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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 - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ... Queen of Scots,''' was the ruler of [[Scotland]] from [[December 14]], [[1542]] – [[July 24]], ...
12: ... [[1542]] to King [[James V of Scotland]] and his French wife, [[Marie de Guise]].
17: ...ted the French spelling Stuart during her time in France, and she and her descendants stuck with it.)
24: ... there. Then he stood by, holding her to keep her from rolling off.
31: ...ted them to break their traditional alliance with France. Fearing an uprising among the people, the [[... - 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 ...
9: ...ses except the [[serf]]s was created to make this document the law, but she disbanded the commission before ...
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... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
11: ... Wales|HRH The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales]]. From her marriage in [[1981]] to her divorce in [[19...
15: From the time of her [[engagement]] to the Prince of...
22: ...h; a great-grandmother was the American heiress [[Frances Work]] — she was also a descendant of ...
27: [[Image:princessdi.jpg|frame|right]] - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...VII]]. She was guillotined at the height of the [[French Revolution]].
4: ... [[Maria Theresa of Austria|Maria Theresa]] and [[Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor]]. She was born at the...
13: ...as flighty, artistic and read almost nothing. Her French was imperfect and she preferred to speak Germ...
15: ... was decided that Maria-Antonia should be sent to France to marry the dauphin.
17: ...arewell, my dearest child. Do so much good to the French people that they can say that I have sent the... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
14: #That no one has the right to seek values from others by physical force, or impose ideas on ot...
19: ...to have been present when Ayn chose the name Rand from a typewriter.
22: ...an aspiring young actor, [[Frank O'Connor (actor)|Frank O'Connor]], who caught her eye. The two were m...
24: ...]] by Scalara Films, [[Rome]], despite resistance from the [[Italy|Italian]] government under [[Benito...
33: ... the infamous [[Red Scare]], Rand testified as a "friendly witness" before the [[House Committee on Un... - Jane Delano (3466 bytes)
1: ... [[1919]] in [[Savenay]], [[Loire-Atlantique]], [[France]], was a nurse and founder of the [[American ...
4: ...]] ([[1602]]-[[1681]]), whose offspring include [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]], Jane Delano attended Co...
10: Jane Delano died in [[France]] while on a Red Cross mission and was interr...
12: ...s of the Red Cross and to preserve artifacts that document the history of Red Cross nursing. - 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... - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
12: ...and dismissed by the early church fathers. In the fragmentary text, the disciples ask questions of the...
22: ...[Harvard Divinity School]], has observed, "The confrontation of Mary with Peter, a scenario also found...
31: ...:10); although the Roman Catholic Church withdrew from this linkage at the [[Second Vatican Council]] ...
33: ...ose critical scholars who are drawing conclusions from the canonic texts alone believe that the woman ...
36: ...rance]]. Though her bones were scattered at the [[French Revolution]], her head is said to remain in h... - Iconography (7643 bytes)
6: ...ion]]. To distinguish the veneration of [[icon]]s from the worship of [[Idolatry in Christianity|idols...
8: ...]] when making a point, just as they might cite a document written by an earlier theologian or [[ecumenical ...
13: ... the heads of holy individuals while it is absent from those who are not [[Christian]]s. This nimbus i...
15: ...nded to show their seriousness, and their freedom from the vicissitudes of emotion. Figures are almost... - Manuscript (5266 bytes)
1: ...y hand"), strictly speaking, is any [[written]] [[document]] that is put down by hand, in contrast to being ...
3: ...the leaves nor paper were as durable as the metal document in the hot, humid climate. In [[Italy]] some impo...
8: ...r]]. In Russia [[birch bark documents]] as old as from the 11th century have survived.
10: ...s in a [[scriptorium]], each making a single copy from an original that was declaimed aloud.
16: ... language|Greek]] or [[Latin]] and usually dating from the [[4th century]] to the [[8th century]], are... - 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.
18: ...nhope]], [[George E. Clymer|George E. Clymer]], [[Friedrich Koenig|Koenig]] and others introduced new ...
21: A [[document]] can also be printed by a [[laser printer]], [[I...
46: * [[Francysk Skaryna]], first [[Belarus]]ian printer - Seal (device) (5951 bytes)
2: ...ession printed on, embossed upon, or affixed to a document (or any other object) in order to authenticate it...
6: ...ave to separate the cords to attach it to another document, which would destroy the seal as well because the...
8: ...ll as to provide proof that the item was actually from the sender and is not a forgery. To seal a let...
17: as a label on a consignment of trade goods. From [[Ancient Egypt]] seals in the form of signet-r...
23: ...are so important in East Asia that foreigners who frequently conduct business there also commission th... - Definitions of music (17609 bytes)
1: ... euphonious and pleasing sound" to only a printed document showing how a piece is to be performed (as in [[s...
4: ...of the Latin ''musica''. It is ultimately derived from ''mousa'', the Greek word for [[muses|muse]]. I...
10: ... refers strictly to the mathematical proportions. From this concept later resulted the romantic idea o...
12: ...cult sciences]] or [[esoteric thought]] - ranging from [[astrology]] to believing certain [[minerals]]...
14: ...t the mathematical or physical relationships in [[frequency]] that give rise to the [[musical interval... - Map (10223 bytes)
7: ...h-central [[Anatolia]] (now [[Turkey]]); it dates from about [[6200 BC]].
9: ...tical value, and this has been the source of much fruitful map criticism over the last twenty years, n...
11: ...epresentations of the world, they are not neutral documents and must be carefully interpreted. It's of cour...
49: From the last quarter of the 20th century, the indis...
51: From the computer scientist's standpoint, zooming in... - Cartography (10500 bytes)
3: ...ses. Current trends in this field are moving away from analog methods of mapmaking and toward the crea...
6: [[Image:Radkarte_MKL1888.png|thumb|World map from the [[Middle Age]]s.]]
7: The oldest known map dates from the [[5th millennium BCE]]. The oldest maps emp...
9: .... An engraved map of the holy city of [[Nippur]], from the Kassite period ([[14th century BCE|14th]] &...
11: ...hy]] because he wrote ''Geographia'', in which he documented and criticized the works of others (most of who... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
22: ...neration descendant of Henry Adams, who emigrated from [[Devon]], [[England]], to [[Massachusetts]] in...
24: ...1758]], he was admitted to the [[bar_(law)|bar]]. From an early age he developed the habit of writing ...
35: ...of a series of committees to study naval matters. From that time onward, Adams championed the establis...
37: ... "these colonies are, and of a right ought to be, free and independent states," acting as champion of ...
39: ...ence|Declaration of Independence]]. Although that document was, by the request of the committee, written by ... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
18: ...e first president who had lived on the American [[frontier]], and thus the first not primarily associa...
22: ...trust and dislike of Eastern aristocrats stemming from his feeling that they were too inclined to favo...
24: ...began to prosper in the rough-and-tumble world of frontier law. He became a colonel in the state milit...
34: ...ackson's election represented a significant break from that past.
36: He was also the first President from a state west of the [[Appalachian Mountains]]. ... - Papyrus (5819 bytes)
2: '''Papyrus''' is an early form of [[paper]] made from the [[pith]] of the papyrus plant, ''[[Cyperus ...
5: ...mbda;ος ''bublos'' (said to derive from the name of the [[Phoenicia|Phoencian]] city of...
10: A sheet of papyrus is made from the stem of the plant. The outer rind is first ...
17: ... Gr棯-Roman world it became common to cut sheets from papyrus rolls in order to form codices.
19: ...re 1057 for a papal decree and 1087 for an Arabic document. Papyrus was used as late as the 1100s in the [[B... - Elephantine (3346 bytes)
2: It measures some 1.2 km from north to south, and is about 400 m across at it...
6: ... cataracts, who controlled the waters of the Nile from caves beneath the island: he was worshipped her...
8: ...ding on the island are a granite [[step pyramid]] from the [[Third dynasty of Egypt|third dynasty]] an...
10: ...ng to the reign of [[Thutmose III]], was found in fragments. Also on the island is one of the oldest [...
15: ...oh [[Psammetichus I]] in his Nubian campaign. The documents cover the period 495-399 BCE.
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