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  1. Steel (28384 bytes)
    3: '''Steel''' is a [[metal]] [[alloy]] whose major component is [[iron]], with [[carbon]] bei...
    8: ...a]] and their excretion of [[oxygen]] into the atmosphere, iron can be found in the crust only in comb...
    11: ... making quality steel. At room temperature, the most stable form of iron is the [[body-centered cubic...
    13: ...tructure to austenite, and identical chemical composition. As such, it requires extremely little ther...
    15: ...formation into martensite, by contrast, occurs almost immediately, due to a lower activation energy.
  2. Eleonora di Arborea (2091 bytes)
    5: ...nora d'Arborea''' (or Eleanora di Arboria ?) (c [[1350]] - [[1404]]) was a [[Sardinia|Sardinian]] ''giud...
    9: ...sed its lordship by the Pope. Arborea obtained almost all of the island during this war. After rallyin...
    11: ... of the laws of other countries, the penalty for most crimes being a fine, and the property rights of ...
  3. History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
    4: ... as an art form goes back to Prehistoric times. Most [[Stone Age]] statuettes were made of ivory or s...
    8: ...BC). Among them are a wooden harp with gold and mosaic inlay with a black-bearded golden bull's head.
    18: ...n, often made to look like the [[Pharaoh]]. The most famous is the [[Great Sphinx of Giza]], located ...
    20: ...araoh [[Akhenaton]] and his Queen, [[Nefertiti]] (1350 BC). The statues are carved from limestone and a...
    27: ...ist were found together in a single grave on [[Keros]], dating from 2700 - 2750 BC.
  4. Blast furnace (4721 bytes)
    4: ...]] at Lapphyttan, sometime between [[1150]] and [[1350]]. It is unclear whether the blast furnace was i...
    17:
    23: ...ly improved, and by the turn of the late 1800s almost all iron was being converted to steel before use...
  5. Portugal (61755 bytes)
    1: ...]] in southwestern [[Europe]], and is the westernmost country in continental Europe. Portugal is borde...
    5: ...ral power. The [[Portuguese Empire]] stretched across the world. After the rise of other colonial powe...
    23: ...ibes|Germanic]] [[Barbarians|barbarian]] tribes, most notably the [[Suevi]] and the [[Visigoth]]s, inv...
    31: ...], finally defeated the Castilians in Portugal's most historic battle of Portugal, the [[Battle of Alj...
    40: ...opments in navigation, made Portugal's expansion possible and led to great advances in geographic know...
  6. Cotton (7876 bytes)
    2: ...[Old World]] and the [[New World]]. The fiber is most often spun into [[yarn|thread]] and used to make...
    4: ...er is made up of twenty to thirty layers of cellulose coiled in a neat series of natural springs. When...
    13: ..., writing in [[1350]], stated as fact the now-preposterous belief: "There grew there India a wonderful...
    28: ...cts are now available. Historically, one of the most economically destructive pests in cotton product...
    30: ..., the plant will continue to grow. Cotton is a close relative of [[okra]] and [[hibiscus]].
  7. Ra (2793 bytes)
    2: ... worship of [[Aten]], the sun disk itself, was imposed on the kingdom of Egypt.
    4: ...i]], the less important god who pushed the sun across the sky each day, eventually was also absorbed i...
    10: ... was also associated with the [[Phoenix]], as he rose again each night in flames.
  8. Aelianus Tacticus (2273 bytes)
    3: ...een suggested that Aelian was the real author of most of Arrian's ''Tactica'', and that the ''Taktike ...
  9. Mercury (planet) (22924 bytes)
    1: ...[apparent magnitude]]; Mercury is sufficiently "close" to the Sun that [[telescope]]s rarely examine i...
    3: ...g closely associated with the greek sun god [[Helios]]. [[Pythagoras]] is credited for pointing out th...
    12: ...d [[Impact crater|crater]]s, where it has been deposited by [[comet]] impacts and/or gases arising fro...
    16: ...phed) is [[Caloris Basin]], an [[impact crater]] ~1350 km in diameter. The planet is marked with [[scarp...
    27: ===Interior composition===
  10. Giovanni Boccaccio (10149 bytes)
    5: ...t details of his birth are not certain. He was almost certainly illegitimate, the son of a [[Florence|...
    11: ...' (ditto the ''Knight's Tale''), ''Filocolo'' a prose version of an existing French romance, and ''La ...
    13: ... time Boccaccio's father re-married, to Bice del Bostichi. His children by his first marriage had all ...
    15: ...s father, as Minister of Supply in the city was closely associated with the government efforts. His fa...
    19: ...first official mission was to [[Romagna]] in late 1350, he revisited that city-state twice and was also ...
  11. Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
    3: ...was primarily fought in France, and though in retrospect it has the feeling of a French [[civil war]] ...
    5: ...new monarchies. It is often viewed as one of the most significant conflicts in [[medieval warfare]].
    10: ...wever, in [[1216]], the Anglo-Normans lost their possessions to France. English nobles in the [[14th c...
    17: ...y. Another effect of the war was to galvanize opposition to Edward II among the English lords of Aqui...
    21: ... III, being the nephew of King Charles, was his closest living male relative and was the only survivin...
  12. History of astronomy (13532 bytes)
    10: ...ded on planting at the correct time of year. The most common modern calendar is based on the Roman cal...
    18: ...t on [[Vedic astrology]] that has been dated to [[1350 BC]], was written by [[Lagadha]].
    46: ...ts of stars, planets, the Sun and the Moon. [[Eratosthenes]], using the angles of shadows created at w...
    50: ...contributions to astronomy, but the progress was mostly stagnant in [[Middle Ages|medieval]] [[Europe]...
    52: ...te than the [[Julian Calendar|Julian]] and came close to the [[Gregorian calendar|Gregorian]]. An amaz...
  13. Nubia (8928 bytes)
    5: .... [[Old Nubian language|Old Nubian]] was used in mostly religious texts dating from the 8th and 9th ce...
    9: ...s. The first noticeable cultures in Nubia were those found throughout the region, first the [[Badaria...
    11: ...re thought to have invaded from elsewhere. Today most historians believe that B-Group was merely A-Gro...
    13: ...oming too arid to support human beings and it is possible that there was a sudden influx of Saharan no...
    15: ...nd southwards. By the end of the reign of [[Thutmose I]] in 1520 BC all of northern Nubia had been an...
  14. Des Moines, Iowa (13222 bytes)
    52: ...a|Pella]] Combined Statistical Area consists of those five counties plus [[Jasper County, Iowa|Jasper]...
    79: ... 14.9% of those under the age of 18 and 7.6% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
    83: Most residents of Des Moines get around the region by...
    87: ... Moines. Trains on the route that passes through Osceola, the [[California Zephyr]], go east to [[Chi...
    98: *[http://www.1350krnt.com KRNT] 1350, "Great Songs, Great Memories"
  15. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    1: ... non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
    17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640)
    21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
    34: *[[Pierre d'Ailly]], (1350-1420){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
    38: *[[Albert of Saxony (philosopher)|Albert of Saxony]] (c. 1316-1390){{fn|C}}{{...
  16. History of Germany (53864 bytes)
    19: ...the territory of the former Roman Empire without losing contact with their own ancestral land. The min...
    33: ...nomic and cultural centres ([[Aachen]] being the most famous).
    41: ...n imperial stronghold (''Pfalz'') was built at [[Goslar]], as the Empire continued its expansion to th...
    43: ...peror was compelled to submit to the Pope at [[Canossa]] in 1077, after having been excommunicated. In...
    46: ... the [[Knights Templar|Templars]], the [[Knights Hospitaller|Knights of St John]] and the [[Teutonic K...
  17. Mycenaean Greece (6175 bytes)
    2: ...loponnesos]] of southern Greece. [[Athens]], [[Pylos]], [[Thebes (Greece)|Thebes]], and [[Tiryns]] are...
    10: ...led weapons. Mycenaeans were buried in a sitting position, and some of the nobility underwent [[mummy|...
    12: ...e experienced decreasing [[population]] and they lost their literacy. Historians have traditionally bl...
    32: <tr><td>1350&ndash;1300<td>LHIIIA2
    33: <tr><td>1400&ndash;1350<td>LHIIIA1
  18. Iron (23778 bytes)
    83: ... colspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#ffc0c0">'''Most stable isotopes'''</th></tr>
    135: ...inner core to about 5% in the outer crust; it is possible the Earth's inner core consists of a single ...
    141: Cosmological models with an open universe predict tha...
    144: ...nnage produced worldwide. Its combination of low cost and high strength make it indispensable, especia...
    146: ...taminants such as [[sulfur]], [[silicon]] and [[phosphorus]]. Its only significance is that of an inte...
  19. Krypton (9031 bytes)
    97: | 1350.8 kJ/mol
    120: ...nter" bgcolor="#c0ffff" | '''<font color="green">Most stable isotopes'''</font>
    177: ...p]]s. Krypton is [[inert]] for most practical purposes but it is known to form compounds with [[fluori...
    185: ...hy]] but this use is limited because of the high cost of krypton.
    188: Krypton ([[Greek language|Greek]] ''kryptos'' meaning "hidden") was discovered in [[1898]] by...
  20. First Crusade (34670 bytes)
    12: ...ell as towards [[Kerbogha]], the [[atabeg]] of [[Mosul]]. These states were on the whole more concerne...
    16: ... by the [[vizier]] [[al-Afdal Shahanshah]]), had lost Jerusalem to the Seljuks in 1076, but recaptured...
    26: ...d had little in the way of fighting skills, but whose [[millennialism|millennial]] and apocalyptic yea...
    31: ...nded up with a migration numbering up to 100,000 mostly unskilled fighters including women and childre...
    33: ...foreign) army, quickly ferried them across the [[Bosporus]].

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