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- French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...apoleon Bonaparte]], the revolution nonetheless spelled a definitive end to the ''[[ancien r駩me]]'',...
8: ...the face of a changing world; to some extent, it fell to the ambitions of a rising [[bourgeoisie]], al...
16: * [[Food]] scarcity in the months immediately before the revolution.
21: ...om court factions, and both ministers were ultimately dismissed. [[Charles Alexandre de Calonne]], wh...
25: ...attack, attempting to disband the parlements entirely and collect the new taxes in spite of them. Thi... - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
3: ...h unit" that was both battlefield and prize (Braudel 1984 p. 353).
5: ... roles of nobles and peasants, and overall key developments in the early growth of nations and new mon...
10: ...ven up the dream of one day reconquering their homeland in Normandy; it was a very rich land and Engla...
13: ...e|Philip IV]] died, leaving three male heirs. The eldest son, [[Louis X of France|Louis X]], died in [...
21: ...hew of King Charles, was his closest living male relative and was the only surviving male descendant o... - Extreme points of the world (6602 bytes)
6: ...Greenland]] (83°39'). Various shifting [[gravel bar]]s lie further north, the most famous being [...
12: ...t]]: 8,850 [[metre|m]] (29,035 feet) above sea level.
13: ...gure from Mariana Trench article --->below sea level [http://www.rain.org/ocean/ocean-studies-challeng...
14: ...st of places on land with elevations below sea level]]''
16: ...or around the base of the Antarctic continental shelf ---> - Sicily (18450 bytes)
24: ...ripi]]). The regional flag is divided diagonally yellow over red, with the ''[[trinacria]]'' symbol in...
32: ..., [[Ustica Island]] to the north-west, and the [[Pelagian Islands]] to the south-west.
48: ...s in [[Trapani]] and the smaller islands of [[Pantelleria]] and [[Lampedusa]].
52: ...mo), [[Vincenzo Bellini]] (from [[Catania]]), as well as the [[sculpture|sculptor]] [[Tommaso Geraci]]...
54: ...Italy and the third largest in the world, seating 1400. - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
21: *[[Baccio Bandinelli]] (1493 - 1560)
29: *[[Hans Bellmer]] (1902 - 1975)
32: *[[Miguel Berrocal]] (1933 - )
35: *[[John Blakeley]] (1946 - )
37: *[[Antoine Bourdelle]] (1861 - 1929) - Astrolabe (4446 bytes)
6: ...In the [[15th Century]], a metal astrolabe was developed by [[Abraham Zacuto]] in Lisbon, which improv...
8: ...d [[altitude]] representing the portion of the [[celestial sphere]] which is above the local horizon. ...
12: ...ttached to the back face. When the astrolabe is held vertically, the alidade can be rotated and a sta...
16: ...d into Latin by [[Plato Tiburtinus]] (''De Motu Stellarum'').
18: ...e Prachaticz]], also using Messahalla, but relatively original. - Hittites (17910 bytes)
3: ... as yet unexplained hundred-year gap from 1500 to 1400 BC. After 1200 BC the Hittite polity disintegrate...
7: ...Anatolian Hittites in the 19th century initially believed the two peoples to be the same, but this ide...
14: ...al Hittites. Sayce's identification came to be widely accepted over the course of the early 20th centu...
21: ...hat was not what its speakers had called it (see below).
27: ... history of the Hittite civilisation is known largely from [[cuneiform (script)|cuneiform]] texts foun... - Henry Morgan (5671 bytes)
2: ... [[August 25]], [[1688]]) was a [[privateer]] of Welsh birth, who made a name in the [[Caribbean]] as ...
4: ...New Providence]] (Santa Catalina), and when Mansfield was captured and killed by the Spanish shortly a...
6: ...ned to their base at [[Port Royal]], Jamaica, to celebrate.
8: ...which convinced the governor to shift his cannon, eluded the enemy's guns altogether and escaped in sa...
10: ...rilliant exploit was tarnished by the habitual cruelty of Morgan's crews. - Phoenix, Arizona (34271 bytes)
5: ...is now the fifth-largest city, surpassing [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] with 1.5 million people
46: ...ed in the [[Pueblo Grande]] ruins between 700 and 1400 A.D. They were industrious, enterprising, and im...
49: ...iver and founded a small farming colony approximately four miles (6 km) east of the present city (abou...
51: ...ng's Mill]] in his honor. It would later become Hellinwg Mill, Mill City, then East Phoenix. As for ...
53: [[Phillip Darrel Duppa|Darrel Duppa]] recommended the name ''Phoenix'', memoria... - Rome (33048 bytes)
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21: ||[[Mayor]]|| Walter Veltroni (''[[Democrats of the Left|Democratici di Si...
38: ...rea]]. The current [[mayor of Rome]] is [[Walter Veltroni]].
45: ... "prostitute") that adopted and suckled the cognately-named twins ''Rom''ulus and ''Rem''us. - Cahokia (4221 bytes)
1: ...]s, the largest of which is [[Monk's Mound]]; as well as its [[timber circle]]s named after the site o...
3: ...e)|Omaha]], [[Ponca]], [[Quapaw]] and others are believed to be the direct descendants of the Mississi...
9: ...ahokia had been at its peak (Around 1800, [[Philadelphia]] broke Cahokia's record).
11: ...ilitated by large, dense populations are other likely causes of the rapid depopulation of the Cahokia ...
13: ... a widespread geographic origin. Over 250 other skeletons were recovered from the mound, most from mas... - Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
1: ... Badwater which is 282 feet (86 m) below [[sea level]]. It is also home to many species of [[plant]]s ...
3: ... was promoted to the status of National Park, as well as being substantially expanded.
5: .... The oldest [[rock (geology)|rock]]s are extensively [[Metamorphism|metamorphosed]] and at least 1700...
9: ... Valley which causes a slight widening and relatively more subsidence there.
10: <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="right" width="280px"> - Byzantine coinage (4605 bytes)
4: ...stem]] (M=40,K=20,I=10,E=5). Silver coins were rarely produced.
8: ...ed a standard of international commerce until the eleventh century, when it began to be debased under ...
10: ...truck in imitation of the Roman Denarius which widely circulated in the Near East) and later Venetian ...
12: ...nth century it was also frequently debased. After 1400, Byzantine coinage became insignificant, as Itali...
17: ...aped) coins known as trachy were issued in both [[electrum]] (debased gold) and [[billon]] (debased si... - Sword (24928 bytes)
10: ... Swords from the [[Nordic Bronze Age]] from ca. [[1400 BC]] show characteristic spiral patterns.
14: ...rly iron swords were not comparable to later [[steel]] blades; being brittle, they were even inferior ...
18: ...attern welding]]. Over time, different methods developed all over the world.
20: ...m "[[long sword]]" is applied to swords comparatively long for their respective periods.
22: Chinese steel swords make their appearance from the [[3rd centu... - Genghis Khan (31537 bytes)
1: ...s Khan''' was a [[Mongol]] [[Khan]] (Emperor) as well as a brilliant and sometimes brutal military lea...
5: ...h often outnumbered, he used superior military intelligence and the mobility of his mounted warriors t...
7: ...ign is not, and likely will not ever be, conclusively known.
11: ... unlikely that the Tartar conquerer was actually related. His family ruled the [[Mongol]]s until the [...
15: ...#1075;ин''). His mother was named [[Hoelun]] and was of the Olkunut tribe. Tem?as named af... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
12: ...ius Cornelius Tacitus.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Gaius Cornelius Tacitus]], author of ''Germania'', a descripti...
13: ...d 70 BC the Germanic peoples thrust into [[Celts|Celtic]] territory from [[Schleswig-Holstein]], advan...
15: ...[Cologne]], [[Trier]], [[Koblenz]], [[Mainz]] and elsewhere to secure the Rhine frontier. In 9 AD a Ro...
17: ...d to check German advances over the frontier, as well as numerous forts (e.g. at [[Wiesbaden]], [[Augs...
19: ...ingling of Germanic traditions and the Christian religion gave rise to the pattern of life of the medi... - Bronze Age (9344 bytes)
2: ...ed metalworking has developed the techniques of smelting [[copper]] from natural outcroppings and [[al...
9: ...influence of the first innovators, but were nonetheless able to make the move into the Bronze Age in h...
15: ...f early China used bronze vessels for rituals as well as farming implements and weapons.
21: [[Navigation]] was well developed at this time, and reached a peak of skill not...
25: ...ere not used, or available. Numerous authorities believe that ancient empires were prone to misvalue s... - April Fool's Day (15510 bytes)
1: ...a [[holiday]] in its own right, is a notable day celebrated in many countries on [[April 1]]. The day ...
4: ...o said to be liable to suffer bad luck. It is (unreliably) said that being fooled by a pretty girl wil...
6: ...permanently ruled by his wife. It is furthermore believed that children born on this day will experien...
9: ...ch the new year began on [[1 January]]. Unfortunately, some people did not hear of the change, and oth...
12: ...pril from '''0000 -1200 1 April''' until '''2359 +1400 1 April''', a period of 49 hours. Those unfamilia... - Mycenaean Greece (6175 bytes)
2: ...enae]] in the northeastern [[Argolid]], in the [[Peloponnesos]] of southern Greece. [[Athens]], [[Pylo...
6: The Mycenaean period fell between the arrival of the Greeks in the [[Aegea...
8: ... dominated by a warrior [[aristocracy]]. Around [[1400 BC]] the [[Mycenaeans]] extended their control to...
10: ...ly buried with gold masks, tiaras, armour, and jeweled weapons. Mycenaeans were buried in a sitting po...
17: ...o the beginning of the Late [[Bronze Age]] (Late Helladic I). - Nickel (13955 bytes)
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5: ...span="2" align="center"|[[cobalt]] – '''nickel''' – [[copper]]
15: ... [[List of elements by symbol|Symbol]], [[List of elements by number|Number]]
16: |nickel, Ni, 28
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