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- Actinium (7046 bytes)
56: | 1323 [[Kelvin|K]] (1050 ?[[Celsius|C]] / 1922 ?[[Fahrenheit|F]])
135: == Applications ==
136: ...e]]. Otherwise it has no significant industrial applications.
156: ...th effects, actinium-227 is about as dangerous as plutonium. Ingesting even small amounts of actinium-... - Bouzouki (4321 bytes)
2: ...her-of-pearl]]. The instrument is played with a [[plectrum]] and has a sharp metallic sound.
12: ...or playing melodies, usually with the two courses played together. In the two lower-pitched ([[Bass (m...
13: ...ds and bass drones (continuous low notes that are played throughout the music).
15: ...t four strings of the guitar, making it easier to play both instruments.
21: ...i' as the Greeks called it). Soon the outi was replaced by the bouzouki and the Smyrneika style fused... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
40: ...the [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br />[[28 February]], [[1922]]<br />[[18 June]], [[1953]]
62: ...yramid_complex|Giza Pyramids]], the [[Karnak]] Temple and the [[Valley of the Kings]]; the southern ci...
67: ...-k3-ptḥ'' ("Hut ka Ptah"), the name of a temple of the god [[Ptah]] at [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]...
69: ...y and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by [[desert]]s to ...
73: Following the completion of the [[Suez Canal]] in [[1869]], Egypt bec... - Thomas R. Marshall (6779 bytes)
7: ...not successful in passing much of his progressive platform through the state legislature, nor in raisi...
23: ...as well as his ''Recollections'', a memoir. In [[1922]]-[[1923|23]] he served as chair of the [[Federal... - Jordan (20715 bytes)
69: ...stine|mandate for Palestine and Transjordan]]. In 1922, the British divided the mandate by establishing ...
75: ...nuing Jordanian role in Muslim and Christian holy places in Jerusalem. The U.S. Government considers t...
96: ... the ultimate authority in Jordan, the parliament plays an important role.
123: Jordan consists mostly of arid desert plateau in the east, with Highland area in the west....
132: ...ty of Aqaba was completed in 2003. The government plans to extend this pipeline north to the Amman are... - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ...Western world|Western civilization]] and the birthplace of [[democracy]], Greece has a long and rich h...
52: ...n world|western civilization]] and being the birthplace of [[democracy]], [[philosophy]], the [[Olympi...
57:
65: ...nglish/greece/living/read_greek/alphabet.html]. [[Plato]] described how the Greeks live round the Aege...
68: ...he Byzantine Empire, centered around [[Constantinople]] (known in ancient times as [[Byzantium]]), rem... - Belgium (31774 bytes)
3: ...l and linguistic diversity is reflected in its complex institutions and [[Politics of Belgium|politica...
55: ...ltic]], [[Roman Empire|Roman]], and [[Germanic peoples|Germanic]] cultures having made an imprint, and...
57: ...d the Roman province of "Gallia". One of these peoples, the [[Franks]], finally installed a new kingdo...
63: ...c]] and Netherlands predominantly Protestant also played a role. In this newly independent country Fle...
67: ...any]] invaded Belgium as part of the [[Schlieffen Plan]]. The British decision to honour their treaty ... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ...sh constitution]] the state's official name is simply '''Ireland''' (Irish: ''[[ɩre]]'').<!--
60: ...the state achieved ''de facto'' independence in [[1922]] it became known as the "[[Irish Free State]]", ...
65: The partition of Ireland came about because of complex constitutional developments in the early twenti...
67: ...al Assent]], the Third [[Home Rule Act 1914]]'s implementation was suspended until after the [[World W...
73: ...of public support for the settlement that the "people have no right to do wrong". They objected most t... - Zimbabwe (16088 bytes)
46: [[Iron Age]] [[Bantu]]-speaking peoples began migrating into the area about 2,000 years...
54: ...inority government in Southern Rhodesia (known simply Rhodesia from [[1964]]) demanded independence, b...
60: ...Zambia in [[1975]], and the [[Zimbabwe African People's Union]] (ZAPU), led by [[Joshua Nkomo]]. With ...
66: ...nt with Joshua Nkomo, head of Zimbabwe African People's Union. In the free elections of [[February]] [...
68: ...ghting was marked by a genocide of the Ndebele people by ZANU's infamous [[Zimbabwean Fifth Brigade|Fi... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...and it is a [[Jewish state]]. Israel was the birthplace of [[Judaism]] in the [[17th century BCE]] and...
60: ... Israel is not limited to Judaism, it is also the place where [[Christianity]] was born, and contains ...
73: ...he region increased from 11% of the population in 1922 to 30% by [[1940]].
78: ...ted, but the [[White Paper of 1939]] policy was implemented well into the end of [[WW2]], and enforced...
83: ...bly, the Palestinian Arab leadership rejected the plan to create the as-yet-unnamed Jewish state and l... - Ukraine (22193 bytes)
53: ...non" and "the Sudan") and partly because of its implication that Ukraine is merely a region rather tha...
55: ...o cut" (krayaty), indicating the land the Rus' people (or Ruthenians or Ukrainians) carved out for the...
60: ...erritory of Ukraine was populated by [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] nomads called [[Scythian]]s. The King...
64: ...he southern part of the first Eastern [[Slavic peoples|Slavic]] state, [[Kievan Rus']]. Its capital wa...
66: ...[[Khazars]] (a [[Turkic]] semi-[[nomad|nomadic people]] from [[Central Asia]] who adopted [[Judaism]])... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
54: ...[[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. Usually known simply as the '''United Kingdom''' or the '''UK''', it ...
58: ...United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]]) in 1922 to form an independent state (in which, until 194...
64: ...) has been proposed, but is little used outside diplomatic circles.
69: ...land was on the brink of economic ruin and was deeply unpopular with the broader Scottish population.
71: ..., was predominantly due to security concerns. In 1922, after bitter fighting which echoes down to the c... - Thoth (5655 bytes)
7: ...appeared as the main character in a tale where he plays [[dice]] with the moon itself, winning 1/72nd ...
20: ... online community environment oriented towards people interested in the arts & sciences [[Thothica]] d...
22: The name of the main Orbital Frame in the Playstation 2 game "The Zone of the Enders" is calle...
28: ...ast Revelation. Central to the teachings is the explanation of the 7 seals as described in the Book of...
41: *Boylan, Patrick. 1922. ''Thot, the Hermes of Egypt: A Study of Some Asp... - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
2: ...umber One in its list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players."
4: ... he changed the nature of the game itself. His exploitation of the "power game" compelled other teams...
9: ... [[Roman Catholic]] priest, and the school's disciplinarian, became the major influence on his life, t...
12: ...ked the position because he was involved in every play. One day, as his team was getting pounded, Babe...
15: ...or cash, and sold Ruth's contract, with two other players to [[Joseph Lannin]], owner of the [[Boston ... - Iowa (24205 bytes)
38: ...or the [[Native American]] [[Iowa tribe|Iowa]] people.
45: *French explorers [[Louis Joliet]] and [[Jacques Marquette]] a...
49: ...minus for the [[Union Pacific]] railroad. The completion of five major railroads across Iowa brough m...
55: ...[[washing machine]]s, [[fountain pen]]s, [[farm implement]]s, and food products that are shipped aroun...
67: The topography of the state is gently rolling [[plains]]. [[Loess]] hills lie along the western bord... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
31: * [[Plough]]s in [[Mesopotamia]]
35: * 3500 BC: [[Plywood]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
80: * [[600]]: Mouldboard [[plough]] in [[Eastern Europe]]
162: * [[1797]]: [[Cast iron plow]]: [[Charles Newbold]]
201: * [[1831]]: [[Multiple coil magnet]]: [[Joseph Henry]] - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
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3: == People named U ==
14: *[[Mo Udall|Udall, Morris King "Mo"]] (1922-1998)
45: ...aga, Tana]], (born 1973), New Zealand rugby union player
59: ...|Unitas, Johnny]], (1933-2002), American football player - List of people by name: X (1295 bytes)
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4: ...nothopoulos, Callistus]], patriarch of Constantinople
6: ...|Xanthopoulos, Isidore]], patriarch of Constantinople
8: *[[Iannis Xenakis|Xenakis, Iannis]], ([[1922]]-[[2001]]), Greek composer
17: ...nus|Xiphilinus, George]], patriarch of Constantinople - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
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12: ...xander Yakushev|Yakushev, Alexander]], ice hockey player
31: ...ional Basketball Association|NBA]] [[Basketball]] player, [[Houston Rockets]]
128: *[[Mike York|York, Mike]], ice hockey player
139: *[[Samuel Youd|Youd, Samuel]], (born [[1922]]), author - Roaring Twenties (28131 bytes)
1: ...rated [[consumer]] [[demand]] and aspirations, coupled with significant changes in the [[lifestyle]]; ...
3: ...on accelerated as [[Great Britain]] was wholly supplanted as Canada's main economic partner. At the mi...
5: ...e First World War, which were still present in peoples minds.
17: ...technology. Most of the devices that became commonplace in this decade had been developed before the w...
19: ...odern day. Without the self-censorship that is in place today, editors were free to entertain an audie...
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