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- Cleopatra VII of Egypt (8634 bytes)
4: ...l name, "Cleopatra Thea Philopator" means "the Goddess Cleopatra, Beloved of Her Father."
6: ...ly '''Cleopatra''', all of her similarly-named predecessors having been largely forgotten. Cleopatra w...
9: ...lowing the deaths of her brothers she named her eldest son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV [[Caesarion]] ([[44 ...
10: ...ge:The-cleopatra2.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
11: ... seeking sanctuary, Ptolemy had him murdered in order to ingratiate himself with Caesar. Caesar was so... - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
1: ...a Hamnett''' ([[February 14]], [[1890]] – [[December 16]], [[1956]]) was an artist and writer, k...
3: ...[[France]] to study at [[Marie Vassilieff]]'s Academy.
5: ... with many of the leading members of the avant-garde living there at the time. In Montparnasse she als...
7: ... during [[World War I]] including at the Royal Academy in London as well as the ''[[Salon d'Automne]]'...
11: ...oto shown here is a [[1918]] portrait of a very modest Nina Hamnett painted by Fry. - Greek language (35285 bytes)
9: '''Modern Greek'''
13: ...story of some 3,000 years. It is symbolically divided in four historical periods:
17: ...n the armies and conquered territories of [[Alexander the Great]], but after the [[Hellenistic]] colon...
21: ...poken by approximately 15 million speakers worldwide, most of whom live in [[Greece]].
32: ... since the [[2nd millennium BC]]. The earliest evidence of this is found in the [[Linear B]] tablets d... - Fish (5349 bytes)
3: ...shark]]s and [[ray (fish)|ray]]s), with the remainder classed as [[bony fish]] (class [[Osteichthyes]]...
7: ..., though metabolically costly, is thought to provide advantages such as increased contractile force of...
11: ...million individuals). To see both in action, consider the statement "There are twelve fish in this aqu...
15: ...oid meat altogether but eat fish. They are called demi-vegetarians. The [[Mediterranean diet]] is base...
19: ...r in either salt, [[brackish]] or fresh water, at depths ranging from just below the surface to severa... - Pytheas (6447 bytes)
1: ...nd 320 BCE. Pytheas was the first Graeco-Roman to describe the [[Midnight Sun]], the [[Polar Aurora|au...
4: ...e Moon. In northern [[Spain]], he studied the [[tide]]s, and may have discovered that they are caused ...
6: ...es, Land's End, Plymouth, Isle of Man, Outer Hebrides, Orkneys, Iceland, Britain's east coast, Kent, [...
8: ... took advantage of a temporary lapse in the blockade, known to have taken place around the time he tra...
10: ...ek as ''Prettanike'', which [[Diodorus]] later rendered ''Pretannia''. This supports theories that the... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
5: ...n and instead encouraged the decoration of Alcibiades. During such campaigns, he also showed his extra...
7: ...ates that he teaches for a living, paid by his students, and that he thinks this is the most important...
9: ...g and everyone, and apparently it offended the leaders of this time. He was found guilty as charged, a...
11: ...hy for much longer than this and include [[Parmenides]], [[Anaxagoras]], [[Prodicus]], the priestess [...
15: See [[Trial of Socrates]] for more detail and background about Socrates' trial and exec... - Capacitor (29664 bytes)
2: ...ade of metal) stacked or rolled to form a compact device, but '''every''' multi-[[conductor]] [[geomet...
7: ... but opposite charge, the ''total'' charge in the device is always zero.
22: ...cumulates on the plates of a capacitor, a voltage develops across the capacitor due to the electric fi...
30: For an ideal capacitor, the capacitor [[current]] is proport...
45: ...rs are usually specified such as 5 or 10%, or broader ranges for some types. Adjustable versions have ... - Nutrition (42689 bytes)
1: ...[2005]], is a general nutrition guide for recommended [[food]] consumption.]]
2: ...bsence of adequate nutrients may cause disease or death.
4: ...y incur [[toxic]] and potentially lethal effects, depending on the dose.
5: The science of nutrition attempts to understand how and why specific dietary aspects influe...
12: rapidly dehydrate; (hence the devastating effects of persistent [[diarrhea]]). - Bill Clinton (59225 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=William Jefferson Clinton
4: | order=42nd President
7: | preceded=[[George H. W. Bush]]
8: | succeeded=[[George W. Bush]]
11: | dead=alive - Wolf (22358 bytes)
15: ...omestic [[dog]]. Wolves once had an almost worldwide distribution, but are now limited primarily to [[...
23: ...n_Wolf.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Grey Wolf. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
25: ...t is not present on dogs. The wolf usually has golden-yellow eyes, longer legs, larger [[paw]]s and mo...
27: ... over great distances and the wide paws make sure deep snow hampers them less than their prey.
29: ...o repel water and dirt and a thick [[wool]]ly ''undercoat'' to keep it warm. The wolf changes coat two... - Navigation (15650 bytes)
9: In Eastern Polynesia, navigators, in order to locate directions at various times of day and...
18: ...times of famine or difficulty, only they could trade for aid or evacuate people. The guild secrets mi...
27: === Modern methods ===
31: * [[pilotage]] - using visible natural and man made features such as [[sea mark]]s and [[beacon]]s
32: * [[dead reckoning]] - using [[compass]] and [[log]] to ... - Constantinople (4125 bytes)
1: ...re]] on [[May 11]], AD [[330]]. It was first founded as a [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] colony with the na...
5: ... Asia beyond Constantinople, allowing the east to develop relatively unmolested, while Rome and the we...
7: ...e-captured by [[Nicaean Empire|Nicaean]] forces under the command of [[Michael VIII Palaeologus]] in [...
9: ...he city. When the Republic of [[Turkey]] was founded in [[1923]], the capital was moved to [[Ankara]]...
15: * [[Golden Horn]] - Chlorine (10751 bytes)
1: {{Elementbox_header | number=17 | symbol=Cl | name=chlorine | left=[...
18: ...mn;'''1''', 3, 5, 7 <br />(strongly [[acid]]ic oxide) }}
24: {{Elementbox_vanderwaalsrad_pm | [[1 E-10 m|175]] }}
33: ...r|y]] | dm=[[beta emission|β<sup>-</sup>]] | de=0.709 | pn=36 | ps=[[argon|Ar]] }}
34: ... [[year|y]] | dm=[[electron capture|ε]] | de=? | pn=36 | ps=[[sulfur|S]] }} - Copper (13595 bytes)
1: ... of data; skip past it to edit the text. -->{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="right...
4: {| align="center" border="0"
25: | [[Density]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]]
42: | [[van der Waals radius]]
51: | [[Oxidation state]]s ([[Oxide]]) - Stone Age (17593 bytes)
2: ...ehistoric]] time period during which [[human]]s widely used [[Rock (geology)|stone]] for toolmaking.
4: ...ll|shell]], [[antler]] and other materials were widely used, too. During the most recent part of the p...
6: ...he traditional start of [[history]] (i.e., [[recorded history]]).
8: ...[[archaeological culture|culture]]) to another, indeed, humanity continued to expand into new areas ev...
11: ...stone age' until they encountered technologically developed cultures. However, in general, it is belie... - Capricornus (6733 bytes)
2: ...[[Ptolemy]]. Under its modern boundaries it is bordered by [[Aquila (constellation)|Aquila]], [[Sagitt...
5: ...hose vertices are Giedi (α), Deneb Algedi (δ), and ω Capricorni.
8: .... The concern for the sun's rebirth might have rendered astronomical and astrological observation of t...
12: ... of sky as ''the Augean Stable'', where they considered the sun ''stabled'' during the year. The cause...
14: Due to the [[precession]] of the equinoxes, the December solstice no longer takes place while the su... - Pisces (2984 bytes)
6: ... brightest star, η Piscium, is only of magnitude 3,6. α Piscium is called Alrisha, "the knot...
10: ==Notable deep-sky objects==
16: ...y the constellation [[Piscis Austrinus]] was considered to be a fish.
18: ...he monstrous [[Typhon]]. The two fishes are often depicted tied together with a cord, to make sure the...
20: ..., and thus considered to represent being in the underworld, and that one of the figures (the one on th... - Sagittarius (3908 bytes)
2: ... a [[constellation]] of the [[zodiac]], commonly depicted as a [[centaur]] drawing a bow. Sagittarius...
4: ...rius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy]], located just outside the [[Milky Way]].
7: ...(σ) and τ Sagitarii the handle. [http://deepsky.astroinfo.org/Sgr/] [http://www.flandrau.org...
9: ...ghtest star of the constellation, having a magnitude of only 4.0.
11: ==Notable deep-sky objects==
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