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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]] - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
8: Nickname = The Garden State |
30: HighestElev = 550 |
36: ...state is named after the island of [[Jersey]] in the [[English Channel]].
39: ...by the Dutch in 1654 and incorporated into New Netherland.
41: ...ersey) to two friends who had been loyal through the [[English Civil War]]: [[George Carteret|Sir Geor... - Achilles Tatius (1791 bytes)
1: ...itions by [[Hirschig]], 1856; [[Hercher]], 1858. There are translations in many languages; in English ...
3: ...g definite is known as to the authorship of the other works, which are lost. - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
1: ... largest church in Christendom and often used by the Pope.]]
2: ...]s have been buried there, too. Construction of the [[basilica]] began in [[1506]] and was completed ...
4: ...ich is no longer used. These are the sources of the confusion.
7: ...Council convened in the Basilica of Saint Peter. The high canopy or baldocchino was designed by Bernin...
8: ... Constantine]] officially recognized Christianity he started construction in [[324]] of a great basili... - 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]]) - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: ...ath the swollen 'balloon', and the colourless patches that confude prey trapped inside ]]A '''carnivor...
3: especially [[insect]]s and other [[arthropod]]s. Carnivorous plants usually
4: grow in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutrients,
6: [[Charles Darwin]] wrote the first well-known treatise on carnivorous plants i...
10: ...ping mechanisms exploited by carnivorous plants. These - 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: ...esman]], [[spy]], [[freemason]] and [[essayist]]. He was knighted in [[1603]], created '''Baron Verula...
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." - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
1: ...ftTrial.jpg|thumb|A 19th century illustration of the Salem Witch Trials]]
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns ev...
12: ...]-[[Henry Hudson]], hired by the Dutch, explores the present-day [[Hudson River]]
13: ... Provinces]] ([[the Netherlands]]) lays claim to the [[Hudson Valley]] area
22: ...land, on the ''[[Mayflower (ship)|Mayflower]]''. They found [[Plymouth Colony]] in present-day [[Massa... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ... new continent for vastly different reasons, and they created colonies with very different [[social]],...
4: ...re closely united than ever before, at odds with the [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] government o...
9: ...he intellectual growth of the Renaissance led to the development of [[seafaring]] technologies needed ...
11: ...f colonization and conquest. Within a few years, they had divided up lucrative [[South America|South]]...
13: ...ropeans were concerned, they were still free for the taking. - Saint Peter (16028 bytes)
1: ...al chasuble and pallium holding keys, was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus.]]
2: ...re generalized concept and doctrine of sainthood where all Christians are saints and non-Christians ar...
4: ...s of heaven, as prescribed in the [[Gospel of Matthew]].
7: ... depicted in art holding the keys to the gates of heaven.]]
8: ...ivalent of the name Peter. When the Bible lists the Apostles, Peter is always listed first, and [[Jud... - Jan Brueghel the Younger (1191 bytes)
1: ...e.jpg|right|thumb|260px|Paradise by Jan Brueghel the Younger (c. 1620). Oil on oak. Gem䬤egalerie, Be...
4: ...a [[Flemish]] [[painter]], son of [[Jan Brueghel the Elder]].
6: ...ied works by his father and sold them with his father's signature. His work is distinguishable from th...
8: ... his own name or made for other artists such as [[Hendrick van Balen]] as backgrounds. - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ...esy|heretic]], popularly regarded as a martyr to the cause of [[freedom of thought]] because his ideas...
7: ...]] of Saint Domenico near [[Naples]]. In [[1572]] he was ordained a priest.
9: ...[[pantheism|pantheistic]] [[hylozoism]], and not the [[Trinity]].
10: ...o Bruno's mnemonic devices: in the spandrels are the four [[classical element]]s: earth, air fire, wat...
11: ...d by the newly rediscovered ideas of [[Plato]]. Other influences included [[Thomas Aquinas]], [[Averro... - March 22 (9294 bytes)
1: ...[Gregorian Calendar]] (82nd in [[Leap year]]s). There are 284 days remaining.
6: ...lony]] sign a peace treaty with [[Massasoit]] of the [[Wampanoag]]s.
7: ...tlers around [[Jamestown, Virginia]], a third of the colony's population.
8: *[[1630]] - [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] outlaws the possession of cards, [[dice]], and gaming tables.
10: ... the first direct tax levied from [[England]] on the American colonies. - Boston, Massachusetts (36071 bytes)
4: nickname = "Beantown," "The Hub," "Athens of America" |
9: founded = [[September 17]], [[1630]] |
25: ...d, particularly in the Nineteenth Century, "The Athens of America," owing to its great cultural and in...
27: ...mericas, and the one of the top-fifty largest in the world.
31: ...e]] in Boston is surrounded by tall buildings of the 19th and 20th centuries.]] - Lansing, Michigan (6961 bytes)
2: ...t [[Eaton County, Michigan|Eaton County]]. As of the [[2000]] census, it has a population of 119,128.
12: founded = [[September 17]], [[1630]] |
28: ...|250px|An aerial view of Lansing, the capital of the State of Michigan]]
29: ...n|Alaiedon Township]] in Ingham County to the southeast.
31: ...a, Park Lake and Lake Lansing, both northeast of the city. - 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]]... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], [[1799]] &nda...
41: *[[Svante Arrhenius]] ([[Sweden]], [[1859]] – [[1927]])
42: *[[Arzachel (Al-Zarqali)]] (Muslim Spain, [[1028]] – [...
68: *[[Wilhelm Beer]] ([[Germany]], [[1797]] – [[1850]])
71: *[[Friedrich Bessel|Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel]] ([[Germany]], [[1784]] – [[1846]... - 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}} - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
2: ...structure of [[Hinduism]] and [[Islam]] (such as the [[caste system]] and [[purdah]], respectively). S...
4: ...Singh]] reinforced these words by saying "Regard the whole human race as equal".
6: ... Pyare (Five Beloved Ones), who in turn baptised the Guru at his request.
8: ... founders of a faith during their own life time. The Sikh Holy Scripture is particularly unique in tha...
10: ...eternally One, the Sovereign and omnipotent God (the Truth of Love).
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