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Featured article: February 1, 2006

The Radhanites were medieval Jewish merchants. Whether the term, which is used by only a limited number of primary sources, refers to a specific guild, or whether it is a generic term for Jewish merchants in the trans-Eurasian trade network, is unclear. Jewish merchants dominated trade between the Christian and Muslim worlds during the early Middle Ages, from approximately 600 to 1000. Trade routes established under the Roman Empire stayed open during that period largely through their efforts. Their trade network covered much of Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia, and parts of India and China. (more...)

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Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons - Spring - Movement I - Allegro, by the Wichita State University Chamber Players (file info)

Featured picture: October 31, 2006

Composite satellite image of the whole world in a plate carrée projection, a very simple map projection that has been in use since the earliest days of spherical cartography. The name is from the French for "flat and square". It is a special case of the equidistant cylindrical projection in which the horizontal coordinate is the longitude and the vertical coordinate is the latitude.

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Featured list: List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset

This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Somerset, England, United Kingdom. In England the body responsible for designating SSSIs is Natural England, which chooses a site because of its fauna, flora, geological or physiographical features.^[1] As of 2006, there are 126 sites designated in this Area of Search, of which 82 have been designated due to their biological interest, 35 due to their geological interest, and 9 for both.^[2]

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Site name	Reason for Designation		Area^[A]		Grid reference^[B]	Year in which notified	Map^[C]
Site name	Biological Interest	Geological Interest	Hectares	Acres	Grid reference^[B]	Year in which notified	Map^[C]
Aller and Beer Woods	Y		56.9	140.6	ST404305	1952	1
Aller Hill	Y		18.4	45.4	ST408291	1988	2
Asham Wood	Y		141.6	347.5	ST705460	1963	3
Axbridge Hill and Fry's Hill	Y		67.1	160.1	ST433555	1990	4
Babcary Meadows	Y		13.6	31.6	ST567293	1988	5
River Barle	Y		104.2	257.5	SS723423	1997	6

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Featured:	1734 / T	FP / T	FL / T	FPO / T	FT / T	FS / T
Criteria:	FA? / T	FP? / T	FL? / T	FPO? / T	FT? / T	FS? / T
Candidates:	FAC / T	FPC / T	FLC / T	FPOC / T	FTC / T	FSC / T
Removal:	FARC / T	FPIRC / T	FLRC / T	FPRC / T	FTRC / T	FSRC / T
Former:	493 / T	FFP	FFL / T	FFPO	FFT	FFS