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  1. Influenza (10335 bytes)
    4: ...omic burden in the form of health care costs and lost productivity. Major genetic changes in the virus...
    12: The A type of influenza virus is the type most likely to cause [[epidemic|epidemics]] and [[pan...
    14: ...dentified for influenza B virus. At present, the most common antigenic variants of influenza A virus a...
    16: ...et al'' 2004) Examples of the nomenclature are A/Moscow/10/99 (H3N2) and B/Hong Kong/330/2001.
    18: ..., is unusually [[virulent]], or is for which the host is unusually unresponsive to treatment. Thus, th...
  2. Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
    2: ...er]], [[philosopher]], and [[physicist]] who is closely associated with the [[scientific revolution]]....
    7: ...for financial reasons. However, he was offered a position on its faculty in [[1589]] and taught mathem...
    10: ...ience and to the separation of science from [[philosophy]] or religion. These are the primary justific...
    12: ...ate measurements of time, which appeared to be impossible with the technology of the [[1600s]]. Accord...
    18: ...f telescopes invented in the [[Netherlands]] in [[1608]], Galileo made one with about 8x magnification, ...
  3. Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
    2: ...l 9]], [[1626]]) was an [[England|English]] [[philosopher]], [[statesman]], [[spy]], [[freemason]] and...
    4: ... a lawyer, but he has become best known as an philosophical advocate and defender of the [[scientific ...
    8: ...]] Church, and a daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, whose sister married William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the...
    14: ...] conflicted with his dislike of Aristotelian philosophy, which seemed barren, disputatious, and wrong...
    21: ...oris Partus Maximus'', but he failed to obtain a position of the kind he thought necessary for success...
  4. Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
    10: *[[1608]]-Popham Colony dissolved
    11: *[[1608]]-[[France|French]] establish colony at [[Quebec]...
    65: *[[1688]]-[[Glorious Revolution]] deposes James II and replaces him with [[William and Ma...
  5. Monsoon (5846 bytes)
    5: ...05;" (''mausem''), which means ''season''. It is most often applied to the seasonal reversals of the w...
    7: ...ave been the first to use the monsoon to speed across the Indian Ocean; the ancient name for the monso...
    10: ...sure]]. Since wind blows from areas of [[high (atmospheric)|high pressure]] to areas of low pressure, ...
    18: ... and oceans. It is within these regions that the most vigorous and dramatic cycles of weather events o...
    23: ...Mountains]] and adjacent areas. This season of almost daily thunderstorms is often called the ''Southw...
  6. Valley of the Kings (4430 bytes)
    2: ...1575;دي الملوك) in [[Arabic language|Arabic]], is a [[va...
    4: ...is separated into the East and West Valley, with most of the important tombs in the East Valley. The W...
    6: ...ley of the Kings|60 tombs]], starting with [[Thutmose I]] and ending with [[Ramesses X]] or [[Ramesses...
    13: ...ns were probably changed on account of this. The most serious problem are the [[shale]] layers. This f...
    16: Almost all of the tombs have been ransacked, including ...
  7. List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
    53: *[[Agostino Carlini]] (1718 - 1790)
    60: *[[Cosimo Cenni]]
    66: *[[Rossella Cosentino]]
    72: *[[Cameron Cross]] (1963- )
    83: *[[Alceo Dossena]] (1878 - 1937)
  8. Seljuk Turks (7657 bytes)
    1: ...ersian language|Persian]]: سلجوقيان ''Saljūqiy&#257...
  9. Bahrain (16123 bytes)
    1: ...Fahd Causeway]], and [[Qatar]] is to the south across the [[ Persian Gulf]]. The [[Qatar-Bahrain Frie...
    61: ...as in the ancient times known as [[Dilmun]], [[Tylos]] (its Greek Given name), Awal, as well as [[Pers...
    63: The islands of Bahrain, positioned in the middle south of the Persian Gulf, h...
    65: A strategic position between East and West, fertile lands, fresh ...
    69: ...ture, the majority of the population of Bahrain chose to reject Iran's claims, and to define themselve...
  10. African American (19830 bytes)
    1: ...thnic group in the [[United States of America]] whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were ind...
    6: ... American" generally does not include Afro-[[Latinos]], who tend to use the term "Latino" or "Hispanic...
    10: ...ny U.S. city in 2000, with 85 percent, followed closely by [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]], [[Michigan]]...
    15: ...olitics. The growth of [[abolitionism]], which opposed the institution of slavery, culminated in the [...
    17: ..., ratified in 1865, freed all slaves, including those in states that had not seceded. During [[Reconst...
  11. Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
    3: ...e voyage was paid for by the [[Muscovy Company|''Moscovy Company'']], one of a small number of [[corpo...
    5: ...sidered the end of the line, which convinced the Moscovy Company that there was no point funding furth...
    17: ... by Hudson of his voyage for the Dutch have been lost, but an account was given by [[Johannes de Laet]...
  12. March 18 (10594 bytes)
    9: *[[1608]] - [[Sissinios of Ethiopia|Sissinios]] formally crowned Emperor of [[Ethiopia]]
    22: ...w London School explosion]] kills three hundred, mostly children.
    32: ...t]] [[Aleksei Leonov]], leaving his spacecraft [[Voskhod 2]] for 12 minutes, becomes the first person ...
    36: *[[1974]] - [[Oil embargo crisis]]: Most [[OPEC]] nations end a five-month [[oil]] [[emba...
    37: ...were killed at an explosion of a [[Vostok rocket|Vostok-2M]] rocket on its launch pad during a fueling...
  13. List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
    61: *[[Yehoshua Bar-Hillel]], (Israel, [[1915]]-[[1975]])
    76: *[[Joseph Louis Francois Bertrand]] (France, [[1822]] - ...
    111: *[[Rudjer Josip Boscovich|Ruđer Josip Bošković]] ([[Republic of Dubrovnik]]...
    163: *[[Paul Cohen|Paul Joseph Cohen]] (USA, [[1934]] - )
    179: *[[Allan Joseph Champneys Cunningham]] (UK, [[1842]] - [[1928]...
  14. Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
    4: ... [[Political philosophy|political philosopher]], most famous for his book ''[[Leviathan (book)|Leviath...
    6: ... also wrote numerous other books on political philosophy and other matters, providing an account of hu...
    12: ...learning". He did not complete his degree until [[1608]] but he was recommended by Wilkinson as tutor to...
    14: ...ring the tour in contrast to the [[scholastic philosophy]] which he had learned in Oxford. His scholar...
    16: ...enne]]. From [[1637]] he considered himself a philosopher.
  15. Quran (41479 bytes)
    6: ...g, the Qur'an proceeds to the longest sura, and closes with some of the shortest ones.
    16: ...pidly changed in response to this new situation, losing complexities of case and obscure vocabulary. S...
    18: ... Qur’an. Translations are considered mere glosses. The traditions governing the translation and ...
    20: ...whole text in Arabic, considering that they are closer to God in doing so.
    26: ...ls: Prostrate yourselves before Adam, they fell prostrate, all save Iblis"), and even stories (such as...
  16. State of Palestine (7675 bytes)
    2: ...ment of an autonomous [[state]] — being in possession of sovereign territory. Currently, the [[...
    5: |+<font size=+1>'''&#1583;&#1608;&#1604;&#1577; &#1601;&#1604;&#1587;&#1591;&#1610...
    31: ...[Palestinian Authority]], established under the [[Oslo Accords]].
    42: ...], [[Central African Republic]], [[Chad]], [[Comoros]], [[Congo (Brazzaville)|Republic of the Congo]],...
    48: ...ndia]], [[Indonesia]], [[DPRK|Korea (DPRK)]], [[Laos]], [[Malaysia]], [[Mongolia]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakis...
  17. History of Germany (53864 bytes)
    19: ...the territory of the former Roman Empire without losing contact with their own ancestral land. The min...
    33: ...nomic and cultural centres ([[Aachen]] being the most famous).
    41: ...n imperial stronghold (''Pfalz'') was built at [[Goslar]], as the Empire continued its expansion to th...
    43: ...peror was compelled to submit to the Pope at [[Canossa]] in 1077, after having been excommunicated. In...
    46: ... the [[Knights Templar|Templars]], the [[Knights Hospitaller|Knights of St John]] and the [[Teutonic K...
  18. Hyksos (23575 bytes)
    2: ...irteenth dynasty of Egypt|Thirteenth Dynasty]], whose capital was near [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]], and...
    4: ...ols of warfare into Egypt, most notably the [[composite bow]], the horse, and the horse-drawn [[chario...
    6: ...overlords. The names of the Fifteenth Dynasty Hyksos are known from Egyptian monuments, scarabs and ot...
    8: ===Who Were the Hyksos?===
    9: ...netho. It is generally agreed that these six Hyksos kings of Egypt ruled a total of about 108 years.
  19. Dervish (2938 bytes)
    3: ... for an attitude that is indifferent to material possesions and the like.
    10: ... various dervish fraternities [[Sufi orders]], almost all of whom who trace their origins from various...
    12: ...e practise quiet meditation, as is the case with most of the Sufi orders in [[South Asia]], many of wh...
    14: ...order, and some are organized solely for that purpose.
    17: ...have sometimes used the term ''dervish'' rather loosely, linking it to, among other things, [[Mahdi]]s...
  20. Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
    3: ...article covers his travels, as they have had the most lasting importance to World History.
    9: ...lowing spring [[1605]] when the settlers moved across the [[Bay of Fundy]] to found the [[Habitation a...
    13: On [[July 3]], 1608 Champlain landed at the "point of Quebec" and set...
    15: ...eople who stayed for the winter only 8 survived, most having died of [[scurvy]] and some of [[smallpox...
    19: During the summer of 1608, Champlain attempted to form better relations wit...

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