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- Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...nd largest city, and the capital of the [[Al Iskandariyah]] governate. It is located at {{coor dm|31|...
3: ... [[Hellenistic civilization|Hellenistic]] world — second only to [[Rome]] in size and wealth thr...
13: * The [[#Foundation|Ptolemaic era]] which starts with the foundin...
18: === Foundation ===
19: ...er the Great]] in or around [[334 BC]] (the exact date is disputed). Alexander's chief architect for t... - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
8: ...Imārāt al-‘Arabīyah al-Muttahidah'''</big>
21: ...yle="background: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationUnitedArabEmirates.png]]
61: ... [[Sharjah]], [[Dubai]], and [[Umm al-Qaiwain]] — merged to form the United Arab Emirates. They ...
67: ...Zayed Al Nahayan]] was elected president the next day.
71: ...rincipalities to a modern state with a high [[standard of living]]. The country's per capita GDP is no... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
5: *[[Laloo Prasad Yadav|Yadav, Laloo Prasad]] (born 1948), [[India]]n politici...
6: *[[Genrikh Yagoda|Yagoda, Genrikh Grigor'evich]] (1891-1938)
42: *[[Yasunori Mitsuda|Yasunori, Mitsuda]], (born [[1972]]), [[Japan|Japanese]] [[video ga...
73: ...Stephen Yenser|Yenser, Stephen]], Whitman winner–''The Fire In All Things''
111: *[[Yoannis XIV of Alexandria]], ([[1573]]-[[1589]]), Coptic Pope - 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]]-) - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...Viscount St Albans''' ([[January 22]], [[1561]] – [[April 9]], [[1626]]) was an [[England|Englis...
8: ...mber of the Reformed or [[Puritan]] Church, and a daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, whose sister married ...
10: ...te. He entered [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], in 1573 at the age of 13, living for three years there wi...
25: ...]ship fell vacant in 1594 and Bacon became a candidate for the office, Lord Essex's influence could no...
31: ...ment session Bacon married [[Alice Barnham]], the daughter of a London merchant. Little or nothing is ... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...hemia]] (now [[Czech Republic]])) was a [[Denmark|Danish]] [[nobleman]], well known as an [[astronomer...
8: ...leman]], was an important figure in the [[Denmark|Danish]] King's court. [[Beate Bille]], Tycho's moth...
10: ...ter wrote that when he was around two, his uncle, Danish nobleman [[J? Brahe]], ''... without the know...
18: ...rrelled with Parsbjerg. A subsequent duel (in the dark) resulted in Tycho losing the bridge of his nos...
26: ...in Knudstrup Tycho fell in love with [[Kirsten J?sdatter]] who was a commoner, her father, Pastor Jorg... - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
1: ...sDrake.jpg|framed|Sir Francis Drake, c. [[1540]]–[[1596]].]]
2: ...he English fleet which defeated the [[Spanish Armada]] in [[1588]].
7: ...n and could be as early as [[1535]]. The [[1540]] date is taken from a portrait painted quite late in ...
12: ...se attack in violation of a truce agreed to a few days before, nearly costing Drake his life. From the...
13: ...Drake returned to [[Plymouth]] on [[August 9]], [[1573]], a mere thirty Englishmen returned with him, bu... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
8: ...arc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[1987]])
9: ... Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[1983]])
10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
12: ...reeley Abbot]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1872]] – [[1973]]) - Origami (9154 bytes)
9: ...], which started in [[Muromachi era]] ([[1392]]-[[1573]]). That of [[Europe]]an origami, represented by ...
15: ...techniques such as 'wet-folding,' the practice of dampening the paper somewhat during folding to allow...
19: [[image:Sadako_Memorial.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sadako Sasaki memorial in Hiroshima, surrounded by pap...
21: ...t moved her friends to make a granite statue of Sadako in the [[Hiroshima Peace Park]]: a young girl s...
23: ...tized in many books and movies. In one version, Sadako wrote a [[haiku]] that translates into [[Englis... - Libya (12985 bytes)
1: ...Sea]], located between [[Egypt]] on the east, [[Sudan]] on the southeast, [[Chad]] and [[Niger]] on th...
6: ...1588;عبية الإشتراكية...
24: ...'Leader of the Revolution''''' || [[Muammar al-Qaddafi]]
61: ...[Iran]] in its [[1980]]-[[1988]] war against [[Saddam Hussein]]'s [[Iraq]] (''see [[Iran-Iraq War]]'')...
67: ...tims of the April 14 bombing raid was the adopted daughter of Qadhafi. - Corinthian order (9508 bytes)
9: ...se of the capital, recalling the base of the legendary basket.
20: ...at [[Bassae]] in Arcadia, ''ca'' [[450 BCE|450]]–[[420 BCE]]. It is not part of the order of the...
25: ...he Flavian Amphitheater— the [[Colosseum]]— the natural progression is from sturdiest and ...
30: ... ordini'' of [[Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola]] (1507-1573); the ''Quattro libri di Architettura'' of [[Andr...
35: ...a|Indian]] elements. These capitals are typically dated to the first centuries of our era, and constit... - Alchemy (42222 bytes)
11: ...ticism]] and [[magic (paranormal)|magic]]. From today's perspective, their endeavours and beliefs have...
17: ...latanism, and in the end providing some of the fundamental [[empirical knowledge]] of the fields of ch...
23: ...ans of [[electrolysis]] or [[sonic cavitation]] — were the pivot of the [[cold fusion]] controve...
25: ...ks such as ''[[The Tao of Physics]]'' and ''[[The Dancing Wu Li Masters]]''.
27: ... As the obscure — ''hermetic'', of course — language of the alchemists is gradually being ... - September 23 (7397 bytes)
1: ...). There are 99 days remaining. Also an important date in pagan history celebrating fall.
3: {{SeptemberCalendar}}
6: *[[1122]] - [[Concordat of Worms]]
15: ...Le Verrier]] and British astronomer [[John Couch Adams]]; verified by German astronomer [[Johann Gottf...
89: *[[1573]] - [[Azai Hisamasa]], Japanese warlord (b. [[152... - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
2: ...ity of key importance to the [[religion]]s of [[Judaism]], [[Christianity]], and [[Islam]].
6: ...ity. Since Israel's victory in the [[1967]] [[Six-Day War]], it has controlled the entire city and cla...
16: ...|[[Archaeology|Archaeological]] ruins from [[King David]]'s time]]
18: ...war and captured the city without destroying it. David then expanded the city to the south, and decla...
20: ...pital of the southern kingdom, the [[Kingdom of Judah]].
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