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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
66: *[[Christopher Columbus]], (1451-1506), reached [[the Am...
77: ...ns|Russian]] explorer, first European who sailed through [[Bering Strait]]
140: *[[Henry Hudson]], (died 1570), discovered the [[Hudson River]] and sailed up i...
230: *[[John Rae]], (1813-1893), travelled widely through the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]] - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
3: ...s]] branch of the kings of France, and mother of three further kings of that branch.
13: ...tays made of whalebone or metal. They forcefully shrank women's waists from their natural dimensions t...
17: ...the Protestant rebellion by arms, she resumed, in 1570, the policy of peace and negotiation. She conceiv... - Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
6: ... the blood," who would become heir to the French throne if the Valois line died out.
14: ...m here she conducted peace negotiations, and in [[1570]] official talks began to marry Henry to the king... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
15: ...t of [[Semi-Salic]] situation, Mary ascended the throne because all other male lines of the royal hous...
17: ...d of the Stewarts' reign over Scotland. Instead, through Mary's son, it was the beginning of their rei...
19: ...n, 2nd Earl of Arran]], the next in line for the throne, acting as regent (until [[1554]], when he was...
24: ...y forward to the altar and put her gently in the throne set up there. Then he stood by, holding her to...
26: ...e Cardinal performed the ceremony of girding the three-foot sword to the tiny body. - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
9: ...r Walter Raleigh]] and [[Humphrey Gilbert|Sir Humphrey Gilbert]]. Elizabeth was a short-tempered and s...
16: ...her elder brother, and witchcraft. Elizabeth was three years old at that time and was also declared il...
25: ...Grey]] to be his heiress. Lady Jane ascended the throne, but was [[Deposition_(politics)|deposed]] les...
27: ...people might depose her and put Elizabeth on the throne in her stead. [[Wyatt's Rebellion]] in [[1554]...
31: ...8]], upon Mary I's death, Elizabeth ascended the throne. She was far more popular than her sister, and... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
5: ...#256;ḏām in [[Tiberian Hebrew]], and آدم (ʾĀdam) in [[Arabic lang...
15: The story is in Genesis, chapters two and three. After his creation, Adam was placed in the Gar...
22: ... first-born child, and called him [[Cain]]. Only three of Adam's children (Cain, his brother [[Abel]],...
36: ...as caused by the forbidden fruit sticking in the throat of Adam.
38: ...had four rivers flowing from it: [[Tigris]], [[Euphrates]], [[Pishon]] and [[Gihon]]. - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
5: ==Egyptian chronology==
10: ...illennia. There is a recommended revision of the chronology of Egypt.
23: * [[Egyptian chronology]] (for further discussion)
24: * [[Conventional Egyptian chronology|King List]]
35: ...nd much of southwest [[Asia]], as far as the [[Euphrates]]. - Influenza (10335 bytes)
4: .... Major genetic changes in the virus have caused three influenza [[pandemics]] in the [[20th century|2...
8: There are three types of the virus:
32: * Sore throat
39: ...a can be deadly, especially for the weak, old or chronically ill. Some flu [[Pandemic|pandemics]] have...
41: ...e age 65 years and older, people of any age with chronic medical conditions, and very young children a... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
34: *[[Christoph Ludwig Agricola]] ([[1667]]-[[1719]])
83: *[[Leonard Bahr]] ([[1905]]-[[1990]])
167: *[[Aaron Bohrod]] ([[1907]]-[[1992]])
218: *[[Charles Ephraim Burchfield]] ([[1893]]-[[1967]])
263: *[[Anthony Christian]] ([[1945]]-) - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
18: ...a fellow Danish nobleman. This occurred in the [[Christmas]] season of [[1566]], after a fair amount o...
23: at the end of 1570, so he returned to [[Knudstrup]], where his fathe...
27: ...e became a binding [[morganatic]] marriage after three years.
45: ...e Tycho disagreed with [[Christian IV of Denmark|Christian IV]], the new king of his country, he moved...
80: * John Robert Christianson: ''On Tycho's Island: Tycho Brahe, scien... - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
10: ...circ;teau de Montaigne, to which he moved back in 1570. - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
15: ...world atlas, ''[[Theatrum Orbis Terrarum]]'' in [[1570]]. He produced his own atlas in a number of parts... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
28: *[[Wilfried Behre]]
260: *[[Jacopo Sansovino]] (1486 - 1570) - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
1: ...ate of birth are unknown, but [[September 12]], [[1570]] in England seems likely, and he is presumed to ...
3: ...pewell'' to find a northeast passage to [[Asia]] through the [[Arctic Ocean]] via the [[North Pole]]. ...
17: ...s de Laet]] in his work ''Nieuwe Wereldt ofte beschrijvinghe van West-Indien'' (''New World or the des... - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
17: ...ult, and because securing the tracks as they run through cities and the countryside is impractical.
53: ...ort. Railways soon spread throughout Britain and through the world, and became the dominant means of l...
55: ...]] in [[1826]] may have been the first to evolve through continuous operations into a [[common carrier...
79: [[Image:Three rail tracks 350.jpg|250px|thumb|right|[[Rail tr...
112: *http://www.northrail.co.nr - Defending Rail Services and Jobs in th... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
50: *[[Alexander of Aphrodisias]], (2nd century){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
145: *[[Christoph Gottfried Bardili]], (1761-1808)
218: *[[Niels Bohr]], (1885-1962){{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
347: *[[Christine de Pizan]], (c. 1365-c. 1430){{fn|R}}
348: *[[Andrea Christofidou]] - Islam (36809 bytes)
10: ... view the [[Qur'an]] as corrective of Jewish and Christian scriptures.
12: ...'an calls them [[People of the Book]]. Islam has three primary branches of belief, based largely on a ...
38: ...lieve in Allah and His messengers , and say not "three" . Cease! ( it is ) better for you! Allah is on...
40: ...ne Surah (chapter) of the Qur'an begins with the phrase "In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Mer...
74: ...iteration of the Arabic original (قرآن); it means “recitation”. - Quran (41479 bytes)
2: ...#1571;َلْقُرآن}} ''al-qur'ān''; its literal meaning...
6: ... of sura names]].) The suras are not arranged in chronological order (in the order in which Islamic sc...
10: ...hirty [[juz'|ajza']] (parts) can be used to work through the entire Qur’an in a week or a month,...
33: : Wa lay⬩n `ashr(in),
66: ...erpreted by Muslims in the light of the relative chronology of the verses: since the Qur'an was reveal... - Christmas tree (16574 bytes)
1: [[image:Christmas_tree.jpg|right|350px|thumb|A Christmas tree in a German home]]
2: ...tmas ornament|ornament]]s during the days around Christmas.
5: ...y thorn]] is still sent annually for the Queen's Christmas table in the [[United Kingdom]].
7: ...hlehem.png|right|thumb|Silhouette drawing of the Three Wise Men on camels following the star of Bethle...
11: ...in the following years. In [[France]], the first Christmas tree was introduced in [[1840]] by the duch... - Timeline of Middle Eastern History (12425 bytes)
47: * Jewish chronology dates [[creation (theology)|creation]] to ...
81: ...d]] and [[Sumeria]] (2371–2316 BC [[middle chronology]])
82: ...e 3rd dynasty of Ur (2112–2095 BC [[middle chronology]])
104: ...([[21st century BC|2052]]–[[16th century BC|1570 BC]])
123: ...[Hellenic Greece|Hellenic Greek]] culture spread through the [[Mediterranean]]
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