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- 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 S魩ramis et murs de Babylon...
51: ...1493;יים בבבל]] - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: ...[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portugues...
11: *[[Francisco Alvarez]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]]...
25: *[[Samuel Baker]], Africa - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...identity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves ...
7: ...have reached China about 65,000 years ago from [[Africa]]. Early evidence for proto-Chinese [[rice pad...
14: ...he earliest written record of China's past, dates from the [[Shang Dynasty]] in perhaps the [[13th cen...
18: ... around [[2000 BC]] was unearthed. Early markings from this period, found on pottery and shells, have ...
22: ...[[Zhengzhou]] and [[Shangcheng]]. The second set, from the later Shang or Yin period, consists of a la... - 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 ...
15: ...strator and was stripped of his governorship in [[1500]].
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 ... - 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... - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
4: ...], thought the seafaring trailblazers setting out from European docks were travelling to [[East Asia]]...
14: ...oyage was made in [[1497]] (which allegedly began from [[C�diz]] on [[May 10th]] of that year). Litt...
16: ...9, while on this voyage. But his claim is clearly fraudulent, which casts more doubt on Vespucci's cre...
22: ...tters, whether or not he wrote them all himself. From these letters, the European public learned abou... - 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... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
7: ...Since her father's style took heavily inspiration from [[Caravaggio]] during that period, her style wa...
18: ... marry [[Pierantonio Stiattesi]], a modest artist from [[Florence]]. Shortly afterwards the couple mov...
24: ...nd the protection of influential people, starting from Granduke Cosimo II de' [[Medici]] and expecial...
26: ...was rising. The success and the fashion radiating from her figure fueled many voices about her private...
28: From this period we remember the [[La Conversione de... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
8: ...of Mary, and the centuries of Marian cult derived from the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christian chu...
13: ... 5:2), some 80 or 90 miles (about 130 kilometers) from Nazareth; and while there they found shelter in...
15: ...|Matt. 1:21]]), because he was to save his people from their sins. This was followed by the presentat...
19: ...Acts 1:14). From this time she wholly disappears from the historical biblical accounts, although it i...
25: ... Virgin Mary]]'' or ''Our Lady'' (this latter, in French, Spanish, and Italian, is rendered ''Notre Da... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ... Arc, [[painting|painted]] between [[1450]] and [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, [[P...
2: ...[16th century]], embraced as a cultural symbol in French patriotic circles since the [[19th century]],...
4: ...ponsible for a revitalization of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]'s faction during the [[Hundred ...
7: ...[[Duke of Orl顮s]] and later of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]). The groups were involved in a...
11: ...876]]) depicts Joan's awe upon receiving a vision from the [[archangel]] [[Michael (archangel)|Michael... - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
37: ...1497;גמר לעולם
39: :''החול והים
41: ...1512;ישרוש של המים
45: :''תפילת האדם
59: ...nna's death cell after her execution, (translated from the Hebrew version by Avigdor Hamieri), in anot... - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
3: ...se they have payload space or are rarely detached from their trains, are known as power cars.
5: ...h the trains in one direction, and are controlled from a control cab at the opposite end of the train ...
11: ...en safer to locate the train's power systems away from passengers. This was particularly the case for ...
14: ...solescence cycles'' - separating the motive power from the payload-hauling cars means that either can ...
17: ... fuel, or they may take [[Power (physics)|power]] from an outside source. It is common to classify loc... - 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: ...0 and the development of regional styles from 900-1500. - 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... - Glass (26176 bytes)
1: ...iginally, which can be seen in its [[conchoidal]] fracture.
3: The word ''glass'' comes from [[Latin]] ''glacies'' (ice) and corresponds to ...
18: ...nto other shapes and colors as shown in this ball from the [[Verrerie of Brehat]] in [[Brittany]].]]
22: ...plify]] transmitted signals by [[laser]] emission from within the glass itself.
26: Glass is sometimes created naturally from volcanic [[magma]]. This glass is called [[obs... - Printing (4400 bytes)
11: ...g the more sophisticated [[block printing]] dates from 868 AD (The ''[[Diamond Sutra]]'' of AD [[868]]...
13: ... developed the use of raised and movable type and from the start used oil based inks.
15: ... Venice in 1469, and the city had 417 printers by 1500. In 1476, a printing press was developed in Engla...
18: ...nhope]], [[George E. Clymer|George E. Clymer]], [[Friedrich Koenig|Koenig]] and others introduced new ...
46: * [[Francysk Skaryna]], first [[Belarus]]ian printer - Jewellery (4234 bytes)
1: ...s. [[Costume jewelry|Costume jewellery]] is made from less valuable materials. However, jewellery can...
5: ...rd "jewel", which was [[anglicise]]d from the Old French "jouel" in around the [[13th century]]. Furt...
14: This is a jewellery [[timeline]] from the first uses of [[metal]] in [[history]] to t...
30: * [[1500 BC]] - Earplugs and earrings become popular in Eg...
52: * [[1500 AD]] - The Renaissance - Blast furnace (4721 bytes)
1: ...y this is used for the production of [[pig iron]] from [[iron ore]].
9: ...tall [[chimney]]-like [[cauldron]] lined with [[refractory]] brick. Coke, limestone and iron ore are ...
17:
23: ...tated and the processed pig iron can be separated from the oxidised impurities. For some time, the pr...
25: ... heat from the hot carbon dioxide when it escapes from the top of the furnace, further improving effic... - Woodworking (12397 bytes)
9: ...m a sanctuary at the source of the [[Seine]] in [[France]].
13: ...uscript of Lu Ban"), although it was written some 1500 years after his death. This book is filled largel...
22: ...d with a convoluted, complex grain, usually taken from cancerous growths on trees
28: ...tch: the section of a tree where a branch divides from the trunk, or the trunk divides in two; typical...
43: * fretsaw: a saw with a very fine toothed blade used f... - Greek language (35285 bytes)
15: ...ied in schools and universities in many countries from the [[Renaissance]] onwards.
17: ... known world, it was spoken from [[Egypt]] to the fringes of [[India]]. After the [[Roman]] conquest o...
21: *'''[[Modern Greek]]''': Steaming directly from [[Koine Greek]], '''Modern Greek''' can be trac...
32: ...s found in the [[Linear B]] tablets dating from [[1500 BC]]. The [[alphabet]] normally used, was probabl...
44: ...Austria]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Canada]], [[Egypt]], [[France]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Germany]]...
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