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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...plorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technology]] ...
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
22: *[[Pêro de Barcelos]] ([[15th century]]/[[16th century]] [[Portugue...
25: *[[Samuel Baker]], Africa
30: ...er]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]... - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
5: ... at [[Marseilles]], to the duke of Orl顮s, whose elder brother was alive at the time, but who would b...
7: ...talian peninsula, while Clement, ever needful of help against his too powerful protector, was equally ...
11: ...April 1]], [[1560]] she named as chancellor [[Michel de l'H?al]], who advocated a policy of conciliati...
15: ...oderate counsels of l'H?al to avoid siding definitely with either party, but her character and the hab...
17: ... her favourite son, the duke of Anjou, to Queen [[Elizabeth I of England]], but that did not come abou... - Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
10: ... led to her declaring [[Calvinism]] the official religion of her kingdom.
12: ...hole led to the outbreak of the [[French Wars of Religion]] in [[1562]]. Antoine de Bourbon chose to s...
14: ...m here she conducted peace negotiations, and in [[1570]] official talks began to marry Henry to the king...
27: * Madeleine ([[1556]])
39: ==Related Topics== - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
9: ...England]] ("Bloody Mary"), who lived at approximately the same time ([[1516]] – [[1558]]), and w...
17: ... Scotland and England. (Mary adopted the French spelling Stuart during her time in France, and she and...
22: Mary was crowned as Queen of Scots in the Chapel Royal at Stirling Castle on [[September 9]] [[154...
24: ...y Lord Livingston in solemn procession to the Chapel Royal. Inside, Lord Livingston brought Mary forwa...
26: ...rd of State was presented by the [[Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll|Earl of Argyll]], and the Ca... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: ...'Elizabeth I''' <br><small>Queen of England and Ireland</small>]]
7: ...d|Mary I]]. She reigned during a period of great religious turmoil in [[England|English]] history.
9: ... last quality, viewed with impatience by her counsellors, often saved her from political and marital m...
11: ... reduced the number of [[Privy Council|Privy Counsellors]] from thirty-nine to nineteen, and later to ...
13: ... member of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen". - 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: ...#256;ḏām in [[Tiberian Hebrew]], and آدم (ʾĀdam) in [[Arabic lang...
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." - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
3: ... BC]]. Archeological evidence indicates that a developed Egyptian society has existed for much longer.
10: The conservative dates are not supported by any reliable absolute date for a span of about three mill...
27: ...aturally migrated to the Nile river where they developed a settled [[agriculture|agricultural]] [[econ...
31: The descendants of these people may well have begun Egyptian civilization in the Nile Val...
33: ...h dynasty, testify to the power of the pharaonic religion and state. The [[Great Pyramid]], the tomb o... - Influenza (10335 bytes)
1: ...eases commonly called "stomach '''flu'''" (and widely misunderstood as being instances of influenza), ...
2: [[Image:Avian_flu.jpg|thumb|200px|Negatively stained flu virions. These were the causative ag...
4: ...s of people. The name comes from the old medical belief in unfavourable [[astrology|astrological]] ''i...
12: The A type of influenza virus is the type most likely to cause [[epidemic|epidemics]] and [[pandemic|p...
21: ...), which lasted from [[1918]] to [[1919]] and is believed to have killed more people in total than [[W... - 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]]) - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...ublic]])) was a [[Denmark|Danish]] [[nobleman]], well known as an [[astronomer]]/[[astrologer]] (the t...
12: ...at he began to make his own studies of astronomy helped by some of the professors. He purchased an [[e...
16: ...arge the existing instruments, and construct entirely new ones. Tycho's naked eye measurements of plan...
18: ...his nose. A consequence of this was that Tycho developed an interest in [[medicine]] and [[alchemy]]. ...
22: ... to Augsburg, where he built a great quadrant, Basel, and Freiburg. He was informed about his father's... - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
1: ...:Michel-eyquem-de-montaigne 1.jpg|thumb|right|Michel de Montaigne]]
2: ...sonal flavor, he takes mankind and especially himself as the object of study. He was a [[Skepticism|sk...
6: ...as six, and while he lived there he spoke exclusively in [[Latin]], the language of the educated class...
10: ...circ;teau de Montaigne, to which he moved back in 1570.
14: [[Image:Michel_de_Montaigne 1.jpg|left|thumb|Michel de Montaigne]] - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
3: <table align="right" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
9: ...]. Although he never travelled extensively, he developed an interest in [[geography]] as a means of ea...
12: ...ction and first used it in [[1569]]; it had parallel lines of longitude to aid navigation by sea, as c...
15: ...world atlas, ''[[Theatrum Orbis Terrarum]]'' in [[1570]]. He produced his own atlas in a number of parts...
17: The Mercatormuseum in [[Sint-Niklaas]], [[Belgium]] features exhibits about Mercator's life and... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
21: *[[Baccio Bandinelli]] (1493 - 1560)
29: *[[Hans Bellmer]] (1902 - 1975)
32: *[[Miguel Berrocal]] (1933 - )
35: *[[John Blakeley]] (1946 - )
37: *[[Antoine Bourdelle]] (1861 - 1929) - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
1: ...ut [[September 12]], [[1570]] in England seems likely, and he is presumed to have died in [[1611]] som...
3: In [[1607]], Hudson set sail on the ''Hopewell'' to find a northeast passage to [[Asia]] throug...
9: ...ect its trade routes from the Dutch. He was soon released.
11: ... went too far south with the Dutch), reaching [[Iceland]] on May 11, the southern end of Greenland on ...
17: ...n by [[Johannes de Laet]] in his work ''Nieuwe Wereldt ofte beschrijvinghe van West-Indien'' (''New Wo... - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
3: ...o parallel [[rail tracks|rails]], usually of [[steel]], generally mounted upon cross-sectional beams (...
8: ...trucks. Fully loaded, the contact between each wheel and the rail is the space of about one U.S. ten c...
9: ...owing significantly greater loads per [[axle]]/wheel than in [[road transport]].
13: ...dia]], [[South Korea]], [[Japan]], [[China]], and elsewhere.
15: ...rder to save money (see [[Beeching Axe]]). Conversely, US freight railways have consolidated and becom... - 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) - Islam (36809 bytes)
2: ...ic religion]]s, and the world's second largest [[religion]].
6: ... common salutation). The word ''Muslim'' is also related to the word ''Islām'' and means one who ...
8: == Beliefs ==
10: ...le, and the final revelation of [[God]]. Muslims believe that parts of the Bible and the Torah have b...
12: ...m has three primary branches of belief, based largely on a historical disagreement over the succession... - Quran (41479 bytes)
2: ...riod of 23 years by the Angel [[Jibreel]] ([[Gabriel]]).
6: ...ghly by size, also believed by Muslims to be divinely inspired. After a short opening, the Qur'an proc...
10: ...r a month, one manzil or one juz' a day, respectively. A juz' is sometimes further divided into two [[...
14: ...e ''[[Mu'allaqat]]'', or ''Suspended Odes'', are believed by some to be examples of pre-Islamic Arabic...
16: ...graphy soon became important sciences, and the model for the literary language remains to this day the... - Christmas tree (16574 bytes)
2: ... most popular [[tradition]]s associated with the celebration of [[Christmas]], the '''Christmas tree''...
5: ...ing coniferous tree. [[Medieval]] legends, nevertheless, tended to concentrate more on the miraculous ...
7: ...mb|Silhouette drawing of the Three Wise Men on camels following the star of Bethlehem.]]
9: ...y [[Germanic tribes]] the [[Yule]] tradition was celebrated by sacrificing male animals, and [[slave]]...
11: ...ined confined to the upper Rhineland for a relatively long time. It was regarded as a Protestant custo... - Timeline of Middle Eastern History (12425 bytes)
1: ... [[Syria]], [[Turkey]], [[Iraq]], [[Iran]], [[Israel]], the [[Gulf States]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Yemen...
3: ...le East]]. For more detailed information, see [[#related articles|articles on the histories of individ...
29: ...[[5600 BC]] – According to the [[Black Sea deluge theory]], the [[Black Sea]] floods with salt w...
31: * [[Wheel]] and [[plough]] both invented in ancient Mesopot...
32: * Around [[5100 BC]] – [[Temple#Religion|Temple]]s founded in South [[Mesopotamia]]
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