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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...explorations]], [[Sea explorer|sea explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[...
6: ...ry]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...ry]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
28: ...rlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Northeast Passage]]
30: ... several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]], [[Tombouctou]] and other pla... - Renaissance (14795 bytes)
5: ...an [[Giorgio Vasari]] in the Vite, published in [[1550]]. The term ''Renaissance'' is the [[French langu...
10: During the last quarter of the [[20th century]] many scholars [[H...
21: ...ist method of learning. These new ideas from the past (called the "new learning" at the time) triggered...
30: ...iments. There was a genuine appreciation of the plastic arts—pagan idols and statuary—with ... - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
1: {{Egyptian Dynasty list}}
2: ...f the [[Fourteenth dynasty of Egypt|Fourteenth dynasty]], roughly between [[1986 BC]] and [[1633 BC]].
5: ...te the Middle Kingdom to the beginning of that dynasty.
7: ==The Twelfth dynasty==
8: ...lfth dynasty. The first Pharaoh of the Twelfth dynasty (Amenemhat I), is according to some sources the ... - Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
1: ...es assigning beginnings and endings to various Dynasties. The [[conventional Egyptian chronology]] is a...
7: ...of assigning beginnings and endings to various Dynasties, and 2) externally, the problem is reconciling...
9: ... settle many of these questions while others may last for eternity.
13: ... so the previous "firm" dates cannot be supported astronomically.
15: This Menophres Era can be tied to at least four Egyptian rulers, although there was absolute... - Barbados (21887 bytes)
1: ...rime Meridian]], about 434.5 km (270 miles) northeast of [[Venezuela]].
3: ...o dotted with large sugarcane estates and wide [[pastures]] with many good views to the sea.
11: ...bled beards. Between Campos' sighting in 1536 and 1550, [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|Spanish]]...
13: ...te of present-day [[Holetown]] on the Caribbean coast found the island uninhabited. From the arrival of...
48: ... the island's light manufacturing sector. In the last ten years the Government has been seen as busines... - Slovenia (19318 bytes)
52: ...] to the south and east, [[Hungary]] to the northeast, and [[Austria]] to the north.
91: The last two are usually considered together as Primorska ...
139: ...st, up to 3500 mm for the Alps, 800 mm for south east and 1400 mm for central Slovenia.
164: ...]]) and [[Abecedarium]], which was published in [[1550]] in [[T?n]], [[Germany]].
170: ...ng [[Renaissance]] composer [[Jacobus Gallus]] ([[1550]]-[[1591]]). He influenced Central European class... - Ancient Egypt (16131 bytes)
6: ...aza Strip]], [[Palestine]] and [[Israel]] to the east. The [[Nile]] has been the lifeline for Egyptian ...
14: ...the time of the [[First dynasty of Egypt|First dynasty]] or before, the Egyptians [[Mining|mined]] [[tu...
35: * [[2400 BCE]] - [[Egyptian calendar|Astronomical Calendar]], used even in the [[Middle Ag...
36: ...e [[Suez Canal|Nile-Red Sea Canal]] ([[Twelfth dynasty of Egypt]])
42: * [[1600 BCE|1550 BCE]] - [[Ebers papyrus|Ebers Medical Papyrus]], ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
376: *[[Alfred East]] ([[1849]]-[[1913]])
549: *[[Vlastimil Hofman]] ([[1881]]-[[1970]])
640: *[[Marcin Kober]] ([[1550]]-[[1598]])
979: *[[Maurice Prendergast]] ([[1861]]-[[1924]]) - List of popes (77758 bytes)
29: | <small>Executed by crucifixion upside-down; feast day ([[SS Peter & Paul]]) [[29 June]], ([[Chair o...
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 September]]</small>
43: | <small>Martyred; feast day [[26 April]]</small>
50: | <small>Martyred; feast day [[23 November]]</small>
57: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); feast day [[26 October]]</small> - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ...an''' was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[philosopher]], [[astronomer]], and [[occultist]] executed as a [[heres...
7: ...a [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] friar at the [[Monastery]] of Saint Domenico near [[Naples]]. In [[1572...
15: ...uno's feats of memory were apparently based, at least in part, on an elaborate system of mnemonics, but...
21: ...rts to Francis Walsingham, Queen Elizabeth's spy master, have been found in surviving records of Walsin...
25: ...lay authorities before falling foul of the ecclesiastics of whatever sect. - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ...hy [[lagoon]] along the [[Adriatic Sea]] in northeast [[Italy]]. The saltwater lagoon stretches along t...
6: ...ntine power waned, however, an increasingly anti-Eastern character emerged, leading to the growth of au...
8: ..., opening a lifeline to silver from Germany; the last autocratic doge, Vitale Michiele, died in 1172.
10: ...], and became a major power-broker in the [[Near East]]. By the standards of the time, Venice's steward...
16: ... resign the office and retire into [[monastery|monastic]] seclusion when they were felt to have been di... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
35: *[[Antoine Arbogast]] (France, [[1759]] - [[1803]])
190: *[[Jean Gaston Darboux]] ([[France]], [[August 14]],[[1842]] -...
299: * [[James Gregory (astronomer and mathematician)|James Gregory]] (Scotla...
372: *[[Gaston Julia|Gaston Maurice Julia]] (Algeria, France, [[1893]] - [[...
522: *[[John Napier]] (Scotland, [[1550]] - [[1617]]) - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
15: ...nt in their progress toward profitability. The [[East Japan Railway Company]] has taken an innovative a...
22: ...ystem on which to run. This system includes [[infrastructure]] such as tracks, [[railroad switch]]es, [...
28: ...motive|diesel]] or [[electric locomotive]]s. The last of these options, the most energy efficient, requ...
34: ...ry low labor cost. An example is that goods from east Asia that are bound for Europe will often be ship...
38: ==Safety and railway disasters== - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
109: *[[Georg Anton Friedrich Ast]], (1778-1841)
110: *[[Mary Astell]], (1666-1731){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
128: *[[Gaston Bachelard]], (1884-1962){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}...
155: *[[Sebastiano Basso]], (16th century)
311: *[[Hector-Neri Casta񄤔]], (1924-1991){{fn|C}} - Native American (42651 bytes)
11: ...ves of [[American Samoa]] (USA) and natives of [[Easter Island]] ([[Chile]]).
21: ... [[Bering Land Bridge]] which existed during the last [[ice age]] (which occurred [[24000 BC|26,000]] t...
23: ...bridge several millennia earlier and followed a coastal route, thus avoiding the ice-covered interior.
24: ... have been seafaring people who moved along the coast, a theory disputed due to the relative lack of se...
28: ...n overwhelming. According to their theories, at least three separate migrations from Siberia to the Ame... - Ashkelon (5935 bytes)
1: ... [[Philistines|Philistine]] seaport on the east coast of the Mediterranian sea just north of [[Gaza]]. ...
8: ...ned tunnel-like barrel vault, coated with white plaster, to support the superstructure: it is the oldes...
10: ...faced with stone, followed the same footprint, a vast semi-circle protecting Ashkalon on the landward s...
12: ...of a small ceramic tabernacle was found a finely cast bronze statuette of a bull calf, originally silve...
14: ...Medes (653-625 BC). When this vast seaport, the last of the Philistine cities to hold out against [[Ne... - Mycenaean Greece (6175 bytes)
2: ... the archaeological site [[Mycenae]] in the northeastern [[Argolid]], in the [[Peloponnesos]] of southe...
36: <tr><td>1550–1500<td>LHI
45: ...'' is mainly based on the material from Kourakou East Alley. Domestic and Palatial shapes are distingui...
50: ... marks a Mycenaen expansion covering most of the Eastern Mediterranean. There are many new shapes. The ... - Calcium (9166 bytes)
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21: ...ty]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]] </td><td>1550 [[kilogram per cubic metre|kg/m<sup>3</sup>]], 1....
120: ...[Mortar (masonry)|mortar]] and is turned into [[plaster]] by [[carbon dioxide]] uptake. Mixed with othe... - Timeline of railway history (5902 bytes)
3: *''c''[[1550]] Horse-drawn [[wagonways]] appear in [[Germany]]...
28: .... One of the first railway lines in the [[Middle East]] was built between [[Tehran]] and [[Ray, Iran|Ra...
32: *[[1908]] [[London, Brighton and South Coast Railway]] opens first suburban electric train ser...
44: ...] introduces the [[Acela Express]] on the [[Northeast Corridor]] in the United States. - Slavery (26455 bytes)
4: ... or tacit arrangements with local authorities by masters who have some influence because of their statu...
6: ...which originally meant landless [[serfs]] from [[Eastern Europe]], including parts of [[Rome|the Roman ...
39: ...]], and many were sold to buyers in the [[Middle East]].
44: ...slager'' ([[labour camps]]) in [[Germany]] and [[Eastern Europe]]. Prisoners in Nazi labor camps were w...
52: ...e clothed and fed in the same manner as is their master, and that they not be forced into marriage or [...
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