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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
5: ...deJaneiro_LE2002059_lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro]]
7: ...d for its yearly [[Brazilian Carnival|Carnival]] celebration. It also has the biggest forest inside an...
17: ...ity developed from current Downtown (Centro, see below) to southwards and then westwards, an urban mov...
25: ...red, until president [[Juscelino Kubitschek]] was elected in [[1955]] and took office in [[1956]] with...
35: ...erest include both the historic Church of the Candelaria and the modern-style cathedral, the Municipal... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ... political influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves of immigration and emigratio...
7: ...es, the [[Huang He]] valley began to establish itself as a cultural center, where the first villages w...
14: ...shed during the [[Xia Dynasty]], and that this model was perpetuated in the successor [[Shang Dynasty|...
18: ...Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood.
22: ...st of the six capitals of the Shang (c 1300–1046 BC). - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
5: ...ent Egypt]], taking into account well accepted developments during the 20th century but not including ...
7: ...r rulers. Often there are also several possible spellings of the names.
9: ...remove this in the combined chronology presented below, which is the “Conventional Chronology...
17: ...m Kitchen, "The Basics of Egyptian Chronology in Relation to the Bronze Age", in Astrom (ed) ''High, M...
20: ...uk/ Digital Egypt for Universities], which was developed by [http://www.petrie.ucl.ac.uk/ The Petrie M... - Kyrgyzstan (23226 bytes)
1: ... former President [[Askar Akayev]], but unfortunately moved towards [[autocracy]] and [[authoritariani...
52: ...12th century]], [[Islam]] became the predominant religion in the region. Most Kyrgyz are [[Sunni Musli...
54: ...stan. The ruthless suppression of the [[1916]] rebellion in Central Asia, triggered by the Russian imp...
58: ...language was introduced. The [[Kyrgyz language]] belongs to the Southern Turkic group of languages. In...
64: ...sident of the [[Kyrgyz Academy of Sciences]], was elected to the presidency in October 1990. The follo... - Dynasties in Chinese history (8665 bytes)
1: Below is a table of the '''dynasties in Chinese histo...
7: ...rlier. It should also be noted that history is rarely as neat as it is portrayed and it was rare indee...
9: ...he [[Ming dynasty]]. However, the Qing dynasty itself was established in [[1636]] (or even [[1616]], a...
11: ...sties listed here and their emperors, follow the relevant links in the table. Click on '''H''' for th...
15: <table border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" align="center"> - Civilization (29205 bytes)
1: ... or '''civilisation''' has a variety of meanings related to human [[society]]. The term comes from the...
7: ... any distinct society, whether complex and city-dwelling, or simple and tribal. This definition is oft...
9: ...ould wipe out Civilization" or "I'm glad to be safely back in Civilization after being lost in the wil...
22: ..., formal social institutions such as organized [[religion]] and [[education]], as opposed to the less ...
23: * Development of complex forms of [[economic]] exchange. ... - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
3: ...skyscrapers serve as [[office building]]s or [[hotel]]s. The term ''highrise'' is also used to describ...
7: ...skyscraper development was the invention of the [[elevator]].
9: ...-[[1885]] and was destroyed in [[1931]] for the Field's building. Another contender for the title is ...
11: ... of glass that are laterally supported by these skeletal frames. Special consideration must also be gi...
23: {| cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border:3p... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
4: ...d of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. The title itself has been used officially by the head of the Roma...
6: ...Church]], [[Patriarch]] of the West, [[primate (religion)|Primate]] of [[Italy]], [[Archbishop]] and ...
74: | '''[[Pope Telesphorus]]'''<br><small>Saint Telesphorus</small>
75: | '''Telesphorus''', <small>Episcopus Romanus</small>
109: | '''[[Pope Eleuterus]]'''<br><small>Saint Eleutherus</small> - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
3: ...o parallel [[rail tracks|rails]], usually of [[steel]], generally mounted upon cross-sectional beams (...
8: ...trucks. Fully loaded, the contact between each wheel and the rail is the space of about one U.S. ten c...
9: ...owing significantly greater loads per [[axle]]/wheel than in [[road transport]].
13: ...dia]], [[South Korea]], [[Japan]], [[China]], and elsewhere.
15: ...rder to save money (see [[Beeching Axe]]). Conversely, US freight railways have consolidated and becom... - Ancient China (39554 bytes)
1: ... political influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves of immigration and emigratio...
6: ...es, the [[Huang He]] valley began to establish itself as a cultural center, where the first villages w...
14: ...shed during the [[Xia Dynasty]], and that this model was perpetuated in the successor [[Shang Dynasty|...
18: ...Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood.
22: ...st of the six capitals of the Shang (c 1300–1046 BC). - Civilizations (30128 bytes)
1: ... or '''civilisation''' has a variety of meanings related to human [[society]]. The term comes from the...
11: ... any distinct society, whether complex and city-dwelling, or simple and tribal. This definition is oft...
14: ...ould wipe out Civilization" or "I'm glad to be safely back in Civilization after being lost in the wil...
20: ...d [[imperialism]]; powerful societies have often believed it was their right to "civilize," or cultura...
22: ...tiquette]], and [[ethnocentrism]] and for topics related to the broader senses of the term. See also [... - Igor Stravinsky (26622 bytes)
1: ...rd|L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird)]]'' {{lang|ru|Жар-Птица...
5: ...usic was incapable of "expressing anything but itself". Craft also transcribed several interviews wit...
10: ...in St. Petersburg and dominated by his father and elder brother, Stravinsky's early childhood was a mi...
12: ...>[</nowiki>to send<nowiki>]</nowiki> them all to hell". (He succeeded: the 1913 première of ''...
14: ...also collaborated with [[Pablo Picasso]] (''Pulcinella'', 1920), [[Jean Cocteau]] (''Oedipus Rex'', 19... - Liquid (2220 bytes)
3: ...ainer as well as on anything within the liquid itself; this pressure is transmitted undiminished in al...
5: ... a liquid is at rest in a uniform gravitational field, the [[pressure]] <math>p</math> at any point is...
8: ...e surface is zero, ''relative'' to the surface level.
38: [[ru:Жидкость... - Shang Dynasty (10029 bytes)
2: ...nze artifacts and [[oracle bone]]s, were turtle shells or cattle scapula on which were written the fir...
4: ...e workmanship on the bronzes attests to a high level of civilization. In terms of inscribed oracle bon...
7: ...us with the Shang dynasty in history, although lately it has been used specifically in reference to th...
9: ...rits and to honor sacred ancestors were highly developed. In addition to his secular position, the kin...
11: ... Zhou rebels in a decisive battle. A classical novel ''[[Fengshen Yanyi]]'' is about the war between t...
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