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- Puritan (15882 bytes)
12: ...orce and inspection sharpened Puritanism into a definite opposition movement.
14: ...'' turned the episcopal [[hierarchy]] into a specific target of their grievances. [[Tract]]s such as ...
16: ...n being the absence of doctrine, is a set of specifically ordained rules. His thinking on the matter ...
26: ...been instrumental in a number of new industries. First, export/import was dominated by Puritans. Sec...
28: ... to all Protestant denominations outside of the official Church, as well as the continuing use of the ... - Concertina (3686 bytes)
2: ...trument|free-reed]] family of instruments. It was first invented in [[1829]] by [[Sir Charles Wheatsto...
10: ...th English and Anglo styles and was the most prolific manufacturer of the period).
13: ...ttle fingers on metal finger rests, leaving three fingers free for noting.
19: ...pg|thumb|Chemnitzer concertina made by Star Mfg., Cicero, Illinois, USA in 2000]] - Ancient Rome (25155 bytes)
11: ...ver and the ford, Rome was at a crossroads of traffic and trade.
13: ...ame is said to have inspired Rome's name, was the first of seven [[Roman Kingdom|Kings of Rome]], the ...
19: ...ian but later opened to plebeians, were elected officials who exercised executive authority, but had t...
23: ...ntury BC]], Rome clashed with [[Carthage]] in the first two [[Punic wars]], conquering [[Sicily]] and ...
25: ...port, and Crassus' immense fortune, forming the [[First Triumvirate]]. Each of the three was elected ... - Anaxarchus (1184 bytes)
7: ...that he endured this torture with fortitude and [[Cicero]] relates the same story. - Pyrrhus of Epirus (7425 bytes)
1: ...;υρρος'' - "the color of fire", "red-blonde", Latin ''Pyrrhus'') - the Moloss...
29: ..., an old woman watching from a rooftop threw a roofing tile which stunned him, allowing an Argosian so...
35: ... influenced by them and they received prasie from Cicero.
48: ...| '''[[Kings of Macedon|King of Macedon]]'''<br>''First Reign''<br>''with [[Lysimachus]]'' - Government (12596 bytes)
1: ... for a certain [[territory]]. There are several definitions on what exactly constitutes a government. ...
3: ==Definitions==
4: One approach is to define government as the dominant decision-making arm ...
5: ...organization which controls a territory without defining laws would not be considered a government.
7: Another alternative is to define a government as an organisation that attempts t... - Illinois (27007 bytes)
10: Capital = [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]] |
14: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
39: ...al]] of Illinois is [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]] while its largest city is [[Chicago]], along...
56: ...ania and Ohio. Beginning with President Lincoln's first call for troops and continuing throughout the ...
60: ...ltivated during the state's frontier era. As codified in the state constitution, there are three bran... - Aristotle (37648 bytes)
10: ...tific importance. Plato can be called, with qualification, an [[idealism|idealist]] and a [[rationali...
12: ...lt, these works tend to be eclectic, dense and difficult to read. Among the most important ones are ''...
14: Aristotle is known for being one of the few figures in history who studied almost every subject ...
19: ...ater hidden to avoid confiscation or destruction; finally, the manuscripts were rediscovered in [[70 B...
21: ...pse of what we have lost in the praise given by [[Cicero]] to the eloquence of Aristotle's dialogues. The ... - Religion (72319 bytes)
1: ...h such belief. In its broadest sense some have defined it as the sum total of answers given to explai...
5: [[image:FishersOfMen.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Fishers of men; Oil on panel by [[Adriaen van de Ve...
10: ...egio'' or "re-reading," a meaning attributed by [[Cicero]] to describe the repetition of scripture. The s...
12: ===Defining "religion"===
15: Beyond the above, very broad definition of religion, there are a variety of uses an... - Coluccio Salutati (1748 bytes)
3: ... The most important achievement of his time in office was saving Florence from the ambitions of [[Gia...
5: ...s on the merits of pagan literature with Church officials. - Petrarch (10447 bytes)
1: .... Detached fresco. 247 x 153 cm. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Artist: Andrea di Bartolo di ...
8: ... the charge of earlier generations, who, not satisfied with their own disgraceful barrenness, permitte...
17: ...vely to look at, fair-haired, with a modest, dignified bearing.
19: ... [[1348]], the poet finds that his grief is as difficult to live with as was his former despair. Later...
24: ...n writings are difficult to find today. It is difficult to assign any precise dates to his writings b... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...dern science itself, (it inaugurated the [[scientific revolution]]). His theory affected many other as...
10: ...versities of [[Bologna]] and [[Padua]]. His uncle financed his education and wished for him to become ...
12: The first observation Copernicus made in [[1497]] togeth...
16: ...Ancients on the movement of the Earth, having the first intuition of his theory. His collection of obs...
26: ...' theory. In [[1536]] his work was already in a definitive form, and some rumours about his theory had... - Archimedes (13735 bytes)
4: ...public|Roman]] [[siege]] in the [[First Punic War|First]] and [[Second Punic War]]s. He is reputed to ...
6: ...ssible invention of the [[odometer]] during the [[First Punic War]]. One of his inventions used for m...
8: ...ht onto the attacking ships causing them to catch fire. This popular legend was tested on the Discover...
12: ...f it as between 3 + 1/7 and 3 + 10/71. He was the first, and possibly the only, [[ancient Greece|Greek...
20: ...sing infinitesimals (see "[[How Archimedes used infinitesimals]]"). - Timeline of Ancient Rome (22347 bytes)
6: ...eation of the [[Roman senate]] and the priestly offices
11: ...us]]'', [[Rome]] gets the first system of sewers; first [[census]]
15: ...[534 BC]] – reign of [[Servius Tullius]]: defined the sacred boundary of Rome - the ''[[pomerium...
17: ...Lucius Tarquinius Superbus|Tarquinius Superbus]]: first [[consul|consuls]] are Lucius Junius Brutus an...
18: * [[508 BC]] – The office of ''[[pontifex maximus]]'' (high priest) is cr... - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
6: ...[[monk|monastic]] vows at about the age of twenty-five, but he never seems to have worked as a priest,...
8: ...[[England]], and [[Basel]]; yet he never belonged firmly in any one of these. His time in England was ...
10: ..., preferring the uncertain, but, as it proved, sufficient, rewards of independent literary activity. F...
14: ...ement of his time. He corresponded with more than five hundred men of the highest importance in the wo...
16: ... [[1516]] and was the basis of most of the scientific study of the Bible during the Reformation period... - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: ...the [[Roman Empire]]. In 55BC Caesar launched the first Roman invasion of [[Britain]], and his conques...
15: ...stained with me; for in this one Caesar, you will find many a Marius."
19: ... for extortion and corruption. The great orator [[Cicero]] even commented, "Does anyone have the ability t...
21: ...l, he had their throats cut before they were crucified to lessen their suffering.
23: ...as propaganda for his upcoming election for the office of [[quaestor]]. - Pompey (25785 bytes)
8: ...wn with the young staff officer, [[Marcus Tullius Cicero]]. According to [[Plutarch]], sympathetic to Pomp...
12: ...ivialry that would last for years to come. Pompey first meet Caesar when Sulla brought Caesar before h...
15: ...kept him a privatus (a man holding no political office of ? or associated with ? the ''[[cursus honoru...
19: ...arians. Proclaimed imperator by his troops on the field in Africa. Pompey demanded a triumph for his A...
22: ...been able to achieve a clean victory on the battlefield. - Caesar Augustus (50559 bytes)
3: ...to emerge victoriously as Caesar Augustus and the first [[Roman Emperor]].
5: ...Rome at the time. He also reorganized the tax and financial systems of Rome, as well as prompting an a...
14: ... Octavian’s time in Hispania was likely the first time the two were able to develop a close rela...
18: ...tavian to serve as his second-in-command in the office of [[master of the horse]] beginning in the yea...
23: ...r’s estate that was willed to him. Octavian first crossed the [[Adriatic Sea]] and landed in [[B... - French language (40201 bytes)
19: ...er including second language speakers. It is an official or administrative language in various communi...
27: ... and its agents and not the literary dialect of [[Cicero]].
60: ...owing a period of unification, regulation and purification, the French of the 17th to the 18th centuri...
62: ...f foreign words and expressions. Some recent modifications include the change from ''software'' to ''...
66: ..., the future of specific "regional" accents is difficult to predict. - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
6: *[[Firmin Abauzit]], (1679-1767)
267: *[[Claude Buffier]], (1661-1737){{fn|R}}
348: *[[Andrea Christofidou]]
356: *[[Cicero]], (106 BC-43 BC){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
387: *[[Lady Anne Finch Conway]], (1631-1679){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
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