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- Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
3: '''Vivien Leigh''' ([[November 5]], [[1913]] – [[July 7]], [[1967]])...
7: ...e [[MGM]] film ''[[A Yank at Oxford]]'', but told no one until late [[1938]], when filming began. [[Pa...
11: In [[1944]], the actress was diagnosed as having a [[tuberculosis]] patch on her left...
27: *''[[A Yank at Oxford]]'' ([[1938]]) - Ivory (4783 bytes)
1: ...t was used for [[billiards|billiard]] balls, [[piano]] keys, buttons and ornamental items. The word "i...
5: ...h or tusks of commercial interest which is large enough to be carved or [[scrimshaw]]ed.
13: ...h an organic matrix of collagenous proteins. The inorganic component of dentine consists of dahllite. ...
15: ...welry, flatware handles, furniture inlays, and piano keys. Additionally, [[warthog]] tusks, and teeth ...
19: ...amounts of ivory. Yet, a [[1999]] study done by [[Oxford University]] found that less than one percent of ... - Silk (8683 bytes)
2: ...]] of the [[silkworm]] [[larva]], in the process known as ''[[sericulture]]'', which kills the larvae....
8: ... trade routes between Europe and Asia has become known as the [[Silk Road]].
11: ...e located inside the Palace complex in [[Constantinople]] and the cloth produced was used in imperial ...
17: A variety of wild silks have been known and used in China, India and Europe from early ...
19: ... The term "wild" implies that these silkworms are not capable of being domesticated and artificially c... - Ptolemy (10609 bytes)
3: ...istic civilization|Greek]] [[geographer]], [[astronomer]], and [[astrologer]] who probably lived and w...
5: ...es. One is the astronomical treatise that is now known as the '''[[Almagest]]''' (in Greek ''Η &mu...
7: ...tellations, but unlike the modern system they did not cover the whole sky.
9: ... mainly on the work of an earlier geographer, Marinos of Tyre, and on gazetteers of the Roman and anci...
18: ...st be added that his original topographic list cannot be reconstructed: the long tables with numbers w... - Vernacular architecture (3581 bytes)
1: ...hysically manifest, and then perpetuate, cultural norms and accumulated building craft. Vernacular bu...
5: ...to "ensure sustainability in both cultural and economic terms beyond the short term." [[Christopher Al...
9: ...nto vernacular and non-vernacular than whether or not a kind of architecture is accepted within academ... - United Nations (29685 bytes)
1: ...lomatic recognition from selected states, but are not UN members. For more information, see [[United N...
5: ... as the '''United Nations Organization''', or '''UNO'''. But by the 1950s, English speakers were refer...
11: *[[UN Economic and Social Council]]
20: ...rnational peace and security and international economic and social cooperation. These proposals were d...
24: ...onths later on [[June 26]]. [[Poland]], which was not represented at the conference, but for which a p... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
1: This is a '''Conventional Egyptian chronology'''.
5: ...accepted developments during the 20th century but not including any of the major revision proposals th...
7: ... several possible dates or even several whole chronologies as possibilities. Consequently, there may b...
9: ...ented below, which is the “Conventional Chronology” that is quoted by [[David Rohl]] in ''...
16: ...om Baines and Malek, ''Atlas of Ancient Egypt'' (Oxford, 1980). - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
14: | wife= None; wife [[Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson|Martha]...
20: ...ost extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White H...
30: ...as sometimes been called the ''"[[List of people known as the father or mother of something|father of ...
32: ...uality of wine now being made in Virginia, to say nothing of the rest of the country.
41: ...y him with an insistence that only his words and "not a word more" be inscribed, reads, - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...at the country's *official* name is now "Canada", not anything else. If you believe you have arguments...
3: {{editnote | Notice: This overview article is already too long an...
6: ...d north into the [[Arctic Ocean]] as far as the [[North Pole]].
8: ... through the [[British North America Acts|British North America Act of 1867]] and styled the "[[Canada...
15: ...arliament of Canada|Parliament]]. Both the [[Governor General of Canada]], who exercises the prerogati... - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
1: ...istan]], [[Uzbekistan]] and [[Tajikistan]] in the north, and [[People's Republic of China|China]] in t...
3: ...tion of Afghanistan|constitution]] the country is now officially named the '''[[Islamic republic|Islam...
17: ..."center" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: None''</small>
30: ...orders]]'''<br>'''[[Coastline]]''' || 5,529 km<br>none
60: ...lent history. Through the ages, the region today known as ''Afghanistan'' has been occupied by many fo... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
5: native_name = United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
12: ...ial_languages = [[Languages in the United Kingdom|None]]; [[English language|English]] ''[[de facto]]'...
46: ...]] under the [[European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages]]. In each of these, the UK's offic...
51: ...and Scots]]: ''Unitit Kinrick o Great Breetain an Northren Ireland''<br/>
52: ...]. As of April 2005, the July 2004 estimates were not yet available.<br><sup>7</sup> [[ISO 3166-1]] is... - Hippopotamus (6778 bytes)
12: {{Taxobox_section_binomial | color = pink | binomial_name = Hippopotamus amphibius | author = [[Ca...
17: ...t against other males. Male hippos challenge one another with threatening gapes.
19: ...ippos are still found in the rivers of [[Sudan]], northern [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] and [[...
22: ...are approximately the same size as the [[White Rhinoceros]] and one or the other is the next-largest l...
24: ...os''), which means river horse. A male hippo is known as a ''bull''; the female, a ''cow''; a baby, a... - Thebes, Egypt (3900 bytes)
2: ...rth [[Upper Egypt|Upper Egyptian]] [[Nome (Egypt)|nome]]. (The term "Waset" was also used for the name...
4: ...of [[Amun]], [[Mut]], and [[Khonsu]], Thebes was known in the [[Egyptian language]] from the end of th...
21: *[[Tombs of the Nobles]]
24: *[[Colossi of Memnon]] (mortuary temple of [[Amenhotep III]])
27: ...thier, Henri. 1925–1931. ''Dictionnaire des noms g鯧raphiques contenus dans les textes hi鲯gly... - Isis (20790 bytes)
7: ... other [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] deities she did not have a centralised cult at any point throughout ...
14: ...[Egyptian language|Egyptian]] pronunciation is unknown, as Egyptian hieroglyphs only recorded [[conson...
16: ... name was a feminine determinative which was unpronounced'') Modern pronunciation is theoretical altho...
17: The name was pronounced as ''(?)''-''vowel(?)''-s-''vowel''-t (with ...
20: ...ples of other deities. However, even then Isis is not worshipped individually, but rather together wit... - Thoth (5655 bytes)
1: ...mclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]'''Thoth''', pronounced "tot", is the [[Greek]] name given to '''Dje...
3: ... of [[ibis]]es were mummified and buried in his honour.
15: ... Egyptian mythology, believed to contain ancient knowledge originally brought to man by this deity.
26: ...th, ie to become a central repository of quality knowledge and wisdom. As well as discussion about him...
28: ...of man and his ultimate goal in life. It is also known as the Last Revelation. Central to the teaching... - Alabama (10792 bytes)
3: ...d [[CSS Alabama|CSS ''Alabama'']] were named in honor of this state.
12: ...ame = Camellia State, The Heart of Dixie[[#Notes|¹]], Yellowhammer State |
44: |'''[[List of U.S. state birds|State bird]]'''||[[Northern Flicker|Yellowhammer]]
59: ...tory, there was much controversy as to whether or not Alabama was included. Nevertheless, Alabama bec...
61: ...erate state]] on [[January 11]], [[1861]]. While not many battles were fought in the state, it contri... - Agatharchides (3646 bytes)
1: ....2.15) describes him as a [[Peripatetic]]. He is known as the author of a number of works, which only ...
3: ...councillor to [[Ptolemy VI]]; Heraclides is best known for negotiating the treaty that ended [[Antioch...
5: ...and "as a result of the disturbances in Egypt" he no could longer access the official records (a fragm...
7: ...ry has been recognized as conflicting with other known historical facts.
9: Agatharchides' was not well known in ancient times. Of his two major works, ''Aff... - Agathias (4785 bytes)
1: ...f [[Myrina]], an Aeolian city in western [[Asia Minor]], was a [[Greece|Greek]] [[poet]] and the [[his...
3: ...ied law at [[Alexandria]], returned to [[Constantinople]] in 554 to finish his training and practised ...
5: ...erable taste and elegance. He also wrote marginal notes on the ''Periegetes'' of [[Pausanias (geograph...
9: ...nd subordinate commanders." Many of his facts are not to be found elsewhere, and he has always been lo...
11: ...et the depth and breadth of Agathias' culture was not Christian (Kaldellis). - Anthemius of Tralles (1694 bytes)
1: ...e also doctors, one brother who was a lawyer and another who was described as a man of learning.
3: ... the old church of [[Hagia Sophia]] at [[Constantinople]] in [[532]]. His skills seem also to have ext...
5: ... work on remarkable mechanical devices which was known to certain of the Arab mathematicians such as [...
7: ...ber of stories told about Anthemius, which we may not be able to ascertain for an indefinite amount of...
9: ...lso produced the impression of an earthquake in Zenon's house by the use of steam led under pressure t... - Pythagoras (10747 bytes)
2: ...Ionian]] [[mathematician]] and [[philosopher]], known best for formulating the [[Pythagorean theorem]...
6: Known as "the father of numbers", he made influential...
9: ...he island of [[Samos]], off the coast of [[Asia Minor]]. He was born to the parents of Pythais (a nati...
19: ...ndeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love" (excerpt from the book ''The ...
21: ... to refer to a measure of practical prudence, and not to a dietary restriction. Beans, black and white...
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