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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...[Panama]] to the south-southeast. Since the civil war of 1948 that brought [[List of Presidents of Cos...
27: | [[Abel Pacheco]]
29: ...'''[[Area]]'''<br /> - Total <br /> - % water
65: ...erritory of [[New Spain]]. The provincial capital was in [[Cartago, Costa Rica|Cartago]].
67: ...ica|San Jos靝. From the [[1840s]] on, Costa Rica was an independent nation. - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
17: *[[Roald Amundsen]], (1872-1928), [[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first ...
131: ...lls]] and the [[Saint Anthony Falls]] (the only [[waterfall]] on the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]...
134: *[[Sir Edmund Hillary]], with [[Tenzing Norgay]] was the first person to the summit of [[Mount Everes...
191: *[[Tenzing Norgay]], with [[Sir Edmund Hillary]] was the first person to the summit of [[Mount Everes...
210: ...entury]] [[Portuguese]] explorer and adventurer, was among the first [[Europeans]] to reach [[Japan]]... - List of maritime explorers (2541 bytes)
86: *[[Abel Tasman]]
99: *[[Samuel Wallis]] - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
22: *[[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
64: *[[Clarke Abel|Abel, Clarke]], (1780-1826), English surgeon and natur...
65: *[[Frederick Augustus Abel|Abel, Frederick Augustus]] (1827-1902), chemist
66: *[[John Jacob Abel|Abel, John Jacob]] (1857-1938), pharmacologist
67: *[[Karl Friedrich Abel|Abel, Karl Friedrich]], (1723-1787), German composer - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
7: ...ifteen. Billie Holiday's parents married when she was three, but they soon divorced, leaving her to be...
9: ...eatening to tell his then-girlfriend that Holiday was his daughter.
14: ... with [[Benny Goodman]]; her first-ever recording was "Your Mother's Son-In-Law" ([[1933]]).
16: It was around this time that Holiday had her first succ...
20: ...aying "I've lived songs like that". Even when she was young and singing trivial pop songs, her unique ... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
2: ...y [[God]]. Adam's mate, '''Eve''' (or '''Hawa''') was either created from his [[rib]] (Genesis 2.21-22...
13: ...was absolutely the first man whom God created. He was formed out of the dust of the earth (hence his n...
15: ... chapters two and three. After his creation, Adam was placed in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it, an...
17: ...language|Hebrew]]: ''Chava'' "life"), because she was the mother of all living. Being induced by the [...
20: ...om the time [[Jesus]] was born, the flaming sword was removed from the Garden of Eden, making it possi... - Rhododendron (3464 bytes)
26: ...eaves). Type: ''Rhododendron degronianum'' [[Elie-Abel Carri貥|Carr.]]
32: ...e mountains of [[Indo-China]], [[Japan]] and [[Taiwan]].
36: ...s also the [[state flower]] of the US states of [[Washington]] and [[West Virginia]], and the state of... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
10: <tr><td>'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Greenway, Virginia]]</td></tr>
21: ... States|President]] of the [[United States]]. He was the second President born after the signing of t...
25: John Tyler was born the son of John Tyler (1747-1813) and Mary ...
27: ...ed [[United States Whig Party|Whig Party]], Tyler was elected [[Vice President of the United States|Vi...
29: ...ely [[Acting President]], and as the Constitution was not explicit on that aspect of succession (until... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: The so-called '''Age of Exploration''' was a period from the early [[15th century]] and con...
3: ... and shipbuilding. The most important development was the invention of first the [[Carrack]] and then ...
6: ...|This map, made by Arab geographer [[al-Idrisi]], was one of the most accurate world maps prior to the...
7: ...s as the trade between Europe and the Middle East was almost completely controlled by traders from the...
9: ...ey was written up as ''[[Travels]]'' and the work was read throughout Europe. - Zimbabwe (16088 bytes)
1: ... bordered by [[South Africa]] to the south, [[Botswana]] to the west, [[Zambia]] to the north and [[Mo...
24: | '''[[Area]]'''<br> - Total<br> - % water || [[List of countries by area|Ranked 59th]]<b...
28: ...clared<br/> - Recognised|| [[Rhodesian Civil War]]<br>''(as Rhodesia)'' [[November 11|Nov. 11]], ...
48: ...by the [[Ndebele]], led by king [[Mzilikazi]] who was fleeing [[Shaka]] and his [[Zulu]] during the [[...
54: Southern Rhodesia was adminstered by Rhodes' BSAC before becoming a se... - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
17: WaterArea = 1,809 |
18: PCWater = 12.6 |
36: ...the wealthiest states in the country. Connecticut was one of the [[13 colonies|thirteen colonies]] tha...
38: [[USS Connecticut|USS ''Connecticut'']] was named in honor of this state.
43: ...urrent constitution]], the third for Connecticut, was adopted in [[1965]]. The traditional abbreviatio... - Mathematics (24164 bytes)
7: ...y that they fill the hands of exactly one person, was a breakthrough in human thought.
10: ...counting and arithmetic without [[writing]] and a way of [[numeral system|writing numbers]]. Perhaps ...
15: ...ics]] as opposed to [[pure mathematics]]. In this way applied mathematics is an indispensable tool.
17: ...ten, it has happened that pure mathematics, which was considered only of interest to mathematics, has ...
23: ...e. To prevent this from happening, mathematicians wanted their theorems to follow mechanically from a ... - Jimmy Carter (33280 bytes)
17: | vicepresident=[[Walter Mondale]]
19: ...[[1924]]), [[United States|American]] politician, was the 39th [[President of the United States|Presid...
21: ... rates reached their highest levels since [[World War II]] as the administration froze domestic oil pr...
26: ...ouraged young Jimmy to read [[War and Peace]]; he was disappointed to find that there were no [[cowboy...
28: ...rter Spann]] ([[1926]]-[[1990]]), was low-key and was famous for collecting and riding [[Harley Davids... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
3: ...], in which its main shorelines were mapped. Cook was also a [[cartographer|map maker]].
7: ...hire]], near the town of [[Middlesbrough]]. Cook was one of five children born to Grace and James, Sr...
8: ...n collier in 1755 on the eve of the [[Seven Years War]] to start again at the lowest level in the Brit...
12: ...ed a talent for [[surveying]] and cartography and was responsible for mapping much of the entrance to ...
18: ... precise [[scientific instrument]]s, there was no way to accurately measure it. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
8: *[[Abu'l-Wafa]] (Iran, [[940]] - [[998]])
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
27: *[[Al-Khwarizmi|Abu Ja'far Muhammad Ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi]] (Persia, [[780]] - [[850]])
113: *[[Thomas Bradwardine]] (English, c. [[1290]] - [[1349]])
120: *[[Viggo Brun]] (Norway, [[1885]] - [[1978]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
175: *[[Walter Benjamin]], (1892-1940){{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
195: *[[Harry Binswanger]], (born 1944)
238: *[[Thomas Bradwardine]], (c. 1290-1349){{fn|R}} - Berlin Wall (23423 bytes)
1: ...0px|right|Berlin Wall on November 16, 1989|Berlin Wall on [[November 16]][[1989]]]]
3: ...ilt in [[1961]] and fortified over the years, but was opened to unrestricted transit on [[November 9]]...
7: ...f the city under their control. The Soviet sector was by far the largest and contained the traditional...
9: ... monthly basis. As the early phases of the [[Cold War]] unfolded, tensions between the Soviets and the...
11: ...y East Germany. West Berlin's precarious position was a key factor in the decision to make [[Bonn]] th... - Ethel and Julius Rosenberg (17212 bytes)
3: ...ormed the specific acts of espionage for which he was convicted). Specifically, the couple were charge...
7: Julius Rosenberg was born on [[May 12]], [[1918]] in [[New York]]. He...
9: ... [[September 28]], [[1915]] in [[New York]]. She was an aspiring actress and singer, but eventually t...
11: ...c to communism (or the Soviet Union's role in the War) and did not feel that the USA should have a mon...
13: ..., [[Morton Sobell]], fled to [[Mexico City]], but was later deported to the United States for trial. - Daniel Webster (10835 bytes)
3: .... Famed for his ability as an [[orator]], Webster was one of the most important figures in [[Politics ...
7: ...gnition of his service in the [[French and Indian War]]). His parents were [[poverty|poor]], but dedic...
9: ...ild Daniel had a deep fear of public speaking and was unable to conquer his fear sufficiently to deliv...
11: ...acticed the art of public speaking. So successful was he at overcoming his fears that shortly after hi...
17: ...ives]] on the strength of his opposition to the [[War of 1812]]. He served two terms in the House befo... - Pacific Ocean (14615 bytes)
3: ...nand Magellan]]) is the world's largest body of [[water]]. It encompasses a third of the [[Earth]]'s s...
9: ... by [[earthquake]]s. [[Tsunami]]s, caused by underwater earthquakes, have devastated many islands and ...
18: ...[phillipsite]]. Pelagic sediments derived from seawater include pelagic red clays and the skeletal rem...
24: == Water characteristics ==
26: ...ity is also low, because little evaporation of seawater takes place in these areas.
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