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- History of the world (21975 bytes)
7: ...ble. Yet, humans had colonized nearly all the ice-free parts of the globe by the end of the Ice Age, s...
12: ...of [[Australia]] and the [[Bushmen]] of southern Africa, did not use agriculture until relatively mode...
14: ...y. However, these civilisations were so different from one another that they almost certainly must hav...
29: ...their territory through conquest and colonisation from the beginning of the [[5th century BCE]]. By th...
31: ...ed control. The pressure of [[barbarians]] on the frontiers hastened the process of internal dissoluti... - Diwali (5677 bytes)
6: ...org/stylebook.html#D] (Diwali definition; Excerpt from saja.org: Diwali should not be referred as the ...
14: In [[2003]], Dipavali fell on Friday, [[October 24]] for many [[India]]n states an...
46: ... of Diwali. The most common reason is the [[noise pollution]] caused by [[firecrackers]], which particularly ... - Extinction (15793 bytes)
4: ...xtinct species. ''Daughter species'' that evolve from a parent species carry on most of the parent sp...
8: ...nction of a species through [[overharvesting]], [[pollution]], destruction of [[habitat]], introduction of ne...
17: ...e species in question must be identified uniquely from any daughter species, as well as its ancestor s...
25: ...hy species is wiped out completely, as when toxic pollution renders its entire habitat unlivable; or may occu...
32: ...roducing individuals and make [[inbreeding]] more frequent. The [[founder effect]] can cause rapid, i... - Coral reef (11599 bytes)
4: ... [[coral]]s are major contributors to the overall framework and bulk material comprising a ''coral ree...
10: ...reef, but more sloped; extending out and downward from a point or peninsular shore.
11: ...nging reef''' — reef extending directly out from a shoreline, and more or less following the tre...
12: * '''Barrier reef''' — reef separated from a mainland or island shore by a [[lagoon]]; see...
26: ...hreat to coral reefs. In particular, land-based [[pollution]] and over-fishing are the most serious threats t... - Florence (11538 bytes)
9: ...ght|thumb|300px|The bridges of Florence at sunset from Piazzale Michelangelo]]
17: ...[[Byzantine]], [[Ostrogothic]], [[Lombard]] and [[Frankish rule]], during which the population may hav...
19: Reviving from the 10th century and governed from [[1115]] by an autonomous commune, the city was...
23: ...the city from behind the scenes, his power coming from a vast [[patronage]] network and his alliance t...
28: ...later a [[Duchy of Lucca|Duchy]]) was independent from Florence in all Tuscany. - Geography of Italy (2563 bytes)
16: :* Border countries: Austria 430 km, France 488 km, Holy See (Vatican City) 3.2 km, San M...
42: ...ulfur dioxide; coastal and inland rivers polluted from industrial and agricultural effluents; acid rai...
44: ...g, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands...
45: :* Signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Climate Change-[[K... - Nutrition (42689 bytes)
4: Between the extremes of optimal health and death from [[starvation]] or [[malnutrition]], there is an...
10: ...hough the digestive process helps to release them from the matrix of the foods where they occur. Any u...
16: ...re hormonally and metabolically favourable than infrequent, haphazard food intake.
20: ... Early diets were primarily [[vegetarian]] with infrequent game meats and fish where available.
27: ...ard reluctantly agreed to a trial. Daniel and his friends received their diet for 10 days and were the... - Electricity (13894 bytes)
6: ...eek]] ''ēlektron'' = "[[amber]]", which came from an old [[root (linguistics)|root]] ''ēlek-...
10: ..., and coined the modern Latin word ''electricus'' from ''ηλεκτρ&omicr...
12: ...[[Ebenezer Kinnersley]] of [[Philadelphia]] (less frequently) who created the convention of positive a...
16: Franklin's observations aided later scientists such ...
29: ...sometimes gain a measure of economic independence from the electrical utilities. - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
1: ...:ac.parthenon5.jpg|thumb|300px|The Parthenon seen from the hill of the Pnyx to the west]]
3: ...thena the Virgin''', and its popular name derives from the Greek word ''παρθέ...
9: ...he treasury of the Delian League, which was moved from the Panhellenic sanctuary at [[Delos]] to the A...
19: ...ted on the northern side: it may have been scenes from the [[Trojan War]].
21: ...ouring Athena. On the fourth, eastern, side was a frieze showing all the gods of the Greek [[pantheon]... - Hybrid vehicle (47544 bytes)
12: ...cused [[FreedomCAR]] initiative{{cite web | title=FreedomCAR: Getting New Technology into the Marketpl...
16: ...irst production model of this design, released in France in [[2003]]. However, the environmental benef...
20: ...ent in March 2004 allowing Ford to use 20 patents from Toyota related to hybrid technology, although F...
24: ...d States]] rose to 43,435 cars, a 25.8 % increase from 2002 numbers. [[California]], the nation's most...
69: ...rtup that the majority of engine wear occurs, the frequent starting and stopping such systems cause ma... - Atlanta, Georgia (39442 bytes)
28: ...ch has come to delineate the interior of the city from the surrounding suburbs. This has given rise to...
33: ...stern & Atlantic Railroad]], for lines connecting from [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], [[Chattanoo...
38: ... of the economy away from agriculture and a shift from the "Old South" attitudes of slavery and rebell...
41: ... commuted in 1915, riots broke out in Atlanta and Frank was [[lynching|lynched]].
43: ...ters for Disease Control]] was founded in Atlanta from the old Malaria Control in War Areas offices an... - Indianapolis, Indiana (25903 bytes)
29: ...ew capital city. Ralston was an apprentice to the French architect [[Pierre L'Enfant]], and he helped ...
31: ...ed in 1836, but Indiana went bankrupt in [[1839]] from the loans taken out under the aforementioned bi...
33: ...ections enlarged the town. The population soared from just over 8,000 in 1850 to more than 169,000 by...
35: ...in the [[1890s]]. The state government offered a free supply of [[natural gas]] to factories that wer...
37: ...social organization in the city during the period from [[1921]] through [[1928]]. The Klan continued ... - Boston, Massachusetts (36071 bytes)
25: ...icknames include "Beantown", "The Hub" (shortened from [[Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.|Oliver Wendell Hol...
27: ...cy]] as well as many suburban communities further from the city, has a population of approximately 5.8...
34: ...r [[Boston, England]], a town in [[Lincolnshire]] from which several prominent colonists originated. E...
63: The [[Charles River]] separates Boston from [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], and [[C...
65: ...s increases dramatically as one goes inland away from the city. - Politics of Russia (78325 bytes)
4: ...regions gained political and economic concessions from [[Moscow]]. Although the struggle between execu...
8: ...cs' constitutionally guaranteed "right" to secede from the union. Russia was the largest of the union ...
10: ... reforms and long-ignored public problems such as pollution. ''Glasnost'' also brought constitutional reforms...
12: ...chev's attempts to discourage Russia's electorate from voting for him, Yeltsin was popularly elected a...
14: ...go]], [[Gennady Yanayev]], and [[Oleg Baklanov]] (from left) go public with the formation of a State o... - Geography of Estonia (3012 bytes)
5: ...va]] and [[Petseri]] regions on Estonia's eastern frontier, which still remain contested bilaterally.
48: '''Natural hazards:''' flooding occurs frequently in the spring
50: ...:''' air heavily polluted with [[sulfur dioxide]] from oil-shale burning power plants in northeast; co...
53: ...hange, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ship Pollution, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands<br /> - Geography of Malta (2380 bytes)
2: ...]], [[Italy]], [[Europe]]; and ~300km north of [[Africa]]. Only the three largest islands [[Malta Isla...
73: very limited natural fresh water resources; increasing reliance on desali...
77: ...g, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands - The Star-Spangled Banner (15265 bytes)
3: ...ledBanner2.JPG|200px|thumb|right|Percy Moran drew Francis Scott Key reaching out towards the flag in [...
4: ...d [[sheet music]]. Copies such as these were sold from a catalog of Thomas Carr's Carr Music Store in ...
6: ...s]]. The [[lyrics]] were written in [[1814]] by [[Francis Scott Key]], a 35-year-old [[lawyer]] and am...
9: ...ater Upper Marlboro, Maryland|Upper Marlboro]], a friend of Key's who had been captured in [[Washingto...
15: ... popular [[England|English]] drinking song dating from around [[1800]], written by [[John Stafford Smi... - Platypus (21900 bytes)
22: ...s. There is substantial variation in average size from one region to another, though oddly this patter...
24: ...typus [[jaw]] is constructed somewhat differently from that of other mammals, and the jaw opening [[mu...
30: ...e reproductive system, on the other hand, differs from other placental mammals. Their paired ovaries r...
44: ...he victim. That this could be the case is evident from the symptoms of platypus envenomation.
46: ...ghout the affected [[limb]]. Information obtained from [[case study|case histories]] and [[anecdotal e... - Law (13360 bytes)
2: '''Law''' (a [[loanword]] from [[Old Norse]] ''lag''), in [[politics]] and [[j...
13: ... quite similar in their essential themes, arising from similar values and similar social, economic, an...
15: ...it has to be issued under given formal procedures from a recognized authority.
23: ...nor]], where respect for persons and groups stems from fear of the disproportionate revenge they may e...
27: ...body of laws relating to one subject or emanating from one source are usually identified by specific r... - Wildfire (23185 bytes)
2: ...n Bernardino, California]] Mountains (image taken from the [[International Space Station]])]]
16: ...researchers discovered that exposure to [[smoke]] from burning plants actually promotes [[germination]...
18: ...erty]], particularly when they have reached urban-fringe communities, destroying many homes and causin...
30: ... of water in plants is balanced by water absorbed from the soil. Below this threshold, the plants dry ...
43: ...aft]] caused by a large wildfire will draw in air from surrounding areas. These self-generated winds c...
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