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- 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". - 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]]) - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...ther of [[science]]." His experimental work is widely considered complementary to the writings of [[Fr...
10: ...the separation of science from [[philosophy]] or religion. These are the primary justifications for hi...
12: ...rived at deductively, and the experiments were merely illustrative thought experiments.
18: ...ir shipping businesses. He published his initial telescopic astronomical [[observation]]s in March [[1...
20: ...eo first noted an observation of the [[natural satellite|moons]] of [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]]. Gali... - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
9: ... for involvement in [[witchcraft]]. Born prematurely, Johannes is said to have been a weak and sickly...
11: ...urn to the world of ideas, as well as an abiding religious conviction, for solace.
13: ...ed to astronomy/astrology at an early age, and developed a love for that discipline that would span hi...
15: ...ng the [[University of T?n]], where he proved himself to be a superb mathematician. Upon his graduati...
27: ...on of Kepler (despite the risk to be arrested as well) and his reputation as the famous Imperial Mathe... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
8: ...Cecil, Lord Burghley, the great minister of Queen Elizabeth.
10: ... that his health during that time, as later, was delicate. He entered [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], ...
12: ...the Queen, who was impressed by his precocious intellect, and was accustomed to call him "the young Lo...
14: ...Aristotle]] conflicted with his dislike of Aristotelian philosophy, which seemed barren, disputatious,...
18: ...ney and became habitually in debt. To support himself, he took up his residence in law at Gray's Inn i... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...onies with very different [[social]], [[religion|religious]], [[politics|political]], and [[economics|...
4: ...hese different colonies found themselves more closely united than ever before, at odds with the [[King...
9: ...ellectual growth of the Renaissance led to the development of [[seafaring]] technologies needed to mak...
11: ...ands he came upon were found to belong to an entirely different landmass. [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]] ...
13: ...lonies. Though these northerly lands were relatively close to Europe, Spain and Portugal had taken li... - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
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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...
14: ...87]] after his father's map of 1567 (published in 1595)]]
15: ...e]] in [[1588]], further maps were published in [[1595]] after his death by his son [[Rumold Mercator]].... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
11: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] (1595 - 1654)
21: *[[Baccio Bandinelli]] (1493 - 1560)
29: *[[Hans Bellmer]] (1902 - 1975)
32: *[[Miguel Berrocal]] (1933 - )
35: *[[John Blakeley]] (1946 - ) - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
2: ...d on his return by Queen [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]]. He was second in command of the Engli...
7: ...ife. Francis was the eldest or second eldest of twelve children.
12: ...rake the favour of [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth]].
13: ...t each survivor was rich for life. However, Queen Elizabeth, who had up to this point sponsored and en...
16: ...ent as had been believed previously, but an archipelago, or group of islands. - 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]])
37: *[[Sylvain Arend]] ([[Belgium]], [[1902]] – [[1992]])
38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], [[1799]] – [[1875]]) - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
2: ...metaphysics, [[guru]] ideal, and [[bhajan]]s) as well as [[Sufi|Sufi Islam]].
4: ...s being practised by either religion and hence a well-known saying of [[Guru Nanak]] is, "There is no ...
6: ... five baptised Sikhs were named Panj Pyare (Five Beloved Ones), who in turn baptised the Guru at his r...
8: ... gurus are also known to have documented their revelations.) This is one of the few scriptures in the ...
14: ...dash; that is, by moderating egoism and sensuous delights, to live in a balanced worldly manner, and b... - Aztec (38742 bytes)
3: ...[[16th century|16th]] centuries. They called themselves '''Mexicas''', which was reflected in the name...
7: ...emporary [[Nahuatl]]-speakers would consider themselves Aztecs. More particularly, the term refers to...
9: ... {{IPA|[meˈʃihkah]}}) or ''Tenochca'' and ''Tlatelolca'' according their city of origin. Their use o...
11: Ironically, the [[Aubin Codex]] relates that after leaving Aztlan, [[Huitzilopochtli]...
14: ...plied to all the people linked by trade, custom, religion , and language to the Mexica state and the [... - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
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14: | ''El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious'' (as written ...
29: ...m km² (1902); 19.9m km² maximum extent (1595)
45: ...h gate", due to the greeting ceremony the sultan held for foreign ambassadors at the Palace Gate. This...
47: ...ritories were captured by the [[Allies]], Ottoman elites established modern [[Turkey]] during the [[Tu... - Babylonia (8254 bytes)
7: ...rs, but then the [[Hittites]] sacked Babylon in [[1595 BC]], installing the [[Kassite]] dynasty. Its cit...
11: ...olassar]] the Chaldean the following year. With help from the [[Medes]], [[Niniveh]] was sacked in 61...
13: ...mall fragment of his annals has been discovered, relating to his invasion of Egypt in [[567 BC]], and ...
15: ...f his kingdom, leaving his son [[Belshazzar]] (''Belsharutsur'') in command of the army.
17: ... were placed at the gates of the great temple of Bel, where the services continued without interruptio... - Sumer (14409 bytes)
5: ...example, to [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]] which belongs to the [[Afro-Asiatic languages]].
10: ...by a king, who was intimately tied to the city's religious rites.
12: ...ruk]], [[Ur]], and [[Nippur]]. As these cities developed, they sought to assert primacy over each othe...
16: ...h. In addition, his realm extended to parts of [[Elam]] and along the Persian Gulf.
21: ...BC]]. The Kassites were in turn defeated by the [[Elamites]] around [[1150 BC]]. - 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... - Atlas (cartography) (4308 bytes)
3: ...ny often feature [[geopolitical]], [[social]], [[religious]] and [[economic]] [[statistics]].
13: [[Abraham Ortelius]] is credited with issuing the first modern at...
15: ...escription of the Universe) (Duisburg, [[1585]]-[[1595]]).
25: ..."Tavole Moderne Di Geografia De La Maggior Parte Del Mondo Di Diversi Autori ...". However, he did no...
27: ...an and astronomer, who supposedly made the first celestial globe. It was this Atlas that Mercator was ...
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