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- Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
1: ...Image:Mid_horoscope_catherine_de_medici.jpg|thumb|Catherine de' Medici]]
3: ..., and later lived in [[France]] under the name '''Catherine de M餩cis''', was Queen of France as the ...
5: ...rly age, Catherine was sent to a convent to be educated; she was only fourteen when she was married (1...
7: ...royal house, would listen to such a proposal. But Catherine did produce children, and Francis lived lo...
9: ...hen her maternal aunt the Duchess of Albany died, Catherine inherited the [[County of Auvergne]]. - Cairo (12536 bytes)
1: ...ptian Pyramids|Pyramids]] have become a symbol of Cairo internationally]]
2: ...lous metropolitan area]] in the world. Cairo is located at 30°2' North, 31°13' East (30.03333,...
4: ...صر) pronounced ''Maşr'' in the local dialect.
6: ...e Cairo or defeated elsewhere by troops sent from Cairo. ([[Mongols]], Crusaders & Ottomans are exampl...
7: ...[Image:EgyptAlQahirah.png|thumb|200px|Egypt, with Cairo [[Governorates of Egypt|governorate]] highligh... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
2: ...1607;وريّة مصرالعربي...
16: ...gn=center colspan=2 | [[image:LocationEgypt.png|Location of Egypt]]
24: | '''[[Capital]] and Largest City'''
25: | [[Cairo]]
54: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]''' - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ...tic Republic of the Congo]] and the [[Central African Republic]] to the southwest, [[Chad]] to the wes...
13: image_map = LocationSudan.png |
16: capital = [[Khartoum]] |
36: GDP_PPP_per_capita = 2,046 |
37: GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 126 | - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...e there is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
6: * 2.4 MYA: [[Oldowan|Stone tools]] in [[Africa]]
8: ... Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
37: * 3500 BC: [[Carts]] in [[Sumer]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
39: ...hyn|Yascheshyn, Kerri]], ([[1985]] - [[2003]]), [[cancer]] patient
41: *[[Carl Yastrzemski|Yastrzemski, Carl]], (born [[1939]]), [[Baseball Hall of Fame]]
111: *[[Yoannis XIV of Alexandria]], ([[1573]]-[[1589]]), Coptic Pope
146: *[[Andrew Young|Young, Andrew]], (b. 1932), American civil rights activist & diplomat
148: ...Brigham Young|Young, Brigham]], (1801-1877), American religious leader - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...le]]. In addition, his conflict with the [[Roman Catholic Church]] is taken as a major early example ...
4: ==Early career==
7: ...er, he was offered a position on its faculty in [[1589]] and taught mathematics. Soon after, he moved to...
10: ...sophy]] or religion. These are the primary justifications for his description as "father of science."
14: ...howed the reality of the experiments and even indicated the particular results that led to the time-sq... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...odology for [[science|scientific]] inquiry, often called the ''[[Baconian method]]''. Induction implie...
10: ...ater, was delicate. He entered [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], in 1573 at the age of 13, living for th...
12: ...y his precocious intellect, and was accustomed to call him "the young Lord Keeper."
16: ...of France|Henry III]] afforded him valuable political instruction.
18: ... with insufficient means, he borrowed money and became habitually in debt. To support himself, he took... - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
2: ...s main work, the ''Essays'', unprecedented in its candidness and personal flavor, he takes mankind and...
6: ... exclusively in [[Latin]], the language of the educated class.
8: ...]. While serving at the Bordeaux Parlement, he became very close friends with the humanist writer [[&...
16: ...cted as a moderating force, respected both by the Catholic [[Henry III of France|King Henry III]] and ...
20: ...d and served until 1585, again moderating between Catholics and Protestants. The [[plague]] broke out ... - Pirate (23151 bytes)
2: ...s ''piracy''. Unlike the [[stereotype|stereotypical]] pirate with [[cutlass]] and masted [[sailing s...
4: ...ically in the straits of [[Strait of Malacca|Malacca]] and [[Singapore]], used by over 50,000 commerci...
8: ...ter became their governor. Buccaneers were also occasionally employed as privateers.
10: ...ion]]s and [[coup d'etat|coups]] and then finally came to mean the disruptive parliamentary maneuver o...
12: ...nally a culture of seafaring people, their name became synonymous with piracy in the 15th century. - 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}} - Quran (41479 bytes)
2: ... literal meaning is "the recitation" and is often called "Al Qur'ān Al Karīm": "The Noble Qu...
6: ...names]].) The suras are not arranged in chronological order (in the order in which Islamic scholars be...
10: ... structure is provided by the [[ruku'at]], semantical units resembling paragraphs and comprising rough...
14: ...n Arabic. It is written in an early form of classical [[Arabic language|Arabic]] termed in English ...
16: ...akers, [[Arabic grammar]] and lexicography soon became important sciences, and the model for the liter... - Sidon (4751 bytes)
1: ...miles north of [[Tyre]] and 30 miles south of the capital [[Beirut]]. Its name means ''a fishery''.
8: ...St Paul]] are said to have visited it (see ''Biblical Sidon'' below).
10: ...nally destroyed by the [[Saracens]] in 1249. It became the centre of the [[Lordship of Sidon]], an imp...
12: ...WWI]], the British took Sidon; after the war it became part of the French [[Protectorate]] in the East...
15: ...own and there is much fruit also; some fishing is carried on. The heavily-silted ancient port is now u... - Easter (31700 bytes)
2: ...ut this time of year around AD 30-33. (''Easter'' can also refer to the season of the church year, las...
4: ...ughter of the Passover lambs (perhaps for theological reasons). This would put the Last Supper slightl...
6: ...]] and [[historian]] [[Bede]], this month was dedicated to the [[pagan]] [[fertility goddess]] [[Eostr...
59: ...lar—but not identical—to the [[Hebrew Calendar]]. The precise date of Easter has often bee...
61: ...stern Orthodox churches use the original [[Julian calendar]], their dates are not usually aligned in t... - List of geographers (2342 bytes)
1: ... [[English language|English]] [[alphabet|alphabetical]] [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]s).
5: * [[Alypius of Antioch]] (Roman Empire, fl. circa [[450]])
19: ...earchus]] (Greece, circa [[350 BC|350 B.C.]] - circa [[285 BC|285 B.C.]])
46: ...ausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] (Greece, fl. circa [[150]])
47: ...emy]] (Ptolemaic Egypt, Greece, circa [[85]] - circa [[165]]) - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
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...
16: ...vids.jpg|thumbnail|150px|[[Archaeology|Archaeological]] ruins from [[King David]]'s time]] - Industry (5421 bytes)
2: ...tment before any [[profit]] can be realized, also called "heavy industry."
4: ... Industrial countries then assumed a [[capitalism|capitalist]] economic policy. [[Railroad]]s and [[St...
10: ...ors of economic activity for [[statistics|statistical]] and national accounting purposes.
13: *Wilshire 5000 Index market cap size: '''11% + 5%''' ([http://www.streetauthorit...
15: ... and software is together with the second largest category of the Wilshire 5000.
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