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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
17: ...gian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a single ship
37: *[[Pietro Savorgnan di Brazza|Pierre Savorgan de Brazza]] Italian explorer naturalized French....
43: ... the source of the [[Nile]], discovered [[Lake Tanganyika]]
47: ...aboto), (c. 1450 – 1499), [[Italy|Italian]] navigator in [[England|English]] service, crossed the [[...
48: ...uese]] navigator, discovered [[Brazil]] and [[Madagascar]] - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
1: ...lofernes]]'' (1612-21) Oil on canvas 199 x 162 cm Galleria degli [[Uffizi]], Florence]]
14: ...res were used to corroborate the truth of her allegation, the torture device in the belief that if a p...
18: ...rgin Mary with Baby"''), currently in the [[Spada Gallery]], [[Rome]].
24: ...realize a painting to decorate the ceiling of the gallery of paintings.
28: ...dith who decapitates Oloferne"'') in the [[Uffizi Gallery of Florence]]. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
23: *[[Riza Abbasi]] ([[1565]]-[[1635]])
25: *[[Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard]] ([[1744]]-[[1809]])
32: *[[Yaacov Agam]] ([[1928]]-)
33: *[[Jacques-Laurent Agasse]] ([[1767]]-[[1848]])
44: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] ([[1595]]-[[1654]]) - Robert Hooke (5017 bytes)
2: '''Robert Hooke''' ([[July 18]], [[1635]] - [[March 3]], [[1703]]), one of the greatest e...
4: ...reminded him of [[monk]]s' cells. Also in 1665 he gained appointment as Professor of [[Geometry]] at [...
24: ...mably intended it as a sarcastic remark directed against Hooke, who had a remarkably short stature. - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
31: *[[1635]]-[[Connecticut Colony]] founded - Henry Morgan (5671 bytes)
2: '''Sir Henry Morgan''' (c. [[1635]] - [[August 25]], [[1688]]) was a [[privateer]] ...
4: ... and killed by the Spanish shortly afterwards, Morgan was chosen by the buccaneers as their admiral.
6: ... publicly claimed ignorance about this, whilst Morgan and his crew returned to their base at [[Port Ro...
8: ...caped in safety. On his return to Jamaica he was again reproved, but not punished by Modyford.
10: ...ploit was tarnished by the habitual cruelty of Morgan's crews. - Boston, Massachusetts (36071 bytes)
38: ...ufacturing centers in the nation, noted for its [[garment]] production, [[leather]] goods, and machine...
41: ...rst school in America, [[Boston Latin School]] ([[1635]]), and the first college in America, [[Harvard C...
45: ...overty remain low for an American city, and once again Boston has become a hub of intellectual, techno...
79: ...South End, south of the Back Bay, is populated by gays, artists, yuppies, African Americans, and Hispa...
85: ...Port Authority (Massport)]] operates Boston's [[Logan International Airport]]. - Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
6: .... Descartes's reflections on mind and mechanism began the strain of western thought that much later, i...
14: ...ng with people of diverse temperaments and ranks, gathering various experiences, testing myself in the...
20: In [[1633]], [[Galileo Galilei|Galileo]] was condemned by the [[Catholic Church]], ...
22: ...ughter [[Francine Descartes|Francine]], born in [[1635]] and baptized on [[August 7]] of the same year. ...
24: ...iversity|University of Utrecht]], and Descartes began his long correspondence with [[Elisabeth of Bohe... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
30: *[[Giorgio Agamben]]
55: *[[Francesco Algarotti]], (1712-1764)
117: *[[John Austin (legal philosophy)|John Austin]], (1790-1859){{fn|C}}{{...
128: *[[Gaston Bachelard]], (1884-1962){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|...
159: *[[David Baumgardt]], (1890-1963){{fn|R}} - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
12: [[Image:Gaius Cornelius Tacitus.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Gaius Cornelius Tacitus]], author of ''Germania'', a...
19: ...of Germanic traditions and the Christian religion gave rise to the pattern of life of the medieval Wes...
21: ... the Alemanni, accepted the Catholic faith and so gained the support of the Church.
23: ...rom 600 AD, the Christianisation of the Germans began. Irish-Scots monks founded monasteries at [[W?g]...
25: ...s now set up as protectors of the [[Pope]], and began to take an interest in Italian affairs. - Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
3: ...nd then he would have to head back to France to regain funding. This article covers his travels, as th...
13: ... set about [[fortification|fortifying]] the area against attack by building three main buildings (each...
19: ...rence River) promising to help them in their war against the [[Iroquois]]. Champlain set off with 9 Fr...
21: ...y encountered a group of [[Iroquois]]. A battle began the next day. Two hundred Iroquois advanced on C...
29: That fall he returned once again to France to secure a future for his venture in... - Sargon II of Assyria (8855 bytes)
4: ...lon with the help of the new Elamite king [[Ummanigash]] and was crowned king in 721.
6: ...pad, Simirra and [[Damascus]]. Sargon conquered [[Gaza]] in [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]], destroye...
8: ...e of Persian tribe, on lake [[Urmia]]) and Kar-Nergal (Kishesim). He built new bases in [[Medes|Media]...
10: The 8th campaign of Sargon against [[Urartu]] in 714 is well known from a letter...
14: ...ng [[Rusas I]] of Urartu (730-713 BC) was moving against him, he turned back to Lake Urmia in forced m... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
12: [[Image:Gaius Cornelius Tacitus.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Gaius Cornelius Tacitus]], author of ''Germania'', a...
19: ...of Germanic traditions and the Christian religion gave rise to the pattern of life of the medieval Wes...
21: ... the Alemanni, accepted the Catholic faith and so gained the support of the Church.
23: ...rom 600 AD, the Christianisation of the Germans began. Irish-Scots monks founded monasteries at [[W?g]...
25: ...s now set up as protectors of the [[Pope]], and began to take an interest in Italian affairs. - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
17: [[Image:Gav.JPG|thumb|left|Kneeling bull holding a spouted v...
36: ...kdukh, was active in various military coalitions against the rising power of Babylon, but Hammurabi (c...
38: ...be assumed that with this stroke, Elam once again gained independence. The end of the Eparti dynasty, ...
45: ... was succeeded by his son, Untash-Gal (Untash (d) Gal, or Untash-Huban), a contemporary of Shalmaneser...
47: ...tes under Kidin-Khutran, second king after Untash-Gal, countered with a successful and devastating rai... - Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
1: ... categorize extinct and living [[species]] of [[organism]]s. Modern classification has its roots in th...
11: ...merdam]] (1637–1680), and [[Robert Hooke]] (1635–1702).
23: ...axonomy|Linnaeus System]] works by placing each organism into a layered hierarchy of groups. Each grou...
57: ...liar in genetics laboratories (''Drosophila melanogaster''), Humans, and the Sweetbay Magnolia.
59: === [[Fruit fly]] (''[[Drosophila melanogaster]]'') ===
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