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- Mary Edwards Walker (4835 bytes)
6: ... she believed the fashions of the day, which included such binding clothing as [[corsets]], were not h...
8: ...[[1855]]. She married a fellow medical school student, Albert Miller, and they set up a joint practic...
10: ... [[Battle of Chickamauga]]. Finally, she was awarded a commission as a "Contract Acting Assistant Sur...
12: ...nry Thomas]]. On [[November 11]], [[1865]], President [[Andrew Johnson]] signed a bill to present her...
16: ...soldiers, both in the field and hospitals, to the detriment of her own health, and has also endured ha... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
1: [[Image:MayaDeren.png|200px|thumb|right|Maya Deren]]
2: ..., '''Maya Deren''' was an [[American]] [[avant-garde]] [[filmmaker]] and [[film]] theorist of the [[19...
4: ...rotsky]], the family fled to [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]], [[New York]]. In [[1928]], she became a [[natu...
6: ...m. It was in 1943 that she adopted the name Maya Deren.
8: ...eography for Camera" (1945). In 1946 she was awarded a [[Guggenheim]] Foundation Fellowship for "Crea... - Papyrus (5819 bytes)
2: ...asty of Egypt|First dynasty]]), but it was also widely used throughout the [[History of the Mediterran...
5: ...eta;λος ''bublos'' (said to derive from the name of the [[Phoenicia|Phoencian]] ...
7: ...lit., "that which is of [[Pharaoh]]"), apparently denoting that the Egyptian crown owned a monopoly on...
10: ...g, the sheet of papyrus is polished with some rounded object, possibly a stone.
11: ...eft|350px|A section of the Egyptian [[Book of the Dead]] written on papyrus]] - Ancient Greece (23806 bytes)
2: '''''Ancient Greece''''' is the term used to describe the [[Ancient Greek|Greek]]-speaking world ...
4: ...ns use the term more precisely. Some writers include the periods of the [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]]...
6: ... the Ancient Greek period is the death of [[Alexander the Great]] in [[323 BC]]. The following period ...
10: ...ystems, philosophy, art and architecture of the modern world, particularly during the [[Renaissance]] ...
15: ... died in [[323 BC|323 BC]]. Subsequent events are described in [[History of Hellenistic Greece]]. - 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]]?
62: ...y BC|400s BC]]: [[Catapult]] in [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracuse]]
66: ...ntury BC|200s BC]]: Compound [[pulley]]: [[Archimedes]]
74: * [[1st century]]: [[Rudder|Stern mounted rudder]] in [[History of China|China]] - Agathocles (2843 bytes)
1: ...]] - [[289 BC]]), [[tyrant]] of [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracuse]] ([[317 BC]] - [[289 BC]]) and king of [[Sicily]...
5: ...overthrow the [[oligarchy|oligarchical]] party in Syracuse.
7: ... 10,000 citizens, and thus made himself master of Syracuse, he created a strong army and fleet and subdued t...
9: ...After several victories he was at last completely defeated ([[307 BC]]) and fled secretly to Sicily.
12: ...ing a fresh attack on Carthage at the time of his death. - Alcibiades (7778 bytes)
1: [[Image:Alcibiades.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Alcibiades]]
2: '''Alcibiades Cleiniou Scambonides''' ([[ancient Greek]]: <small>ΑΛΚ...
4: ...born in [[Athens]], the son of [[Cleinias]] and [[Deinomache]], who belonged to the family of the [[Al...
5: ...s a near relative of [[Pericles]], who, after the death of Cleinias at the [[Battle of Coronea (447 BC...
6: Thus early deprived of his father's control, possessed of great... - Pope Vigilius (2891 bytes)
3: ... treatment he received. After the death of his predecessor Vigilius was recognized as pope by all the ...
5: ...or [[Pope Leo I]], and throughout approves of the deposition of the Patriarch Anthimus.
7: ...stantinople. Rome was now besieged by the Goths under [[Totila]] and the inhabitants fell into misery....
9: ... return to Rome, but he died in [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracuse]].
12: Predecessor=[[Pope Silverius|Saint Silverius]]| - Carthage (20744 bytes)
1: ...n Sea]], showing the location of Carthage (near modern [[Tunis]]). The map also shows [[Italy]] and th...
3: ...de of [[Lake Tunis]], across from the center of modern [[Tunis]] in [[Tunisia]]. It remains a popular ...
6: ...-god [[Melqart]]. Traditionally, the city was founded by [[Dido]], and a number of foundation myths ha...
8: ...as far as [[Sierra Leone]]. Meanwhile, under a leader named Malchus, the city began a systematic conqu...
10: ...h African coast from modern [[Morocco]] to the borders of [[Egypt]]. Its influence had also spread int... - Archimedes (13735 bytes)
1: ...etribution.) Some math historians consider Archimedes to be one of history's greatest mathematicians, ...
4: ...ented the [[irrigation]] device known as [[Archimedes' screw]].
6: ...inst the invading Romans was the [[claw of Archimedes]].
8: ...wooden ship with a variety of mirrors, they concluded that the enemy ships would have had to be virtua...
10: Archimedes was killed in Syracuse by a Roman soldier in 212 BC. - Timeline of Ancient Rome (22347 bytes)
13: ...n_colleseum.jpg|thumb|Roman Colleseum. Photo provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
15: .../[[534 BC]] – reign of [[Servius Tullius]]: defined the sacred boundary of Rome - the ''[[pomeri...
21: * [[496 BC]] – Rome defeats the [[Latin League]] at the [[battle of Lake...
24: * [[451 BC]] – The ''[[Decemviri]]'' publishes the [[List of Roman laws|Twe...
36: * [[390 BC]] – The Gauls defeat the Roman army at the [[Battle of the Allia (... - Sicily (18450 bytes)
4: isocode = |
8: ...ce of Ragusa|Ragusa]]<br />[[Province of Syracuse|Syracuse]]<br />[[Province of Trapani|Trapani]] |
17: populationdensity = 193 |
24: ...aenum]] (now [[Tripi]]). The regional flag is divided diagonally yellow over red, with the ''[[trinacr...
34: ...cing area in the [[1800s|19th century]], but have declined since the [[1950s]]. - Palermo (10618 bytes)
6: ...its fine natural harbour. Palermo is widely considered to be the most conquered city in the world, as...
8: ...man Empire]] was split, Sicily and Palermo came under the rule of the Eastern [[Byzantine Empire|Byzan...
10: ... the Muslim period Palermo was a major city of trade, culture and learning, with (it is said) more tha...
12: ...n in the Palatine Chapel, the church San Giovanni degli Eremiti and the Zisa. [http://sights.seindal.d...
14: ...Angevin]] rule ([[1266]]-[[1282]]), Sicily came under the house of [[Aragon]] and later, in ([[1479]])... - Catapult (3598 bytes)
1: ...jpg|right|thumb|300px|Replica catapult at Chⴥau des Baux, France]]
3: ...onsidered a catapult, but the term is generally understood to mean [[medieval]] siege weapons.
5: The name is derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] κ^...
12: ... [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] [[ballista]]. A member under tension propels the throwing arm, very much like...
14: Subsequently, [[torsion]]al catapults were developed, such as the [[mangonel]] and the [[onager... - Ballista (1776 bytes)
5: ...nese crossbows may have also been a factor in the development of these weapons and bolt-throwing balli...
7: ...are the springs of the ballista. The ropes are made of animal [[Tendon|sinew]]. When the bow-arms ar...
11: ...ring and mathematics. The surviving manuals provide exact measurements and calculations for building ...
13: The first known appearance was in [[Syracuse]], [[Italy]], around [[400 BC]].
15: Its wider development was in the Middle Ages. The [[catapult]]... - Mathematician (9627 bytes)
5: ...]]s, many of them devoted to mathematics and many devoted to subjects to which mathematics is applied ...
13: ...lled [[axiom]]s, and then proceed to prove other ideas ([[theorem]]s) that follow from the assumptions...
21: ... to transcend the context of the human mind; the idea that "2+2=4 is a true statement" is assumed to e...
23: ...s are "static" - once a statement achieves the lauded position of a theorem, it remains true forever. ...
27: ... mathematicians|amateur mathematician]] who has made important contributions to the field. - 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 B.C.]])
52: *[[Claude Gaspard Bachet de M麩riac]] (France, [[1581]] - [[1638]]) - Ice age (15810 bytes)
4: ... sense; and use the term 'glacial periods' for colder periods during ice ages and 'interglacial' for t...
10: ...theory, and Agassiz published it in his book ''ɴude sur les glaciers'' of [[1840]].
16: ...[Snowball Earth]] in which permanent sea ice extended to or very near the equator. It has been sugges...
20: ...,000 year time scales. The last glacial period ended about 10,000 years ago. A [http://www.scotese.c...
22: ...America in polar regions, the Earth today is considered to be prone to ice age glaciations. - Peloponnesian War (15884 bytes)
1: ...uce]] in the middle, and ended with Athens' surrender in [[404 BC]].
5: ...nly known as the [[Sparta|Spartans]]), who, as leaders of the [[Peloponnesian League]], had long been ...
7: ...likely a greater catalyst for the war than Thucydides and other ancient authors realized, more so than...
11: ...s, the two powers were relatively unable to fight decisive battles.
13: ... slaves, known as [[helots]], needed to be kept under control, and could not be left unsupervised for ... - Adriatic Sea (5830 bytes)
1: [[Image:Adriatic_sea.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
11: ...y; in [[Latin]] it was ''Mare Hadriaticum''. In modern languages, it is ''Mare Adriatico'' in [[Italia...
13: ...ytus,'' 736), but was gradually extended as the [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracusan]] colonies gained in importance.
15: ...then the Adriatic in the narrower sense only extended as far as the [[Mons Garganus]], the outer porti...
16: ...ately used to include the Gulf of Tarentum (the modern-day [[Gulf of Taranto]]), the [[Sea of Sicily]]...
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