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- 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 ... - 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... - Crocus (3680 bytes)
2: ...sLongiflorus.jpg|250px|Crocus longiflorus]] | caption = ''Crocus longiflorus''}}
5: ...x_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Liliopsida]]}}
11: {{Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = lightgreen | plural_taxon = Species}}
15: ...ean]] (where crocuses appear in [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]] frescos at [[Santorini]]), across Centr... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...o them. Among the most famous explorers of the period were [[Christopher Columbus]], [[Vasco da Gama]]...
3: ...[Iberia]]. These that were a combination of traditional European and Arab designs were the first ships...
5: ==Exploration by land==
6: ...e world maps prior to the age of European exploration]]
7: ...further east. The [[Papacy]] also launched expeditions in hopes of finding coverts, or the fabled [[Pr... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
30: * [[Irrigation]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
48: ** [[Fermentation]] to produce [[beer]] in [[Sumeria]]
54: * [[Spoke|Spoked]] wheel [[chariot]] in the [[Ancient Near East|Middle East]] - Pilgrims (4873 bytes)
1: ...d freely practice their [[Puritan]] style of religion and live according to their own laws.
3: ...iled to [[Amsterdam]] to escape religious persecution at the hands of their countrymen. They settled i...
5: ...o move to a place better suited to them, and in [[1620]] set sail on the ship ''[[Mayflower]]'' from [[P...
8: ...ublishing what the English government saw as seditious books and sending them into England. The Englis...
10: ... Spain]] and the [[Congregational church|Congregationalism]] advocated by Brewster and others. - Mayflower (4074 bytes)
2: ... [[United States|United States of America]]) in [[1620]], leaving Plymouth on [[September 6]] and droppi...
8: ...he usual size of 180-ton merchant ships in the period to be 90 - 110 feet in length and about 25 feet ...
11: ...r'' alone. Their intended destination was a section of land in the area near the [[Hudson River]]. ...
21: ...of Mayflower passengers who died in the winter of 1620 - 1621]]. See some of the descendants of these Ma...
31: ...at/mayflower2.asp Mayflower II] at Plimoth Plantation Museum - Plymouth Colony (2283 bytes)
1: ...hich had been granted a charter for the land in [[1620]].
3: ...r]]'', as it lay off-shore. On [[December 21]], [[1620]], 102 [[Pilgrims]] from the [[Mayflower]] landed...
7: ...r eleven consecutive years, and was elected to various other terms until his death in [[1657]]. The pa...
12: *[[European colonization of the Americas]]
13: *[[British colonization of the Americas]] - 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]]) - Great Wall of China (10504 bytes)
1: ...p1;]] is an ancient [[China|Chinese]] [[fortification]] built from the end of the [[15th century]] unt...
3: ...eastern portion of [[Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region]]. [[Image:Greatwall_badling5.jpg|thumb|300px|Gr...
5: ...l regional walls built by the [[Warring States Period|Warring States]]. It was located much further no...
11: ...[1198]] (the [[Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period]])
12: # [[1368]]-[[1620]] (from [[Hongwu Emperor]] until [[Wanli Emperor]... - Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
5: ...sen]], claimed by later writers ([[Pierre Borel]] 1620 - 1671 or 1628 - 1689 and [[Willem Boreel]] 1591 ...
6: ... [[1609]] - [[Galileo Galilei]] develops an ''occhiolino'' or compound microscope with a convex and a ...
7: * [[1612]] - Galileo presents ''occhiolino'' to [[Poland|Polish]] king [[Sigismund I of ...
9: * c.[[1622]] - Drebbel presents his invention in [[Rome]].
10: * [[1624]] - Galileo presents his ''occhiolino'' to Prince Federico Cesi, founder of the ''A... - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...ficant break from that of [[Aristotle]]. In addition, his conflict with the [[Roman Catholic Church]]...
7: ...financial reasons. However, he was offered a position on its faculty in [[1589]] and taught mathematic...
10: ...se are the primary justifications for his description as "father of science."
12: ...New Sciences]]'' to determine the law of acceleration of falling bodies, for instance, required accura...
14: ...escribed by Galileo (Settle, 1961), and the precision of the results was consistent with Galileo's rep... - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...r's laws of planetary motion|laws of planetary motion]]. He is sometimes referred to as "the first [[t...
9: ...y child, but despite his ill health, he was precociously brilliant.
11: ... of ideas, as well as an abiding religious conviction, for solace.
15: ...nt school in Graz, Austria. He accepted the position in April of [[1594]], at the age of 23.
23: ...not ascertain a physical cause for this. The question of snowflakes was not resolved until the [[20th ... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...he natural world through experimentation, observation, and testing of hypotheses. In the context of hi...
10: Biographers believe that Bacon received an education at home in his early years, and that his health ...
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. - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
1: ...WitchcraftTrial.jpg|thumb|A 19th century illustration of the Salem Witch Trials]]
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] con...
17: *[[1612]]-[[Tobacco]] cultivation introduced to [[Jamestown, Virginia|Jamestown]] ...
20: === [[1620s]] ===
22: *[[1620]]-[[Pilgrims]] arrive from [[Plymouth]], England,... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...s with very different [[social]], [[religion|religious]], [[politics|political]], and [[economics|econ...
4: ...rnment on issues of [[taxation]] and [[representation]].
6: ==Motives for exploration and colonization==
9: ... interest in [[geography]] and an intellectual curiosity about the world that had subsided during the ...
11: ...[Portugal]] quickly mounted an effort of colonization and conquest. Within a few years, they had divid... - Jan Brueghel the Younger (1191 bytes)
1: ...mb|260px|Paradise by Jan Brueghel the Younger (c. 1620). Oil on oak. Gem䬤egalerie, Berlin, Germany]]
8: ...ake control of the [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] studio. He soon established himself and was made dean of... - Diwali (5677 bytes)
1: [[Image:Diwali.jpg|thumb|Collections of Diyas]]
5: ....hindutemple.org/brochures/tamil_new_year_celebrations_2003.htm] and
6: ...p://www.saja.org/stylebook.html#D] (Diwali definition; Excerpt from saja.org: Diwali should not be ref...
12: ..., the date of Dipavali also depends on one's location.
26: ...So Dipavali is a festival symbolising the destruction of evil forces. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
29: ...ian)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]] - [[1620]])
71: *[[Eugenio Beltrami]] (Italy, [[1835]]-[[1900]])
99: *[[Carlo Emilio Bonferroni]] (Italy [[1892]] - [[1960]])
118: *[[William Brouncker]] (Britain, [[1620]] - [[1684]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
30: *[[Giorgio Agamben]]
81: *[[Antiochus of Ascalon]], (c. 130-68 BC){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{...
97: *[[Ariston of Chios]], (fl. 250 BC){{fn|R}}
131: *[[Alain Badiou]], (born 1937)
170: *[[Vissarion Belinsky]], (1811-1848){{fn|R}}
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