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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer...
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
21: ...] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
23: ...]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the...
28: *[[Willem Barents]], ([[1550]]?-[[1597]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]], died on [[No... - Renaissance (14795 bytes)
1: ... revolution]] and artistic transformation, at the dawn of modern [[history of Europe|European history]...
5: ...an [[Giorgio Vasari]] in the Vite, published in [[1550]]. The term ''Renaissance'' is the [[French langu...
7: ...[Image:Vitruvian.jpg|right|thumb|180px|[[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s [[Vitruvian Man]], an example of the bl...
10: ...historians like [[Charles H. Haskins]] ([[1870]]–[[1937]]), who made a convincing case for a "Re...
19: ...the [[poet]] [[Dante Alighieri|Dante]] ([[1265]]–[[1321]]), the first writer to embody the spiri... - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
5: ...Twelfth dynasty of Egypt|Twelfth dynasties]], and date the Middle Kingdom to the beginning of that dyn...
10: ...his capital is unknown but presumably the present-day [[el-Lisht]], although [[Manetho]] claims that t...
30: * [[1600 BC|1550 BC]] - [[Ebers papyrus]]
34: ...y 63 years. A few of the kings and their possible dates include: - Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
5: ... As Dr. Robert A. Hatch of the University of Florida puts it:
7: ...yptian calendar with attested dates in other calendaric systems, for example, Greek, Jewish, Assyrian,...
9: ...ite]]s," adding that [[Ramses II]]'s accession is dated by various [[Egyptology|Egyptologist]]s to 130...
11: ==Dating and eras==
13: ...odern Egyptian chronology, so the previous "firm" dates cannot be supported astronomically. - Barbados (21887 bytes)
5: Barbados has one of the highest standards of living and literacy rates in the world and ...
9: ...dash;like the Arawak and the Salodoid-Barrancoid—lived in isolation on the island.
11: ...bled beards. Between Campos' sighting in 1536 and 1550, [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|Spanish]]...
13: ...rrival of the first British settlers in [[1627]]–[[1628]] until independence in [[1966]], Barbad...
17: ... of the leaders of this movement, Sir [[Grantley Adams]], founded the [[Barbados Labour Party]] in [[1... - Slovenia (19318 bytes)
37: established_dates = From [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugosla...
59: ...[Slavic peoples|Slavic]] ancestors of the present-day [[Slovenians]] settled in the area in the [[6th ...
65: ...lly declared on [[29 November]] [[1945]]. Present-day Slovenia was formed on [[25 June]] [[1991]] upon...
97: * the Prealpine Hills (predalpsko hribovje)
164: ...]]) and [[Abecedarium]], which was published in [[1550]] in [[T?n]], [[Germany]]. - Ancient Egypt (16131 bytes)
6: ...[Red Sea]]; it borders [[Libya]] to the west, [[Sudan]] to the south, and the [[Gaza Strip]], [[Palest...
28: ... BCE]] - [[Great Sphinx of Giza|Sphinx]], still today the world's largest single-stone [[statue]]
35: ...400 BCE]] - [[Egyptian calendar|Astronomical Calendar]], used even in the [[Middle Ages]] for its [[ma...
42: * [[1600 BCE|1550 BCE]] - [[Ebers papyrus|Ebers Medical Papyrus]], ...
48: ** Unknown date - [[Rollin Papyrus]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sc...
29: *[[Franklin Adams]]
45: *[[David Allan]] ([[1744]]-[[1796]])
110: *[[David Bates (painter)|David Bates]] ([[1952]]-) - List of popes (77758 bytes)
24: | rowspan="2" | <small>Betsaida, [[Galilee|Galilea]]</small>
29: ...<small>Executed by crucifixion upside-down; feast day ([[SS Peter & Paul]]) [[29 June]], ([[Chair of P...
36: ...small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 September]]</small>
43: | <small>Martyred; feast day [[26 April]]</small>
50: | <small>Martyred; feast day [[23 November]]</small> - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
1: [[Image:Giordano_Bruno.jpg|thumb|Giordano Bruno]]
3: '''Giordano Bruno''' ([[1548]] – [[February 17]] [[1600]]), a.k.a. '''Bruno Nol...
7: ...nt Domenico near [[Naples]]. In [[1572]] he was ordained a priest.
9: ...ys of ancient [[Egypt]]. They are now believed to date mostly from about [[300]] A.D. and to be associ...
10: ...umb|left|200px|Woodcut illustration of one of Giordano Bruno's mnemonic devices: in the spandrels are ... - Venice (22017 bytes)
10: ...jor power-broker in the [[Near East]]. By the standards of the time, Venice's stewardship of its mainl...
14: ...] systems, but the social order was entirely [[feudal]]. Church and various private properties were ti...
29: ...e city itself or from its possessions, especially Dalmatia. Those from the city were chosen by lot fro...
33: ...ecruited from the lagoon, plus feudal levies from Dalmatia and Istria. In times of emergency, all male...
92: ...ill intact after centuries of submersion. The foundations rest on the piles, and buildings of [[brick]... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
14: *[[John Couch Adams]] (United Kingdom, [[1819]] - [[1892]])
25: *[[Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov]] (Russia, [[1912]] - [[1999]...
66: *[[David Bates (physicist)|David Bates]]
75: *[[Daniel Bernoulli]] (Switzerland, [[1700]] - [[1782]]...
88: *[[Danilo Blanusa]], ([[Croatia]], [[1903]] - [[1987]]) - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
15: ...e]]). Conversely, US freight railways have consolidated and become more efficient in their progress to...
24: ...irement changed over time and left the system to adapt?
47: ...ey began reappearing in [[Europe]], from around [[1550]], usually operating with crude wooden tracks.
53: ...essful steam-operated railway, the [[Stockton and Darlington Railway]], ran in northern [[England]] in...
126: [[da:Jernbane]] - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn...
19: *[[Adam Parvipontanus]], (d. 1181)
20: *[[Marilyn McCord Adams]], (born 1943){{fn|O}}
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}} - Native American (42651 bytes)
5: ...ples native to [[Alaska]] and [[Arctic|arctic Canada]]). The latter share their cultural and genetic c...
7: The same distinction is made in Canada, where the term [[First Nations]] applies only to...
9: ...lude the [[M鴩s people (Canada)|M鴩s]] of [[Canada]] and the [[Mestizo]]s and [[Zambo]]s of [[Latin ...
19: ...a]] across the [[Bering Strait]], between 17,000–11,000 years ago.
21: ...00 BC|11,500 years ago]] or earlier [http://www.andaman.org/book/chapter53/luzia/luzia.htm]. Thus othe... - Ashkelon (5935 bytes)
1: ... which was formed out of the Arab town of [[Al Majdal]] in the 1950s. -->
8: ...hkelon was a thriving Middle [[Bronze Age]] (2000-1550 BCE) city of more than 150 acres (607,000 m&...
14: ...ng with the [[Israelites]] and the [[kingdom of Judah]]. According to Herodotus, its temple of Venus w...
26: ...i.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/ASH/NN_Spr95/NN_Spr95.html David Schloen, "Recent discoveries at Ashkelon"] - Mycenaean Greece (6175 bytes)
10: ...entry passage lined with stone. They often buried daggers or some other form of military equipment wit...
12: ...ntered what historians see as a [[Greek dark ages|dark age]]. During this period Greece experienced de...
16: The [[pottery]] is characterised by dark paintings on a light background.
17: ... Mycenean decorated pottery on the Greek mainland date to the beginning of the Late [[Bronze Age]] (La...
20: Table 1 provides the approximate dates of the [[Late Helladic]] phases (LH) on the Gr... - Calcium (9166 bytes)
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5: ...gn="center">[[potassium]] – '''calcium''' – [[scandium]]</td>
9: <div align="right"><small>[[Periodic table (standard)|Full table]]</small></div></td></tr>
21: ...ty]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]] </td><td>1550 [[kilogram per cubic metre|kg/m<sup>3</sup>]], 1....
39: <td>[[Oxidation state]]s ([[Oxide]]) </td><td>... - Timeline of railway history (5902 bytes)
3: *''c''[[1550]] Horse-drawn [[wagonways]] appear in [[Germany]]...
11: *[[1825]] Stephenson's [[Stockton and Darlington Railway]], the world's first steam operat...
34: ...e|diesel]] locomotive service introduced in [[Canada]]. - Slavery (26455 bytes)
8: ...imes been regarded as an expectation such as [[mandatory military service]], or [[debt slavery]]. It ...
14: Slavery is in all countries today considered [[illegal]], a [[criminal activity]] ...
18: ...ountries by means of legal loopholes, such as Canada's “Live-in Caregiver Program. [http://www.t...
20: ...] evidence of illegal "forced labor and [[debt bondage]]" amounting to slavery was unearthed in the [[...
23: ...ar]], [[Cuba]], [[Ecuador]], [[North Korea]], [[Sudan]] and [[Venezuela]].
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