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- China (38909 bytes)
1: ...of China]], stretching over 6,700 km, was erected beginning in the [[3rd century BC]] to protect the n...
3: ...on one's point of view, modern China can be described as a single [[civilization]] or multiple civiliz...
5: ...y|twentieth centuries]], China stagnated and fell behind, and was too weak militarily to repel [[Europ...
7: ...e PRC does not recognize the ROC, as it claims to be the sole successor of all China including Taiwan....
14: ...lated as "Middle Kingdom", but perhaps could also be translated as, "Central State". It literally mean... - List of people by name: Af (1105 bytes)
8: *[[Ben Affleck|Affleck, Ben]], (born 1972), US actor
15: ...nso VI of Portugal|Afonso VI of Portugal]], (1643-1683), king in 1656 - Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
3: ...7;евна) ([[April 15]], [[1683]]/[[1684]]–[[May 17]],[[1727]]) was the sec...
5: ...of 17 to a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[dragoon]], having been working at the time as a servant to minister Gl...
7: ...whom died in childhood except for Anna and [[Elizabeth of Russia|Yelizaveta]].
10: *[[Empress]] [[Elizabeth of Russia|Yelizaveta Petrovna]] ([[1709]]-[[176...
20: ...itle=[[List of Russian rulers|Empress of Russia]]|before=[[Peter I of Russia|Peter I]]|after=[[Peter I... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: ...single [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Kingdom]], Anne became the first Sovereign of [[Great Britain]]. She...
10: ...d in [[1688]]; her sister and brother-in-law then became Queen and King as [[Mary II of England|Mary I...
15: ...(the future Duke of Marlborough), who would later become one of Anne's most important generals.
17: ...85]] (converting to Roman Catholicism on his deathbed), Anne's father ascended the Throne as James II....
19: ...f succession after William and Mary. They were to be followed by any descendants of William by a futur... - Biography (6028 bytes)
8: ...etailing the lives of [[chief]]s, [[kings]], [[tribes]], [[patriarchs]] and [[prophets]]. ...
12: ...oversial people of the era they were living. The best known of the classical biographies include ''Me...
16: ...opes]] and [[saint]]s. Their works were meant to be inspirational to people, vehicles for [[conversio...
18: ...of [[monarch|king]]s, [[knight]]s and [[tyrant]]s began to appear. The most famous of these such biog...
22: ...x style of biographical writing used today. In [[1683]], the first [[English language]] biography appea... - 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
156: *[[Edward Young|Young, Edward]], (1683-1765), poet
176: *[[Robert Young (actor)|Young, Robert]], (1907-1998), American actor - List of painters (54090 bytes)
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
24: *[[Edwin Austin Abbey]] ([[1852]]-[[1911]])
26: *[[Bernard Accama]] ([[1697]]-[[1756]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]]) - John Locke (14749 bytes)
3: ...is perhaps most often contrasted with [[Thomas Hobbes]].
8: ...ooper was impressed with Locke and pressed him to become part of his retinue.
10: Locke had been looking for a career and in [[1667]] moved into...
12: ... to the test, since Shaftesbury's liver infection became life-threatening. Locke coordinated the advic...
14: ... Essay, which was the genesis of what would later become Essay. Two extant Drafts still survive from t... - History of California (38344 bytes)
1: ... through 1900; for events in the 20th century and beyond, see [[History of California (20th century)]]...
3: ...hat most of the known '''history of California''' begins with European exploration.
13: ..., used for arrowheads, axe heads, and knives. Tribes in the [[Sierra Nevada (US)|Sierra Nevada]] foot...
19: .... The Spaniards conjectured that these places may be one and the same.
21: ...y that of [[La Paz, Baja California Sur|La Paz]], before experiencing difficulties and returning. Cort... - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
7: ...tlements in [[Peru]] before returning to the Caribbean.
9: ...am]] and [[Mindanao]]. Leaving Swan and 36 others behind, the rest of the pirates cruised to [[Manila]...
11: ...ustralia, near [[King Sound]]. While the ship was being [[careening|careened]] Dampier made notes on t...
18: ...New Britain]], discovering the [[Dampier Strait]] between these islands (now the [[Bismarck Islands]])...
20: ...he crew were marooned there for five weeks before being picked up on [[3 April]] by an [[East Indiaman... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
1: [[Image:B franklin.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Benjamin Franklin Image provided by [http://classroo...
2: ...w of the [[Royal Society]]. In [[1775]], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster General]...
9: ...on]], [[Northamptonshire]], [[England]] on [[December 23]], [[1657]] the son of Thomas Franklin, a bla...
11: ...([[May 16]], [[1681]]), and Hannah ([[May 25]], [[1683]]).
13: Sometime during the second half of 1683, the Franklins left [[England]] for [[Boston, Mas... - 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}} - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
11: ...gn: center; background: white;" | [[Image:Ottoman 1683.png|Map of the Ottoman Empire]]<br/><small>''The ...
35: | [[October 29]] [[1923]]
45: ...kish Empire'' or ''Turkey'', though it should not be confused with the modern [[nation-state]] of that...
47: ...x130;stanbul]]) from the [[Byzantine Empire]], it became the Ottoman capital. Following [[World War I]...
53: ...ture of [[Constantinople]] in [[1453]], the state became a mighty [[empire]] with [[Mehmed II]] as its... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: ...influence upon Western civilization from its very beginnings.
7: ...please consult the ''main articles'' given at the beginning of the sections and subsections. The [[His...
10: ...ermanic tribes]], [[Confederations of Germanic Tribes]], [[Germania]], [[Germania Inferior]], [[German...
13: Between 800 and 70 BC the Germanic peoples thrust in...
15: ...rest]]. Germany as far as the Rhine and the [[Danube]] remained outside the [[Roman Empire]]. - Chile (39914 bytes)
1: ... [[South America]] occupying a long coastal strip between the [[Andes]] mountains and the [[Pacific Oc...
39: established_dates = From [[Spain]]<br>[[September 18]], [[1810]]<br>[[February 12]], [[1818]] |
64: ...al potential of Chile's central valley, and Chile became part of the [[Viceroyalty of Peru]].
66: ... land to the south, and permitted increased trade between colonists and Mapuches.
68: ...r to the deposed king—was formed on [[September 18]], [[1810]]. The [[junta]] proclaimed Chile a... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
3: ...influence upon Western civilization from its very beginnings.
7: ...please consult the ''main articles'' given at the beginning of the sections and subsections. The [[His...
10: ...ermanic tribes]], [[Confederations of Germanic Tribes]], [[Germania]], [[Germania Inferior]], [[German...
13: Between 800 and 70 BC the Germanic peoples thrust in...
15: ...rest]]. Germany as far as the Rhine and the [[Danube]] remained outside the [[Roman Empire]]. - Timeline of Middle Eastern History (12425 bytes)
10: === [[9th millennium BC]] ''(Beginning of the Neolithic time period of the Holoce...
27: ...world (according to the [[Byzantine Empire]]) and beginning of their calendar <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Dati...
46: ...he modern [[Hebrew Calendar]] occurred on [[7 October]] [[3761 BC]].
47: ...es [[creation (theology)|creation]] to [[25 September]] or [[March 29]] 3760 BC.
51: * [[35th century BC]] - beginning of desertification of [[Sahara]]. The shi... - Temperature (22519 bytes)
1: ...e material with the higher temperature is said to be hotter. Temperature is a measure of the average [...
6: ...erns the transfer of thermal energy, or [[heat]], between one system and another. When two systems are...
21: ...standpoint is the '''gas thermometer''' mentioned below.
29: *[[Langmuir probe]]s (for electron temperature of a [[plasma]])
32: ...ally the same temperature as the material that is being measured. Under some conditions heat from the ...
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