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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ... regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas, they inaugurated perman...
5: ...wever, there is one thing that sets off Columbus' first voyage from all of these: less than two decade...
9: ...[[potato]]es, [[maize]], and [[horse]]s), and the first large-scale [[colonization]] of the Americas b...
11: Columbus remains a controversial figure. Some – including many [[Native America...
27: ...[[1474]], Columbus joined a ship of the [[Spinola Financiers]], who were Genoese patrons of his father... - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...on, but is also more [[brittle]]. One classical definition is that steels are iron-carbon alloys with ...
5: ...carbon, if present, is undesired. A more recent definition is that steels are iron-based alloys that c...
8: ... carbon. This process, known as [[smelting]], was first applied to metals with lower [[melting]] point...
11: ...dy-centered cubic to a [[face-centered cubic]] configuration, called '''[[austenite]]''' or '''γ...
13: ...cally [[metastable]] substance with about four to five times the strength of ferrite. Martensite has ... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
15: *[[Adam]], Biblical figure, first man
34: *[[Abigail Adams|Adams, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
41: ...ivil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]]
66: ...officer)|Adams, Samuel]], (1912-1942), US naval officer - Isabella of Jerusalem (7928 bytes)
11: ...usalem|Baldwin V]], Sibylla's infant son from her first marriage, and if Baldwin V should die, the que...
19: ...the closest male relative to the royal family and finally succeeded as [[King of Jerusalem]] in 1192 a...
21: ...' wife on the same night, maintaining that he had first right to the dead man's wife. She was pregnant...
23: ...) and [[Melisende of Lusignan|Melisende]] (born [[1200]]), and one son, Amalric ([[1201]]–1205). K... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...nd [[Charles XIII of Sweden]], Catherine exemplified an "[[enlightened absolutism|enlightened monarc...
5: ...herine became involved with other prominent court figures. She soon became popular with several powerf...
13: ...veral drastic reforms within the Russian society. First, she established the [[Free Economic Society]]...
21: ...ndence from the Ottoman Empire as a result of her first war with it. The Ottomans started a [[Russo-T...
25: ...s, and 12,500 men. The Russian ships had some difficulty aiming their guns in the rough waters, a pro... - Chromosome (12667 bytes)
1: [[image:chromosome.png|frame|'''Figure 1:''' Chromosome. (1) <font color="#0000FF">C...
2: ...regulation, and [[replication]]. Chromosomes were first observed by [[Karl Wilhelm von N䧥li]] in [[1...
8: ...tion between plasmids and chromosomes is poorly defined, though size and necessity are generally taken...
17: [[image:chromatin_chromosome.png|frame|none|'''Figure 2:''' Different levels of DNA condensation. (...
19: ...ir appearance, chromosomes are highly structured (Fig. 2). For example, genes with similar functions a... - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
17: ...t is called the [[Hiberno-Saxon]] style, and then finally late in the period some Viking inspirations ...
29: ...ppear untill around 1200 (this date has many qualifications), when it diverged from Romanesque style. ... - Pottery (17136 bytes)
2: ...is partially vitrified is called "[[stoneware]]". Fine earthenware with a white tin glaze is known as ...
4: ...takes advantage of more modern innovations in the fields of chemistry and electronics.
14: ...ng. It's very common for wheelworked pieces to be finished by handwork techniques. Slipcast pieces te...
19: ... to as "centering" the clay - usually the most difficult skill to master for beginning potters.
21: ...the foot of the pot to create a smooth and well-defined surface. - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
4: ...een found. Small female statues known as [[Venus figurines]] have been found mainly in central [[Euro...
13: ...e feature of this piece is that it is carved with five legs, so that it can have four legs visible if ...
25: ...ean]] civilization covers the time period of 3000-1200 BC, during the [[Bronze Age]], in the area of the...
27: ...ging from a few inches in size to life-size. The figures are usually nude females with their arms cro...
31: ...d axes, called "labrys", probably related to sacrifice. Some of the axes are taller than an adult. - Silk (8683 bytes)
2: ... appearance for which it is prized comes from the fibres triangular prism-like structure, which allows...
5: ...edit to a Chinese Empress [[Xi Ling Shi]]. Though first reserved for the Emperors of China, its use sp...
8: Perhaps the first evidence of the silk trade is that of an [[Egy...
11: ...ks working for the emperor [[Justinian]] were the first to bring silkworm eggs to [[Constantinople]] i...
19: ...rms are not capable of being domesticated and artificially cultivated like the mulberry worms. - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
42: ===[[First dynasty of Egypt|1st Dynasty]] 2920-2770===
86: ===[[Fifth dynasty of Egypt|5th Dynasty]]===
104: =[[First Intermediate Period of Egypt|First Intermediate Period]]=
200: ===[[Fifteenth dynasty of Egypt|15th Dynasty]] 1633-1525=...
241: *Amenmesse (Menmire) 1203-1200 - Finland (29511 bytes)
1: ... is '''Suomi.''' In the Swedish language it is '''Finland'''.
4: |+<big>'''Suomen tasavalta'''<br>'''Republiken Finland'''</big>
7: ...center width=130px| [[Image:Finland_coa.png|100px|Finland: Coat of Arms]]
9: ...) || align=center width=130px| ([[Coat of Arms of Finland|In Detail]])
14: ...9f9f9;" | [[image:LocationFinland.png|Location of Finland]] - Israel (51605 bytes)
13: official_languages = [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], [[Ara...
60: ...ism, Christianity, and [[Islam]]. Starting around 1200 BCE, a series of [[History of ancient Israel and ...
73: ...ficant [[Immigration to Israel|immigration]]. The first waves of Jewish immigration to the then Turkis...
78: ...e one government. The policy was viewed as a significant defeat for the Jewish side, as it placed seve...
83: ...ecided to withdraw from the Palestine Mandate. Fulfillment of the [[1947 UN Partition Plan]] would hav... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ... '''Republic of Sudan''' (in recent years the [[definite article]] has increasingly been dropped in co...
15: official_languages = [[Arabic language|Arabic]] ...
60: ...t in feudal Sudan. Important kingdoms in the next 1200 years include [[Makuria]] and the [[Kingdom of Se...
64: ...southern army officers that sparked 17 years of [[First Sudanese Civil War|civil war]] from [[1955]] t...
70: ...civilian government. However the civil war intensified in lethality and the economy continued to deter... - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
15: official_languages = [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Q...
59: ...tural]] techniques before it disappeared around [[1200]] A.D., probably because of extended [[drought]]....
67: ... its seacoast, and the adjoining rich [[nitrate]] fields, together with the port of [[Antofagasta]], t...
69: ...]] [[Capitalism|capitalist]] policies through the first third of the century.
76: ...ncy, but [[human rights]] violations and eventual fiscal crises undercut his support. He was forced to... - Iron Age (8996 bytes)
5: ...pe where the Iron Age distinction was first identified; the [[Nordic]] Iron Age and [[Roman Iron Age]]...
10: ...y the metallurgy of the time. By [[1600 BC]] to [[1200 BC]], iron was used increasingly in the [[Middle ...
13: ...ory of iron and steelmaking]]), dating to circa [[1200 BC]].
21: ...ntacts with the area in which iron technology was first developed at the time that it was developing.
24: ...[14th century BC]] was excavated.After the scientific examination, this kind of iron came from [[aero... - Writing system (16928 bytes)
6: ... discourse of the speech community. The great benefit conferred by writing systems is their ability to...
9: :* a set of defined base elements or [[symbol]]s (termed character...
23: ...script]] may have evolved independently, around [[1200 BC]].
26: ...to describe those where the admixture makes classification problematic.
41: ...tical word. Most [[Chinese character]]s are classified as logograms. - Geologic time scale (26014 bytes)
3: ...ceous]] period and the [[Palaeogene]] period is defined by the [[Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event|...
7: ...here are far more recognized faunal stages than defined geologic time units.
9: ...y to reconcile this conflicting terminology and define universal horizons that can be used around the ...
15: ...ck, according to the theory, formed during a specific period in Earth history. It was thus possible t...
17: ..., enabled geologists to divide Earth history more finely and precisely. It also enabled them to corre... - Civilization (29205 bytes)
7: ...eived as less exclusive and ethnocentric than the first. In this sense civilization is nearly synonym...
11: ... sense, civilization implies sophistication and refinement.
18: * A significant portion of the population that does not devot...
28: ...t]] of the US, for example, an abundant supply of fish guaranteed that the people had a surplus of foo...
31: ...here ancient peoples grouped together to form the first developed [[society|societies]] between the [[... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...ize an inductive methodology for [[science|scientific]] inquiry, often called the ''[[Baconian method]...
8: He was the youngest of five sons of [[Nicholas Bacon|Sir Nicholas Bacon]], ...
12: At Cambridge he first met the Queen, who was impressed by his precoc...
18: ... a fifth of that money. Having started with insufficient means, he borrowed money and became habitual...
25: ...nt in 1594 and Bacon became a candidate for the office, Lord Essex's influence could not secure him th...
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