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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
108: | [[Helena, Montana|Helena]]
204: | [[Cheyenne, Wyoming|Cheyenne]]
209: ...List of current and former capital cities within the United States]]
219: [[Category:Lists of cities in the United States|* Capital]]
221: ...493;ת ארצות הברית]] - Hanging Gardens of Babylon (4963 bytes)
3: ...raq]]). However, there are doubts as to whether they ever physically existed.
5: ...stantial) evidence gathered at the excavation of the palace at [[Babylon]] has been accrued, but does ...
7: ...as a process of raising the water to the required height.
8: ...cussed on UKtv's History of the Ancients program The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. -->
13: ...dian wife, who missed the natural surroundings of her homeland.]] - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...l [[sphere]], and argued that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
2: [[Image:Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [ht...
3: ...icas, they inaugurated permanent contact between the New and Old Worlds.
5: ...t Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...tober]], the anniversary of Columbus' landing in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]]. - Steel (28384 bytes)
1: :''See [[Steel (disambiguation)]] for other uses.''
3: ....1 percent [[carbon]]; ironically, alloys with higher carbon content than this are known as [[cast iro...
5: ...sses of steels in which carbon is replaced with other alloying materials, and carbon, if present, is u...
8: ...ast 6000 years (since the [[Bronze Age]]). Since the oxidation rate itself increases rapidly beyond 80...
10: ...ngVolt Iron Ore Pellets.jpg|thumb|left|250px|This heap of [[iron ore]] pellets will be used in steel p... - Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
1: ...|thumb|right|175px|Carved sphinx with face of Hatshepsut, Cairo Museum]]
2: ...h, again, Nitocris may have also ruled and taken the title.
4: ...ted by the [[Hyksos]] occupation of Egypt during the [[Second Intermediate Period]].
6: ... sometimes spelled Hapshepsut, Hatchepsut or Hat-shep-set.
10: ...[[Thutmose II of Egypt|Thutmose II]] and assumed the title of ''Great Royal Wife''. - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
2: ...37]]–[[7 June|7]]/[[8 June]] [[1492]]) was the [[Queen consort]] of King [[Edward IV of England]...
6: ...ant to the throne.) Elizabeth had two sons from the marriage, [[Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset|T...
10: ...vers|Earl Rivers]], began to be favored over him, he changed sides.
12: ...[Catherine Woodville]], to her 11-year-old ward [[Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham]].
16: ...th and Wells), testified that he had carried out the ceremony. - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
1: ...eir at whitehouse.jpg|frame|right|Golda Meir was the fourth [[Prime Minister of Israel]]]]
2: ...moved to [[Philadelphia]] when he was a teenager; he moved back to Israel after graduate school and wa...
4: ==Born in the Russian empire==
6: ...and the rest of the family followed in [[1906]]. They settled in [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]].
8: ==Emigration to the United States, 1906== - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
1: ...apel]] is one of the most famous works of art in the world.]]
2: ...dition is believed, she may or may not have been the [[first woman]], or Adam's first wife.
4: ...אָדָם in [[Standard Hebrew]],
5: ...3;ָּה (Ḥavva) in Standard Hebrew,
6: Ḥawwāh in Tiberian Hebrew, and حواء (Ḥaww... - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
7: ...o live with her mother Katherine Szenes and a brother.
9: ...n the [[anti-semitism|anti-Semitic]] atmosphere. She joined ''Maccabea'', a Hungarian [[Zionism|Zionis...
11: ...he begun a paratrooper training in [[Egypt]] for the British [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]].
13: ... threatened to torture her mother as well. The mother was eventually released.
15: ...in her window one at the time. She tried to keep their spirits up by singing. - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
1: ...ing of the [[Early Modern]] period that preceded the [[Industrial Revolution]].
4: ==The Early Middle Ages==
5: ...lourished in the early '''Middle Ages''': [[Hildesheim]].]]
6: ...ed and its technologies undeveloped, compared to the preceding culture.
8: ...tary infrastructure quickly vanished, leading to the rise of illiteracy among leadership. - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
3: ...editerranean_Relief.jpg|350px|thumb|300px|Map of the Mediterranean Sea]]
4: ...tinguish it from other [[mediterranean sea]]s in the world.
6: ...he Mediterranean]] is important to understanding the origin and development of [[Western Civilization]...
9: The term ''Mediterranean'' derives from the [[Latin]] ''mediterraneus'', 'inland' (''medius''...
11: ...[Turkish language|Turkish]], it is ''Akdeniz'', "the white sea". - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...ost famous explorers of the period were [[Christopher Columbus]], [[Vasco da Gama]], [[Pedro ?vares Ca...
3: ...ely passive [[Mediterranean]] and sail safely on the open [[Atlantic]].
6: ...was one of the most accurate world maps prior to the age of European exploration]]
7: ...ched expeditions in hopes of finding coverts, or the fabled [[Prester John]].
9: ...is journey was written up as ''[[Travels]]'' and the work was read throughout Europe. - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...f Aqaba]] (also known as Gulf of [[Eilat]]), and the [[Dead Sea]].
12: national_anthem = ''[[Hatikvah]]'' |
13: official_languages = [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], [[Arabic]] |
18: leader_names = [[Ariel Sharon]]<br>[[Moshe Katsav]] |
37: ... = - [[Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel|Declaration]] | - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ...ins widely spoken outside of the country, and is the official language of nearly all [[Central America...
12: ...al_motto = ''[[Plus Ultra]]''<br>([[Latin]]: "Further Beyond") |
13: national_anthem = ''[[Marcha Real]]'' |
19: ...>[[President of the Government of Spain|Pres. of the Gov.]] |
38: established_events = | - Cotton (7876 bytes)
2: ...of both the [[Old World]] and the [[New World]]. The fiber is most often spun into [[yarn|thread]] and...
4: ...wisted, ribbon-like shapes and become kinked together and interlocked. This interlocked form is ideal ...
9: ...ich dated back to approximately 7,000 years ago. There is clear archaeological evidence that people in...
11: ...ess that of [[sheep]]. The Indians make their clothes of this tree wool".
13: ...en they are hungry.". This aspect is retained in the name for cotton in many European languages, such ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painte...
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
22: *[[Hans von Aachen]] ([[1552]]-[[1615]])
27: *[[Andreas Achenbach]] ([[1815]]-[[1910]]) - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
1: ...man]] geographer [[Ferdinand von Richthofen]] in the [[19th century]].
3: ...atolia into the [[Mediterranean Sea]] or through the [[Levant]] into [[Egypt]] and [[North Africa]].
5: ...overed the whole distance between [[Europe]], or the [[Middle East]], and [[China]], by land.
7: ...on the Silk Road was completed in [[1992]], when the international railway communication [[Almaty]] - ...
11: ... [[horse]]s around [[4000 BC]]. Domestication of the [[Bactrian camel]] followed later. - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
3: ...ude [[papyrus]], bark papers, [[plastic]]s, [[leather]], [[fabric]], wood, and [[canvas]].
6: ...ened in [[1276]], and Arches, France, opened in [[1492]].
10: ...ster]]. One well-known example of buon fresco is the [[Sistine Chapel]], begun in [[1508]] and complet...
12: The earliest known use of European watercolor paintin...
14: ...]]) painted watercolors in the [[15th century]]. The first school of watercolor painting in Europe was... - Agriculture (19147 bytes)
3: ... '''farming''', while scientists, inventors and others devoted to improving farming methods and implem...
5: ... other, yet it only accounts for four percent of the world's [[gross domestic product|GDP]].<!--Source...
10: ...e needs of the farmer/[[agriculturalist]] and his/her family.
11: ...om the cultivation of land to yield [[produce]], the commercial raising of animals ([[animal husbandry...
13: Agriculture is also short for the ''study'' of the practice of agriculture—more formally known... - Politics (7193 bytes)
2: '''Politics''' is the process and method of making decisions for groups...
4: ...wer, i.e. the ability to impose one's will on another.
6: ...swell]], has defined politics as "who gets what, when, and how."
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