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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...specially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].'...
6: ...a]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...r]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
12: ...rge Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
17: ..., first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a single ship - 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]] - The Gambia (13678 bytes)
1: ... In [[1965]], The Gambia became independent from the [[British Empire]]. [[Banjul]] is its capital.
3: |+<big><big>'''Republic of The Gambia'''</big></big>
10: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of The Gambia|In Detail]])
11: ...lign="center" width="140px" | ([[Coat of Arms of the Gambia|Full size]])
19: ...Wolof language|Wolof]], [[Fula language|Fula]], others - 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> - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...f Aqaba]] (also known as Gulf of [[Eilat]]), and the [[Dead Sea]].
12: national_anthem = ''[[Hatikvah]]'' |
13: official_languages = [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], [[Arabic]] |
18: leader_names = [[Ariel Sharon]]<br>[[Moshe Katsav]] |
37: ... = - [[Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel|Declaration]] | - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...y [[ellipse|elliptical]] orbits, the [[aphelion|aphelia]] of which may be many times more distant than...
5: ...process, but very old comets which have lost all their [[volatile]] materials may come to resemble ast...
9: ...across, the coma may be larger than the Sun, and the tails can extend over 150 million km (1 [[Astrono...
11: ... Comet on the [[Bayeux Tapestry]], which records the [[Norman conquest]] of [[England]] in [[1066]].{{...
13: ...400px|Comets have highly elliptical orbits. Note the two distinct tails.]] - 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]]) - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...", although [[Carl Sagan]] also refers to him as the last scientific [[astrologer]].
4: ...his career, Kepler was an assistant to [[Tycho Brahe]]. Kepler's career also coincided with that of [[...
6: ...i''' ("The Harmony of the world") in Linz during the early 17th century.
9: ...eak and sickly child, but despite his ill health, he was precociously brilliant.
11: ...r. This ostracizing probably led him to turn to the world of ideas, as well as an abiding religious c... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...ted in [[1603]], created '''Baron Verulam''' in [[1618]], and created '''Viscount St Albans''' in [[1621...
4: ...d with occult trends of [[hermeticism]] and [[alchemy]].
8: ...ose sister married William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the great minister of Queen Elizabeth.
10: ..., living for three years there with his older brother [[Anthony Bacon]].
12: ...cious intellect, and was accustomed to call him "the young Lord Keeper." - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...th Night]], a holiday when gifts were exchanged. There are 364 days remaining (365 in [[leap year]]s).
6: *[[45 BC]] - The [[Julian calendar]] first takes effect.
8: *[[990]] - Russia adopts the Julian calendar.
10: *[[1600]] - [[Scotland]] begins using the [[Julian calendar]].
13: *[[1700]] - [[Russia]] begins using the [[Julian calendar]]. - Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
1: ...e Western World. He is also known for inventing the Cartesian coordinate system used in plane geometr...
4: ...atural phenomena. In his theology, he insists on the absolute freedom of God’s act of creation.
6: ... [[machine intelligence]], blossomed into, e.g., the [[Turing test]] and [[John Searle]]'s "[[Chinese ...
8: ...statement is ''[[Cogito ergo sum]]'' (''I think, therefore I am.'').
11: ... [[La Flèche]]. After graduation, he studied at the University of [[Poitiers]], earning a ''Baccalaur... - 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}} - Quran (41479 bytes)
2: ...rophet [[Muhammad]] over a period of 23 years by the Angel [[Jibreel]] ([[Gabriel]]).
4: == Format of the Qur'an ==
6: ...eds to the longest sura, and closes with some of the shortest ones.
8: == The Qur'an as divided for reading and recitation ==
10: ...r quarters. A different structure is provided by the [[ruku'at]], semantical units resembling paragrap... - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
11: ...n Empire]]<br/><small>''The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power''</small>
14: | ''El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious'' (as written in tugra)
23: | [[Sultan]]s of the [[Osmanli|Osmanli Dynasty]]
31: | '''[[Rise of the Ottoman Empire|Establishment]]'''
34: | '''[[Fall of the Ottoman Empire|Dissolution]]''' - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: ...ngle political unit until the late 19th century, they exerted influence upon Western civilization from...
5: ...eferred to [[Nazi Germany]] (1933–1945) as the Third Reich.
7: ...t the beginning of the sections and subsections. The [[History of Germany since 1945]] continues this ...
9: ==The Germans and the Romans==
12: ...out the Germanic people at the Roman frontier on the Rhine]] - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
3: ...ngle political unit until the late 19th century, they exerted influence upon Western civilization from...
5: ...eferred to [[Nazi Germany]] (1933–1945) as the Third Reich.
7: ...t the beginning of the sections and subsections. The [[History of Germany since 1945]] continues this ...
9: ==The Germans and the Romans==
12: ...out the Germanic people at the Roman frontier on the Rhine]]
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