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- Colonial America (32872 bytes)
4: ...Colonies]]. Some historians add a fifth region – the [[frontier]] had certain unifying features...
22: ...had apparently disappeared in the middle of their daily tasks.
25: ...ly successful English colony was established in [[1607]], in a region called [[Virginia]] (named in hono...
29: ...colonists to work, and befriended [[Pocahontas]], daughter of Chief [[Powhatan]], who was able to supp...
35: ... However, because rivers and [[creek]]s were abundant, this allowed the plantations to spread out. Th... - Ireland (33828 bytes)
15: ...e merged or divided, but constitutionally the boundaries have to be observed. Across Ireland, the 32 c...
52: ...y carved stone crosses that dot the island. Sites dating to this period include [[clochan]]s, [[ringfo...
56: ...ivided into [[province]]s, of which four remain today: [[Munster]], [[Leinster]], [[Connacht]] and [[U...
57: ...] fled to [[France]] and onwards to [[Rome]] in [[1607]]. Having been defeated by [[Elizabeth I|Elizabet...
65: ...nd Ireland. In 1829, a radical Catholic lawyer, [[Daniel O'Connell]], "the Great Emancipator" led a su... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
6: ...namis have been historically referred to as ''[[tidal wave]]s'' because as they approach land they tak...
12: ...nts of the earth's crust can occur at [[plate boundaries]]. [[Subduction]] earthquakes are particularl...
18: ...hich produced a water wave estimated at 50 – 150 m and reached 524 m up local mou...
22: ...n its path, often reducing buildings to their foundations and scouring exposed ground to the bedrock. ...
24: ...h little overall energy loss. A tsunami can cause damage thousands of kilometres from its origin, so t... - African American (19830 bytes)
15: ... bondage and shipped to the American South from [[1607]] until the [[19th century]]. In [[1807]], slave ...
21: ...werment, propounding ideas of black unity and solidarity and [[pan-Africanism]].
33: ...erican cultural influences in the United States today. [[Hip Hop]], [[Rock music|Rock]], [[R&B]], [[fu...
43: ...emselves had repudiated only two decades earlier—a term often associated in English with things ...
47: ...ty with others of the black African [[diaspora]]—an embracing of the notion of pan-Africanism ea... - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
1: ...d in [[1611]] somewhere in [[Hudson Bay]], [[Canada]].
3: In [[1607]], Hudson set sail on the ''Hopewell'' to find a ...
7: ...claim the area and set up a colony as [[New Amsterdam]].
9: ...n November they made port at [[Dartmouth, England|Dartmouth]], where Hudson was arrested for sailing u... - Richmond, Virginia (20197 bytes)
29: ...px; border-bottom:3px solid gray;" |[[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5
46: ...up the [[James River (Virginia)|James River]] ten days after landing at [[Jamestown, Virginia|Jamestow...
48: ...o the family of Confederate President [[Jefferson Davis]]. In April of [[1865]], Richmond was burned b...
50: ...[[1910]], Manchester agreed to a political consolidation with the much larger independent city of Rich...
84: ...hmond, Virginia)|West End]] and [[Church Hill]] – site of Patrick Henery's famous speech. - Augusta, Maine (4876 bytes)
28: ... post. Located on the Kennebec River at highest tidal eddy. Around that time it was given the name "Cu...
42: ... House, designed by Charles Bulfinch, built 1829–1832]] - History of Andorra (2202 bytes)
1: ...unt of [[Urgell]] as overlord of Andorra. A descendant of the count later gave the lands to the dioces...
5: ...Seu d'Urgell]] ([[Catalonia]]). The pareage, a feudal institution recognizing the principle of equalit...
7: ...ce [[Henry IV of France|Henry IV]], an edict in [[1607]] established the head of the French state and th... - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
15: ...e]]). Conversely, US freight railways have consolidated and become more efficient in their progress to...
24: ...irement changed over time and left the system to adapt?
53: ...essful steam-operated railway, the [[Stockton and Darlington Railway]], ran in northern [[England]] in...
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130: [[fa:راه ‌آهن]] - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn...
19: *[[Adam Parvipontanus]], (d. 1181)
20: *[[Marilyn McCord Adams]], (born 1943){{fn|O}}
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}} - Libya (12985 bytes)
1: ...Sea]], located between [[Egypt]] on the east, [[Sudan]] on the southeast, [[Chad]] and [[Niger]] on th...
6: |+<big>'''الجماهيرية الع...
24: ...'Leader of the Revolution''''' || [[Muammar al-Qaddafi]]
61: ...[Iran]] in its [[1980]]-[[1988]] war against [[Saddam Hussein]]'s [[Iraq]] (''see [[Iran-Iraq War]]'')...
67: ...tims of the April 14 bombing raid was the adopted daughter of Qadhafi. - Hyksos (23575 bytes)
11: ... much of Western Asia at this period. However, today the Hurrian hypothesis finds few if any supporte...
13: ...is a chronological nightmare that only additional datable archaeological material can resolve.
15: ...an/Pachnan, annas/Staan, Apophis, Assis/Archles — and the Egyptian names that appear on scarabs ...
29: ... improved arrowheads, various kinds of swords and daggers, a new type of shield, mailed shirts, and th...
31: ...t strong enough. Furthermore there was no consolidated state in the region from which such a supposed... - Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
3: '''Samuel de Champlain''' ([[c.]][[1567]] – [[ 25 December]] [[1635]]) was a [[France|Fren...
9: ...mplain's assistance), where Champlain lived until 1607 while he explored the Atlantic coast.
21: ... a group of [[Iroquois]]. A battle began the next day. Two hundred Iroquois advanced on Champlain's po...
43: ...ed their journey by land. They followed the [[Oneida River]] until they found themselves at an Iroquoi...
45: ...he became lost and was forced to wander for three days living off game and sleeping under trees until ... - Achaemenid dynasty (14622 bytes)
3: ...reece]], [[Egypt]], [[Syria]], [[Pakistan]], [[Jordan]], [[Israel]], [[Lebanon]], [[Caucasia]], [[Cent...
7: The last Achaemenid king was [[Darius III]] ([[336 BC]] - [[330 BC]]), who was defe...
15: ...Firm the Good", also known as ''Darayarahush'' or Darius the Great).
17: ... since ''they'' were in a position to choose him. Darius I was chosen monarch from amongst the leaders...
19: Darius attacked the Greek mainland, that had support... - Lava (9992 bytes)
55: ...ray. In prehistoric times its hardness and conchoidal fracture properties meant it was widely used to ...
95: [[da:Lava]]
99: [[fa:گدازه]] - Opera (25153 bytes)
7: ...portant part of the performance. Finally, [[dance|dancing]] is often part of an opera performance, par...
13: ...ic action in 19th century melodrama survives in today's tradition of [[film scores]], and spectacular ...
20: ...first opera score to have survived to the present day.
24: ...rformed in their typical multi-voice texture, and dancing accompanied by the present instrumentalists....
27: ...rticipation in the form of staged or processional dances. The English masque also featured a culminat... - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
2: ...ity of key importance to the [[religion]]s of [[Judaism]], [[Christianity]], and [[Islam]].
6: ...ity. Since Israel's victory in the [[1967]] [[Six-Day War]], it has controlled the entire city and cla...
16: ...|[[Archaeology|Archaeological]] ruins from [[King David]]'s time]]
18: ...war and captured the city without destroying it. David then expanded the city to the south, and decla...
20: ...pital of the southern kingdom, the [[Kingdom of Judah]]. - List of fruits (14101 bytes)
1: ...t become popular. You should eat some fruits everyday to stay fit and healthy!
5: ... the most widely grown and eaten, owing to their adaptability. Many other fruits are important regiona...
50: * [[Lingonberry]] (''Vaccinium vitis-idaea'')
54: * [[Barberry]] (''Berberis''; [[Berberidaceae]])
79: ...eae]]), which grows wild in the prairies of [[Canada]] - Mobile phone (30513 bytes)
18: ...da]], as it uses the same mix of incompatible standards as does the U.S., and is also part of the NANP...
22: ...lular network]]s and contain a [[GSM services|standard set of services]] that allow phones of differen...
24: ...pport voice calls; they can also send and receive data and [[fax]]es (if a computer is attached), send...
28: Today, most models also allow for sending and receivin...
32: ... personalisation, such as user defined and downloadable [[ring tone]]s and [[operator logo|logo]]s, an... - Iceberg (3511 bytes)
9: The mass can be very durable and can easily damage sheet metal. As a result of these factors, ic...
16: *'''A''' – [[longitude]] 0° to 90° W ([[Bell...
17: *'''B''' – longitude 90° W to 180° ([[Amunds...
18: *'''C''' – longitude 90° E to 180° (Western ...
19: *'''D''' – longitude 0° to 90° E ([[Amery Ic...
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