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- Didgeridoo (7516 bytes)
3: ...t is sometimes described as a natural wooden trumpet or "drone pipe". Musicologists classify it as an ...
5: ...region have been using the didgeridoo since about 1500 years ago, based on dating of paintings on cave w...
7: ...erve tribal names for tribal instruments, though retailers and businesses have been quick to exploit t...
9: ... in shape and can measure anywhere from 1 to 1.5 metres. Instruments shorter or longer than this are l...
15: ...e tree is often harvested, though branches are sometimes used as well. Aboriginal craftsmen spend cons... - Old Kingdom (5401 bytes)
10: ...htm#_ftn18 ''ANCIENT AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS TO ca. 1500: Pharaonic Egypt to Ca. 800 BCE''], by Dr. Susan ...
16: ...who imposed forced labour on his subjects to complete his pyramid. After Khufu's death his sons [[Djed...
22: ...orsening civil conflict undermined unity and energetic government and also caused famines. But regiona...
24: ...;[[2151 BC]]). The eighteen kings that followed between 2150 and 2134 BCE comprised the whole of the ...
26: ...that resulted in a drastic drop in precipitation between 2200 and 2100 BCE, which in turn prevented th... - Printing press (12986 bytes)
1: ...m by LIFE Magazine. Apart from Gutenberg, the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Laurens Janszoon Coster]] has a...
4: ...d of printing was [[block printing]], pressing sheets of paper into individually carved wooden blocks ...
6: ...of the technique is not as apparent as with alphabetic based languages. Movable type did spur, however...
8: ...y all. The other candidate advanced is the [[The Netherlands|Dutchman]] [[Laurens Janszoon Coster]].
12: ...n the first work of Johann Gutenberg and the year 1500, are collectively referred to as [[incunabulum|in... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
7: ...etween Europe and the Middle East was almost completely controlled by traders from the Italian city st...
15: .... Another factor was the centuries long conflict between the Iberians and the Muslims to the south. Fo...
22: ...union of [[Aragon]] and [[Castille]] and the completion of the ''[[reconquista]]'' that the large nati...
24: ...f this line, territory that was still almost completely unknown.
28: ...umnavigation|circumnavigate]] the world upon its return three years later. - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
1: ... in [[1840]]. There are 10 more provinces in the Netherlands.<!--
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19: ...Dutch monarch|Queen]]<br>[[Prime minister of the Netherlands|Prime minister]] | - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
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53: ... island after his ship became separated from a fleet going to [[India]]. In the late 17th century, the...
55: ...h had been important in Madagascar's economy. In return, the island received British military and fina...
57: ...ench protectorate over Madagascar in [[1885]] in return for eventual control over [[Zanzibar]] (now pa... - Belize (11927 bytes)
1: ...en Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] as Sovereign. The nation of [[Honduras]] i...
15: ...gn="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Belize|In Detail]])
28: | [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]]
52: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.bz]]
61: ...ed in the area in the early [[16th century]] and settlement began with shipwrecked [[England|English]]... - Brazil (12581 bytes)
1: ... world. Also known as LSAC. Spanning a vast area between central [[South America]] and the [[Atlantic ...
8: ...united to Portugal's Crown. Then prince-regent [[Peter I of Brazil|Dom Pedro I]] declared independence...
10: ...ash;[[1934]] and [[1937]]–[[1945]] under [[Get?Vargas]], and [[1964]]–[[1985]] under a suc...
15: ... he also appoints the [[cabinet (government)|cabinet]].
35: *[[List of major cities in Brazil]] (metropolitan areas and major regional cities) - Guyana (12153 bytes)
10: ...gn="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Guyana|In Detail]])
21: | [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]]
30: ... by area|Ranked 81st]] <br> 214,970 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br> 8.4%
33: ...r> - 700,000 of which 230,000 live in [[Georgetown]] ([[2002]])
53: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' - Finland (29511 bytes)
9: ...enter width=130px| ([[Coat of Arms of Finland|In Detail]])
38: | [[Eastern European Time|EET]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+2)<br>[[Eas...
42: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.fi]]
51: ...ge, possibly even among the first [[Mesolithic]] settlers. The arrival of the [[Battle-Axe]] Culture (...
53: The [[Bronze Age]] (1500–500 BC) and [[Iron Age]] (500 BC–AD 1... - Solomon Islands (9265 bytes)
1: ... together cover a land mass of 28,000 square kilometres.
26: | [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]]
35: ...s by area|Ranked 140th]] <br>28,450 [[square kilometer|km²]] <br>3.2%
52: |'''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]'''
63: ... time, and cabinet meetings had to be held in secret to prevent local [[warlord]]s from interfering. T... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...#1513;ְׂרָאֵל, [[transliteration]]: ''Medinat Yisra'el''; [[Ar...
6: ...1497;נת ישראל<br>("Medinat Yisra'el")<br>دول...
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60: ...ilistine]]'' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] פלשת ''{{unicode|Pəléš... - Malawi (22306 bytes)
1: ...t a third of the country's territory and it is stretched through most of its eastern border. The origi...
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49: ...in the [[Horn of Africa]]. At another site, dated 1500 BC, the remains possess features resembling [[Bus... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
5: ... and cultural power. The [[Portuguese Empire]] stretched across the world. After the rise of other col...
15: .... The [[Celtic|Celtics]], a later wave of Celts, settled in [[Alentejo]].
23: ...he [[Visigoth]]s, invaded the Iberian peninsula, set up kingdoms, and became assimilated. The [[Vandal...
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27: ...ds of the cities of [[Coimbra]] and [[Porto]], together with the clergy of Braga, demanded the indepen... - Honey (11666 bytes)
4: ...ncludes, but is not limited to, water or other sweeteners.
6: ...people to prefer it over [[sugar]] and other [[sweetener]]s.
10: ...pore]]s in raw honey ([[melissopalynology]]) can determine floral sources of honey. Because bees carry...
14: ...as a [[density]] of about 1500 [[kilogram|kg]]/[[metre|m<sup>3</sup>]] (50% denser than [[water]]).
25: ...alysis of the sugar content of honey is used for detecting adulteration. - Cotton (7876 bytes)
4: ... twisted, ribbon-like shapes and become kinked together and interlocked. This interlocked form is idea...
11: ...it is referred to in the [[Rig-Veda]], written in 1500 BC. A thousand years later the great [[Greek]] hi...
13: ...s to feed when they are hungry.". This aspect is retained in the name for cotton in many European lang...
30: ... regions where it is too windy to grow picker varieties of cotton and generally used after the applica...
54: ...n to the textile industry, cotton is used in fishnets, coffee filters, tents and in bookbinding. The f... - Ancient Egypt (16131 bytes)
1: ...ecent excavations reveal a cattle-[[herding]] society of peoples living in the region as early as [[60...
14: ... works) was one of the main agricultural breadbaskets of the ancient world. There is evidence of ancie...
16: ... with devising the world's earliest known [[alphabet]], [[decimal system]] [http://www.math.buffalo.ed...
25: * [[2900 BC|2900 BCE]] - [[Senet]], world's oldest confirmed [[board game]]
34: ...icago.org/exhibit/ships/], [http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/navy.htm]) - Hathor (11883 bytes)
8: ...us. Since Horus' wife was [[Isis]], Hathor was sometimes said to be her mother, although it was more a...
10: ... also considered quite motherly creatures, and sometimes as an aquatic form of the cow.
12: ... as divine mother to the pharoah, Hathor would sometimes be depicted as a cow standing in a boat (repr...
14: ...nt titles, were considered special if gathered together. These ''Seven Hathors'', in Hathor's context ...
18: ...s in the world where to say that a girl is ''as pretty as a heifer'' is a great compliment, rather tha... - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
39: ...lows, most notably from [[Kilauea|Kīlauea]]. Ethnically, it is the only state that does not have ...
46: ...ehameha III meaning, "The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness." It was also the motto of...
51: Nineteen islands and atolls extending across a distance...
56: ...ount Waialeale|Mount Waiʻaleʻale]] the wettest place on earth; it averages 11.7 m (460 in) o...
64: .... Local chiefs called [[alii|alii]] ruled their settlements and fought to extend their sway and defen... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
36: ...amplain]] in the northwest. It borders [[Massachusetts]] to the south, [[New Hampshire]] to the east, ...
38: ...ted by the surrounding [[13 colonies|colonies]]. Settlers who held land titles granted by the [[Provin...
48: ...rest in meadow, uplands, lakes, ponds and swampy wetlands.
50: ...areas of the state. Annual [[snow]]fall averages between 60 to 100 inches depending on elevation, givi...
57: ...95 feet. The state's average elevation is 1,000 feet.]]
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