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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...in]]. He believed that the [[earth]] was a relatively small [[sphere]], and argued that a ship could r...
3: ...ated by [[Washington Irving]]. Contrary to this belief, most people at that time accepted that the ea...
5: ... the general public throughout Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...iversary of Columbus' landing in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]].
9: ...Scandinavians, Columbus's voyages led to a relatively quick, general and lasting recognition of the ex... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
1: ...]]. The mural on the ceiling of the [[Sistine Chapel]] is one of the most famous works of art in the w...
2: ... is interpreted. Depending on which tradition is believed, she may or may not have been the [[first wo...
5: ...;means "man," "earthy," or "[[red]]." Eve—חַוָּה (Ḥavva)...
7: ...[Aramaic]] (חיויה,חיווי,xywy)— means [...
13: ...them." According to this account, Adam was absolutely the first man whom God created. He was formed ou... - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
9: ...icism|Catholics]] and Jews. However, when she was elected to the school's literary society, she could ...
13: ...re her mother as well. The mother was eventually released.
17: ...vember 7, 1944. Her remains were brought to [[Israel]] in 1950 and buried in the cemetery on [[Mount H...
21: ...y court officially exonerated her. Her kin in Israel were informed November 5, 1993.
39: :''החול והים - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
3: ...evivals, the artists crafts, and the artists themselves.
5: ...art into major periods and movements. They are [[Celtic art]], [[Early Christian art]], [[Migration Pe...
9: ... seen as the history of the interplay between the elements of classical, early Christian and "Barbaria...
17: ...e period some Viking inspirations were added in Ireland.
25: ... an early formative stage from 600-900 and the development of regional styles from 900-1500. - Africa (35389 bytes)
1: ...mage:Africa satellite orthographic.jpg|thumb|A satellite composite image of Africa]]
12: ...ri, a tribe—possibly [[Berber]]—who dwelt in [[North Africa]] in the Carthage area;
16: The historian [[Leo Africanus]] ([[1495]]-[[1554]]) attributed the origin to the Greek wo...
26: ...asterly projection, is a distance (also approximately) of 7,400 km (4,600 miles). The length of coast-...
37: ... [[Nubian kingdom]], and the kingdoms of the [[Sahel]] ([[Ghana]], [[Mali]], and [[Sanghay]]). In the ... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...ypt]] (listed clockwise from north to south). Israel shares the coastlines of the [[Mediterranean Sea|...
6: ...7;שראל<br>("Medinat Yisra'el")<br>دولة اس&...
7: common_name = Israel |
8: image_flag = Israel_flag_large.png |
9: image_coat = Israel-coa-medium.png | - Alexander of Aphrodisias (2599 bytes)
1: ...'', pupil of [[Aristocles of Messene]], the most celebrated of the Greek commentators on the writings ...
16: ...On the Soul'', in which he contends that the undeveloped reason in man is material (''nous ulikos'') a...
18: ...ietikos''), through whose agency the potential intellect in man becomes actual, with God.
20: ...ished in the Aldine edition of Aristotle, Venice, 1495-1498; his ''De Fato'' and ''De Anima'' were print...
21: by [[Schulthess]], was edited by [[J. C. Orelli]], [[Zurich]], [[1824]]; and his commentaries o... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[scu...
15: *[[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[paint...
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]])
43: *[[Else Alfelt]] ([[1910]]-[[1974]]) - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ...ely constructed in his lifetime. In addition, he helped advance the study of [[anatomy]], [[astronomy]...
7: ... [[lawyer]] and his mother, Caterina, was most likely a peasant girl. It has also been suggested, albe...
9: ...o, son of Mister Piero, from Vinci". Leonardo himself simply signed his works "Leonardo" or "Io, Leona...
11: ... father soon showed them to the painter [[Andrea del Verrocchio]], who subsequently took on the fourte...
12: ...t that whatever he turned his mind to he made himself master of with ease" ([[Giorgio Vasari|Vasari]])... - Hittites (17910 bytes)
7: ...Anatolian Hittites in the 19th century initially believed the two peoples to be the same, but this ide...
14: ...al Hittites. Sayce's identification came to be widely accepted over the course of the early 20th centu...
21: ...hat was not what its speakers had called it (see below).
27: ... history of the Hittite civilisation is known largely from [[cuneiform (script)|cuneiform]] texts foun...
34: ... continued to be used in the Hittite kingdom for religious purposes, and there is substantial continui... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: The famous [[mathematician]]s are listed below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ica...
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
13: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann]] (Germany, [[1896]] - [[1962]])
15: *[[Robert Adrain]] (Ireland)
19: *[[Selman Akbulut]] (Turkey) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[198...
12: *[[Charles Greeley Abbot]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1872]] &ndash...
19: *[[George Biddell Airy]], ([[England]], [[1801]] – [[1892]])
35: *[[Petrus Apianus]] ([[Germany]], [[1495]] – [[1557]])
37: *[[Sylvain Arend]] ([[Belgium]], [[1902]] – [[1992]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640) - History of Italy during foreign domination and the unification (3859 bytes)
8: ..., French and Spanish rivalries would present themselves in the Italian peninsula
10: ...tarts the Spanish acquisition of Naples with the help of a Ventian fleet and troops under the command ...
22: *[[Treaty of Barcelona]]
35: ...eated (e.g., [[Cisalpine Republic]]) were just satellites of France, they sparked a [[nationalist]] mo... - Protein (17280 bytes)
1: ...rew]] in 1958, which led to them receiving a [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]].]]
2: ...ture and function of all living [[cell (biology)|cells]] and [[virus]]es.
3: ...]]s that do not synthesize those amino acids natively.
5:
7: ... is [[transcription (genetics)|transcribed]] to yield [[RNA]], which serves as a template for [[transl... - Caterpillar track (7234 bytes)
1: ...]s can, keeping it from sinking in areas where wheeled vehicles of the same weight would sink. For ins...
10: ...& Sons|Hornsby]] based in [[Grantham]], [[UK]] developed and patented a caterpillar track in [[1905]]....
12: ... the years. The first tanks to be fielded were developed from Holt tractors which were already in use ...
14: ...ariable success. The system is a pre-cursor to development of the axle which keep a rotating cylinder ...
18: ...helps improve mobility and speed, some of the Israeli patents were sold to ''Caterpillar Tractor Compa... - February 22 (10772 bytes)
6: ...e face the sun's rays fall each year in [[Abu Simbel]] temple.
9: * [[1495]] - King [[Charles VIII of France]] enters [[Napl...
19: ...ent of the United States|President]] [[Grover Cleveland]] signs a bill admitting [[North Dakota]], [[S...
23: ...ancomunitat de Catalunya]] and conducted by [[Rafael de Campalans]].
24: ... the first [[President of the United States]] to deliver a [[radio]] broadcast from the [[White House]... - Iceberg (3511 bytes)
1: ...that has broken off from a [[glacier]] or [[ice shelf]] and is floating in open water.
16: ... to 90° W ([[Bellingshausen Sea]], [[Weddell Sea]])
19: ... 90° E ([[Amery Ice Shelf]], Eastern Weddell Sea)
21: Iceberg B15, which calved from the [[Ross Ice Shelf]] in 2000 and initially had an area of 11 000 km...
36: '''Iceberg''' is also a fashion label and a [[lettuce]] variety. - Gemstone (7411 bytes)
1: ...ones are too soft or too fragile to be used in jewelry, for example, single-crystal [[rhodochrosite]],...
3: ....pebbles.800pix.labelled.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A selection of gemstone pebbles: made by tumbling rough...
7: ... bixbite (red), goshenite (colorless), heliodor (yellow), and morganite (pink) are all varieties of th...
16: ...i-precious stones'''. The former category was largely determined by a history of ecclesiastical, devot...
18: ...so infrequently in gem quality that they are scarcely known except to connoisseurs. Here are included... - Lichen (7988 bytes)
2: ...te-lichen-growing-on-tree.jpg|thumb|500 px|right|Yellow and white lichen growing on a tree]]
8: ...is practice ignores the fact that the components belong to separate lineages.
10: ... [[chlorophyll]], permitting them to live in a purely mineral environment by producing their own organ...
14: ...uence it in some cases. Dead or dying photobiont cells may be digested by the fungus, but for the most...
16: ...is called the [[lower cortex]], consisting of densely packed fungal hyphae. The lower cortex often bea...
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