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- Earthquake (13859 bytes)
1: ...ur in the interior of the lithospheric plates are called [[intraplate earthquake]]s.
4: ...and cause no damage(those less than 5 on ritcher scale).
5: ...uakes shaking is the dominant and most widespread cause of damage.
9: | [[image:EarthquakeFreewayCa1989.jpg|thumb|200px|none|Section of collapsed fre...
11: ...ume of sound than a smaller one, large faults are capable of higher magnitude earthquakes than smaller... - Pope Silvester II (8276 bytes)
1: ...r II''', known as '''''Gerbert d'Aurillac''''' (''ca''. [[940s|950]] – [[May 12]], [[1003]]), wa...
7: ...ms]] where he was soon appointed a teacher in the cathedral school by [[Adalberon, archbishop of Reims...
9: When Otto II became [[Holy Roman Emperor]] in [[983]], he appointed...
11: ...pet]]. Capet became king of France, ending the [[Carolingian]] line of kings.
13: ...a natural candidate for his succession, but Hugh Capet appointed [[Arnulf]], an illegitimate son of [... - Hittites (17910 bytes)
5: ...non-Indo-European language — conventionally called [[Hattic language|Hattic]].
7: ... the two peoples to be the same, but this identification is still disputed.
11: ==Archaeological discovery==
12: The first archaeological evidence for the Hittites appeared in tablets fo...
14: ...ith the biblical Hittites. Sayce's identification came to be widely accepted over the course of the ea... - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
4: official_name = San Francisco, California |
6: image_flag = Us-ca-sf.png |
8: image_map = California map showing San Francisco County.png |
9: ...cation of the City and County of San Francisco in California |
28: website = http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/ | - Ronald Reagan (52721 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
7: | preceded=[[Jimmy Carter]]
13: ...ath=[[Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California | Bel-Air, California]]
15: | party=[[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
19: ...([[1967]]–[[1975]]). Reagan was also a broadcaster, [[actor]], and head of the [[Screen Actor's ... - Calvin Coolidge (18374 bytes)
3: ...ion><font size="+1">'''Calvin Coolidge'''</font></caption>
16: ...'</td><td>[[United States Republican Party|Republican]]</td></tr>
21: '''John Calvin Coolidge, Jr.''' ([[July 4]], [[1872]] &ndash...
25: ... cracking a smile and with his usual seriousness, Calvin answered, "No, but I find it mighty handy."[h...
27: ...e?assetid=0071560-0&templatename=/article/article.html] - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
1: ...s_caesar.jpg|thumbnail|150px|right|Bust of Julius Caesar]]
2: ...man Republic]] into the [[Roman Empire]]. In 55BC Caesar launched the first Roman invasion of [[Britai...
4: ...]] under Caesar's grand-nephew and adopted son, [[Caesar Augustus]].
6: ...as [[Suetonius]], [[Plutarch]], and [[Dio Cassius|Cassius Dio]].
9: ...to myth was the son of [[Venus (goddess)|Venus]]. Caesar was raised in the Subura, a lower-class neigh... - Nero (23127 bytes)
4: ...adoptive father [[Claudius]], as '''Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus'''. He succeeded to the throne on [[O...
8: ...ption of the events of Nero's reign are suspect because Nero was known to persecute Roman Senators. T...
14: ...pina the younger]], sister and reputed lover of [[Caligula]].
18: ...ivia]], adoptive grandson to her second husband [[Caesar Augustus]], nephew and adoptive son of [[Tibe...
22: ==== Birth under Caligula ==== - Hadrian (6480 bytes)
5: Hadrian was born in [[Italica]], [[Hispania]], to a well-established settler fa...
9: ...a]], son of the prominent [[Hispania Baetica|Baetican]] Publius Hadrianus Afer. Afer died when Hadrian...
11: ...an rushed to inform Trajan personally. He later became [[legate]] of a legion in Upper Pannonia and ev...
13: ...as legate of the [[Legio V Macedonica|V ''Macedonica'']]) and reputedly won awards from Trajan for his...
15: ...ement of the armies of Syria and the senate ratification. It is speculated that [[Plotina]], Trajan's ... - Amphitheatre (4978 bytes)
1: ...ublic building of the [[Classical antiquity|Classical period]] (being particularly associated with anc...
9: ==Catalogue of Roman amphitheatres==
10: ...dely scattered areas of the Roman Empire. These locations include:
25: *[[Colchester|Camulodunum]]
28: *[[Caerwent|Venta Silurum]] - Aviator (3951 bytes)
2: ...e term is normally applied to '''pilots''' but it can be applied more broadly, for example to include ...
6: ...lot in Command'' is derived from that of a ship?s captain.
8: ...ls the issuance of civilian pilot licenses/certificates in the [[United Kingdom|U.K.]].
11: <!-- ugh - does anyone know how to code HTML for balanced columns? -->
22: *[[George Cayley]] - Alberto Santos-Dumont (14938 bytes)
2: ...flew many [[balloon]]s as well as the first practical [[airship|dirigible]].
6: ...rst to take off, fly, and land without the use of catapults, high winds, or other external assistance.
9: ...os-Dumont's father gathered a large fortune and became known as the "Coffee King of Brazil."
11: ...in his [[autobiography]] that the dream of flying came to him while contemplating the magnificent skie...
14: ...ting some machinery. He fell from his horse and became a [[paraplegic]]. He decided then to sell the ... - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
4: ...s or property on board a ship or aircraft. Piracy can also be committed against a ship, aircraft, pers...
10: ...w.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Parliament/2587/trade.html Phoenician Economy and Trade].</ref> By the 1st c...
12: ...nsom was paid, Caesar raised a fleet, pursued and captured the pirates, and had them put to death.
14: ...are managed to suppress the threat. (See [[Pompey#Campaign against the pirates]]).
16: ...antly raiding the [[Adriatic Sea]], the Illyrians caused many conflicts with the [[Roman Republic]]. I... - Denver, Colorado (21161 bytes)
2: ...itolColorado.jpg|thumb|293px|right|Colorado State Capitol Building]]
8: |map_caption = Location of Denver in Colorado
30: ...Colorado]], [[United States|United States of America]]. It is the largest city along the [[Colorado F...
32: The city is located on the [[Great Plains|plains]] just east of th...
34: ...p://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/phc-t29.html], the population of the [[Denver metropolitan are... - Text of the GNU Free Documentation License (20454 bytes)
15: ... while not being considered responsible for modifications made by others.
19: ...is License is not limited to software manuals; it can be used for any textual work, regardless of subj...
21: ==1. APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS ==
23: ...a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it can be distributed under the terms of this License. ...
25: ...tion of it, either copied verbatim, or with modifications and/or translated into another language. - Jury trial (20452 bytes)
5: ...and jury]] proceedings. The jury used for a trial can be referred to as a "petit jury", to distinguish...
9: ...ves.[http://www.britannia.com/history/narsaxhist2.html]
11: ...men were charged with uncovering the facts of the case on their own rather than listening to arguments...
15: ...n of England|King John]]. Article 39 of the Magna Carta read:
19: ...on the case. Jurors remained free to investigate cases on their own until the 17th century. - Roman Forum (4543 bytes)
9: ...ving, still to be seen, dates from the reign of [[Caesar Augustus|Augustus]].
12: * [[Temple of Castor and Pollux]]
16: * [[Basilica Aemilia]]
17: * [[Basilica Julia]]
23: ...ment built inside the Forum is the [[Column of Phocas]].<br> - Pantheon, Rome (8255 bytes)
9: ...ption (referring to Agrippa) added to the new [[facade]], a common practice in Hadrian's rebuilding pr...
11: ...old gods of Rome, or who (as was increasingly the case) worshipped them under other names.
13: ...] the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine emperor]] [[Phocas]] gave the building to [[Pope Boniface IV]], who...
17: ....[http://gnv.fdt.net/~aabbeama/Christmas/Pantheon.html]) This led to the [[Latin]] proverb, "''Quod non ...
19: ...ter]]s [[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]] and [[Annibale Caracci]], the [[architect]] [[Baldassare Peruzzi]] ... - Genghis Khan (31537 bytes)
1: ...tional hero in modern [[Mongolia]] for his historical role in giving a common [[identity]] to [[Mongol...
15: ..., a tribal chief of the [[Kiyad]]. Yes?s clan was called Borjigin (''Боржl...
19: ...t him many lessons on survival in the harsh political climate of Mongolia, especially the need for [[a...
25: ...m?as adopted as Wang Khan's heir after successful campaigns against the [[Tatars]] ([[1202]]). This le...
31: ...ly created a written code of laws for the Mongols called [[Yassa]] and demanded that it be followed ve... - Climate change (15859 bytes)
1: ...ds as well as temperature. Climate changes can be caused both by natural forces and by human activitie...
3: ...erm "anthropogenic climate change" is used to indicate the presumption of human influence.
5: ...ange]]. For global warming episodes in the geological record, see [[Permian-Triassic extinction event]...
8: ...hin the earth's climate system. External factors, called [[climate forcing|climate forcings]], are div...
11: ...forcing - variations in the seasonal and geographical distribution of [[insolation]]; and in the total...
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