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- Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
1: ...32]]) during Sweden's intervention in Germany in the [[Thirty Years' War]].
8: ...ign=top><td>'''Coronation'''<td>[[October 20]], [[1650]]
10: ... regni sapientia]]"<br>("''Wisdom is the prop of the realm''") <!-- Official English version from www....
22: ...mpt to determine if she was [[intersexual]], but they were not able to come to a clear conclusion.
25: ...inst the prospect of having to produce a heir to the throne. - 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]] - Oboe (5230 bytes)
3: ...lation of [[embouchure]] and air-pressure allows the player to express a huge range of emotions and mo...
5: ==The instrument==
7: ...ficult to blend with other instruments. However, the advanced oboist can produce a rich, warm, and bea...
9: ... changes in pitch are also possible by adjusting the [[embouchure]].
11: ...strument in early military bands until ousted by the clarinet. - Horn (instrument) (19243 bytes)
2: ...although this usage is uncommon among players of the instrument.
4: In other languages, the instrument is named ''Horn'' ([[German language|G...
6: ...tom of the staff in [[bass clef]] to the C above the staff in [[treble clef]].
10: ...t and blow Horns."--Fac-simile of a Miniature in the Manuscript of Phoebus (Fifteenth Century).]]
12: ...ing the speed at which the lips vibrated against the mouthpiece. - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
2: ...ynasty of Egypt|Eleventh dynasty]] to the end of the [[Fourteenth dynasty of Egypt|Fourteenth dynasty]...
4: ==The Beginning==
5: ...lfth dynasties]], and date the Middle Kingdom to the beginning of that dynasty.
7: ==The Twelfth dynasty==
8: ...r as a palace coup by Amenemhat that resulted in the death of Mentuhotep IV. - Ancient Egypt (16131 bytes)
1: ...As a civilization based on [[irrigation]], it is the quintessential example of a [[hydraulic empire]].
6: ...has been the lifeline for Egyptian culture since the [[Stone Age]].
8: ...isions. The Pharaohs were known as the rulers of the Two Kingdoms, viz. upper and lower Egypt.
10: .... And it is unknown if [[Alashiya]] was actually the island of [[Cyprus]].
14: ...irst dynasty of Egypt|First dynasty]] or before, the Egyptians [[Mining|mined]] [[turquoise]] in [[Sin... - Maryland (22654 bytes)
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36: ...colonies]] that revolted against British rule in the [[American Revolution]]. ''See: [[Annapolis Conve...
41: ...[1632]]. The new colony was named in honour of [[Henrietta Maria]], Queen Consort of Charles I.
43: ...tian]]), and is sometimes seen as a precursor to the [[First Amendment]].
45: ...xon line]] which would form the boundary between their two colonies. - 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]]) - 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...
7: *Some time between [[1600]]-[[1650]]-[[Mahican]] [[Confederacy]] founded
12: ...]-[[Henry Hudson]], hired by the Dutch, explores the present-day [[Hudson River]]
13: ... Provinces]] ([[the Netherlands]]) lays claim to the [[Hudson Valley]] area - 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. - Crossbow (7510 bytes)
2: ...rossbow nonetheless played a significant role in the history of European medieval warfare and is still...
5: ...t as [[arrow]]s do. The stock and trigger of hand-held firearms may have been copied from crossbows.
7: ...his consistent performance was part of what made the crossbow historically a significant force in warf...
10: ... the nut is at the end of the shelf (also called the bolt rest).
12: ...oosen over time, and must be carefully respliced when appropriate. - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
1: ...|thumb|250px|The tsunami that struck [[Mal靝 in the [[Maldives]] on [[December 26]], [[2004]].]]
2: ...s all have the potential to generate a tsunami. The effects of a tsunami can range from unnoticeable ...
4: ...noticed at sea, forming only a passing "hump" in the ocean.
6: ...usage is discouraged by [[oceanographer|oceanographers]].
9: ...[Image:Tsunami_comic_book_style.png|thumb|200px|Schema of a tsunami]] - Swimming (22854 bytes)
1: ...mming is also a competitive sport. There are many health benefits of swimming, yet basic swimming skil...
3: ...tstroke.arp.750pix.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Part of the breaststroke]]
5: ... and by kicking the legs to push water away from the body.
7: ... improve speed also aid one to move farther with the same effort.
9: ...t as much as possible parallel to the surface of the water. Drooped legs or a slanted torso dramatical... - Lute (15915 bytes)
1: ...c language|Arabic]] ''al‘ud'', "the wood". The player of a lute is called a ''lutenist'', and a ...
3: ==Description of the instrument==
7: ...pists]], "We spend half our time tuning and the other half playing out of tune.")
9: ... substitute, with metal windings on the lower-pitched strings as on a classical guitar.
11: ...he ''first course'', the next pair of strings is the ''second course'', etc. Thus an 8-course lute wil... - Hittites (17910 bytes)
1: ...azk?n north-central [[Turkey]]), through most of the second millennium BC.
3: ...red-year gap from 1500 to 1400 BC. After 1200 BC the Hittite polity disintegrated into several indepen...
5: ...inhabited the same region until the beginning of the 2nd millennium BC and spoke a non-Indo-European l...
7: ...century initially believed the two peoples to be the same, but this identification is still disputed.
9: The Hittites were also famous for their skill in building and using [[Chariot#Hittite|c... - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[Herbert Hoover]]
16: | vicepresident=[[John N. Garner]]<br>[[Henry A. Wallace]]<br>[[Harry S. Truman]]
18: ...and close friends called him Frank. To the public he was usually known as "[[FDR (disambiguation)|FDR]...
20: ...ion to preserve peace was brought to fruition as the [[United Nations]] after his death.
22: ...als criticise measures such as the internment of the Japanese-Americans during [[World War II]] and hi... - Architectural history (13369 bytes)
1: ...rspectives in the study of architecture, most of them Western.
3: ...historical evolution of principles and styles in the design of [[buildings]] and cities.
5: ...itical Theory is largely self-referential, whilst Hermeneutics is contextual.
7: ...taphysics]] of the previous theories, as well as the advance into supermodernity manifest in [[globali...
9: ... can be said that Architectural history reflects the historical development of its time. - 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...
40: *[[Christoph Arnold]] ([[Germany]], [[1650]] – [[1695]])
41: *[[Svante Arrhenius]] ([[Sweden]], [[1859]] – [[1927]])
42: *[[Arzachel (Al-Zarqali)]] (Muslim Spain, [[1028]] – [...
68: *[[Wilhelm Beer]] ([[Germany]], [[1797]] – [[1850]]) - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
4: ...nglish]] [[Political philosophy|political philosopher]], most famous for his book ''[[Leviathan (book)...
6: ...of [[Ren頄escartes|Descartes]] and wrote one of the replies to Descartes' ''Meditations.''
10: ...] [[John Wilkinson (scholar)|John Wilkinson]] and he had some influence on Hobbes.
12: ...as recommended by Wilkinson as tutor to William, the son of [[William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshir...
14: ...h]]. Hobbes believed that Thucydides' account of the [[Peloponnesian War]] showed that democratic gove...
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