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- French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...d of absolutism and people as subjects and amplifies the power of the people, boosting them to the sta...
5: == Causes ==
6: ''See main article [[Causes of the French Revolution]].''
8: ...egislative bodies, the conflicting interests of these initially allied groups would become the source ...
10: Certainly, causes of the revolution must include all of the followi... - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
3: ...England acted as a province (or a group of provinces) within the Anglo-French unit" that was both batt...
5: ...ts in the early growth of nations and new monarchies. It is often viewed as one of the most significan...
8: ...gland around 150 years later in the [[Norman Conquest]] of [[1066]], defeating the [[Anglo-Saxon]] lea...
10: ...art of the nobility to gain wealth and increase prestige.
13: ...ip, count of Evreux]], who became [[List of Navarrese monarchs|king consort Philip III of Navarre]]. - Extreme points of the world (6602 bytes)
1: ...s]], [[continent|continents]] or [[country|countries]].
6: ...40'), which lies slightly north of [[Cape Morris Jesup]], [[Greenland]] (83°39'). Various shiftin...
8: * The westernmost point on land, according to the path of t...
12: ...ighest point is the summit of [[Mount Everest|Everest]]: 8,850 [[metre|m]] (29,035 feet) above sea lev...
13: ...w sea level [http://www.rain.org/ocean/ocean-studies-challenger-deep-mariana-trench.html]. - Sicily (18450 bytes)
8: ...ovince of Enna|Enna]]<br />[[Province of Messina|Messina]]<br />[[Province of Palermo|Palermo]]<br />[...
21: ... is an autonomous region of [[Italy]] and the largest [[island]] in the [[Mediterranean Sea]], with an...
23: ==Towns and Cities==
24: ...rovincial capitals [[Catania]], [[Messina, Italy|Messina]], [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracuse]] (''Siracusa''...
30: ...na is 3,320 m (10,900 ft) high, making it the tallest volcano in Europe. It is also one of the world'... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
11: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] (1595 - 1654)
26: *[[Harry Bates (sculptor)|Harry Bates]] (1850 - 1899)
41: *[[Georges Braque]] (1882 - 1963)
42: *[[Filippo Brunelleschi]]
58: *[[Danese Cattaneo]] - Astrolabe (4446 bytes)
4: ...mical instrument and analog computer. Its many uses include finding and predicting the positions of t...
8: ...Some astrolabes have a narrow ''rule'' which rotates over the rete, and may be marked with a scale of ...
10: ...e of one day. The astrolabe is therefore a predecessor of the modern [[planisphere]].
12: ...d along its length, so that the altitude (in degrees) of the star could be read ("taken") from the gra...
16: ...us Contractus]]). The mathematical background was established by [[Al-Battani]] in his treatise ''Kita... - Hittites (17910 bytes)
1: ...eople who spoke an [[Indo-European language]] and established a kingdom centered in [[Hattusa]] (the m...
3: ...y disintegrated into several independent city-states, some of which survived until around 700 BC.
5: ...the reconstructed [[Hittite language]]. The Hittites should be distinguished from the "[[Hattians]]", ...
7: ... the 19th century initially believed the two peoples to be the same, but this identification is still ...
9: The Hittites were also famous for their skill in building and ... - Henry Morgan (5671 bytes)
4: The eldest son of Robert Morgan, a squire of [[Llanrhymny]]...
6: ...maica endeavoured to cover the whole under the necessity of allowing the English a free hand to attack...
8: ...is cannon, eluded the enemy's guns altogether and escaped in safety. On his return to Jamaica he was a...
10: ...garrison. Then with 1400 men he ascended the Chagres river, and appearing before the city of Panama on...
12: ...d and conducted to England in [[1672]]. His fortunes turned again, and in [[1674]] Morgan was knighted... - Phoenix, Arizona (34271 bytes)
4: ... area]] in the state of [[Arizona]], [[United States]]. Phoenix ranked:
5: ...S Census estimation, Phoenix is now the fifth-largest city, surpassing [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] ...
6: ... 14th largest metropolitan area of the United States, with a population of 3,251,876 (2000 census)
7: * the largest capital city by area and population in the U.S. ...
8: * the eighth-fastest growing metropolitan area in the U.S. (2000 cens... - Rome (33048 bytes)
38: ...ircle the nine largest italian cities: Milan, Naples, Turin, Bologna, Palermo Catania, Florence, Genoa...
40: ...]], the highest rate among all of [[Italy]]'s cities.
42: ...c]], [[Roman Empire]]), and later the [[Papal States]], [[Kingdom of Italy]] and [[Italy|Italian Repub...
45: ... Greek ''Ρώμη'' meaning braveness, courage; more probably the connection is with a...
49: ... and of traders traveling north and south on the west side of the [[peninsula]]. - Cahokia (4221 bytes)
1: ...e]] and the term "Cahokian" is sometimes used to describe the culture.
3: ... city of Cahokia were ever recorded among the tribes.
5: ...ted. Of these, 109 have been located and 68 are preserved in the park.
7: ...t was one of two major centers of a group of peoples known now as the [[Mound Builders]].
9: ...Silvernail archaeological site near Red Wing, Minnesota. Until c. 1800, no North American city north ... - Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
1: ...h Valley Pupfish]] - a survivor of much wetter times.
3: ...[[book]]s, [[radio]] programs, [[television]] series and [[movie]]s. '''Death Valley National Monument...
5: ...lleys filled with sediment and, during the wet times of [[ice age]]s, with [[lake]]s, such as [[Lake M...
6: ...Park.png|frame|A slice through the highest and lowest points in Death Valley National Park.]]
9: ...ion in the central part of Death Valley which causes a slight widening and relatively more subsidence ... - Byzantine coinage (4605 bytes)
1: [[Image:ByzantineBronzes.jpeg|thumb|Anastasius 40 ''nummi'' (''M'') and 5 ...
2: ... the fall of the West, consisted of mainly two types of [[coin]]s: the [[gold]] [[solidus (coin)|solid...
4: ...(back) featured the value of the denomination represented according to the [[Greek numerals|Greek numb...
6: ...s most common in the seventh through ninth centuries. Small transactions were conducted with bronze co...
8: ...1028]]–[[1034]]). Until that time, the fineness of the gold remained consistent at about .955-.9... - Sword (24928 bytes)
1: [[Image:Espadon-Morges.jpg|thumb|100px|Swiss [[longsword]], 15th or 16th...
2: ...[literature]], and [[history]] reflect the high prestige of the weapon (see [[list of swords]]).
8: ....jpg|frame|[[Sword of Gou Jian]] as seen on a Chinese high school [[textbook]]]]
10: ... Swords from the [[Nordic Bronze Age]] from ca. [[1400 BC]] show characteristic spiral patterns.
11: Sword production in [[China]] is attested from the Bronze Age [[Shang Dynasty]]. - Genghis Khan (31537 bytes)
1: ...on [[identity]] to [[Mongols]] after their centuries of internal feud.
5: ...e one of the world's largest [[Mongol Empire|empires]]. Though often outnumbered, he used superior mil...
7: ...any millions of deaths, and, in the longer term, resulted in massive depopulation of much of Asia [htt...
9: ... half later, separate Khanates existed for centuries afterwards.
11: ...ules and customs continued to be followed by his descendents, and he is regarded as the founder of [[M... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: ...e late 19th century, they exerted influence upon Western civilization from its very beginnings.
5: ... often known as the second Reich to indicate its descent from the medieval empire. By the same reasoni...
7: ...ons. The [[History of Germany since 1945]] continues this page.
10: ...rmanic tribes]], [[Confederations of Germanic Tribes]], [[Germania]], [[Germania Inferior]], [[Germani...
12: ...s Cornelius Tacitus]], author of ''Germania'', a descriptive work about the Germanic people at the Rom... - Bronze Age (9344 bytes)
2: ...-age system]] for [[prehistory|prehistoric societies]] and follows the [[Neolithic]] in some areas of ...
6: The date of the arrival of a Bronze Age varies from culture to culture.
9: ...[[12th century BC]] and the rise of new technologies and political formations, characterised as the st...
15: ...]] and [[Sanxingdui]] of early China used bronze vessels for rituals as well as farming implements and...
19: ...n in some [[Mediterranean]] bronze objects indicates it came from as far away as [[Britain]]. - April Fool's Day (15510 bytes)
1: ...]. The day is marked by the commission of [[hoax]]es and other [[practical joke]]s of varying sophisti...
4: ...w first appeared after noon. Anyone who fails to respond in the proper spirit of tolerance and amuseme...
6: ...ters, but will only meet with disaster when it comes to gambling.
9: ...ame the object of so-called 'fool's errands' and tests of gullibility.
11: == Present day == - Mycenaean Greece (6175 bytes)
2: ...], and [[Tiryns]] are also important Mycenaean sites.
8: ... dominated by a warrior [[aristocracy]]. Around [[1400 BC]] the [[Mycenaeans]] extended their control to...
10: The Mycenaeans buried their nobles in [[beehive tombs]] (''tholoi''), large circular...
12: ...n entered what historians see as a [[Greek dark ages|dark age]]. During this period Greece experienced...
18: ...umark 1-333) that is used internationally in the description of Mycenean and Minoan pottery. - Nickel (13955 bytes)
18: |[[Chemical series]]
24: |[[Density]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]]
30: ...lign="center" bgcolor="#ffc0c0"|'''Atomic properties'''
56: ...gn="center" bgcolor="#ffc0c0"|'''Physical properties'''
68: |6.59 [[scientific notation|×]]10<sup>-6</sup> [[cubic metre per mole|m³/...
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