Childrens Illustrated Encyclopedia

Dickens some of the greatest novels in the english language are the work of charles Dickens (1812-70). He wrote colorful and exc ...

X-rays in space The swift satellite (left) has a three different types of telescopes, one of which is an x-ray telescope. The te ...

Thousands of school- children visit zoos each year with their teachers. 581 Signposts around the zoo direct visitors to differen ...

582 A Aachen Cathedral 112 aardvarks 331 Abidjan, Ivory Coast 563 abolitionist movement 8 , 317, 468 aboriginal Australians 9 , ...

583 bartering 178 Bartholdi, Frédéric Auguste 505 Barton, Clara 64 Baryonyx 162, 163 basalt 231, 441 baseball 65 , 544 basketbal ...

Charles II, king of England 189, 541 Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor 247 Chartists 541 Chartres Cathedral 195, 221 châteaux 220 Ch ...

Diggers 189 digital technology 89, 126, 360, 404, 405, 518, 519 dikes 324 Dimorphodon 211 Dinka people 172 Dinosaur National Mon ...

fleas 76, 280 water 148 Fleming, Alexander 339 flies 26, 209 , 279, 280 flight animal 210-211 history of 18 , 313 flint working ...

Hopi people 371 hoplites 245 hormones 262, 435 Horn of Africa 13, 172 horse latitudes 569 horses 110, 205, 260-261 racing and sp ...

Leeward Islands 96 legends see myths and legends legions 444 legumes 226 Lemaître, George 72 lemurs 217 , 330 length 560 Lenin, ...

Renaissance 432 traditional 9, 11, 116, 270, 284, 365, 367, 420, 482, 496, 497, 564 see also composers; opera musicals 520 music ...

physical sciences 455 physics 180, 406 , 455 physiology 73 pianos 367 Picasso, Pablo 399 , 498 pictograms 20 pieces of eight 408 ...

measurements 560 Pompeii 443, 554 roads 528 slaves 467 start of 88 theater 520 Romania 486 , 487 , 493 Roman numerals 386 Roman ...

sports 234, 260, 285, 293, 501- 502 , 544 Olympic Games 393 , 498, 512 winter 91, 393, 512 see also baseball; basketball; cricke ...

Uncle Tom’s Cabin 8, 579 Underground Railroad (slaves’ escape route) 8, 317, 532 underground trains 527 unemployment 158 UNICEF ...

594 A Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 349 Abuja Nigeria 564 Acapulco Mexico 344 Accra Ghana 563 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 174 Adelaide ...

G Gabon country C Africa 107 Gaborone Botswana 491 Galilee, Sea of lake Israel 289 Galway Bay bay Atlantic Ocean 285 Gambia coun ...

Northern Mariana Islands dependency Pacific Ocean 397 Northern Territory territory Australia 56 Northwest Territories territory ...

597 597– ACKNOWLEDGMENTS In addition, Dorling Kindersley would like to thank the following people and organizations for their as ...

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 598 PiCTurE SOurCES # 123RF.com: Maxim Basinski 7tr, 143cl, 186bc, bloomua 278clb, Charles Taylor / Reproduced w ...