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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...h [[Medieval]] Welsh texts often call him ''amerauder'' ("[[emperor]]").
5: ...his power and the extent and kind of power he wielded continues to rage.
7: ...Geoffrey Ashe and Leon Fleuriot, have argued for identifying Arthur with a certain [[Riothamus]], "Kin...
9: ...ing the historical career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to be little ...
11: ...eves that Arthur is a half-forgotten Celtic deity devolved into a personage (citing sometimes a suppos... - Billie Jean King (2811 bytes)
1: ...ach, California]], [[United States]], she is considered to be one of the greatest tennis players and f...
3: ...rence King and since then has been better known under her husband's family name.
5: ... billed as '''''The Battle of the Sexes''''', she defeated 55-year-old [[Bobby Riggs]] on [[September ...
7: ...ernational Tennis Hall of Fame]] in [[Newport, Rhode Island]] in [[1987]]. In [[1990]], [[Life magazin...
9: ...of several [[AIDS]] charities. King currently resides in New York and Seattle. Her brother, [[Randy Mo... - King protea (1245 bytes)
2: ... Protea-Protea cynaroides.jpg|250px|Protea cynaroides]] | caption = }}
10: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''cynaroides'''''}}
12: ...olor = lightgreen | binomial_name = Protea cynaroides | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]}}
15: ... largest member of the [[Protea]] genus. It is widely distributed in the southwestern and southern pa... - Martin Luther King Day (1734 bytes)
5: ...dent [[Ronald Reagan]] signed a bill creating a federal holiday to honor King. It was observed for the...
7: ...ed in all 50 U.S. states. The day is marked by [[demonstration]]s for [[peace]], [[social justice]] a...
9: Although the day is a federal holiday and a state holiday in all states, it ... - Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (4677 bytes)
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18: ...e.com/search?q=cache:lCEb6oNH9JcJ:www.fci.be/uploaded_files/136gb98_en.doc+site:www.fci.be+%22136+/+06...
21: ...ww.akc.org/breeds/cavalier_king_charles_spaniel/index.cfm Stds]
27: |[http://www.canadasguidetodogs.com/toys/cavalier_std.htm Stds]
39: ...small [[dog breed|breed]] of [[dog]] usually considered one of the [[toy dog]] breeds. - William R. King (5588 bytes)
1: [[image:WilliamRufusKing.jpg|right|William Rufus de Vane King]]
3: ...erson to occupy that office without becoming President ([[John Tyler]] was the shortest-serving, with ...
7: ... [[1844]], when he resigned. He served as [[President pro tempore of the United States Senate]] durin...
9: ...ation formalizing the prior resolution officially designating King County's name to be in honor of Rev...
13: ...ncy." The theory is controversial and a source of debate among Buchanan and King historians. Historia... - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (1618 bytes)
5: ...dent [[Ronald Reagan]] signed a bill creating a federal holiday to honor King. It was observed for the...
7: ...ed in all 50 U.S. states. The day is marked by [[demonstration]]s for [[peace]], [[social justice]] a...
9: Although the day is a federal holiday and a state holiday in all states, it ... - King Charles Spaniel (2336 bytes)
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28: |[http://www.akc.org/breeds/english_toy_spaniel/index.cfm AKC]
34: |[http://www.canadasguidetodogs.com/englishtoy.htm CKC]
50: ...n that era the breed more closely resembled the modern [[Cavalier King Charles Spaniel]] than contempo...
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- Hanging Gardens of Babylon (4963 bytes)
1: ...[image:ogrody_semiramidy.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Gardens of Semiramis, 20th century interpretation]]
3: ...[[Babylon]] were considered one of the [[Seven Wonders of the World]]. They were both supposedly buil...
5: ...t completely substantiate what look like fanciful descriptions.
7: ... possible use of something similar to an [[Archimedes' screw]] as a process of raising the water to th...
8: ...'s History of the Ancients program The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. --> - Lighthouse of Alexandria (3491 bytes)
1: ...it resided), was considered one of the [[Seven Wonders of the World]].
3: ... BC and remained operational until it was largely destroyed by two [[earthquake]]s in the 14th century...
5: ...e Pharos of Alexandria, an ancient lighthouse, is depicted in this hand-coloured engraving by Martin H...
7: ...s built of blocks of white stone. The tower was made up of three stages, a lower square with a central...
9: ...ver, this is highly unlikely due to the lack of modern optics and reflective technology in the time pe... - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: ...eiro. For the state with the same name, see [[Rio de Janeiro (state)]].''
3: [[Image:Rio_de_Janeiro-Ipanema_Beach.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|I...
4: [[Image:Redentor.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Cristo Redentor]]]]
5: ...lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro]]
7: ...] celebration. It also has the biggest forest inside an urban region, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval ...
9: *[[Afonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] na...
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...any were eventually assimilated into the Chinese identity. These cultural and political influences fro...
7: ...ultural center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically significant of those ...
11: ...s such as [[Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[Chin...
14: ...ished during the [[Xia Dynasty]], and that this model was perpetuated in the successor [[Shang Dynasty...
15: ...ming_tombs.jpg |thumb|left|Ming Tombs. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar... - Mesopotamia (2719 bytes)
2: ...ding lowland territories bounded by the [[Arabian Desert]] to the west and south, the [[Persian Gulf]]...
6: ...eoples who threatened or invaded these lands include the [[Hittites]] and the [[Elamite Empire|Elamite...
18: Early cities in this region include:
19: ...:Mesopotamia_2.jpg|thumb|350px|Writing|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
27: ** [[Agade]] - Persepolis (15450 bytes)
6: ...eyond dispute at least since the time of [[Pietro della Valle]].
8: ...nd one of those at ''Nakshi Rustam'' is expressly declared in its inscription to be the tomb of [[Dari...
12: ...ngs buried at ''Nakshi Rustam'' are probably, besides Darius, [[Xerxes I]], [[Artaxerxes I]] and [[Dar...
18: ...he city until it was taken and plundered by Alexander the Great.
20: ...es of having been destroyed by fire. The locality described by Diodorus after [[Cleitarchus]] correspo... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...h [[Medieval]] Welsh texts often call him ''amerauder'' ("[[emperor]]").
5: ...his power and the extent and kind of power he wielded continues to rage.
7: ...Geoffrey Ashe and Leon Fleuriot, have argued for identifying Arthur with a certain [[Riothamus]], "Kin...
9: ...ing the historical career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to be little ...
11: ...eves that Arthur is a half-forgotten Celtic deity devolved into a personage (citing sometimes a suppos... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...ached the [[Americas]] on October 12th [[1492]] under the flag of [[Castile|Castilian]] [[Spain]]. He ...
2: ...Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
3: ... time accepted that the earth was round. The main debate was over whether it would be possible to get ...
5: ...first voyage from all of these: less than two decades later, the existence of America was known to the...
7: Columbus landed in the [[Bahamas]] and later explored much of th... - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: '''Jacques Cartier''' ([[December 31]], [[1491]] – [[September 1]] [[15...
5: ...d his social status in 1520 by marrying Catherine des Granches, member of a leading ship-owning family...
9: ...ere victims of an epidemic ashore, he may be considered one of the most conscientious explorers of the...
13:
17: ... The site of their arrival has been confidently identified as the beginning of the Sainte-Marie sault... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...orer]], whose account documents his travels and side-excursions over a period of almost thirty years, ...
4: His name may alternatively be rendered '''ibn Batuta''', '''ibn Batuda''' or '''ibn B...
6: ...lated as ''A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Travelling'', but ...
10: ==The Hajj (with detours)==
11: ...eadth of the Muslim world, and beyond (about 44 modern countries). - Puritan (15882 bytes)
1: ...mbers of a group of radical [[Protestants]] which developed in [[England]] after the [[Reformation]].
4: ...list]]": Puritanism was a movement rather than a denomination.
5: ...at "Puritan" was most often used by opponents and detractors of the group, rather than by the practiti...
8: ...nacceptably subservient to politics. Persecuted under [[Mary I of England]] ("Bloody Mary"), Protestan...
10: ...ble|biblical]] supremacy, and they shared, to one degree or another, a belief in the [[priesthood of a... - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
13: 7) Tuning Slide<br>
16: ...the bag by a stock, a small, usually wooden, cylinder which is tied into the bag and which the pipe it...
18: ...le chanters with a conical bore will produce a louder and brighter sound.
20: ...imes the term is also somewhat mistakenly used to describe the general sound produced by a bagpipe.
23: ...bag and combining it with a chanter and inflation device seems to have originated with various ethnic ... - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...e [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
3: ...nding on one's point of view, modern China can be described as a single [[civilization]] or multiple c...
5: ...of China]] in [[1912]]; however the next four decades were marred by warlordism, the [[Second Sino-Jap...
7: ...utes on [[Chinese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
14: ...of China at the centre of her known world, surrounded by lesser tributary states. - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
8: ...Moscow]] China Town taken by [[Russia]]n troops under command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozharski|Dmitr...
10: ...[[Kingdom of Sardinia|Sardinia]], which soon expanded to become [[Italy]].
12: ...bombard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: ... Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Grover Cleveland]] defeats [[United States Republican Party|Republican]... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
4: ...bacha|Abacha, Sani]], (1943-1998), [[List of Presidents of Nigeria|dictator]] of [[Nigeria]] (1993-199...
9: *[[Abati]] ''aka'' Niccolo Dell'Abbato, (1512-1571), artist
50: *[[Abd-el-Kader]], (circa 1807-1883), Emir of Mascara
52: ... Abdo|Abdo, Hussam]], (born 1989), Palestine suicide bomber
55: *[[`Abdu'l-Bah, (died 1921), religious leader - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
5: ...1890-1947), Lieutenant general and Japanese commander in [[New Guinea]]
16: *[[Adam of Chillenden]], Archbishop of Canterbury
26: ...s|Adamkus, Valdas]], (born 1926), Lithuanian president
27: *[[Adamnan]], (625-704), Irish religious leader
35: *[[Alvin Adams|Adams, Alvin]] (1804-1877), founder of [[Adams Express]] - List of people by name: Ae (1061 bytes)
3: *[[Aedesius]], (died 355), [[Neoplatonist]] philosopher - List of people by name: Af (1105 bytes)
9: *[[Denis Auguste Affre|Affre, Denis Auguste]], (1793-1848), archbishop of [[Paris]... - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...den Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Canadian Orders.)]]
9: ...f state in the world, after King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] of Thailand.
14: ...eft|"Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover of ''Time'' in 1929, at age three.]]
15: ... of her paternal great-grandmother [[Alexandra of Denmark|Queen Alexandra]] and grandmother Queen Mary...
17: ...t the time of her birth, she was third in the [[Order of succession to the British throne|line of succ...
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