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  1. Erik the Red (5731 bytes)
    2: ...habited by the [[Dorset people]]). Born in the Jaeder district of south-west [[Norway]], he was the so...
    4: ...). Gunnbjorn's accidental discovery pushed him aside in the history of Greenland and Erik the Red has ...
    8: ...volved twenty-five [[ship]]s, fourteen of which made the journey successfully; of the other eleven, so...
    10: ...tury]], shortly before [[Christopher Columbus]] made his fateful journey.
    12: ...n converted by his wife Þjóðhildr while on his deathbed.
  2. Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
    2: ... [[Edward IV of England]] from [[1464]] until his death in [[1483]].
    6: ... Marquess of Dorset|Thomas]] (later Marquess of [[Dorset]]) and [[Richard Grey|Richard]].
    10: ...ers]], began to be favored over him, he changed sides.
    16: ...was considered a legally binding contract that rendered any other marriage contract invalid as bigamou...
    18: ...[[Princes in the Tower]] is unknown but both were dead in this or the next reign. Elizabeth now lost t...
  3. Vermont (39851 bytes)
    21: DensityRank = 30<sup>th</sup> |
    22: 2000Density = 25.41 |
    23: AdmittanceOrder = 14<sup>th</sup> |
    26: Longitude = 71?28'W to 73?26'W |
    27: Latitude = 42?44'N to 45?0'43"N |
  4. Cereal (6537 bytes)
    2: ...igin in the Roman goddess of grain, ''[[Ceres (goddess)|Ceres]]''. [[Staple food]] grains are often c...
    4: ...jpg|thumb|300px|Oats, barley, and some products made from them.]]
    10: The cereal crops are (in approximate order of greatest annual production):
    13: ...ica]], and [[Africa]] and of [[livestock]] worldwide; called "corn" in North America
    15: ...staple food in Asia and Africa and popular worldwide for livestock
  5. Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
    2: ...]]; both peerage titles becoming extinct upon his death.
    4: ... best known as an philosophical advocate and defender of the [[scientific revolution]]. His works esta...
    8: ...Nicholas Bacon]], Lord Keeper of the Great Seal under [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]]. His moth...
    10: ...ge of 13, living for three years there with his older brother [[Anthony Bacon]].
    16: ...ce]] under [[Henry III of France|Henry III]] afforded him valuable political instruction.
  6. Sea star (6210 bytes)
    2: ... sea star]] | caption = Star Fish. <br>Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
    5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Echinodermata]]}}
    6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = '''Asteroidea'''}}
    8: ...color = pink | plural_taxon = [[Order (biology)|Orders]]}}
    12: ...rittle star]]s, which make up the class [[Ophiuroidea]]. They exhibit a superficially [[radial symmet...
  7. Amphitheatre (4978 bytes)
    10: ...d areas of the Roman Empire. These locations include:
    24: *[[Chester, England|Deva]]
    26: *[[Dorchester, Dorset|Durnovaria]]
    34: * [[Arelate]] (modern [[Arles]])
    36: * [[Lugdunum]] (modern [[Lyon]])
  8. Charles Babbage (13539 bytes)
    2: ...roto-) [[computer scientist]] who originated the idea of a ''programmable'' [[computer]]. Parts of hi...
    5: ...t [[Teignmouth]], and Charles' father became a warden of the nearby St. Michael?s Church.
    8: ...n near Cambridge, Charles said, "I fear I did not derive from it all the advantages that I might have ...
    12: ...uate with honors. He instead received an honorary degree without examination in 1814.
    16: ...ve of the marriage. The couple lived happily at 5 Devonshire Street, Portland Place, London. They had ...
  9. Celtic mythology (25486 bytes)
    1: ...f their Iron Age forebears, which were often recorded in written form during the [[Middle Ages]].
    4: ...so wrote that their priests, the [[druids]], forbade using writing to record anything of religious sig...
    6: ...nity]]; indeed, many Gaelic myths were first recorded by Christian [[monks]], albeit without most of t...
    9: ...[[Minerva]]. Among these divinities the Celts are described as holding roughly equal views as did othe...
    12: ...f the Celtic pantheon as a large number of local deities is gainsaid by the numerous well-testified g...
  10. Viking (18085 bytes)
    4: ... [[Northmen|Norse]] seafaring [[warrior]]s who raided the coasts of Scandinavia, the [[British Isles]...
    12: ...right|250px|A composite image made from several sides of the [[Ledberg Runestone]] having illustration...
    13: ...ory is filled with tales of Vikings and their plundering.
    33: ... [[fornyr𩳬ag]] from the [[H? Runestone]] in Sweden, raised by a man who mourns the loss of all his ...
    43: ...'KᲩ var𠡴 Dundee/֤di.'' (Kari so was in [[Dundee]]/at the point of [[Zealand]] (?))
  11. Sheep (9256 bytes)
    15: ...omestic Sheep''' (''Ovis aries''), which probably descends from the wild [[moufflon]] of south-central...
    22: *[[Bighorn Sheep]], ''Ovis canadensis''
    28: Sheep breeders refer to female sheep as ''ewes'', intact males...
    35: ...of [[crimp]] in the fiber. Major wool breeds include [[Merino sheep | Merino]], [[Rambouillet sheep | ...
    37: ... [[Hampshire sheep |Hampshire]], [[Dorset sheep | Dorset]], [[Columbia sheep | Columbia]], and [[Texel she...
  12. Australian Shepherd (9749 bytes)
    2: {| border=1 cellspacing=0 align=right cellpadding=2
    32: |[http://www.akc.org/breeds/australian_shepherd/index.cfm Stds]
    50: ...''' is a [[herding dog]] that was developed&mdash;despite its name&mdash;in the [[United States]] in t...
    52: Like many herding breeds, the Aussie has considerable energy and drive and usually needs a job to ...
    57: ...ces of opinion among breeders over what makes an ideal Australian Shepherd.
  13. Nettle (5285 bytes)
    2: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:Bluehende brennessel.jpg|200px]] | caption = Stinging nettl...
    15: ...the older literature (about 100 species have been described) are now recognised as [[synonymy|synonyms...
    19: ...'Urtica'', and their primary natural ranges, include:
    24: ...[Bhutan]], [[Mongolia]] and [[Tibet]], high altitudes.
    27: *''Urtica parviflora''. Himalaya (lower altitudes).
  14. Rock formations (10410 bytes)
    7: ...ken off other rocks by wind or water erosion, and deposited by wind, ice, or water. [[Erosion]] later ...
    13: Geologists have created a number of terms to describe different rock structures in the [[landscap...
    39: *Wave Rock, Hyden, [[Western Australia]]
    40: *Murphy's Hay Stacks, Nullarbor Desert, [[Western Australia]]
    43: *Pinnacles Desert, Nambung National Park, Western [[Australia]]
  15. Tim Berners-Lee (7363 bytes)
    2: ...de Web Consortium]], which oversees its continued development.
    6: ...sity]], where he built a [[computer]] with a [[soldering iron]], [[transistor-transistor logic|TTL]] [...
    12: In [[1980]], while an independent contractor at [[CERN]], Berners-Lee proposed a ...
    14: ... first browser (called '''[[WorldWideWeb]]''' and developed on [[NeXTSTEP]]) and the first web server ...
    18: ...It provided an explanation about what the World Wide Web was, how one could own a browser, how to set ...
  16. 18th century new (49640 bytes)
    4: ...x|Washington crossing the Delaware, [[December 25|Dec. 25]], [[1776]], an iconic event of the [[Americ...
    6: ...ut with the French revolution, they were on the side of the counterrevolution.
    8: ...al revolution]] started in Britain. Despite its modest beginnings in the 18th century, it would radica...
    15: ...[1700]]: The [[1700 Cascadia earthquake]] (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the [[Pacific Northwes...
    17: * [[1700]]-[[1721|21]]: [[Russia]] supplants [[Sweden]] as the dominant [[Baltic region|Baltic]] power...
  17. Harbor (2637 bytes)
    2: ...d_Cwm_Harbour_macccam.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Low tide in Cwm Harbour, [[Fishguard]], [[Pembrokeshire]],...
    4: ...he tiny harbour at the village of [[Clovelly]], [[Devon]], [[England]]]]
    7: ...[natural harbor]]''' will be surrounded on most sides by land.
    9: ...d [[port]]s are often confused. A port is a man-made [[coast]]al or riverine facility where [[boat]]s ...
    11: ...operations of [[1944]], two artificial harbors (codenamed [[Mulberry Harbour|Mulberry]]) were built ju...
  18. Robert Abbot (2381 bytes)
    2: ...is generally considered to be incorrect. The misunderstanding probably stems from a passage in Robert ...
    5: ...Hampshire]]. Later, he became pastor at the "extruded" Udall of St Austin's, in [[London]], where he a...
    7: ...r Children'' (1646), and ''A Christian Family builded by God, or Directions for Governors of Families'...

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