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- Esther (5002 bytes)
2: '''Esther''' ('''אֶסְתֵּר''', [[Standar...
5: ...elated to the [[Medes|Median]] word for myrtle, ''astra'' and the [[Persian language|Persian]] word ''s...
9: ... as beautiful as the [[Evening Star]], which is ''astara'' in [[Greek language|Greek]]. Critics of the ...
14: ...; and the Jews established an annual feast, the feast of [[Purim]], in memory of their wonderful delive...
21: ...tar, and hamantaschen originated amongst Jews of Eastern Europe in relatively recent times. - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
10: ...ge:JoanOfArcLarge.jpeg|350px|right|thumb|[[Jules Bastien-Lepage]]'s [[1879]] portrayal of Joan of Arc w...
24: ... finally came on [[September 8]], but ended in disaster when Jeanne was shot in the leg and the attack ...
27: ...cted on [[horse]]back in an illustration from a [[1505]] manuscript.]]
36: ...which allowed the pants and tunic to be securely fastened together. For this, she was accused of the s...
40: ...ned, [as] he had burned a saint." Her ashes were cast into the [[Seine]] River. - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...ockwise from north to south). Israel shares the coastlines of the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]], ...
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...
94: ... between Israel and the Arab world resulted in a lasting displacement that persists to this day; see [[... - Dodo (9332 bytes)
18: ... Dodo extant today. The decaying remnants of the last stuffed Dodo, in [[Oxford]]'s [[Ashmolean Museum]...
22: The breast structure was insufficient to have ever supported...
27: ...first visited by the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] in [[1505]], but the Dutch were the first permanent settler...
29: ...lgvogel'' ("disgusting bird") for the unpleasant taste and texture of the meat. No dodo bones have been...
33: ... extinction of the dodo is commonly dated to the last confirmed sighting in [[1662]], reported by [[shi... - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
8: ...ive voices, widely acknowledged to be one of his masterpieces.
10: ...y from Ferrara to his home region of Condé¬ southeast of [[Lille]] on the present-day border between Be...
14: ...ble to get along with his colleagues." His fame lasted long after his death; [[Gioseffo Zarlino|Zarlin...
16: ...y, but his reputation has grown steadily for the last hundred years, and Josquin's music is often sung ... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ...on, he helped advance the study of [[anatomy]], [[astronomy]], and [[civil engineering]].
7: ...ty evidence, that she was a [[Middle East|Middle Eastern]] [[slave]] owned by Piero.
12: ...t whatever he turned his mind to he made himself master of with ease" ([[Giorgio Vasari|Vasari]]).
25: ...spect for life led him to being a vegetarian at least part of his life, and Vasari reports a story that...
29: ...n Cavallo" [[horse]] [[statue]] (see below) were cast into weapons for the Duke in an attempt to save [... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
7: ... rest of his life he continued to observe many monastic practices, including self-punishment in the for...
12: ...ore entered the king's service as councilor and "master of requests". After undertaking a diplomatic m...
14: ...1525]] he became chancellor of the [[Duchy of Lancaster]], a position that entailed administrative and ...
19: ...is friend [[Erasmus of Rotterdam]] dedicated his masterpiece, ''[[In Praise of Folly]]'', to him. (Ind...
23: ...he authors' allegiance to the reigning [[Tudor dynasty]], which had wrested the throne from Richard at ... - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
38: ...whom they met sporadically when he came to visit. Astrid later read a magazine article about Lindbergh ...
74: [[he:צ'ארלס לינדברג... - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
7: ...ation, becoming interested in [[geography]] and [[astronomy]]. Some speculate that he may even have bee...
9: At age 20, Magellan first went to sea. In [[1505]] he was sent to [[India]] to install Francisco d...
11: ...aptain]]. However, after secretly sailing a ship east without permission, he lost his command and was f...
24: Ruy Faleiro, an [[astronomer]] and Portuguese [[exile]], aided him in h...
26: ...ia de Triana, giving money to the monks of the monastery so they would pray for his success. - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
2: ...d as the modern discoverer of [[Canada]], or at least the region that would become that nation.
10: ...ator]], so the voyage from western [[Europe]] to eastern Asia would be shorter at higher latitudes.
12: ...sayle to all partes, countreys, and seas, of the East, of the West, and of the North, under our banners...
20: ...o take possession of the land, and explored the coast for some time, probably departing on [[July 20]]....
26: John's son [[Sebastian Cabot (explorer)|Sebastian Cabot]] later made a voyage to North America, ... - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
18: ...t the age of 13 Gandhi married [[Kasturba Gandhi|Kasturba Makharji]], who was the same age as he. They ...
38: ...:Gandhi and Kasturbhai 1902.jpg|thumb|Gandhi and Kasturba (1902)]]
44: ...ences through many means, including a three-week fast in the autumn of 1924, but with limited success. ...
50: ...d. On [[May 8]], [[1933]] Gandhi began a 21-day fast to protest British oppression in India. In the su...
52: ...al India called [[Sevagram]]. He staged another fast at the end of the decade in [[Bombay]] on [[March... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
12: ...theology|theologian]] and an [[Augustinian]] [[monasticism|monk]] whose teachings inspired the [[Protes...
19: ...Eisleben]], [[Germany]] and was baptized on the feast day of [[Martin of Tours|St. Martin of Tours]], a...
21: ...r's degree in [[1502]] and a Master's degree in [[1505]]. According to his father's wishes, Martin enrol...
23: ..., Luther left his law school and entered the [[monastery]] there.
26: ...God escaped him. He devoted himself to [[fasting|fasts]], [[flagellation]]s, long hours in [[prayer]] a... - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
2: ...sh]] [[natural history|naturalist]] who achieved lasting fame as originator of the theory of [[evolutio...
6: ...sion of the Emotions in Man and Animals]]''. His last book was about earthworms.
29: ...His father objected to the voyage, thinking it a waste of his son's time, but was eventually persuaded ...
43: ...rmadillo]]s in strata which showed no signs of catastrophy or change in climate, and found later that t...
51: With Lyell's enthusiastic backing Darwin read his first paper to the [[Ge... - Dodos (9122 bytes)
18: ... Dodo extant today. The decaying remnants of the last stuffed Dodo, in [[Oxford]]'s [[Ashmolean Museum]...
22: The breast structure was insufficient to have ever supported...
27: ...first visited by the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] in [[1505]], but the Dutch were the first permanent settler...
29: ...lgvogel'' ("disgusting bird") for the unpleasant taste and texture of the meat. No dodo bones have been...
33: ... extinction of the dodo is commonly dated to the last confirmed sighting in [[1662]], reported by [[shi... - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
4: ...rn [[Iran]]. The Elamite period is considered to last from ca. [[2700 BC]] to [[539 BC]], with a preced...
13: ...sation found in the Indus Valley somewhat to the East, but such links are at best conjectural, as [[Ind...
19: ...period ends with the establishment of the Awan dynasty. The first attestation of the name of the kingd...
21: ...plateau]]; examples of Elamite remains north and east of Iran are [[Sialk]] in [[Isfahan Province]] and...
25: ... 1600 BC (earliest documents until the Eprati dynasty) - Flight (3194 bytes)
16: The [[Peregrine Falcon]] is the fastest animal in the world; its [[terminal velocity]]...
57: [[he:טיסה]]
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