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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: ...th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
21: ...aval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
22: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[North America]]) - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
1: ...ith]] Beheading [[Holofernes]]'' (1612-21) Oil on canvas 199 x 162 cm Galleria degli [[Uffizi]], Flore...
3: ...irst female painter to become a member of the [[Accademia dell' Arte del Disegno]] in Florence. She wa...
7: ...er father's style took heavily inspiration from [[Caravaggio]] during that period, her style was just ...
10: ...e of the [[Bologna]] school (which had [[Annibale Carracci]] among its major artists).
12: ...iosi Palace]] in [[Rome]], so Orazio hired the Tuscan painter to tutor his daughter privately. The unf... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
13: *[[Pablo Picasso]], ([[1881]]-[[1973]]), Spanish [[Cubism|cubis...
23: *[[Riza Abbasi]] ([[1565]]-[[1635]])
26: *[[Bernard Accama]] ([[1697]]-[[1756]])
57: *[[Carl Andre]] ([[1935]]-) - Robert Hooke (5017 bytes)
2: '''Robert Hooke''' ([[July 18]], [[1635]] - [[March 3]], [[1703]]), one of the greatest e...
4: ... term ''[[cell (biology)|cell]]'' -- so called because his observations of plant cells reminded him o...
6: ... the infamous [[Bethlem Royal Hospital]] (which became known as 'Bedlam').
8: He died in [[London]] in 1703. No authenticated portrait of him survives, although the histori...
12: ...ngs, and derivative designs of Hooke's [[anchor escapement]] remain in common use. - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
7: *Some time between [[1600]]-[[1650]]-[[Mahican]] [[Confederacy]] founded
18: *[[1619]]-First African [[slavery|slaves]] arrive at Jamestown
31: *[[1635]]-[[Connecticut Colony]] founded
50: ...]] grants charter for a new colony, [[Province of Carolina]]
54: ...lina|Charleston]]) founded in present-day [[South Carolina]] - Henry Morgan (5671 bytes)
2: ...e a name in the [[Caribbean]] as a leader of [[buccaneer]]s and roughnecks.
4: ...h shortly afterwards, Morgan was chosen by the buccaneers as their admiral.
6: ...ew returned to their base at [[Port Royal]], Jamaica, to celebrate.
8: ...ther and escaped in safety. On his return to Jamaica he was again reproved, but not punished by Modyfo...
10: ...d on the [[December 27]] gained possession of the castle of Chagres, killing 300 of the garrison. Then... - Boston, Massachusetts (36071 bytes)
4: ...nickname = "Beantown," "The Hub," "Athens of America" |
25: ...ly in the Nineteenth Century, "The Athens of America," owing to its great cultural and intellectual in...
27: ...s in the United States, the fifteenth in the Americas, and the one of the top-fifty largest in the wor...
34: ...an values of hard work, moral uprightness, and education remain a part of Boston's culture.
36: ...he [[American Revolution]] and the ensuing [[American Revolutionary War]]. The [[Boston Massacre]], t... - Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
1: ...estern World. He is also known for inventing the Cartesian coordinate system used in plane geometry a...
2: ...portrait-photo-image-crca.jpg|thumb|400px|Rene Descartes Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.co...
4: Descartes frequently contrasted his views with those of...
6: ...nvention of the [[calculus]] and [[analysis]]. Descartes's reflections on mind and mechanism began the...
11: ...at the University of [[Poitiers]], earning a ''Baccalauréat'' and ''Licence'' in [[law]] in [[1616]]. - 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}} - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: ...people were not fully unified into a single political unit until the late 19th century, they exerted i...
5: ...h;1918 was often known as the second Reich to indicate its descent from the medieval empire. By the sa...
7: ... the Roman-Germanic period and ends with the Unification of the two Germanys in [[1990]]. For further ...
15: ...ius Quinctilius Varus]] was defeated by the Cheruscan leader [[Arminius]] (Hermann) in the [[Battle of...
21: ...AD the Franks defeated the Alemanni, accepted the Catholic faith and so gained the support of the Chur... - Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
3: ...pend several months or years exploring North America and then he would have to head back to France to ...
7: ...[[September 20]], wrote an account of his travels called ''Des sauvages'' (The Savages).
9: ...he [[Habitation at Port-Royal]] (which had been located with Champlain's assistance), where Champlain ...
13: ... one of his passions, which he embarked on periodically for the rest of his life.
19: ...ain attempted to form better relations with the local Indians. He made alliances with the [[Huron]] an... - Sargon II of Assyria (8855 bytes)
6: ...n his way back, he had [[Samaria]] rebuilt as the capital of the new province of Samerina and settled ...
8: ...u with the help of the Urartians. Sargon took the capital Izirtu, and stationed troops in Parsuash (or...
10: ...s-reliefs in the palace of [[Dur-Sharrukin]]. The campaign was probably motivated by the fact that the...
12: ...errain: the war-chariots had to be dismantled and carried by soldiers (with the king still in the char...
14: ...as the usual carnage, but King Rusas managed to escape. The horses of his chariot had been killed by A... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
3: ...people were not fully unified into a single political unit until the late 19th century, they exerted i...
5: ...h;1918 was often known as the second Reich to indicate its descent from the medieval empire. By the sa...
7: ... the Roman-Germanic period and ends with the Unification of the two Germanys in [[1990]]. For further ...
15: ...ius Quinctilius Varus]] was defeated by the Cheruscan leader [[Arminius]] (Hermann) in the [[Battle of...
21: ...AD the Franks defeated the Alemanni, accepted the Catholic faith and so gained the support of the Chur... - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
1: :''For biblical characters named Elam, see [[Elam (Hebrew Bible)...
4: ...]]. The Elamite period is considered to last from ca. [[2700 BC]] to [[539 BC]], with a preceding [[Pr...
8: ...brew Bible|Hebrew Old Testament]], where they are called the offspring of Elam, eldest son of [[Shem]]...
10: ...ital, [[Susa]], and geographers after [[Ptolemy]] called it ''Susiana''. Though primarily centred in t...
19: ...s dating to beginning of the [[Akkadian Empire]], ca. [[2300 BC]]. - Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
1: ...e science of [[taxonomy]] or [[systematics|biological systematics]].
9: ...ner]] (1516–1565). Gesner's work was a critical compilation of life known at the time.
11: ...merdam]] (1637–1680), and [[Robert Hooke]] (1635–1702).
13: ...ral theology. The approach he took to the classification of plants in his [[Historia Plantarum]] was a...
17: ...or his introduction of a method of modern classification; he created systematic zoology and botany in ...
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