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1. Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
   1: ...t of all-metal machine tools in the first two decades of the nineteenth century enabled the manufactur...
   3: ...wth of the [[internal combustion engine]] and the development of [[Electric power|electrical power gen...
   5: ...red to the [[Neolithic revolution]], when mankind developed [[agriculture]] and gave up its [[nomad|no...
   10: ...he accompanying development of international [[trade]], creation of [[financial market]]s and accumula...
   12: ...h often imposed tolls and [[tariff]]s on goods traded among them.
2. Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
   2: ...den Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Canadian Orders.)]]
   9: ...f state in the world, after King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] of Thailand.
   14: ...eft|"Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover of ''Time'' in 1929, at age three.]]
   15: ... of her paternal great-grandmother [[Alexandra of Denmark|Queen Alexandra]] and grandmother Queen Mary...
   17: ...t the time of her birth, she was third in the [[Order of succession to the British throne|line of succ...
3. Violette Szabo (2541 bytes)
   3: ..., [[Order of the British Empire|M.B.E.]], [[Croix de Guerre|CdG]] ([[June 26]], [[1921]] – [[Fe...
   5: ...t of as the definitive World War II [[Poem code|code-poem]] ''[[Yours (poem)|Yours]]''.
   9: ...nce with her [[Sten]] gun. She was interrogated under [[torture]], then sent to [[Ravensbr?ncentration...
   11: ...embers of the SOE were executed by the Germans: [[Denise Bloch]], [[Cecily Lefort]], and [[Lilian Rolf...
   13: ...l]] in the town of [[Valen硹]], in the [[Indre]] depart魥nt.
4. Economy of Afghanistan (14517 bytes)
   1: ... of [[2005]]. The replacement of the [[opium]] trade - which can account for one-third of the country'...
   4: ...of loss of labor and capital and disruption of trade and transport. Continuing internal strife hampere...
   9: ... made of machines, chemical fertilizer, or pesticides.
   11: ...sistance-dominated areas also contributed to this decline as did the disruption to transportation resu...
   13: ...already limited transportation network, which has deteriorated further due to damage and neglect resul...
5. Swimming (22854 bytes)
   1: ...sic swimming skills and safety precautions are needed to participate in water activities.
   5: ...g composed mostly of water, has nearly the same [[density]] as water. Thus, staying afloat requires on...
   7: ...convert a slow or average swimmer to at least a moderately fast swimmer. Since speed converts directly...
   11: ...easing speed. This is an effect long used by boat designers, and unconsciously used by "naturally good...
   13: ...the torso is smaller front-to-back than side-to-side on most swimmers. This reduces the frontal cross-...
6. Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
   1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Delano Roosevelt
   4: | order=32th President
   7: | preceded=[[Herbert Hoover]]
   8: | succeeded=[[Harry S. Truman]]
   10: | place of birth=[[Hyde Park, New York|Hyde Park]], [[New York]]
7. Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
   1: ...rm has been used to refer to raids across land borders by non-state actors. Piracy should be distingu...
   3: == Definition ==
   4: ...09-04-09 |accessdate=2009-04-09 |publisher=[[Open Democracy]]}}</ref>
   10: ...liament/2587/trade.html Phoenician Economy and Trade].</ref> By the 1st century BC, there were pirate ...
   12: ...ued and captured the pirates, and had them put to death.
8. Pirate (23151 bytes)
   2: A '''pirate''' is one who [[Robbery|robs]] or plunders at sea without a commission from a recognised [...
   4: ...ains a significant problem (with estimated worldwide losses of $13 to $16 billion [[United_States_doll...
   8: ...neer]]s'''. The word comes from ''boucan'', a wooden frame used for cooking meat (called a ''[[barbec...
   10: ... known as '''kapers''' or '''vrijbuiters''' ("plunderers"), the latter combining the words ''vrij'' me...
   14: ...urkish '''''Korsan''''', which seems to have been derived from the European word, which in turn comes ...
9. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
   1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Delano Roosevelt
   4: | order=32th President
   7: | preceded=[[Herbert Hoover]]
   8: | succeeded=[[Harry S. Truman]]
   10: | place of birth=[[Hyde Park, New York|Hyde Park]], [[New York]]

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