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- Ireland (33828 bytes)
3: ... [[island]] in [[Europe]]. It lies on the west side of the [[Irish Sea]], and is part of the geograph...
10: ...hysical_large.png|this larger version]] with more details.]]
15: ...ultural areas and retain a strong sense of local identity.
25: Politically, Ireland is divided into:
27: ...while the "Republic of Ireland" is its official ''description''. - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ...ant center of commerce (especially the [[spice trade]]) and [[art]] in the [[Renaissance]].
6: ... Its strategic position at head of the Adriatic made Venetian naval and commercial power almost invuln...
8: ...he last autocratic doge, Vitale Michiele, died in 1172.
10: ...enetian sovereignty when it was threatened by invaders.
12: ...stablished the [[Latin Empire]]. Considerable plunder was brought back to Venice, including the [[Mark... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...alta by [[Napoleon]]. The '''Sovereign Military Order of Malta''' (see below) is the main successor to...
5: ...de horses on the condition that they ride with wooden saddles and unornamented girths. Ironically, El ...
7: ... who made it to Jerusalem but the order soon extended into providing an armed escort to pilgrims. The ...
9: ...iwick]]s, which in turn were divided into [[commanderies]].
13: === Knights of Rhodes === - Viking Age (10637 bytes)
2: ...[Vikings]], Scandinavian warriors and traders, raided, and explored large parts of [[Europe]], the [[M...
6: ...rly those from the area that is now modern-day Sweden, continued south on rivers to the [[Black Sea]] ...
8: ...ion now known as [[Normandy]], after its Norse raiders, was profoundly disrupted during this period.
10: ...]] descendants of these Viking settlers not only identified themselves as French, but carried the Fren...
17: ...and easy prey. The Franks, however, had well-defended coasts and heavily fortified ports and harbours.... - Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
1: ...[Charles Darwin|Darwinian]] principle of [[common descent]]. [[Molecular systematics]], which uses [[g...
7: ...lle]], translated and abridged Aristotle's book ''de Anima'' (''On Animals'') into Arabic. His origina...
9: ...nce in developing scientific classification was made by the Swiss professor, [[Conrad von Gesner]] (15...
11: ...g this knowledge to classify living beings bear a debt to the research of medical anatomists, such as ...
13: ...toria Plantarum]] was an important step towards modern taxonomy. Ray rejected the system of dichotomou... - Padua (12961 bytes)
1: ...04565.JPG|thumb|280px|Tronco Maestro Riviera: a pedestrian walk along a section of the "inland waterwa...
2: ...anches of the [[Bacchiglione]], which once surrounded the ancient walls like a [[moat]].
7: ...e of [[1420]], when the Venetian architects who undertook the restoration removed them, throwing all t...
9: ...lose by is the [[Palazzo del Capitanio]], the residence of the Venetian governors, with its great door...
11: ...ing century; tradition says that the building was designed by [[Nicola Pisano]]; it is covered by seve...
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