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- San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
31: ...tates]], in terms of population. It is a [[consolidated city-county]] (the only one in California) si...
33: ...ghest population density of any major U.S. city aside from [[New York City]].
35: ... [[Spain|Spanish]], in [[1776]]. The city grew rapidly due to the [[California gold rush]] starting in...
39: ...[Golden Gate Bridge]] and the [[Transamerica Pyramid]].
44: ... [[1776]] and established the sites for the [[Presidio of San Francisco]] and [[Mission San Francisco ... - Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
1: ...pg|right|thumbnail|300px|Mayan Temple Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa...
5: [[Archaeology|Archaeological]] evidence shows the Maya started to build ceremonial ar...
7: ...burial mounds]], the precursors to [[pyramid|pyramids]] erected in later times.
11: ...tate]]s. The most notable monuments are the pyramids they built in their [[religion|religious]] cente...
13: ...cao]], [[salt]], and [[obsidian]]; see also: [[Obsidian use in Mesoamerica]]. - Hybrid vehicle (47544 bytes)
1: ...da-Insight.jpg|thumbnail|[[Honda Insight]], a hybrid gas-electric vehicle|300px]]
2: ...us2004.jpg|thumbnail|2004 [[Toyota Prius]], a hybrid gas-electric vehicle|300px]]
3: ...ss.jpg|thumbnail| [[Whispering Wheel]] Bus, a hybrid bus with an in wheel motor design. |300px]]
4: <!-- Need a photo of a Blue Hybrid here! though I dreed to suggest, Perhaps an Explo...
6: ...railer|range extending trailer]]. Nearly all hybrids still require gasoline as their sole [[fuel]] so... - Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen (8624 bytes)
6: ...en was born in [[Lennep]] (now a part of [[Remscheid]]), Germany, to a [[cloth]]maker. His family move...
16: ...l cardboard screen painted with barium platinocyanide when it was placed close to the aluminium window...
18: ...d come from the location of the barium platinocyanide screen he had been intending to use next.
20: ... of ray might be responsible. November 8 was a Friday, so he took advantage of the weekend to repeat ...
22: ...Röntgen happened to notice the barium platinocyanide screen misrepresents his investigative powers; h... - Atlanta, Georgia (39442 bytes)
20: [[Image:Midtodt2.jpg|thumb|200px|Downtown Atlanta [[skyline]]...
22: ...poster-child for cities worldwide experiencing rapid urban [[sprawl]], population growth, and commerci...
28: ... the suburbs OTP (Outside the Perimeter). The Perimeter is Atlanta's equivalent to the [[Capital Beltway]...
31: ...rnment, white settlement in the area increased rapidly.
33: ...that the name is a variation of Martha Lumpkin's middle name, [[Atalanta]]. Whatever the case may be,... - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (37869 bytes)
3: ...as 'Oak City,' but locals never use this name. Residents of outlying suburbs or rural areas often call...
7: ...03 totaled 523,303 with more than 1.25 million residents in the metropolitan area.
23: area = 1,608.8 [[square kilometer|km²]] (621.2 [[square mile|mi²]]) |
36: ...the city has a total area of 1,608.8 [[square kilometer|km²]] (621.2 [[square mile|mi²]]). 1,57...
40: ... the [[Clean Air Act]] (after [[Jacksonville, Florida]]) - Molecular nanotechnology (10344 bytes)
1: ...on positionally-controlled [[mechanosynthesis]] guided by molecular machine systems. It involves combi...
10: ...017242][http://www.azonano.com/details.asp?ArticleID=56]
15: ...nd render inert specific viruses. Another is the idea of [[self-healing]] structures, which would rep...
17: ...ple: a photosensor could passively measure the incident light and discharge its absorbed energy as ele...
23: Nanofacturing is popularly linked with the idea of swarms of coordinated nanoscale robots worki... - Allemande (1374 bytes)
3: ...de, shifting to quadruple meter and ranging more widely in tempo. German composers like [[Johann Jako...
7: ...came to be used for a new type of dance in triple meter; [[Carl Maria von Weber|Weber's]] ''Douze alleman... - Guitar (36953 bytes)
2: ...stic guitar features [[steel]] strings and more guide dots on the [[fretboard]].]]
6: ...have a '''body''' (hollow in acoustic guitars, solid in most electric guitars) and a '''neck'''. Typic...
10: Guitars are used in a wide variety of musical styles. They are made and rep...
12: Guitars are widely known as the primary instrument in [[rock musi...
16: ...h were invented in Central Asia, Iran. Earliest evidence of instruments very similar to the Westernize... - Ziggurat (6043 bytes)
1: ... [[Persia]], having the form of a terraced [[pyramid]] of successively receding storeys. One of the fi...
5: ...get the temple closer to the [[heaven]]s, and provide access from the ground to it via steps.
9: ...ircases leading to the [[temple]], two of which (side flanked) were thought to have only ascended half...
11: ...tures. The final stage consisted of a 15 [[metre|meter]] hardened [[brick]] encasement constructed by [[...
15: ...e]] was provided by a series of [[ramp]]s on one side of the ziggurat or by a [[spiral]] [[ramp]] from... - Wombat (7860 bytes)
10: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Vombatidae]]}}
17: ...asily seen as many [[animal]]s, but leave ample evidence of their passage, treating fences as a minor ...
19: ... two sub-orders: the large and diverse [[Phalangerida]] ([[kangaroo]]s, [[possum]]s, and relatives), a...
21: ...thing. Its primary defence is its toughened rear hide which, combined with its lack of a meaningful ta...
25: ...he '''Common Wombat''' (''Vombatus ursinus'') is widespread in the cooler and better watered parts of ... - Literature (25676 bytes)
1: ... plural, likewise with "Literature". This being said, "literatures" is also plural. However "Literatur...
11: ...cience fiction) may also become excluded from consideration as "literature".
15: ...[romance (genre)|romance]] flourished from the [[Middle ages]] onwards, whereas the [[Age of Reason]] ...
21: ...of measures consisting of patterns of stresses ([[meter (poetry)|metric feet]]) or of patterns of differe...
27: ...entions come about as the result of historical accidents, where many speakers of a language associate ... - Ur (11926 bytes)
1: ...] rivers on the [[Persian Gulf]] and close to [[Eridu]]. Because of marine regression, the remains are...
9: ... city was again thriving. Ur by this time was considered sacred to [[Nanna]], the [[moon]] [[god]] in ...
15: ... [[irrigation]]. His code of laws (a fragment was identified in [[Istanbul]] in [[1952]]) is one of th...
19: ...II of Babylon]]. The last Babylonian king, [[Nabonidus]] of Babylonia improved the ziggurat. However t...
22: ...]]ns, who settled there around [[900 BC]]. The Kasidim could also refer to the [[Kassites]] who were p... - Berlin Wall (23423 bytes)
7: ...although Berlin was completely surrounded on all sides by the Soviet sector of Germany. The [[Soviet U...
13: ...ion, because East Germany's economy was being subsidized by the Soviet government.
19: ...ilt up into the full-scale Wall. It physically divided the city and completely surrounded West Berlin....
21: ...ocation was around the perimeter of the city. Besides, America had been caught off-balance, it being ...
27: ...rank (as JFK's special advisor). He and Vice-President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] arrived at Templehof air... - Celtic mythology (25486 bytes)
1: ...were often recorded in written form during the [[Middle Ages]].
4: ....simplyscottish.com/readingroom/history/gaelic_druids.htm].
6: ...widespread literacy and broke the power of the druids in the areas it conquered; in fact, most inscrip...
9: ... are described as holding roughly equal views as did other populations: Apollo dispels sickness, Miner...
12: ...heon as a large number of local deities is gainsaid by the numerous well-testified gods whose cults s... - Sword (24928 bytes)
14: ... has the advantage of mass-production due to the wider availability of the raw material. Early iron sw...
16: ...tury]] [[Iran|Iran (Persia)]], during the [[Sassanid Empire]].]]
20: ...[Classical Antiquity]] and the Parthian and Sassanid Empires in Iran, iron swords were common. The Gre...
24: ===Middle ages===
27: ...out the [[Migration period]] and well into the [[Middle Ages]]. [[Vendel Age]] Spathas were decorated ... - Trebuchet (7499 bytes)
12: ...g that carries the shot. The sling is usually braided from rope, and has a captive end attached to th...
15: [[image:Trebuchet2.png|thumb|left|Side view of a trebuchet]]
19: ...ving the channel in which the missile and sling slide in the base of the frame.
21: Trebuchets were formidably powerful weapons, but relatively short-ranged...
39: ... competitors build a small trebuchet (maximum one meter square footprint, 75cm high) and fire projectiles... - Longship (3972 bytes)
5: ...a rapid deployment on sandy shores in case of a raid and nonetheless hand carriage between river arms ...
8: Our best evidence for longship construction comes from ship-bur...
10: ...p from [[Hedeby]] harbour has the largest length/width proportion: 11.4 to 1. However, later longships...
14: ... a type less effective for over seas piracy and raidings.
37: ... uenia und lokan'' in Festschrift Untermann, ed Heidermans et al., Innsbruck, 1993. - Troy (22846 bytes)
2: ...50px|"Trojan Horse" at the site of Troy|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa...
3: ... [[Dardanelles]] under [[Mount Ida, Phrygia|Mount Ida]].
7: ...ntity is disputed, the site has been successfully identified with the city called '''''Wilusa''''' in ...
8: ...|thumb|550px|right|Historic Map of Troy|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa...
10: ... the younger. When Laomedon refuses to pay, [[Poseidon]] flooded the land and demanded the sacrifice o... - Ernest Shackleton (9537 bytes)
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26: ...eton used Manchurian ponies for transport, which did not prove successful.
28: ...[[Magnetic South Pole]] by [[Douglas Mawson]], David and MacKay ([[January 16]], [[1909]]); and locati...
36: ...]] to seek help. This remarkable journey in a 6.7 meter boat (the ''[[James Caird (boat)|James Caird]]'')...
40: ...ile, a supply mission had been sent to the other side of the continent to lay food depots for Shacklet...
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