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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...many were eventually assimilated into the Chinese identity. These cultural and political influences fr...
7: ...a about 65,000 years ago from [[Africa]]. Early evidence for proto-Chinese [[rice paddy]] agriculture ...
11: ...]s such as [[Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[Chi...
14: ...e of them, the [[Yellow Emperor]], is sometimes said to be the ancestor of all Chinese people. Followi...
15: ..._ming_tombs.jpg |thumb|left|Ming Tombs. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
3: ...tings, at a time when such heroic themes were considered beyond a mere woman's reach.
7: ... more talent than her brothers, who worked along side her. She learned drawing, how to mix color and h...
10: ...felden]]. The picture shows how, under parental guidance, Artemisia assimilated the realism of [[Carav...
12: ...ration of the "volte" of ''Casino della Rose'' inside the [[Pallavicini Rospigliosi Palace]] in [[Rom...
28: ...ta con la sua ancella'' (''"Judith with her Handmaid"'') of [[Pitti Palace]] and a second one, a large... - Silk (8683 bytes)
1: ...worm4.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Silk Worms. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa...
5: ...gan to reach regions throughout [[Asia]]. Silk rapidly became a popular luxury fabric in the many area...
8: ...hed as far as the [[India]]n subcontinent, the [[Middle East]], [[Europe]], and North [[Africa]]. This...
11: ...all top-quality looms and weavers were located inside the Palace complex in [[Constantinople]] and the...
12: ...pg|thumb|250px|Spinning Silk, Thailand. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa... - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
66: ...cording to Murray Sayle, the world's first bear raider -- Isaac le Maire, who forced prices down by du...
70: ...administrated by the Dutch government. Only then did they become official colonies (the [[Dutch East I...
72: ...a (people)|Roma]] (gypsies), gay and lesbian individuals, and people with mental retardation and other...
75: The name [[Holland]] is widely used as being equivalent to The Netherlands; i...
79: ...rs' War]] but only after the people had turned solidly [[Roman Catholic]] as a result of the [[Counter... - Rhode Island (15004 bytes)
3: ...llname = The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
9: ... Capital = [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]] |
10: ... LargestCity = [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]] |
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37: ...t]], and the towns of [[Middletown, Rhode Island|Middletown]] and [[Portsmouth, Rhode Island|Portsmout... - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
34: *[[1637]]-[[New Haven Colony]] founded
66: ...-[[King William's War]] (1689-1697), part of the wider [[War of the Grand Alliance]], begins
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87: *[http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.cgi?direct=History/United_States/Amer...
88: *[http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.cgi?direct=History/United_States/Civi... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
6: ...ks on political philosophy and other matters, providing an account of human nature as self-interested ...
12: ...little attracted by the scholastic learning". He did not complete his degree until [[1608]] but he was...
14: ...emocratic government could not survive war or provide stability and was thus undesirable.
16: ...ether by [[Marin Mersenne]]. From [[1637]] he considered himself a philosopher.
20: ...y Man came into relation with Man. Finally he considered, in his crowning treatise, how Men were moved... - Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
2: ...age-crca.jpg|thumb|400px|Rene Descartes Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
6: ..., Descartes founded [[analytic geometry]], that bridge between algebra and geometry crucial to the inv...
26: ...[[Christina of Sweden]]. The cause of death was said to be [[pneumonia]] - accustomed to working in be...
35: ...lled [[methodological skepticism]]: he doubts any idea that can be doubted.
43: ...ith what is known as the ''Wax Argument''. He considers a piece of wax: his senses inform him that it ... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
95: *[[Aristides (Apologist)|Aristides]], (fl. 2nd century)
102: *[[David Malet Armstrong]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{f...
154: *[[Basilides]], (c. 117-138){{fn|C}}
159: *[[David Baumgardt]], (1890-1963){{fn|R}} - Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
7: ...a judge (Qaadi) in [[Seville]], translated and abridged Aristotle's book ''de Anima'' (''On Animals'')...
11: ...Malpighi]] (1628–1694), [[Jan Swammerdam]] (1637–1680), and [[Robert Hooke]] (1635–170...
19: ...me" of a species. When a species is further subdivided, the [[trinomial nomenclature]] is used. For a ...
21: ...ed and accepted. Linnaeus' system made it easy to identify unambiguously any given species of plant or...
47: In addition, species are often subdivided into subspecies and other infraspecific categor... - Vernier scale (1907 bytes)
1: ...ch]] mathematician [[Pierre Vernier]] ([[1580]]-[[1637]]). In some languages, this device is called a ''...
5: ... scale ("vernier" in the diagram) is used to provide an even finer additional level of precision with...
8: ...ing scale is constructed with its zero point coincident with the start of the data scale. Its gradatio...
13: ...ld be in half-degrees with an indicator scale providing 30 1-minute gradations (spanning 29 of the hal... - Scientific method (40667 bytes)
1: ...ely cautious means of building a supportable, [[evidence]]-based [[understanding]] of our natural [[wo...
7: ...iseased demons and other superstition, there is evidence of traditional empiricism.
9: ...as we experience it reaches an extreme in [[Parmenides]] who argued that the world is one and that cha...
11: ...iricism]]. For Aristotle, the Platonic, universal ideal is to be found in particular things, what he c...
17: ... most general" which are "abstract and without solidity". - Opera (25153 bytes)
7: ...e the visual spectacle on the stage, which is considered an important part of the performance. Finally...
9: ... until the third decade, and sometimes not until middle age. Male singers are classified as [[basso|b...
11: ...melodic or semi-melodic passages occuring in the midst of what is otherwise recitative are also referr...
13: ...ps such film scores can in some sense even be considered both the heirs and the competitors of [[grand...
20: ...ing" this situation. A later work by Peri, ''[[Euridice]]'', dating from 1600, is the first opera scor... - New Sweden (3805 bytes)
2: ... as New Stockholm (now [[Bridgeport, New Jersey|Bridgeport]]) and [[Swedesboro, New Jersey|Swedesboro]...
6: By the middle of the [[17th century]], the [[Realm of Sweden...
8: ...aunched from the port of [[Gothenburg]] in late [[1637]]. [[Samuel Blommaert]] assisted with the fitting...
18: *[[Peter Hollander Ridder]] (1640-1643)
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