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  1. November 4 (10686 bytes)
    2: ...8th day of the year (309th in [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
    7: ...res [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
    9: ...iam III of England|William, Prince of Orange]]. They would later be known as [[William and Mary]].
    10: ...852]] - [[Count Camillo Benso di Cavour]] became the [[prime minister]] of [[Piedmont (Italy)|Piedmont...
    11: ...Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], [[Washington]] as the Territorial University
  2. Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
    3: ...ory with Nikolay Peyko until 1959, and then with Shebalin until 1963.
    5: ...final examination encouraged her to continue down her "mistaken path".
    7: ...group with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyacheslav Artyomov.
    9: ...a homage to [[T. S. Eliot]], using the text from the poet's spiritual masterpiece ''[[Four Quartets]]'...
    11: ...diptych" on the death and resurrection of Christ, her largest work to date.
  3. Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
    1: ...n Sea]]. Kazakhstan is also a former republic of the now extinct [[Soviet Union]].
    3: ...t its semi-[[desert]]s ([[steppe]]) make it only the 57th country in population, with approximately 6 ...
    9: ...Resp&#363;bl&#299;kasy)<br>&#1056;&#1077;&#1089;&#1087;&#1091;&#1073;&#1083;&#1080;&#1082;&#1072; &#1050...
    49: | '''[[Collapse of the Soviet Union|Independence]]'''&nbsp;- Declared&nb...
    58: | '''[[National anthem]]'''
  4. Papyrus (5819 bytes)
    1: ...pyrus.jpg|thumb|right|Blank papyrus. Close-up of the surface.]]
    2: ...was also widely used throughout the [[History of the Mediterranean| Mediterranean]] region, as well as...
    5: ...as a foodstuff and ''bublos'' for the same plant when used for non-food products, such as cordage, bas...
    7: ...n the [[Egyptian language]] papyrus was known by the terms ''wadj'' [''w3&#7695;''], ''tjufy'' [''&#77...
    10: ...ssure. After drying, the sheet of papyrus is polished with some rounded object, possibly a stone.
  5. Influenza (10335 bytes)
    1: ...ry diseases properly named '''influenza'''. For the digestive-system diseases commonly called "stomac...
    2: ...d flu virions. These were the causative agent of the [[Hong Kong Flu]] pandemic. ]]
    3: ...(or as it is commonly known, '''the flu''' or '''the grippe''') is a contagious
    4: ...gy|astrological]] ''influences'' as the cause of the disease.
    8: There are three types of the virus:
  6. List of popes (77758 bytes)
    2: This is a '''list of Popes of the Roman Catholic Church'''.
    4: ... source counts [[#Notes on numbering of popes|Stephen II]].
    6: ...rovince'' and ''[[Servus Servorum Dei|Servant of the Servants of God]].''
    7: ...overeign]] in the State of the [[Vatican City]] (the [[Holy See]]).
    22: | '''Petrus''', <small>Head of the Church</small>
  7. Seljuk Turks (7657 bytes)
    1: ...sia]], fighting and conquering various tribes on their way to [[Transoxiana]].
    3: ...rusade|Crusaders]] from the West, and conquering the [[Byzantine Empire]].
    5: ...urkish nomads from [[1153]] to [[1156]] and died the following year.
    7: ...beyliks]], which in turn were later conquered by the Ottomans.
    30: [[Kerman province|Kerman]] was a nation in southern Persia. It fell in 1187, probably conquered by ...
  8. List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
    1: The famous [[mathematician]]s are listed below in [[English language...
    7: *[[Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi]] (Arab mathematician, ? - ?)
    9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
    13: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann]] (Germany, [[1896]] - [[1962]])
    29: *[[Alexander Anderson (mathematician)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]]...
  9. List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
    38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], [[1799]] &nda...
    41: *[[Svante Arrhenius]] ([[Sweden]], [[1859]] &ndash; [[1927]])
    42: ... (Al-Zarqali)]] (Muslim Spain, [[1028]] &ndash; [[1087]])
    68: *[[Wilhelm Beer]] ([[Germany]], [[1797]] &ndash; [[1850]])
    71: *[[Friedrich Bessel|Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel]] ([[Germany]], [[1784]] &ndash; [[1846]...
  10. Rail transport (15539 bytes)
    3: ...ividual powered or unpowered vehicles linked together).
    8: ... cent piece. This is more comfortable than most other forms of land transport and saves energy.
    9: ...llowing significantly greater loads per [[axle]]/wheel than in [[road transport]].
    11: Rail transport is also one of the safest modes of transport, and also makes a highl...
    13: ..., [[South Korea]], [[Japan]], [[China]], and elsewhere.
  11. William I of England (8753 bytes)
    7: ...f Hastings]] in 1066 in what has become known as the [[Norman Conquest]].
    9: ...of William has been found. In the patriotic print he is wearing [[plate armour]] that was invented gen...
    12: ...thelred the Unready]] and later of King [[Canute the Great|Canute]].
    14: ...defeating the rebel Norman barons at [[Caen]] in the [[Battle of Val-賭Dunes]] in [[1047]].
    16: ...w in [[Seine-Maritime]]). He was 26, she was 22. Their marriage produced four sons and six daughters (...
  12. Mormon Trail (35249 bytes)
    1: ...the United States [[National Trails System]], as the '''Mormon Pioneer [[National Historic Trail]]'''.
    4: ...e [[History of the Latter Day Saint movement]]). They were finally forced to abandon Nauvoo in [[1846]...
    6: ...citizens of Nauvoo set out to find a new home in the West.<ref>Hartley.</ref>
    8: ==The Trek West==
    10: ... felt the isolated [[Great Basin]] would provide the Saints with many advantages.
  13. Easter (31700 bytes)
    2: ...-33. (''Easter'' can also refer to the season of the church year, lasting for fifty days, which follow...
    4: ...perhaps for theological reasons). This would put the Last Supper slightly before Passover.
    6: ...s a remnant of this fertility festival, although there is no hard evidence of any link.
    57: ... in a few states, all of which had dropped it by the [[1980s]].
    59: ... not identical&mdash;to the [[Hebrew Calendar]]. The precise date of Easter has often been a matter fo...
  14. Samoyed (dog) (2738 bytes)
    1: ...ble displayed on the page. Scroll down to get to the main text --->
    13: |Samoiedska&#1087;a Sobaka
    25: |[http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:QGiVoGcBTOIJ:www.fci.be/uploaded_files/212gb99_en...
    36: |[http://www.the-kennel-club.org.uk/discoverdogs/pastoral/p1049.ht...
    43: ...their owners warm at night by sleeping on top of them.
  15. List of Byzantine Emperors (11779 bytes)
    3: ... the Byzantines themselves continued to think of their empire as "Roman" for over a millennium.
    6: *[[Constantine I (emperor)|Constantine I]] the Great (AD 272 - 337, ruled [[306]] - [[337]])
    8: ...[[363]]) &ndash; son in-law of Constantine I, brother-in-law and first cousin of Constantius II, grand...
    13: ==Valentinian-Theodosian dynasty==
    14: ...Valens]] (328-378, ruled [[364]] - [[378]]) - brother of [[Western Roman Emperor]] [[Valentinian I]]
  16. Santa Claus (16146 bytes)
    3: ...s part of the [[Christmas]] tradition throughout the [[English language|English]] speaking world as we...
    5: ...tern Orthodox]] tradition, he visits children on the [[New Year's Day]] and is identified with [[Saint...
    7: ==The story==
    8: ..., [[Greenland]], or [[Caesarea_Mazaca|Caesarea]] when identified as [[Saint Basil]]; [[traditions]] va...
    10: ... reality improves and older children disillusion them.
  17. Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
    2: <!-- skip past this infobox to the text -->
    33: ...g|thumb|300px|The [[Neva]] river has been called the main street of St Petersburg]]
    36: ...va at the east end of the [[Gulf of Finland]] on the [[Baltic Sea]].
    38: ...rgest city, a major European cultural center and the most important Russian Baltic Sea port.
    40: ...080;&#1094;&#1072;). <!-- translator paraphrasing here from de: -->
  18. Temperature (22519 bytes)
    1: ...s a measure of the average [[kinetic energy]] of the particles in a sample of matter.
    4: ...ormal properties of temperature are studied in [[thermodynamics]].
    6: ...dditional discussion of the various mechanisms of heat transfer).
    8: ...increase in the rate of movement of the atoms in the system.
    10: ...rties]], and depend on the amount of material in the system.
  19. Gemstone (7411 bytes)
    1: ...[collectible]] or can be used in [[jewellery]]. Others are organic, such as [[amber]] ([[fossil]]ised ...
    3: ...um. The biggest pebble here is 40 mm long (1.6 inches).]]
    5: ...ave a cubic crystal system are often found as octahedrons.
    7: ...llow), and morganite (pink) are all varieties of the mineral species [[beryl]].
    9: ...action]] to a degree and have an [[optic sign]]. They may have a certain [[luminescence]] and a distin...
  20. Green alga (4059 bytes)
    13: ... In the [[Charales]], the closest relatives of higher plants, full differentiation of tissues occurs.
    15: ...resumably acquired from ingested green algae, in the latter case retaining a vestigial nucleus (nucleo...
    18: ...species are often found living in nature without the algae.
    20: ...the basal green algae, called [[prasinophyte]]s. The remaining forms are usually classified as follows...
    33: ... include all the green algae, but taken as above they appear to form a monophyletic group.

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