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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
72: | [[Frankfort, Kentucky|Frankfort]]
221: ...493;ת ארצות הברית]] - Hanging Gardens of Babylon (4963 bytes)
7: ...th gardens that existed at [[Nineveh]] as tablets from there clearly showing gardens have been found. ...
15: ...n alliance between the nations. The land she came from, though, was green, rugged and mountainous, and...
17: ...ng suspended from cables or ropes. The name comes from an inexact translation of the Greek word [[krem...
49: [[fr:Jardins suspendus de Sé©ramis et murs de Babylon...
51: [[he:הגנים התלויים ב... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...]] and reached the [[Americas]] on October 12th [[1492]] under the flag of [[Castile|Castilian]] [[Spain...
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... - Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
2: ...ueen regnant]] in history, though Queen [[Sobeknefru]] and Pharaoh [[Nitocris]] actually preceded her...
6: ...rs and 9 months, while [[Sextus Julius Africanus|Africanus]] (who was also quoting Manetho) states her...
10: ...r parent died. After the death of her father in [[1492 BC]] she married her half-brother [[Thutmose II o...
11: ...mose II had only two daughters with Hatshepsut, Nefrure and Meritre, but managed to father a male heir...
20: ...he closest equivalent, which was used by [[Sobeknefru]], was ''King's Wife''), thus Queen Hatshepsut b... - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
2: ...[Queen consort]] of King [[Edward IV of England]] from [[1464]] until his death in [[1483]].
6: ... claimant to the throne.) Elizabeth had two sons from the marriage, [[Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Do...
10: ...ick]], was negotiating a marriage alliance with [[France]]. When the marriage to Elizabeth Woodville ... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
1: [[Image:Goldmeir at whitehouse.jpg|frame|right|Golda Meir was the fourth [[Prime Minist...
2: ...r, and as the fourth [[Prime Minister of Israel]] from [[March 17]], [[1969]] to [[April 11]][[1974]]....
6: ...liest memories were of her father boarding up the front door in response to rumors of a [[pogrom]]. He...
14: ...egan speaking and advocating. She hosted visitors from [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]].
16: She eventually graduated from teachers' college and taught in the public scho... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
2: ...ate, '''Eve''' (or '''Hawa''') was either created from his [[rib]] (Genesis 2.21-22), or created at th...
5: ...." Eve—חַוָּה (Ḥavva) in Standard Hebrew,
7: In [[Aramaic]] (חיויה,חיווי,xywy)—...
15: ... Garden of Eden to cultivate it, and to enjoy its fruits under this one prohibition: "Of the tree of t...
17: ...r tradition made into Satan) to eat the forbidden fruit of the knowledge of good and evil, for "the se... - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
39: :''החול והים
41: ...497;שרוש של המים
43: :''ברק השמים
45: :''תפילת האדם
59: ...nna's death cell after her execution, (translated from the Hebrew version by Avigdor Hamieri), in anot... - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
1: ... Middle Ages of Western Europe are commonly dated from the end of the [[Western Roman Empire]] ([[5th ...
6: ...ern European historians. That term has now fallen from favor, partly to avoid the entrenched stereotyp...
8: ... lost. Administrative, educational and military infrastructure quickly vanished, leading to the rise o...
12: ...oon converted, following the example of the pagan Frank [[Clovis I]]. The interaction between the cult...
14: ...ying cultural influence, preserving its selection from Latin learning, maintaining the art of writing,... - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
4: ...anean Sea'' in [[oceanography]] to distinguish it from other [[mediterranean sea]]s in the world.
9: The term ''Mediterranean'' derives from the [[Latin]] ''mediterraneus'', 'inland' (''me...
11: ...alled "ha-Yam ha-Tichon" (הים התיכון), "the middle...
21: ... the region are [[olive]]s, [[grape]]s, [[orange (fruit)|orange]]s, [[tangerine]]s, and [[cork (materi...
31: *'''Europe''' (from west to east): [[Spain]], [[France]], [[Monaco]], [[Italy]], the island state of... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...e so-called '''Age of Exploration''' was a period from the early [[15th century]] and continuing into ...
7: ... East was almost completely controlled by traders from the Italian city states. Their close links to t...
9: ...[[Marco Polo]] who traveled throughout the Orient from [[1271]] to [[1295]]. His journey was written u...
15: ...iving European sailors some idea of the shape of Africa and Asia.
18: ... could be bypassed by trading directly with West Africa by sea. It was also hoped that south of the Sa... - 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]... - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ...e cities of [[Ceuta]] and [[Melilla]] in [[north Africa]], and a number of uninhabited islands on the ...
39: established_dates = [[1492]] |
58: ...in the sense that they are not known to have come from elsewhere), consisting of a number of separate ...
70: ...s present languages, religion, and laws originate from this Roman period.
73: ...frica. Much of Spain's distinctive art originates from this seven-hundred-year period, and many Arabic... - Cotton (7876 bytes)
9: ...ton in [[Mexico|Mexican]] caves (cotton cloth and fragments of fiber interwoven with [[feather]]s and ...
11: ...tton: "There are trees which grow wild there, the fruit of which is a [[wool]] exceeding in beauty and...
13: ...n, familiar only with [[animal]] fibers ([[wool]] from [[sheep]]), could only imagine that cotton must...
15: ...as cultivated throughout the warmer regions in [[Africa]], [[Eurasia]] and [[the Americas]].
17: ...ing Jenny]] ([[1764]]) and Arkwright's [[spinning frame]] ([[1769]]) enabled cheap mass-production of ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
7: *[[Paul Cezanne]], ([[1839]]-[[1906]]), French artist
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
17: *[[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
29: *[[Franklin Adams]]
59: *[[Fra Angelico]] ([[1387]]-[[1445]]) - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
1: ...ally in [[Japan]]. ''Silk road'' is a translation from the [[German language|German]] ''Seidenstraߥ''...
3: ...hrough the [[Levant]] into [[Egypt]] and [[North Africa]].
13: ... the way from the shores of the [[Pacific]] to [[Africa]], and deep into the heart of [[Europe]]. Thes...
18: [[Lapis lazuli]] was being traded from its only known source in the ancient world R...
28: ...ains, routes across them were, apparently, in use from very early times. - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
6: ...ened in [[1276]], and Arches, France, opened in [[1492]].
10: ...n wet [[plaster]]. One well-known example of buon fresco is the [[Sistine Chapel]], begun in [[1508]] ...
21: ...mage:PicabiaFrancis Riden.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Francis Picabia]], ''Ridens'', (c. 1929), gouache an...
31: ...r its characteristics of brightness, ''sparkle'', freshness, and clarity of color since light has pass...
33: According to a tradition, dating from at least the early [[20th century]], the white ... - Agriculture (19147 bytes)
11: ...ere, which consists of obtaining financial income from the cultivation of land to yield [[produce]], t...
15: ...ol]], [[hemp]], and [[flax]]), fuels ([[methane]] from [[biomass]], [[biodiesel]]) and both legal and ...
25: ...ties also influenced by science. Methods of quick-freezing and dehydration have increased the markets ...
32: ... cost, however, of large amounts of energy input, from unsustainable, mostly [[fossil fuel]], sources.
46: ...tributed the major part of the inhabitants' diet. From the [[Fertile Crescent]] agriculture spread eas... - Politics (7193 bytes)
9: ...d equal right to every resource in nature and was free to use any means to acquire those resources. H...
16: The word "Politics" is derived from the Greek word for city-state, "Polis". Corpor...
21: ...governed. However, this democracy was limited to free, male, landholders.
25: ...bility of education and leisure to otherwise disenfranchised classes along with a desire to participat...
79: [[fr:Politique]]
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