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- Hanging Gardens of Babylon (4963 bytes)
5: ... at [[Babylon]] has been accrued, but does not completely substantiate what look like fanciful descrip...
19: ...th earth to allow trees of the largest size to be planted. The pillars, [[vaults]], and terraces are c...
21: ... green, leafy, artificial mountain rising off the plain.
43: ...080; на Вавилон]]
53: [[pl:Wiszące ogrody Semiramidy]] - Steel (28384 bytes)
5: ...n-based alloys that can be [[plasticity (physics)|plastically]] formed (pounded, rolled, etc.).
8:
15: ... to ferrite or perlite does not have time to take place. The transformation into martensite, by contr...
23: ...dification process, and to produce shapes such as plate, sheet, wire, etc. It is then heat-treated to...
26: ...recovered from meteorite falls allowed ancient peoples to manufacture small numbers of iron artifacts. - November 4 (10686 bytes)
12: ...ate]] troops bombard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material...
24: ...orders the [[United States Customs Service]] to implement the [[Neutrality Acts|Neutrality Act of 1939...
31: ...d as the [[Arno]] and [[Po]] rivers flood; 113 people die, 30,000 are rendered homeless, and countless...
51: *[[1883]] - [[Nikolaos Plastiras]], Greek general and politician (d. [[1953...
53: ...[1909]] - [[Skeeter Webb]], American [[baseball]] player (d. [[1986]]) - Adela of Normandy (2741 bytes)
9: ...time between [[1080]] and [[1084]], probably in [[1083]]. Stephen inherited Blois, Chartres and Meaux in...
22: ...nerate''", and had his younger brother Theobald replace him as heir. Her son Stephen left Blois in [[1... - Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
3: ...90;ерина I Алексеевн... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...] and [[Charles XIII of Sweden]], Catherine exemplified an "[[enlightened absolutism|enlightened mon...
11: ...se of the peasant revolt. This process reached completion in [[1775]]. The reform created provinces an...
17: ...bsburg]] League. When it became apparent that his plan could not succeed, Panin fell out of favor and ...
19: In [[1764]] Catherine placed [[Stanislaus II of Poland|Stanislaw Poniatows...
21: ...n Empire's European holdings after the Polish example, but achieved far less success. She annexed [[Cr... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...1072;ве́та (Елисаве́т)...
13: ...ured to be her lover. The [[Dolgorukov]]s, who supplanted Menshikov and hated the memory of Peter the ...
19: ...ardie took a leading part in the revolution which placed the daughter of Peter the Great on the Russia...
23: ...ate as eight o'clock the next morning very few people in the city were aware of it.
25: ...r government. Her usually keen judgment and her diplomatic tact again and again recall Peter the Great... - Alexandra Kollontai (3203 bytes)
1: ... exiled by [[Stalin]], who sent her abroad as a diplomat, and she was thus one of the very few "[[Old ...
5: At the time of the split in the [[Russian Social Democratic Labour Party...
7: ... new marriage, education, and working laws put in place by the Revolution. She was well recognized lat...
13: ...] gained power, he sent Kollontai abroad as a [[diplomat]]. In [[1923]], she was appointed Soviet Amba...
15: ... nor executed by the Stalin regime, though as a diplomat serving abroad, she had little or no influenc... - Anna Comnena (3243 bytes)
1: '''Anna Comnena''' ([[December 1]] [[1083]] - [[1153]]) was a daughter of the [[Byzantine E...
3: ...ify her longing for power. Having married an accomplished young nobleman, [[Nicephorus Bryennius]], sh...
5: ...]] of her father's life and reign (1081-1118), supplementing the historical work of her husband. It is... - Svetlana Savitskaya (713 bytes)
1: ...skaya''' ({{lang-ru|Светла́на Евг... - Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
3: ...#1085;ти́на Влади́мир&...
5: ... cosmonaut corps. Out of more than four hundred applicants, five were selected: [[Tatiana Kuznetsova]]...
7: ...йка}} ). Even though there were plans for further female flights it took 19 years un... - Sofia Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
1: ...1074;на Ковалевская) ([[Ja...
7: ...lly completed the study of [[rotating solid]]s, applying the then-new theory of [[Abelian function]]s ...
15: ...istorically, and the friend was so impressed he implored Sophia's father to let her take private mathe...
17: ...] and is interred there in the [[Norra begravningsplatsen]]. - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...]]) is a [[Russia]]n-[[Tatar]] [[composer]] of deeply religious music.
5: ..., her music was labeled "irresponsible" for its exploration of alternate [[musical tuning|tunings]]. S...
45: ...1072;нцует для тебя оk... - Balalaika (5108 bytes)
1: ...'' (<font lang="ru">балала́йка</font>) is a s...
18: ...n the larger sizes. One can play the prima with a plectrum, but it is considered rather [[heterodox]] ...
20: ...e contrabass' strings, it is not uncommon for the plectrum to be made of a leather [[shoe]] or [[boot]...
26: ...e modern saz, which allows for the [[microtonal]] playing distinctive to Turkish and Central Asian mus...
30: ...act that at various times in Russian history, the playing of the balalaika was banned because of its u... - Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
1: ...urope]]. It has borders with [[Russia]], the [[People's Republic of China]], and the [[Central Asia|Ce...
9: ...y)<br>Республика Каза...
76: ...1086;е Управление) in St. Petersburg. ...
84: ... mass demonstrations by young ethnic Kazakhs took place in [[Almaty]] to protest the methods of the [[...
91: ... standards. The prime minister, who serves at the pleasure of the president, chairs the Cabinet of Min... - Kyrgyzstan (23226 bytes)
1: ...ia]]. Landlocked and mountainous, it borders [[People's Republic of China|China]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[T...
52: ...201 BC]]. The earliest ancestors of the Kyrgyz people, who are believed to be of [[Turkic]] descent, l...
54: ...ry draft on the Kyrgyz and other Central Asian peoples, caused many Kyrgyz to flee to China.
58: ...d [[Kyrgyz alphabet]] was introduced, which was replaced by [[Latin script]] in [[1928]]. In [[1941]] ...
72: ...[[referendum]] asking for a renewed mandate to complete his term of office. He received 96.2% of the v... - Politics (7193 bytes)
2: ... decisions for groups. Although it is generally applied to [[government]]s, politics is also observed ...
4: ...tical behavior and examines the acquisition and application of power, i.e. the ability to impose one's...
14: ...bes the transformation of human society that took place around [[6th millennium BCE|6000 BCE]] as an u...
18: ...t was tribal organization. Rule by elders was supplanted by monarchy, and a system of [[Feudalism]] a...
23: ...r between the [[patrician]] [[aristocracy]] and [[plebian]] general [[citizens]]. It also contained t... - World War II (58065 bytes)
1: ...umb|295px|[[Mushroom cloud]] from the [[nuclear explosion]] over [[Nagasaki]] rising 18 km (over 11 mi...
8: Approximately 57 million people [[List of World War II casualties by country|die...
10: ..., and China came to split into the Communist [[People's Republic of China]] and the Nationalist [[Repu...
18: ...s powers with any great abundance of troops or supplies.
24: ...ests in seeing a particular side prevail. For example, neutral [[Switzerland]] was generally considere... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
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54: ...ivisions in preference to the static theories exemplified by the [[Maginot Line]].
56: ...ble exception of [[Paul Reynaud]] who would later play a major role in de Gaulle's career.
63: ... were in favor of continuing the war. He took the plane back to [[Bordeaux]] (provisory seat of the Fr... - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
6: ...St. Louis]] in the 1920s.<!--What does this mean? Please clarify.-->
10: ...ian.JPG|thumb|right|The Spirit of St. Louis on display at the Smithsonian.]]
11: ...]]-[[May 21]], [[1927]] in his single-engine [[airplane]] ''[[Spirit of St. Louis|The Spirit of St. Lo...
13: Lindbergh's accomplishment won him the ''[[Orteig Prize]]'' of $25,00...
22: ...9. He taught her how to fly and did much of the exploring and charting of air-routes together with her... - Russia (28007 bytes)
13: ...through the eighth century. They in turn were displaced by a group of Scandinavians, the [[Varangian...
15: ...be applied to the Varangians and the Slavs who peopled the region. In the [[10th century|10th]] to [[1...
17: ... of Kievan Rus divided the [[Russians |Russian people]] in the north from the [[Belarusians]] and [[Uk...
23: ... their territories. After the fall of Constantinople in 1453 Russia remained the only more or less fu...
37: ...he struggle. It is estimated that over 200,000 people have died in this conflict. Minor conflicts also... - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
8: ...ay roll with a minimum of [[friction]]. As an example, a typical rail car can hold up to 125 tons of f...
13: ...transport in many countries. In [[Asia]], for example, many millions use trains as regular transport i...
15: ...t levels of rail transport have in some times and places been reduced in order to save money (see [[Be...
22: ...uld be viewed from a system-wide perspective when planning, constructing and maintaining it. Some loco...
28: ...] of the system. To be electrified, a means of supplying electricity to the train is needed. This can ... - Easter (31700 bytes)
4: ...he [[Last Supper]] shared by Jesus and his [[disciples]] before his crucifixion is generally thought o...
63: ...d Western churches. The reform was proposed for implementation starting in [[2001]], but it was not ul...
69: ...lations for the date of Easter can be somewhat complicated. See [[computus]] for a discussion covering...
73: ...mining the holiday's date were also used. For example, [[Quartodecimanism]] was the practice of settin...
89: ...gy will come earlier in the morning, ensuring its place as the pre-eminent "Feast of Feasts" in the [[... - Himalaya (16334 bytes)
1: ...orrect name for the range is Himalaya, though the plural '''Himalayas''' is often used.
3: ...ga-Brahmaputra Basin. An estimated 750 million people live in the watershed area of the Himalayan rive...
5: ... looking south-south-east from over the [[Tibetan Plateau]]. ([[:Image:himalaya_annotated.jpg|annotate...
10: ...ateau]] is near the centre and the [[Taklamakan]] plain is visible as the lighter area near the top.]]...
17: ...n Plate) before its collision with Asia (Eurasian Plate) about 40 to 50 million years ago]] - Nikola Tesla (29894 bytes)
18: ...ted energy]]. He gave his life to make real these plans, while others made fortunes with his [[inventi...
24: |'''Electromechanical devices and principles developed by Nikola Tesla''':
26: * the [[rotating magnetic field]] principle ([[1882]]) and various devices that use rotating...
33: * fundamental principles, devices, and machinery of [[wireless]] technol...
42: * [[voltage]] multiplication [[circuit]]ry - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
6: ...inued his research and wrote a series of books on plants and animals, now including mankind in ''[[The...
19: ... March [[1827]] Darwin made a presentation to the Plinian society of his discovery that black spores o...
22: ...clergymen who saw it as part of their duties to explore the wonders of God's creation.
26: ...t Cambridge till June and following Henslow's example and advice he was in no rush to take holy orders...
27: ...anted to study natural history in the tropics and planned to visit [[Madeira]] with some class-mates u... - List of autonomous entities (9309 bytes)
79: ...90;ай – Altajdyng/Алтайдынг...
87: ...103; – Gialgiaj Mochk/Гiалгiай Мохl...
89: ...1073;арты-Малкъар)
91: ...3; – Chal'm Tangč/Хальм Тангч...
95: ...Karelia]] (Karelija/Карелия – Karjala) - Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
1: ...tency with the [[Charles Darwin|Darwinian]] principle of [[common descent]]. [[Molecular systematics]]...
11: ... first microscopists is due to the research of people like [[Marcello Malpighi]] (1628–1694), [[...
13: ...ed, either/or type system, and instead classified plants according to similarities and differences tha...
21: ...sy to identify unambiguously any given species of plant or animal. He proceeded further to introduce i...
23: ...a set of groups from the layer directly below. Simply knowing the two-part scientific name makes it po... - Protein (17280 bytes)
2: ...#970;νη''' = ''first element'') is a complex, high molecular weight [[organic compound]] tha...
3: ...ein subunit|subunits]] of enzymes. Other proteins play structural or mechanical roles, such as those t...
7: ...nscribed]] to yield [[RNA]], which serves as a template for [[translation (genetics)|translation]] by ...
16: ...on as part of the larger assembly or [[protein complex]].
28: For example, protein [[catabolism]] requires only a few enzy... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
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40: ...1088;ная столица). <!-- translator paraphras...
42: ...1081; федеральный окр...
60: ...pg|center|thumb|650px|The [[Hermitage Museum]] complex with the [[Winter Palace]] at right]]
62: ... of Russia|Emperor Paul]] in 1797–1801 to replace the earlier Summer Palace. The Tauride palace ... - Mobile phone (30513 bytes)
14: == Worldwide deployment ==
16: ... Due to their low establishment costs and rapid deployment, mobile phone networks have since spread ra...
18: ...lephone numbers in the [[North American Numbering Plan]] (NANP), and the lack of non-regional special ...
24: ...[clock]] and a [[calculator]] and often one can [[play]] some [[game]]s on them. Newer models sometim...
26: ..., which permits the same phone to be used in multiple countries. For this to work, the [[mobile phone ... - Industry (5421 bytes)
6: In [[economics]] and [[urban planning]], ''industrial'' is an intensive type of l...
50: ...logy or the loss of competitive advantage. An example of the former is the decline in [[carriage]] man...
54: ...e number of jobs created. The reduced number of employees in the manufacturing sector has been assumed...
85: [[simple:Industry]]
86: [[ru:Промышленность... - Green alga (4059 bytes)
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5: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Plantae]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_end_placement}}
7: ...{Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = lightblue| plural_taxon = Divisions}}
13: ...the [[Charales]], the closest relatives of higher plants, full differentiation of tissues occurs. - Fruit (8416 bytes)
2: ... nuts and [[cereal|grain]]s, are the fruit of the plants they come from. Fruits that might not be con...
4: ... ''multiple-accessory fruit''; see below) or to a plant structure that resembles a fruit but is not de...
6: ...parthenocarpy]]'''''. Such fruits are seedless. A plant that does not produce fruit is known as '''''a...
12: ...'''' (inner layer). In some fruits, especially simple fruits derived from an ''inferior'' ovary, other...
14: ...and fruit are incorrectly applied, a fact that complicates understanding of the terminology. ''Seeds a... - Tool (5792 bytes)
5: ...provides a mechanical or mental advantage in accomplishing a task.
6: ...r a combination of them. For example, a hammer simply functions as a [[lever]] with the [[fulcrum]] (p...
10: .... Similarly, people can use weapons, such as [[explosive]]s, as tools.
20: ...implement]] tends to be a small and relatively simple tool.
24: * A [[Placeholder name|cadigan]] can represent a generic t...
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