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Dynasties of Ancient Egypt (table)

(Encyclopedia)Dynasties of Ancient Egypt Old Kingdom (or Old Empire) First Intermediate Period Middle Kingdom (or Middle Empire) Second Intermediate Period New Kingdom (or New Empire) ...

Common Weights and Measures (table)

(Encyclopedia)Common Weights and Measures Length Area Volume and Capacity (Liquid and Dry) Weight (Mass) ...

Changes in English Pronunciation (table)

(Encyclopedia)Changes in English Pronunciation ...

Examples of Systematic Classification (table)

(Encyclopedia)Examples of Systematic Classification ...

Formulas for Various Areas (table)

(Encyclopedia)Formulas for Various Areas 1 The abbreviations used are: b = base (length of any side of a plane figure); a = altitude (perpendicular distance from the farthest point of the figure to t...

United Nations Secretaries-General (table)

(Encyclopedia)United Nations Secretaries-General ...

Signs of the Zodiac (table)

(Encyclopedia)Signs of the Zodiac

Pritzker Architecture Prize Recipients (table)

(Encyclopedia)Pritzker Architecture Prize Recipients ...

states' rights

(Encyclopedia)states' rights, in U.S. history, doctrine based on the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution, which states, “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to ...

Danbury

(Encyclopedia)Danbury dănˈbĕrˌē, –bərē [key], city (2020 pop. 86,518), Fairfield co., SW C...