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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... - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ...led "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]].
9: ...3 million. It's Brazil's [[Second city|second-largest city]] after [[S㯠Paulo]] and used to be the co...
13: ...led by Italian [[Amerigo Vespucci]] in January of 1501. Since the Europeans thought at first the Bay of ...
15: ...and an alliance was formed with nearby native tribes to defend the settlement against invaders - neigh...
17: ...ntown (Centro, see below) to southwards and then westwards, an urban movement which lasts until nowada... - 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. - 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... - 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... - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
6: ...to understanding the origin and development of [[Western Civilization]].
9: ...ddle' + ''terra'', 'land, earth'), in [[Greek]] "mesogeios".
11: ... it is called "ha-Yam ha-Tichon" (הים התיכון), "th...
13: Presently, "The Med" is a common English language cont...
17: ...a]], by the [[Dardanelles]] and the [[Bosporus]] respectively, on the east. The Sea of Marmara is ofte... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...e from north to south). Israel shares the coastlines of the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]], the [...
13: official_languages = [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], [[Arabic]] |
14: capital = [[Jerusalem]]<sup>[[#Footnotes|1]]</sup> |
17: leader_titles = [[Prime Minister]]<br>[[President]] |
18: leader_names = [[Ariel Sharon]]<br>[[Moshe Katsav]] | - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...], in which he became the [[patron saint]] of statesmen, lawyers, and politicians.
5: ... admitted to [[Lincoln's Inn]] in [[1496]]. In [[1501]] More became a [[barrister]].
7: ...life he continued to observe many monastic practices, including self-punishment in the form of wearing...
9: ...ucation at a time when such learning was usually reserved for men.
12: ...an Emperor]] [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]], More was knighted and made undertreasurer in... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...most important [[discovery (observation)|discoveries]] ever, and is the fundamental starting point of ...
8: ...n and the other sister, Katharina, married a businessman and city councillor, Barthel Gertner.
10: ...rara]], a famous [[astronomer]]. He followed his lessons and became a disciple and assistant.
12: ...a, are recorded in ''De revolutionibus orbium coelestium''.
14: ...serve a lunar [[eclipse]] and where he gave some lessons of astronomy or maths (unfortunately nothing ... - 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]], ... - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
1: [[Image:Cortes-Hernando-LOC.jpg|thumb|250px|Hernán Cortés]]
7: ...in Italy, or trying his luck in the Spanish colonies of the [[New World]].
10: ...ds|Canaries]] (eliminating the indigenous [[Guanches]]) but would prove devastating in the New World.
12: ...pedition, but Cortés' brother-in-law killed the messenger and told him what the letter said. Thus war...
15: ...://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/international/pages/SECOLAS/CAFryer.htm] - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
4: ...r made [[England]] his base of operations and is best known as John Cabot for his explorations made un...
6: Cabot's birthplace is uncertain; some references give [[Genoa]], others [[Gaeta]]. The date was ar...
10: ...to eastern Asia would be shorter at higher latitudes.
12: ..., regions or provinces of the heathen and infidelles, whatsoever they bee, and in what part of the wor...
16: ...land]] may have been found on (one of) these voyages. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
16: *[[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] (Italy, [[1718]] - [[1799]])
18: *[[Ahmes]] (Egypt, roughly around [[17th century BC]])
23: *[[Giacomo Albanese]] (Italy, Brazil)
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
36: *[[Archimedes]] (Syracuse, [[287 BC|287 B.C.]] - [[212 BC|212 B... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
26: *[[Aedesius]], (d. 355)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
44: *[[Alcibiades]], (c. 450-404 BC)
51: *[[Alexander of Hales]], (d. 1245){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}} - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
12: ...urch to return to the teachings of the [[Bible]] resulted in the formation of new traditions within Ch...
14: ...the [[German language]] and added several principles to the art of [[translation]]. Luther's [[hymn]]s...
17: ...px|The "Luther house" where Luther boarded from ages 14 to 17 while attending private school at [[Eise...
21: ...degree in [[1505]]. According to his father's wishes, Martin enrolled in the law school of that univer...
26: ...it seemed, the more aware he became of his sinfulness. - William Howard Taft (15237 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=William Howard Taft
4: | order=27th President
16: | vicepresident=[[James S. Sherman]]
18: ...tional Convention]] with the backing of his predecessor and close friend [[Theodore Roosevelt]].
20: ...the [[state legislature]]s. Taft was the first president to occupy the [[Oval Office]] when it was op... - Persian rug (6404 bytes)
3: ...[[Persian]] ([[Iranian]]) culture and art, and dates back to the [[Bronze Age]].
5: ... carpets are [[wool]], but several [[silk]] examples produced in [[Kashan]] survive.
8: ...ological excavations, save for special circumstances.
10: ...istics of pre-Seljuk period (13th and 14th centuries AD) in Persia.
12: ...urkey]]. These pieces attracted the attention of researchers earlier this century, and now they are ke... - Caterpillar track (7234 bytes)
1: ...whereas the 70 tonne [[M1 Abrams]] has a ground pressure of just over 15 PSI (103 kPa).
4: ...ries_II.jpg|300px|thumb|A 2004 Caterpillar D6 Series II medium bulldozer.]]
6: A crude caterpillar track was designed in 1770 by Richard Edgeworth, and steam powe...
8: ... paid Lombard $60,000 so they could produce vehicles under his patent.
12: ...wing artillery over the difficult terrain of the Western Front. - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
2: ...02;دس''' '''al-Quds'''; see also [[names of Jerusalem]]) is an ancient [[Middle East]]ern ...
4: ...pdf]), it is a richly [[heterogeneous]] city, representing a wide range of national, religious, and so...
6: ...and enforce this view by maintaining their embassies in [[Tel Aviv]] or in the [[suburb]]s.
7: ...part of Jerusalem as the capital of a future [[Palestinian state]].
9: ...alem and the Old City. View from the Mount of Olives]]
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