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- 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... - 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...
22: ===The Florentine Period ([[1614]]-[[1620]])===
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... - Crocus (3680 bytes)
15: ...crocuses appear in [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]] frescos at [[Santorini]]), across Central Asia.
17: ... wither and die from a unseasonable "post-winter" frost or snowfall.
19: The spice [[saffron]] is obtained from the stamens of ''Crocus sativus'', a fall-bloom...
20: ...from the Latin adjective ''crocatus'', meaning saffron yellow.
22: ...Spring Flowers'', by [[Ambrosius Bosschaert]], c. 1620 ([[Louvre Museum]])]] - 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... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
6: * 2.4 MYA: [[Oldowan|Stone tools]] in [[Africa]]
8: ...YA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
26: * [[Cloth]] woven from [[flax]] fiber
112: * [[1589]]: [[Stocking frame]]: [[William Lee]]
119: * [[1620]]: [[Slide rule]]: [[William Oughtred]] - Pilgrims (4873 bytes)
1: ...h century]], in search of a home where they could freely practice their [[Puritan]] style of religion ...
3: The various members of the group had broken away from the [[Church of England]], feeling that the Chu...
5: ...n [[1620]] set sail on the ship ''[[Mayflower]]'' from [[Plymouth]], bound for the [[United States|Ame...
10: ...[1588]] but this was not the only nor last threat from that quarter (there were other armadas in other...
12: ...[Virginia]] granted by one of the Brewster family friends in the [[London Company]]. This grant would ... - Mayflower (4074 bytes)
2: ... [[United States|United States of America]]) in [[1620]], leaving Plymouth on [[September 6]] and droppi...
6: ...and]] and other European countries, principally [[France]] but also [[Norway]], [[Germany]] and [[Spai...
8: ...f the ship are unknown, but it has been estimated from its load weight and the usual size of 180-ton m...
11: ...ed [[Southampton]], [[England]] on [[August 5]] [[1620]], but the ''Speedwell'' developed a leak and had...
17: ... [[April 5]], [[1621]] the ''Mayflower'' set sail from [[Plymouth Colony]] in [[Massachusetts]] on a r... - Plymouth Colony (2283 bytes)
1: ...hich had been granted a charter for the land in [[1620]].
3: ...e. On [[December 21]], [[1620]], 102 [[Pilgrims]] from the [[Mayflower]] landed at [[Plymouth Rock]] o...
7: ...mouth Colony was surrendered by Bradford to [[The Freemen]] in 1640, minus a small reserve of three tr...
17: ...of Mayflower passengers who died in the winter of 1620 - 1621]] - 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]]) - Great Wall of China (10504 bytes)
1: ...groups in Chinese history|nomadic tribes]] coming from areas now in modern day [[Mongolia]] and [[Manc...
3: ...formidable [[1 E6 m|6,350 km]] (3,946 [[mile]]s), from [[Shanhai Pass]] on the [[Bohai Gulf]] in the e...
12: # [[1368]]-[[1620]] (from [[Hongwu Emperor]] until [[Wanli Emperor]] of t...
46: ...uction. Near [[Beijing]] the wall is constructed from [[quarry|quarried]] [[limestone]] blocks. In ot...
48: ...od materials are scarce, the wall was constructed from dirt rammed between rough wood tied together wi... - Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
5: ...sen]], claimed by later writers ([[Pierre Borel]] 1620 - 1671 or 1628 - 1689 and [[Willem Boreel]] 1591 ...
15: * [[1953]] - [[Frits Zernike]], professor of [[theoretical physics]... - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ... early example of the conflict of authority and [[freedom of thought]], particularly with [[science]],...
10: ...tters of science and to the separation of science from [[philosophy]] or religion. These are the prima...
12: ...eo's experiments, in particular the distinguished French [[History of science and technology|historian...
14: ...esearch into Galileo's unpublished working papers from as early as [[1604]] clearly showed the reality...
22: ...ter. He made additional observations of them in [[1620]]. Later astronomers overruled Galileo's naming o... - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
9: ...]], [[1571]] at the [[Imperial Free City|Imperial Free City]] of [[Weil der Stadt]] (now part of the [...
11: Though he excelled in his schooling, Kepler was frequently bullied, and was plagued by a belief that...
15: ...o be a superb mathematician. Upon his graduation from that school in [[1591]], he went on to pursue s...
19: ...ath, Kepler was appointed Imperial Mathematician (from November [[1601]] to [[1630]]) to the Habsburg ...
27: In August of [[1620]], Katherine, Kepler's mother, was arrested in Le... - 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... - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
3: ...meline of United States history]] concerns events from '''1600 to 1699'''.
11: *[[1608]]-[[France|French]] establish colony at [[Quebec]]
18: *[[1619]]-First African [[slavery|slaves]] arrive at Jamestown
20: === [[1620s]] ===
22: *[[1620]]-[[Pilgrims]] arrive from [[Plymouth]], England, on the ''[[Mayflower (sh... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
4: ... features no matter what sort of colony it sprang from. By the late [[18th century]], these different...
9: ...d [[16th century|16th]] centuries, Europe emerged from the [[Middle Ages]] and entered the [[Renaissan...
13: ... as the Europeans were concerned, they were still free for the taking.
16: ...[over-population]] and the desire for [[religious freedom]] played their respective parts.
20: [[Image:ronokmap.JPG|right|framed|1584 map of Chesapeake Bay by John White]] - Jan Brueghel the Younger (1191 bytes)
1: ...mb|260px|Paradise by Jan Brueghel the Younger (c. 1620). Oil on oak. Gem䬤egalerie, Berlin, Germany]]
6: ...s father's signature. His work is distinguishable from that of his parent by being less well executed ... - Diwali (5677 bytes)
6: ...org/stylebook.html#D] (Diwali definition; Excerpt from saja.org: Diwali should not be referred as the ...
14: In [[2003]], Dipavali fell on Friday, [[October 24]] for many [[India]]n states an...
42: ... [[Sikhism|Sikh]]s. During the festival time in [[1620]], the sixth Guru, [[Hargobind Singh]], gained th... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
24: *[[Jean le Rond d'Alembert]] (France, [[1717]] - [[1783]])
28: *[[Andr魍arie Amp貥]], (France, [[1775]] - [[1836]])
29: ...ian)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]] - [[1620]])
35: *[[Antoine Arbogast]] (France, [[1759]] - [[1803]])
38: *[[Jean-Robert Argand]] (France, [[1768]] - [[1822]]) - 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...
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