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- Hanging Gardens of Babylon (4963 bytes)
1: ...0px|Gardens of Semiramis, 20th century interpretation]]
5: ...tely substantiate what look like fanciful descriptions.
7: ...s of thought think that through the ages the location may have been confused with gardens that existed...
10: ...t|thumb|300px|Hanging Garden, Assyrian interpretation]]
11: ...den.gif|a hanging Garden, 21st century interpretation]] - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...on]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] ...
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
11: ...]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
21: ...sh Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]] - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...ell as successive waves of immigration and emigration merged to create the familiar image of Chinese c...
7: ... craftsmen and administrators: in short, civilization as we know it. In late [[Neolithic]] times, the ...
11: ...ou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[China]].
14: ...ou Dynasty|Zhou]] dynasties. It is during this period of the ''Three Dynasties'' ([[Chinese language|C...
18: ...0 BC]] was unearthed. Early markings from this period, found on pottery and shells, have been alleged ... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ... stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas, they ...
5: ...hroughout Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...e isles of Juana ([[Cuba]]) and Espanola ([[Hispaniola]]), as well as the coasts of [[Central America|...
9: ...[[horse]]s), and the first large-scale [[colonization]] of the Americas by Europeans.
11: ...sive boost his explorations gave to Western expansion and culture. [[Italian American]]s hail Columbus... - Steel (28384 bytes)
1: :''See [[Steel (disambiguation)]] for other uses.''
3: ...ut is also more [[brittle]]. One classical definition is that steels are iron-carbon alloys with up to...
5: ...n, if present, is undesired. A more recent definition is that steels are iron-based alloys that can be...
8:
10: ...[[iron ore]] pellets will be used in steel production.]] - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
4: ... new continent had been discovered, a bold contention in his day when everyone, including [[Christophe...
10: ...s were forgeries written by others of the same period.
12: ... have been the publication and widespread circulation of his letters that led [[Martin Waldseem�ller...
16: ...er]] and returning to [[Spain]] by way of [[Hispaniola]]. Vespucci claimed, in a letter to Lorenzo di ...
18: ...ount does not mention the broad estuary of the [[Rio de la Plata]], which he must have seen if he had ... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ... coined for [[Margaret Thatcher]]. [[David Ben-Gurion]] once described her as "the only man in the Cab...
8: ==Emigration to the United States, 1906==
14: ...ocating. She hosted visitors from [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]].
16: ...chools. She joined the Labor [[Zionist]] Organization in [[1915]]. She married Morris Myerson in [[19...
18: ==Emigration to Palestine, 1921== - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
3: ...the first female artist to paint history and religious paintings, at a time when such heroic themes we...
5: ==Biography==
7: ...ly inspiration from [[Caravaggio]] during that period, her style was just as heavily influenced in tur...
9: ...humb|200px| Susanna and the Elders, Sch?rn Collection, Pommersfelden]]
10: ...e, Artemisia assimilated the realism of [[Caravaggio]] without being indifferent to the language of th... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
2: ...hristian]] [[theology]] concerning her is '''[[Mariology]]'''.
6: ...ry ([[Miriam]] in Hebrew, Mariam in Greek) is mentioned by name in three of the four [[Gospels]], and ...
8: ...tions of the Church Fathers, and their interpretations of the Scriptures[[#Footnotes|¹]].
11: ...l (archangel)|Gabriel]] delivering the [[Annunciation]] to Mary. Painting by [[El Greco]] (1575)]]
13: ...18|Matt. 1:18]]-[[Matthew 1:25|25]]) of her condition, and took her to his own home. Soon after this ... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ...] and [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, [[Paris]], AE II 2490).]]
2: ...les since the [[19th century]], became an inspiration to [[Allies|Allied]] forces during the [[World W...
4: ...on of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]'s faction during the [[Hundred Years' War]].
5: ==Biography==
7: ...e English to make swift gains. There were two factions of the French Royal family: the [[Burgundy|Burg... - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
5: ==Biography==
9: ... a Hungarian [[Zionism|Zionist]] student organization.
11: ...ning in [[Egypt]] for the British [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]].
13: .... She was captured before she could begin her mission and was interned in the [[Horthy Miklos Prison]]...
28: ... many singers sang it and this song ends some versions of the film ''[[Schindler's List]]'': - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
1: ...eam locomotive]], at [[Bristol Temple Meads]] station, Bristol, England]]
5: ...here the locomotives push the trains in one direction, and are controlled from a control cab at the op...
8: ...ns why the motive power for trains has been traditionally isolated in a locomotive, rather than in sel...
16: ==Classification by motive power==
20: ...in illustration.jpg|thumb|right|300px|An illustration of a historical train. Pictures provided by by [... - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
3: ...h Africa. It includes the major art movements, national art, genres, revivals, the artists crafts, and...
5: ...e art]] and [[Islamic art]]. In addition each "nation" or culture in the Middle Ages had its own disti...
13: ... based on about nine large-scale movements, or periods.
15: ...the production of art in the East. During this period Christian artists adopted the Roman crafts of pa...
17: ...en finally late in the period some Viking inspirations were added in Ireland. - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
6: ...rally rare and had to be imported from other locations.
8: Sculptures from the Sumerian and Akkadian period generally had large, staring eyes, and long bear...
11: ...ad has the wide open eyes, typical of the time period.
13: ...well-known is the lamassu, a human-headed winged lion from 883-859 BC. A unique feature of this piece...
18: ...inxes were statues of deities with the body of a lion and the head of an animal or a man, often made t... - Glass (26176 bytes)
1: The materials definition of a '''glass''' is a uniform [[amorphous solid]...
9: ...modified, or even changed entirely, with the addition of other compounds or [[heat treatment]].
13: '''Common glass''' is mostly amorphous [[silicon dioxide]] ([[Silicon|Si]][[Oxygen|O]]<sub>2</sub>), w...
20: ...t]] light or UV, to pass. This is due to the addition of compounds such as [[soda ash]] (sodium carbon...
22: ...r|amplify]] transmitted signals by [[laser]] emission from within the glass itself. - Printing (4400 bytes)
1: ...ght have the same name, see [[Print]] (disambiguation).''
6: ...ng the technique of [[offset printing]], and occasionally [[relief print]], (which is principally used...
15: ... Venice in 1469, and the city had 417 printers by 1500. In 1476, a printing press was developed in Engla...
17: ...owing concise history of a series of rapid innovations in image and type printing at the end of the [[...
18: ...hich for strength surpassed anything that had previously been known. - Jewellery (4234 bytes)
1: ...y persons, typically made with [[gem]]s and [[precious metal]]s. [[Costume jewelry|Costume jewellery]...
7: Jewellery, particularly when made with precious materials, is generally considered valuable and...
9: Jewellery in various forms has been made and worn by both sexes in a...
22: ...C - [[The Middle East]] employ semi-[[mass-production]]
26: * 2500 BC - True iron production technology in [[Near East]]. - Blast furnace (4721 bytes)
1: ...e surface. Typically this is used for the production of [[pig iron]] from [[iron ore]].
6: ...uel)|coke]] instead of [[charcoal]]. [[Deforestation]] in Europe had progressed to the point that fue...
9: ...nto the middle, thus the "blast", allowing combustion in the middle of the mixture. The results of th...
11: The exact nature of the reaction is:
15: ...ing chemically to produce pure iron and [[carbon dioxide]], which leaks out of the furnace at the top. - Woodworking (12397 bytes)
7: ...human beings. Indeed, the development of civilization was closely tied to the development of increasin...
9: ... Wooden [[idol]]s from the [[La Tene|La T讥]] period are known from a sanctuary at the source of the ...
11: Two ancient civilizations that used woodworking were the [[Ancient Egypt|...
13: ... ancient Chinese practice of [[geomancy]]. It mentions almost nothing of the intricate glueless and na...
24: * chip carving: incised surface decoration, usually geometric - Greek language (35285 bytes)
4: |region=The [[Balkans]]
5: |speakers=15 million|rank=74
10: ...tion=[[Greece]], [[Cyprus]] (and the [[European Union]])
13: ... It is symbolically divided in four historical periods:
15: ...aic]] and [[Classical]] periods of Greek civilisation. It has been studied in schools and universities...
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