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- Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
9: *[[1497]]-[[John Cabot]] is the first European since the [[Viking]]s to reach the No...
13: ...alboa]] crosses isthmus of [[Panama]], sees [[Pacific Ocean]]
21: ...[[Walter Raleigh]] founds [[Roanoke Colony]], the first English settlement in the New World, in the [[... - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
18: *[[1619]]-First African [[slavery|slaves]] arrive at Jamestown
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- History of China (45919 bytes)
7: ...ages were founded; the most archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
14: ...gust Ones and the Five Emperors#The Five Emperors|Five Emperors]] (三皇五帝). ...
22: ...tings. [[Anyang]] in modern day Henan has been confirmed as the last of the six capitals of the Shang ...
28: ...C)|Zhou]] king until [[256 BC]], he was largely a figurehead and held little real power.
30: ...ang Di|First Emperor]] (Shi Huangdi), forming the first Chinese empire under the [[Qin Dynasty]]. This... - History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
7: ...verything from [[Post-Medieval]] through the specific period of the early [[20th century]].
12: ...g the most important were [[Heraclitus]] ("All is fire", all is [[chao]]tic and transitory), [[Anaxago...
14: ...ssing popular philosophical questions. The theory fills in the blanks by saying that the Sophists' stu...
16: ...terchangeably, was destroying the piety and moral fiber of the city.
20: ...hilosopher kings. In the later dialogues Socrates figures less prominently, and the Theory of Forms is... - 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: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: ...[[Joseph M. Acaba|Acaba, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
25: ...n|Ackerman, Forrest J.]], (born 1916), US science fiction author
36: *[[Jacob Fidelis Ackermann|Ackermann, Jacob Fidelis]] (1765-1815) - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch of the [[Tudor dynasty]], having succe...
9: ...is era. In addition, [[Francis Drake]] became the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe; [[Fran...
18: ... before her death. Later, Parker would become the first Archbishop of [[Canterbury]] after Elizabeth b...
25: .... In [[1553]], however, Edward died at the age of fifteen, having left a will which purported to super...
27: ...r house arrest under the guard of Sir Henry Bedingfield; by the end of that year, when Mary was falsel... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
1: ...21) Oil on canvas 199 x 162 cm Galleria degli [[Uffizi]], Florence]]
3: ... Arte del Disegno]] in Florence. She was also the first female artist to paint history and religious p...
7: ...was born in [[Rome]], on [[July 8]] [[1593]], the first child of the painter [[Orazio Gentileschi]], o...
10: The first work of the young 17-years old Artemisia (even...
14: ... using a device made of thongs wrapped around the fingers and tighted by degrees — a particularl... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
6: ...ns accept that Jesus of Nazareth was a historical figure, even if they accept nothing or almost nothin...
8: ... [[Eastern Orthodox]] traditions built around the figure of Mary, and the centuries of Marian cult der...
13: ...mp. 1 Sam. 2:1-10) commonly known as the ''[[Magnificat]]''. After three months Mary returned to her ...
17: ...is little mention of Mary in the Gospels until we find her at the cross along with her sister Mary, an...
31: ...and Eastern Orthodox tradition, between three and fifteen years after Christ's Ascension, in either Je... - Renaissance (14795 bytes)
1: ...vement]] which brought about a period of [[scientific revolution]] and artistic transformation, at the...
5: ...[19th century]]. ''Rebirth'' is used in two ways. First, it means ''rediscovery'' of ancient classical...
10: ...cularly useful because it eliminates the need for fitting "The Renaissance" into a chronology that pre...
17: ...Fiore.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The [[Santa Maria del Fiore]] church of [[Florence]], [[Italy]]. Florence ...
19: ... Alighieri|Dante]] ([[1265]]–[[1321]]), the first writer to embody the spirit of the Renaissance... - Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
1: ...some claiming that the proper start of the scientific revolution was the publication of ''De revolutio...
3: ... seventeenth century was a period of major scientific change. But at that time the word "[[science]]" ...
7: ...o the nature and even the existence of the scientific revolution. To some extent this arises from diff...
9: ...ervers, it seems entirely clear that ''a'' scientific revolution took place around the year [[1600]]. ...
11: ... may be summarized in the following lists of significant advances in science: - 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 ...
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.
35: ...tel (top of the doorway), two lions are carved to fit into a triangular shape. - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
5: ... reign to reunite Egypt, bringing an end to the [[First Intermediate Period]]. Some authorities point ...
8: ...nsition into the illusturous Twelfth dynasty. The first Pharaoh of the Twelfth dynasty (Amenemhat I), ...
10: ...t their capital remained at Thebes. Amenemhet pacified any unrest in Egypt by force and curtailed the ...
12: ...e [[Nubia]] and other territories lost during the First Intermediate Period. The Lybians were subdued.
18: ...t kingdom even more dependent on Egypt. He was deified at the end of the Middle Kingdom and worshipped... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...d is usually one of the world's best-known public figures. During the [[Cold War]], the President was ...
7: ...head of government in a [[republic]]. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world in nation...
11: == Requirements to hold office ==
14: ...mmigrants to American society. Prominent public officials that are barred from the presidency because ...
16: ...wo four-year terms or a maximum of ten years in office should he have succeeded to the Presidency prev... - Igneous rock (11419 bytes)
3: ...is derived from the [[Latin]] ''ignis'', meaning "fire".
10: Igneous rocks make up approximately ninety five percent of the upper part of the Earth's crust,...
16: ...eir features are usually characteristic of a specific tectonic environment, allowing tectonic reconsti...
19: ==Classification==
20: Igneous rocks are classified according to mode of occurrence, texture, chemi... - Ancient Egypt (16131 bytes)
14: ...ns. From the time of the [[First dynasty of Egypt|First dynasty]] or before, the Egyptians [[Mining|mi...
16: ...e roots of the [[Scientific method#History|Scientific method]] may be traced back to the ancient Egypt...
25: ...2900 BC|2900 BCE]] - [[Senet]], world's oldest confirmed [[board game]]
53: ...AO/bswbao0804ancient.html] from the [[1st century|first]] or [[2nd century|second century]] found in t...
55: ...chievements. Certain artifacts and records do not fit with conventional technological development syst... - Mummy (16225 bytes)
2: ...g from [[decomposition]] by either natural or artificial means, has retained its physical form. This c...
4: ...at have been [[embalming|embalmed]] with the specific purpose of preservation, particularly those in [...
6: ...have been recovered from submerged [[cypress]] coffins packed with medicinal herbs.
12: ...istorians record that the Persians sometimes mummified their kings and nobility in wax, though this pr...
15: ...:Louvre egyptologie 21.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Mummified cat from Ancient Egypt. [[Mus�e du Louvre]], ... - Iron Age (8996 bytes)
5: ...pe where the Iron Age distinction was first identified; the [[Nordic]] Iron Age and [[Roman Iron Age]]...
10: ...eing created then as a by-product of [[copper]] refining, as [[sponge iron]], and was not reproducible...
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...
27: ... age, found at ֬and large.jpg|thumb|200px|Bronze figurine, found at ֬and]] - Ancient Greece (23806 bytes)
4: There are no fixed or universally agreed dates for the beginning ...
6: ...ek period was taken to begin with the date of the first [[Olympic Games]] in [[776 BC]], but most hist...
24: ... [[Aegean]] coast of [[Asia Minor]] was colonised first, followed by [[Cyprus]] and the coasts of [[Th...
28: ...formal practice of [[pederasty]], in an effort to find a permanent solution to the problem of overpopu...
32: ... landowners, who formed a warrior [[aristocracy]] fighting frequent petty inter-city wars over land. B... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
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36: ...ion (608,827) ranks as the second smallest of the fifty states. As the only [[New England]] state not ...
48: ...everal mountains do have timberlines: [[Mount Mansfield]], the highest mountain in the state and [[Kil...
54: ...6 degrees Celsius), at [[Bloomfield, Vermont|Bloomfield]] on [[December 30]], [[1933]].
57: ...sfield 20040926.jpg|280px|thumb|right|[[Mount Mansfield]], at 4,393 feet, is the highest elevation poi... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
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36: ... postal abbreviation of '''NJ'''. It is also the fifth smallest state. The state is named after the ...
39: ...ce inhabited by the tribes of the [[Lenape]], the first Europeans to settle the region were the [[Neth...
43: ... in St. Helier that [[Charles II of England]] was first proclaimed King of England in 1649, following ...
45: ... region and came primarily from New England. The first permanent English settlement was Elizabethtown...
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