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- Flood (7770 bytes)
5: ...water. When a [[rain]]fall does occur, it can sometimes result in a sudden flood of water filling dry...
7: ...ch farmlands and can result in their eventual depletion. The annual cycle of flood and farming was of ...
12: ...ly low pressure, so [[sea]] level may rise a few metres in the eye of the storm. This type of [[coasta...
16: ... areas. See the ''[[tsunami]]'' article for full details of these marine floods.
21: ...r banks. Coastal flooding has been addressed in [[Europe]] with [[coastal defense]]s, such as [[sea wall... - Banknote (6576 bytes)
3: ...ues, coins are generally used for lower valued monetary units, while banknotes are utilised for higher...
5: ... promise to pay the bearer an amount of precious metal stored in a vault somewhere. In this way the s...
11: ...he gradual removal of precious metals from the monetary system, banknotes are now simply considered as...
18: ...om the role of agricultural capital and precious metals having a privileged place in the economy.
22: ...ing medium is intimately related to shortages of metal for coins. In the [[600s]] there were local iss... - Sandro Botticelli (8995 bytes)
1: '''Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi''', better known as '''Sandro Botticelli''' ([[Florence]]...
5: ...ing expressive of profound thought and quick subtlety" (Vasari) In [[1470]] he opened his own indepen...
9: ...lli's ''Venus'' graces the first of the [[Italian euro coins]] (2002)]]
13: ... a delicate requirement in such a subject. The heretical notions seem to be [[Gnosticism|gnostic]] in ...
14: ... Matteo and Sandro were guilty of grave heresy. Whether this be true or not, I cannot say." (Vasari) - Totem pole (20143 bytes)
6: ...Washington]]. The regional stylistic differences between poles would then be due not to a change in st...
8: ... recovered from Oriental shipwrecks; nevertheless Europeans simplified the acquisition of iron tools who...
10: ... works in wood, stone, [[Glassblowing|blown]] and etched glass, and many other traditional and nontrad...
12: ...time spent carving after initial designs are completed usually lasts about a year, so the commission e...
16: ...fronts, [[canoe]]s, masks, intricately-woven blankets, ceremonial dress, weapons, [[armor]], and many ... - Italy (17022 bytes)
2: ...a]]. It is a founding member of what is now the [[European Union]], and a member state of the [[United N...
13: | width="130px"| ([[Flag of Italy|In Detail]])
40: |'''[[Currency]]''' || [[Euro]] (€)<sup>2</sup>
42: | '''[[Time zone]]''' <br /> - in [[European Summer Time|summer]]
43: ...[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+1)<br>[[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[Coordinated Universal T... - Philosophy (30964 bytes)
5: ...ter (e.g. existentialism, pragmatism, skepticism, et al.). [[Eastern philosophy]] is tradition distin...
13: *Is there a difference between morally right and wrong actions (or values, o...
17: ...d a subject into its components to understand it better.
21: ...www.rep.routledge.com/article/G001]. Boundaries between categories are not distinct in Western philos...
23: == Motives, goals and methods == - Hubble Space Telescope (50930 bytes)
6: ...tyle="width:50%;"|'''Organization'''||[[NASA]], [[European Space Agency|ESA]]
8: |'''Wavelength regime'''||optical, ultraviolet, near-infrared
26: |'''Diameter'''||2.4 m
34: |'''[[NICMOS]]'''||camera/spectrometer
40: |'''[[STIS]]'''||spectrometer/camera (failed) - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
4: ... [[Ides of March]] was the catalyst for a second set of civil wars, which marked the end of the [[Roma...
6: ...life are recorded by later historians such as [[Suetonius]], [[Plutarch]], and [[Dio Cassius|Cassius D...
15: ...he dangers of letting Caesar live. According to Suetonius, the dictator in relenting on Caesar’s...
17: ...us, he played a pivotal role in the siege of [[Miletus]]. During the course of the battle Caesar showe...
19: ...ability to speak better than Caesar?" Aiming at rhetorical perfection, Caesar traveled to [[Rhodes]] i... - Economy of Estonia (6977 bytes)
3: ...its currency to the [[euro]]. It acceded to the [[European Union]] in [[2004]]. There is a great degree ...
6: ...easants working large feudal-type estates held by ethnic [[Germany|German]] [[landlord]]s. In the deca...
8: ... [[central bank]]. Trade focused on the local market and the West, particularly Germany and the United...
10: ...d greater prosperity than other regions under Soviet rule.
12: ...gn investment are hallmarks of Estonia's free-market-based economy. Estonia also has made excellent pr... - Monaco (12001 bytes)
1: ...he world<sup>[[#Notes|1]]</sup>, and one of the [[European microstates]].<!-- Yes, this sentence is corr...
10: | width="130px"| ([[Flag of Monaco|In Detail]])
37: |'''[[Currency]]''' || [[Euro]] (€)<sup>1</sup>
39: | '''[[Time zone]]''' <br /> - in [[European Summer Time|summer]]
40: ...[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+1)<br>[[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[Coordinated Universal T... - Vatican City (21873 bytes)
3: ...y of State]] and [[Governor of Vatican City]] (sometimes referred to as the President of Vatican City)...
5: ...and the adjacent Vatican Fields upon which [[St. Peter's Basilica]] and its [[Sistine Chapel]], [[Apos...
14: ..." width="130px" | ([[Flag of the Vatican City|In Detail]])
15: ..."130px" | ([[Coat of Arms of the Vatican City|In Detail]])
28: |'''[[Cardinal Secretary of State|Secretary of State]]'''|| [[Angelo Cardinal Sodano]] - Harp (23216 bytes)
2: ...en harps''. Their strings can be of [[nylon]] (sometimes [[copper]]-wound), [[gut]] (more commonly use...
4: Harps are found in [[Africa]], [[Europe]], [[North]] and [[South America]], and a few p...
16: The European harp tradition seems to have originated in an...
18: ==Playing style of the European-derived harp==
20: ...strings are red or orange. The instrument rests between the knees of the harpist and along their righ... - Chimpanzee (10645 bytes)
17: ...Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. The boundary between the two species is formed by the [[Congo Rive...
26: ...ulture. The exposed skin of the face, hands and feet varies from pink to very dark in both species but...
30: ...mainly through fragmented and sketchy accounts of European adventurers. Apes are mentioned variously by ...
32: ...would see a number of the creatures imported into Europe, mainly acquired by various zoological gardens ...
34: ...ght sound, with much attention being focused on whether or not the animals had traits that could be co... - Yo-yo (9646 bytes)
3: ...ually-sized discs of [[plastic]], [[wood]], or [[metal]], connected with an [[axle]], around which a [...
5: ...or combination of movements, which result in the return of the yo-yo to the player's hand in this fash...
11: ...ion of sharpened edges, the difficulty of safely retrieving it would render such a device somewhat imp...
16: ...gypt]]. The ''emigrette'' gained particular notariety in the [[western world]] during the [[French rev...
21: ...y minor modification allows for a far greater variety and sophistication of motion, thanks to increase... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
5: ...wear wooden crosses, half a metre long by half a metre wide, around their necks. Although Christians w...
9: Together with the [[Knights Templar]], who were formed ...
15: ...e their new home. His successor [[Fulkes de Villaret]] executed the plan, and on [[August 15]], [[1309...
17: ... Constantinople]] made the Knights a priority target.
19: ...h the survivors were allowed to leave Rhodes and retreated to the [[Kingdom of Sicily]]. In exchange, ... - Gold (24329 bytes)
21: | [[transition metal]]s
27: | 19300 [[kilogram per cubic metre|kg/m<sup>3</sup>]], 2.5
30: | align="center" | Metallic yellow<br>[[Image:Au,79.jpg|125px|]]
38: | 135 (174) [[picometre|pm]]
71: | 10.21 [[cubic metre per mole|cm<sup>3</sup>/mol]] - Nickel (13955 bytes)
19: |[[transition metal]]s
25: |8908 [[kilogram per cubic metre|kg/m³]], 4.0
28: |align="center"|lustrous, metallic<br>[[Image:Ni,28.jpg|125px|]]
39: |121 [[picometre|pm]]
59: |solid ([[magnetism|ferromagnetic]]) - Tim Berners-Lee (7363 bytes)
6: ...is parents, both mathematicians, were employed together on the team that built the [[Manchester Mark I...
8: ... at [[D.G. Nash Limited]] where he worked on typesetting software and an operating system.
14: ... [[John Poole's Image Computer Systems Ltd]], he returned in [[1984]] as a fellow. He used similar ide...
18: ...ide Web was, how one could own a browser, how to set up a web server, and so on. It was also the world...
22: ...mmendations to improve the quality of the [[Internet]]. - Global Positioning System (28209 bytes)
5: ...satellite navigation system]] used for determining one's precise [[location]] and providing ...
14: ...[November 6]], [[2004]] aboard a [[Delta II]] rocket ''(see article in External links section, below)'...
20: ...h twice every day at an altitude of 20,200 [[kilometre]]s (12,600 miles).
21: ...ement]]s of their own motion, as determined by a set of ground-based observatories.
23: ... each of the four satellites from the difference between local time and the time the satellite signals...
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