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- Belgium (31774 bytes)
3: ...plex institutions and [[Politics of Belgium|political history]].
15: ...kground:#f9f9f9;" | [[image:LocationBelgium.png|Location of Belgium]]
19: |'''[[Capital]]''' || [[Brussels]]
36: ... <br> - Total ([[2003]]) <br> - GDP/capita
48: | '''[[List_of_country_calling_codes|Calling Code]]''' || +32 - Democratic Republic of the Congo (21095 bytes)
1: ...dal]] [[Second Congo War]] (known also as the African World War), the deadliest conflict since [[World...
14: image_map = LocationDRCongo.png |
17: capital = [[Kinshasa]] |
37: GDP_PPP_per_capita = 673 |
38: GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 162 | - Flag of Massachusetts (1839 bytes)
3: ...ing the [[Blue Hills]] of [[Canton, Massachusetts|Canton]] and [[Milton, Massachusetts|Milton]]) surro...
5: ..., but had been used unofficially since the [[American Revolution]]. This flag included on its reverse ... - Iowa (24205 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]] |
38: The state is named for the [[Native American]] [[Iowa tribe|Iowa]] people.
48: *Iowa became the 29<sup>th</sup> state in the union on [[Dec...
49: *The [[Chicago and Northwestern]] railroad reached [[Council B...
50: ...ercentage of soldiers serve in the Civil War, per capita, than any other state in the Union, with near... - Kansas (21369 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Topeka, Kansas|Topeka]] |
42: ... [[May 30]], [[1854]] and established the [[Political divisions of the United States|U.S. territories]...
44: ...nd [[1827]]. To travellers enroute to [[Utah]], [[California]], or [[Oregon]], Kansas was a waystop an...
46: ...lowing the war. On [[February 19]], [[1861]] it became the first U.S. state to prohibit all [[alcoholi...
52: ...e]] and [[Alf Landon]], [[Amelia Earhart]], and [[Carrie Nation]]. Famous sport athletes from Kansas i... - Oregon (26551 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Salem, Oregon|Salem]] |
36: ...2/5 of the state is notably rainy; east of the Cascades the climate is much more arid. In fact, on av...
38: ...]}} is also common, but considered incorrect by locals.
41: ...at may be the future for all [[United States|Americans]]: simple living, [[conservation]], and [[urban...
49: ...n's earliest residents were several [[Native American]] tribes, including the [[Bannock (tribe) | Bann... - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
22: *[[Darlene Quaife|Quaife, Darlene]], Canadian writer
30: *[[Don Quarrie|Quarrie, Don]], (born 1951), Jamaican athlete
31: *[[Paul Quarrington|Quarrington, Paul]], Canadian writer
33: *[[Juda Quastel|Quastel, Juda]], British/Canada biochemist
41: *[[Eca de QueirueirEca de]], novelist - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
17: ...bert Uderzo|Uderzo, Albert]], (born 1927), French cartoonist of ''[[Asterix]]'' fame
33: *[[Sabine Ulibarr�libarr�Sabine]], American poet
51: ...(1609-1672), Puritan colonist and soldier in America
59: ...Johnny Unitas|Unitas, Johnny]], (1933-2002), American football player
64: *[[Carl Herman Unthan|Unthan, Carl Herman]], Austrian violinist without hands - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
39: ...hyn|Yascheshyn, Kerri]], ([[1985]] - [[2003]]), [[cancer]] patient
41: *[[Carl Yastrzemski|Yastrzemski, Carl]], (born [[1939]]), [[Baseball Hall of Fame]]
146: *[[Andrew Young|Young, Andrew]], (b. 1932), American civil rights activist & diplomat
148: ...Brigham Young|Young, Brigham]], (1801-1877), American religious leader
149: ...oung|Young, Charles Augustus]], (1834-1908), American astronomer - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...owballs", comets are composed largely of frozen [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane]] and [[water]] with [[d...
7: == Physical characteristics ==
9: ...ails can extend over 150 million km (1 [[Astronomical unit]]) or more.
11: ... omens of deaths of kings or noble men, or coming catastrophes. From ancient sources, such as Chinese ...
13: ...etorbit.png|thumb|400px|Comets have highly elliptical orbits. Note the two distinct tails.]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
13: *[[Pablo Picasso]], ([[1881]]-[[1973]]), Spanish [[Cubism|cubis...
26: *[[Bernard Accama]] ([[1697]]-[[1756]])
57: *[[Carl Andre]] ([[1935]]-)
73: *[[Hendrick Avercamp]] ([[1585]]-[[1634]]) - Claude Monet (4533 bytes)
2: '''Oscar-Claude Monet''' ([[November 14]], [[1840]] &ndas...
6: ...ut upon his contracting typhoid his aunt Madame Lecadre intervened to get him out of the army if he ag...
8: ...Together they shared new approaches to art, which came to be known as [[impressionism]], featuring ope...
10: ...Camille Doncieux]]. Shortly thereafter Doncieux became pregnant and bore their first child, Jean.
15: ... soleil levant)]]'' depicting a [[Le Havre]] landscape. It hung in the first [[impressionist]] exhibit... - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
1: [[Image:Landon-IcarusandDaedalus.jpg|right|thumb|Icarus and Daedalus]]
3: ...ea, killing him. The legend was designed to be a cautionary tale about attempting to reach heaven, si...
5: ...ern planes are controlled by [[computer]]s, which can make planes that were otherwise unflyable able t...
17: ...proofs and examples from nature that such flights can take place without danger, although when the fir...
19: ...ultimately reached a height of 26 m. Ballooning became a major "rage" in Europe in the late [[18th cen... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
5: ==Alphabetical list==
11: *[[Archimedes]], (circa 287 BC-212 BC), [[Greece]]
14: ...d Asselbergs]],(1927 - June, 1996)of the [[Canada|Canadian]] Department of Agriculture — instan...
18: ...bage]], (1791-1871), [[England]] — [[Analytical engine]]
20: ...ekeland]] (1863) - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]] - Timeline of United States history (1900-1929) (8003 bytes)
27: *[[1904]] - [[Panama Canal]] Zone acquired
34: ...g|thumb|Teddy Roosevelt, the Bull Moose, led American progressives in the early 20th century]]
38: *[[1908]] - [[Ford Model T]] appears on market
39: *[[1908]] - [[Root-Takahira agreement]]
40: *[[1908]] - [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] establish... - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...merican [[labor movement]]. Finally, the era was capped by U.S. involvement in [[World War I]].
7: ...ic policies in the defeated region after the war, caused lasting bitterness among Southerners toward t...
9: ...ivil rights of the formerly enslaved African-Americans in the South.
11: ...ter solid [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] gains in the midterm elections, the first Reco...
13: ...se governments were called [[scalawags]]. Republicans took control of all state governorships and sta... - Michigan (29427 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Lansing, Michigan|Lansing]] |
40: ...ation grew slowly until the opening of the [[Erie Canal]] in 1825, which brought large numbers of sett...
57: *[[1701]] [[Antoine de Lamothe Cadillac]], with his lieutenant [[Alphonse de Tonty]...
58: *[[1760]] Detroit was captured by the [[Great Britain|British]].
60: ...is (1783)|Treaty of Paris]] that ended the [[American Revolutionary War]]. The U.S. did not take contr... - Zoology (5641 bytes)
10: ...'logos'' = word) is the [[biology|biological]] [[academic discipline|discipline]] which involves the s...
28: In addition the various taxonomically oriented-disciplines such as [[mammalogy]], [[...
31: == Systems of classification ==
33: ''Main article:'' [[Scientific classification]]
35: ...|Hunter]] and [[Georges Cuvier|Cuvier]], [[anatomical]] study has associated itself with the more supe... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...w Year's Day'', and was, with [[Christmas]] and occasionally [[Twelfth Night (holiday)|Twelfth Night]]...
3: {{JanuaryCalendar}}
6: *[[45 BC]] - The [[Julian calendar]] first takes effect.
8: *[[990]] - Russia adopts the Julian calendar.
10: ...[[1600]] - [[Scotland]] begins using the [[Julian calendar]]. - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
3: ...tall buildings, but it tends to be applied specifically to residential buildings.
5: ...ngs of over six stories were rare. It was impractical to have people walk up so many flights of stairs...
7: ...t) tall. The other development essential to practical skyscraper development was the invention of the ...
9: ...aron Jenney]] designed the first skyscraper in Chicago, The [[Home Insurance Building]]. The ten-story...
11: ...her buildings. Buildings up to about four stories can be supported by their walls, while skyscrapers a...
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