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- Hanging Gardens of Babylon (4963 bytes)
5: ...[[Babylon]] has been accrued, but does not completely substantiate what look like fanciful description...
13: ...fe, who missed the natural surroundings of her homeland.]]
15: ...] depressing. The king decided to recreate her homeland by building an artificial mountain with roofto...
44: [[el:Κρεμαστο&...
51: ...1501; התלויים בבבל]] - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
5: ...deJaneiro_LE2002059_lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro]]
7: ...d for its yearly [[Brazilian Carnival|Carnival]] celebration. It also has the biggest forest inside an...
13: ...led by Italian [[Amerigo Vespucci]] in January of 1501. Since the Europeans thought at first the Bay of ...
17: ...ity developed from current Downtown (Centro, see below) to southwards and then westwards, an urban mov...
25: ...red, until president [[Juscelino Kubitschek]] was elected in [[1955]] and took office in [[1956]] with... - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
4: ...lblazers setting out from European docks were travelling to [[East Asia]].
10: ...pucci was exaggerating his role and constructing deliberate fabrications, others have instead proposed...
12: ... (See also [[Naming of America]].) ''Amerigo'' itself is an Italian form of ''[[Haimirich]]'' (in Engl...
16: ...enzo di Medici, that he determined his longitude celestially on August 23, 1499, while on this voyage....
18: ...f [[South America]]. If his own account is to be believed, he reached the latitude of [[Patagonia]] be... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
2: ...anguage|Jud毭Aramaic]] '''מרים''' '''Maryām''' "Bitter"; [[Septuagint]] [[...
6: ...Book of Acts]], although not by name in the [[Gospel of John]].
8: ...d of Mary is given in the mid-2nd century ''[[Gospel of James]]''.The [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Ca...
11: ...ering the [[Annunciation]] to Mary. Painting by [[El Greco]] (1575)]]
13: ...ters) from Nazareth; and while there they found shelter in the inn provided for strangers (Luke 2:6, 7... - 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...
4: Adam—אָדָם in [[Standard Hebrew]],
13: ...them." According to this account, Adam was absolutely the first man whom God created. He was formed ou...
15: ...in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." - 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.
37: ...1490;מר לעולם - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
1: ...ranian_Sea_16.61811E_38.99124N.jpg|thumb|300px|Satellite image]]
3: [[Image:Mediterranean_Relief.jpg|350px|thumb|300px|Map of the Mediterranean...
4: ...is a part of the [[Atlantic Ocean]] almost completely enclosed by land, on the north by [[Europe]], on...
6: ...] is important to understanding the origin and development of [[Western Civilization]].
11: ...literal adaptation of the German equivalent ''Mittelmeer''. In [[Turkish language|Turkish]], it is ''A... - 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 | - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...any public offices, including that of [[Lord Chancellor]] from [[1529]] to [[1532]]. More coined the ...
5: ... admitted to [[Lincoln's Inn]] in [[1496]]. In [[1501]] More became a [[barrister]].
7: ... of wearing a [[hair shirt]] and occasional [[flagellation]].
9: ...husband. More provided his daughters with an excellent classical education at a time when such learn...
12: ...g as a liaison between the king and his Lord Chancellor: [[Thomas Cardinal Wolsey]], [[Archbishop of Y... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...ory affected many other aspects of human life as well, opening the door to young astronomers everywher...
8: ..., married a businessman and city councillor, Barthel Gertner.
10: ...ion and wished for him to become a [[bishop]] as well. However, while studying [[canon law|canon]] and...
12: ...ara, are recorded in ''De revolutionibus orbium coelestium''.
14: ...ave some lessons of astronomy or maths (unfortunately nothing of this remains to us). - African American (19830 bytes)
6: ...lly coined refers to only those descended from a relative handful of black colonial [[indentured servi...
10: ... U.S. city in 2000, with 85 percent, followed closely by [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]], [[Michigan]], ...
15: ...nstitution of slavery, culminated in the [[1860]] election of President of the [[United States]] [[Abr...
17: ... the right to vote and to hold public office, as well as a number of other civil rights they previousl...
19: ...rowing African American intellectual and cultural elite in the [[Northern United States]], led to a st... - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
2: '''Hernán(do) Cortés, marqués del Valle de Oaxaca''' ([[1485]]–[[December 2]]...
5: Cortés was born in [[Medellín (Spain)|Medellín]], in the province of [[Extremadura]], in the...
7: ...y disappointed his parents by returning home in [[1501]] at age 16, rather than studying law like his gr...
10: ... the conquest of the [[Canary Islands|Canaries]] (eliminating the indigenous [[Guanches]]) but would p...
12: ...the morning of [[January 18]], [[1519]], just as Velázquez arrived at the dock in person to remove hi... - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
10: ...at he decided to find a route to the west for himself. He went with his plans to England, because he i...
12: ...yes, regions or provinces of the heathen and infidelles, whatsoever they bee, and in what part of the ...
16: ...e in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] according to [[Celts|Celtic]] legends. Some people think [[Newfoundland]] ...
20: ...n [[Iceland]]). He sailed to [[Dursey Head]], [[Ireland]], from where he sailed due west to Asia - or ...
22: ...y [[Amerigo Vespucci]] in [[1497]] are generally believed to have been forgeries or fabrications. - 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 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) - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
5: ...mage_caption= Luther at age 46 (Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1529) |
14: ...slation]]. Luther's [[hymn]]s sparked anew the development of congregational singing in Christianity. ...
19: ...at end, Hans sent young Martin to schools in Mansfeld, [[Magdeburg]] and [[Eisenach]].
21: ...y of [[Erfurt]]. The young student received a Bachelor's degree in [[1502]] and a Master's degree in [...
23: ...s returning to school. Terrified, he cried out, "Help,[[Saint Anne]]! I'll become a monk!" [Brecht, vo... - William Howard Taft (15237 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[Theodore Roosevelt]]
14: | wife=[[Helen Herron Taft]]
18: ...his predecessor and close friend [[Theodore Roosevelt]].
20: ...titution|17th Amendment]], mandating the [[direct election]] of [[United States Senate|senators]] by t...
22: ...itting]] the Republican vote and resulting in the election of [[Woodrow Wilson]]. Taft later became [[... - Persian rug (6404 bytes)
5: ...ersian carpets come from the [[Safavid]] dynasty (1501-1736) in the 16th century. However, painted depi...
10: ...nizing the carpet-weaving characteristics of pre-Seljuk period (13th and 14th centuries AD) in Persia....
12: ...es AD, and also some of the hand-weavings of the Seljuks of [[Asia Minor]] on exhibit in Ala?edin Mosq...
14: ...olution and experience in this art. Most experts believe that the Pazyryk carpet is a late achievement...
20: ...day, the traditional hand woven rugs are still widely found, and usually have higher prices than the m... - 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... - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
2: ...Middle East]]ern city of key importance to the [[religion]]s of [[Judaism]], [[Christianity]], and [[I...
4: ...s]] city, representing a wide range of national, religious, and socioeconomic groups. The section call...
6: ...ce this view by maintaining their embassies in [[Tel Aviv]] or in the [[suburb]]s.
18: ...t the capital city of the united [[Kingdom of Israel]].
20: ...ten tribes split off to form the [[Kingdom of Israel]] with its capital at [[Samaria]]. Jerusalem the...
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