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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...ns claim he could have been born in other places, from the [[Aragonese_Empire|Crown of Aragó]] to the...
5: ...is one thing that sets off Columbus' first voyage from all of these: less than two decades later, the ...
29: ... Atlantic Ocean. The fleet came under attack by [[French privateers]] off the [[Cape of St. Vincent]],...
31: ...and]], [[Madeira]], [[Azores|the Azores]], and [[Africa]]. Columbus's brother Bartolomeo worked as a ...
33: ... to purchase sugar, and along the coasts of West Africa between [[1482]] and [[1485]], reaching the Po... - Steel (28384 bytes)
2: [[Image:Steel framework.jpg|thumb|300px|Steel framework]]
3: ...s, which are naturally arranged in a [[lattice]], from sliding past one another. Varying the amount of...
8: ...rtant that smelting take place in a fairly oxygen-free environment. Unlike copper and tin, liquid iro...
11:
17: ...n this case, expansion occurs. Internal stresses from this expansion generally take the form of [[com... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
10: ...dair, John A. M.]], (1864-1938), U.S. Congressman from Indiana
37: ...ms, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut
40: *[[Charles Francis Adams, Sr.|Adams, Charles Francis]] (1807-1886), grandson of John Adams, son o...
41: *[[Charles Francis Adams, Jr.|Adams, Charles Francis, Jr.]] (1835-1915), son of above, Civil War ... - Isabella of Jerusalem (7928 bytes)
3: ...had received the town and territory of [[Nablus]] from her husband the king. Isabella grew up in the c...
9: ...d (though he had succeeded in having his children from that marriage legitimized), Isabella was throug...
11: ...uld be adjudicated by the kings of [[England]], [[France]], and [[Germany]]. The selection would be de...
19: ...land|Richard the Lion-Hearted]], a close ally and friend of Humphrey, who sent him to Tyre as his repr...
23: ...) and [[Melisende of Lusignan|Melisende]] (born [[1200]]), and one son, Amalric ([[1201]]–1205). K... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...eat''', reigned as [[tsar|empress]] of [[Russia]] from [[June 28]], [[1762]], to her death on [[Novemb...
5: ...onths later, on [[July 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to have been killed by ...
11: ...tion the throne as a legal body; freed the nobles from state service and taxes; made noble status here...
13: ...the Russian society. First, she established the [[Free Economic Society]] (1765) to encourage the mode...
17: ...|Nikita Panin]], exercised considerable influence from the beginning of her reign. Though a shrewd sta... - Chromosome (12667 bytes)
1: [[image:chromosome.png|frame|'''Figure 1:''' Chromosome. (1) <font color="#...
5: ...e [[centromere]], with one or two arms projecting from the centromere. The ends of the chromosomes are...
17: [[image:chromatin_chromosome.png|frame|none|'''Figure 2:''' Different levels of DNA c...
37: <td>[[Drosophila melanogaster|Fruit fly]]</td>
90: <td>~1200</td> - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
3: ...he [[Islamic art history|Middle East]] and North Africa. It includes the major art movements, national...
15: ''Early Christian art'' covers the period from about 200 (before which no distinct Christian f...
17: ...|Celtic speaking]] peoples of Ireland and Britain from about the 5th century, with the Roman withdrawl...
19: ...ples during the [[V?rwanderung|Migration period]] from about 300-900 (to be completed).
25: ...om 600-900 and the development of regional styles from 900-1500. - Pottery (17136 bytes)
2: ...ttery that is fired at temperatures in the 800 to 1200 [[Celsius|?C]] range, which does not vitrify in t...
4: ...some decorative items. Similar types of ware made from [[porcelain]] clays are simply referred to as "...
16: ...dividual techniques, where pieces are constructed from hand-rolled coils, slabs, ropes and balls of cl...
19: ... into a radial symmetry, so that it does not move from side to side as the wheel head rotates is refer...
25: ...are usually called "ceramics" to distinguish them from other pottery. - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
4: ...The [[Venus of Willendorf]] (30,000 - 25,000 BC), from the area of [[Willendorf]], [[Austria]], is a w...
6: ... Stone was generally rare and had to be imported from other locations.
8: ...on the men. Votive stone sculptures of this type from 2700 BC were discovered at [[Tell Asmar]]. Man...
13: ..., so that it can have four legs visible if viewed from the side. The piece was excavated at [[Nimrud]...
16: ...is the [[Narmer Palette|Palette]] of King Narmer, from 3100 BC. The palette, which was used for mixin... - Silk (8683 bytes)
2: ...rism-like structure, which allows silk cloth to refract incoming light at different angles.
5: ...ese [[culture]] both geographically and socially. From there, silken garments began to reach regions t...
8: ...nt, the [[Middle East]], [[Europe]], and North [[Africa]]. This trade was so extensive that the major ...
11: ...trove to keep the knowledge of sericulture secret from other [[nation]]s, in order to maintain the Chi...
15: ...nd textures, they all differ in one major respect from the domesticated varieties. The cocoons, which ... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
15: ...dynastic Egypt is from [http://xoomer.virgilio.it/francescoraf/ Late Predynastic and Early Dynastic Eg...
16: * The dates of Dynasties 1 to 10 are from Baines and Malek, ''Atlas of Ancient Egypt'' (...
17: * The dates of Dynasties 11 to 20 are from Kitchen, "The Basics of Egyptian Chronology in ...
18: * The dates of Dynasties 21 to 26 are from Kitchen, ''Third Intermediate Period in Egypt''...
20: (This information has been supplemented from ''The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt'', edited... - Finland (29511 bytes)
1: ...[[Gulf of Bothnia]] to the west. Finland has land frontiers with [[Sweden]], [[Norway]] and [[Russia]]...
33: | style="vertical-align: top;" | From [[Russia]]<br/>[[6 December]] [[1917]]<br/>[[22...
51: ..., [[chisel]]s from [[Lake Onega]], and spearheads from North Scandinavia. Currently it is considered p...
53: ...0–500 BC) and [[Iron Age]] (500 BC–AD 1200) were characterized by extensive contacts with [[...
57: ...e and in Russian propaganda promising "liberation from Swedish oppression". - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...ia]], [[Jordan]], and [[Egypt]] (listed clockwise from north to south). Israel shares the coastlines o...
38: established_dates = From the League of Nations mandate administered by t...
60: ...ncia [[Syria Palaestina]]'', a Greek name derived from ''[[Philistine]]'' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] ...
68: ...], before becoming part of the [[Ottoman Empire]] from 1517 until 1918. Throughout the centuries the s...
73: ...nd. The Jewish population in the region increased from 11% of the population in 1922 to 30% by [[1940]... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ...cratic Republic of the Congo]] and the [[Central African Republic]] to the southwest, [[Chad]] to the ...
40: established_dates = From [[Egypt]] and the [[United Kingdom]] <br> [[Jan...
60: ...t in feudal Sudan. Important kingdoms in the next 1200 years include [[Makuria]] and the [[Kingdom of Se...
64: ...7 years of [[First Sudanese Civil War|civil war]] from [[1955]] to [[1972]].
66: ...s born of the North (Arab, Muslim) versus South (African, Christian and animistic) and has a strong ec... - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
40: established_dates = From [[Spain]]<br>[[August 6]], [[1825]] |
59: ...tural]] techniques before it disappeared around [[1200]] A.D., probably because of extended [[drought]]....
62: ...of the Viceroy of [[Lima]]. Local government came from the Audiencia de Charcas located in Chuquisaca ...
71: ... political awareness among the indigenous people. From the end of the Chaco War until the [[1952]] rev...
74: ...tenssoro]], the MNR introduced universal adult suffrage, carried out a sweeping land reform, promoted ... - Iron Age (8996 bytes)
1: [[image:Axe of iron from Swedish Iron Age, found at Gotland, Sweden.jpg|...
10: ...y the metallurgy of the time. By [[1600 BC]] to [[1200 BC]], iron was used increasingly in the [[Middle ...
12: == The Iron Age in Africa and India ==
13: ...ory of iron and steelmaking]]), dating to circa [[1200 BC]].
15: ...ologically superior Bantu spread across southern Africa and became rich and powerful, producing iron f... - Writing system (16928 bytes)
4: Writing systems are distinguished from other possible symbolic communication systems i...
23: ...script]] may have evolved independently, around [[1200 BC]].
43: ...ent languages. However, they are different enough from Chinese that a Chinese text is not easily under...
49: ...gographic systems, although they have since faded from use.
67: ...en [[language]]. The word ''alphabet'' is derived from [[alpha (letter)|alpha]] and [[beta (letter)|be... - Geologic time scale (26014 bytes)
9: ...use geologic units occurring at the same time but from different parts of the world can often look dif...
19: ...tribes (and defined using stratigraphic sequences from Wales). The "Devonian" was named for the Briti...
28: {{mergefrom|List of time periods}}
126: ...phibious [[eurypterid]]s; [[rhizodont]]s dominant fresh-water predators. In the seas primitive [[Chon...
185: ...]]) flourish worldwide. Simple [[trace fossil]]s from worm-like animals. First [[Porifera|sponges]]. - Civilization (29205 bytes)
1: ...ings related to human [[society]]. The term comes from the [[Latin]] ''civis'', meaning "citizen" or "...
5: ...their food from [[agriculture]], as distinguished from [[band society|band]] and [[tribe|tribal]] soci...
15: ...vilization is a complex society, as distinguished from simpler societies. Everyone lives in a society...
31: ...namely [[Mehrgarh]] and [[Harappa]]) and [[West Africa]], where ancient peoples grouped together to f...
39: ...ereal]] crops (see [[West Africa#Prehistory|West Africa: Prehistory]]). In [[Ancient Egypt]], [[mortar... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
1: [[image:Francis_Bacon.jpg|thumb|250px|Sir Francis Bacon]]
2: ...lish]] [[philosopher]], [[statesman]], [[spy]], [[freemason]] and [[essayist]]. He was knighted in [[1...
4: ...n method]]''. Induction implies drawing knowledge from the natural world through experimentation, obse...
6: Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand [[Londo...
16: ...nt and society in [[France]] under [[Henry III of France|Henry III]] afforded him valuable political i...
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