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- 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 - Renaissance (14795 bytes)
5: ...e [[French language|French]] translation, used by French historian [[Jules Michelet]], and expanded up...
12: ... concentrate on the Renaissance as the transition from the Middle Ages to the Modern Age.
21: ... the humanist method of learning. These new ideas from the past (called the "new learning" at the time...
49: ...cumstances which helped these geniuses to come to fruition.
51: ...Burckhardt|Burckhardt]]. This argues for a change from collective neutrality towards the ''lonely geni... - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
2: ...od in the history of [[ancient Egypt]] stretching from the establishment of the [[Eleventh dynasty of ...
5: ...ually dated to when [[Pharaoh]] [[Mentuhotep II]] from [[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]] defeated the last king...
30: * [[1600 BC|1550 BC]] - [[Ebers papyrus]] - Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
21: ...Not a single [[eclipse]] record has been utilized from that period so far. Pharaoh [[Sahure]] or [[Sep...
23: ...at [[Belize]] to about 1900 BCE, equating it with 1550 BCE in radiocarbon years. His c. 10% correction s...
29: ...or later, page 307). Edgerton points out that the fragment of the el-Lahun temple register that forete...
31: ...8th year and death of [[Shoshenq V]]; if reckoned from 822 BCE, then the end of Shoshenq's reign falls...
38: ...nown for certian when or where the Egyptians come from and what the Egyptians knew of their own histor... - Barbados (21887 bytes)
9: ...m'''. In the [[13th century]], the Caribs arrived from South America in the third wave, displacing bot...
11: ...bled beards. Between Campos' sighting in 1536 and 1550, [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|Spanish]]...
13: ...the Caribbean coast found the island uninhabited. From the arrival of the first British settlers in [[...
15: ...o work the plantations, slaves were brought from Africa; the [[slave trade]] ceased a few years before...
19: ...dos was made in [[1951]], when universal adult suffrage was introduced. This was followed by steps tow... - Slovenia (19318 bytes)
37: established_dates = From [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugo...
54: ...rope]], [[NATO]], and has observer status in [[La Francophonie]].
59: ...its independence, being largely subsumed into the Frankish empire. Many [[Slavs]] [[christianization|c...
61: The [[Freising manuscripts]], the earliest surviving writt...
65: ...med on [[25 June]] [[1991]] upon its independence from Yugoslavia. Slovenia joined [[NATO]] on [[29 Ma... - Ancient Egypt (16131 bytes)
1: ...zation]] of the [[Great Rift Valley|Nile Valley]] from around [[3300 BC]] until the conquest of [[Alex...
6: Most of the [[geography of Egypt]] is in [[North Africa]]; the [[Sinai Peninsula]] is in [[Southwest A...
14: ...urpluses of water for use during the dry seasons. From the time of the [[First dynasty of Egypt|First ...
16: ...ystem]] [http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/Ancient-Africa/mad_ancient_egyptpapyrus.html#berlin] and comp...
22: ...ystem]] [http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/Ancient-Africa/mad_ancient_egyptpapyrus.html#berlin] - 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]]) - List of popes (77758 bytes)
25: | <small>Disciple of [[Jesus]] from whom, according to {{bibleverse||Matthew|16:18-...
91: | <small>[[Aquileia]], Friuli, Italy</small>
119: | <small>[[North Africa|Northern Africa]]</small>
165: ===From 250===
255: | <small>Africa</small> - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ... popularly regarded as a martyr to the cause of [[freedom of thought]] because his ideas went against ...
7: ...rdano on becoming a [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] friar at the [[Monastery]] of Saint Domenico near [[...
9: ...t [[Egypt]]. They are now believed to date mostly from about [[300]] A.D. and to be associated with [[...
13: ...ernicus|Copernicanism]] and forced to leave for [[France]].
17: ...powerful French patrons, including [[Henry III of France|Henry III]]. During this period, he published... - Venice (22017 bytes)
8: ...from Verona in 1178, opening a lifeline to silver from Germany; the last autocratic doge, Vitale Michi...
16: ...actice, a number of Doges were forced by pressure from their [[oligarchy|oligarchical]] peers to resig...
20: ...]]. This apparent lack of zeal contributed to its frequently coming into conflict with the [[Papacy]]....
24: ...nice during the [[First Coalition]]. The [[France|French]] conqueror brought to an end the most fascin...
26: ...e city on [[January 18]], [[1798]]. It was taken from Austria by the [[Treaty of Pressburg]] in [[180... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
24: *[[Jean le Rond d'Alembert]] (France, [[1717]] - [[1783]])
28: *[[Andr魍arie Amp貥]], (France, [[1775]] - [[1836]])
35: *[[Antoine Arbogast]] (France, [[1759]] - [[1803]])
38: *[[Jean-Robert Argand]] (France, [[1768]] - [[1822]])
46: *[[Michael Francis Atiyah]] (Britain, [[1929]] - ) - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
8: ...le, a typical rail car can hold up to 125 tons of freight with this and the weight of the car on two f...
9: ...0-70% less energy to transport a given tonnage of freight (or given number of passengers), than does [...
11: ...le tracked rail line can carry more passengers or freight in a given amount of time than a four-laned ...
15: ...save money (see [[Beeching Axe]]). Conversely, US freight railways have consolidated and become more e...
22: ... system on which to run. This system includes [[infrastructure]] such as tracks, [[railroad switch]]es... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
55: *[[Francesco Algarotti]], (1712-1764)
62: *[[Henri-Fr餩ric Amiel]], (1821-1881)
109: *[[Georg Anton Friedrich Ast]], (1778-1841)
122: *[[Alfred Ayer|Alfred Jules Ayer]], (1910-1989){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R... - Native American (42651 bytes)
5: ...t native to the American continent, such as those from arctic [[Russia]]n [[Siberia]].
19: ...nd from people who [[Migration (human)|migrated]] from [[Siberia]] across the [[Bering Strait]], betwe...
21: ...oute through Alaska and Canada that had just been freed of its ice cover. There are a number of diffic...
26: ...e is that the Siberians were preceded by migrants from [[Oceania]], who arrived either by sailing acro...
28: ...heir theories, at least three separate migrations from Siberia to the Americas are highly likely to ha... - Ashkelon (5935 bytes)
6: ...the site with about 50 feet of accumulated rubble from successive [[Canaan]]ite, [[Philistines|Philist...
8: ...hkelon was a thriving Middle [[Bronze Age]] (2000-1550 BCE) city of more than 150 acres (607,000 m&...
12: ...y more than 20 feet in width ascended the rampart from the harbor and entered a gate at the top. Nearb... - Mycenaean Greece (6175 bytes)
2: ... mythology]]. The Mycenaean period takes its name from the archaeological site [[Mycenae]] in the nort...
10: ...ry equipment with the deceased. The nobility were frequently buried with gold masks, tiaras, armour, a...
18: ...aeologist [[Arne Furumark]] based on the material from the [[excavation]]s of [[Asine]]. He provided a...
36: <tr><td>1550–1500<td>LHI
41: The ''LHI pottery'' is known from the fill of the [[shaft graves]] of [[Lerna]] a... - Calcium (9166 bytes)
21: ...ty]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]] </td><td>1550 [[kilogram per cubic metre|kg/m<sup>3</sup>]], 1....
106: ...llic element that is purified by [[electrolysis]] from [[calcium fluoride]]. It burns with a yellow-re... - Timeline of railway history (5902 bytes)
3: *''c''[[1550]] Horse-drawn [[wagonways]] appear in [[Germany]]...
11: ...st steam operated railway opens, carrying freight from a [[Colliery]] to a [[river port]].
29: *[[1888]] [[Frank J. Sprague|Frank Sprague]] installs the "trolleypole" [[trolley...
41: ...[1979]] High speed [[TGV]] trains introduced in [[France]], TGV trains travel at an average speed of 2...
43: ...d speed record for an electric train, is set in [[France]] by a TGV, which reaches a speed of 515 ... - Slavery (26455 bytes)
6: ...av</i>, which originally meant landless [[serfs]] from [[Eastern Europe]], including parts of [[Rome|t...
8: ...ll forms of slavery and similar labour systems. Unfree labour is now the preferred term of many schola...
10: ... accepted that payment of a [[wage]] signifies "[[free labour]]", with quite different disadvantages e...
16: In sweatshop labor cases, unfree labourers are often told that they are working ...
18: ...rous abuses are reported to the authorities which frequently turn a blind eye. In all countries, peop...
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