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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
27: ... [[Khios]] (an island in the [[Aegean Sea]]) and, after a brief visit home, spent a year in Khios. It ...
31: ...on. At times, the brothers worked together as [[draftsmen]] and book collectors.
33: ...] to purchase sugar, and along the coasts of West Africa between [[1482]] and [[1485]], reaching the P...
39: ...ing posts and later colonies along the coast of [[Africa]]. Columbus had another idea. By the [[1480s]...
43: ... landmass (for Europeans of the time, Eurasia and Africa) occupied 180 degrees of the terrestrial sphe... - Steel (28384 bytes)
34: ...e]] with an iron blade and gold-decorated bronze haft were both found in the excavation of [[Ugarit]] ...
36: ...ts, bronze remained in widespread use there until after Egypt's conquest by [[Assyria]] in [[663 BC]].
60: ...ach batch. These larger furnaces required more draft than could be provided by human power, and forgi...
66: ...aster, and [[Peter Baude]], a [[France|French]] craftsman in [[Henry VIII]]'s employ, cast the Weald's...
68: ... ore contained some calcareous material, and soon after, Dutch ironmasters introduced the use of limes... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior - Isabella of Jerusalem (7928 bytes)
9: ...entire period. In order to prepare for the future after Baldwin IV, Isabella's mother and the baronial...
11: After having become totally frustrated by Sibylla's ...
19: ...inally succeeded as [[King of Jerusalem]] in 1192 after a two-year interregnum during which Guy of Lus...
23: ...died in 1205, shortly before his wife and shortly after their baby son.
28: ...>claimed by [[Guy of Lusignan]], 1190–1192| after=[[Maria of Montferrat|Maria]] | years=1192&nda... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...luding [[Voltaire]] and [[Diderot]]. In [[1762]], after moving into the new [[Winter Palace]] in [[Sai...
9: ... effect, possibly having turned more conservative after the [[Yemelyan Pugachev|Pugachev uprising]] of...
13: ...ualistic endeavors. Her reforms went even further after a failed peasant revolt in 1773 led by [[Yemel...
15: == Foreign affairs ==
21: ...annexed [[Crimea]] in [[1783]], a mere nine years after it had gained independence from the Ottoman Em... - Chromosome (12667 bytes)
1: ... One of the two identical parts of the chromosome after [[S phase]]. (2) <font color="#FF0000">Centrom...
90: <td>~1200</td>
193: ...rd's syndrome]] is the second most common trisomy after Down's Syndrome. It is a trisomy of chromosom... - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
3: ...ts, national art, genres, revivals, the artists crafts, and the artists themselves.
5: ...t]] or [[Viking art]]. Medieval art was of many crafts, such as [[mosaic]]s and [[sculpture]]; and the...
15: ...this period Christian artists adopted the Roman crafts of painting, mosaic, carving and metalwork.
25: ...during the Middle Ages covers a wide variety of crafts including illustrated manuscripts, textiles, ce...
27: ...that today any discovery sheds new understanding. After 843 until [[1453]] there is a clear Byzantine ... - Pottery (17136 bytes)
2: ...ttery that is fired at temperatures in the 800 to 1200 [[Celsius|?C]] range, which does not vitrify in t...
19: ...Oftentimes a disk of plastic, wood, or plaster is affixed to the wheel head and the ball of clay attac...
32: .... Coloured clay can also be added to a base clay after it is centered on the wheel. Although, in pri...
38: ... primary decorating material on their ware. ''Sgraffito'' involves scratching through a layer of colo...
87: * [[Arts and Crafts Movement]] - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
25: ...ean]] civilization covers the time period of 3000-1200 BC, during the [[Bronze Age]], in the area of the...
29: ...s]] and [[Phaistos]]. The civilization was named after King [[Minos]] and reached its peak in the sec...
42: ...ngelo's David|David]]'' being the most famous. [[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]] also sculpted a statue call... - Silk (8683 bytes)
8: ...ent, the [[Middle East]], [[Europe]], and North [[Africa]]. This trade was so extensive that the major...
27: ...omfortable to wear. Nowadays, it is mainly sought after for the highest-quality saris given as dowry p...
46: ...addition to clothing manufacture and other handicrafts, silk is also used for items like [[parachute]]...
57: ... Western Regions according to the Hou Hanshu.'' Draft annotated English translation.[http://depts.wash...
58: ...nese Account Composed between 239 and 265 CE.'' Draft annotated English translation. Appendix E. [http... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
15: ...gypt is from [http://xoomer.virgilio.it/francescoraf/ Late Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt].
80: *Khafre ([[Chephren]]) 2520-2494
83: *Shepseskaf 2472-2467
87: *Userkhaf 2465-2458
101: *Merenre Nemtyemzaf 2255-2246 - Finland (29511 bytes)
53: ...0–500 BC) and [[Iron Age]] (500 BC–AD 1200) were characterized by extensive contacts with [[...
57: ...s the [[Greater Wrath]] and the [[Lesser Wrath]]. After that, "Finland" became the predominant term fo...
59: ... of Russia|Russian Emperor Alexander I]] and thereafter remained an autonomous [[Grand Duchy of Finlan...
61: On [[December 6]], [[1917]], shortly after the [[Bolshevik Revolution]] in Russia, [[Finl...
71: After the Second World War, Finland was in the grey ... - Israel (51605 bytes)
60: ...sh population, see [[Destruction of Jerusalem]]). After crushing [[Bar Kokhba's revolt]] in [[135]], E...
68: ...s) in [[638]] CE and attracted [[Arab]] settlers. After a brief period of prosperity under the [[Umayy...
73: ...d, led to immigration from other parts of Europe. After [[World War I]], the British endorsed a Jewish...
94: After the war, 14-25% (depending on the estimate) of...
98: ...an Air Force. Hostilities came to include Jordan (after Jordan reluctantly chose to dismiss Israeli ap... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ...ocratic Republic of the Congo]] and the [[Central African Republic]] to the southwest, [[Chad]] to the...
60: ...t in feudal Sudan. Important kingdoms in the next 1200 years include [[Makuria]] and the [[Kingdom of Se...
64: After independence the Arab-led Khartoum government ...
66: ...on [[25 May]] [[1969]]. The coup leader, Col. [[Gaafar Muhammad Nimeiri]], became prime minister, and ...
70: After shortages of fuel and bread, a growing insurge... - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
59: ...tural]] techniques before it disappeared around [[1200]] A.D., probably because of extended [[drought]]....
79: ...otorious for human rights abuses, [[narcotics]] trafficking, and economic mismanagement. Later convict...
81: ... executive. In October [[1982]], twenty-two years after the end of his first term of office (1956-60),...
89: ...until about the third year of its term in office. After that, regional, global and domestic factors co...
93: ...August 6]], [[2001]], Banzer resigned from office after being diagnosed with [[cancer]]. He died less ... - Iron Age (8996 bytes)
5: ... in the rest of the world it was adopted directly after one or other sub-phases of the [[Stone Age]].
10: ...y the metallurgy of the time. By [[1600 BC]] to [[1200 BC]], iron was used increasingly in the [[Middle ...
12: == The Iron Age in Africa and India ==
13: ...ory of iron and steelmaking]]), dating to circa [[1200 BC]].
15: ...nologically superior Bantu spread across southern Africa and became rich and powerful, producing iron ... - Writing system (16928 bytes)
23: ...script]] may have evolved independently, around [[1200 BC]]. - Geologic time scale (26014 bytes)
13: ...often eroded, distorted, tilted, or even inverted after deposition; 2) Strata laid down at the same ti...
46: ...ction of many large [[mammal]]s ([[Pleistocene megafauna]]); Evolution of fully modern [[human]]s
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231: | style="background:#B2B5AF" | [[Mesoarchean]]
233: | style="background:#B2B5AF" | 3200 <sup>6</sup> - Civilization (29205 bytes)
9: ...n" or "I'm glad to be safely back in Civilization after being lost in the wilderness for 3 weeks." Add...
31: ...(namely [[Mehrgarh]] and [[Harappa]]) and [[West Africa]], where ancient peoples grouped together to ...
39: ...cereal]] crops (see [[West Africa#Prehistory|West Africa: Prehistory]]). In [[Ancient Egypt]], [[morta...
41: ...]s. In the [[3rd millennium BC]], indigenous West African [[pastoralism|pastoralists]] encountered mig...
44: ...and malachite beads. Around [[1500 BC|1500]] to [[1200 BC]] Jericho and other cities of [[Canaan]] had b... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
16: ...[France]] under [[Henry III of France|Henry III]] afforded him valuable political instruction.
29: ...of Essex,'' etc. He received a gift of a fine of ?1200 on one of Essex's accomplices.
37: ...His public career ended in disgrace in 1621 when, after having fallen into debt, a Parliamentary Commi...
45: ...y. In March, 1626, he came to London, and shortly after, when driving on a snowy day, he was inspired ...
99: ...erton, 1st Baron Ellesmere|Sir Thomas Egerton]] | after=In Commission | years=1617–1621}}
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