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- Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
1: ...g|right|thumb|250px|''[[Book of Judith|Judith]] Beheading [[Holofernes]]'' (1612-21) Oil on canvas 199...
3: ... religious paintings, at a time when such heroic themes were considered beyond a mere woman's reach.
6: ===The Roman Beginning===
7: ...aggio]] during that period, her style was just as heavily influenced in turn.
9: ...[Image:Susanna.jpg|left|thumb|200px| Susanna and the Elders, Sch?rn Collection, Pommersfelden]] - Grace O'Malley (3478 bytes)
1: '''Grace O' Malley''' ([[Irish]](c. [[1530]] -c.[[1603]]) is an important figure in Irish [[...
6: ...dent Irish princes and lords were left mostly to their own devices.
7: ...ts. Their leader bore the ancient Irish title of The O' Malley.
8: ... all her hair to embarrass her father into taking her.
10: == Marriage to O' Flaherty == - Germany (46412 bytes)
1: ...[Luxembourg]], and to the east by [[Poland]] and the [[Czech Republic]].
13: ...National [[motto]]: ''Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit''<br>([[German language|German]]: Unity and Jus...
15: ...en]]<br>3rd stanza (''Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit'')
51: ...cognised and protected as minority languages per the [[European Charter for Regional or Minority Langu...
52: <sup>2</sup> Prior to [[1999]]: [[Deutsche Mark]].</small> - Peru (12264 bytes)
2: ...thropology, and is well-known as the ''cradle of the [[Inca empire]]''.
36: | '''[[National anthem]]''' || "[[Somos libres, se᭯slo siempre]]" "We...
43: ...languages are also recognized in the areas where they are predominant.
48: ...tability was achieved, during the early years of the [[1900s]]; until [[Augusto Legu�] and his dicta...
53: ...rovince]]s, which are composed of [[district]]s. There are 180 provinces and 1747 districts in Peru. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painte...
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
22: *[[Hans von Aachen]] ([[1552]]-[[1615]])
27: *[[Andreas Achenbach]] ([[1815]]-[[1910]]) - History of California (38344 bytes)
1: ...istory of California through 1900; for events in the 20th century and beyond, see [[History of Califor...
3: ...s after European colonization means that most of the known '''history of California''' begins with Eur...
5: ...ty and wealth, first with the Gold Rush of 1849, then with its fertile agricultural lands and prodigio...
11: ...he traces of a very early inhabitation, dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin glaciation]]) about...
13: ...m, and leached out the acidic [[tannin]] to make the flour edible. - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
1: ...ht|Portrait of Sir Thomas More by [[Hans Holbein the Younger]]]]
2: ...he [[Roman Catholic Church]], in which he became the [[patron saint]] of statesmen, lawyers, and polit...
5: ...urned to London, where he studied law with his father and was admitted to [[Lincoln's Inn]] in [[1496]...
7: ...monastic practices, including self-punishment in the form of wearing a [[hair shirt]] and occasional [...
9: ... with an excellent classical education at a time when such learning was usually reserved for men. - Francesco Guicciardini (1068 bytes)
1: ...considered one of the major political writers of the [[Italian Renaissance]].
3: ...scorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio]]''. In these as well as his ''Maxims'' (''Ricordi'') Guiccia...
16: * ''Ricordi'' (1512-1530) - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...t also led to the [[Counter-Reformation]] within the Roman Catholic Church.
3: == Roots of the Reformation ==
4: ...ovements: [[Cathar]]ism, [[Waldensian]]ism, and others
5: * [[Avignon Papacy]] ("Babylonian Captivity of the Church"), [[Avignon]], [[Western Schism|Great Sch...
7: * [[Northern Renaissance]] - Florence (11538 bytes)
1: ...4]], [[1512]]-[[1527]] and [[1530]]-[[1737]]) by the [[Medici]] family.
3: ...e city is sometimes considered the birthplace of the [[Italian Renaissance]]. Florence is famous for i...
5: ...humb|right|127px|"Giglio di Firenze" - symbol of the city]]
9: ...he bridges of Florence at sunset from Piazzale Michelangelo]]
17: ... [[Lombard]] and [[Frankish rule]], during which the population may have fallen to as few as 1,000. - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
2: ...nds|Dutch]] [[humanism|humanist]] and [[theology|theologian]].
6: ...attack in his lifelong assault upon the evils of the Church.
8: ...the rest of his life as an English [[professor]]. He stayed at [[Queens' College, Cambridge]] and may ...
10: ...dus Manutius]] at [[Venice]], but apart from this he had a less active association with Italian schola...
12: ... the great publisher [[Froben]], and to him came the multitude of his admirers from all quarters of Eu... - March 18 (10594 bytes)
1: ...[[Gregorian calendar]] (78th in [[leap year]]s). There are 288 days remaining.
6: *[[37]] - The [[Roman Senate]] annuls [[Tiberius]]' will and pr...
7: ...]] declares himself [[King of Jerusalem]] during the [[Sixth Crusade]].
10: ... Stratton]] sells his part of [[New Jersey]] to the [[Quakers]].
11: ...ct 1765|Stamp Act]], which was very unpopular in the British colonies. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: The famous [[mathematician]]s are listed below in [[English language...
7: *[[Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi]] (Arab mathematician, ? - ?)
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
13: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann]] (Germany, [[1896]] - [[1962]])
29: *[[Alexander Anderson (mathematician)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]]... - Sweden (27111 bytes)
1: ...eas of Sweden|metropolitan areas]], with most of the inland consisting of large peaceful forests and m...
3: ...[[17th century]]. In the 17th and 18th centuries the [[Realm of Sweden]] was through warfare extended ...
5: ...[[welfare state]] in the early [[20th century]]. The country is today defined by liberal tendencies an...
19: national_anthem = ''[[Du gamla, Du fria]]''<br>([[Swedish langua...
27: established_events = | - Malta (18511 bytes)
42: |From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br>[[September 21]], [[1964...
50: |'''[[National anthem]]'''
62: ...een ruled and fought over by various powers over the centuries.
69: ... noble titles remain in use today, of which the oldest is ''Barons of Djar il Bniet and Buqana''.
71: ... particularly in the Inner-harbour region, where the new city of [[Valletta]], named after Jean Pariso... - Confucius (21352 bytes)
14: ...e]] (謚):||style="border-top:1px solid"|'''The Ultimate Sage Master<br>of Yore²'''
26: ...ong". These are two different words written with the same<br>character in Chinese.
30: ...25991;宣王<small>) which is still<br>the name that can be seen on his tomb.
37: ... vast and complete philosophical system known in the west as [[Confucianism]].
39: ...s teachings. This book contains the best view on the Master's life and thought. - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...opher]]s''' ''(and non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabeticall...
13: *[[Johann Heinrich Abicht]], (1762-1816)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
25: *[[Theodor Adorno]], (1903-1969){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
32: *[[Agrippa the Sceptic]], (1st/2nd century){{fn|R}} - Akkadian language (3224 bytes)
2: ...larly by the Assyrians and Babylonians. It used the [[cuneiform (script)|cuneiform]] writing system.
9: * 1950 – 1530 Old Babylonian/Old Assyrian
10: * 1530 – 1000 Middle Babylonian/Middle Assyrian
16: ...rapidly as compensation for the disappearance of the original [[Pharyngeal consonant|pharyngeals]].
23: ...rals. In that, it is similar to [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]. - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...ereign Military Order of Malta''' (see below) is the main successor to this tradition.
5: ...f [[Jesus]]. It was served by [[Benedictine]] Brothers.
7: ...nded into providing an armed escort to pilgrims. The escort soon grew into a substantial force.
9: ...ar [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]]. The property of the Order was divided into [[priories]], subdivided i...
15: ...trol a number of neighboring islands, as well as the Anatolian ports of [[Bodrum]] and [[Castellorizon... - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
2: ...the first phase of the [[Spanish colonization of the Americas]].
4: ...endoza]]. Cortés returned to Spain in 1541 where he died peacefully but embittered.
6: ...riptions of Cortés tend to be simplistic, and either damning or idealizing.
10: ...sh and English languages in modern times, and is the name which many people know him by today.
14: ...hird Governor of Hispaniola. His paternal grandfather was a son of [[Rodrigo de Monroy y Almaraz, 5th ...
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