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- Winter solstice (2548 bytes)
2: ...e [[celestial equator]] when viewed from earth. ''Solstice'' is a [[Latin]] borrowing and means "sun stand",...
4: ...tice]] in the opposing hemisphere. At the summer solstice, the hemisphere is inclined '''towards''' the sun...
6: ...er solstice is [[midwinter]]. In [[Ireland]], the solstices and [[equinox|equinoxes]] all occur at about mid...
8: ...endar]], the winter solstice is called ''[[Winter_Solstice_Festival|dōng zh�]]'' (冬至, "...
10: .... In her fiction, [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] calls the solstice celebration "The Festival of Sunreturn".
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- June (1973 bytes)
11: ... solstice is the time of [[Litha]] and the winter solstice is that of [[Yule]].
12: ...summer]] is celebrated in [[Sweden]] on the third Friday in June. - Great Sphinx of Giza (7181 bytes)
9: ...Egypt|Memphis]], the Sphinx is seen in profile in front of the [[Great Pyramid]] of [[Khufu]].
11: ...arty which, after much effort, managed to dig the front paws out. To commemorate this effort, Tutmosis...
19: ...inx.01.jpg|280px|left|thumb|The Sphinx against Khafre's pyramid]]
22: ... evident that the face on the Sphinx is different from the face on the statues.
24: ...e Great Pyramid. He suggests it was built by Djedefre in the image of his father Khufu, identifying hi... - Holiday (7753 bytes)
5: ...ingdom]]) a holiday is rather a period spent away from home or business in [[travel]] or [[recreation]...
19: ...]], and [[Presidents' Day|Washington's Birthday]] from fixed dates to certain [[Monday]]s in [[1968]] ...
31: ...Norse): [[21 December]]-[[22 December]], [[winter solstice]], Celtic [[mid-winter]]
35: ...itha]] (Norse): [[21 June]]-[[22 June]], [[summer solstice]], Celtic [[midsummer|mid-summer]]
52: **[[Good Friday]] (Death of [[Jesus]]) - Autumn (2686 bytes)
5: ...outhern hemisphere]]), and ends with the [[winter solstice]] (around [[21 December]] in the Northern hemisph...
26: ...iglist_frame.cfm Virginia Tech's picture gallery] from their [[dendrology]] department with over 100 i... - Winter (950 bytes)
3: ...omy|Astronomically]], it begins with the [[winter solstice]] (around [[December 21]] in the [[Northern hemis... - Season (10047 bytes)
4: ... the season of the flood, the season of emergence from the flood, and the hot harvest season.
6: ...ited States]] has its [[Tornado]] season (peaking from late winter through mid summer, depending upon ...
22: ...Antarctica, and therefore a considerable distance from the moderating influence of the southern oceans...
36: ...mid-February is not first light. The sky (as seen from Alert) has been showing twilight, or at least a...
44: ...begins at [[summer solstice]], winter at [[winter solstice]], spring at the [[spring equinox|vernal equinox]... - December (2178 bytes)
6: The name is from the Latin ''decem'' for "[[10 (number)|ten]]". ...
13: ...r solstice is the time of [[Yule]] and the summer solstice is that of [[Litha]]. - Groundhog Day (3781 bytes)
4: ...cause the weather is bright and clear, it will be frightened and run back into its hole, and the winte...
6: ... 2]], [[1887]]. In the U.S. the tradition derives from a Scottish couplet:
10: ...nd fall [[equinox]]es and the summer and winter [[solstice]]), it is in fact one of the [[cross-quarter day]... - Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
22: ...izable as Maya are the fantastic stepped pyramids from the [[Terminal Pre-classic]] period and beyond....
29: ...ion and availability of natural resources such as fresh-water wells, or ''[[cenotes]]'', the city grew...
37: ... with stone tools ... only hardening once removed from its bed. In addition to the structural use of ...
41: ...of a platform sub-structure that varied in height from less than a meter, in the case of terraces and ...
54: ...e]]s and [[equinox]]es. Other ideas seem to stem from the possible creation story told by the relief ... - Sweden (27111 bytes)
3: ...ttles with its neighbouring countries [[Denmark]] from the 12th century – 1710, and [[Norway]] i...
19: ...[[Swedish language|Swedish]]: "Thou Ancient, Thou Free") |
67: ...]] originated in a so-called "[[back-formation]]" from the plural form [[Swedes]] ([[Old English]] ''S...
69: ...sia down to southern Europe. The [[Kievan Rus']], from which Russia takes its name, traces its heritag...
73: ...untry today known as Finland was a part of Sweden from [[1362]] until [[1809]]. - History of Christianity (35391 bytes)
8: ...in the [[first century]] AD. Christianity brought from Judaism its [[scriptures]] (the [[Old Testament...
10: ... on different interpretations of various passages from the Old Testament (or [[Tanakh]]).
26: ...hurch]] is said to extend in an unbroken timeline from this period. This section will examine those f...
45: *[[Justin Martyr]], convert from Greek philosophy
67: ...hurch and Roman Emperor Constantine, we can infer from [[Athanasius]]' arguments against Arius some id... - Chinese New Year (12599 bytes)
3: ...he New Year falls on the third new moon after the Solstice. (The next time this occurs is in 2033.) Celebrat...
15: ...d out during the Chinese New Year's celebrations, from married couples to unmarried people. Chinese Ne...
25: ...than the packets given to family members or close friends.
39: ... criticism — or that his lips are so sticky from the cakes that he is unable to make too much of...
45: ...day of new year but now it can be obtained easily from two weekends prior to the new year. But it is j... - Christmas (35108 bytes)
2: ...is birth fulfilled Jewish prophecies of a messiah from the house of David. Early Christians focused mo...
10: ...ethlehem of Judea, the home of the house of David from which Joseph was descended, fulfilled the proph...
12: ...ey presented Jesus with treasures of "[[gold]], [[frankincense]], and [[myrrh]]". While staying the n...
14: ...here they could have gotten their gifts of "gold, frankincense, and myrrh". Astronomers and historian...
19: ...orian calendar|Gregorian]]) date of [[January 7]] from [[1900]] to [[2099]]. The [[Armenian Church]] p... - Spring (season) (3492 bytes)
2: ...outhern Hemisphere]]), and ends with the [[summer solstice]] (around [[June 21]] in the Northern Hemisphere ...
6: ...ains]] prevent the surging hot and cold airmasses from spreading westward and instead force them direc... - Chicken (21473 bytes)
18: ...pe of [[poultry]]. It is believed to be descended from the wild Asian [[Red Junglefowl]].
23: ...re known as hens. Roosters can be differentiated from hens by their striking plumage, marked by long ...
29: ... in color depending on the hen, typically ranging from bright white to shades of brown and even blue o...
30: ...and nesting locations. Removing hens or roosters from a flock causes a temporary disruption to this s...
32: ...s into their own. Some farmers use fake eggs made from plastic or stone to encourage hens to lay in a ... - Autumnal equinox (1569 bytes)
13: *[[Solstice]]
14: *[[Summer solstice]]
15: *[[Winter solstice]] - Winter solstice (2548 bytes)
2: ...e [[celestial equator]] when viewed from earth. ''Solstice'' is a [[Latin]] borrowing and means "sun stand",...
4: ...tice]] in the opposing hemisphere. At the summer solstice, the hemisphere is inclined '''towards''' the sun...
6: ...er solstice is [[midwinter]]. In [[Ireland]], the solstices and [[equinox|equinoxes]] all occur at about mid...
8: ...endar]], the winter solstice is called ''[[Winter_Solstice_Festival|dōng zh�]]'' (冬至, "...
10: .... In her fiction, [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] calls the solstice celebration "The Festival of Sunreturn". - Eratosthenes (4241 bytes)
1: [[Image:Eratosthenes.01.png|framed|'''Eratosthenes''' (Ερατ&...
7: ...o [[mathematics]] and [[science]], and was a good friend to [[Archimedes]]. Around [[255 BC]] he inven...
11: ...Earth. The distance between the cities was known from caravan travellings to be about 5,000 [[stadia]...
23: ...ld, from the [[British Isles]] to [[Ceylon]], and from the [[Caspian Sea]] to [[Ethiopia]]. Only [[Hip... - Hipparchus (astronomer) (50785 bytes)
4: ...e accumulated over centuries by the [[Chaldeans]] from [[Babylonia]]. He was also the first to compil...
8: ...om [[Strabo]]'s ''Geographia'' ("Geography"), and from [[Pliny the Elder]]'s ''[[Pliny's Natural Histo...
14: ...st observations. Hipparchus obtained information from [[Alexandria]] as well as [[Babylon]], but it i...
18: ...tes observations to him from Rhodes in the period from [[141 BC]] to [[127 BC]].
20: ...mentioned about 14 books, but which is only known from references by later authors. His famous star c... - Culture of Ireland (27885 bytes)
1: ...e:KellsFol027v4Evang.jpg|thumb|200px|right|A page from the [[Book of Kells]].]]
2: ...people living on the island of [[Ireland]] is far from monolithic. Many notable cultural divides exist...
8: As [[archaeology|archaeological]] evidence from sites such as the [[C�ide Fields]] in [[Count...
12: ...nce in the daily life of Irish communities. Apart from the religious significance of the parish, most ...
21: ...century]], [[Viking]] activity in Ireland shifted from raiding to permanent settlement and the first t...
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