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- 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]] - Virginia (23198 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Virginia Beach, Virginia|Virginia Be...
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36: ...ommonwealth of Virginia'''; it is one of four states which use the name [[commonwealth]].
38: ...nia at the time of the founding of the United States, but the former was admitted to the Union as a se... - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
5: *[[U Ba Maw]], Burmese prime minister during Japanese occupation
6: *[[U Nu]], 3-time Burmese prime minister
20: ...Nobuo Uematsu|Uematsu, Nobuo]], (born 1959), Japanese composer
21: ...[[Naomi Uemura|Uemura, Naomi]], (1941-1984), Japanese climber and adventurer
22: *[[Kisshomaru Ueshiba|Ueshiba, Kisshomaru]], (1921-1999), 2nd [[Aikido Dosh... - 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]]) - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...f thought]], particularly with [[science]], in [[Western society]].
7: ... explored science and made many landmark discoveries.
10: ...on. These are the primary justifications for his description as "father of science."
12: ... determine the law of acceleration of falling bodies, for instance, required accurate measurements of ...
14: ...he experiments and even indicated the particular results that led to the time-squared law (Drake, 1973... - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...y motion|laws of planetary motion]]. He is sometimes referred to as "the first [[theory|theoretical]] ...
4: Kepler was a [[professor]] of [[mathematics]] at the [[University of Gr...
6: ...er, since he wrote his ''magnum opus'' '''harmonices mundi''' ("The Harmony of the world") in Linz dur...
9: ...s said to have been a weak and sickly child, but despite his ill health, he was precociously brilliant...
15: ...f teacher of mathematics and astronomy at the Protestant school in Graz, Austria. He accepted the pos... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...scount St Albans''' in [[1621]]; both peerage titles becoming extinct upon his death.
4: ...erimentation, observation, and testing of hypotheses. In the context of his time, such methods were co...
8: He was the youngest of five sons of [[Nicholas Bacon|Sir Nicholas Ba...
12: At Cambridge he first met the Queen, who was impressed by his precocious intellect, and was accustome...
14: ...ed barren, disputatious, and wrong in its objectives. - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
1: [[Image:Shakespeare.jpg|frame|right|William Shakespeare ([[National Portrait Gallery, London|Nationa...
2: ... and [[playwright]], has a reputation as the greatest of all [[writer]]s in the [[English language]], ...
4: ...e continually performed all around the world. Shakespeare was among the very few playwrights who have ...
6: ... uncertain. His prolific output is especially impressive in light of the fact that he lived only 52 ye...
8: ...ases]], and the many [[list of adaptations of Shakespearean plays|adaptations]] of his works. - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
1: ...eems likely, and he is presumed to have died in [[1611]] somewhere in [[Hudson Bay]], [[Canada]].
3: .... At this point the ship was only 577 nautical miles from the pole, but it was clear there is no way t...
5: ...pany that there was no point funding further voyages.
7: ...ape Cod]]–the first Europeans to describe these locations (although [[Giovanni da Verrazano]] ex...
9: ...laws England had enacted to protect its trade routes from the Dutch. He was soon released. - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
8: *[[Marc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[1987]])
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[1983]])
12: *[[Charles Greeley Abbot]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1872]] – [[1973]])
13: *[[Charles Hitchcock Adams]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1868]] – [[1951]])
15: *[[Walter Sydney Adams]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1876]] – [[1956]]) - 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}} - Tiger (11674 bytes)
1: ...hat belong to the [[Panthera]] genus, and the largest of all cats, living or extinct. Tigers are [[pre...
11: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''P. tigris'''''}}
15: ... size and have been placed on the endangered species list. The tiger is one of many animals at the top...
19: ...s Tigers are the smallest and Amur Tigers the largest.
23: ...re are also old texts referring to 'blue' or 'Maltese' tigers, actually a silvery-grey tone, though no... - Sebastiano Serlio (4494 bytes)
6: ... the air in the 1530s: several contemporary churches compete for primacy: but Serlio's woodcut put the...
8:
10: ...itecture]]. Later Serlio's book was in the libraries of Sir [[Christopher Wren]] and Robert Woods, the...
12: ...provided such a useful repertory of classical images that it was reprinted in 1563 and in 1572.
14: ...') in Paris 1545, exercises in dramatic perspectives. - Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
3: ...fur trade]]. His influence is still felt in the presence of French Canadians in [[Quebec]], where he d...
7: ... of his travels called ''Des sauvages'' (The Savages).
9: ...rance|Henry IV]] to make a report on his discoveries, Champlain joined another expedition to New Fran...
13: ...sions, which he embarked on periodically for the rest of his life.
19: ...aving Champlain with only 2 Frenchmen and 60 natives. - Culture of Scotland (11420 bytes)
1: ...]] during [[Burns supper]]:<br>''Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,''
3: ...ish Isles]]). It originates from various differences, some entrenched as part of the [[Act of Union 17...
7: ...lso the judges for the high court for criminal cases. [[Scots Law]] differs from England's [[common la...
9: ...ecently as the [[1990s]]. There is a movement to restore udal law[http://www.udallaw.com/] to the isla...
15: ...n guaranteed the rights of the Scottish universities, but more importantly, Scotland became the first ... - Bowhead Whales (5651 bytes)
2: ... image = [[image:Bowheads42.jpg|250px|Bowhead Whales]] | caption =}}
12: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''B. mysticetus'''''}}
19: ==Description==
20: ...hs of up to 20 meters; females are larger than males. The [[blubber]] layer of the bowhead whale is t...
23: ...below the water surface for as long as forty minutes in a single dive, they are not thought to be deep... - Tigers (12435 bytes)
1: ...hat belong to the [[Panthera]] genus, and the largest of all cats, living or extinct. Tigers are [[pre...
11: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''P. tigris'''''}}
15: ...he [[food chain]]. <!-- A tiger's head often carries the symbol of [[Wang]] (king). Huh?-->
19: ...s Tigers are the smallest and Amur Tigers the largest.
23: ...ere are also old texts referring to 'blue'or 'Maltese' tigers, actually a silvery-grey tone, though no... - Hudson Bay (2815 bytes)
2: ...Hecla Strait]]. All islands in the bay (and in James Bay) are part of [[Nunavut]].
6: ...st of the area, but the crew mutinied on June 22, 1611.
8: ...on's Bay Company (with "'s"), the body of water does not have the "'s". Due to this inconsistancy, bo...
11: *[[List of tributaries of Hudson Bay]]
17: ...oviereport/reviews/O/octopus2.html][http://www.bikesummer.org/2003/calendar/calendar.php?Print=y][http... - 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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