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1. 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
2. Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
   8: ...usin, [[George I of Great Britain|George I]], of the [[House of Hanover]].
   10: ...e used to ensure that Scotland would co-operate. The [[Act of Union 1707]] (which united England and S...
   12: ...gh]], who led the English armies in the [[War of the Spanish Succession]].
   15: ...advisors. Jennings later married John Churchill (the future Duke of Marlborough), who would later beco...
   17: ...ce to [[Anglicanism]]; James II continued to send her Catholic books and essays, but made no serious a...
3. Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
   8: ...er reign. She did, however, govern the realm when her husband was abroad fighting wars.
   11: ...gh her parents bore eight children, only Mary and her younger sister [[Anne of Great Britain|Anne]] su...
   13: ...ied again in [[1673]], taking as his second wife the Catholic [[Mary of Modena]], also known as Mary B...
   15: ...ould improve his popularity amongst Protestants. The first cousins Mary and William married in London ...
   17: ...ple, but her husband neglected or even mistreated her. William long maintained an affair with [[Elizab...
4. Carpet (15753 bytes)
   1: ...ables. Only with the opening of trade routes in the 17th century were significant numbers of [[Persia...
   3: ...icates a covering that is affixed to a floor and the latter a floor covering that is loose-laid, most ...
   8: [[Image:Swatches of carpet 1.jpg|thumb|250px|Swatches of machine-made carpet]]
   12: ...ps of cloth such as wool or cotton through the meshes of a sturdy fabric such as burlap. This type of ...
   14: ...not types (see below) to form the pile or nap of the carpet.
5. Pipe organ (24478 bytes)
   1: ...be purely decorative, with the real pipes behind them.]]
   5: ...on configuration being two [[manual]]s played by the hands plus a [[pedalboard]]. Three, four or five ...
   7: ...d for the performance of [[classical music]]. In the era of [[silent film]]s, large pipe organs were i...
   11: ...he text of the heading in any way, please update the link too.-->
   15: ...sical organ]], the [[symphonic organ]] and the [[theatre organ]].
6. 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.
7. Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
   5: ...during the 20th century but not including any of the major revision proposals that have also been made...
   7: ...ten there are also several possible spellings of the names.
   9: ...he combined chronology presented below, which is the “Conventional Chronology” that is quo...
   16: * The dates of Dynasties 1 to 10 are from Baines and Ma...
   17: ... Age", in Astrom (ed) ''High, Middle or Low'' (Gothengurg, 1987), taking his low chronology.
8. Texas (39610 bytes)
   30: HighestElev = [[Guadalupe Peak]], 2,667 |
   36: ... member [[U.S. state|state]] in [[1845]]. It has the [[U.S. Postal Service|postal abbreviation]] '''TX...
   38: ...rs mistakenly applied the word to the people and their location.
   41: * [[state flower]] — the [[bluebonnet]] (''Lupinus texensis'')
   43: ... on several historical flags of Texas, including the current Texas flag [http://www.50states.com/bio/n...
9. 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]])
10. Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
    2: ... [[Royal Society]]. In [[1775]], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster General]].
    4: ...[[lightning rod]], [[swimfin]]s, improvements to the [[glass harmonica]], and possibly [[bifocals]].
    9: ...[[1667]], to Peter Folger, a miller and schoolteacher, and his wife [[Mary Morrill]].
    11: ...f whom being half-siblings of Benjamin Franklin. They included: Elizabeth ([[March 2]] [[1678]]), Samu...
    13: ..., [[1688]]), and Joseph ([[June 30]], [[1689]]) (the first Joseph having died soon after birth).
11. March 21 (10586 bytes)
    1: ... Calendar]] (81^st in [[leap year]]s). There are 285 days remaining.
    5: ...as Cranmer]] is [[Execution by burning|burned at the stake]].
    6: ... buildings in [[New Orleans]] and leaves most of the town in ruins.
    7: ...800]] - With the church leadership driven out of the [[Vatican]] during an armed conflict, [[Pope Pius...
    8: ...gdom|British]] and [[France|French]] forces near the ruins of [[Nicopolis]] in [[Egypt]].
12. 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]]...
13. Economy of Russia (68844 bytes)
    2: ...h transition. However, no two countries have had the exact same experience in this process. Russia's e...
    5: ''Main article: [[Economic history of the Soviet Union]]''
    7: ...r force with substantial technical expertise. At the same time, Soviet-era management practices, a dec...
    9: ...ning system left a number of legacies with which the Russian economy must deal in its transition to a ...
    11: ...tion that if each unit met or exceeded its plan, then demand and supply would balance.
14. 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}}
15. Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
    5: ... Minor (Bach)|Mass in B Minor]] and the [[St. Matthew Passion]].
    7: ...ch]] became important musicians and composers in their own right. (See [[Bach family]].)
    11: ... sons were expected to be apprentices to their fathers, we can assume J. S. Bach began copying music a...
    13: ...demanded to know how Sebastian had come to learn them.
    17: ...n. This practical experience with the innards of the instrument would provide a unique counterpoint to...

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