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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
57: | [[1867]] — [[1876]] (design), [[1884]] — [[1887]] (construction)
64: | [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]]
69: ...[[1873]] (east wing), [[1879]] — [[1881]] (west wing), [[1884]] — [[1906]] (center)
95: | [[Minnesota]]
96: | [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|Saint Paul]] - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...t utility vehicle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For th...
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: ...Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...fonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]]) - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...d that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
3: ...hout running out of food or getting stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the...
5: ...s likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...]]. He never reached the present-day [[United States]] where "Columbus Day" ([[12 October]], the anniv...
9: ...ficial to humans, such as [[tomato]]es, [[potato]]es, [[maize]], and [[horse]]s), and the first large-... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ...[[Margaret Thatcher]]. [[David Ben-Gurion]] once described her as "the only man in the Cabinet." She i...
6: ... left for the United States in [[1903]], and the rest of the family followed in [[1906]]. They settled...
8: ==Emigration to the United States, 1906==
10: ... time each morning as her mother was buying supplies at the market.
12: When she was 14, her mother suggested that she give up school for work and to marry ... - Esther (5002 bytes)
2: ...rxes II]]), and heroine of the Biblical [[Book of Esther]] which is named after her.
5: ...eaning [[star]] — the myrtle blossom resembles a twinkling star.
7: ... workings are hidden in the events of the Book of Esther even though he is never mentioned explicitly.
9: ...share a common origin with [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] words for ''star''.
12: ...ughter of Abihail, a [[Benjamin|Benjamite]]. She resided with her cousin [[Mordecai]], who held some o... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
1: ...2-Sistine Chapel.png|250px|thumb|right|''God creates Adam'', by [[Michelangelo]]. The mural on the cei...
2: ...esis 1.27) as Adam, depending on which part of Genesis is read and how it is interpreted. Depending on...
4: Adam—אָדָם in [[Standard Hebrew...
10: ==Adam in Genesis==
12: ...the Garden of Eden with many of the "lower creatures."]] - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
3: '''Hannah Szenes''' (or '''Chana Senesh''') ([[July 17]], [[1921]] - [[November 7]], [[1...
7: ...e continued to live with her mother Katherine Szenes and a brother.
9: Szenes entered a private protestant girl's school open – with increased [[t...
11: ...the [[Haganah]]. February 4, 1942 she visited [[Caesarea]]. In 1943 she enlisted in the British army. ...
13: ... group]]. In May 13th, 1944, Hannah and her comrades crossed the Hungarian border in small groups. She... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...e from north to south). Israel shares the coastlines of the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]], the [...
6: ...1491;ינת ישראל<br>("Medinat Yisra'el")<br>دو...
13: official_languages = [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], [[Arabic]] |
14: capital = [[Jerusalem]]<sup>[[#Footnotes|1]]</sup> |
17: leader_titles = [[Prime Minister]]<br>[[President]] | - Thebes, Egypt (3900 bytes)
2: ...a]]. Its archaeological remains offer a striking testimony to Egyptian civilization at its height.
4: ...way into the Hebrew [[Bible]] as נא אמון ''nōˀ ˀā...
6: ...(lit. "The Most-select of Places"), one of the names of the temple of [[Karnak]], which is located in ...
8: ...tuated at or near the sites of two important temples that stood on the outskirts of the city.
10: ==Important archaeological sites in Thebes== - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ..., ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ..., ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
33: *[[Jacques-Laurent Agasse]] ([[1767]]-[[1848]])
42: *[[Mikolas Ales]] ([[1852]]-[[1913]]) - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
1: ...mage:DESPREZ.JPG|Josquin Des Prez]]<br>''Josquin Des Prez''</div>
2: ...Dufay]] and [[Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina|Palestrina]], and is usually considered to be the centr...
6: ... [[1486]] to [[1494]] (except the year [[1487]]-[[1488]], which he may have spent in [[Florence]]), Josq...
8: ...s, widely acknowledged to be one of his masterpieces.
10: ...direct connection to them has been discovered by researchers. He remained at Cond頵ntil his death in... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
1: ... de Gaulle. For the [[Paris]] airport, see [[Charles de Gaulle International Airport]]''
5: |+ <big><big>'''Charles de Gaulle'''</big></big>
10: | [[President of France]]
19: | [[Georges Pompidou]]
31: - Hieronymus Bosch (3386 bytes)
1: ...inal, imaginative, and dense use of symbolic figures and [[iconography]], some of which was obscure ev...
5: ...ter and even received commissions from abroad. In 1488 he joined the Brotherhood of Our Lady, an arch co...
8: ...ctions of fantastic punishments of the various types of [[sin|sinners]] on the right panel.
10: These paintings have a rough surface from the applicat...
14: ...eated paintings with a small number of large figures who appear to almost leave the painting and stand... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ...]]'' and ''[[Mona Lisa]]''. He is also known for designing many inventions that anticipated modern tec...
7: ... most likely a peasant girl. It has also been suggested, albeit on scanty evidence, that she was a [[M...
9: ...r to his works as "Leonardos", not "da Vincis". Presumably he did not use his father's name because of...
11: ...ted [[drawing]] and [[painting]]. His early sketches were of such quality that his father soon showed ...
12: ...rea's pupils was Leonardo da Vinci, in whom, besides a beauty of person never sufficiently admired and... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
11: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] (1595 - 1654)
26: *[[Harry Bates (sculptor)|Harry Bates]] (1850 - 1899)
41: *[[Georges Braque]] (1882 - 1963)
42: *[[Filippo Brunelleschi]]
58: *[[Danese Cattaneo]] - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
1: [[Image:Charles_Lindbergh.jpg|thumb|Charles Lindbergh with the Spirit of St. Louis.]]
2: ...ust 26]], [[1974]]) was a pioneering [[United States]] [[aviator]] famous for piloting the first solo ...
6: ...on the line [[St. Louis]] in the 1920s.<!--What does this mean? Please clarify.-->
11: ...ned by Donald Hall and custom built by Ryan Airlines of [[San Diego, California]]. He needed 33.5 hour...
13: ...ited States]]. On [[March 21]], [[1929]] he was presented the [[Medal of Honor]] for his historic tran... - African American (19830 bytes)
1: ...o have [[Europe]]an and/or [[Native American]] ancestors.
6: ...ot include [[whites]], [[Asian|Asians]] or [[Semites]] of African origin.
10: ...[[Indiana]], had the highest percentage of black residents of any U.S. city in 2000, with 85 percent, ...
15: ...reason for the secession of the [[Confederate States of America]] which lead to the [[American Civil W...
17: ...in 1865, freed all slaves, including those in states that had not seceded. During [[Reconstruction]], ... - Henry the Navigator (6878 bytes)
3: ...[[Africa]] in general, and with the legend of [[Prester John]].
5: ...ted to Christianity. For the purposes of his interest in exploration, however, the appointment proved ...
7: ...nry also arranged for the colonization of the Azores during Pedro's regency (1439–1448).
9: ...]] of the Arabs, made the complicated return voyages, headed upwind, possible; without it, the brother...
11: ...ands]] in 1420, and at Henry's instigation Portuguese settlers colonized the islands. - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
5: quotation=An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. |
15: ...e 14th [[Dalai Lama]]. He often said that his values were simple; drawn from traditional [[Hinduism|Hi...
18: ... and sects. He was born into the vaishya, or business, caste. At the age of 13 Gandhi married [[Kastur...
22: ... spelling of the verb in the UK and Indian varieties of English --->
23: ...a]]. Although he had not shown a particular interest in religion before, he began to read works of an... - Himalaya (16334 bytes)
1: ...feet (6962 m) is the highest mountain in the [[Andes]], while there are over thirty peaks in the Himal...
3: ...he Himalayan rivers, which also includes [[Bangladesh]].
5: ...[Perspective]] view of the Himalaya and Mount Everest as seen from space looking south-south-east from...
9: ... The Himalayan range comprises three parallel ranges, arranged by elevation and geological age.
10: ...t peaks including the three highest - [[Mount Everest]], [[K2]] and [[Kanchenjunga]].
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