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- Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
1: ...]'' (1612-21) Oil on canvas 199 x 162 cm Galleria degli [[Uffizi]], Florence]]
3: ...ings, at a time when such heroic themes were considered beyond a mere woman's reach.
7: ...more talent than her brothers, who worked along side her. She learned drawing, how to mix color and ho...
9: ...anna and the Elders, Sch?rn Collection, Pommersfelden]]
10: ...]] in [[Pommersfelden]]. The picture shows how, under parental guidance, Artemisia assimilated the rea... - Grace O'Malley (3478 bytes)
1: '''Grace O' Malley''' ([[Irish]](c. [[1530]] -c.[[1603]]) is an important figure in Irish [[...
6: ...h princes and lords were left mostly to their own devices.
7: ...d all those who fished off their coasts. Their leader bore the ancient Irish title of The O' Malley.
11: ...Grace afterwards returned to Mayo and took up residence at the family castle or tower-house in [[Clare...
14: ...|Newport]]. According to tradition they married under [[Brehon law]] 'for one year certain', and it is... - Germany (46412 bytes)
1: ... is bordered to the north by the [[North Sea]], [[Denmark]], and the [[Baltic Sea]], to the south by [...
3: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
4: |+<big>'''Bundesrepublik Deutschland'''</big>
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7: ...Germany]] || align=center width=130px| [[Image:Bundesadler.png|100px|Germany: Coat of Arms]] - Peru (12264 bytes)
2: ...eru is a country in western [[South America]], bordering [[Ecuador]] and [[Colombia]] to the north, [[...
3: ...; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
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22: | '''[[List of Presidents of Peru|President]]''' || [[Alejandro Toledo Manrique]]
28: ... Total ([[2002]])<br> - [[Population density|Density]] || [[List of countries by population|World... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impression...
36: *[[Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz]] ([[1852]]-[[1916]])
49: *[[Lawrence Alma-Tadema]] ([[1836]]-[[1912]])
117: *[[Romare Bearden]] ([[1914]]-[[1988]])
137: *[[Alexander Benois]] ([[1870]]-[[1960]]) - History of California (38344 bytes)
5: ...l fields, and finally with its high-technology leadership.
7: ...325px|A field of [[California Poppy|California golden poppies]] ''circa'' [[1910]].]]
13: ... while those in the northern [[Cascade Range]] traded [[obsidian]], used for arrowheads, axe heads, an...
19: ...cted by stories of [[Zihuatanejo|Ciguatan]], a wonderful country far to the northwest, populated with ...
23: ...ula of [[Baja California]]), and laid out and founded the city that was to become LaPaz later that spr... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ... of the [[Church of England]], a decision which ended his political career and led to his [[capital pu...
5: ...mas would become a "marvellous man". Thomas attended the [[University of Oxford]] for two years, wher...
7: ...mself incapable of [[celibacy]], More finally decided to marry in [[1505]], but for the rest of his li...
9: ...her daughter by her previous husband. More provided his daughters with an excellent classical educat...
12: ...Emperor|Charles V]], More was knighted and made undertreasurer in [[1521]]. As secretary and personal... - Francesco Guicciardini (1068 bytes)
1: ...and critic of [[Niccolchiavelli]], he is considered one of the major political writers of the [[It...
3: ...i'') on Machiavelli's ''[[Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio]]''. In these as well as his ''Ma...
13: * ''Oratio defensoria'' (1527)
14: * ''Del reggimento di Firenze'' (1527)
15: ...orno ai "Discorsi" del Machiavelli sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio'' (1528) - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...uther]] and his [[95 Theses]]. The reformation ended in division and the establishment of new institu...
4: ... Anti-hierarchical movements: [[Cathar]]ism, [[Waldensian]]ism, and others
18: === Underlying Demographic and Economic Factors ===
20: ...rring in conjunction with economic, political and demographic forces that contributed to a growing dis...
22: ...[[Louis XI of France]] (1461-1483), the “spider king,” sought to remove all constitutional... - Florence (11538 bytes)
1: ...ruled ([[1434]]-[[1494]], [[1512]]-[[1527]] and [[1530]]-[[1737]]) by the [[Medici]] family.
3: ...]an trade and finance, the city is sometimes considered the birthplace of the [[Italian Renaissance]]....
17: Florence's recorded history began with the establishment in [[59 BC]...
19: ...Alighieri]]. This factional strife was later recorded by the White Guelph [[Dino Compagni]] in his [[C...
21: ...ing an anti-aristocratic movement, led by [[Giano della Bella]], that resulted in a set of laws called... - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
1: ...Image:erasmus.jpg|thumbnail|Erasmus. Picture provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa...
2: '''Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus''' (also '''Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam''') ([[October 27]], pro...
6: ... he was cared for by his parents till their early death from the [[plague]] in [[1483]], and then give...
8: ...in the making of lifelong friendships with the leaders of English thought in the stirring days of King...
10: ... but, as it proved, sufficient, rewards of independent literary activity. From [[1506]] to [[1509]] he... - March 18 (10594 bytes)
7: ...elf [[King of Jerusalem]] during the [[Sixth Crusade]].
12: *[[1850]] - [[American Express]] is founded by [[Henry Wells]] & [[William Fargo]].
13: ...[American Civil War]]: The Congress of the [[Confederate States of America]] adjourns for the last tim...
14: ... of the [[France|French]] government [[Thiers]] orders evacuation of [[Paris]], a [[Paris_Commune|soci...
15: ...ith the [[United States]] granting exclusive [[trade|trading]] rights. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
29: *[[Alexander Anderson (mathematician)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]] - [[1620]])
30: *[[Adolf Anderssen]] (Germany, [[1818]] - [[1879]])
36: *[[Archimedes]] (Syracuse, [[287 BC|287 B.C.]] - [[212 BC|212 ...
52: *[[Claude Gaspard Bachet de M麩riac]] (France, [[1581]] - [[1638]]) - Sweden (27111 bytes)
1: ...ting of large peaceful forests and mountainous wilderness.
3: ...quently lost within a century. Since [[1816]], Sweden has been at peace, adopting a policy of armed ne...
5: ...ury]]. The country is today defined by liberal tendencies and a strong national quest for equality.
12: common_name = Sweden |
14: image_flag = Sweden flag large.png | - Malta (18511 bytes)
1: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
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10: ... align=center width="140px" | ([[Flag of Malta|In Detail]])
26: |'''[[President of Malta|President]]'''
38: ...Total ([[2003]]) <br> - [[Population density|Density]] - Confucius (21352 bytes)
1: ...pacing=0px bgcolor=#f7f8ff style="float:right; border:2px solid; margin:5px"
2: |colspan=2 align=center style="margin: 10px; border-top:2px solid"|[[Image: Confucius_02.gif|center|...
4: !style="background:#ccf; border-bottom:2px solid" align=center colspan=2|Confuci...
6: ...mily name|Ancestral name]] (姓):||style="border-top:1px solid"|'''Zi'''¹<small> ([[Chinese ...
8: ...se family name|Clan name]] (氏):||style="border-top:1px solid"|'''Kong'''<small> (Ch: </small>&#... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
23: *[[Adelard of Bath]], (12th century){{fn|C}}
26: *[[Aedesius]], (d. 355)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
37: *[[Alain de Lille]], (c. 1128-1202)
44: *[[Alcibiades]], (c. 450-404 BC) - Akkadian language (3224 bytes)
6: ...n (''lišānum akkadītum'') is divided into dialects based on geography and time.
9: * 1950 – 1530 Old Babylonian/Old Assyrian
10: * 1530 – 1000 Middle Babylonian/Middle Assyrian
16: ...nstruction completely inappropriate for languages demonstrating the [[triconsonantal root]]. Sumerian ...
21: ...ender|genders]] (masculine and feminine), three [[Declension|cases]] ([[nominative]], [[Accusative cas... - 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 === - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
2: ...d brought large portions of mainland [[Mexico]] under the [[Crown of Castile|King of Castile]], in the...
4: ...] was given to a high-ranking nobleman, [[Antonio de Mendoza]]. Cortés returned to Spain in 1541 wher...
6: ...és tend to be simplistic, and either damning or idealizing.
10: ...on in both the Spanish and English languages in modern times, and is the name which many people know h...
14: ...y Almaraz, 5th Lord of Monroy]], and wife Mencía de Orellana y Carvajal.
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