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- Hanging Gardens of Babylon (4963 bytes)
1: ...0px|Gardens of Semiramis, 20th century interpretation]]
5: ...tely substantiate what look like fanciful descriptions.
7: ...s of thought think that through the ages the location may have been confused with gardens that existed...
10: ...t|thumb|300px|Hanging Garden, Assyrian interpretation]]
11: ...den.gif|a hanging Garden, 21st century interpretation]] - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: ...Janeiro. For the state with the same name, see [[Rio de Janeiro (state)]].''
3: [[Image:Rio_de_Janeiro-Ipanema_Beach.jpg|thumbnail|250px|righ...
5: ...59_lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro]]
7: ...It also has the biggest forest inside an urban region, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor ...
9: ...litan area]] population is estimated at 10-13 million. It's Brazil's [[Second city|second-largest city... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
12: ...United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: * [[1884]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1884]]: [[United States Democratic Party|Democr...
15: ...ns the allegiance of a large majority of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving the way for him to be crow...
16: ... [[King William Street]] and [[Stockwell tube station|Stockwell]].
17: ...[[1899]] - [[Sigmund Freud]]'s ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'' is published. - Alexandra Kollontai (3203 bytes)
1: ... was a [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] [[Communist]] revolutionary, first as a member of the [[Menshevik]]s, the...
5: ... [[1903]], Kollontai did not side with either faction. However, she came to dislike aspects of Bolshe...
7: ...tion, and working laws put in place by the Revolution. She was well recognized later for [[socialist f...
11: ...[[Lenin]] managed to dissolve the Workers' Opposition, after which Kollontai was more or less totally ...
13: ...er of the Soviet delegation to the [[League of Nations]]. She died in [[1952]]. - Anna Akhmatova (2156 bytes)
1: ...72;, Анна Андреевна Г...
17: ...jill/akhmatova/index.html Akhmatova website with biography, video]
18: ...rs.org/the_great_poets/fe/eu/aa Anna Akhmatova ] Bio and Poetry - Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
3: ...n [[March 6]], [[1937]]), is a retired [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[astronaut|cosmonaut]] and was the fir...
9: ...minence she was chosen for several political positions: From [[1966]] to [[1974]] she was a member of ... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...[[Russia]]n-[[Tatar]] [[composer]] of deeply religious music.
3: ...], in the [[Tatar Republic]]. She studied composition and piano at the [[Kazan]] Conservatory, graduat...
5: ...ostakovich]], who in evaluating her final examination encouraged her to continue down her "mistaken pa...
7: ...lina founded Astreja, a folk-instrument improvisation group with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vy...
9: ...ium]]''. She later composed a homage to [[T. S. Eliot]], using the text from the poet's spiritual mast... - Serbia and Montenegro (13848 bytes)
1: ...lics united since [[2003]] in a loose [[confederation]]. It is located on the west-central [[Balkan Pe...
3: ...fied capital anymore, dividing its common institutions between [[Belgrade]] in Serbia and [[Podgorica]...
5: ...dnica<br/>Srbija i Crna Gora'''</big><br/>State Union of<br> Serbia and Montenegro</big>
17: | align=center colspan=2 | [[Image:LocationSerbiaAndMontenegro.png]]
34: ...;Total ([[2005]])<br/> – [[Population density|Density]] - California (63989 bytes)
15: PostalAbbreviation = CA |
16: TradAbbreviation = Calif. |
44: ...s against official California Government Code sections 420-429.8,
45: ...i-bin/waisgate?WAISdocID=06487414661+1+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve
89: ...each other. If California were an independent nation, it would have the sixth largest [[Economy of Ca... - Pope Paschal II (3427 bytes)
1: ...]] about 1076, and was consecrated pope in succession to [[Pope Urban II]] on [[August 19]], [[1099]].
3: ...nvestiture. Preparations were made for the coronation on the 12th of February 1111, but the Romans ros...
5: ...ation, and threatening Henry I with [[excommunication]]. On the death of the [[countess Matilda]], who... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
1: ...[Paris]] airport, see [[Charles de Gaulle International Airport]]''
40: ...sman. ({{audio|fr-Charles_de_Gaulle.ogg|pronunciation of his name}})
42: ...overnment in [[1958]], he inspired a new constitution<sup>1</sup> and was the [[Fifth Republic]]'s fir...
45: ...mily of rich entrepreneurs from the industrial region of Lille in [[French Flanders]]. Born in [[Lille...
47: ...the family was legalist and respected the institutions of the French Republic. Their social ideas were... - Capacitor (29664 bytes)
2: ...opposite electric charges have been placed. Intentional capacitors have thin conducting plates (usuall...
18: ... [[dielectric]] (that is, non-[[electrical conduction|conducting]]) substance that separates the plate...
30: ...across the capacitor where the constant of proportionality is the [[capacitance]], C:
45: ... or broader ranges for some types. Adjustable versions have stability issues. Another figure of merit...
51: ...eakdown from arcing, because any air that becomes ionized is soon replaced by fresh air . Large-value... - Seljuk Turks (7657 bytes)
1: ...north into [[Persia]], fighting and conquering various tribes on their way to [[Transoxiana]].
5: ...ird son [[Ahmed Sanjar]], unsatisfied by his portion of the inheritance, took over the empire. His br...
7: ...rom regaining their former empire. For a brief period, [[Toghrül III|Toğrül III]], was...
30: [[Kerman province|Kerman]] was a nation in southern Persia. It fell in 1187, probably co...
46: ===Seljuk Rulers in [[Syria]] [[1076]]-[[1117]]=== - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
2: ... [[1902]] – [[August 26]], [[1974]]) was a pioneering [[United States]] [[aviator]] famous for p...
11: Lindbergh gained sudden great international fame as the first pilot to fly solo and non-st...
13: ...tees, including the central committee of the [[National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics]] in the [[...
15: ...nge by decreasing fuel consumption. These innovations are the basis of modern intercontinental air tr...
18: ...s.ogg|title=Flight from Paris to Belgium |description= Lindbergh's flight to Belgium to be honored aft... - March 21 (10586 bytes)
5: ...hop of Canterbury]] [[Thomas Cranmer]] is [[Execution by burning|burned at the stake]].
7: ...ct, [[Pope Pius VII|Pius VII]] was [[Papal Coronation|crowned Pope]] in [[Venice]] with a temporary [[...
11: ...y Morton Stanley]] began his trek to find the missionary and explorer [[David Livingstone]].
14: ... [[Charles Lindbergh]] is presented the [[Congressional Medal of Honor]] for his first trans-[[Atlanti...
15: ...hah]] [[Reza Pahlavi]] formally asked the international community to call [[Persian Empire|Persia]] by... - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ...[Canada]]. It ranks eighth in the world in population, following [[China]], [[India]], the [[United St...
4: ...ssolution in December [[1991]]. In the [[Soviet Union]] Russia was called the [[Russian Soviet Federat...
6: ...but is still far from that of the former Soviet Union.
13: ...s]]. The Slavs constituted the bulk of the population from the [[8th century]] onwards and slowly assi...
15: ...o the Varangians and the Slavs who peopled the region. In the [[10th century|10th]] to [[11th century|... - Politics of Russia (78325 bytes)
2: ...Constitution of Russian Federation|A new constitution]], creating a strong presidency, was approved by...
4: ...]], was a bastion of antireform communists and nationalists.
8: ...government; they also controlled local administration.
10: ...ought constitutional reforms that led to the election of new republic legislatures with substantial bl...
12: ...fice, whereas Gorbachev had eschewed such an election and had himself appointed by the Soviet parliame... - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
1: {{Infobox_Biography |
4: ...aption=''"[[Father of the Nation|Father of the nation]]"'' —Mohandas Gandhi |
5: quotation=An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. |
13: ...]]'', has influenced both nationalist and international movements for peaceful change.
15: ... with truth" reveals his inner persona and reflections on his early life. - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
3: ...ly of [[steel]], generally mounted upon cross-sectional beams (termed "[[Railroad_tie|sleeper]]s" or "...
8: ...]s of the train may roll with a minimum of [[friction]]. As an example, a typical rail car can hold up...
9: Trains also have a small frontal area in relation to the load they are carrying, which cuts down o...
13: ...any countries. In [[Asia]], for example, many millions use trains as regular transport in [[India]], [...
15: ... to having receipts equal costs (see [[Transportation in South Korea]]). Similarly, passenger rail in ... - Easter (31700 bytes)
2: ...esus]] from the dead after his death by [[crucifixion]] (see [[Good Friday]]), which Christians believ...
4: ...by Jesus and his [[disciples]] before his crucifixion is generally thought of as a Passover [[seder]],...
57: ...n most countries with a generally Christian tradition, but not as a rule in the [[United States]], exc...
59: ...date of Easter has often been a matter for contention.
61: ...d as converted into the [[Julian calendar]] by [[Dionysius Exiguus]] (certain proof of this does not e...
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