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- Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
8: ...9]] until her death, and as Queen of [[Scotland]] from [[11 April]] 1689 until her death. Mary, a [[Pr...
15: ...ash; he preferred that Mary marry the heir to the French Throne, the [[Louis, the Grand Dauphin|Dauphi...
20: ...o a son—[[James Francis Edward Stuart|James Francis Edward]]—in June [[1688]], for the son...
22: On [[30 June]], the "[[Immortal Seven]]" secretly requested William III—the...
24: ...en. The only precedent for a joint monarchy dated from the sixteenth century: when Queen [[Mary I of E... - Kuan Yin (8111 bytes)
2: ...[[China|Chinese]] [[Taoists]] as an [[immortality|Immortal]]. The name Kuan Yin is short for '''Kuan Shih Y...
4: ...Kanzeon'''; the spelling '''Kwannon''', resulting from an obsolete system of romanization, is sometime...
10: ...er Buddhism was first introduced into the country from the mid-7th century.
12: ...ful, white-robed woman, a depiction which derives from the earlier ''[[Pandaravasini]]'' form.
16: ...k together again. With eleven heads gazing to the front and sides, Avalokiteshvara possesses the uniqu... - Anaxarchus (1184 bytes)
3: ...ot [[ichor]], such as flows from the veins of the immortal gods."
9: ...octrines are not known, though some have inferred from the epithet ''eudaimonikos'' ("fortunate"), usu... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
9: ...nci", which means "Leonardo, son of Mister Piero, from Vinci". Leonardo himself simply signed his work...
18: ...with his assistant, Salai, "Did you play the game from behind which the Florentines love so much?"
20: ...ntimately involved with any woman, nor in a close friendship with one. He also surrounded himself with...
22: In 1506, Leonardo met [[Count Francesco Melzi]], the 15 year old son of a [[Lombar...
23: ... [[Niccolchiavelli]], [[Cesare Borgia]] and [[Franchinus Gaffurius]]. - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
2: ...d'Avila (Pedrarias), [[Nicaragua]] and was with [[Francisco Pizarro]] in [[Peru]]. Later, de Soto led ...
5: ...e commander of an equestrian unit and went with [[Francisco Fernandez de Cordoba]] on his discovery an...
6: ... an ex-officer of Davila, had tried to break away from him. De Soto denunciated the treason and defeat...
11: ...arrested, DeSoto often visited him in jail, and a friendship between the two men emerged.
13: - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
1: ...non-state actors. Piracy should be distinguished from [[privateer]]ing, which was a legitimate form o...
12: ...1.8-2]) says this happened earlier, on his return from Nicomedes's court. Velleius Paterculus (''Roman...
20: ...'', and given the responsibility of eliminating [[Frankish]] and [[Saxons|Saxon]] pirates who had been...
27: ...se in 844. Vikings even attacked coasts of North Africa and Italy. They also plundered all the coasts ...
29: ... of the [[Balearic Islands]] in the 10th century. From 824 to 961 [[Arab]] pirates in [[Crete]] raided... - Egyptian soul (5527 bytes)
23: ... that would join the gods in the underworld being immortal and unchangeable.
34: ... and Its Manifestation ''(b3w)''". In ''Gleanings from Deir el-Medîna'', edited by Robert Johann...
35: *Friedman, Florence Margaret Dunn. 1981. ''On the Mea...
42: [[fr:Akh]] - Celtic mythology (25486 bytes)
6: ...[deity|deities]] discovered in [[Gaul]] (modern [[France]]), [[Roman Britain|Britain]] and other forme...
12: ...he priestly order) in the era of Gaulish autonomy from Rome. Conversely, the want of order is often mo...
66: |align="left"|<small>[[Fragarach]], [[Gae Bulg]]</small>
76: ...n gods they are equated with, and similar figures from later bodies of Celtic mythology.
80: ... myths is found in early medieval [[manuscripts]] from [[Ireland]]. These were written by Christians, ... - Aphrodite (14648 bytes)
1: ...#966;ροδίτη, "risen from sea-foam") is the [[Greek mythology|Greek]] [[g...
4: ...r cult. She was associated with [[Hesperia]] and frequently accompanied by the [[Oread]]s, [[nymph]]s...
18: ...e hints of the track of Aphrodite's original cult from the Levant to mainland Greece.
25: ...Greek [[Pantheon]] to be actually married, she is frequently unfaithful to her husband. [[Hephaestus]...
28: ... gods together to mock them. Hephaestus would not free them until they promised to end their affair, b... - Eros (mythology) (4590 bytes)
5: ...The Birds (play)|The Birds]]'', he burgeons forth from an egg laid by Night conceived with Darkness. I...
7: ... In some myths, he is portrayed as being playful, frequently causing trouble for gods and mortals; in ...
19: ...me immortal herself. Psyche's visit to and return from the underworld made her an object of some devot... - Hermes (10248 bytes)
3: ...al, of the cunning of thieves, and the messenger from the gods to humans. A lucky find was a ''herma...
6: ...th the way in which the wind may transfer objects from one place to another, and with the transition t...
11: ...ke to refer to a syncretic god combining elements from Hermes and the [[Egypt]]ian god [[Thoth]].
13: ... Mercurius'' corresponds to English ''Wednesday'' from ''Wodnes d槧' 'Woden's day'.
26: ...n" herms, the standing stone or wooden pillar was frankly simply a phallus. The ''hermai'' were used ... - Bismuth (9188 bytes)
146: ...ts except [[mercury (element)|mercury]]. [[Lead]]-free bismuth compounds are used in [[cosmetics]] and...
151: ...stitut d'Astrophysique Spatiale]] in [[Orsay]], [[France]] measured the [[alpha emission]] [[half-life...
153: A hypothetical [[immortal]] who lost a digestive bacterium every year, or a...
159: *Strong permanent [[magnet]]s can be made from the alloy [[bismanol]] ([[manganese|Mn]]Bi).
165: ... many of its [[alloy]]s expand slightly when they freeze make them ideal for this purpose. - Cell division (1579 bytes)
6: ...osome. [[Cancer]] cells, on the other hand, are "immortal." An [[enzyme]] called [[telomerase]] allows the... - Tigers (12435 bytes)
3: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:LA1_082A.jpg|noframe|250px|Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)...
15: ...eir [[penis]]es, believed to be [[aphrodisiac]]s. From the destruction of its habitat, to the poaching...
23: The ground of the coat may be any colour from yellow to orange-red, with white areas on the c...
25: ... is [[camouflage]], serving to hide these animals from their prey (few large animals have colour visio...
29: ...gers overpower their prey from any angle, usually from ambush, and bite the neck, often breaking the p... - Theater in the United States (12545 bytes)
2: ...estern world|Western]] tradition, mostly borrowed from the performance styles prevalent in [[Europe]]....
11: ...lay, ''[[The Prince of Parthia]]'' by [[Thomas Godfrey]], in [[1767]].
13: ...than the loss of that most valuable treasure: the immortal soul.". However it is likely that these ordinance...
17: ... the United States, and many celebrity [[actor]]s from [[Europe]] toured the United States. There were...
19: ...ged floating theaters on boats which would travel from town to town. Eventually, towns grew to the siz... - Extreme sports (3518 bytes)
9: ... climbing]] and [[ice climbing]] has spawned such immortal names as [[Edmund Hillary]], [[Chris Bonington]] ...
16: * [[BMX|BMX freestyle]]
22: * [[Free-diving]]
24: * [[Parkour|Free running / Parkour]] - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
5: ...nquista|reconquest]] of the [[Iberian peninsula]] from Islamic forces. Spain and [[Portugal]] were fil...
14: ...ualpa's camp, Atahualpa's ransom, and the plunder from Cuzco, and had become very wealthy.
16: ...n Emperor|Charles]] awarded [[Diego de Almagro]], Francisco Pizarro's former business partner, the gov...
20: ...eraging 24 years of age, they eventually embarked from [[Havana]] on seven of the King's [[Galleon|shi...
27: ...rough [[Tennessee]], [[Kentucky]] and [[Indiana]] from [[Mabila]].
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