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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
9: ...city]] after [[S㯠Paulo]] and used to be the country's capital until 1960, when [[Bras�a]] took its...
15: ...ilt and an alliance was formed with nearby native tribes to defend the settlement against invaders - n...
17: ...ore, the city developed from current Downtown (Centro, see below) to southwards and then westwards, an...
19: ...ahia|Salvador]]. In [[1763]], the colonial administration in Portuguese America was moved to Rio.
21: ...ope. Since there was no physical space nor urban structure to accommodate hundreds of noblemen who arr... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ... a distant castle, and Catherine took the throne, triumphant about her bloodless and widely supported ...
11: ...le status hereditary; and gave the nobles full control over their serfs and lands. In addition, Cather...
13: ...courage the modernization of agriculture and industry. Second, she encouraged foreign investment in ec...
19: ...titions of Poland|partitions]] among Russia, [[Austria]] and [[Prussia]] (1772, 1793 and 1795).
21: ...gn. This war ([[1787]]-[[1792]]) ended with the [[Treaty of Jassy]], which legitimated the Russian cla... - Mary Read (2833 bytes)
3: ...her as a boy to make her husband believe Read was truly a male. Read?s father died at sea and left hi...
5: ... the notorious Calico [[Jack Rackham]] and his mistress, [[Anne Bonny]].
7: ...ters. As Read was dressing, Bonny discovered her true sex and the two became immediate friends. Rack...
9: ...ether, but not for long. In October of 1720, the troops of Captain Barnet captured Rackham and his cr... - Second Intermediate Period of Egypt (3576 bytes)
4: ...shes of the western Delta, broke away from the central authority to form the [[Fourteenth dynasty of E...
6: ...na), a few miles from Qantir. The outlines of the traditional account of the "invasion" of the land by...
8: ...appear to be only ephemeral monarchs under the control of a powerful line of [[vizier]]s, and indeed i...
10: ...ty were [[Tao II the Brave]] and [[Kamose]], whom tradition credited with the final defeat of the Hyks... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
20: ... in [[1962]], saying, "I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge...
23: ..., [[1757]]) and Jane Randolph ([[February 20]], [[1720]]–[[March 31]], [[1776]]), both from famili...
25: ... of Independence]], and a source of many other contributions to American political and civil culture. ...
32: ...n Virginia, to say nothing of the rest of the country.
35: ... agricultural nation of [[yeoman]] farmers, in contrast to the vision of [[Alexander Hamilton]], who e... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...uthwestern [[Europe]], and is the westernmost country in continental Europe. Portugal is bordered by [...
5: ...l, and cultural power. The [[Portuguese Empire]] stretched across the world. After the rise of other c...
7: ...ctatorial regime in [[1974]] and the subsequent entry in the [[EEC]] (today's [[European Union]]) in [...
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17: ... decades, the Romans increased their sphere of control. But in [[194 BC]] a rebellion began in the nor... - Spinning Jenny (3557 bytes)
4: ...ves was born in Oswaldtwistle, near Blackburn, in 1720. He received no formal education and was never ta...
10: ...le for filling out the weft of the fabric, using stronger yarn for the warp. Later developments improv...
12: ...e, but produced a number for his own growing industry. The price of yarn fell, angering the large spin... - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
36: *[[Tracey Ullman|Ullman, Tracey]] (born 1959), British-born comedian
38: ...lmann|Ullmann, Liv]], (born 1938), Swedish-born actress
43: *[[Ulrich of Strassburg]], scholastic philosopher
58: ...on|Union, Gabrielle]] (born 1973) United States actress
63: ...meyer|Untermeyer, Louis]], (Treasury of Erotic Poetry) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
10: *[[Thomas Ahearn]], inventor of the electric stove in [[1892]]
13: ...orge Armstrong]] — [[hydraulic crane]], Armstrong breech-loading gun
24: ...rdeen]], (1908-1991) — co-inventor of the [[transistor]]
25: *[[Trevor Baylis]], (1937- ) — [[clockwork radio]...
37: ... Brattain]], (born 1902), US co-inventor of the [[transistor]] - Sicily (18450 bytes)
8: ...of Syracuse|Syracuse]]<br />[[Province of Trapani|Trapani]] |
24: ... divided diagonally yellow over red, with the ''[[trinacria]]'' symbol in the center.
32: ...Islands|Aeolian]] islands to the north are administratively a part of Sicily, as are the [[Aegadian Is...
34: ...l products. The mines of the [[Caltanissetta]] district became a leading sulphur-producing area in the...
36: ==Transport== - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
22: *[[Pietro da Barga]]
33: *[[Treffle Berthlaume]] (1803 - 1884)
57: *[[Machado de Castro]] (1731 - 1822)
190: *[[Pietro Masni]]
195: *[[Ivan Mestrovic|Ivan Meštrović]] (1883 - 1962) - Lute (15915 bytes)
1: ...neck and a deep round back. It evolved from an instrument originally developed in the Middle East, whi...
3: ==Description of the instrument==
5: ...ssance lute. This is a replica of a historical instrument]]
7: ...hich fact — along with the large number of strings — makes lutes tedious if not difficult ...
9: ...titute, with metal windings on the lower-pitched strings as on a classical guitar. - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
33: *[[Anders Ůgstr? ([[Sweden]], [[1814]] – [[1874]])
35: *[[Petrus Apianus]] ([[Germany]], [[1495]] – [[1557...
72: *[[Wilhelm von Biela]] ([[Austria]], [[1782]] – [[1856]])
82: *[[John Gatenby Bolton]] ([[England]], [[Australia]], [[1922]] – [[1993]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
102: *[[David Malet Armstrong]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
185: *[[Bernard of Chartres]], (d. 1130){{fn|C}}
187: *[[Bernard Silvestris]] (or ''Bernard of Tours''), (1147-1178){{fn|R}...
191: *[[Bhartrhari]], (5th century){{fn|R}} - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...alta''' (see below) is the main successor to this tradition.
5: ... [[John the Baptist]], took in Christian pilgrims traveling to visit the birthplace of [[Jesus]]. It w...
9: ... [[Margat]], both located near [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]]. The property of the Order was divided int...
15: ...] surrendered to the knights. They also gained control a number of neighboring islands, as well as the...
19: ... the survivors were allowed to leave Rhodes and retreated to the [[Kingdom of Sicily]]. In exchange, t... - Calico Jack (2810 bytes)
6: ...urn to [[piracy]]. Perhaps in part due to the spectre of mutiny already hanging over their heads, the ...
14: ...e pirate called Mary Read. Whether or not this is true, the two women actually escaped the noose by cl...
16: ...De La Vega]] in [[Jamaica]] on [[November 16]], [[1720]]. He and the remaining members of his crew were ... - Christopher Condent (2308 bytes)
3: ...ember of the crew, who was severely beaten and mistreated, threatened to ignite the ship's powder maga...
9: ...ge [[Arab]] ship, which contained an abundance of treasure and valuables, to the tune of ?150,000. In ...
11: ...nt went on to marry the governor?s sister-in-law, travel to [[France]], settle down with his wife in [... - Germanium (8776 bytes)
27: | 5323 [[kilogram per cubic metre|kg/m<sup>3</sup>]], 6
38: | 125 (125) [[picometre|pm]]
46: | [[Electron configuration]]
49: | [[electron|e<sup>-</sup>]] 's per [[energy level]]
55: | [[Crystal structure]] - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
8: ...shed in Paris, the grandfather being a prosperous tradesman. Nonetheless, throughout his life, Voltai...
10: ... married early; the elder brother, Armand, was a strong [[Jansenism|Jansenist]] and had a poor relatio...
12: ...il;ois' mother, instructed him in ''les belles lettres'' and deism, and the child showed a faculty for...
14: ...s father stopped the affair by procuring a ''[[lettre de cachet]]'', though he never used it.
16: ...t Voltaire lent himself to the duchess' frantic hatred of the regent, [[Philippe II of Orl�ans]], an... - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
3: ...mb|250px|right|Johann Sebastian Bach, [[1748]] portrait by Elias Gottlob Haussmann]]
5: ...tion to nearly every musician in the [[Europe]]an tradition, from [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] t...
11: .... Bach began copying music and playing various instruments at an early age.
13: ..., late one night, when the house was asleep, he retrieved a manuscript (which may have been a collecti...
17: ...s practical experience with the innards of the instrument would provide a unique counterpoint to his u...
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