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- Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
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8: ...ign=top><td>'''Coronation'''<td>[[October 20]], [[1650]]
22: ...ith short skirts, stockings and shoes with high heels - all these features being useful when not ridin...
25: ... her difficult birth, or just the horror story itself, may have prejudiced Christina against the prosp...
29: ...hat there were living female lines descended from elder sons of Gustav I Vasa, Christina was the heire... - 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 ... - Oboe (5230 bytes)
9: ...rument, but by altering the scrape of the reed itself. Subtle changes in pitch are also possible by ad...
11: ...Bach]] wrote extensively for it. It was the main melody instrument in early military bands until ouste...
13: ... small-diameter metal tube (staple). The reed is held on the lips. The commonly accepted range for the...
22: ... more than 20 keys, usually [[silver]]-plated (rarely [[gold]]-plated). The oboe is fingered similar t...
24: ... a museum piece. Instead, the more powerful [[heckelphone]] is used. The least common of all is the mu... - Horn (instrument) (19243 bytes)
2: ...instrument was first developed in France in about 1650 from the ''cor de chasse'' or hunting horn, and h...
6: ...ep [[mouthpiece]], giving it its characteristic "mellow" tone. The typical [[playing range]] of a Fre...
12: ...d into a larger opening at the end (called the ''bell'' of the horn). They evolved from the early hun...
14: ... This interpolation finally made the horn a true melodic instrument, not simply limited to a harmonic ...
21: ...e a horn of higher pitch -- usually B-flat. The relative merits of F versus B-flat were a hotbed of d... - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
2: ... establishment of the [[Eleventh dynasty of Egypt|Eleventh dynasty]] to the end of the [[Fourteenth dy...
5: ...een the Eleventh and [[Twelfth dynasty of Egypt|Twelfth dynasties]], and date the Middle Kingdom to th...
7: ==The Twelfth dynasty==
8: ...urous Twelfth dynasty. The first Pharaoh of the Twelfth dynasty (Amenemhat I), is according to some so...
10: ...e reign. The co-regencies lasted throughout the Twelfth dynasty and provided great stability. - Ancient Egypt (16131 bytes)
6: ...srael]] to the east. The [[Nile]] has been the lifeline for Egyptian culture since the [[Stone Age]].
14: ...tian pharaohs of the [[Twelfth dynasty of Egypt|twelfth dynasty]] using the natural lake of the Fayyum...
16: ...ncient_egyptpapyrus.html#berlin] and complex [[Timeline of mathematics|mathematical formularizations]]...
18: ===Timeline of Ancient Achievements===
36: ...- possible [[Suez Canal|Nile-Red Sea Canal]] ([[Twelfth dynasty of Egypt]]) - Maryland (22654 bytes)
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43: ...irst laws that explicitly tolerated varieties of religion (as long as it was [[Christianity|Christian]...
45: ..., because the northern boundary would put [[Philadelphia]], the major city in [[Pennsylvania]], within... - 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]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events fro...
7: *Some time between [[1600]]-[[1650]]-[[Mahican]] [[Confederacy]] founded
28: *[[1630]]-[[Winthrop Fleet]] travels to [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]]
35: *[[1638]]-[[Delaware Colony]] founded
44: === [[1650s]] === - 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... - Crossbow (7510 bytes)
2: ...to its invention in China, but the crossbow nonetheless played a significant role in the history of Eu...
5: ... as [[arrow]]s do. The stock and trigger of hand-held firearms may have been copied from crossbows.
10: ...ck''). Typically, the nut is at the end of the shelf (also called the bolt rest).
12: ...her exotic as they were constructed of inlays as well as specialized woods. The prod is attached to th...
14: ...straight groove for the bolt to rest upon and travel along as it is shot. - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
4: ...e]] (wave heights) offshore, and a very long [[wavelength]] (often hundreds of kilometres long), which...
6: ... familiar). However, since they are not actually related to tides the term is considered misleading an...
10: ...uake which is too small to create a tsunami by itself may trigger an undersea landslide quite capable ...
14: ...are sometimes triggered by large earthquakes; as well as collapses of volcanic edifices, may also dist...
18: ...sed by some earthquakes, dissipate quickly and rarely affect coastlines distant from the source area d... - Swimming (22854 bytes)
1: ... by which [[human]]s (or other animals) move themselves through [[water]]. Swimming is a popular recre...
5: ...lly low hydrodynamic [[form drag|drag]]. This propelling is typically accomplished by cupping the hand...
7: ...rt a slow or average swimmer to at least a moderately fast swimmer. Since speed converts directly into...
9: ...the legs should be kept as much as possible parallel to the surface of the water. Drooped legs or a sl...
21: ...of swimming styles|swimming styles]] have been developed based on the implementation of some or all of... - Lute (15915 bytes)
1: ...back. It evolved from an instrument originally developed in the Middle East, which was also the ancest...
7: ... simple pegs of wood, somewhat tapered, that are held in place by friction in holes through the ''peg ...
9: ...gs were historically made of gut (or extremely rarely of metal), and are still made of gut or a synthe...
11: ...ing from the highest pitched, so that the ''chantrelle'' is the ''first course'', the next pair of str...
13: ...te section of its own, [[Lute#Tuning conventions|below]]. - Hittites (17910 bytes)
7: ...Anatolian Hittites in the 19th century initially believed the two peoples to be the same, but this ide...
14: ...al Hittites. Sayce's identification came to be widely accepted over the course of the early 20th centu...
21: ...hat was not what its speakers had called it (see below).
27: ... history of the Hittite civilisation is known largely from [[cuneiform (script)|cuneiform]] texts foun...
34: ... continued to be used in the Hittite kingdom for religious purposes, and there is substantial continui... - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Delano Roosevelt
14: | wife=[[Eleanor Roosevelt]]
18: ...ege, he overcame a crippling illness to place himself at the head of the forces of reform. His family ...
20: ... but others dispute this claim arguing that Roosevelt's economic policies actually slowed recovery. In...
22: In his lifetime Roosevelt was a polarizing figure: he was a hero to libera... - Architectural history (13369 bytes)
1: ...hnological]]. In general, the question is one of relating meaning (intangible functions, purposes, sym...
5: ...e terms of reference; Critical Theory is largely self-referential, whilst Hermeneutics is contextual.
7: ...the [[metaphysics]] of the previous theories, as well as the advance into supermodernity manifest in [...
9: ... Architectural history reflects the historical development of its time.
17: ...g]], was not the sole important figure; he was merely part of a continuing tradition. - 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 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]]) - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
2: ...homas Hobbes: detail from a portrait by John Michael Wright ([[National Portrait Gallery]], London)]]
6: ...matters, providing an account of human nature as self-interested cooperation. He was a contemporary of...
12: ... Devonshire|Earl of Devonshire]]), and began a lifelong connection with that family.
14: ...obbes believed that Thucydides' account of the [[Peloponnesian War]] showed that democratic government...
16: ...Marin Mersenne]]. From [[1637]] he considered himself a philosopher.
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