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- Hanging Gardens of Babylon (4963 bytes)
3: ...er, there are doubts as to whether they ever physically existed.
5: ... Some (circumstantial) evidence gathered at the excavation of the palace at [[Babylon]] has been accru...
7: ...ools of thought think that through the ages the location may have been confused with gardens that exis...
15: ...ate an alliance between the nations. The land she came from, though, was green, rugged and mountainous...
17: ...just "hanging” but "overhanging," as in the case of a terrace or balcony. - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: :''This article is about the city called Rio de Janeiro. For the state with the same n...
7: ...t inside an urban region, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]].
9: ... after [[S㯠Paulo]] and used to be the country's capital until 1960, when [[Bras�a]] took its place...
13: ...Guanabara was actually the mouth of a river, they called it "Rio de Janeiro", which means January Rive...
15: ...ntic]] transit of ships between Brazil, the [[Africa]]n colonies, and Europe. Fortresses were built an... - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
4: ...rneys along the eastern coastline of [[South America]] convinced him that a new continent had been dis...
10: ...erating his role and constructing deliberate fabrications, others have instead proposed that the two l...
12: ...nine form ''America''. (See also [[Naming of America]].) ''Amerigo'' itself is an Italian form of ''[[...
14: ...made four voyages to America, while at most three can be verified from other sources. It is now genera...
16: ...oyage. But his claim is clearly fraudulent, which casts more doubt on Vespucci's credibility. - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
2: ...anguage|Jud毭Aramaic]] '''מרים''' '''Maryām''' "Bitter"; [[Septuagint]] [[...
6: ...orians accept that Jesus of Nazareth was a historical figure, even if they accept nothing or almost no...
8: ...and the centuries of Marian cult derived from the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christian churches, ar...
13: ... crowded, Mary had to retire to a place among the cattle.
15: ...was called Jesus ([[Matthew 1:21|Matt. 1:21]]), because he was to save his people from their sins. Th... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
4: Adam—אָדָם in [[Standard Hebrew]],
17: ...([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: ''Chava'' "life"), because she was the mother of all living. Being induce...
22: ... subject of much debate). [[Judaism]] holds the [[Cave of Machpelah]] in [[Hebron]] as the traditional...
26: .... In ''The Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan'', Cain's twin sister is named Luluwa, and Abel's twin ...
28: ...re are a number of [[Pseudepigrapha|pseudepigraphical]] works about Adam and Eve: - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
3: ...as a [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[Jew]]ish woman who became a [[Partisans (Yugoslavia)|partisan]].
9: ...mitism|anti-Semitic]] atmosphere. She joined ''Maccabea'', a Hungarian [[Zionism|Zionist]] student org...
11: ...d the [[Haganah]]. February 4, 1942 she visited [[Caesarea]]. In 1943 she enlisted in the British army...
13: ...sed the Hungarian border in small groups. She was captured before she could begin her mission and was ...
15: Szenes communicated with other prisoners with large cut-out letter... - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
4: ...mile|mi²]]). It is also called ''the Eurafrican Mediterranean Sea'' or ''the European Mediterran...
11: ... it is called "ha-Yam ha-Tichon" (הים התיכון), "th...
17: ...e Black Sea is generally not. The man-made [[Suez Canal]] in the south-east connects the Mediterranean...
25: * [[Sardinia]], [[Corsica]], [[Sicily]], and [[Malta]] in the central Medit...
26: * [[Ibiza]], [[Majorca]] and [[Minorca]] (the [[Balearic Islands]]) in the western Medit... - Israel (51605 bytes)
11: image_map = LocationIsrael.png |
14: capital = [[Jerusalem]]<sup>[[#Footnotes|1]]</sup> |
34: GDP_PPP_per_capita = $22,944 |
35: GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 30th |
46: calling_code = 972 | - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...] by the [[Roman Catholic Church]], in which he became the [[patron saint]] of statesmen, lawyers, and...
5: ...[Lincoln's Inn]] in [[1496]]. In [[1501]] More became a [[barrister]].
7: ...ent in the form of wearing a [[hair shirt]] and occasional [[flagellation]].
9: ...ided his daughters with an excellent classical education at a time when such learning was usually rese...
11: ==Early political career== - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...es rendered were in [[Royal Prussia]] as church [[canon]], governor and administrator, [[jurist]], [[a...
8: ...ecame canon in [[Frombork]]. A sister, Barbara, became a [[Benedictine]] nun and the other sister, Kat...
10: ...ous [[astronomer]]. He followed his lessons and became a disciple and assistant.
14: ...nd Copernicus was named a canon in the Frombork [[cathedral]], but he waited in Italy for the great [[...
16: ...where in [[1503]] received his doctoral degree in canon law. It has been supposed that it was in Padua... - African American (19830 bytes)
1: ...icans also have [[Europe]]an and/or [[Native American]] ancestors.
6: ...[whites]], [[Asian|Asians]] or [[Semites]] of African origin.
10: ...n areas in 2000. With over 2 million African American residents, [[New York City]] had the largest bla...
12: ==African-American history==
13: ''Main article: [[African-American history]]'' - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
2: '''Hernán(do) Cortés, marqués del Valle de Oaxaca''' ([[1485]]–[[December 2]], [[1547]]) was ...
5: ...[Francisco Pizarro]], who later conquered the [[Inca]] empire of modern-day [[Peru]] (not to be confus...
7: ...y disappointed his parents by returning home in [[1501]] at age 16, rather than studying law like his gr...
10: ...d so well in the conquest of the [[Canary Islands|Canaries]] (eliminating the indigenous [[Guanches]])...
12: - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
2: ... popularly credited as the modern discoverer of [[Canada]], or at least the region that would become t...
4: ...oute to [[Asia]]. He ended up in the [[North America]]n mainland, he and his men being the first [[Eur...
6: ... he moved to [[Venice]] in his youth, and later became a Venetian citizen.
8: ...mage:Johncabotbonavista.jpg|left|thumb|150px|John Cabot in Bonavista, Newfoundland]]
10: ...for himself. He went with his plans to England, because he incorrectly thought [[spices]] were coming ... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...elow in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
12: ... Abraham|Ralph H. Abraham]] (USA, [[University of California, Santa Cruz]])
37: *[[Cahit Arf]] (Turkey, [[1910]] - [[1997]])
99: *[[Carlo Emilio Bonferroni]] (Italy [[1892]] - [[1960]]...
106: *[[Jonathan Borwein]] (Scotland/Canada, [[1951]]-) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
65: *[[Ammonius Saccas]], (3rd century){{fn|C}}
80: *[[Anselm of Canterbury|Anselm]], (1034-1109){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn...
81: *[[Antiochus of Ascalon]], (c. 130-68 BC){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
165: *[[Cesare, Marquis of Beccaria]], (1738-1794){{fn|C}} - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
5: image_caption= Luther at age 46 (Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1529) |
12: ...d upon the [[Counter-Reformation]] in the [[Roman Catholic Church]].
14: ...atharina von Bora]] began the tradition of [[clerical marriage]] within several Christian traditions.
21: At the age of seventeen in [[1501]] he entered the University of [[Erfurt]]. The yo...
26: ...ied to do for God, it seemed, the more aware he became of his sinfulness. - William Howard Taft (15237 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
15: | party=[[Republican party]]
18: ...eing nominated for president in the [[1908 Republican National Convention]] with the backing of his pr...
22: ... the election of [[Woodrow Wilson]]. Taft later became [[Chief Justice of the United States|Chief Just...
24: ==Early life and career== - Persian rug (6404 bytes)
3: ...sential part of [[Persia]]n art and culture. Thus carpet-[[weaving]] is undoubtedly one of the most di...
5: ...e hunt or feasting scenes. The majority of these carpets are [[wool]], but several [[silk]] examples ...
8: ...ularly useful discoveries during archaeological excavations, save for special circumstances.
10: ...ragments do not help very much in recognizing the carpet-weaving characteristics of pre-Seljuk period ...
14: ...n this art. Most experts believe that the Pazyryk carpet is a late achievement of at least one thousan... - Caterpillar track (7234 bytes)
1: ...e air in the tires, perhaps 30 [[PSI]] (207 k[[Pascal|Pa]]), whereas the 70 tonne [[M1 Abrams]] has a ...
4: [[Image:Cat_D6_Series_II.jpg|300px|thumb|A 2004 Caterpillar D6 Series II medium bulldozer.]]
6: ...orth, and steam powered tractors using a form of caterpillar track were reported in use during the [[...
8: An effective caterpillar track was invented and implemented by [[...
10: ... in [[Grantham]], [[UK]] developed and patented a caterpillar track in [[1905]]. Holt also purchased t... - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
2: ...#1513;ָׁלַיִם''' '''Yerushalayim'''; [[Arabic language|Arabic]...
4: ... religious, and socioeconomic groups. The section called the "Old City" is surrounded by walls and con...
6: ...y's seat of government and otherwise functions as capital. Many countries do not recognize Israeli sov...
7: ...ian]]s also claim all or part of Jerusalem as the capital of a future [[Palestinian state]].
12: ...tion between the name and ''Shalim'' the personification of dusk in [[Ugarit|Ugaritic]] myth. See also...
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