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- History of the Kurds (8244 bytes)
3: ...re thought to have been non Indo-Europeans, apart from the original Mitanni leadership. However, Kurds...
7: ...of history of tribes in overwhelming numbers who, from whatever quarter they may have sprung, belonged...
11: ...iended, if we may judge from tradition as well as from the remains still existing in the country, by t...
17: ... waste since the passage of [[Timur]], with Kurds from the Hakkiari and Bohtan districts.
19: ...e Kurds, owing to the remoteness of their country from the capital and the decline of Turkey, had grea... - Scythia (22520 bytes)
1: ... location and extent of Scythia varied over time, from the [[Altai]] region where [[Mongolia]], [[Chin...
3: ...s as ''Ishkuzai'', who are reported as pouring in from the north some time around 700 BC, settling in ...
7: ...Indo-European word for ''archer'' in turn derives from the [[Proto-Indo-European]] root *'''skeud''', ...
9: ...riors, drawn after figures on an [[electrum]] cup from the Kul'Oba kurgan burial near [[Kerch]] ([[Her...
21: ...f scholars conjecture that they migrated westward from [[Central Asia]] between [[800 BC]] and [[600 B... - 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... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: ... they exerted influence upon Western civilization from its very beginnings.
5: ...known as the second Reich to indicate its descent from the medieval empire. By the same reasoning, [[A...
12: ...ptive work about the Germanic people at the Roman frontier on the Rhine]]
13: ...ic peoples thrust into [[Celts|Celtic]] territory from [[Schleswig-Holstein]], advancing to the [[Oder...
15: ...nz]], [[Mainz]] and elsewhere to secure the Rhine frontier. In 9 AD a Roman army led by [[Publius Quin... - Helium (36603 bytes)
106: ...a low [[temperature]] separation process called [[fractional distillation]].
108: ...spectroscopy | spectral line]] signature in light from a [[solar eclipse]]. Since then large reserves ...
112: ...0 [[Kelvin|K]] at 1 atmosphere) does it cool upon free expansion. Once precooled below this temperatu...
117: ...istinguish solid from liquid helium since the [[refractive index]] of the two phases are nearly the sa...
122: ...hich prevents random molecular motion ([[heat]]) from masking the atomic properties<!-- ref: ibid -->... - Lutetium (10459 bytes)
63: | 1925 [[Kelvin|K]] (3006 [[Fahrenheit|?F]])
159: ...the chemical elements|discovered]] in [[1907]] by French scientist [[Georges Urbain]] and Austrian min...
161: The separation of lutetium from Marignac's ytterbium was first described by Urb...
166: ...by itself, lutetium is very difficult to separate from other elements and is the least abundant of all...
168: ...ensive of the rare earth metals). It is separated from other rare earth elements by [[ion exchange]] (... - Neodymium (12345 bytes)
112: ... the green colour caused by [[iron]] contaminants from glass.
113: ...of neodymium ions can be used in [[laser]]s for infrared wavelengths (1054-1064 nm), e.g. Nd:YAG (yttr...
117: ...te plant growth. Rare earth element compounds are frequently used in China as [[fertilizer]].
120: ...orm until [[1925]]. The name neodymium is derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] words ''neos'', ne...
125: ...n [[Misch metal]]; it is difficult to separate it from other rare earth elements. - Rhenium (8807 bytes)
108: ...ich in turn are primarily used in making [[lead]]-free, high-octane [[gasoline]] and in high-temperatu...
118: ...a Tacke]], and [[Otto Berg]] in [[Germany]]. In [[1925]] they reported that they detected the element in...
120: ...and for the rhenium produced from the molybdenite fraction of porphyry [[copper]] ores.
123: ...m is extracted from molybdenum roaster-flue dusts from copper-sulfide ores. Some molybdenum ores conta... - Technetium (32113 bytes)
182: ...iagnostic tests. Tc-99 is used as a [[gamma ray]]-free source of [[Beta particle|beta ray]]s, and its ...
184: ...um-235]] in [[nuclear reactor]]s and is extracted from [[nuclear fuel rod]]s. No isotope of technetium...
191: ...ion depth]], the largest among the elements apart from [[niobium]].{{inote|''Technetium as a Material ...
201: ...rtechnetate) both isotopes are quickly eliminated from the body (generally within a few days {{inote|T...
205: ... extracted to a high chemical and isotopic purity from radioactive waste. For these reasons, it is a ... - Siberian Husky (8100 bytes)
66: ...re normally rather healthy dogs, living typically from eleven to fifteen years of age. Health issues i...
69: ...ore enduring than the 100 120 pound (45 to 54 kg) freighting dogs then in general use, they immediatel...
71: ...un to Nome]] which delivered [[diphtheria]] serum from Nenana by dogsled after the city was stricken b...
79: Apart from dogsled racing, they are very popular for recre... - English Setter (5213 bytes)
57: ... breed's standard temperament can be described as friendly and good natured. Despite its happy-go-luck...
64: ...d to another Brit, Mr. R. Purcell Llewellin (1840-1925), who based his strain upon Laverack's and develo...
66: ...recorded in the writing of Dr. William A Burette. From this group of dogs came the foundation of the f... - Keeshond (3181 bytes)
49: ... the name was officially changed to Keeshond in [[1925]]. - Lakeland Terrier (2282 bytes)
44: In [[1925]] the breed attained homogeneity following a cros... - Timeline of chemical element discovery (10490 bytes)
31: ...7]] - [[Cobalt]] discovered by [[Georg Brandt]]. From the [[German language|German]] word ''kobalt'' ...
33: ... [[Nickel]] isolated from [[niccolite]] by [[Axel Fredrik Cronstedt]].
34: ...[[1753]] - [[Bismuth]] discovered by [[Claude Geoffroy Junine]]
36: ... [[Hydrogen]] discovered by [[Henry Cavendish]]. From the [[Greek language|Greek]] words ''hud? (wate...
39: **[[Oxygen]] discovered by [[Joseph Priestley]]. From the [[Greek language|Greek]] words ''oxus'' (ac... - Bighorn Sheep (4776 bytes)
23: ...d to climbing steep terrain where they seek cover from [[predator]]s such as [[coyote]]s, [[eagle]]s, ...
26: ...northwestern Canada, and bighorn sheep that range from southern Canada to Mexico.
29: ...rn Sheep ''Ovis canadensis canadensis''. Habitat: from [[British Columbia]] to [[Arizona]].
30: ...adensis californiana''. Owens defined the habitat from British Columbia down to [[California]] and ove...
31: ...i'', the most common desert bighorn sheep, ranges from California through Arizona. - Centrifuge (2358 bytes)
9: The [[ultracentrifuge]] is a device invented in [[1925]] by [[Theodor Svedberg]], which by use of very h...
16: ...]s use a centrifuge to partially remove the water from wet clothes. - Vice President of the United States (33884 bytes)
5: ...ates government]], the person who is "a heartbeat from the presidency". As first in the [[United State...
18: ...legiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of...
21: ... the Vice President is constitutionally prevented from voting except in the case of ties. In practice...
25: ...r as a Senator. When he was elected to the Senate from his native [[South Carolina]], he became the fi...
31: ...cond. Thus, the President and Vice President were from different parties. An even greater problem occu... - Gabby Hartnett (4450 bytes)
3: ... finish second in the league. 1929 was especially frustrating, as an inexplicable sore arm limited him...
11: ...o dark, the game would have needed to be replayed from the beginning. With two out in the bottom of th...
13: ...In 1941 he left to play for, and coach, the [[San Francisco Giants|New York Giants]], hitting .300 in ... - Babe Adams (10141 bytes)
1: ...t-handed [[pitcher]] in [[Major League Baseball]] from 1906 to 1926, almost entirely with the [[Pittsb...
3: ...rates' World Series champions in [[1925 in sports|1925]]. He later won 20 games in both 1911 and 1913. ...
5: ...itched an entire 21-inning game against the [[San Francisco Giants|New York Giants]] without allowing ...
7: ...up of players who requested that former manager [[Fred Clarke]] not be permitted to sit on the bench. ...
29: 1925 Pirates 43 6 5 .545 33 10 3 3 1... - Chile (39914 bytes)
39: established_dates = From [[Spain]]<br>[[September 18]], [[1810]]<br>[[Fe...
56: ...ego de Almagro]]'s first Spanish expedition south from Peru in [[1535]]-[[1536|36]] called themselves ...
64: ...ed in [[1541]] by [[Pedro de Valdivia]], one of [[Francisco Pizarro]]'s lieutenants. Although the Span...
66: ...f [[slavery]] in [[1683]] defused tensions on the frontier between the colony and the Mapuche land to ...
68: The drive for independence from Spain was precipitated by usurpation of the Spa...
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