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- Esther (5002 bytes)
2: ...505;ְתֵּר''', [[Standard Hebrew]] '''Ester''', [[Tiberian Hebrew]] '''&#...
5: ...age|Persian]] word ''satarah'' meaning [[star]] — the myrtle blossom resembles a twinkling star.
12: Esther was the daughter of Abihail, a [[Benjamin|Benjamite]]. She r...
14: ...rful deliverance. According to traditional Jewish dating this took place about fifty-two years after t...
16: ... and caution, combined with resolution; a dutiful daughter to her adopted father, docile and obedient ... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ...le interest in the [[Republic of Ireland]], [[Canada]], [[United Kingdom]] and [[United States]]. Many...
7: ... to Henry V's heirs, disinheriting Charles, the [[Dauphin]] ([[crown prince]]), and making the infant ...
12: ...d they gave her male clothing to wear (as the standard disguise used in such circumstances) and brough...
14: ... small force she eventually led included the legendary soldiers, [[Jean de Dunois|Jean d'Orleans (Coun...
16: ... said would verify her legitimacy as a visionary—gained her the support of prominent clergy such... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...orders the states of [[Lebanon]], [[Syria]], [[Jordan]], and [[Egypt]] (listed clockwise from north to...
6: ...5;سرائيل<br>("Dawlat Israil") |
38: established_dates = From the League of Nations mandate administered by the [[United Kingdom]]<br>[[May...
60: ...Emperor [[Hadrian]] renamed ''Provincia [[Judea|Judaea]]'' to ''Provincia [[Syria Palaestina]]'', a Gr...
62: ...he [[Mishnah]] and [[Jerusalem Talmud]], two of Judaism's most important religious texts, were compose... - Dodo (9332 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = '''Raphidae'''}}
9: ...| author = [[Mathurin Jacques Brisson|Brisson]] | date = 1760}}
12: ...cullatus | author=[[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1758]]}}
18: ...e no intact museum specimens of the Dodo extant today. The decaying remnants of the last stuffed Dodo,... - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
2: ...ween [[Guillaume Dufay]] and [[Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina|Palestrina]], and is usually considere...
6: ...[[Milan]] from [[1459]] to [[1474]], and his birthdate was long considered to be around [[1440]]: mor...
10: ...n of Condé¬ southeast of [[Lille]] on the present-day border between Belgium and France, becoming prov...
14: ...and was much in demand. Duke Ercole I sent an (undated) letter to his secretary with the interesting ...
16: ...towards or away from perfection but as trends of adaptation and influence; as such Josquin is seen as ... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
1: [[Image:Leonardo da Vinci.jpeg|thumb|Leonardo da Vinci]]
2: '''Leonardo da Vinci''' ([[April 15]], [[1452]] – [[May 2]], [[1519]]) was an [[Italy|Italian]] ...
7: ...an [[illegitimate child]]. His father, Ser Piero da Vinci was a young [[lawyer]] and his mother, Cate...
9: ...therefore refer to his works as "Leonardos", not "da Vincis". Presumably he did not use his father's n...
12: ... the greatest of all Andrea's pupils was Leonardo da Vinci, in whom, besides a beauty of person never ... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: '''Sir Thomas More''' ([[7 February]], [[1478]]–[[6 July]], [[1535]]), posthumously known also ...
7: ... [[celibacy]], More finally decided to marry in [[1505]], but for the rest of his life he continued to o...
9: ...hter by her previous husband. More provided his daughters with an excellent classical education at a...
17: ...dition of ''Utopia.'' The traveler Raphael Hythloday is depicted in the lower left-hand corner descri...
19: ...inental Europe, and his friend [[Erasmus of Rotterdam]] dedicated his masterpiece, ''[[In Praise of Fo... - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
2: ...Augustus Lindbergh''' ([[February 4]], [[1902]] – [[August 26]], [[1974]]) was a pioneering [[Un...
13: ...n [[March 21]], [[1929]] he was presented the [[Medal of Honor]] for his historic trans-Atlantic fligh...
29: ...s criticized. Lindbergh declined to return the medal to the Germans because he claimed that to do so ...
31: ...on." Although Lindbergh never returned his Nazi medal, he resigned his commission in the [[United Stat...
36: ...mitive [[Philippines | Filipino]] group the [[Tasaday]]. - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
2: '''Ferdinand Magellan''' (Spring [[1480]] – [[April 27]], [[1521]]; was a [[Portugal|Portu...
5: ...ro Rui de Magalh㥳, the mayor of the town, and Alda de Mesquita, Magellan had two siblings: his broth...
9: ...ering the [[Muslim]] city of [[Kilwa]] in present-day [[Tanzania]].
13: ...took a leave of the army without permission, Almeida gave a poor report of the sailor to the Portugues...
20: With the help of Juan de Aranda, one of the three chief officials of Seville's In... - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
2: ...ularly credited as the modern discoverer of [[Canada]], or at least the region that would become that ...
6: ... references give [[Genoa]], others [[Gaeta]]. The date was around [[1451]], but he moved to [[Venice]]...
31: ...nland]], Labrador and Newfoundland. In [[1501]]-[[1505]] an English syndicate, consisting of 3 [[Azores|... - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
2: subject_name=Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi |
3: image_name=Mohandas Gandhi.jpg |
4: ... the Nation|Father of the nation]]"'' —Mohandas Gandhi |
6: date_of_birth=[[October 2]], [[1869]] |
7: place_of_birth=[[Porbandar]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]] | - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
6: date_of_birth=[[November 10]], [[1483]] |
9: date_of_death=[[18 February]], [[1546]] |
12: ...''Martinus Luther''') ([[November 10]], [[1483]]–[[February 18]], [[1546]]) was a [[German peopl...
14: ...translations of the Bible helped to develop a standard version of the [[German language]] and added se...
19: ...eben]], [[Germany]] and was baptized on the feast day of [[Martin of Tours|St. Martin of Tours]], afte... - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
1: ...ge:Charles Darwin aged 51.jpg|thumb|300px|Charles Darwin, about the same time as the publication of ''...
2: ...arles Robert Darwin''' ([[12 February]] [[1809]]–[[19 April]] [[1882]]) was a [[United Kingdom|B...
4: ...imilar theory forced early joint [[publication of Darwin's theory]].
8: In a national recognition of Darwin's pre-eminence, he was buried in [[Westminste...
12: ''For details see [[Charles Darwin's education]].'' - Dodos (9122 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = '''Raphidae'''}}
9: ...| author = [[Mathurin Jacques Brisson|Brisson]] | date = 1760}}
12: ...cullatus | author=[[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1758]]}}
18: ...e no intact museum specimens of the Dodo extant today. The decaying remnants of the last stuffed Dodo,... - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
13: ...stages of the language are attested; the earliest date back to the third milennium BCE, the latest to ...
19: ...an only really trace Elamite history from records dating to beginning of the [[Akkadian Empire]], ca. ...
24: *Proto-Elamite: ca. 3200 BC – 2700 BC (Proto-Elamite script in Susa)
25: *Old Elamite period: ca. 2700 BC – 1600 BC (earliest documents until the Eprati ...
26: *Middle Elamite period: 1500 BC – 1100 BC (Anzanite dynasty until the Babylonian... - Flight (3194 bytes)
13: ...is ability to help them escape from underwater predators.
15: ...[dodo]]s, while the non-flying [[penguin]]s have adapted their wings for use under water. Most small f...
57: [[he:טיסה]]
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