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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...]], and argued that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
7: ...) and Espanola ([[Hispaniola]]), as well as the coasts of [[Central America|Central]] and [[South Ameri...
9: ...s voyages led to a relatively quick, general and lasting recognition of the existence of the [[New Worl...
33: ...e post [[São Jorge da Mina]] at the [[Guinea]] coast.
39: ...[Indies]] (then roughly meaning all of south and east [[Asia]]) by sailing west across the Ocean Sea (t... - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...h higher carbon content than this are known as [[cast iron|iron]].
5: ...based alloys that can be [[plasticity (physics)|plastically]] formed (pounded, rolled, etc.).
8: ...th ancient methods that have been in use for at least 6000 years (since the [[Bronze Age]]). Since the ...
13: ...nt allotrope is [[martensite]], a chemically [[metastable]] substance with about four to five times the...
15: ...ace. The transformation into martensite, by contrast, occurs almost immediately, due to a lower activa... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
46: ...vangeline Adams|Adams, Evangeline]], (1868-1932), astrologer
56: ...ohn Couch Adams|Adams, John Couch]], (1819-1892), astronomer
72: ...ams|Adams, Walter Sydney]], (1876-1956), American astronomer
79: *[[James Adamson|Adamson, James]], (1946-), astronaut - Isabella of Jerusalem (7928 bytes)
5: ...rhaps as young as 11. On their wedding night the castle of [[Kerak]] was attacked by the forces of [[Sa...
7: ...s when she was a child and he was a slave in the castle. And when Saladin received these gifts he was e...
17: ...ented to a divorce, which took the form of ecclesiastical annullment made by the [[archbishop of Pisa]]...
23: ...) and [[Melisende of Lusignan|Melisende]] (born [[1200]]), and one son, Amalric ([[1201]]–1205). K... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...r was residing. He immediately fled to a distant castle, and Catherine took the throne, triumphant abou...
13: ... result, Catherine the Great instituted several drastic reforms within the Russian society. First, she ...
21: ...e made Russia the dominant power in the [[Middle East]] after her [[Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774|first ...
25: ...ince Nassau, had 32 larger and 200 smaller ships, 1200 guns, and 14,000 men; the Swedes, commanded by Gu...
27: ...onarchies and a balance of power in 18th-century Eastern Europe for another century. - Chromosome (12667 bytes)
37: <td>[[Drosophila melanogaster|Fruit fly]]</td>
90: <td>~1200</td>
128: contrast to [[autosome]]s for body functions). These are X... - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
3: ...story|Europe]], the [[Islamic art history|Middle East]] and North Africa. It includes the major art mov...
15: ...iconoclasm]] halted the production of art in the East. During this period Christian artists adopted the...
27: ...most of which have not survived due to natural disasters and the re-appropriation of churches to [[mosq...
29: ... [[Gothic painting]] did not appear untill around 1200 (this date has many qualifications), when it dive... - Pottery (17136 bytes)
2: ...ttery that is fired at temperatures in the 800 to 1200 [[Celsius|?C]] range, which does not vitrify in t...
14: ..., as that negates one of the prime advantages of casting.
19: ..." the clay - usually the most difficult skill to master for beginning potters.
25: ...ils. In the United States, moulds and their slipcast pieces are primarily an industrial product, and a...
30: ... the final product strength and texture, and contrasting coloured clays and grogs result in patterns. ... - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
6: ...f dark, coarse-grained stone), sandstone, and alabaster. Copper, gold, silver, shells, and a variety o...
8: ...2700 BC were discovered at [[Tell Asmar]]. Many masterpieces have also been found at the Royal Cemeter...
25: ...ean]] civilization covers the time period of 3000-1200 BC, during the [[Bronze Age]], in the area of the...
27: ...ands, a group of islands in the Aegean Sea, southeast of [[Athens]]. Cycladic culture developed potter... - Silk (8683 bytes)
8: ...far as the [[India]]n subcontinent, the [[Middle East]], [[Europe]], and North [[Africa]]. This trade w...
23: ...y being produced in the Mediterranean and Middle East by the time the superior, and stronger, cultivate...
25: ...ast those made of ordinary silk — commonly lasting fifty years or more.
60: ...f Material Life and the Thought of People, AD 600-1200''. Oxford University Press. - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
15: ...io.it/francescoraf/ Late Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt].
16: * The dates of Dynasties 1 to 10 are from Baines and Malek, ''Atlas of...
17: ...ian Chronology in Relation to the Bronze Age", in Astrom (ed) ''High, Middle or Low'' (Gothengurg, 1987...
18: * The dates of Dynasties 21 to 26 are from Kitchen, ''Third Intermediat...
26: == [[Protodynastic Period of Egypt|Protodynastic Period]] == - Finland (29511 bytes)
1: ...e [[Ŭand|Ŭand Islands]], off the southwestern coast, are under Finnish [[sovereignty]] while enjoying...
38: ...ET]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+2)<br>[[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] ([[Coordinated Uni...
51: ...sistence economy, especially in the northern and eastern parts of the country.
53: ...0–500 BC) and [[Iron Age]] (500 BC–AD 1200) were characterized by extensive contacts with [[...
93: ...ional government; a system that had not changed drastically since its creation in [[1634]] to the new d... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...ockwise from north to south). Israel shares the coastlines of the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]], ...
60: ...ism, Christianity, and [[Islam]]. Starting around 1200 BCE, a series of [[History of ancient Israel and ...
68: ...im]] [[Caliphate]] conquered the land from the [[Eastern Roman Empire]] ([[Byzantine]]s) in [[638]] CE ...
73: ...vided the mandated territory into two parts. The eastern portion, called [[Transjordan]], became the Ar...
89: ...ded into a western part annexed by Israel and an eastern part annexed by Jordan. Jordan's annexation o... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ...o the east, [[Kenya]] and [[Uganda]] to the southeast, [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] and the [[C...
60: ...t in feudal Sudan. Important kingdoms in the next 1200 years include [[Makuria]] and the [[Kingdom of Se...
98: ...hr al Jabal]], [[Blue Nile, Sudan|Blue Nile]], [[East Equatoria]], [[Junqali]], [[Kassala (state)|Kassa...
106: ...y flat plains, though there are mountains in the east and west. The climate is tropical in the south; a...
113: ...1999, Sudan began exporting crude oil and in the last quarter of 1999 recorded its first trade surplus,... - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
2: ...]. It is bordered by [[Brazil]] on the north and east, [[Paraguay]] and [[Argentina]] on the south, and...
59: ...with the Tiwanakan culture, the [[Moxos]] in the eastern lowlands and the [[Mollos]] north of present-d...
67: ...rate]] fields, together with the port of [[Antofagasta]], to [[Chile]].
141: ...he [[Altiplano]], where most Bolivians live. The east of the country is lowland, and covered by the Ama...
152: ...ile the capitalization program was successful in vastly boosting foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bol... - Iron Age (8996 bytes)
3: ...his new material coincided with other changes in past societies often including differing agricultural ...
5: The Iron Age is the last principal period in the [[three-age system]] for ...
10: ...BC]], iron was used increasingly in the [[Middle East]] but did not supplant the dominant use of [[bron...
13: ...ory of iron and steelmaking]]), dating to circa [[1200 BC]].
20: ===Near East=== - Writing system (16928 bytes)
4: ...o successfully read and comprehend the text. Contrast this with other possible symbolic systems such as...
23: ...script]] may have evolved independently, around [[1200 BC]].
43: ...required to write all the words of language. The vast array of logograms and the memorization of what t...
49: ...Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and other east Asian languages. Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics a...
60: ...okee]]. Several languages of the [[Ancient Near East]] used forms of [[cuneiform (script)|cuneiform]],... - Geologic time scale (26014 bytes)
3: ...d. The geologic or ''[[deep time]]'' of Earth's past has been organized into various units according t...
9: ...n]], [[Atdabanian]] and [[Botomian]] stages in [[East Asia]] and [[Siberia]]. It is a key aspect of th...
54: ...s became recognizable. [[Equidae|Horses]] and [[mastodont]]s diverse. [[Grass]]es become ubiquitous. ...
126: ...d [[nautiloid]]s in decline. [[Glaciation]] in East [[Gondwana]].
199: | style="background:#DDC288" | 1200 <sup>6</sup> - Civilization (29205 bytes)
11: ...ar to [[etiquette]]. "Civilized" behavior is contrasted with "barbaric" or crude behavior. In this sens...
34: ...fore their widespread appearance in the [[Middle East]].'' See [[Jomon]].
37: ...toralism]] and cultivation of [[cereal]]s in the East [[Sahara]] in the [[7th millennium BC]].
41: ...nium BC]], indigenous West African [[pastoralism|pastoralists]] encountered migrating, but developed, h...
44: ...and malachite beads. Around [[1500 BC|1500]] to [[1200 BC]] Jericho and other cities of [[Canaan]] had b... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
29: ...of Essex,'' etc. He received a gift of a fine of ?1200 on one of Essex's accomplices.
37: ...B. showed a failure of character in striking contrast with the majesty of his intellect. He was corrupt...
40: ...was the justest judge, that was in England these last fifty years. When the book of all hearts is opene...
56: ... Bacon's Personal Life Story" and Mark Twain's last book , "Is Shakespeare Dead" are good starting po...
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