...
29: ...en records, only a summary history can be derived from monuments and archaeological remains. But the d...
33: ...s, showing a progressive development in technique from bottom to top. - Dromedary (4029 bytes)
15: ...rge [[even-toed ungulate]] native to northern [[Africa]] and western [[Asia]], and the best-known mem...
17: ..., mostly in the area from [[India]] to northern Africa. None survive in the wild, although there is a...
19: ...scorching desert heat of northern [[Iran]] to the frozen winters in [[Tibet]] [http://www.abc.net.au/c...
21: ...]. These camels were used through much of North Africa, and the Romans maintained a corps of camel wa...
23: .... It was not until the Islamic conquest of North Africa that these camels became common. While the inv... - Himalaya (16334 bytes)
1: ...imalaya'' means "abode of snow" in [[Sanskrit]] ( from ''hima'' "snow", and ''aalaya'' "abode"). The c...
5: ...erest as seen from space looking south-south-east from over the [[Tibetan Plateau]]. ([[:Image:himalay...
9: The Himalayan range runs for about 2400 km, from [[Nanga Parbat]] in the west to Namche Barwa in...
10: ...1200 m. This range is made up of erosion material from the rising Himalaya. Running parallel to this i...
21: ...led on the ocean floor and the [[volcano]]es that fringed its edges. Since these sediments were light,... - Leatherback Sea Turtle (10187 bytes)
22: ...aching a length of 2 metres and a weight of up to 1500 lb (600 kg). One individual male weighed 916 kg,...
24: ... many unique features that distinguish it greatly from other sea turtles. Its [[metabolic]] rate is a...
28: ...mooth, blackish [[carapace]] with ridges running from head to tail. This shell is not made of [[bone...
30: ...e. Those of adults can span 270 [[centimeter|cm]] from tip to tip.
42: ...ng to reproduce. The male has to mount the female from behind and latch on in order to be able to copu... - Atlas Mountains (1375 bytes)
1: ...nean]] and [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] coastlines from the [[Sahara]] Desert. The population of the At...
3: ...nian orogeny]]. These mountains were formed when Africa and America collided, and were once a chain fa... - Hipparchus (astronomer) (50785 bytes)
4: ...e accumulated over centuries by the [[Chaldeans]] from [[Babylonia]]. He was also the first to compil...
8: ...om [[Strabo]]'s ''Geographia'' ("Geography"), and from [[Pliny the Elder]]'s ''[[Pliny's Natural Histo...
14: ...st observations. Hipparchus obtained information from [[Alexandria]] as well as [[Babylon]], but it i...
18: ...tes observations to him from Rhodes in the period from [[141 BC]] to [[127 BC]].
20: ...mentioned about 14 books, but which is only known from references by later authors. His famous star c...
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