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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ... political influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves of immigration and emigratio...
7: ...es, the [[Huang He]] valley began to establish itself as a cultural center, where the first villages w...
14: ...shed during the [[Xia Dynasty]], and that this model was perpetuated in the successor [[Shang Dynasty|...
18: ...Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood.
28: ...ntil [[256 BC]], he was largely a figurehead and held little real power. - 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 ... - Crocus (3680 bytes)
17: ...to bloom in the spring, the large hybridized and selected "Dutch crocus" (''illustration, right'') are...
20: ...he Latin adjective ''crocatus'', meaning saffron yellow.
22: ...Spring Flowers'', by [[Ambrosius Bosschaert]], c. 1620 ([[Louvre Museum]])]]
24: ...ration, left''), new garden varieties had been developed, such as the cream-colored crocus feathered w...
27: ... color varies enormously, although lilac, mauve, yellow and white are predominant. The grass-like, ens... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...bot]], [[Juan Ponce de Le, and [[Ferdinand Magellan]].
3: ... relatively passive [[Mediterranean]] and sail safely on the open [[Atlantic]].
7: ...ween Europe and the Middle East was almost completely controlled by traders from the Italian city stat...
9: ...o [[1295]]. His journey was written up as ''[[Travels]]'' and the work was read throughout Europe.
11: ...eath]] of the fourteenth century also blocked travel and trade. The land route to the East was always ... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ... is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
7: ...nguage]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
54: * [[Spoke|Spoked]] wheel [[chariot]] in the [[Ancient Near East|Middle Eas...
56: * [[Bell]]s in [[History of China|China]]
77: * [[3rd century|200s]]: [[Wheelbarrow]]: [[Zhuge Liang]] - Pilgrims (4873 bytes)
1: ...could freely practice their [[Puritan]] style of religion and live according to their own laws.
3: ...[Scrooby]] and sailed to [[Amsterdam]] to escape religious persecution at the hands of their countryme...
5: ...o move to a place better suited to them, and in [[1620]] set sail on the ship ''[[Mayflower]]'' from [[P...
12: ..., [[England]] they departed on [[September 6]], [[1620]], with 102 people aboard. Their intended destina...
17: ...flower Compact]], in which they agreed to form a self-governing community. - Mayflower (4074 bytes)
2: ... [[United States|United States of America]]) in [[1620]], leaving Plymouth on [[September 6]] and droppi...
6: ...llowing his death in March [[1623]], and it is likely that the ship was broken up for scrap lumber the...
11: ...n [[August 5]] [[1620]], but the ''Speedwell'' developed a leak and had to be refitted at [[Dartmouth,...
13: As a result of the delay, the settlers did not arrive until the onset of...
21: ...of Mayflower passengers who died in the winter of 1620 - 1621]]. See some of the descendants of these Ma... - Plymouth Colony (2283 bytes)
1: ...hich had been granted a charter for the land in [[1620]].
3: ...r]]'', as it lay off-shore. On [[December 21]], [[1620]], 102 [[Pilgrims]] from the [[Mayflower]] landed...
5: ...st-intended, historically renowned, and yet strangely ill-fated colonial ventures in America. When the...
7: ...ver, served for eleven consecutive years, and was elected to various other terms until his death in [[...
17: ...of Mayflower passengers who died in the winter of 1620 - 1621]] - 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]]) - Great Wall of China (10504 bytes)
12: # [[1368]]-[[1620]] (from [[Hongwu Emperor]] until [[Wanli Emperor]...
18: ...Silk Road]]. Jiayu Pass was intended to greet travelers along the [[Silk Road]]. Even though The Grea...
38: ...ons, to which wall defenders may retreat if overwhelmed.
62: ...], [[Richard Halliburton]]'s ''Second Book of Marvels'' said the Great Wall is the only man-made objec...
87: *[http://www.travelchinaguide.com/china_great_wall/index.htm Great Wa... - Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
1: '''[[Timeline]] of [[microscope]] [[technology]]'''
5: ...rel]] 1620 - 1671 or 1628 - 1689 and [[Willem Boreel]] 1591 - 1668) to have invented a [[Microscope|co...
6: * [[1609]] - [[Galileo Galilei]] develops an ''occhiolino'' or compound microscope with ...
8: * [[1619]] - [[Cornelius Drebbel]] ([[1572]] - [[1633]]) presents, in [[London]], ...
9: * c.[[1622]] - Drebbel presents his invention in [[Rome]]. - 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... - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events fro...
20: === [[1620s]] ===
22: *[[1620]]-[[Pilgrims]] arrive from [[Plymouth]], England,...
28: *[[1630]]-[[Winthrop Fleet]] travels to [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]]
35: *[[1638]]-[[Delaware Colony]] founded - 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... - Jan Brueghel the Younger (1191 bytes)
1: ...mb|260px|Paradise by Jan Brueghel the Younger (c. 1620). Oil on oak. Gem䬤egalerie, Berlin, Germany]]
4: ...[Flemish]] [[painter]], son of [[Jan Brueghel the Elder]].
6: ...nguishable from that of his parent by being less well executed and lighter.
8: ... (city)|Antwerp]] studio. He soon established himself and was made dean of the local [[guild]] in [[16...
11: *[[List of Belgian painters]] - Diwali (5677 bytes)
2: ...''' and marks the victory of good over the evil. Held on the final day of the [[Vikram calendar]], one...
4: ...ebrated in [[Kerala]] and [[Tamil Nadu]] respectively. These festivals occur at about the same time, ...
5: ...p://www.hindutemple.org/brochures/tamil_new_year_celebrations_2003.htm] and
6: ...eferred as the Hindu New Year as the new year is celebrated at different times.)
10: ...ar cycle]]s and an extra month inserted approximately every seven years to resynchronize the calendar ... - 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)
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