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1. 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...
2. Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
   4: ...itzer Prize for Fiction]] in [[1988]]. This story describes a slave who found freedom, but killed her ...
   6: ...ture]] or [[Hispanic Literature]]). Many now include Morrison's own work in the canon of [[American Li...
   8: ...d the strength of [[brotherly love]]. She was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in [[1993]], t...
   10: ...bert F. Goheen]] Professor of the Humanities at [[Princeton University]].
   12: She called [[Bill Clinton]] "the first Black president", saying "Clinton displays almost every trope o...
3. Reese Witherspoon (2585 bytes)
   2: ...s sequel ''[[Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde]]'' ([[2003]]).
   5: ...es Declaration of Independence]] and founder of [[Princeton University]]. Her father is a surgeon and her mot...
   7: ...eth Phillippe, born [[September 9]], [[1999]] and Deacon Phillippe, born [[October 23]], [[2003]].
   9: ...ind the character of Greta Wolfecastle in an episode of [[The Simpsons]].
   12: ...pg|thumb|right|Reese Witherspoon in ''Legally Blonde (2001)'']]
4. Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
   1: ...he scientific revolution was the publication of ''De revolutionibus orbium coelestium'' by [[Nicolaus ...
   3: ...nly were there major theoretical and experimental developments, but even more importantly, the way in ...
   7: ...as; some of the rancor and cross-purposes in such debates may arise from lack of recognition of these ...
   9: ...tially as it is understood and practiced in the modern world; there is no concern here with "other nar...
   15: ... (This and Galen's anatomy, though largely superseded by later work, are none the less important contr...
5. Ptolemy (10609 bytes)
   5: ... manuscripts (hence its familiar name) and only made available in Latin translation (by [[Gerard of Cr...
   7: ...modern system of constellations, but unlike the modern system they did not cover the whole sky.
   11: ...ar circle). He put the meridian of 0 longitude at the most western land he knew, the Canary Isla...
   13: ...|thumb|300px|Ptolemy System Explained. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
   14: ...f latitude from the Arctic to the East-indies and deep into Africa; Ptolemy was well aware that he kne...
6. George Washington (29551 bytes)
   1: {{Infobox President | name=George Washington
   3: | image name=Seal_us_presdent.jpg|thumb
   5: | order=1st President
   8: | preceded=None
   9: | succeeded=[[John Adams]]
7. Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
   1: {{Infobox President | name=Thomas Jefferson
   3: | image name=Seal_us_presdent.jpg
   4: | order=Third President
   7: | preceded=[[John Adams]]
   8: | succeeded=[[James Madison]]
8. James Madison (15187 bytes)
   1: {{Infobox President | name=James Madison
   3: | image name=Seal_us_presdent.jpg|thumb
   4: | order=4th President
   7: | preceded=[[Thomas Jefferson]]
   8: | succeeded=[[James Monroe]]
9. John Tyler (18019 bytes)
   1: <table border="0" align="right" style="margin-left:1em"><tr><t...
   2: <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
   4: ...t:center">[[image:Seal_us_presdent.jpg|200px|Presidential Seal]]</div></td></tr>
   5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>10th President</td></tr>
   8: <tr><td>'''Succeeded by:'''</td><td>[[James Knox Polk]]</td></tr>
10. George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
    3: ... of the United States|Vice President]], serving under [[James K. Polk]].
    5: ... 13]], [[1831]] to [[March 3]], [[1833]], when he declined to be a candidate for reelection. He was c...
    7: ...lected Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket in [[1844]] with [[James K. Polk]]...
    9: ...om [[1856]] to [[1861]], when he returned to Philadelphia, and died there. He is interred in St. Pete...
    11: ...[Rhode Island]]. He is also the uncle of [[Alexander Dallas Bache]].
11. Grover Cleveland (20963 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>
    6: 22nd President<br>
    7: 24th President</td></tr>
12. Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
    1: ...e outermost part of the [[Earth]]'s interior is made up of two layers, the outer [[lithosphere]] and t...
    3: ...ay from each other), and transform (two plates slide past one another). [[Earthquake]]s, [[volcano|vol...
    5: ...r [[chemistry]], the discovery of the [[genetic code]] for [[genetics]], or [[evolution]] in [[biology...
    8: ...the asthenosphere allows the tectonic plates to undergo motion in different directions.
    10: ...famous. These boundaries are discussed in further detail below.
13. West Virginia (24258 bytes)
    21: DensityRank = 29^th |
    22: 2000Density = 29.0 |
    23: AdmittanceOrder = 35^th |
    26: Latitude = 37&deg;10'N to 40&deg;40'N |
    27: Longitude = 77&deg;40'W to 82&deg;40'W |
14. New Jersey (35646 bytes)
    8: Nickname = The Garden State |
    11: Governor = [[Richard Codey]] (acting)|
    13: OfficialLang = ''None defined'' |
    21: DensityRank = 1^st |
    22: 2000Density = 438 |
15. Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
    3: ...s ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
    60: * [[Odometer]] : [[Ancient Rome|Rome]]: [[Archimedes]]?
    66: ...ntury BC|200s BC]]: Compound [[pulley]]: [[Archimedes]]
    74: * [[1st century]]: [[Rudder|Stern mounted rudder]] in [[History of China|China]]
    83: * [[9th century|800s]]: [[Black powder|Gunpowder]] in [[History of China|China]]
16. American football (39287 bytes)
    1: :''For details of the origins and development of American football, see the [[history ...
    3: ...d usually has a large set of stitches along one side.]]
    7: Outside of the United States and Canada, the sport is ref...
    13: ...an [[United States Air Force Academy|Air Force Academy]] player tries to thwart his progress.]]
    15: ...jpg|thumb|250px|American football is a physically demanding sport.]]
17. Agriculture (19147 bytes)
    3: ...arming''', while scientists, inventors and others devoted to improving farming methods and implements ...
    11: ...red to as [[factory farming]]) long prevalent in "developed" nations and increasingly so elsewhere, wh...
    15: ...[[timber]] or lumber, [[fertilizer]]s, [[animal hides]], [[leather]], industrial chemicals ([[starch]]...
    17: ...chanization has decreased labor requirements. The developing world generally produce lower yields, hav...
    19: Modern agriculture depends heavily on engineering and technology and on...
18. Aristotle (37648 bytes)
    4: ...osopher]]. Along with [[Plato]], he is often considered to be one of the two most influential philosop...
    8: ...dialogue ''[[Phaedrus (Plato)|Phaedrus]]''. His ideas are therefore known to us only indirectly, thro...
    10: ...can be called, with qualification, an [[idealism|idealist]] and a [[rationalism|rationalist]].
    12: ...cs'', ''[[Nicomachean Ethics]]'', ''Politics'', ''De Anima (On the Soul)'' and ''[[Poetics]]''.
    14: ...hology]], [[rhetoric]] and [[theology]]. He also dealt with [[education]], foreign customs, [[literat...
19. Colonial America (32872 bytes)
    4: To summarize the areas of development in colonial America, historians typicall...
    9: ... the development of [[seafaring]] technologies needed to make long voyages across open water.
    11: ...on and conquest. Within a few years, they had divided up lucrative [[South America|South]] and [[Centr...
    16: ...mercial enterprise]], [[over-population]] and the desire for [[religious freedom]] played their respec...
    22: ...ir [[Walter Raleigh]]. The second resupply ship, delayed for several years by circumstances in Englan...
20. Sandro Botticelli (8995 bytes)
    1: ...as characterized by [[Giorgio Vasari]] as a "[[golden age]]", a thought, suitably enough, he expressed...
    5: ...y" (Vasari) In [[1470]] he opened his own independent ''studio''.
    7: ...'[[tondo]]'' form and did many beautiful female nudes, according to Vasari. The ''Birth of Venus'' ('...
    11: ...him political protection and creating conditions ideal for his production of several masterpieces.
    13: ...ted it, were guilty of unidentified [[heresy]], a delicate requirement in such a subject. The heretica...

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