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- Vietnam (18265 bytes)
1: ...theast Asia]]. Situated in eastern [[Indochina]], it borders [[China]], [[Laos]], [[Cambodia]], and th...
6: ...overeignty for both sides. American troops were withdrawn by [[March 29]], 1973.
8: ...enacted [[War Powers Resolution]] prevented the United States from defending South Vietnam. [[Fall of ...
14: == Politics ==
15: ''Main article: [[Politics of Vietnam|Politics of Vietnam]]'' - Ukraine (22193 bytes)
3: ...resent borders were only established in [[1954]]. It became independent once more following the [[fall...
24: | '''[[Capital]]''' || [[Kiev]] ({{lang-ua|''Kyiv''}})
32: ...tal ([[2004]])<br> [[Population density|Density]] || [[List of countries by population|ranked 25...
34: .../> - GDP/capita (PPP) <br /> - GDP/capita (Nominal)
35: ...,748 ([[List of countries by GDP (Nominal) per capita|107th]]) - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...ddition, Portugal includes several [[island]] territories in the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]], such as ...
5: ...th centuries]], Portugal was a major economic, political, and cultural power. The [[Portuguese Empire]...
7: ...and economic progress in the subsequent decades, with a clear slow-down in the last few years.
12: ===Lusitania===
13: ...tanian|Pre-Roman]]''' and '''[[Lusitania|Roman Lusitania]]''''' - Hippopotamus (6778 bytes)
17: ...t other males. Male hippos challenge one another with threatening gapes.
19: ... capturing this animal was in the [[Sais, Egypt|Saite nome]] ([[Pliny's Natural History|N.H.]] 28.121)...
22: ... estimates of its actual running speed. Some web-sites claim 18 mph (30 km/h), while others record 40 ...
28: ... ranged until recently in the [[Niger River|Niger Delta]] but may now be extinct.
30: Three more species became extinct within the [[Holocene]] on [[Madagascar]], one of the... - Mummy (16225 bytes)
2: ... either natural or artificial means, has retained its physical form. This can be achieved by exposing ...
4: ... are those that have been [[embalming|embalmed]] with the specific purpose of preservation, particular...
6: ...overed from submerged [[cypress]] coffins packed with medicinal herbs.
8: ...e best-preserved mummies formed under natural conditions date from the [[Inca]] period in [[Peru]].
12: ...Persians sometimes mummified their kings and nobility in wax, though this practice has never been docu... - Aswan Dam (6375 bytes)
2: [[Aswan]] is a city on the first [[cataract]] of the [[Nile]] in [[E...
10: ...ity dam, it was 1,900 m long and 54 m high. The initial design was soon found to be inadequate and the...
12: When the dam almost overflowed in 1946 it was decided that rather than raise the dam a thir...
13: ...as designed by the Russian Zuk [[Hydroproject Institute]].
15: ...bu Simbel]]) or granted to countries that helped with the works (such as the [[Principe P�Debod temp... - Papyrus (5819 bytes)
2: ...throughout the [[History of the Mediterranean| Mediterranean]] region, as well as inland parts of [[Eu...
5: ...ry, or a writing surface. This latter usage finds its way into English in such words as ''bibliography...
7: ...;wfy''], and ''djet'' [''ḏt'']. Thus in reality, Greek ''papuros'' has no known relation to any ...
10: .... After drying, the sheet of papyrus is polished with some rounded object, possibly a stone.
11: ...|A section of the Egyptian [[Book of the Dead]] written on papyrus]] - Cyperus papyrus (4281 bytes)
15: ...belonging to the [[sedge]] family [[Cyperaceae]]. It is a [[herb]]aceous [[perennial plant|perennial]]...
17: ...ays. The flowers give way to brown, nut-like [[fruit]]s.
19: ...e base of the culms and represent reduced leaves. It is therefore untrue to call this plant "leafless"...
21: ... conditions. Like most tropical plants, it is sensitive to frost.
23: ...also occurs also in [[Madagascar]], and some [[Mediterranean]] regions such as [[Sicily]] and the [[Le... - Thebes, Egypt (3900 bytes)
2: ... a striking testimony to Egyptian civilization at its height.
4: ...[Zeus]] being the god whom the Greeks identified with [[Amun]]).
6: ...he temple of [[Karnak]], which is located in the city.
8: ...rtant temples that stood on the outskirts of the city.
10: ==Important archaeological sites in Thebes== - Isis (20790 bytes)
5: Her name literally means ''(female) of throne'', i.e. ''Queen ...
7: ...]]. Pockets of her worship remained in [[Christianity|Christian]] [[Europe]] as late as the [[6th cent...
12: ...uage|Greek]] corruption of the Egyptian name, and its pronunciation as ''eye-sis'' is a further corrup...
16: ...js.t''. As a convenience, Egyptologists pronounce it as ''ee-set'' or the more correct ''ee-sa'' (''th...
17: ...ronounced as ''(?)''-''vowel(?)''-s-''vowel''-t (with ? representing the [[glottal stop]]), and the ac... - Set (mythology) (12196 bytes)
2: ...distinguishably from ''th'' that the greeks spelt it this way, as '''Seth'''.
6: ...cted to the desert, and the other more to the institution of [[monarchy]].
8: ..., [[Ash (god)|Ash]]. It was said that Set's favourite food was [[lettuce]], as Egyptian lettuce is lon...
10: ...ated with things that were red, including people with [[ginger hair]], which is not an attribute that ...
12: ...t was identified as various [[Canaan]]ite storm deities, including [[Resheph]]. - Hathor (11883 bytes)
4: ...hor was an ancient goddess, worshipped as a cow-deity from at least [[2700 BC]], during the 2nd dynast...
6: ... so Hathor became goddess of motherhood, gaining titles such as ''The Great Cow Who Protects Her Child...
8: ...of Heaven''. Having been identified as Ra's wife, it was said she arose from from Ra's tears, and thus...
10: ...opotamus]], which the Egyptians also considered quite motherly creatures, and sometimes as an aquatic ...
12: ... her. As divine mother, she was also represented with, or as, an [[uraeus]], a stylised [[cobra (snake... - Arkansas (11679 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]] |
11: LargestCity = [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]] |
21: DensityRank = 34<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 19.82 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 25<sup>th</sup> | - California (63989 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Sacramento, California|Sacrament...
11: LargestCity = [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]...
28: DensityRank = 12<sup>th</sup> |
29: 2000Density = 83.78 |
30: AdmittanceOrder = 31<sup>st</sup> | - West Virginia (24258 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Charleston, West Virginia|Charlesto...
10: LargestCity = [[Charleston, West Virginia|Charleston]] |
21: DensityRank = 29<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 29.0 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 35<sup>th</sup> | - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
2: ...|thumb|right|[[Bust]] of Alexander III in the [[British Museum]].]]
4: ...he Cursed''' due to his burning of the Persian capital and national library.
6: ...pears as a towering legendary [[hero]] in the tradition of [[Achilles]].
9: ...ve Alexander a thorough training in rhetoric and literature and stimulated his interest in science, me...
11: After his visit to the [[Oracle]] of Ammon at Siwah, according to... - Landform (3582 bytes)
1: ... comprises a [[geomorphology|geomorphological]] unit. [[Ocean]]s and [[continent]]s exemplify highes...
3: ...]] to [[erosion]] and [[deposition (geology)|deposition]] can generate and affect landforms. [[biolog...
42: *[[river delta|delta]]
57: *[[spit (landform)|spit]]
69: *[[river delta|delta]] - Mercury (planet) (22924 bytes)
1: ...ation]] is 28.3?). Mercury has no [[natural satellite]]s. The only [[spacecraft]] to approach Mercury ...
3: ...e greek sun god [[Helios]]. [[Pythagoras]] is credited for pointing out that they were one and the sam...
10: ...t on Mercury's surface is 6.5 times as intense as it is on Earth, a total [[irradiance]] of 9.13 ...
12: ...[[Impact crater|crater]]s, where it has been deposited by [[comet]] impacts and/or gases arising from ...
16: ...med when lava flows buried earlier terrain. In addition, Mercury has "significant" [[tidal bulge]]s, r... - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...of Babel]] story in [[The Bible]]. Nevertheless, it exemplifies man's desire to fly.
5: ...ol planes have advanced significantly as well. Initially planes were controlled by moving your entire...
9: ...er_leonardo1.jpg|thumb|left|200 px| da Vinci's Ornithopter body ]]
11: ...er_leonardo2.jpg|thumb|left|200 px| da Vinci's Ornithopter wings ]]
15: ...iderable amount of interpretation of his design, with modern knowledge of aerodynamic principles in mi... - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
10: |Result||• Capitulation of South Vietnam<br>• Reunification o...
14: ...r />[[Image:Us flag large.png|105px|Flag of the United States]]
31: ...[[Military history of the United States]]<br>[[Military history of Vietnam]]
33: ... Mỹ Cứu Nước''', which literally means "War Against the Americans to Save th...
37: ...1954 with the Geneva Peace Accord.) The fighting with the Americans was less clear-cut. The American g...
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