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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...t mentions and Welsh texts he is never given the title "King." Early texts refer to him as ''[[dux]] ...
2: ... Arthur''' in plate armour with visor raised and with jousting shield]]
5: ...gan]] [[Saxon]]s. His power base was probably in either [[Wales]], [[Cornwall]], or the west of what w...
7: ...n whether the "Brettones" he led were [[Britain|Britons]] or [[Armorica|Bretons]].
9: ...is identification unlikely, as there seems to be little reason for him to have become a major legendar... - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
16: ...and the Balkans, a whole goatskin is used, cured with salt and alum.
18: ... very mellow [[oboe]]-like sound, while chanters with a conical bore will produce a louder and brighte...
23: ...er and inflation device seems to have originated with various ethnic groups in the Roman empire.
25: ...or "[[Scots Wha Hae]]", "Hey Tutti Taiti", is traditionally said to have been the tune played as [[Rob...
27: ... of bagpipes has become a common tradition for military funerals and memorials in the [[anglophone]] w... - Relic (11473 bytes)
1: ... especially a piece of the [[body]] or a personal item of a [[saint]]. A [[shrine]] that houses a rel...
7: ...ning how Paul's handkerchiefs were imbued by God with healing power (19:11-12).
11: ...Shroud of Turin]] is another relic whose authenticity is questionable. The [[abbey]] church of [[Coul...
14: ...f ''"sanctus"'' and ''"virtus"'', the first with its familiar meaning of "sacred" or "holy", and the ...
15: ...d by spirits, acquired by the faithful, and transmitted to objects." - Ocarina (3914 bytes)
2: ...thirteen finger holes. A mouth tube projects from it, often from the side. One sound hole exists, most...
5: ... ocarina-makers to use the [[Meissen]] blue and white "[[onion pattern]]" as the exterior design.
8: ...oustical physics from a pipe. Technically, the cavity acts as a [[Helmholtz resonator]] (see below).
11: The ocarina has an unusual quality of not relying on the pipe length to produce a p...
13: ... ocarina, so the range of pitches available is limited. - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
2: ...|thumb|right|[[Bust]] of Alexander III in the [[British Museum]].]]
4: ...he Cursed''' due to his burning of the Persian capital and national library.
6: ...pears as a towering legendary [[hero]] in the tradition of [[Achilles]].
9: ...ve Alexander a thorough training in rhetoric and literature and stimulated his interest in science, me...
11: After his visit to the [[Oracle]] of Ammon at Siwah, according to... - List of reference tables (55289 bytes)
3: It includes listings or tabular information for quic...
7: ...vely, instead of copying the link, you could drag it into your bookmarks toolbar, allowing the link to...
10: Please use the new section editing feature if your browser
17: ...es/List_of_et|9,]] [[Special:Allpages/List_of_hospitals|10,]] [[Special:Allpages/List_of_mis|11,]] [[S...
28: ...t of subnational entities|Lists of subnational entities]] - American football (39287 bytes)
3: ...nted oval shape, and usually has a large set of stitches along one side.]]
5: ...g team's [[end zone]] and score points. The team with more points when time has expired wins.
7: ...er)|association football]] (soccer), a sport that it does not resemble. American football evolved as a...
9: ==Popularity==
11: ..., [[NFL Europe]], with 6 teams based in European cities. - Tree (23723 bytes)
3: ...r trunk (see [[shrub]] for comparison). Compared with most other plant forms, trees are long-lived. A ...
13: ...ope]]s are defined largely by the trees that inhabit them; examples are [[rainforest]] and [[taiga]] (...
18: ...tyledon]]s (e.g. [[palm tree|palms]]), grow by addition of new material inwards.
20: ...f [[dendrochronology]]. In some tropical regions with constant year-round climate, growth is continuou...
22: ...the leaf-bearing branches, aiding in competition with other plant species for [[sunlight]]. In many tr... - Dolphin (13554 bytes)
13: ...'delphis'' meaning "with a womb", viz. "a 'fish' with a womb".
15: The word is used in a few different ways. It can mean:
20: #laypeople often use the term synonymously with [[Bottlenose Dolphin]], the most common and fami...
22: In this article, the second definition is used.
46: ***** [[Chinese White Dolphin]] is the Chinese variant - Morse code (33777 bytes)
1: [[Image:Morse_sam.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse.Image provided by [http://c...
2: ...r, making it appropriate for sending automated digital data in voice channels.
4: ...s — on and off — it was an early form of a digital code. International Morse code is composed of s...
5: # short mark, dot or 'dit' (·)
7: ...intra-character gap (between the dots and dashes within a character) - Lightning (33113 bytes)
6: ...mpanied by the emission of [[light]]. The electricity passing through the discharge channels rapidly h...
10: ...t the idea of using a flying object, such as a [[kite]] instead.
12: ...len during the storm had soaked the line and made it conductive.
14: ...p idea that they used, so he usually gets the credit.
16: ...e of the room split, and the door itself torn off its hinges. - Theatre (9476 bytes)
5: ...more elements of the other performing arts. In addition to the standard narrative dialogue style, thea...
8: ...) [[passion plays]], [[mystery plays]] and [[morality plays]].
10: ..., Song, and Spectacle. The 17th-century Spanish writer [[Lope de Vega]] wrote that for theatre one nee...
15: ...roducers and directors can employ in theatre to suit a variety of tastes. This is an incomplete and e...
19: ...es of people and their relationships in the community that they live in. - Comic book (4367 bytes)
1: ...comic books is not necessarily humorous, nor does it refer to short [[comic strip]]s (like ''[[Peanuts...
5: ...can comic book]]s have become closely associated with the [[superhero]] [[genre]]. In the U.K., the te...
9: *[[British comics]]
15: **[[Italian comics]] - ''Fumetti''
26: ...2000 AD (comic) | 2000 AD]]'' ([[United Kingdom|British]]) - American comic book (14771 bytes)
5: ...al about them, because of their huge range in quality, subject matter and audience through the past. ...
8: The first comic book published in the United States is thought to be [[The Adventures of Oba...
15: ...merican comic book, in the format we know today, with ''[[Funnies on Parade]]'' in [[1933]]. He print...
17: ...acters and stories. The company followed this up with ''[[Detective Comics]]''. Both series were heav...
19: ...mpanies were publishing large lines of superhero titles, and Superman has gone on to become one of the... - List of hobbies (5016 bytes)
12: * [[Blacksmith]]ing
19: * [[Knitting]]
72: ==[[DIY]] (Do It Yourself)==
98: * [[Wargaming]], sometimes with [[Miniature wargaming|miniatures]]
117: ==[[Literature]]== - History of dance (9081 bytes)
3: ...[[Natya Shastra]] on which the ''modern'' interpritation classical Indian dance (e.g. ŹBharathan...
7: ...ed the attitude of the dancers for their art of imitating the passions
10: ... One major branch of dance is Theatrical Dance as it has evolved in the Western World. However the dan...
13: ...ct planetary influences. Dance in itself was an imitation of the movement of the heavens.’ (Desi...
15: ... the French monarchy for the purpose of extolling its own greatness. The ballets took place as a part ... - Molecular nanotechnology (10344 bytes)
1: ...rn macroscale factories. Its most well-known exposition is in the books of [[K. Eric Drexler]].
3: ...ocess to extract the species we actually wanted, with the other species discarded as waste. Nanotechno...
8: Drexler has noted that some British writers have applied the term "nanotechnology" to micr...
10: ...chnology" to refer to molecular manufacturing and its products. The "zetta" prefix is a reference to ...
12: ===Hypothetical applications and capabilities=== - Literature (25676 bytes)
1: ...us, but it does not interfere with the above definition.
5: ...]], all fall within this definition of a kind of literature.
7: ...e [[Western canon|Western Canon]] forms one such literature.
9: ...orm, to the exclusion of [[inscription]]s or [[digital media]].
11: ... may also become excluded from consideration as "literature". - Sword (24928 bytes)
2: ...e names given to many swords in [[mythology]], [[literature]], and [[history]] reflect the high presti...
10: ...cal leaf-shaped blades first appear near the [[Mediterranean]] and the [[Black Sea]], and in [[Mesopot...
14: ...: Bronze Age Egyptian armies were fully equipped with bronze weapons.
18: Eventually [[Smith (metalwork)|smith]]s learned that by adding an amount of [[carbon]...
20: ...]] introduced the longer [[Spatha]] (the term for its wielder, [[spatharius]], became a court rank in ... - Leone Battista Alberti (5967 bytes)
1: ... described in [[Giorgio Vasari]]'s ''Vite''. In [[Italy]], his first name is usually spelled '''Leon''...
3: ...rtial loss of memory; Alberti then turned his abilities to science and art.
10: ...Italian]] translation of ''De pictura'' (''Della pittura'') was published the year following the Latin...
11: ...nger [[Aldus Manutius]], who edited and published it as the genuine work of [[Lepidus]].
12: ...typographic qualities and illustrations have made it legendary as one of the most beautiful books ever...
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