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- Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...in [[Arabic language|Arabic]], '''الإسكندرية...
3: ...d had seen it reduced to little more than a small fishing village.
7: [[Image:Alexandria_egypt_6.jpg|thumb|right|Fishing Boats in Alexandria's Eastern Harbour, close...
21: ...act knowledge of their appearance, erects metal effigies on the beach which succeed in frightening the...
23: ...t of fishermen and pirates. Behind it there were five native villages scattered along the strip betwe... - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
8: |+<big>'''الإمارات ال...
23: | '''[[Official language]]'''
65: ...he Supreme Council every five years. Although unofficial, the Presidency is hereditary to the Al-Nahya...
71: ...ts sources of income and lessen its dependence on finite oil reserves. One result of these efforts is ...
88: ...crude oil. The UAE is considered to be one of the fifteen states that comprise the so-called "[[Cradle... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
44: ..., Andrea Pia]], former mother and murderer of her five children
73: ...ser|Yenser, Stephen]], Whitman winner–''The Fire In All Things''
86: ...achun]], ([[1315]] - [[1360]]),[[Yuan Dynasty]] officer
89: *[[Zhang Yimou|Yimou, Zhang]], (born [[1950]]), film director
91: ...rvo Ylpp?pp?rvo]], ([[1887]]-[[1992]]), [[Finland|Finnish]] [[pediatrician]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
120: *[[Jasmine Becket-Griffith]]
180: *[[Ambrosius Bosschaert]] ([[1573]]-[[1612]])
218: *[[Charles Ephraim Burchfield]] ([[1893]]-[[1967]])
233: *[[Michelangelo Merisi|Caravaggio]] ([[1573]]-[[1610]])
381: *[[Beverly K. Effinger]] ([[1955]]-) - 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]], ...
10: ...te. He entered [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], in 1573 at the age of 13, living for three years there wi...
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... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
8: ... Tycho's father, a [[nobleman]], was an important figure in the [[Denmark|Danish]] King's court. [[Bea...
30: ...ycho's late sister who died at 13) on October 12, 1573.
33: ... He published a small book, ''De Stella Nova'' ([[1573]]), thereby coining the term [[nova]] for a "new"...
38: ... of the [[solar system]]. Tycho believed in a modified [[geocentric model]] known as the [[Tychonian s...
43: ...rway]], impressed with Tycho's 1572 observations, financed the construction of two observatories for T... - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
2: ...an period]]. He was the first Englishman (and the first of any nationality not on a Spanish ship) to [...
9: ...n Hawkins]]. Together, Hawkins and Drake made the first English [[Atlantic slave trade|slave-trading]]...
11: == First adventures ==
12: Around [[1563]] Drake first sailed west to the [[Spanish Main]], drawn by ...
13: ...ng [[Philip II of Spain]], and so was unable to officially acknowledge Drake's accomplishment. Such in... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
29: *[['Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi]], ([[Persia]], [[903]] – [[986]])
205: *[[Erwin Findlay-Freundlich]] ([[1885]] – [[1964]])
375: *[[George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield]] ([[Britain]], c. [[1697]] – [[1764]])
376: *[[Simon Marius]] ([[Germany]], [[1573]] – [[1624]])
437: *[[Liisi Oterma]] ([[Finland]], [[1915]] – [[2001]]) - Origami (9154 bytes)
9: ...anguage|French]]), is probably the baptismal certificate of [[16th century]].
15: ...ng the paper somewhat during folding to allow the finished product to hold shape better, and variation...
17: ...d in 1734, contained two pictures that were identified by Yasuo Koyanagi in 1993 as the Tamatebako mod...
21: ... hand outstretched, a paper crane flying from her fingertips. Every year the statue is adorned with t...
57: *[[John Montroll]] - one of the most prolific Western artists - Libya (12985 bytes)
6: ...1588;عبية الإشتراكية...
20: | '''[[Official language]]''' || [[Arabic language|Arabic]]
24: ...eader of the Revolution''''' || [[Muammar al-Qaddafi]]
51: ...Libya has been ruled by Colonel [[Moammar al-Qadhafi]], who came to power in a [[coup]] and deposed th...
53: Qadhafi rejected both [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Communism... - Corinthian order (9508 bytes)
11: ...ding or chains of husks may take the place of the fillets in the fluting, for Corinthian is the most p...
17: ...n capitals on the richly-appointed General Post Office, New York ([[McKim, Mead, and White]], 1913)]]
18: ...ave to frieze are exactly 1:1. Above that, the profiles of the [[cornice (architecture)|cornice]] mold...
20: ...'inside'' temples. A more famous example, and the first documented use of the Corinthian order on the ...
25: Most buildings (and most clients) are satisfied with just two orders. When orders are superpose... - Alchemy (42222 bytes)
2: ...hemistry prior to the formulation of the [[scientific method]].
11: ... traditions, basic observations, and mysticism to fill in the gaps.
17: ...of the fundamental [[empirical knowledge]] of the fields of chemistry and modern [[medicine]].
21: ...s research did not enter the mainstream of scientific discussion.
23: ...ms, being unstable [[isotope]]s, lasted for under five seconds before they broke apart. More recently... - September 23 (7397 bytes)
7: *[[1459]] - The [[Battle of Blore Heath]]. The first major battle of the English [[Wars of the Rose...
9: *[[1642]] - First commencement exercises occur at [[Harvard Univ...
10: ...ard]]'', commanded by [[John Paul Jones]], wins a fight against the British ships of war ''[[Serapis]]...
13: ...Lewis and Clark]] return, after exploring the Pacific Northwest.
14: ...1845]] - The [[Knickerbocker Baseball Club]], the first professional [[baseball]] team, is founded in ... - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
6: ...puted. The [[1949 Armistice Agreements|1949 cease-fire line]] between [[Israel]] and [[Jordan]], also ...
12: ...ection between the name and ''Shalim'' the personification of dusk in [[Ugarit|Ugaritic]] myth. See al...
20: ...according to the Bible, the [[Temple in Jerusalem|First Jewish Temple]] was built in Jerusalem by [[Ki...
22: ...ah become historically identifiable, and the significance the Temple had in Jewish religious life is c...
34: ..., the Jews continued to live in Jerusalem in significant numbers, and were allowed to practice their r...
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