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- March 20 (10075 bytes)
9: *[[1739]] – [[Nadir Shah]] occupies [[Delhi]] in [[India]] and sacks the city, stealing th...
10: ..."Great Fire" of [[Boston, Massachusetts |Boston]] destroys 349 buildings.
16: ...Aleister Crowley]] invokes [[Horus]] in Egypt and declares the start of the New Aeon known as the Aeon...
17: ...er of the Chinese nationalist party (KMT), is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days late...
24: *[[1956]] – [[Tunisia]] gains independence from [[France]]. - French language (40201 bytes)
3: ...]], [[U.S.]] state of [[Louisiana]], [[Haiti]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], [[Madagascar]], ...
25: ...le]] and the [[Vascons]] on the Spanish/French border.
27: ...ch today (largely place and plant names and words dealing with rural life and the earth). In the reve...
31: ... number of new words: perhaps as much as 15% of modern French comes from Germanic words, including man...
35: ...he two major groups. It is comparable to the divide that once existed between "yes" in the south of E... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
23: *[[Adelard of Bath]], (12th century){{fn|C}}
26: *[[Aedesius]], (d. 355)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
37: *[[Alain de Lille]], (c. 1128-1202)
44: *[[Alcibiades]], (c. 450-404 BC) - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
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2: ...; İmparatorluğu'''</big></big><br/>'''Devlet-i Aliye-i Osmaniye'''
45: ...ey'', though it should not be confused with the modern [[nation-state]] of that name.
47: ...ern [[Turkey]] during the [[Turkish War of Independence]].
53: ...as its [[emperor]]. The Empire reached its apex under [[Suleiman I]] in the [[16th century]], when it ... - Alchemy (42222 bytes)
2: ...Alchemy can be regarded as the precursor of the modern science of chemistry prior to the formulation o...
4: ...|thumb|150px|left|Chemistry Clipart .Clipart provided by
8: ...] of gold and silver". The Arabic therefore could derive from a purely Greek word, not Coptic, and hav...
11: ...ormal)|magic]]. From today's perspective, their endeavours and beliefs have limited validity, but if w...
13: ... both an inner meaning referring to the spiritual development of the practitioner as well as a materia... - Sword (24928 bytes)
2: ...d periods as a result of the differences in blade design and purpose. The names given to many swords i...
10: ...[[Bronze Age sword]]s with typical leaf-shaped blades first appear near the [[Mediterranean]] and the ...
14: ... swords were not comparable to later [[steel]] blades; being brittle, they were even inferior to good ...
16: ... Persia.jpg|left|thumb|150px|A decorative sword made of [[gold]] in [[7th century]] [[Iran|Iran (Persi...
18: ...[[pattern welding]]. Over time, different methods developed all over the world. - Genghis Khan (31537 bytes)
1: ...a]] for his historical role in giving a common [[identity]] to [[Mongols]] after their centuries of in...
5: ...gence and the mobility of his mounted warriors to defeat opponents, rapidly conquering more territory ...
7: ...ths, and, in the longer term, resulted in massive depopulation of much of Asia [http://users.erols.com...
9: ...o rule the [[Mongol Empire]] he founded after his death, and, even after the unified empire dissolved ...
11: ...by his descendents, and he is regarded as the founder of [[Mongolia]] and an important figure in histo... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
5: ...s often known as the second Reich to indicate its descent from the medieval empire. By the same reason...
7: ...tion of the two Germanys in [[1990]]. For further details, please consult the ''main articles'' given ...
10: ''See also: [[Germanic tribes]], [[Confederations of Germanic Tribes]], [[Germania]], [[Germ...
12: ...us Cornelius Tacitus]], author of ''Germania'', a descriptive work about the Germanic people at the Ro...
13: ... from [[Schleswig-Holstein]], advancing to the [[Oder]] and the [[Rhine]] and into southern Germany. - Bronze Age (9344 bytes)
2: ...velopment when the most advanced metalworking has developed the techniques of smelting [[copper]] from...
9: ...umstances. The Bronze Age of the Near East is divided into Early, Middle and Late phases, with Interme...
19: ... then exported far and wide, and supported the trade. [[Isotope|Isotopic]] analysis of the tin in some...
21: ...til a method was discovered to determine [[longitude]] around [[1750]].
23: ...o have coordinated and defended the bronze-age trade. - Troy (22846 bytes)
1: ...9th century BC|9th]] century BC, but containing older material (''Iliad'' means "about Ilion").
2: ...0px|"Trojan Horse" at the site of Troy|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
3: ...st [[Turkey]], southwest of the [[Dardanelles]] under [[Mount Ida, Phrygia|Mount Ida]].
5: ...til the establishment of [[Constantinople]], and declined gradually during [[Byzantine Empire|Byzanti...
7: ...tity is disputed, the site has been successfully identified with the city called '''''Wilusa''''' in [... - Mycenaean Greece (6175 bytes)
8: ...acy]]. Around [[1400 BC]] the [[Mycenaeans]] extended their control to [[Crete]], center of the [[Mino...
10: ...in a sitting position, and some of the nobility underwent [[mummy|mummification]].
12: ...teracy. Historians have traditionally blamed this decline on an invasion by another wave of Greek peop...
17: The beginnings of the Mycenean decorated pottery on the Greek mainland date to the ...
18: ...rumark 1-333) that is used internationally in the description of Mycenean and Minoan pottery. - Iron (23778 bytes)
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24: <td>[[Density]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]] </td>
38: <td>[[van der Waals radius]] </td><td>...
44: <td>[[Oxidation state]]s ([[Oxide]]) </td><td>2,'''3''',4,6 (amphot... - Aluminium (26079 bytes)
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11: {{Elementbox_densityliq_gpcm3mp | 2.375 }}
20: ...{Elementbox_oxistates | 3<br />([[amphoteric]] oxide) }}
41: ...] | dm=[[Positron emission|β<sup>+</sup>]] | de=1.17 | pn=26 | ps=[[magnesium|Mg]] }} - Rubidium (10211 bytes)
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23: | [[Density]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]]
40: | [[van der Waals radius]]
49: | [[Oxidation state]]s ([[Oxide]]) - Kiwi (6303 bytes)
21: ...bout [[14th century|1300]], New Zealand's only endemic mammals were three species of [[bat]] (the lon...
23: ...wi are shy, [[nocturnal]] creatures with a highly developed sense of smell and, most unusual in a bird...
25: ...e vestiges are so small that they are invisible under the kiwi's bristly, hair-like, two-branched feat...
31: ...strated a remarkable resilience: it adapts to a wide range of habitats, even non-native forests and so...
36: ..., ''Apteryx australis australis'', is a recently identified sub-species of the North Island Brown, sli... - Sea turtle (6190 bytes)
10: {{Taxobox_superfamilia_entry | taxon = [[Chelonioidea]]}}
19: ''[[Dermochelys]]''
22: ... in length (0.5 to 1 m) and proportionally less wide.
28: ...hind flippers and lay from 100 to 150 eggs in it (depending on the species) before covering it up and ...
31: [[Image:Sea_turtle_2.jpg|350px|left|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A... - Lima bean (3691 bytes)
9: {{Taxobox_subfamilia_entry | taxon = [[Faboideae]]}}
21: ...produced a small-seeded variety (Sieva type). By 1300 AD, cultivation spread to [[North America]], and ...
23: ...w 1600 meters above sea level, while the large-seeded wild form (Lima type) is found distributed in [[...
33: ... eliminate [[flatulence]]-inducing [[oligosaccharide]]s.
35: ...h gives off [[hydrocyanic acid]]. This glucoside develops in the last stages of maturation and is con... - Ancient China (39554 bytes)
1: ...any were eventually assimilated into the Chinese identity. These cultural and political influences fro...
6: ...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... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
5: ...s often known as the second Reich to indicate its descent from the medieval empire. By the same reason...
7: ...tion of the two Germanys in [[1990]]. For further details, please consult the ''main articles'' given ...
10: ''See also: [[Germanic tribes]], [[Confederations of Germanic Tribes]], [[Germania]], [[Germ...
12: ...us Cornelius Tacitus]], author of ''Germania'', a descriptive work about the Germanic people at the Ro...
13: ... from [[Schleswig-Holstein]], advancing to the [[Oder]] and the [[Rhine]] and into southern Germany. - History of science in the Middle Ages (30877 bytes)
4: ...igation was renewed. Science developed in this golden period of [[Scholasticism|Scholastic philosophy]...
6: ...ong many others. These advances, however, were suddenly interrupted by the [[Black Plague]] and are vi...
14: ...not completely assimiliated by the Roman culture. Debilitated by migrations, barbarian invasions and t...
16: ... culture]] as the [[Dark Ages]]. Nowadays, most modern historians dismiss the use of the term by point...
18: ... Institutionally, these new schools were either under the responsibility of a [[monastery]], a [[cathe...
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