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- Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
3: ... ([[April 13]], [[1519]] – [[January 5]], [[1589]]), born in Italy as '''Caterina Maria Romola di ...
5: ...lder brother was alive at the time, but who would become King [[Henry II of France]].
7: ...rancis lived long enough to see his grandchildren before he died.
11: ...assive life but observed what was going on. Henry being completely under the influence of his mistress...
15: ...policy to which she had been accustomed tended to be at odds with this stance. She was zealous in the ... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
1: ...]], The Great [[Egyptian Pyramids|Pyramids]] have become a symbol of Cairo internationally]]
4: ...e of the country, ''Mişr'' (Arabic, مصر) pronounced ''Maşr'' in the local di...
26: ...Heliopolis]], further south to [[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]], and, under the [[Ptolemaic dynasty]], [[Alexa...
30: ...side the fortress, known as [[Al-Fustat]], slowly became the permanent base of the Arab forces in Egyp...
36: ...58]] heightened the importance of the city and it became the leading intellectual and artistic centre ... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
2: ...1607;وريّة مصرالعربي...
56: ...gypt''', (in [[Arabic language|Arabic]]: مصر, [[Romanization|romanized]] ''Miṣr'...
62: ...ity of [[Luxor]] contains a particularly large number of ancient artifacts. Today, Egypt is widely reg...
73: ...mpletion of the [[Suez Canal]] in [[1869]], Egypt became an important world transportation hub; howeve...
75: ... Canal]] leading to the [[1956]] [[Suez Crisis]]. Between [[1958]] and [[1961]] Egypt and Syria formed... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ...t years the [[definite article]] has increasingly been dropped in common usage) is the largest country...
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60: Although [[Christianity]] had been introduced into Sudan in the third or fourth ce...
62: ...on]] was killed. The Mahdist state survived until being overwhelmed by an Anglo-Egyptian force under [...
66: ...he coup leader, Col. [[Gaafar Muhammad Nimeiri]], became prime minister, and the new regime abolished ... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...may be invented in an impractical form many years before another inventor improves the invention into ...
26: * [[Cloth]] woven from [[flax]] fiber
48: ** [[Fermentation]] to produce [[beer]] in [[Sumeria]]
51: * [[Alphabet]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
53: * [[Rubber]] in [[Mesoamerica]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
13: ...le|Yale, Elihu]] (1649-1721), [[Yale University]] benefactor
79: *[[Robert Yerkes|Yerkes, Robert]] (1876-1956), psychologist
88: *[[Yi Sun-sin]], ([[1545]] - [[November 19]], [[1598]]), Korean admiral
111: *[[Yoannis XIV of Alexandria]], ([[1573]]-[[1589]]), Coptic Pope
176: *[[Robert Young (actor)|Young, Robert]], (1907-1998), American actor - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...es Kepler]]. The work of Galileo is considered to be a significant break from that of [[Aristotle]]. ...
7: ...er, he was offered a position on its faculty in [[1589]] and taught mathematics. Soon after, he moved to...
10: ... the oldest known non-linear relation in physics, between the tension and the pitch of a stretched str...
12: ... accurate measurements of time, which appeared to be impossible with the technology of the [[1600s]]. ...
14: ...ng balls) were replicated using the methods described by Galileo (Settle, 1961), and the precision of ... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...unt St Albans''' in [[1621]]; both peerage titles becoming extinct upon his death.
4: ... professional life as a lawyer, but he has become best known as an philosophical advocate and defender...
8: ..., Lord Burghley, the great minister of Queen Elizabeth.
10: Biographers believe that Bacon received an education at home in ...
16: ...let]], the English ambassador at Paris. The disturbed state of government and society in [[France]] un... - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
2: ... [[Renaissance]] writer, generally considered to be the inventor of the personal [[essay]]. In his ma...
6: ...gressive views on education there, and he and had been the mayor of [[Bordeaux]]. His mother, Antoniet...
8: ...X]]. While serving at the Bordeaux Parlement, he became very close friends with the humanist writer [...
12: ...ired to the Château where in his library he began work on his ''Essays'', first published in [[1...
18: Beginning in 1578, Montaigne suffered from painful [... - Pirate (23151 bytes)
2: A '''pirate''' is one who [[Robbery|robs]] or plunders at sea without a commission ...
4: ...ollar|USD]] per year), particularly in the waters between the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] and [[Indian O...
8: ...their height when [[Henry Morgan]] came. He later became their governor. Buccaneers were also occasion...
12: ...ginally a culture of seafaring people, their name became synonymous with piracy in the 15th century.
14: ...the Turkish '''''Korsan''''', which seems to have been derived from the European word, which in turn c... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...t in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
11: *[[John Abercrombie]], (1780-1844)
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}} - Quran (41479 bytes)
2: ...Sacred text|holy book]] of [[Islam]]. [[Muslim]]s believe that the Qur'an is the literal word of God a...
6: ...der, roughly by size, also believed by Muslims to be divinely inspired. After a short opening, the Qur...
10: ...ations) and the thirty [[juz'|ajza']] (parts) can be used to work through the entire Qur’an in a...
14: ...', or ''Suspended Odes'', are believed by some to be examples of pre-Islamic Arabic; others say that t...
16: ...peakers, [[Arabic grammar]] and lexicography soon became important sciences, and the model for the lit... - Sidon (4751 bytes)
1: ...h of [[Tyre]] and 30 miles south of the capital [[Beirut]]. Its name means ''a fishery''.
4: ...ost important [[Phoenicia]]n cities, and may have been the oldest. From here, and other ports, a great...
6: ...16;al]] Sidon 'Lord of Sidon' (who may or may not be the same) are mentioned as chief gods of the Sido...
8: ...e said to have visited it (see ''Biblical Sidon'' below).
10: ...finally destroyed by the [[Saracens]] in 1249. It became the centre of the [[Lordship of Sidon]], an i... - Easter (31700 bytes)
2: ...ifixion]] (see [[Good Friday]]), which Christians believe happened at about this time of year around A...
4: ...reasons). This would put the Last Supper slightly before Passover.
6: ...entury [[Christian]] [[monk]] and [[historian]] [[Bede]], this month was dedicated to the [[pagan]] [[...
57: ...Christianity, Easter Day always falls on a Sunday between [[March 22]] and [[April 25]] inclusive. The...
59: ... Calendar]]. The precise date of Easter has often been a matter for contention. - List of geographers (2342 bytes)
1: ...w in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet|alphabetical]] [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]s...
65: * [[Alfred Weber]] (Germany, [[1868]] - [[1958]]
68: * [[Martin Zeiller]] (Germany, [[1589]] - [[1661]]) - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
4: With a population of 704,900 (as of [[December 31]], [[2004]] [http://www.cbs.gov.il/population...
6: ...[1949 Armistice Agreements|1949 cease-fire line]] between [[Israel]] and [[Jordan]], also known as the...
12: ...m'' ("city of Salem"). Some consider a connection between the name and ''Shalim'' the personification ...
18: ... [[Melchizedek]], regarded in Jewish tradition as being a priest of God and identical to [[Shem]]. Lat...
20: ... with its capital at [[Samaria]]. Jerusalem then became the capital of the southern kingdom, the [[Ki... - Industry (5421 bytes)
2: ...s)|capital]] investment before any [[profit]] can be realized, also called "heavy industry."
4: ...Railroad]]s and [[Steamboat|steam-powered ship]]s began speedily integrating previously impossibly-dis...
52: A recent trend has been the migration of prosperous, industrialized nat...
54: ...mber of employees in the manufacturing sector has been assumed to result from a decline in the competi...
56: ...the [[Quality (business)|quality]] of the product being manufactured. While it is possible to produce ...
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