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- 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 ...
6: ...romised growth and prosperity. According to [[The Saga of Erik the Red]], he spent his three years of ex...
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. - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...h [[Medieval]] Welsh texts often call him ''amerauder'' ("[[emperor]]").
5: ...his power and the extent and kind of power he wielded continues to rage.
7: ...Geoffrey Ashe and Leon Fleuriot, have argued for identifying Arthur with a certain [[Riothamus]], "Kin...
9: ...ing the historical career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to be little ...
11: ...eves that Arthur is a half-forgotten Celtic deity devolved into a personage (citing sometimes a suppos... - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
3: ...1905]] – [[April 15]], [[1990]]) was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[actor|actress]].
5: ... Anna Lovisa Johnasson ([[1872]]-[[1944]]). Her older sister and brother were Alva and Sven.
8: ...when she appeared in an advertising short for the department store where she worked. That led to anoth...
10: ...]] Greta Garbo. She starred in two movies in [[Sweden]] and one in [[Germany]].
12: ...me grew. He was fired by MGM and returned to [[Sweden]] in [[1928]], where he died soon after. - Oboe (5230 bytes)
1: [[Image:Oboe.jpg|thumbnail|50px|right|Modern Oboe]]
3: ...a descendant of the [[shawm]]. The word "oboe" is derived from the French word ''hautbois'', meaning "...
7: ...often produce a nasal (often out-of-tune) and strident tone that is difficult to blend with other inst...
13: ...gether with the flute/recorder it is one of the oldest [[woodwind]] instruments.
17: ...table oboe-makers of that period are the German [[Denner]] and the English [[Stanesby]]. The range fo... - Medieval literature (14207 bytes)
2: ... touching all points in-between. Because of the wide range of time and place it is difficult to speak ...
5: ...tern Roman Empire]] and the [[Orthodox Church]] made [[Greek language|Greek]] and [[Old Church Slavoni...
7: ...ve survived in the [[Breton lai|lais]] of [[Marie de France]], the ''[[Mabinogion]]'' and the [[King A...
10: ...sical]] writers and the [[Church Fathers]] and tended to re-tell and embellish stories they had heard ...
20: ...so frequently written, as an encouragement to the devout and a warning to others. - Leif Ericson (4502 bytes)
1: ...ate Capitol]] in [[St. Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul]] dedicated on [[October 9]], [[1949]].]]
4: ... language|Icelandic]]: '''Leifur Eiríksson'''; modern [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]: '''Leiv Eirik...
10: ...nd]]. Next he came to a land that was flat and wooded, with white sandy beaches, which he called [[Mar...
12: ... They remained at this place over the winter. The sagas mention that one of Leif's men, Tyrkir, possibly...
14: ...astaway named Þórir and his crew — an incident that earned Leif the [[nickname]] 'Leif the Luc... - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
3: ...edition of [[Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)|Alexander Mackenzie]], the first European to cross North A...
5: ...wis concealed this from the men and shared the leadership of the expedition, always referring to Clark...
7: ...Charbonneau]], joined the group from there and guided them westward. [[Sacagawea]] and her [[Shoshone]...
9: ...] until they reached the [[Pacific Ocean]] in the December of 1805. At this point in time, Lewis spott...
10: ... agreed to camp on the south side of the river (modern Astoria, OR) , building [[Fort Clatsop]] as the... - Germanic tribes (16394 bytes)
3: ...allis]], [[Walloon]], and [[Wallachia]] have been derived.
5: ...ed free, led by their own hereditary or chosen leaders.
10: ...egarding the question of ethnic origins, evidence developed by both archaeologists and linguists sugge...
12: ...ural features at that time included small, independent settlements and an economy strongly based on th...
14: ...(2-3 degrees warmer than today) deteriorated considerably, which not only dramatically changed the flo... - Annapolis, Maryland (7226 bytes)
8: founded = [[1649]] |
9: ...county = [[Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel County]] |
10: ...llen O. Moyer]] ([[United_States_Democratic_Party|Dem]]) |
17: density = 2,056|
25: .... It is also home to the [[United States Naval Academy]] and [[St. John's College, U. S.|St. John's Co... - Literature (25676 bytes)
1: ...dubious, but it does not interfere with the above definition.
5: ...tion of the United States]], all fall within this definition of a kind of literature.
9: ...re conservative interpreters of the concept would demand that the text have a physical form, usually o...
11: ...ience fiction) may also become excluded from consideration as "literature".
15: ...gy|psychological]] insight in the delineation and development of character. - Atlantis (41399 bytes)
2: ...own time. Plato did mention it was somewhere outside the [[Pillars of Hercules]] (i.e. the [[Straits o...
7: ...m his grandfather also named Critias, son of Dropides.
12: ...intended to illustrate Plato's philosophy of the ideal government. Plato's account purports to be base...
14: ... of [[Gades]] (Greek, [[Eumelus]]; Atlantean, [[Gadeirus]]).
17: ... come from the continent beyond the islands, in order to offer sacrifice to the gods of the ocean. - Attila the Hun (23655 bytes)
2: ...he [[Huns]], led by Attila (right, foreground), ride into [[Italy]].]]
3: ... of the Eastern and Western Roman Empires: he invaded the Balkans twice and encircled [[Constantinople...
5: ...e king, and he plays major roles in three [[Norse saga]]s.
11: ...n that at a young age he was already a capable leader and a capable warrior is reasonable but unknowab...
14: ...stretched from the steppes of Central Asia into modern Germany, and from the Danube river to the Balti... - 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]] (?)) - Thor Heyerdahl (6085 bytes)
5: ... to believe, based on physical and [[genetic]] evidence, that Polynesia was settled from west to east,...
7: ...an. The documentary of the expedition won an [[Academy Award]] in [[1952]].
9: ...ould go to sea on a raft, I would have absolutely denied the possibility. At that time, I suffered fro...
11: ...sm]]. He built the boats Ra and Ra II in order to demonstrate that [[Egypt|Ancient Egyptians]] could h...
13: ...] as a protest against the wars raging on every side in the Red Sea and Horn of Africa. In Heyerdahl's... - Cane Toads (5279 bytes)
18: ...re dangerous to many animals. There are reported deaths of humans after consumption of toads. Ill-ef...
20: .... Their prey includes small [[vertebrates]], a wide range of [[invertebrates]], [[carrion]] and plant...
22: ...after [[metamorphosis]] until the paratoid glands develop.
31: ... their range through Queensland, reaching the border with [[New South Wales]] in 1978 and the [[North...
33: ...n Quoll]] have been observed after toads have invaded an area. There are also a number of reports of ...
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