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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
5: ...! Capital !! Year of current [[capitol]] construction
57: ...6]] (design), [[1884]] — [[1887]] (construction)
63: | [[Iowa]]
64: | [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]]
81: | [[1828]] — [[1832]], [[1889]] — [[1891]] (wing added), [[1909]] — [[1911]] (wings ... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: ...o, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
37: *[[Emma Abbott|Abbott, Emma]], (1849-1891), American singer
55: *[[`Abdu'l-Bah, (died 1921), religious leader
74: *[[James Abercrombie Junior|Abercrombie Junior, James]], (died 1775), British Colonel, killed a...
91: ...aharashtra]], [[India]], in the center of a selection scam - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
25: ...kerman, Forrest J.]], (born 1916), US science fiction author
54: *[[Jos頊uliᮠAcosta|Acosta, Jos頊uliᮝ] (1825-1891)
61: *[[Julio Acosta|Acosta Garc� Julio]] (1872-1954)
64: ...la]], (born c. 1979), Argentine world boxing champion - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
19: ...Adam, Melchior]], (died 1622), German divine and biographer.
27: *[[Adamnan]], (625-704), Irish religious leader
41: ...above, Civil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...ia]] and [[Queen of Ireland]]. Prior to her accession, she was also [[Princess of Wales]], [[Duke of C...
5: ...f for formal events, Queen Mary's valuable collection of jewels built up over her years as queen are n...
11: ...ks travelled throughout Europe, visiting their various relatives and staying in [[Florence]], [[Italy]...
17: In [[1891]], Princess May was engaged to His Royal Highness...
40: The Duchess of York was not considered to be emotionally attached to her children. The royal nanny lo... - Emma Abbott (633 bytes)
2: ...d States]], where she enjoyed considerable reputation. In [[1873]] she married E. J. Wethereil. She ... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
4: ...ssatt grew up in an environment that valued education. Her parents believed travel was a way to learn...
6: ... her family's objections to her becoming a professional artist, she began studying painting at the [[P...
8: ...[[1871]] when the archbishop of Pittsburgh commissioned her to paint copies of paintings in Italy, aft...
14: ..., though, she knew she was not alone in her rebellion against the Salon. "I used to go and flatten my ...
16: ...mpressionist show. An active member of the impressionist circle until [[1886]], she remained friends w... - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
2: '''Zora Neale Hurston''' ([[January 7]], [[1891]]–[[January 28]], [[1960]]) was an [[Africa...
9: ...cribed so as to mimic the actual speech of the period, and thus it embraces the dialect and culture of...
11: Quote:"Dat's a big ole resurrection lie, Ned. Uh slew-foot, drag-leg lie at dat, an...
13: ...r her artful capture of the actual language and idiom of the day.
15: ...Langston Hughes]], were aligned with Wright's vision of the struggle of Black Americans, and did not ... - Sofia Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
1: ...[[January 15]], [[1850]]–[[February 10]], [[1891]]) was a [[Russia]]n [[mathematician]] and a stu...
5: ...Academician) and had more education and "appreciation of the finer things" than her husband.
7: ...s, applying the then-new theory of [[Abelian function]]s (and thus "justifying" the enormous effort th...
9: ...thoven)|''Pathetique'' Sonata]], to get his attention, but he was focused on the older sister Anna and...
22: ...: Sofia Kovalevskaia -- Scientist, Writer, Revolutionary</cite> (Rutgers University Press, 1983) - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (8386 bytes)
2: ...regorian calendar|N.S.]]))</small> - [[May 8]], [[1891]] [[London]], [[England]]), better known as '''He...
4: == Biography ==
5: ...for by servants who believed in the many superstitions of Old Russia, and apparently encouraged her to...
7: ... [[1871]], on a boat bound for [[Cairo]] an explosion claimed Agardi’s life, but H.P. Blavatsky ...
9: ...udience]]. One new feat of hers was [[materialization]], that is, producing physical objects out of no... - Switzerland (22270 bytes)
1: ...ation, and is home to many international organisations.
3: ... one of the four official languages. The abbreviation is similarly used; for example, it is used as Sw...
10: image_map = LocationSwitzerland.png |
11: national_motto = Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno<br>(...
12: national_anthem = [[Swiss Psalm]] | - Malawi (22306 bytes)
1: '''The Republic of Malawi''' is a land-locked nation in [[East Africa]]. It is bordered by [[Tanzania...
7: national_motto = Unity and Freedom |
8: image_map = LocationMalawi.png |
9: national_anthem = [[Mlungu dalitsani Malawi]] ...
21: population_estimate = 10,385,849 | - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
13: PostalAbbreviation = HI |
37: ...tates 2000 Census|2000 U.S. Census]] had a population of 1,211,537 people. [[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu...
39: ...oducer of [[coffee]], and [[chocolate]] in the nation.
41: ...] and its [[Hawaii (1966 movie)|1966 movie adaptation]].
44: The state constitution and various other measures of the Hawaii State Legislature... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
30: * [[Irrigation]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
48: ** [[Fermentation]] to produce [[beer]] in [[Sumeria]]
54: * [[Spoke|Spoked]] wheel [[chariot]] in the [[Ancient Near East|Middle East]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
6: *[[Genrikh Yagoda|Yagoda, Genrikh Grigor'evich]] (1891-1938)
31: ...ing]], (born 1980), [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] [[Basketball]] player, [[Houston Rockets]]
129: *[[Thom Yorke|Yorke, Thom]], of [[Radiohead]]
148: ...oung|Young, Brigham]], (1801-1877), American religious leader
160: *[[Horatio Nelson Young|Young, Horatio Nelson]], (1845-1913), military hero - Alcidamas (1796 bytes)
3: ...ege of [[Troy]] (this is generally considered spurious).
7: ...tent of human sufferings; a ''Techne'' or instruction-book in the art
8: ...probably contains the actual remains of a description by Alcidamas. - Ammonius Hermiae (1773 bytes)
6: ...y by J. C. Orelli, ''Alex. Aphrod., Ammonii, et aliorum de Fato quae supersunt'' (Zurich, 1824).
9: ...t has been printed separately, with Latin translation and scholia, at Leiden, 1621, at Helmstadt, 1666...
11: ...ogical writings of Ammonius there are various opinions. K. Prantl speaks of them with great, but hard...
13: ...e [[Johann Albert Fabricius|JA Fabricius]], ''Bibliotheca Graeca,'' v. 704-707: C. A. Brandis, ''Uber ... - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
1: ...corporated into planets during the system's formation. Some asteroids have [[Asteroid moon|moon]]s. Th...
3: == Definition ==
6: ...the composition of the object or its general location in the solar system, and some argue that not eve...
8: ...pically [[boulder]]-sized or smaller. The distinction is made because asteroids are large enough to su...
16: ... visible to the naked eye (in some very rare occasions, a near-Earth asteroid may be visible without t... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ...[[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...6]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ...[[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
31: *[[Aetion]] ([[4th century BC]])
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]]) - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ...s]], usually of the [[Middle Ages]], though traditionally in Britain it has also referred to [[Prehist...
2: ...rom the late 15th century, their "castle" designations, relics of the [[feudalism|feudal]] age, often ...
10: ... First and foremost castles were places of protection from an invading enemy, a place of retreat. This...
14: ...easons: territorial expansion and control of a region. A castle was a stronghold from which a lord or ...
15: ...what he liked without fear, relying on the protection of the castle, while others, if they tried anyth... - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...killing him. The legend was designed to be a cautionary tale about attempting to reach heaven, simila...
5: The modern history of aviation has had several broad trends. [[Aircraft]] desi...
15: ...lew. However, a considerable amount of interpretation of his design, with modern knowledge of aerodyna...
17: ... or leg." Swedenborg was prescient in his observation that powering the aircraft through the air was t...
19: ...ding the first detailed understanding of the relationship between altitude and the atmosphere. - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
3: ...entions named after people]], [[timeline of invention]], [[inventor]].
23: ...ird]], (1888-1946), [[Scotland]] — [[television]]
25: ...[Trevor Baylis]], (1937- ) — [[clockwork radio]]
56: ...ullen]] — mechanical / chemical [[refrigeration]]
63: ...ph Day]] --(1855-1946) Two Stroke Internal Combustion Engine - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
3: ... of [[mass production]] to the process of [[invention]].
5: ... which was a conglomerate of nine major film studios (commonly known as the Edison Trust).
10: ...d tavern keeper who would marry Nancy Matthews Elliott.
12: ...ould become a rebel joining the [[MacKenzie Rebellion]] that sought Canadian independence. The revolt...
14: ...], then [[Peru, Ohio]], and finally to [[Milan, Ohio]]. That town was enjoying an economic boom. Sam'... - Timeline of United States history (1860-1899) (10289 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] con...
7: [[Image:National-atlas-1970-1860.png|thumb|U.S. territorial ext...
15: *[[1861]] - [[Kansas]] admitted to the Union as a [[free state]]
16: ...ral court case which objected to Lincoln's suspension of ''[[habeas corpus]]''
21: *[[1863]] - [[National Banking Act|National Banking Act of 1863]] - Pope Adrian III (859 bytes)
3: ...ans during a famine. His cult was confirmed in [[1891]], and his feast day is [[8 July]]. - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ...ate" ([[Article One of the United States Constitution|Article I]]).
4: ...e powers enumerated to the Senate in the Constitution are regarded as more important than those exclus...
6: ...pitol]] building, in [[Washington, D.C.]], the national capital. The House of Representatives convenes...
10: ...gates. Many delegates called for a second Congressional chamber, modeled on the [[House of Lords]] (th...
12: ...resentatives)". <!--Sources are in references section--> - World Series (40101 bytes)
1: ...s have the most World Series titles, with 26 championships.
3: ...es to none, earning their first World Series Championship in 31,458 days, the last being in the [[1918...
4: ==Introduction==
5: ...every year between the American League and the National League. Starting in 2003, however, the league ...
7: ...m, because there are more divisions and each division is smaller. - Atlanta Braves (20715 bytes)
3: ...sport, while collecting one [[World Series]] championship in that time (in 1995, also a strike-shorten...
5: ...[[1869]]-[[1970]], baseball's first openly professional team. When the N.A. formed, Red Stockings foun...
6: ...953 in sports|1953]]-[[1965 in sports|1965]]). Prior to 1912, the Boston team had several unofficial ...
11: ...ia Phillies]], [[New York Mets]], [[Washington Nationals]]
13: ...003 in sports|2003]], [[2004 National League Championship Series|2004]] - Pittsburgh Pirates (16589 bytes)
3: ...]. They are in the Central Division of the [[National League]].
5: ...)|American Association]]. Transferred to the [[National League]] in [[1887]].
6: ...Bucs'', but that usage tapered off after the [[National Football League]] franchise called the [[Tampa...
12: :'''Division titles won''' (9): [[1970]], [[1971]], [[1972]],...
13: :'''National League pennants won''' (9): [[1901]], [[1902]]... - Texas Rangers (baseball) (14993 bytes)
4: ... Worth Metroplex]]. They are in the Western Division of the [[American League]].
6: ...''Founded''': [[1961]] ([[American League]] expansion)
7: ...s]], or the Washington Senators that existed from 1891-1899 and were contracted.)
12: :'''Division titles won''' (3): [[1996]], [[1998]], [[1999]]
14: :'''[[World Series]] championships won''' (0): ''none'' - Polo (10046 bytes)
3: ...grass field) players. Polo features successive periods called "chukkas", and riders score by driving a...
10: ...ryan]]) tribes of Central Asia before their migration to Iranian plateau; but it seems likely that as ...
14: ...arliest account, Ferdowsi romanticizes an international match between [[Turanian]] force and the follo...
16: ...ho sought refuge in Chinese courts after the invasion of the Iranian Empire by the [[Arabs]], or possi...
18: ...s played, as did the nobility and the mounted warriors. - Sodalite (4894 bytes)
11: ... with [[chlorine]] (Na<sub>4</sub>Al<sub>3</sub>(SiO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>3</sub>Cl)
13: !colspan=2|Identification
15: | Colour || Rich royal blue, green, yellow, violet, white veining common
21: ...ge (crystal)|Cleavage]]|| Dodecahedral (six directions), poor
43: |Hackmanite||[[Tenebrescence|Tenebrescent]]; violet-red or green fading to white - George Washington Carver (7937 bytes)
2: ...] [[botanist]] who worked in [[agricultural extension]] in the southern [[United States|U.S.]]. He ta...
5: ...hat left him with a permanently weakened constitution. Because of this, he was unable to work as a han...
9: ...et out to get an education, and his first destination was a school in a different town. When he reache...
11: ...f Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, which today is [[Iowa State University]].
13: ...eorge Washington Carver. Through quiet determination and perseverance, Carver soon became involved in... - Henry Ford (16324 bytes)
2: ...evement not only revolutionized industrial production in the United States and the rest of the world, ...
6: ...eldest of six children. As a child, Henry was passionate about mechanics, preferring to tinker in his ...
8: ...is being hired by [[Westinghouse Electric Corporation|Westinghouse]] company to service their steam en...
10: ...xperiments culminated in [[1896]] with the completion of his own self-propelled vehicle named the [[Qu...
12: ...mpany, the [[Henry Ford Company]]. During this period, he personally drove his Quadricycle to victory ... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
10: *[[Aleijadinho]] - Antonio Francisco Lisboa (1730 or 1738 - 1814)
20: *[[Giovanni di Balduccio]]
21: *[[Baccio Bandinelli]] (1493 - 1560)
51: *[[Antonio Canova]] (1757 - 1822)
65: *[[Clodion]] - Cable car (railway) (12669 bytes)
6: ==Operation==
7: The cable is itself powered by a stationary motor or engine situated in a cable house or ...
9: ... applying brakes. This gripping and ungripping action may be manual, as was the case in all early cabl...
13: ...use of the economy of centrally located power stations, and the ability for cars going down hill to tr...
16: ... ropes, the first cable car installation in operation was the [[IRT Ninth Avenue Line|West Side and Yo... - Herbert Hoover (27123 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
10: | place of birth=[[West Branch, Iowa]]
19: ...years after leaving office, during the administration of [[Lyndon Johnson]] — his fifth successo...
21: ...]] family in [[West Branch, Iowa|West Branch]], [[Iowa]]. He was the first President to be born west o...
23: ...Bert" Hoover boarded a [[Union Pacific Railroad|Union Pacific]] train headed west to [[Oregon]]. Sewn ... - Warren G. Harding (30163 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
10: ...Near [[Blooming Grove, Ohio|Blooming Grove]], [[Ohio]]
18: ...[[1903]]) and later as [[Lieutenant Governor of Ohio|Lieutenant Governor]] ([[1903]]–[[1905]]).
20: ...uddenly three years into his term due to complications from [[pneumonia]] and possible food poisoning....
23: ...ge]] (later [[Muskingum College]]) in [[Iberia, Ohio|Iberia]]. - Otto Lilienthal (1728 bytes)
3: ...who accomplished this feat nearly forty years previously.
5: ...ver 2000 flights in gliders of his design between 1891 and his death five years later. Lilienthal did b...
10: A [[fictional character]]ization of Lilienthal was resurrected as a villain in th... - Alberto Santos-Dumont (14938 bytes)
1: ...BR>From the archives of the [[Smithsonian Institution]].</div>
2: ... [[1932]]) was a [[Brazil | Brazilian]] aviation pioneer. He designed, built, and flew many [[balloon]...
3: In addition, He made the first
9: ...is vast property. So successful were these innovations that Santos-Dumont's father gathered a large fo...
11: ...zil]] in the long, sunny afternoons at the plantation. - Cabeza de Vaca (4807 bytes)
5: ...he party of 600 men. The four were enslaved by various [[Native American (Americas)|Native American]] ...
7: ...xpedition. He declined to travel with the expedition as second in command and jealously refused to gi...
9: ...lación'' and published under the title ''Comentarios'' (Commentary).
13: ...nt of the fate of the Pánfilo de Narváez expedition.
17: ==Bibliography, in English== - Frederick Cook (12772 bytes)
11: ===Early expeditions===
13: ...cquiesced in the attempted publication of the dictionary as his own work.
15: ...range. He would subsequently make a second expedition in 1906, and claim to have made the first ascent...
24: ... McKinley subsequently can verify, Cook's descriptions of the summit ridge bear no resemblance to the ...
28: ...humb|right|A photo from Cook's 1909 arctic expedition, which he alleged was taken at or near the North... - March 17 (9666 bytes)
7: *[[1577]] - formation of the [[Cathay Company]] to send [[Martin Frobi...
8: ...uette]] and [[Louis Jolliet]] begin their exploration of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi river.
10: *[[1776]] - [[American Revolution]]: [[United Kingdom|British]] forces evacuate [[...
15: *[[1891]] - The British [[steamship]] [[SS Utopia|SS ''Ut...
16: ...aris]], 11 years after his death, creates a sensation. - March 19 (9902 bytes)
13: ...lla]], the first [[United States]] air-combat mission in history.
17: *[[1942]] - The [[Thoroughbred Racing Association]] is established in [[Chicago]].
20: ...s, shops, transportation facilities and communications facilities in [[Germany]] be destroyed.
21: ...uiana]], [[Guadeloupe]], [[Martinique]] and [[R鵮ion]] become overseas [[departement|d鰡rtements]] o...
23: ...t [[Madison Square Garden]] in the first [[television | televised]] prize [[boxing]] fight shown in co... - March 21 (10586 bytes)
5: ...hop of Canterbury]] [[Thomas Cranmer]] is [[Execution by burning|burned at the stake]].
7: ...ct, [[Pope Pius VII|Pius VII]] was [[Papal Coronation|crowned Pope]] in [[Venice]] with a temporary [[...
11: ...y Morton Stanley]] began his trek to find the missionary and explorer [[David Livingstone]].
14: ... [[Charles Lindbergh]] is presented the [[Congressional Medal of Honor]] for his first trans-[[Atlanti...
15: ...hah]] [[Reza Pahlavi]] formally asked the international community to call [[Persian Empire|Persia]] by... - Springfield, Illinois (6768 bytes)
25: ... [[1839]]. As of the [[2000]] census, its population is 111,454.
29: ...litical career in Springfield. This includes a national park site including his home after marriage as...
32: ...ts in [[1908]]. The [[Donner Party]], a group of pioneers who resorted to cannibalism while snowbound ...
34: ...anthropist and founder of [[General Foods Corporation] was also born there.
36: ...itol]]) to Springfield calling it the "Vince Demuzio Expressway." - Mathematician (9627 bytes)
5: ... not learned in that field. In fact, the publication of new discoveries in mathematics continues at a...
9: ...ulator]]s -- prodigies at performing such calculations -- some of whom have moreover been great mathem...
13: ... ideas ([[theorem]]s) that follow from the assumptions according to exact rules of [[logic]]. That, h...
15: ==Motivation==
17: ...r pleasure of mathematical activity or by expectation of greater respect by fellow '''mathematicians''... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
71: *[[Eugenio Beltrami]] (Italy, [[1835]]-[[1900]])
77: *[[Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch]] (England, [[1891]] - [[1970]])
99: *[[Carlo Emilio Bonferroni]] (Italy [[1892]] - [[1960]])
128: *[[Eugenio Calabi]], (United States) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
117: *[[Giovanni Domenico Cassini]] a.k.a. Jean-Dominique Cas...
172: *[[Giovanni Battista Donati]], ([[Italy]], [[1826]] &nda...
206: *[[Camille Flammarion]] ([[France]], [[1842]] – [[1925]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
30: *[[Giorgio Agamben]]
60: *[[B. R. Ambedkar|Bhimrao Ambedkar]], (1891-1956){{fn|R}}
81: *[[Antiochus of Ascalon]], (c. 130-68 BC){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{...
97: *[[Ariston of Chios]], (fl. 250 BC){{fn|R}}
131: *[[Alain Badiou]], (born 1937) - Tiger (11674 bytes)
3: ...|Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)]] | caption = Tiger }}
13: {{Taxobox_section_binomial_parens | color = pink | binomial_name =...
15: ...believed to be [[aphrodisiac]]s. From the destruction of its habitat, to the poaching for the fur, tig...
23: ...al tigers, and stripes that are brown. This variation in color is very rare, and only a handful of gol...
25: ... from their prey (few large animals have color vision as capable as that of humans, so the color is no... - Tennis (24557 bytes)
3: ...e 1920s. Along with its millions of players, millions of people follow tennis as a spectator sport, e...
10: [[image:tennis_court.png|right|frame|The dimensions of a tennis court, in [[feet]].]]
12: ...s and 36 feet (10.97 m) for doubles matches. Additional clear space around the court is required in or...
18: ...ass many different surfaces, ranging from old-fashioned concrete courts to coated asphalt to wooden gy...
20: ...nch Open]] uses clay courts, and [[Wimbledon championships|Wimbledon]] uses grass courts. - List of Governors of Wisconsin (3807 bytes)
20: ...6<td>[[William D. Hoard]]<td>Republican<td>1889 - 1891
21: ...DEEFF><td>17<td>[[George W. Peck]]<td>Democrat<td>1891 - 1895 - Republican Party (United States) (31573 bytes)
9: foundation = [[February 28]], [[1854]] |
11: international = [[International Democrat Union]] |
18: ...rty'') [http://www.gop.com/About/Default.aspx?Section=2], is one of the two major [[political party|po...
20: ... the [[United States National Republican Party|National Republican Party]] of [[Henry Clay]]. The ide...
22: ...n Party]]. Since its inception, its chief opposition has been the Democratic Party. - Homo erectus (3723 bytes)
2: ...thr.jpg|200px]] | caption = Peking Man reconstruction }}
13: {{Taxobox_section_binomial | color = pink | binomial_name = Homo e...
14: {{Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = [[Subspecies]]}}
21: ...ended about 500,000 years ago. The primary innovation associated with Acheulean handaxes is that the s...
25: ...at controlled fires have been evidenced in excavations in Northern [[Israel]] from about 690,000 to 79... - Peking Man (2617 bytes)
2: ... the centre: what Peking Man looked like.]] | caption = [[Zhoukoudian]] Peking Man Site - the Museum (...
14: {{Taxobox_section_trinomial_simple | color = pink | trinomial_name...
17: ...ns were first discovered in 1923-27 during excavations at [[Zhoukoudian]] (Choukoutien) near [[Beijing...
19: Excavations had begun at Zhoukoudian in 1921, investigating...
21: ...tus'' had been found in [[Java (island)|Java]] in 1891 by [[Eugene Dubois]], with the [[Java Man]] initi... - History of the Kurds (8244 bytes)
3: ...i]], [[Urartu]], and [[Mushku]]. It should be mentioned that the Kurds are an [[Indo-European]] people...
5: ...eserved a more-or-less independent political position.
7: ...[Aryan]]ised, owing to the immigration at this period of history of tribes in overwhelming numbers who...
9: ...of fighting men to his successors, being thus mentioned under the names of "Saspirians" and "Alarodian...
11: ...and titles are still preserved in a Greek inscription at [[Behistun]] near the Kurdish capital of [[Ke... - Persian Empire (26229 bytes)
1: ..., Iran. Some Persian scholars protested this decision because changing the name separated the country ...
4: ... [[Reza Shah Pahlavi]] formally asked the international community to call the country by its native na...
11: ...nd another Aryan tribe, the [[Scythian]]s. The region of Parsuash was annexed by Sargon of Assyria aro...
13: ...e kingdom of [[Elam]], including the important region of [[Anshan (Persia)|Anshan]]. Teispes' descenda...
15: ... not to terrorize Babylon nor destroy its institutions and culture. Cyrus was killed during a battle a... - Torosaurus (1521 bytes)
3: ...xobox_image | image = [[|200px|Torosaurus]] | caption = ''Torosaurus''}} -->
18: ...thor = [[Othniel Charles Marsh|Marsh]] | date = [[1891]]}} - Nikola Tesla (29894 bytes)
16: ...nsmission (telecommunications)|wireless communication]] in [[1893]] and winning the "[[War of Currents...
18: ...lans, while others made fortunes with his [[invention]]s.
20: ...n been seen across [[Modern world|modern civilization]].
22: ==Biography==
26: ...ting magnetic field]] principle ([[1882]]) and various devices that use rotating magnetic fields - Timeline of railway history (5902 bytes)
13: ... rail transport, and large scale railway construction begins in Britain, and then spreads throughout t...
18: ...anapolis]]' Union Station, the first "[[union station]]" in the world, opened by the [[Terre Haute and...
22: ...gotiate tighter curves in the track. This innovation proves rare for steam locomotives but is the mod...
31: ...[Trans-Siberian railway]] in [[Russia]]. Construction completed in [[1904]]. [[Webb C. Ball]] establis...
32: ...ondon)|Victoria station]] and [[London Bridge station|London Bridge]] in south [[London]] - Major League Baseball (14783 bytes)
3: ...[[American League]], by means of a joint organizational structure which has existed between them since...
5: ...ffectively prevents the yearly promotion and demotion of teams into the Major League by virtue of thei...
7: MLB also maintains a unique, controlling relationship over the sport, including most aspects of [[...
15: ...("AL"). Each has its teams split into three divisions grouped generally by geography and styled "East...
17: ...balanced schedule which heavily favors intra-divisional play. In [[1997]] Major League Baseball intro... - Boxing (29727 bytes)
2: ...hite area gloves seen here are not used in professional boxing fights]]
4: ...bat sport]]. In both amateur and professional versions, the fighters wear padded gloves, attacking and...
14: ...(padded gloves), "time" was called after a set period, and the length of the fight was predetermined. ...
16: ...6]], which had superseded the "Pugilistic Association's Revised Rules" of [[1853]]. They were often po...
19: ...oot ring. Rounds were to be of three minutes duration with one minute between rounds. Ten seconds were... - Benjamin Harrison (11469 bytes)
5: ...ont size="+1">'''Benjamin Harrison'''</font></caption>
12: ...:'''</td><td>[[North Bend, Ohio|North Bend]], [[Ohio]]</td></tr>
17: <tr><td>'''Occupation:'''</td><td>[[lawyer]]</td></tr>
24: ==Biography==
26: ...mitted to the bar and became reporter of the decisions of the supreme court of the State. - William McKinley (11746 bytes)
3: ...font size="+1">'''William McKinley'''</font></caption>
11: <tr><td>'''Place of Birth'''</td><td>[[Niles, Ohio]]</td></tr>
14: <tr><td>'''Occupation'''</td><td>[[Lawyer]]</td></tr>
23: ...[1901]]. His term is remembered for great [[expansion]] and [[conquest]]. He annexed [[Cuba]] and [[Ph...
25: ==Biography== - Hannibal Hamlin (5219 bytes)
2: ...residential election, 1860|1860 presidential election]].
8: ...dorsement of that repeal at the Cincinnati Convention two years later, he withdrew from the Democrats ...
10: ...Party|Republicans]]. This caused a national sensation.
12: ...e]] in the same year, and having carried the election by a large majority he was inaugurated in this o...
14: ...e arming of [[African Americans]]. His identification with the [[Radical Republican]]s caused him to b... - James S. Sherman (2788 bytes)
7: ...a County, New York]] a few days prior to the election and was replaced on the ballot by [[Nicholas M. ...
9: {{bioguide}}
12: * [[U.S. presidential election, 1908]]
13: * [[U.S. presidential election, 1912]]
16: ...tion, 1908|1908]] (won), [[U.S. presidential election, 1912|1912]] (died)}} - Culture of Jersey (13844 bytes)
1: ... indigenous [[Normans|Norman]] language and traditions as well as [[French culture|French]] and [[Cult...
4: ... [[J�rriais]]. The monstrous black dog is traditionally said to haunt [[Bouley Bay]].]]
5: ...language]], is spoken by a minority of the population, although it was the majority language in the [[...
7: ...]] of the toponymy increased apace with the migration of English people into the island since the end ...
13: ...eing lost due to the influence of media and education. - List of U.S. military history events (12126 bytes)
1: ...f these events were military, some were not even violent, but together they delineate the reappearance...
4: ...hich U.S. military units (primarily regular, occasionally [[irregular_military|irregular]]) participat...
6: *'''[[American Revolutionary War]]''' (1775–1783)
16: *[[Occupation of Nicaragua]] (1867, 1894–1933)
21: *[[Boxer Rebellion]] (1900) - Tigers (12435 bytes)
3: ...|Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)]] | caption = Tiger }}
13: {{Taxobox_section_binomial_parens | color = pink | binomial_name =...
15: ...believed to be [[aphrodisiac]]s. From the destruction of its habitat, to the poaching for the fur, tig...
23: ...al tigers, and stripes that are brown. This variation in colour is very rare, and only a handful of go...
25: ...from their prey (few large animals have colour vision as capable as that of humans, so the colour is n... - United States Republican Party (30737 bytes)
8: foundation = [[February 28]], [[1854]] |
10: international = [[International Democrat Union]] |
17: ...rty'') [http://www.gop.com/About/Default.aspx?Section=2], is one of the two major [[political party|po...
19: ... the [[United States National Republican Party|National Republican Party]] of [[Henry Clay]]. The ide...
21: ...n Party]]. Since its inception, its chief opposition has been the Democratic Party. - Warren Court (6109 bytes)
2: ...[racial segregation]], [[civil rights]], [[separation of church and state]], and police arrest procedu...
4: ... for high-handedness, however, none of his convictions was ever overturned on appeal.
6: ...s and thus ran unopposed in the 1946 general election. He was elected to a third term (as a Republica...
8: ...pensive, high quality [[education]] to two generations of Californians.
12: ...amatically altered the relative power of rural regions in many states; ''Hernandez v. Texas'', which g... - Ammosaurus (2891 bytes)
13: ...uthor = [[Othniel Charles Marsh|Marsh]]| date = [[1891]]}}
16: ...ound in the late [[1880s]] by a group of construction workers in the [[Connecticut River|Connecticut V...
18: ...lated to [[Plateosaurus]] than Anchisaurus as previously thought.
20: ...ing the early [[Jurassic]] period, around 180 million years ago. It was a [[herbivore]] and could walk... - Anchisaurus (5714 bytes)
14: {{Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = Species}}
28: ...as quite typical of this group and so this assumption is probably justified.
30: ==Description==
32: ...bachian]] to [[Toarcian]] periods, 200 to 188 million years ago.</p>
34: ...y gradually evolved into the [[quadripedal]] position that characterises the later [[sauropod]]s such ... - Vincent van Gogh (11980 bytes)
2: ...some 900 paintings and 1100 drawings) during a period of only ten years before he succumbed to [[menta...
4: ...n [[the Netherlands]]), has a considerable collection of Vincent van Gogh paintings as well.
6: ...trait of Doctor Gachet]]'' was sold for $82.5 million at [[Christie's]], thus establishing a new price...
9: ...later in his life. His sister described him as serious and introspective.
11: ...riendship is amply documented in the large collection of letters they sent each other. These letters h... - Edwin Abbott Abbott (2724 bytes)
5: ...the social, moral, and religious values of the period.
7: ...writings include three anonymously published religious romances - ''[[Philochristus]]'' ([[1878]]), ''...
9: ...), and his article "The Gospels" in the ninth edition of the ''[[Encyclop�dia Britannica]]'', embody... - Bicycle (44267 bytes)
5: ...tion in many regions and a popular form of recreation in others.
7: ... A recurring theme in bicycling has been the tension between bicyclists and drivers of [[motor vehicl...
13: ...e time or person can be identified with the invention of the bicycle. Its earliest known forebears wer...
15: ...s]]. These were ''pushbikes'', powered by the action of the rider's feet pushing against the ground. ...
17: ... ride, and the high seat and poor weight distribution made for dangerous falls. - February 22 (10772 bytes)
6: * [[1290s BC]] - The coronation of [[Ramses II]], on whose face the sun's rays f...
12: ...a|Florida]] to the [[United States]] for five million [[United States dollar|U.S. dollars]].
15: ...lican Party|Republican Party]] opens its first national meeting in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]].
16: ... [[1865]] - [[Tennessee]] adopts a new [[constitution]] that abolishes [[slavery]].
21: ..., the first [[dog race]] track to employ an imitation [[rabbit]] opens. - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
15: | [[Subdivisions of Russia|Subdivision]]: || [[Federal cities of Russia|federal city]]
17: ...ystem|Location]]: || {{coor dm|59|56|N|30|20|E|region:RU_type:city(4,661,219)}}
21: | [[Population]]: || 4,661,219 <small>(2002 Census)</small>
23: | [[Population density]]: || 7691 persons/km�
36: ...ation of Russian into English|English transliteration]]: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as i... - Karl Marx (38076 bytes)
2: ...e, summed up in the famous line from the introduction to the ''[[The Communist Manifesto|Communist Man...
4: == Biography ==
7: ... [[Lutheran church|Lutheranism]] to keep his position as a lawyer, which he had gained under the [[Nap...
9: ==== Education ====
10: ...alysis of religion, was a treatise entitled "Religion: The Glue That Binds Society Together", for whic... - December 9 (7837 bytes)
8: ...of Texas]] captures [[San Antonio, Texas|San Antonio]]
21: ...volved in the horrors of [[Nazi human experimentation]] .
22: ...s]] [[nuclear weapon]] secrets for the [[Soviet Union]]
25: ... - ''[[Coronation Street]]'' first airs on televisions across the [[United Kingdom]].
32: *[[1992]] - Separation of [[Charles, Prince of Wales]] and [[Diana, Pri... - Judge (10187 bytes)
3: ...ges vary widely from [[jurisdiction]] to jurisdiction.
9: ...all over the world continue to wear wigs, a tradition imported from the [[United Kingdom|British]] leg...
11: ...ight|French appeal and [[court of cassation|cassation]] judges, in solemn and [[Assize Court]] hearing...
13: ...ould not be able to influence judgment in a direction that they see fit.
17: In most [[civil law]] jurisdictions judges go to special schools to be trained afte...
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