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  1. Hanging Gardens of Babylon (4963 bytes)
    51: ...1493;יים בבבל]]
  2. List of explorers (24013 bytes)
    17: ...rst to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a single ship
    47: ...1499), [[Italy|Italian]] navigator in [[England|English]] service, crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to [...
    57: *[[Thomas Cavendish]], (died 1592), English sailor and explorer.
    78: *[[Bartolomeu Dias]], (1450-1500), [[Portuguese]] explorer who first rounded the [...
    83: *[[David Douglas]], Scottish explorer, botanist
  3. History of China (45919 bytes)
    38: ...erivative was most probably introduced into the English language from Persian or Sanskrit origins for ...
    44: ...he midst of land acquisitions, invasions and struggles of [[consort clan]]s and [[eunuch]]s. The [[Yel...
    55: ... according to the Hou Hanshu.'' Draft annotated English translation.[http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/...
    56: ...posed between 239 and 265 CE.'' Draft annotated English translation. [http://depts.washington.edu/uwch...
    88: With that, he set the 11 men free. Amazingly, all 11 men reported themselves to the Capital.
  4. Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
    15: ...strator and was stripped of his governorship in [[1500]].
    31: ... for maritime activity with ships sailing for [[England]], [[Ireland]], [[Iceland]], [[Madeira]], [[Az...
    71: ... a fleet of 100 caravels had been lost. (Astoundingly, both the Niña and the Pinta were spared.)
    74: ...of the coveted Indian spices, such as the exceedingly expensive black pepper, ginger or cloves. In his...
    95: ...yal administrator [[Francisco de Bobadilla]] in [[1500]], who upon arrival ([[August 23]]) detained Colu...
  5. Steel (28384 bytes)
    54: ...s system, high-purity wrought iron, charcoal, and glass were mixed in crucibles and heated until the i...
    60: ...resulted was also beyond the capabilities of a single man. To this end, [[waterwheel]]s were employed...
    66: ...Spanish ones has been credited as one factor in England's [[1588]] defeat of the [[Spanish Armada]].
    68: ...inent. One difference he observed was that the English ore contained some calcareous material, and so...
    76: ...content compared to most ores (notably those in England), which allowed for a finer and stronger cryst...
  6. Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
    12: ...elf is an Italian form of ''[[Haimirich]]'' (in English, Henry).
    16: In [[1499]]–[[1500]], Vespucci joined an expedition led by [[Alonso ...
  7. Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
    2: ...anguage|Hebrew]] '''גּוֹלְדָּה מ&#1461...
    24: She grew increasingly more influential in Histadrut, which evolved int...
    30: ...t to the United States to raise money for the fledgling nation.
  8. Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
    1: ...' (1612-21) Oil on canvas 199 x 162 cm Galleria degli [[Uffizi]], Florence]]
    12: ...asino della Rose'' inside the [[Pallavicini Rospigliosi Palace]] in [[Rome]], so Orazio hired the Tus...
    18: ... patronage of the [[Medici]] and [[Charles I of England|Charles I]]. During this period, Artemisia als...
    44: ===Naples and the english period ([[1630]]-[[1653]])===
    50: ...er in [[London]] at the court of [[Charles I of England]], where Orazio became court painter and recei...
  9. Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
    41: Roman Catholic, Orthodox and many Anglican Christians [[veneration|venerate]] Mary, as d...
    45: ... due only to God, and usually translated by the English word ''adoration''; "hyperdulia", accorded onl...
    47: ...awful [[worship]]. With the exception of the [[Anglican Communion]], modern Protestantism has general...
    49: ====Joint Anglican/Roman Catholic Document====
    50: ...hop of [[Perth, Australia]], co-chairmen of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission ([[AR...
  10. Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
    1: ... Arc, [[painting|painted]] between [[1450]] and [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, [[P...
    2: ...n|captured and delivered her]] to the [[England|English]]. Clergymen found her guilty of [[heresy]] an...
    7: ... prince]]), and making the infant [[Henry VI of England]] the nominal king after [[1422]].
    12: ... [[Orl顮s]], which had been under siege by the English since the previous October.
    16: ...n from [[May 4]]–[[May 7]], the remaining English forces were pulled from their [[siege]] lines ...
  11. Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
    37: ...1497;גמר לעולם
    39: :''החול והים
    41: ...1512;ישרוש של המים
    45: :''תפילת האדם
  12. Locomotive (16705 bytes)
    1: ..., at [[Bristol Temple Meads]] station, Bristol, England]]
    3: ... use of these self-propelled vehicles is increasingly common for [[passenger train]]s, but very rare f...
    5: ...tionally, locomotives haul their trains. Increasingly common these days in passenger service is [[push...
    25: ...[[4-6-2|Pacific]] locomotive of the [[LNER]] in England, number 4468 ''[[LNER 4468 Mallard|Mallard]]''...
    74: ...ited Kingdom]] (750V and 1500V); [[Netherlands]] (1500 V); [[Belgium]], [[Italy]], [[Poland]] (3000 V), ...
  13. Medieval art (6359 bytes)
    1: ...es and monumental Church mosaics were the crowing glory. One of the most famous of the surviving mosai...
    5: ...and these are looked at individually, such as [[Anglo-Saxon art]] or [[Viking art]]. Medieval art was ...
    17: ... Germanic traditions through contact with the [[Anglo-Saxon]]s creating what is called the [[Hiberno-S...
    25: ...0 and the development of regional styles from 900-1500.
    29: ...ic]] in England (1332), [[Decorated Gothic]] in England (1285), and [[Flamboyant Gothic]] in France (1...
  14. History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
    27: ... player and a harpist were found together in a single grave on [[Keros]], dating from 2700 - 2750 BC.
    31: ... in the shape of a bull was found in Knossos from 1500-1450 BC. In addition, there are many double-blad...
    37: ...mask found in the royal tombs of Mycenae from ca. 1500 BC. Also found in a tomb were gold cups from [[V...
  15. Glass (26176 bytes)
    1: The materials definition of a '''glass''' is a uniform [[amorphous solid]] material, ...
    3: ...ians as ''glaesum.'' Anglo-Saxons used the word ''glaer'' for amber.
    5: ...specific type of glass—the [[silica]]-based glasses in common use as a building, container or de...
    9: ...le properties lead to a great many uses of glass. Glass is, however, brittle and will break into sharp...
    13: '''Common glass''' is mostly amorphous [[silicon dioxide]] ([[...
  16. Printing (4400 bytes)
    15: ...500. In 1476, a printing press was developed in England by [[William Caxton]]; in 1539, the Italian Ju...
    32: * [[intaglio (printmaking)|Intaglio]]
  17. Jewellery (4234 bytes)
    1: ...wellery''' (spelled '''jewelry''' in [[American English]]) consists of ornamental devices worn by pers...
    5: ...d is derived from the word "jewel", which was [[anglicise]]d from the Old French "jouel" in around the...
    30: * [[1500 BC]] - Earplugs and earrings become popular in Eg...
    52: * [[1500 AD]] - The Renaissance
  18. Blast furnace (4721 bytes)
    17:
  19. Woodworking (12397 bytes)
    7: ...n was closely tied to the development of increasingly greater degrees of skill in working these materi...
    13: ...cy]]. It mentions almost nothing of the intricate glueless and nailless joinery for which Chinese furn...
    64: * snib: a wooden toggle used to hold the work on a table
    65: ...ot necessarily very soft or light wood, e.g. [[douglas-fir]]
    138: ...one sits, with a foot activated clamp to hold shingles, spokes, or short boards, upon which one shaves...
  20. Greek language (35285 bytes)
    3: ...n Italy]], south [[Republic of Macedonia|Former Yugloslav Republic of Macedonia]], central and south [...
    17: ...the [[Roman]] conquest of Greece, an unofficial diglossy of Greek and Latin was established in the cit...
    32: ...s found in the [[Linear B]] tablets dating from [[1500 BC]]. The [[alphabet]] normally used, was probabl...
    38: ...ek origin]]'', and ''[[List of Greek words with English derivatives]]''.
    162: ! [[glottal consonant|Glottal]]

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