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- Mammal (11782 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
15: **[[Dasyuromorphia]]
31: **[[Perissodactyla]]
32: **[[Artiodactyla]]
34: **[[Afrosoricida]] - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
21: ...cques Necker]] (Director-General of Finance 1777–1781), unsuccessfully proposed to revise the Fr...
25: ...e French treasury depended to maintain its day to day operations to withdraw their loans, leading to a...
27: ... to convene the Estates-General in May [[1789]] — for the first time since [[1614]]. Brienne re...
31: ...ription of the events of [[August 8]], [[1788]] – [[June 17]], [[1789]], see [[Estates-General o...
35: ...and ''[[bailliage]]s'' rather than by provinces — need be determined by the precedent of 1614. ... - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
8: {{Taxobox_subphylum_entry | taxon = [[Hexapoda]]}}
17: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = '''Lucanidae'''}}
28: ... [[insect]] in Britain's fauna, there being about 1200 named [[species]] of the Stag Beetle world-wide, ...
30: ...like the horns of a cervus. The Stag beetle is predated on by [[magpie]]s, [[badger (animal)|badger]]s... - Water Buffalo (6557 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Artiodactyla]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Bovidae]]}}
13: ... arnee | author = [[Robert Kerr (writer)|Kerr]] | date = [[1792]]}}
17: ... very sparse. Adults range in size from 300 kg to 1200 kg, although females typically weigh around 750 k... - Blue Whale (22203 bytes)
1: ...| color = pink | name = Blue Whale}}<br>{{StatusEndangered}}
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordata]]}}
10: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Balaenoptiidae]]}}
14: ...usculus | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linneus]] | date = [[1758]]}}
20: Blue Whales were abundant in most oceans around the world up until the be... - Ireland (33828 bytes)
15: ...e merged or divided, but constitutionally the boundaries have to be observed. Across Ireland, the 32 c...
52: ...y carved stone crosses that dot the island. Sites dating to this period include [[clochan]]s, [[ringfo...
56: ...ivided into [[province]]s, of which four remain today: [[Munster]], [[Leinster]], [[Connacht]] and [[U...
57: ...ations in [[Laois|Leix]] ("King's County", modern day Laois) and [[Offaly]] ("Queen's County"). In an ...
65: ...nd Ireland. In 1829, a radical Catholic lawyer, [[Daniel O'Connell]], "the Great Emancipator" led a su... - History of the world (21975 bytes)
7: ...t recent [[Ice Age]], when temperate regions of today were extremely inhospitable. Yet, humans had col...
12: ...nimals may well have developed at similarly early dates. As might be expected, agriculture was particu...
23: ...[Hittite]] civilisations around [[12th century BC|1200 BCE]], as these advanced peoples lost their techn...
25: ...ere to dominate Chinese thinking until the modern day. These were [[Taoism]], [[Legalism (philosophy)|...
55: ...a in 1041, but the printing press as we know it today was invented in Germany, and became far more wid... - Venice (22017 bytes)
10: ...jor power-broker in the [[Near East]]. By the standards of the time, Venice's stewardship of its mainl...
14: ...] systems, but the social order was entirely [[feudal]]. Church and various private properties were ti...
29: ...e city itself or from its possessions, especially Dalmatia. Those from the city were chosen by lot fro...
33: ...ecruited from the lagoon, plus feudal levies from Dalmatia and Istria. In times of emergency, all male...
92: ...ill intact after centuries of submersion. The foundations rest on the piles, and buildings of [[brick]... - Windmill (7108 bytes)
12: ...e]]s of those early times. They are still used today for the same purpose in some areas of the world ...
16: ...ot prone to freezing weather, a pump jack (or standard) was frequently mounted at the top of the well ...
18: ... more. This arrangement allowed wells as deep as 1200 [[feet]] (370 m) to be constructed, though most w...
20: ... the decline in the use of windmills in the US. Today, with increases in energy prices and the expense...
42: *[http://www.molendatabase.nl/index_en.php Mill database with over 15000 mills from all over Europe] - Hittites (17910 bytes)
3: ...ined hundred-year gap from 1500 to 1400 BC. After 1200 BC the Hittite polity disintegrated into several ...
5: ...nnium BC and spoke a non-Indo-European language — conventionally called [[Hattic language|Hattic...
7: ...[Ezra]]'s return from [[Babylonian captivity of Judah|Babylonian captivity]]; see [[Hittites in the Bi...
14: ...n/Babylonian "land of Hatti", were written in standard Akkadian [[cuneiform]] script, but in an unknow...
15: ...own language as the Egyptian letters from Kheta — thus confirming the identity of the two names.... - Germanic tribes (16394 bytes)
9: ...mb|Map of the [[Nordic Bronze Age]] culture, ca [[1200 BC]]]]
14: ...f southern Scandinavia (2-3 degrees warmer than today) deteriorated considerably, which not only drama...
18: ... of the [[Celts]] inhabiting the more southerly [[Danube]] and Alpine regions during the same period.
25: ...ome]] advanced her borders to the [[Rhine]] and [[Danube]], incorporating many [[Celtic]] societies in...
27: ...efinition of the "Germania magna": from Rhine and Danube in the West and South to the Vistula and the ... - Digital photography (33923 bytes)
4: ...or]] to record the image as a piece of electronic data rather than as chemical changes on film. Digita...
18: ...ilable for considerably lower prices. (The [[Ritz Dakota Digital]] is an extreme example.)
24: ... [[webcam]]s, some can use the [[PictBridge]] standard to connect to a printer without using a compute...
38: ...copied from one media to another without any degradation.
44: ... meta data within the image, such as the time and date of the photograph, model of the camera, shutter... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn...
19: *[[Adam Parvipontanus]], (d. 1181)
20: *[[Marilyn McCord Adams]], (born 1943){{fn|O}}
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}} - Judaism (54799 bytes)
2: ...nity]] and [[Islam]]. For all of these reasons, Judaism has been a major force in shaping the world.
8: ...nd the rise of [[Nationalism|nationalism]]. Thus, Daniel Boyarin has argued that "Jewishness disrupts ...
9: ...en-branched [[Menorah]] is an ancient symbol of Judaism. It was used in the [[Temple in Jerusalem|Temp...
11: ... (the [[Hebrew Bible]]) where [[Names of God in Judaism|God]] makes it part of the [[Ten Commandments#...
14: ...these beliefs is to deny God and the essence of Judaism. - Olmec (8916 bytes)
1: ...he Olmec predominated in their lands from about [[1200 BC]] to about [[400 BC]] and they are, in fact, u...
6: ...nd used for recreational and religious purposes – certainly they were playing it before anyone e...
8: ...emes (an obsession with mathematics and with calendars, and a spiritual focus on death expressed throu...
19: ...jaguar]]. [[Olmec figurine]]s were also found abundantly through their period.
23: ...ures is that of [[Ancient Egypt]] ([http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1026/is_n3_v154/ai_2114... - Native American (42651 bytes)
5: ...ples native to [[Alaska]] and [[Arctic|arctic Canada]]). The latter share their cultural and genetic c...
7: The same distinction is made in Canada, where the term [[First Nations]] applies only to...
9: ...lude the [[M鴩s people (Canada)|M鴩s]] of [[Canada]] and the [[Mestizo]]s and [[Zambo]]s of [[Latin ...
19: ...a]] across the [[Bering Strait]], between 17,000–11,000 years ago.
21: ...00 BC|11,500 years ago]] or earlier [http://www.andaman.org/book/chapter53/luzia/luzia.htm]. Thus othe... - Toltec (2981 bytes)
7: ...mpire is believed to have been destroyed around [[1200]] AD by the nomadic warriors of the [[Chichimecs]...
11: ...ch as the Aztec, written centuries later after a "dark age" in Central Mexico, together with some refe...
13: * Chalchiuh Tlatonac – first Toltec king, founder of Tula
22: * [[Tlilcoatzin]] – died c. 1000 (?)
23: * [[Huemac]] – the last Toltec king, died in exile c. 1100 (?... - Neanderthal (12705 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
14: ...anderthalensis | author = [[William King|King]] | date = [[1864]] }}
18: Neanderthals were adapted to cold, as shown by their larger [[brain]]s,...
24: ...in August, [[1856]], three years before [[Charles Darwin]]'s [[Origin of Species]] was published. The...
45: ...ir relatively robust stature is thought to be an adaptation to the cold climate of Europe during the [... - Magma (871 bytes)
1: ...l [[igneous rock]]s. Magma exists between 650 and 1200 degrees C. Magma is under [[high pressure]] and s... - Moose (8141 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Artiodactyla]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Cervidae]]}}
12: ... alces | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1758]]}}
16: ...dae'', distinguished from other members of ''Cervidae'' by the form of the [[antler]]s of its males. T...
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