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Vikings
Vikings Scandinavian warriors who raided the coasts of Europe and the British Isles from the 9th cent. to the 11th cent. During the Neolithic period the Scandinavians had lived in small autonomous communities as farmers, fishermen, and hunters. At the beginning of the Viking Age they were the best... Read more |
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mechanical engineering
mechanical engineering Field of engineering concerned with the design, construction, and operation of machinery. Mechanical engineers work in many branches of industry, including transportation, power generation and tool manufacture. Achievements in mechanical engineering include the development of... Read more |
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Teddy Bear
Teddy Bear Background Most people born in this century have probably encountered teddy bears during their lives, for the teddy bear was developed around the turn of the century. Toy bears developed out of admiration for real bears. About 110,000 years ago, Neanderthal... Read more |
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Yogurt
Yogurt Background Yogurt is a dairy product, which is made by blending fermented milk with various ingredients that provide flavor and color. Although accidentally invented thousands of years ago, yogurt has only recently gained popularity in the United States. It is... Read more |
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Gas turbines
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Shan (Asian people)
Shans PRONUNCIATION:SHAHNS LOCATION:Myanmar (Shan Plateau); India; China; Laos; Thailand; northern Vietnam POPULATION:4 million (estimate) LANGUAGE:Shan; Chinese; Burmese RELIGION:Buddhism, with elements of animism 1 • INTRODUCTION A people known as the Tai have... Read more |
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Taos (pueblo)
Taos Pueblo In 1992, Taos Pueblo in New Mexico was admitted to the World Heritage Society as one of the most significant historical cultural landmarks in the world, thereby joining such sites as the Taj Mahal, the Great Pyramids, and the Grand Canyon. For many Native Americans and proponents of... Read more |
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Dreamtime
Dreamtime In the mythology of the Australian Aborigines, Dreamtime, or The Dreaming, is the period of creation when the world took shape and all life began. During Dreamtime, ancestral beings created the landscape, made the first people, and taught the people how to... Read more |
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windmill
windmill apparatus that harnesses wind power for a variety of uses, e.g., pumping water, grinding corn, driving small sawmills, and driving electrical generators. Windmills were probably not known in Europe before the 12th cent., but thereafter they became familiar landmarks in Holland, England,... Read more |
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Buryats
Buriats ETHNONYMS: Brat, Bratsk, Buriaad, Buriat-Mongol Orientation Identification. The Buriats live in Irkutsk Province (Oblast), Ust'-Orda Buriat Autonomous Region (Okrug), Chita Oblast and Aga-Buriat Autonomous Okrug of the Republic of Buryatia in the former USSR. They also live... Read more |
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