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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...ached the [[Americas]] on October 12th [[1492]] under the flag of [[Castile|Castilian]] [[Spain]]. He ...
2: ...Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
3: ... time accepted that the earth was round. The main debate was over whether it would be possible to get ...
5: ...first voyage from all of these: less than two decades later, the existence of America was known to the...
7: Columbus landed in the [[Bahamas]] and later explored much of th... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...t of all-metal machine tools in the first two decades of the nineteenth century enabled the manufactur...
3: ... development of [[Electric power|electrical power generation]].
5: ...red to the [[Neolithic revolution]], when mankind developed [[agriculture]] and gave up its [[nomad|no...
10: ...he accompanying development of international [[trade]], creation of [[financial market]]s and accumula...
12: ...h often imposed tolls and [[tariff]]s on goods traded among them. - Margaret I of Denmark (7423 bytes)
1: ...png|frame|[[Seal (device)|Seal]] of Margaret I of Denmark 1381 and 1403]]
2: ...on to [[Magnus VII of Norway]], [[Magnus II of Sweden]].
4: ...n, could now give her undivided attention to [[Sweden]], where the mutinous nobles were already in arm...
6: ...eld at [[Dalaborg]] Castle, in March 1388, the Swedes were compelled to accept all Margaret's conditio...
8: ...I of Denmark 1390.png|thumb|Seal of Margaret I of Denmark 1390]] - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
3: '''Eleanor of Aquitaine''' ([[Bordeaux]], [[France]], c. [[1124]] – [[March 31]...
6: ...], [[Duke of Aquitaine]], and her mother was Ʈor de Chⴥllerault, the daughter of Aimeric I, Vicomte...
8: ... and richest of the provinces that would become modern [[France]], when her brother, William Aigret, d...
10: ...gs would not be merged with France until the next generation. She also gave him a wedding present that is sti...
12: ...paign, with her, the Queen of France, as their leader. - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
5: dead=dead |
8: date_of_death=[[31 August]], [[1997]] |
9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
11: ...t always called '''Princess Diana''' by the media despite never having had the right to that title, as...
13: ... [[charity]] work, the Princess's philanthropic endeavours were overshadowed by a [[scandal]]-plagued ... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
6: |'''Order'''
12: |'''Predecessor'''
27: ...[Colin Powell]]), and the second woman (after [[Madeleine Albright]]) to serve in that post.
34: ...icle for the ''[[New Yorker]]'', Nicholas Lemann, dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at [[Colum...
35: ...d an administrative position at the University of Denver. Her name is a variation on the [[Italian]] m... - 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... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...laywright]], and catalyst in the development of modern art and literature, who spent most of her life ...
3: [[Image:Homosexualitystein.jpg|thumb|right|Gertrude Stein and her lover [[Alice B. Toklas]]]]
7: ...sburgh|Allegheny, Pennsylvania]] (now the North Side of [[Pittsburgh]]), her family moved to [[Vienna]...
9: ...by_picasso.jpg|thumb|left|326px|Portrait of Gertrude Stein by [[Pablo Picasso]], 1906]]
13: ...klas]] in 1907; Alice moved in with Leo and Gertrude in 1909. During her whole life, Stein was support... - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
1: ...' blasted into orbit aboard the [[Space Shuttle Endeavour]], [[September 12]], [[1992]], she was the f...
5: ...ysician]], teacher and [[astronaut]], she has a wide range of experience in technology, engineering, a...
9: ...ldren, was born on [[October 17]], [[1956]], in [[Decatur, Alabama]] and raised in [[Chicago, Illinois...
11: ...B. in African and Afro-American Studies. She attended [[Weill Cornell Medical College|Cornell Medical ...
13: ... Share, (TM) an international science camp for students ages 12 to 16, that utilizes an experiential c... - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
6: ...cade later in the songwriting, singing, and attitude of singers such as Aguilera, [[Avril Lavigne]], a...
10: ...an older brother, Chad, and a [[twin]] brother, Wade.
23: With the support of her parents and a relentless desire to succeed, Morissette traveled with Howe to ...
26: :''And your fake identification''
30: :''I'll be dealing with".'' - Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
1: ...|center|thumb|right|250px|Judi Dench as M in ''GoldenEye'']]
2: ...]], [[Order of the British Empire|DBE]] (born [[9 December]] [[1934]]) is a renowned [[United Kingdom|...
4: ...h Empire]] (DBE); in [[2005]], she was made a [[Order of the Companions of Honour|Companion of Honour]...
6: Her many television appearances include the series ''[[As Time Goes By]]'' and the afore...
9: In her native [[United Kingdom]], Dame Judi has developed her reputation as arguably the greatest Br... - Human brain (15406 bytes)
9: ...synaptic]] connections, making it one of the most densely connected network systems among natural and ...
15: ...arated by a prominent [[central fissure]]. A well-developed [[cerebellum]] is visible at the back of t...
21: ...weighs 1,500 g in air weighs only 50 g when suspended in CSF. (Livingston, 1965). Fluid movement withi...
23: ...pressure can result in permanent brain injury and death.
25: ...vic openings to accommodate the birth of large-headed children, but the larger this opening, the more ... - Eye (21834 bytes)
1: ...ight or dark. More complex eyes are used to provide the [[sense]] of [[visual perception|vision]]. Ma...
9: ...es grow outward from brain cells during embryonic development, while mollusk eyes grow inward from ski...
11: ...ranged hexagonally, and which can give a full 360 degree field of vision. Compound eyes are very sensi...
16: Jumping spiders have simple eyes that are so large, supported b...
18: ...ght|thumb|300px|Eye of a Komodo Dragon.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A... - Bee (11175 bytes)
9: {{Taxobox_superfamilia_entry | taxon = '''Apoidea'''}}
25: [[Image:Bee5.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
27: ...[[nectar]] from [[flower]]s. Bees have antennae made up of thirteen segments in males and twelve in fe...
31: There are over 16,000 described species, and possibly around 30,000 specie...
39: ...Image:Bee2.jpg|thumb|right|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar... - Flowering plant (29088 bytes)
12: ...agnoliophyta''') are one of the major groups of modern [[plant]]s, comprising those that produce [[see...
16: ...ce of truly naked ovules in the [[Cycadophyta|Cycadeae]] and [[Pinophyta|Coniferae]], entitling them t...
17: [[Image:IR_8091B.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
18: ...hen gradually came to be accepted as the suitable designation for the whole of the flowering plants ot...
19: ..._012A_carnations.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=John Adams
4: | order=2nd President
7: | preceded=[[George Washington]]
8: | succeeded=[[Thomas Jefferson]]
11: | dead=dead - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
1: <table border="0" align="right" style="margin-left:1em"><tr><t...
2: <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>8th President</td></tr>
8: <tr><td>'''Succeeded by:'''</td><td>[[William Henry Harrison]]</td></...
9: <tr><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[December 5]], [[1782]]</td></tr> - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Pierce
4: | order=14th President
7: | preceded=[[Millard Fillmore]]
8: | succeeded=[[James Buchanan]]
11: | dead=dead - Australia (39438 bytes)
13: leader_titles = [[Queen of Australia|Queen]]<br>[[Gover...
14: leader_names = [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Eli...
16: area_magnitude=1_E12|
24: population_density = 2|
25: population_density_rank = —| - United States (58223 bytes)
2: ... level of local autonomy under the [[federation|federal]] system.
12: ...deral level]];<br> [[English language|English]] [[de facto]] |
14: government_type = [[Democratic]] [[Federal republic]] |
15: ...r>[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] |
16: leader_names = [[Joe Biden]]<br>[[Kamala Harris]] |
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