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- Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...y of [[Canopus (Egypt)|Canopus]]. It has a population of approximately 3,341,000.
3: ... a long decline, which by the late [[Ottoman]] period had seen it reduced to little more than a small ...
11: The history of Alexandria covers four periods:
13: * The [[#Foundation|Ptolemaic era]] which starts with the founding o...
18: === Foundation === - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
8: |+<big>'''الإمارات ال...
13: | align="center" width="165px" | [[Image:NationalArmsofUAE.png|120px]]
16: ...nter" width="165px" | <font size="-1">([[media:NationalArmsofUAE.png|Full size]]) </font>
19: ...;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[List of state mottos|National motto]]: none''</small>
21: ...pan=2 style="background: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationUnitedArabEmirates.png]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
31: ...ing]], (born 1980), [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] [[Basketball]] player, [[Houston Rockets]]
111: *[[Yoannis XIV of Alexandria]], ([[1573]]-[[1589]]), Coptic Pope
129: *[[Thom Yorke|Yorke, Thom]], of [[Radiohead]]
148: ...oung|Young, Brigham]], (1801-1877), American religious leader
160: *[[Horatio Nelson Young|Young, Horatio Nelson]], (1845-1913), military hero - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ...[[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...6]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ...[[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
31: *[[Aetion]] ([[4th century BC]])
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]]) - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...he natural world through experimentation, observation, and testing of hypotheses. In the context of hi...
10: ...te. He entered [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], in 1573 at the age of 13, living for three years there wi...
12: ...rst met the Queen, who was impressed by his precocious intellect, and was accustomed to call him "the ...
14: ...totelian philosophy, which seemed barren, disputatious, and wrong in its objectives.
16: ...nry III]] afforded him valuable political instruction. - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...[research institute]]". For purposes of [[publication]], he owned a [[printing press]] and [[paper mil...
8: ... dead twin which was printed as his first publication in 1572). He also had two sisters, one older ([[...
10: ...h they moved, and where Tycho began a Latin education until he was 12 years old.
12: ...Cosmographia seu descriptio totius orbis and [[Regiomontanus]]' De triangulis omnimodis.
14: ...eavens conducted from a single location over a period of several years.'' -Tycho Brahe, [[1563]] (age ... - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
2: ...ionality not on a Spanish ship) to [[circumnavigation|circumnavigate]] the globe, from [[1577]] to [[1...
9: ...ish [[Atlantic slave trade|slave-trading]] expeditions.
12: ...panish forces executed a surprise attack in violation of a truce agreed to a few days before, nearly c...
13: ...Drake returned to [[Plymouth]] on [[August 9]], [[1573]], a mere thirty Englishmen returned with him, bu...
15: == Circumnavigation of the globe == - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
117: *[[Giovanni Domenico Cassini]] a.k.a. Jean-Dominique Cas...
172: *[[Giovanni Battista Donati]], ([[Italy]], [[1826]] &nda...
206: *[[Camille Flammarion]] ([[France]], [[1842]] – [[1925]]) - Origami (9154 bytes)
5: ...ions, sometimes cutting the paper during the creation of the design ([[Kirigami]]) or starting with a ...
9: ...], which started in [[Muromachi era]] ([[1392]]-[[1573]]). That of [[Europe]]an origami, represented by ...
11: ... as an integrated part of their culture and tradition.
15: ... finished product to hold shape better, and variations such as modular origami, where many origami uni...
17: ...l. The model, contrary to common theory of traditional origami, involved cutting and gluing. - Libya (12985 bytes)
1: ... [[capital]] city is [[Tripoli]]. The three traditional parts of the country are [[Tripolitania]], the...
6: ...1588;عبية الإشتراكية...
16: ...="vertical-align: top;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: n/a''</small>
18: ...round: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationLibya.png|Location of Libya]]
24: | '''''Leader of the Revolution''''' || [[Muammar al-Qaddafi]] - Corinthian order (9508 bytes)
2: ...e the [[Doric order|Doric]] and the [[Ionic order|Ionic]]. (When classical architecture was revived, t...
6: ...ault demonstrates in his engraving how the proportions of the carved capital could be adjusted accordi...
9: ... as if by the wind of Faith. Unlike the Doric and Ionic column capitals, a Corinthian capital has no n...
11: ...ch and festive, with more opportunities for variation than the other orders.
15: ...Corinthian column is similar to the [[Ionic order|Ionic column]], though it may be made more slender, ... - Alchemy (42222 bytes)
1: ...most renowned goal of alchemy is the [[transmutation]] of any metal into either [[gold]] or [[silver]...
2: ... modern science of chemistry prior to the formulation of the [[scientific method]].
8: ...ns, which treat of the ''khēmia'' [transmutation] of gold and silver". The Arabic therefore could...
11: ...thumb|rules of thumb]], traditions, basic observations, and mysticism to fill in the gaps.
13: ...material meaning connected to physical transformation of matter. - September 23 (7397 bytes)
13: *[[1806]] - [[Lewis and Clark Expedition|Lewis and Clark]] return, after exploring the Pa...
14: ...[[Knickerbocker Baseball Club]], the first professional [[baseball]] team, is founded in [[New York]].
20: *[[1922]] - [[Gdynia]] Seaport Construction Act passed by the [[Poland|Polish]] parliament.
28: ...- [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]] joins the [[United Nations]].
29: ... [[WBA]] champion [[Michael Dokes]] in [[Akron, Ohio]]. - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
2: ...le East]]ern city of key importance to the [[religion]]s of [[Judaism]], [[Christianity]], and [[Islam...
4: ...nal, religious, and socioeconomic groups. The section called the "Old City" is surrounded by walls and...
6: ...e country's seat of government and otherwise functions as capital. Many countries do not recognize Isr...
12: ...n between the name and ''Shalim'' the personification of dusk in [[Ugarit|Ugaritic]] myth. See also [[...
18: ...uled by [[Melchizedek]], regarded in Jewish tradition as being a priest of God and identical to [[Shem...
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