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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...lumbus''' ([[1451]]<sup>[[#Early life|1]]</sup> – [[20 May]] [[1506]]) ( ''Cristòfor Colom'' in...
5: ...led by [[João Vaz Corte-Real]] to Terra Verde (today's Newfoundland). [[Giovanni Caboto]] (better kno...
7: ... in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]].
11: ...ome – including many [[Native Americans]] – view him as responsible, directly or indirectl...
21: ...ant, and his mother was Susanna Fontanarossa, the daughter of a woollens merchant. Christopher had thr... - Steel (28384 bytes)
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32: ...copper-smelting sites on the [[Sinai Peninsula]], dated to about 3000 BC. Some iron oxides are effect...
34: ...] died in [[1323 BC]] and was buried with an iron dagger with a golden hilt. An [[Ancient Egyptian]] [...
36: ...that warfare and mass migrations beginning around 1200 BC disrupted the regional tin trade, forcing a sw...
40: ...artifact is a knife found on [[Cyprus]] at a site dated to [[1100 BC]]. - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
3: ==Ada==
4: === Adac - Adal ===
5: *[[Adachi Hatazo]], (1890-1947), Lieutenant general and ...
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior - Isabella of Jerusalem (7928 bytes)
3: ...n of Jerusalem]] [[1192]]–1205. She was the daughter of [[Amalric I of Jerusalem]] and his secon...
23: ... (born [[1200]]), and one son, Amalric ([[1201]]–1205). King Amalric died in 1205, shortly befor...
25: ...er death in 1205, she was succeeded by her eldest daughter [[Maria of Montferrat]].
28: ...'[[Amalric II of Jerusalem|Amalric II]]''', 1197–1205)}} - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...[1729]] - [[November 6]], [[1796]] ([[Julian calendar|O.S.]])), born ''Sophie Augusta Fredericka'', kn...
5: ...osed her husband. Well read, Catherine kept up-to-date on current events in Russia and the rest of Eur...
9: ...eccaria-Bonesana|Beccaria]] and [[Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu|Montesquieu]], Catherine d...
25: ...ince Nassau, had 32 larger and 200 smaller ships, 1200 guns, and 14,000 men; the Swedes, commanded by Gu... - Chromosome (12667 bytes)
19: ...rotubules pull the chromatids apart, so that each daughter cell inherits one set of chromatids. Once t...
90: <td>~1200</td>
191: ...some 4. It is characterized by severe growth retardation and mental defect.
192: ...asymmetrical skull, slanting eyes and mental retardation.
193: ...osome 18. Symptoms include mental and motor retardation. - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
1: ...f the Holy Wisdom]] in former [[Constantinople]]—the image of Christ on the walls of the upper s...
27: ...f artwork was destroyed; so little remains that today any discovery sheds new understanding. After 843...
29: ...ainting]] did not appear untill around 1200 (this date has many qualifications), when it diverged from...
85: **[[Dancing in the Middle Ages]] ([[Dance]]) - Pottery (17136 bytes)
2: ...ttery that is fired at temperatures in the 800 to 1200 [[Celsius|?C]] range, which does not vitrify in t...
8: ... remains of non-literate cultures and help in the dating of some historic cultures as well.
21: ...y virtually identical plates, vases or bowls in a day. Because of its nature, wheel work can only be u...
50: ..., as the kiln must be stoked for as long as a few days, but the pieces which emerge often have charact...
52: The western adaptation of [[Raku]] firing, a traditional [[Japane... - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
6: ...ing this time included basalt, diorite (a type of dark, coarse-grained stone), sandstone, and alabaste...
25: ...ean]] civilization covers the time period of 3000-1200 BC, during the [[Bronze Age]], in the area of the...
27: ...re found together in a single grave on [[Keros]], dating from 2700 - 2750 BC.
42: ...o Santi|Raphael]] also sculpted a statue called ''David''. Most sculptures during the Renaissance were... - Silk (8683 bytes)
25: ... made of it outlast those made of ordinary silk — commonly lasting fifty years or more.
27: ... and is, therefore, more comfortable to wear. Nowadays, it is mainly sought after for the highest-qual...
60: ...f Material Life and the Thought of People, AD 600-1200''. Oxford University Press. - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
7: ... Consequently, there may be discrepancies between dates shown here and in articles on particular ruler...
9: ...onventional Chronology” that is quoted by [[David Rohl]] in ''A Test of Time'' (1995, Century).
11: All dates are [[BC]].
16: * The dates of Dynasties 1 to 10 are from Baines and Malek...
17: * The dates of Dynasties 11 to 20 are from Kitchen, "The B... - Finland (29511 bytes)
53: ...0–500 BC) and [[Iron Age]] (500 BC–AD 1200) were characterized by extensive contacts with [[...
57: ...in domestic Swedish debate and in Russian propaganda promising "liberation from Swedish oppression".
61: ...o Aunus]] complicated the relations. The Finnish–Russian border was agreed on only with the [[Tr...
67: ... was followed by the [[Lapland War]] of [[1944]]–[[1945]], when Finland forced the Germans out o...
71: ...e [[Urho Kekkonen|President Kekkonen]] ([[1956]]–[[1981|81]]), used their relations with the Kre... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...orders the states of [[Lebanon]], [[Syria]], [[Jordan]], and [[Egypt]] (listed clockwise from north to...
6: ...5;سرائيل<br>("Dawlat Israil") |
38: established_dates = From the League of Nations mandate administered by the [[United Kingdom]]<br>[[May...
60: ...Emperor [[Hadrian]] renamed ''Provincia [[Judea|Judaea]]'' to ''Provincia [[Syria Palaestina]]'', a Gr...
62: ...he [[Mishnah]] and [[Jerusalem Talmud]], two of Judaism's most important religious texts, were compose... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ...and [[Ethiopia]] to the east, [[Kenya]] and [[Uganda]] to the southeast, [[Democratic Republic of the ...
8: ...ودان <br> Jumhuriyat as-Sudan |
9: common_name = Sudan |
10: image_flag = Sudan flag large.png |
11: image_coat = Sudan coa.png | - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
39: established_events = • Date |
40: established_dates = From [[Spain]]<br>[[August 6]], [[1825]] |
43: time_zone = — |
45: time_zone_DST = — |
59: ...tern lowlands and the [[Mollos]] north of present-day [[La Paz]] also developed advanced agricultural ... - Iron Age (8996 bytes)
7: .... Iron's hardness, high melting point and the abundance of [[iron ore]] sources made iron more desirab...
10: ...y the metallurgy of the time. By [[1600 BC]] to [[1200 BC]], iron was used increasingly in the [[Middle ...
13: ...ory of iron and steelmaking]]), dating to circa [[1200 BC]].
24: ...mahawk]](铁刃青铜钺)dating back to [[14th century BC]] was excavated.Aft...
28: ...ceeding 500 years. In the Netherlands, a starting date from about [[800 BC]] is generally accepted. Th... - Writing system (16928 bytes)
23: ...script]] may have evolved independently, around [[1200 BC]].
33: <tr><td>Abugida</td><td>consonant+vowel, vowel</td><td>Devanagari...
45: ...n western logograms are the [[Arabic numerals]] — everyone who uses those symbols understands wh...
47: ...nese characters are often [[semantics|semantic]]–[[phonetic]] compounds, symbols which include a...
56: ...e their common "k"-ness. Compare [[#Abugidas|abugida]], where each [[grapheme]] typically represents a... - Geologic time scale (26014 bytes)
1: ...al Commission on Stratigraphy]], and uses the standard color codes of the [[United States Geologic Sur...
3: ...ch as [[mass extinction]]s. For example, the boundary between the [[Cretaceous]] period and the [[Pal...
9: ...he same timespan is split into [[Tommotian]], [[Atdabanian]] and [[Botomian]] stages in [[East Asia]] ...
15: ... the Earth's crust into four types: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, and Quaternary. Each type of rock, ...
17: ..., the sequence of geological periods still used today. - Civilization (29205 bytes)
11: Civilization can also mean the standard of behavior, similar to [[etiquette]]. "Civiliz...
28: ...lex institutions associated with civilizations. Today, many tribal societies live inside states and un...
34: ...uced the earliest known [[pottery]] in the world, dating to the [[11th millennium BC]]. More stable li...
37: ...in the southwestern corner of Egypt, near the [[Sudan]] border, before [[8000 BC]]. Climate changes an...
44: ...and malachite beads. Around [[1500 BC|1500]] to [[1200 BC]] Jericho and other cities of [[Canaan]] had b... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...Viscount St Albans''' ([[January 22]], [[1561]] – [[April 9]], [[1626]]) was an [[England|Englis...
8: ...mber of the Reformed or [[Puritan]] Church, and a daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, whose sister married ...
25: ...]ship fell vacant in 1594 and Bacon became a candidate for the office, Lord Essex's influence could no...
29: ...of Essex,'' etc. He received a gift of a fine of ?1200 on one of Essex's accomplices.
31: ...ment session Bacon married [[Alice Barnham]], the daughter of a London merchant. Little or nothing is ... - 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... - Atlantis (41399 bytes)
7: The origins of the story of Atlantis date back to Egyptian priests who transfered it to [...
12: ... lawgiver [[Solon]], itself quite possibly a legendary event. Sonchis, priest of [[Thebes (Egypt)|Theb...
17: ...five days' sail to the west of what is called nowadays [[Britain]]. He added that westwards from that ...
20: ... Athene]], the [[Panathenaea]] was dated from the days of king [[Theseus]]. It consisted of a solemn ...
21: ...e plains with navigable rivers. [[Scylax of Caryanda]] gives similar account. - Ancient Pueblo Peoples (6087 bytes)
1: ...he term "Anasazi" is not preferred by their descendants, though there is still some controversy amongs...
3: ...suggests their emergence around [[12th century BC|1200 B.C.]], the [[Pecos Classification#Early Basketma...
9: ...so known for their unique style of [[pottery]], today considered valuable for their rarity.
15: ... are by nature arbitrary, and are based solely on data available at the time of analysis and publicati...
22: ...n image of territories separated by clear-cut boundaries, like modern state lines. These simply did n... - Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
1: ... species of [[plant]]s and [[animal]]s that have adapted to this harsh [[desert]] environment. Some ex...
5: ...reating the [[Basin and Range]] landform we see today. Valleys filled with sediment and, during the we...
9: ...alleys; [[Death Valley]] and [[Panamint Valley]]—both of which were formed within the last few m...
25: <tr><td>''Date of Establishment''</td>
38: ...ant barriers; the [[Sierra Nevada (US)|Sierra Nevada]], [[Argus Range]], and the Panamint Range. Air m... - Modem (21628 bytes)
1: ...y and decoded to reproduce the original digital [[data]].
5: ...nications|repeating frames of data]] at very high data rates over [[microwave]] radio links. Some mic...
7: ...ital data streams. Optical modems routinely have data rates in excess of a billion (1x10^9) bits per ...
12: ...puter system)|Sabre]], is the distant parent of today's SABRE system.
14: ...t keying]] system and increasing the data rate to 1200 bit/s. The similar [[Bell 201]] system used both ... - Bronze Age (9344 bytes)
6: The date of the arrival of a Bronze Age varies from cult...
9: ...ic]] Period make the assignment of a more precise date impossible. Not unexpectedly, areas like the [[...
12: ...und [[20th century BC|2000 BC]] in areas around today's northern [[Afghanistan]], [[Turkmenistan]], an...
47: ...owed by the middle Bronze age ([[1600 BC|1600]]-[[1200 BC]]) [[tumulus culture]] characterised by inhuma... - April Fool's Day (15510 bytes)
1: ... celebrated in many countries on [[April 1]]. The day is marked by the commission of [[hoax]]es and ot...
4: ...ts and school teachers wanting a respite from the day of pranks, as well as since many of the hoaxes l...
6: ...s furthermore believed that children born on this day will experience good luck in most matters, but w...
9: ...X of France]] brought in the new [[Gregorian calendar]], in which the new year began on [[1 January]]....
11: == Present day == - Architecture of Ancient Greece (9161 bytes)
3: ...from the end of the [[Mycenaean]] period (about [[1200 BC]]) until the [[7th century]], when urban life ...
5: ...os]], who designed the [[Parthenon]], who would today be seen as a genius, was treated in his lifetime...
7: ...de from [[limestone]], of which Greece has an abundance, and which was cut into large blocks and dress...
14: ...it, and did not put [[dome]]s on their buildings— these refinements were left to the Romans. The...
29: ...rvive almost intact, the best known being at [[Epidaurus]]. - Tulum (2796 bytes)
5: ...also known by the name '''Zama''', or the City of Dawn.
9: ...ican chronology|Post-Classic Era]], between about 1200 and 1450. The city remained occupied through the...
23: ...a) makes it a popular destination for tourists. Today, large tour buses arrive in a constant stream of... - Copper (13595 bytes)
1: <!-- Here is a table of data; skip past it to edit the text. -->{| border="1...
6: ...lign="center" | [[nickel]] – '''copper''' – [[zinc]]
11: <div align="right"><small>[[Periodic table (standard)|Full table]]</small></div>
51: | [[Oxidation state]]s ([[Oxide]])
115: ! [[natural abundance|NA]] - Iron (23778 bytes)
1: <!-- Here is a table of data; skip past it to edit the text. -->
5: ...align="center">[[manganese]] – '''iron''' – [[cobalt]]</td>
10: <div align="right"><small>[[Periodic table (standard)|Full table]]</small></div>
44: <td>[[Oxidation state]]s ([[Oxide]]) </td><td...
89: <th>[[natural abundance|NA]]</th> - Neptunium (9972 bytes)
1: <!-- Here is a table of data; skip past it to edit the text. -->
5: ...gn="center">[[uranium]] – '''neptunium''' – [[plutonium]]</td>
10: <div align="right"><small>[[Periodic table (standard)|Full table]]</small></div> </table>
39: <td>[[Oxidation state]]s ([[Oxide]]) </td><td...
77: <th>[[Isotope|iso]]</th><th>[[natural abundance|NA]]</th><th>[[half-life]] </th><th>[[decay mo... - Himalaya (16334 bytes)
3: ...e of two of the world's major [[river]] systems — the Indus Basin and the Ganga-Brahmaputra Basi...
10: ...station]]s such as [[Shimla]], [[Nainital]] and [[Darjeeling]] are located here. The northernmost rang...
21: ...rakan Yoma]] highlands in [[Myanmar]] and the [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] in the [[Bay of Bengal]]...
33: ...the plains of northern India, fed by the [[Alaknanda]] and the [[Yamuna]] among other tributaries. The...
35: ...s south through [[Myanmar]] to drain into the [[Andaman Sea]]. - Greyhound (7556 bytes)
21: !Classification and breed standards
26: |[http://www.dogdomain.com/fcistandards/fci-158.htm Stds]
71: ...o finish of a Greyhound race in [[Tampa]], [[Florida]], [[USA]] on [[February 9]] [[1939]]]]
78: ...ory failure]] killed dozens of dogs and left over 1200 [[quarantine]]d in the U.S., particularly in [[Ma... - Ancient music (3386 bytes)
4: ...amples of [[Sumer]]ian writing in [[Mesopotamia]] date from around [[4000 BC]]. So this is when the er...
6: ...cond century AD]]), and the [[Seikilos epitaph]] (dated variously between the 2nd century BCE and 1st ...
12: ... most famous is the bull-headed harp, held in Baghdad. It survived both [[Iraqi wars]], and attempts a...
16: ...rom the time [[Ramses III]] of [[Egypt]], about [[1200 BC]]. "The Tomb of the Harpists" contains a bas-r... - Puffer (5495 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
9: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = '''Tetraodontidae'''}}
41: ...wallowing water or air when threatened; the same adaptation is found in the closely related [[porcupin...
45: ...re 185 known [[species]] of the family Tetraodontidae, of which 38 can be found in Japan. They can be...
47: ...nal organs, making them a lethal meal for most predators. It is found mainly in the [[ovary|ovaries]]... - Skinks (5798 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox phylum entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
9: {{Taxobox familia entry | taxon = '''Scincidae'''}}
12: many—see text
14: ...the largest of the [[lizard]] families with about 1200 species.
19: ...ut for instance also the [[Mole skink]] in [[Florida]]. - Stag Beetles (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... - Civilizations (30128 bytes)
16: ===4: A standard of behavior===
17: Civilization can also mean the standard of behavior, similar to [[etiquette]]. "Civiliz...
38: ...lex institutions associated with civilizations. Today, many tribal societies live inside states and un...
44: ...uced the earliest known [[pottery]] in the world, dating to the [[11th millennium BC]]. More stable li...
47: ...in the southwestern corner of Egypt, near the [[Sudan]] border, before [[8000 BC]]. Climate changes an... - History of science in the Middle Ages (30877 bytes)
6: ...otype]] of Middle Ages as supposedly "[[Dark Ages|Dark Ages]]".
16: ...y pointing out that the labelling of this era as "dark" was mostly based on previous ignorance about t...
20: ... of dialectic (a discipline that corresponds to today's [[logic]]) was responsible for the rebirth of ...
29: ... philosophy]] and method of [[scholasticism]]. By 1200 there were reasonably accurate Latin translations...
41: ...ccam]] led him to postulate the principle known today as [[Occam's Razor]]. According to Occam, philos... - Timeline of Middle Eastern History (12425 bytes)
1: ...ium]] AD. To refer to a concept similar that of today's Middle East but earlier in time, the term [[An...
16: ...00 BC]]?Settlements at [[Nevali Cori]] in present-day [[Turkey]] are established.
18: * Settlements at Sagalassos in present-day southwest Turkey are established.
27: ...d beginning of their calendar <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Dating Creation|1]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>
28: * Around [[5400 BC]] – [[Irrigation]] in [[Mesopotamia]]. - Caracol, Belize (1913 bytes)
3: ...n the Maya Classic period, with over 40 monuments dated between [[485]] to [[889]] which record the dy...
10: * 331–349: Te' Kab' Chaak
12: * 484–514: Yajaw Te' K'inich I
13: * 531–534: K'an I
14: * 553–593: Yajaw Te' K'inich II - Solar power (20128 bytes)
3: ...% of the total energy. The generally accepted standard is 1020 watts per square meter at sea level.
16: :* Sunlight hits a dark surface and the surface warms when the light is...
27: *[[Hydroelectric]] dams and [[wind turbine]]s are indirectly powered by...
45: Most solar energy used today is harnessed as heat or electricity.
53: ...for windows to be closed at night and on overcast days. These trap solar heat in the building. - Olmec mythology (5709 bytes)
3: ...ico's southern Gulf Coast in the centuries before 1200 [[Common era|BCE]]. The culture lasted until rou...
10: *Comparison to modern-day [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native Amer...
12: ...hrough later Mesoamerican cultures to the present day. This assumption is called the Continuity Hypot...
17: .... This view was challenged in the 1970s by Peter David Joralemon, whose Ph. D. paper and subsequent a... - Mesoamerican pyramids (5839 bytes)
1: ...ash; indeed, the largest in the world by volume – is the [[Great Pyramid of Cholula]], in the [[...
6: ...tihuacan]] whose building style they adopted and adapted.
14: ...lace of interment for powerful rulers. Maya pyramidal structures occur in a great variety of forms and...
22: **[[La Danta]] temple, is also the name of the largest Maya...
31: ... was a precolumbian culture located in the modern day Mexican state of [[Michoacán]]. The region is ... - Bicycle (44267 bytes)
5: ...rent design. With over one billion in the world today, bicycles provide the principal means of transpo...
7: ...ecreation and transportation, bicycles have been adapted for use in many occupations, in the military,...
13: ...[[dandy horse]]'' of the French Compte de Sivrac, dating to [[1790]], was long cited as the earliest b...
17: ...e high seat and poor weight distribution made for dangerous falls.
19: ... with no loss of speed. However, having to both pedal and steer via the front wheel remained a problem... - Irrigation (13719 bytes)
24: ... lbf/in² (275 to 900 kPa) and flows of 50 to 1200 US gal/min (3 to 76 L/s), usually with nozzle dia...
28: ...nt leaves can be burned, especially on hot, sunny days.
38: ...ndsay'', ''Reinke'', ''Valley''). Most systems today are driven by an electric motor mounted at each ...
53: ...gae and to protect the [[polyethylene]] from degradation due to [[ultraviolet light]]. But drip irriga... - Song Dynasty (16385 bytes)
18: ...elines for the solution of political and other mundane problems.
20: ...ential of these philosophers was [[Zhu Xi]] (1130-1200), whose synthesis of Confucian thought and Buddhi...
21: ...Quyang.png|left|thumb|350px|Illustration of a Pagoda]]
24: ...Wo]]) on [[Lantau Island]] and later in what is today [[Kowloon City]], [[Hong Kong]] (see also [[Sung...
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