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- Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...th higher carbon content than this are known as [[cast iron|iron]].
5: ...d alloys that can be [[plasticity (physics)|plastically]] formed (pounded, rolled, etc.).
8: ...ults in an alloy containing too much carbon to be called steel.
11: ...ub>3</sub>C. Cementite forms in regions of higher carbon content while other areas revert to ferrite a...
13: ...t cell structure to austenite, and identical chemical composition. As such, it requires extremely lit... - Eleonora di Arborea (2091 bytes)
5: ...nora d'Arborea''' (or Eleanora di Arboria ?) (c [[1350]] - [[1404]]) was a [[Sardinia|Sardinian]] ''giud...
7: ...her infant son Frederick, who as next male heir became the official monarch of Arborea.
11: ...in force in Sardinia until [[Italy|Italian]] unification in 1861. - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
6: ...enerally rare and had to be imported from other locations.
11: ... Hammurabi. The head has the wide open eyes, typical of the time period.
13: ...visible if viewed from the side. The piece was excavated at [[Nimrud]] (in northern [[Mesopotamia]]),...
16: ...lette, which was used for mixing eye make-up, was carved in relief, and portrayed the victory of [[Upp...
18: ...he most famous is the [[Great Sphinx of Giza]], located near the pyramids. It is about 60 feet high a... - Blast furnace (4721 bytes)
1: ...n]] does not take place only at the surface. Typically this is used for the production of [[pig iron]...
4: ...]] at Lapphyttan, sometime between [[1150]] and [[1350]]. It is unclear whether the blast furnace was i...
6: ...uel made blast furnace-based iron smelting significantly less expensive.
9: ...the middle of the mixture. The results of this localized burning was a liquid that sank to the bottom...
15: ...], reacting chemically to produce pure iron and [[carbon dioxide]], which leaks out of the furnace at ... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...lic of Portugal'') is a [[democratic republic]] located on the west and southwest parts of the [[Iberi...
5: ...centuries]], Portugal was a major economic, political, and cultural power. The [[Portuguese Empire]] s...
7: ... social and economic progress in the subsequent decades, with a clear slow-down in the last few years.
15: ...Douro]] and [[Tagus]] rivers, and the [[Gallaecia|Callaeci]] who lived north of the Douro river among ...
17: ...s of [[Culture of Ancient Rome|Romanization]] was carried out, leading [[Lusitania]] to gain [[Latin R... - Cotton (7876 bytes)
2: ...], a [[shrub]] native to the tropical and subtropical regions of both the [[Old World]] and the [[New ...
4: ...es of natural springs. When the cotton boll (seed case) is opened the fibers dry into flat, twisted, r...
9: ...nce that people in South America and India domesticated different species of cotton independently thou...
13: ...nt-borne sheep. [[John Mandeville]], writing in [[1350]], stated as fact the now-preposterous belief: "T...
15: ...regions in [[Africa]], [[Eurasia]] and [[the Americas]]. - Ra (2793 bytes)
2: ...rief suspension during the time of [[Akhenaten]] (1350-1334 BC) when [[monotheism|monotheistic]] worship...
4: ...m]] evolved into a god of the setting sun, Atum became considered an aspect of Ra. [[Khepri]], the les...
8: ...clipse]]s, and difficulty in doing so was said to cause bad [[weather]].
12: ...y decided he missed her, but she changed into a [[cat]] that destroyed any man or god that approached.... - Aelianus Tacticus (2273 bytes)
3: ...an was the real author of most of Arrian's ''Tactica'', and that the ''Taktike Theoria'' is a later re... - Mercury (planet) (22924 bytes)
3: ...on one side of the Sun and then the other. It was called [[Hermes]] when in the evening sky, but was k...
7: ==Physical characteristics==
12: ...urprisingly, radar observations taken in 1992 indicated that there is [[freezing|frozen]] [[water]] [[...
16: ...earlier terrain. In addition, Mercury has "significant" [[tidal bulge]]s, raised by the [[Sun]] (the S...
24: ..., ''i.e.'' [[escarpment|scarps]] - see [[List of scarps on Mercury]] - Giovanni Boccaccio (10149 bytes)
1: ...vanni_Boccaccio.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Giovanni Boccaccio]]
2: ...' and his [[poetry|poems]] in the vernacular. Boccaccio's characters are notable for their era in tha...
5: ...lace of birth is more likely to have been in [[Tuscany]], perhaps in [[Certaldo]], the town of his fat...
7: ...] and benefitted from his influence as lover of [[Catherine of Valois]], later counsellor to Queen Joa...
9: ...gi da San Sepolcro. In the 1330s Boccaccio also became a father, two illegitimate children of his were... - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
5: ...ies. It is often viewed as one of the most significant conflicts in [[medieval warfare]].
8: ...ct can be found 400 years earlier when Frankish [[Carolingian]] ruler [[Charles the Simple]] allowed t...
13: ...p III of Navarre|Philip, count of Evreux]], who became [[List of Navarrese monarchs|king consort Phili...
17: ...ng the English lords of Aquitaine, many of whom became sympathizers of [[Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of M...
19: ...nfant daughter yet to be born. The senior line of Capetian dynasty had ended in [[tail male]], creatin... - History of astronomy (13532 bytes)
2: ...cultures around the world using the raw, astronomical data collected.
8: ... [[Stonehenge]]) probably fulfilled both astronomical and [[religion|religious]] [[social function|fun...
10: ...y. [[Julius Caesar]] instigated [[Julian calendar|calendar reform]] and created the [[leap year]].
14: ...e case around 4500 BC. Fire altars, with astronomical basis, have been found in the third millennium c...
18: ...t on [[Vedic astrology]] that has been dated to [[1350 BC]], was written by [[Lagadha]]. - Nubia (8928 bytes)
9: ...sided by herding [[sheep]], [[goat]]s, and some [[cattle]]. It is known from its distinctive burial r...
11: ...e causes of this is uncertain, but it was perhaps caused by Egyptian invasions and pillaging that bega...
15: ... the [[Kingdom of Kerma]], named for its presumed capital at [[Kerma (city)|Kerma]]. When Egyptian po...
23: ...[Nubian languages|Nubian]] language group has indicated that the Nile-Nubian languages must have split...
26: ...victory in a [[Greek language|Greek]] inscription carved in the wall of the temple of Talmis (modern [... - Des Moines, Iowa (13222 bytes)
2: ...[Image:IowaStateCapitol.jpg|thumb|300px|The State Capitol of Iowa, featuring its golden dome.]]
4: ...demwan/}}]] in [[French language|French]]) is the capital city of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Iowa]], whic...
5: ...-moines.ia.us/departments/AC/Information/AChistoricalinfo.htm]
8: Des Moines is located in the south central part of the state. The [[...
10: ...]], Equitable of Iowa, Allied Insurance, and American Republic Insurance Company. - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
34: *[[Pierre d'Ailly]], (1350-1420){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
65: *[[Ammonius Saccas]], (3rd century){{fn|C}}
80: *[[Anselm of Canterbury|Anselm]], (1034-1109){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn...
81: *[[Antiochus of Ascalon]], (c. 130-68 BC){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}} - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: ...people were not fully unified into a single political unit until the late 19th century, they exerted i...
5: ...h;1918 was often known as the second Reich to indicate its descent from the medieval empire. By the sa...
7: ... the Roman-Germanic period and ends with the Unification of the two Germanys in [[1990]]. For further ...
15: ...ius Quinctilius Varus]] was defeated by the Cheruscan leader [[Arminius]] (Hermann) in the [[Battle of...
21: ...AD the Franks defeated the Alemanni, accepted the Catholic faith and so gained the support of the Chur... - Mycenaean Greece (6175 bytes)
2: ...cenaean period takes its name from the archaeological site [[Mycenae]] in the northeastern [[Argolid]]...
8: ...eek language|Greek]]. The Mycenaean era script is called [[Linear B]].
10: ...and some of the nobility underwent [[mummy|mummification]].
12: ...reek people, the [[Dorians]], although the historical validity of this theory is now doubted.
18: ...rne Furumark]] based on the material from the [[excavation]]s of [[Asine]]. He provided a list of pott... - Iron (23778 bytes)
19: <td>[[Chemical series]] </td><td>[...
24: <td>[[Density]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]] </td>
34: <td>[[Atomic radius]] (calc.) </td><td>140 (156) [[...
48: ...span="2" align="center" bgcolor="#ffc0c0">'''Physical properties'''</th></tr>
61: ... </td><td>7.05 [[Pascal|Pa]] at 1808 K</td></tr> - Krypton (9031 bytes)
18: | [[Chemical series]]
24: | [[Density]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]]
35: | [[Atomic radius]] (calc.)
56: ..." bgcolor="#c0ffff" | '''<font color="green">Physical properties'''</font>
85: | 3.00 ([[Pauling scale]]) - First Crusade (34670 bytes)
2: ...velled over land and by sea towards Jerusalem and captured the city in July [[1099]], establishing the...
5: ...er in the [[Middle Ages]]. The breakdown of the [[Carolingian empire]] in previous centuries, combined...
7: ...l actively fighting Islamic strongholds in [[Majorca]] and [[Sardinia]], freeing the coasts of Italy a...
9: ...ed to the general public the idea of a Crusade to capture the Holy Land with the famous words: "God wi...
12: ...ypt were all under Muslim control, but were politically and, to some extent, culturally fragmented at ...
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