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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... - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
3: ...f King [[Henry II of France]], of the [[Valois Dynasty|Valois]] branch of the kings of France, and moth...
13: Catherine unwittingly had vast influence on fashions for the next 350 years when...
17: ...the Protestant rebellion by arms, she resumed, in 1570, the policy of peace and negotiation. She conceiv...
21: In her taste for art and her love of magnificence and luxury,...
23: ... were merged into the French royal domain by her last surviving son, Henry III. - Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
14: ...m here she conducted peace negotiations, and in [[1570]] official talks began to marry Henry to the king... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
19: ...iage proposition, went into hiding in [[Stirling Castle]], where preparations were made for Mary's coro...
22: ...s Queen of Scots in the Chapel Royal at Stirling Castle on [[September 9]] [[1543]]. Due to the age of ...
24: ...vet mantle, with a train furred with ermine, was fastened around her tiny neck, and a jeweled satin gow...
26: ...n anointing her with the holy oil on her back, breast, and the palms of her hands. When the chill air s...
33: ...Guise hid her in the secret chambers of Stirling Castle. The French, remaining true to the [[Auld Allia... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...was the fifth and final monarch of the [[Tudor dynasty]], having succeeded her half-sister, [[Mary I of...
9: ...y College, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[British East India Company]] ([[1600]]).
16: ...r as he married his succession of wives. Henry's last wife [[Catherine Parr]] helped reconcile the King...
27: ...en wished to put a member of the popular Tudor dynasty to death. Mary attempted to remove Elizabeth fro...
33: ...Catholic rites. Elizabeth I's coronation was the last one during which the Latin service was used; futu... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
5: ...#256;ḏām in [[Tiberian Hebrew]], and آدم (ʾĀdam) in [[Arabic lang...
17: ...ecorded act of Adam was his giving names to the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air, which God...
20: ...] and a flaming sword, which turned every way. [[Eastern Orthodox]] tradition says that from the time [...
46: ... he promises God that he will lead as many humans astray as he can, to which God replies that those who...
48: ...llowed to live as they pleased there, but not to taste the fruit from a certain tree. However, they bot... - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
6: {{Egyptian Dynasty list}}
8: ...nto several different periods according to the dynasty of the ruling [[pharaoh]]. The dating of
12: * [[Predynastic Period of Egypt|Predynastic Period]] (Prior to 3100 BC)
13: ...f Egypt|Early Dynastic Period]] (1st–2nd Dynasties)
14: ... Kingdom of Egypt|Old Kingdom]] (3rd–6th Dynasties) - Influenza (10335 bytes)
1: ...derstood as being instances of influenza), see [[gastroenteritis]].}}
4: ...he old medical belief in unfavourable [[astrology|astrological]] ''influences'' as the cause of the dis...
21: ...andemic]] (type A influenza, H1N1 strain), which lasted from [[1918]] to [[1919]] and is believed to ha...
39: Influenza's effects are much more severe and last longer than those of the [[common cold|cold]]. Re...
43: ... For example, people with asthma may experience [[asthma]] attacks while they have the flu, and people ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
353: *[[Tommaso Dolabella]] ([[1570]]-[[1650]])
376: *[[Alfred East]] ([[1849]]-[[1913]])
549: *[[Vlastimil Hofman]] ([[1881]]-[[1970]])
979: *[[Maurice Prendergast]] ([[1861]]-[[1924]]) - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...] [[nobleman]], well known as an [[astronomer]]/[[astrologer]] (the two were not yet distinct) and [[al...
8: ...t his family's ancestral seat of [[Knudstrup]] [[Castle]], [[Denmark]] to [[Otte Brahe]] and [[Beate Bi...
10: ...2 his uncle was given the command of Vordingborg Castle to which they moved, and where Tycho began a La...
12: ...ssed him that he began to make his own studies of astronomy helped by some of the professors. He purcha...
14: ...ust as many measurements and methods as there are astronomers and all of them disagree. What's needed i... - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
10: ...circ;teau de Montaigne, to which he moved back in 1570.
33: ...nally involved, his disdain for man's pursuit of lasting fame, and his attempts to detach himself from ... - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
15: ...world atlas, ''[[Theatrum Orbis Terrarum]]'' in [[1570]]. He produced his own atlas in a number of parts... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
57: *[[Machado de Castro]] (1731 - 1822)
260: *[[Jacopo Sansovino]] (1486 - 1570) - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
1: ...ate of birth are unknown, but [[September 12]], [[1570]] in England seems likely, and he is presumed to ...
3: ...given [[Royal Charter]]s. In June he reached the eastern shore of [[Greenland]] and started northward, ...
5: ...s point had been reached by several crews in the past and was considered the end of the line, which con...
7: ...ugh [[Giovanni da Verrazano]] explored the same coast in [[1524]])–and sailing a distance up the ...
11: ... from the [[Virginia Company]] and the [[British East India Company]]. At the helm of his new ship, the... - 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}} - Islam (36809 bytes)
36: ...ws: Say "He is God, the one, the Self-Sufficient master. He never begot, nor was begotten. There is non...
50: *"Ramadhan": Fasting from dawn to dusk in the month of [[Ramadan]] ...
74: ...iteration of the Arabic original (قرآن); it means “recitation”.
82: ...logical order, and among Muslim commentators at least there is a rough consensus as to which suras were...
90: ...ing the Qur'an. Old Qur'ans are not destroyed as wastepaper, but deposited in Qur'an graveyards. The Qu... - Quran (41479 bytes)
2: ...#1571;َلْقُرآن}} ''al-qur'ān''; its literal meaning...
50: ... with legal verses being particularly long. Contrast the Makkan verses above with a verse such as [[al...
123: ... as it projects current Sunni orthodoxy onto the past -- much as if [[New Testament]] scholars were ded...
125: ... tumultuous early centuries of Islam, with their vast conquests and bloody squabbles between rivals for...
155: ...tion in Islam, a Muslim is required to learn at least some [[sura]]s of the Qur'an (typically starting ... - Christmas tree (16574 bytes)
5: ...trees at Christmastime. A branch of flowering [[Glastonbury thorn]] is still sent annually for the Quee...
11: ...ference a [[Bremen]] [[guild]] [[chronicle]] of [[1570]] which reports how a small fir was decorated wit...
17: ...Christmas trees are not usually put up until at least the middle of December and are always taken down ...
19: ...n thanks for the part played by soldiers from Newcastle in liberating Bergen from [[Nazi]] occupation.
24: ...attractive [[symmetry]] of natural trees. In the past, Christmas trees were often harvested from wild f... - Timeline of Middle Eastern History (12425 bytes)
1: ...ast but earlier in time, the term [[Ancient Near East]] is used.
3: ...nt Near East]] for ancient history of the Middle East.
8: ''main article: [[Ancient Near East]]''
12: ...ation of [[sheep]] and [[goats]] in the [[Middle East]]
24: * Domestication of the [[cow]] in the Middle East
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