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- Hanging Gardens of Babylon (4963 bytes)
3: ... Babylon|Nebuchadnezzar II]] around [[600 BC]] (present-day [[Iraq]]). However, there are doubts as t...
5: ... completely substantiate what look like fanciful descriptions.
7: ...hing similar to an [[Archimedes' screw]] as a process of raising the water to the required height.
13: ...d not hang but rather grew on the roofs and terraces of the royal palace in Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar II...
15: ...he flat, sun-baked terrain of [[Mesopotamia]] depressing. The king decided to recreate her homeland by... - 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]]) - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...ration merged to create the familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
5: == Prehistoric times ==
7: ...tself as a cultural center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically significa...
14: ...f the ''Three Dynasties'' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 三代; [[pinyin]]: sāndài) t...
18: ... [[Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood. - 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-... - Steel (28384 bytes)
1: :''See [[Steel (disambiguation)]] for other uses.''
3: ...ution in the alloy controls the qualities of the resulting steel. Steel with increased carbon content...
5: ...alloying materials, and carbon, if present, is undesired. A more recent definition is that steels are ...
8: ...dissolves carbon quite readily, so that smelting results in an alloy containing too much carbon to be ...
11: ...ts [[pearl]]-like appearance, or the similar but less beautiful [[bainite]]. - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
1: ...Italian ship named after Vespucci, see [[Amerigo Vespucci (ship)]]''.
4: '''Amerigo Vespucci''' ([[March 9]], [[1454]] - [[February 22]],...
6: ...:Amerigo_Vespucci.jpg|thumb|200px|right| Amerigo Vespucci]]
8: ...[[Florence]], [[Italy]], as the third child of a respected family. His father was a notary for the Mon...
10: ...instead proposed that the two letters were forgeries written by others of the same period. - 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 ... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
1: ...x|''[[Book of Judith|Judith]] Beheading [[Holofernes]]'' (1612-21) Oil on canvas 199 x 162 cm Galleria...
3: ...ligious paintings, at a time when such heroic themes were considered beyond a mere woman's reach.
7: ...o Gentileschi]], one of the greatest representatives of the school of [[Caravaggio]]. Artemisia was in...
12: ...promise and Orazio reported Tassi to the authorities.
14: ...the [[feminism|feminist]] view of Atermisia Gentileschi during the [[20th century]] - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
2: ...605;ريم''') is the mother of [[Jesus]] and the [[betrothal|betrothed]] of [[Joseph t...
6: Most, though not all, historians accept that Jesus of Nazareth was a historical figure, even if th...
8: ... their interpretations of the Scriptures[[#Footnotes|¹]].
13: ...ed to [[Bethlehem]] (Micah 5:2), some 80 or 90 miles (about 130 kilometers) from Nazareth; and while t...
15: ...ing these years only one event in the history of Jesus is recorded: his going up to [[Jerusalem]] when... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ... [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, [[Paris]], AE II 2490).]]
2: ..., [[Canada]], [[United Kingdom]] and [[United States]]. Many people therefore regard Joan of Arc as a ...
4: ... a revitalization of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]'s faction during the [[Hundred Years' War]]...
7: ...the throne to Henry V's heirs, disinheriting Charles, the [[Dauphin]] ([[crown prince]]), and making t...
10: ...[Image:JoanOfArcLarge.jpeg|350px|right|thumb|[[Jules Bastien-Lepage]]'s [[1879]] portrayal of Joan of ... - 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... - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
1: ...alcot.grange.750pix.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Great Western Railway]] No. 6833 ''Calcot Grange'', a [[4-6...
3: ... train, but are not generally considered locomotives because they have payload space or are rarely det...
5: ...ce is [[push-pull]] operation, where the locomotives push the trains in one direction, and are control...
7: ==Benefits of locomotives==
8: ...motive, rather than in self-propelled vehicles. These include: - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
1: ...px|Byzantine art was the high art of the Middle Ages and monumental Church mosaics were the crowing gl...
3: ...vals, the artists crafts, and the artists themselves.
5: ...and [[sculpture]]; and there were many unique genres of art, such as [[Crusade art]] or [[animal style...
9: ...acy of the early [[Christian church]]. These sources were mixed with the vigorous "Barbarian" artistic...
13: Art in the Middle Ages is a broad subject and art historians traditional... - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
1: ... how sculpture has changed extensively over the ages.
3: == Sculpture in ancient times==
4: ...nd. Small female statues known as [[Venus figurines]] have been found mainly in central [[Europe]]. ...
6: ...ld, silver, shells, and a variety of precious stones were used for high quality sculpture and inlays. ...
8: ...ere discovered at [[Tell Asmar]]. Many masterpieces have also been found at the Royal Cemetery at [[U... - Glass (26176 bytes)
1: ...umping the liquid sugar onto a cold surface. The resulting solid is amorphous, not crystaline like the...
3: ...rded by [[Roman Empire|Roman]] historians as ''glaesum.'' Anglo-Saxons used the word ''glaer'' for amb...
5: ...fic type of glass—the [[silica]]-based glasses in common use as a building, container or decorat...
9: ...e and will break into sharp shards. These properties can be modified, or even changed entirely, with t...
16: ==Properties and Uses== - Printing (4400 bytes)
1: :''For other articles which otherwise might have the same name, see [[P...
3: ...chine|folder]] of newspaper web offset printing press]]
4: ...on [[paper]] using a [[printing press]]. It is an essential part of [[publishing]].
6: ... for [[newspaper]]s and [[catalogue]]s). The largest commercial and industrial printer in the world i...
11: ...h and 13th century many Arabic and Chinese libraries contained tens of thousands of printed books. - Jewellery (4234 bytes)
1: ...Costume jewelry|Costume jewellery]] is made from less valuable materials. However, jewellery can and h...
3: Examples include [[bracelet]]s, [[necklace]]s, rings, and ...
7: ...wellery, or, as is the case in many Western cultures, [[marriage|married]] people wearing a [[wedding ...
9: ...n various forms has been made and worn by both sexes in almost every (if not every) human culture, on ...
14: This is a jewellery [[timeline]] from the first uses of [[metal]] in [[history]] to the [[Renaissance]... - Blast furnace (4721 bytes)
1: ...the chamber such that the [[chemical reaction]] does not take place only at the surface. Typically th...
4: ...|flux]]. The oldest known blast furnaces in the West were built in [[Sweden]] at Lapphyttan, sometime...
6: ... blast furnace-based iron smelting significantly less expensive.
8: ==Process==
9: ...ng combustion in the middle of the mixture. The results of this localized burning was a liquid that s... - Woodworking (12397 bytes)
1: [[Image:Woodcarvings of cranes.jpg|right|thumb|Artists can use woodworking to cr...
2: '''Woodworking''' is the process of building, making or carving something using [...
7: ...ncreasingly greater degrees of skill in working these materials.
9: ... has provided fine examples of wooden animal statues from the [[Iron Age]]. Wooden [[idol]]s from the ...
11: ...gyptian [[furniture]] (such as chairs) has been preserved in tombs. The metal used by the Egyptians fo... - Greek language (35285 bytes)
3: ...h [[Bulgaria]], [[Turkey]] and surrounding countries
7: [[Greek languages|Greek]]<br>
15: ...tudied in schools and universities in many countries from the [[Renaissance]] onwards.
17: ...lect''', '''Post-Classic Greek''' or even '''New Testament Greek''' (after its most famous word of lit...
25: ...his article. For more information, see main articles on [[Proto-Greek language]] and [[Mycenaean langu...
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