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- Silk (8683 bytes)
2: ...rism-like structure, which allows silk cloth to refract incoming light at different angles.
5: ...ese [[culture]] both geographically and socially. From there, silken garments began to reach regions t...
8: ...nt, the [[Middle East]], [[Europe]], and North [[Africa]]. This trade was so extensive that the major ...
11: ...trove to keep the knowledge of sericulture secret from other [[nation]]s, in order to maintain the Chi...
15: ...nd textures, they all differ in one major respect from the domesticated varieties. The cocoons, which ... - Definitions of music (17609 bytes)
1: ...]s. The word has been used to mean various things from "any euphonious and pleasing sound" to only a p...
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... - Science (19868 bytes)
15: ...ions, rules, practices, etc. and that transitions from one paradigm to another generally does not invo...
30: An especially fruitful theory that has withstood the test of time ...
39: ...ic method]] that can serve to distinguish science from non-science.
56: ...ssistance for those who wish to do so. Scientific justification (or refutation) for many things is, nevertheless,...
58: ...eme cases relativity allow us to predict anything from the effect one moving billiard ball will have o... - Togo (15373 bytes)
1: ...e '''Togolese Republic''' is a country in [[West Africa]], bordering [[Ghana]] in the west, [[Benin]] ...
14: ...ail, Liberté, Patrie<br>([[French language|French]]: Work, Liberty, Homeland)''</small>
19: | [[French language|French]]
37: | From [[France]]<br>[[April 27]], [[1960]]
40: | [[CFA franc]] - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
10: ...Babe Ruth, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding up bat, in baseball uniform, on field...
12: ...itcher. Brother Matthias promptly switched George from catcher to pitcher to teach him a lesson. But, ...
15: ...rs, placed a team in Baltimore, across the street from minor league Orioles, and the competition hit O...
25: ...9 his physique had changed from the tall athletic frame of 1916 to a rotund shape with which he was us...
29: ...e the [[Black Sox Scandal|1919 World Series]] and Frazee's own failings as a theater promoter meant th... - Ptolemy XI of Egypt (1594 bytes)
3: ...t, displaying Ptolemy Alexander's will in Rome as justification for this obvious intervention. - History of science (41710 bytes)
6: ...r [[empirical]] [[truth]]. [[Philosophy]] differs from science in that, while both the [[Natural scien...
11: ...fic data is self-evident, value-free, and context-free.
21: ...ccount of the development of (natural) philosophy from ancient times until recent times can be found i...
27: ...rehistoric times, advice and knowledge was passed from generation to generation in an [[oral tradition...
52: ...oration by bringing together people and new ideas from all over the Islamic world. - Crusade (28507 bytes)
2: ...ian Crusade]] against the [[Cathars]] of southern France and the [[Northern Crusades]].
7: ...ght an outlet for their violence. A plea for help from the Byzantine Emperor [[Alexius I]] in opposing...
9: ...day Spanish Catholics are allowed to substitute [[Friday abstinence]] with prayer or alms (except duri...
18: ...n and consider how the idea of a holy war emerged from this background.'' — [[Norman F. Cantor]]
21: ... Eastern church, [[Alexius I]] expected some help from a fellow Christian. However, the response was m... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
21: ...inian's generals reconquer North Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Ostrogoths]].
27: ...n the following decades, they take most of North Africa, and later conquer Sicily as well.
29: ...the Empire's remaining Italian territories, aside from some territories in the south.
51: ...ror of the Romans) which was now reserved for the Frankish monarch, but as "Imperator Graecorum" (Empe...
61: ...re, particularily in the [[acritic songs]], where frontiersmen (ακρίτε&#... - Civilization (29205 bytes)
1: ...ings related to human [[society]]. The term comes from the [[Latin]] ''civis'', meaning "citizen" or "...
5: ...their food from [[agriculture]], as distinguished from [[band society|band]] and [[tribe|tribal]] soci...
15: ...vilization is a complex society, as distinguished from simpler societies. Everyone lives in a society...
31: ...namely [[Mehrgarh]] and [[Harappa]]) and [[West Africa]], where ancient peoples grouped together to f...
39: ...ereal]] crops (see [[West Africa#Prehistory|West Africa: Prehistory]]). In [[Ancient Egypt]], [[mortar... - American Civil War (47733 bytes)
32: ''Briefly from March [[1865]]''
50: ...en the United States – forces coming mostly from the 23 [[Northern United States|northern states...
53: ...mter]], South Carolina, Lincoln called for troops from all remaining states to recover the forts, resu...
58: ...estern counties of Virginia organized a secession from Virginia and entered the Union (with a plan for...
62: ...California_and_the_Civil_War|California]] was a [[free state]] and a part of the Union. Lincoln had wo... - Civil rights (27169 bytes)
2: ...onal freedom, the [[right to life]], the right to freedom of movement and anti-[[discrimination]] laws...
12: ...nes status and capacity. As each individual moves from state to state, the extent of the civil rights ...
17: ...) maintained that [[analysis]] of legal issues is frequently muddled and inconsistent because the lega...
20: ...Nozick and Rawls approached the concept of rights from the perspectives of libertarian and political t...
23: ...''right'' from ''[[liberty]]'', and ''[[power]]'' from ''[[immunity]]'' ? concepts that are often used... - History of the United States (1988-present2) (20668 bytes)
10: ...[Estonia]] and [[Latvia]], declaring independence from the [[Soviet Union]]. On [[December 26]], [[199...
12: ...ared the emergence of "a new world order... freer from the threat of terror, stronger in the pursuit o...
14: ...d the future [[Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement]] (CAFTA) were developed based ...
16: ...ier emphasis on [[human rights]], pressuring once-friendly dictatorships (such as [[Indonesia]] and [[...
29: ...d Saudi Arabia. By the time Iraqi troops withdrew from Kuwait in late February, Iraq had lost an estim... - Plato (17363 bytes)
8: ...nsists of a series of footnotes to Plato." -- [[Alfred North Whitehead]], Process and Reality, 1929]]
12: ...es"; however, his [[nickname]], Plato, originated from wrestling. Since "Plato" means ''broad'', it pr...
18: ...s]]... some however say that it received its name from an ancient hero." (Robinson, Arch. Graec. I i 1...
29: ...hereas his later writing increasingly breaks away from the views of his former teacher. In the middle ...
31: ... dialogue distances both Plato and a given reader from the philosophy being discussed; one can choose ... - John Locke (14749 bytes)
6: ...rn in [[Wrington]], [[Somerset]], about ten miles from [[Bristol]], [[England]], in [[1632]]. His fat...
14: ...ter become Essay. Two extant Drafts still survive from this period.
16: ...x]], where he had lived in the household of [[Sir Francis Masham]] since [[1691]].
24: ...ing theological viewpoints. He recoiled, however, from what he saw as the divisive character of some n...
27: ... commentary on the exclusion crisis than it was a justification of the [[Glorious Revolution]] of 1688, though no... - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
10: ...to [[France]] to obtain terms from [[Louis XII of France|Louis XII]] for continuing the war against [[...
23: ...ends make all means potentially necessary"'''! '''Justification''' with the [[Jesuits]] is essentially a '''moral...
33: ...y, he was hoping that a strong ruler would emerge from the [[Medici]] family, uniting Italy by expelli...
35: ...man Titus Livy. Machiavelli comments on passages from Livy's history and analogizes them to situation...
48: *''Ritratti delle cose di Francia,'' [[1510]] - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...rk for the [[American Revolution|American]] and [[French Revolution]]s, the Latin American independenc...
14: ...ne. This idea became central to the Enlightenment from Newton through to Jefferson.
16: ...d by the ideas of [[Blaise Pascal|Pascal]], [[Gottfried Leibniz|Leibniz]], [[Galileo Galilei|Galileo]]...
18: ...ies. If the previous era was the age of reasoning from first principles, Enlightenment thinkers saw th...
20: ...figures such as Sir [[Francis Bacon (philosopher)|Francis Bacon]] with the axiomatic approach of Desca... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...atholic Church]] in [[Western Europe]]. The main front of the reformation was started by [[Martin Lut...
16: * Reformation in [[France]] -- [[Huguenot]]s, [[Pierre Viret]]
20: ...West. These frustrated reformist movements ranged from [[nominalism]], modern devotion, to [[humanism]...
22: ...he exercise of their authority. In [[England]], [[France]], and [[Spain]] the move toward centralizati...
24: ...onomy. Woolen manufacturing greatly expanded in [[France]], [[Germany]], and the [[Netherlands]] and n... - Philosophy (30964 bytes)
1: The term '''philosophy''' derives from a combination of the [[Greek language|Greek]] w...
5: ...is tradition distinct and distinct field of study from Western philosophy. This article will discusse...
15: ...t to be beautiful? How do beautiful things differ from the everyday? What is [[Art]]?
19: [[Image:laozi3.jpg|frame|right|[[Lao Zi]] ]]
25: The word "philosophy" is derived from the ancient Greek (''Φιλο&#... - 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.
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