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- Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
3: ...lso the first female artist to paint history and religious paintings, at a time when such heroic theme...
9: ...usanna and the Elders, Sch?rn Collection, Pommersfelden]]
10: ...located in the [[Sch?rn collection]] in [[Pommersfelden]]. The picture shows how, under parental guida...
12: ...ed the Tuscan painter to tutor his daughter privately. The unfortunate effect was that Artemisia was r...
14: ...orture device in the belief that if a person can tell the same story under torture as without it, the ... - Grace O'Malley (3478 bytes)
1: '''Grace O' Malley''' ([[Irish]](c. [[1530]] -c.[[1603]]) is an important figure in Irish [[...
6: Grace was born into early [[16th century]] [[Ireland]], when [[Henry VIII]] was on the throne of [[...
7: ...] and recognised as their nominal overlords the gaelicised anglo-norman Burke or de Burgo family who c...
16: ...rame|left|The meeting of Grace O'Malley and Queen Elizabeth I]]
19: ...hey barely escaped. Later Grace was captured but released some time later. - Germany (46412 bytes)
1: ...nd [[Switzerland]], to the west by [[France]], [[Belgium]], the [[Netherlands]] and [[Luxembourg]], an...
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25: |'''[[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]]''' || [[Gerhard Schr?]]
46: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.de]] - Peru (12264 bytes)
2: .... Peru is rich in cultural anthropology, and is well-known as the ''cradle of the [[Inca empire]]''.
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48: ...Neogranadine Army of [[Simol�r]]. Its first elected president, however, was not in power until [... - 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]]) - History of California (38344 bytes)
5: ...s fertile agricultural lands and prodigious oil fields, and finally with its high-technology leadershi...
7: [[Image:california_poppies.jpg|thumb|325px|A field of [[California Poppy|California golden poppies]...
10: [[Image:Tunnel view.jpg|thumb|300px|California's [[Yosemite Vall...
13: ...[wampum]]), which were produced from [[mussel]] shells using stone tools, while those in the northern ...
19: About [[1530]], [[Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán]] (President of [[New Spain]]) wa... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...any public offices, including that of [[Lord Chancellor]] from [[1529]] to [[1532]]. More coined the ...
5: ...ho declared that young Thomas would become a "marvellous man". Thomas attended the [[University of Ox...
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... - Francesco Guicciardini (1068 bytes)
1: ...tesman]]. A friend and critic of [[Niccolchiavelli]], he is considered one of the major political ...
3: ...eptical and more conservative than that of Machiavelli.
10: * ''Relazione di Spagna'' (1514)
14: * ''Del reggimento di Firenze'' (1527)
15: ...''Considerazioni intorno ai "Discorsi" del Machiavelli sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio'' (1528) - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
10: ... [[Martin Luther]], [[Johann Tetzel]], [[Philipp Melanchthon]], [[Indulgences]], ''[[95 Theses]]'', [...
20: ...g disaffection with the wealth and power of the [[elite]] [[clergy]], sensitizing the population to th...
22: ...trade, industry, and burgeoning urban growth in fields as diverse as banking (the [[Fugger]] banking f...
24: ...herlands]] and new textile industries began to develop.
28: ...and God. New thinking favored the notion that no religious [[doctrine]] can be supported by philosophi... - Florence (11538 bytes)
1: ...ruled ([[1434]]-[[1494]], [[1512]]-[[1527]] and [[1530]]-[[1737]]) by the [[Medici]] family.
9: ...dges of Florence at sunset from Piazzale Michelangelo]]
19: ...actional strife was later recorded by the White Guelph [[Dino Compagni]] in his [[Chronicles of Floren...
21: ...anti-aristocratic movement, led by [[Giano della Bella]], that resulted in a set of laws called the [[...
23: ...Michelangelo]], [[Leonardo da Vinci]] and [[Botticelli]]. - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
6: ... one of the chief objects of his attack in his lifelong assault upon the evils of the Church.
8: ... time in England was fruitful in the making of lifelong friendships with the leaders of English though...
12: ... of Swiss hospitality he could express himself freely and where he was surrounded by devoted friends. ...
14: ...ise seem full of contradictions. Erasmus held himself aloof from all entangling obligations; yet he wa...
16: ...ation. This edition was published by Froben of Basel in [[1516]] and was the basis of most of the scie... - March 18 (10594 bytes)
7: ...[[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor]] declares himself [[King of Jerusalem]] during the [[Sixth Crusade...
10: ...John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton]] sells his part of [[New Jersey]] to the [[Quakers]].
12: ...0]] - [[American Express]] is founded by [[Henry Wells]] & [[William Fargo]].
18: ...] & [[France|French]] naval attack on the [[Dardanelles]].
19: ...olish successes, Soviets annex [[Ukraine]] and [[Belarus]]. Government of [[Ukraine]] emigrates to Fra... - 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) - Sweden (27111 bytes)
5: ...– allowed it to fund a social democratic [[welfare state]] in the early [[20th century]]. The co...
63: ...ndash; the [[Weichsel glaciation]]. The region developed rather slowly compared to southern Europe; w...
76: ...ns, the King [[Gustav I of Sweden]] (Vasa) ultimately broke free in [[1521]] and established a nation ...
81: ...inst Norway]], [[1814]], led to the [[Treaty of Kiel]], whereby Norway was forced into a union with Sw...
84: ...ountryside, the home for the majority, found themselves out of work, leading to poverty and alcoholism... - Malta (18511 bytes)
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53: |'''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]'''
62: ...in [[southern Europe]]. It consists of an [[archipelago]] in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] directly south ... - Confucius (21352 bytes)
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30: ...umous name since [[1530]]. Between [[1307]] and [[1530]] his<br>posthumous name was: "The Lord Propagato...
37: ...and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, and justice and sincerity. These value...
50: ...ss of [[literati]] because of the cultural and intellectual skills they shared.
52: ... convince many different rulers of his political beliefs and to push them into reality. When he was ab... - 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) - Akkadian language (3224 bytes)
9: * 1950 – 1530 Old Babylonian/Old Assyrian
10: * 1530 – 1000 Middle Babylonian/Middle Assyrian
16: ...ant]]s, as well as a syllabic construction completely inappropriate for languages demonstrating the [[...
27: ...iety for at least 500 years, so it is entirely likely that a [[sprachbund]] could have formed. Further... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...The '''Sovereign Military Order of Malta''' (see below) is the main successor to this tradition.
5: ...ohn the Baptist]], took in Christian pilgrims traveling to visit the birthplace of [[Jesus]]. It was s...
9: ...ght of the Kingdom of Jerusalem the Hospitallers held seven great forts and 140 other estates in the a...
15: ...ll as the Anatolian ports of [[Bodrum]] and [[Castellorizon]].
19: ...nder the command of [[Suleiman the Magnificent]] delivered 200,000 men to the island. Against this for... - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
2: ...ernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro, 1st Marqués del Valle de Oaxaca''' ({{IPA-es|erˈnan korˈtes}}; ...
4: ...ire, Cortés was awarded the title of ''Marqués del Valle de [[Oaxaca]]'', while the more prestigious...
6: ...sial undertakings of Cortés and the scarcity of reliable sources of information about him, it has bec...
10: ...-es|kɔrˈtɛθ|IPA}}), in his time he called himself ''Hernando'' or ''Fernando Cortés''. The names ...
14: ...araz, 5th Lord of Monroy]], and wife Mencía de Orellana y Carvajal.
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