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- Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
7: * 2 MYA: [[Origin of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest lik...
26: * [[Cloth]] woven from [[flax]] fiber
34: ... BC]]: [[Sweet Track|Engineered roadway]] in [[England]]
52: * [[Glass]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
67: * [[150s BC]]: [[Astrolabe]]: [[Hipparchus]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
5: *[[Laloo Prasad Yadav|Yadav, Laloo Prasad]] (born 1948), [[India]]n politician
7: ...nder Nikolaevich Yakovlev|Yakovlev, Alexander Nikolaevich]] (born 1923)
12: ...ander Yakushev|Yakushev, Alexander]], ice hockey player
21: ...i]] (1885-1946), Japanese lieutenant general in Malaya, Singapore and the Philippines
31: ...onal Basketball Association|NBA]] [[Basketball]] player, [[Houston Rockets]] - Alexander of Aphrodisias (2599 bytes)
13: ...greatly esteemed among the [[Arab]]ians, who translated many of them.
20: ...the former work, which has been translated into [[Latin]] by [[Grotius]] and also
21: ...isson]] has treated of his doctrine of fate (''De la liberte et du hazard'', [[Paris]], 1870).
24: ...d'Alexandrie,'' ''Rev. des etudes grecques'', v., 1892; [[Eduard Zeller|E. Zeller]]'s ''Outlines of Gk. ...
28: * [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/alexander-aphrodisias/ Sta... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
5: Shortcuts to highly popular [[painter]]s:
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [...
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impress...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]] - Claude Monet (4533 bytes)
1: [[Image:ClaudeMonet.jpg|right|frame|Claude Monet]]
2: '''Oscar-Claude Monet''' ([[November 14]], [[1840]] – [[...
4: ...o go into the family grocery store business, but Claude Monet wanted to paint. On the beaches of Norma...
10: ... in the Green Dress'' ''(Camille, ou la femme � la robe verte)'', which brought him recognition, dep...
12: ...1870]] – [[1871]]), Monet took refuge in England to avoid the conflict. There he studied the wor... - Tree (23723 bytes)
3: ...hrub]] for comparison). Compared with most other plant forms, trees are long-lived. A few species of t...
5: ... [[orchard]] crops (e.g. [[apple]]s). Trees also play an important role in many of the world's [[mytho...
7: ==Classifications==
9: ...y)|orders]] and [[family (biology)|families]] of plants. Trees thus show a wide variety of growth form...
11: ...many well known trees and how they are typically classified. - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
10: ...mas Ahearn]], inventor of the electric stove in [[1892]]
14: ...nt of Agriculture — instant mashed potato flakes
18: *[[Charles Babbage]], (1791-1871), [[England]] — [[Analytical engine]]
20: ...) - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]]
22: *[[Steve Baer]] - (1938-) U.S. solar inventor and developer; architectural designer. - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
10: ...s family fled to Nova Scotia, Canada, settling on land the British government gave those who had been ...
12: John Edison had remained loyal to [[England]] in the 1700's. Ironically, in the 1800's, hi...
14: ...[Thomas Alva Edison]]. The economic success in Milan was soon over, though, and seven-year-old "Al" a...
16: ...s schooling due to childhood illnesses. It was a late start and a poor start. His mind often wandere...
18: ...ng next to him. Some of his earliest inventions related to electrical telegraphy, included a stock tic... - Caste (32815 bytes)
1: ... division]] in [[Hinduism|Hindu]] society, particularly in [[India]].
5: ...though it generally refers to the four principal classes described in [[Manusmriti|Manu's code]], viz....
7: ...oldest part of the Avesta) is very similar to the language of the Rig Veda. It may also come from the ...
13: ... their governments, is used by [[Hindu]]s, particularly in [[India]] and [[Nepal]]. It is based on fou...
18: *'''''[[Shudra]]s''''' ([[blue]] or [[black]]-symbolizing [[Tamas]]), [[worker]]s, [[farmer... - Timeline of United States history (1860-1899) (10289 bytes)
7: [[Image:National-atlas-1970-1860.png|thumb|U.S. territorial extent in 1...
20: *[[1862]] - [[Morrill Land Grant Colleges Act]]
23: *[[1863]] - Lincoln issues [[Emancipation Proclamation]]
40: *[[1866]] - [[Ku Klux Klan]] founded
41: ...n military tribunals when civilian courts are available - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...ed by the rise of [[populism]] and the American [[labor movement]]. Finally, the era was capped by U....
7: ...ithout first imposing preconditions. A series of laws, passed by the Federal government, established ...
9: ...es to enforce the civil rights of the formerly enslaved African-Americans in the South.
11: ...hat had been established under Abraham Lincoln's plan were abolished; the first Reconstruction Act sta...
13: ...of the original [[Ku Klux Klan]], in 1866; but it lasted for only three years. - Wyoming (8979 bytes)
4: Flag = Wyoming state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Wyoming]] |
10: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
11: LargestCity = [[Cheyenne, Wyoming|Cheyenne]] |
13: PostalAbbreviation = WY | - Ohio (19444 bytes)
4: Flag = Ohio state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Ohio]] |
10: LargestCity = [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]] |
12: PostalAbbreviation = OH |
13: OfficialLang = ''None'' | - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
1: ...]], Venus's orbit is the closest to [[circle|circular]], with an [[eccentricity (orbit)|eccentricity]]...
7: ...ally incorrect. The true adjective coming from [[Latin]], ''[[Wiktionary:Venereal|Venereal]]'', is av...
9: ...Korean]], and [[Japan]]ese cultures refer to the planet as the ''Metal Star'', based on the [[Five Ele...
14: ... km/h). Winds in the upper atmosphere circle the planet in only 4 days, helping to distribute the heat...
16: ...ite is actually true. The cloud cover keeps the planet much cooler than it would be otherwise. The i... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...ngland began its numbered year on [[March 25]] ([[Lady Day]] or Annunciation Day), between the [[13th ...
7: ...nown [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes place.
10: *[[1600]] - [[Scotland]] begins using the [[Julian calendar]].
11: ... II of England|Charles II]] crowned King of [[Scotland]]
12: *[[1673]] - Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston... - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
9: ...building. Another contender for the title is the 1892 ten-story [[Wainwright Building]] by [[Louis Sull...
11: ...m curtain wall for tall systems of glass that are laterally supported by these skeletal frames. Specia...
19: ... the [[CN Tower]], [[TV masts]], bridges, or oil platforms.
30: |2||[[Petronas Tower 1]]||[[Kuala Lumpur]]||452 m||1,483 ft||88||1998||
32: |3||[[Petronas Tower 2]]||Kuala Lumpur||452 m||1,483 ft||88||1998 - Arowana (2287 bytes)
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5: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Actinopterygii]]}}
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15: ==Classification==
17: ...cks from the [[Tertiary|lower Tertiary]] and are placed in the [[Actinopterygii|actinopterygiid]] orde... - World Series (40101 bytes)
1: ...e winner was determined through a [[best-of-nine playoff]]) and is awarded the [[World Series Trophy]]...
3: ...rst World Series Championship in 31,458 days, the last being in the [[1918 World Series]], completed o...
5: The first two games of the series are played in one team's home ballpark, the next three in...
7: ...shares; today only the teams finishing in second place in their division but not earning a [[wild card...
9: ...]n champions against champions in the Japanese or Latin American leagues have, so far, not succeeded. - Atlanta Braves (20715 bytes)
3: ...are a [[Major League Baseball]] team based in [[Atlanta, Georgia]]. They are in the Eastern Division ...
5: ... Stockings founder [[Harry Wright]] and the best players from that team re-formed in Boston and took t...
6: ...s|1910]]) and "Rustlers" (when [[William Russell (lawyer)|William Russell]] owned the franchise, [[191...
7: :'''Home ballpark:''' [[Turner Field]], Atlanta (aka "The Ted", after [[Ted Turner]])
11: ...''Teams in Division:''' [[Florida Marlins]], [[Philadelphia Phillies]], [[New York Mets]], [[Washingto... - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
5: ...d and rebuilt the club with young, inexperienced players. The ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' tried to call t...
8: ...ircle. Sometimes a smaller "ubs" will follow the large "C", or the team will make use of a cartoon be...
18: ...rofessional teams in [[1870]], each with the singular goal of defeating the Red Stockings. A number o...
22: ...gs]], and first baseman [[Cap Anson]] of the [[Philadelphia Athletics]]. While this was going on, beh...
24: ... does provide some perspective to note that a similar winning percentage nowadays would yield 129 wins...
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