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- 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]] - 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... - 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
23: *[[Riza Abbasi]] ([[1565]]-[[1635]])
31: *[[Aetion]] ([[4th century BC]]) - Robert Hooke (5017 bytes)
2: ...ayed an important role in the [[scientific revolution]].
4: ...ology)|cell]]'' -- so called because his observations of plant cells reminded him of [[monk]]s' cells...
12: ...riodicity, allowing for fine adjustment of the period of ticks. Modern spring watches still use balanc...
14: ...which far outstripped the capabilities of any previous instruments.
16: ...her significant achievements include the construction of the first [[Gregorian telescope|Gregorian]] [... - 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]] ...
31: *[[1635]]-[[Connecticut Colony]] founded
41: *[[1643]]-[[New England Confederation]] created - Henry Morgan (5671 bytes)
2: '''Sir Henry Morgan''' (c. [[1635]] - [[August 25]], [[1688]]) was a [[privateer]] ...
4: ...gan commanded a ship in Edward Mansfield's expedition which seized the island of [[New Providence]] (S...
6: ...onsiderably exceeded the terms of Morgan's commission and had been accompanied by frightful cruelties ...
8: ... his evacuating the place, and finally by an ingenious stratagem faking a landward attack on the fort,...
10: ...[1670]], and on the [[December 27]] gained possession of the castle of Chagres, killing 300 of the gar... - Boston, Massachusetts (36071 bytes)
17: metro pop = 5.8 million |
25: ...the United States, with an economy based on education, health care, finance, and high technology. Its ...
27: ...e city, has a population of approximately 5.8 million residents. [[Greater Boston]] is one of the top-...
32: Boston has an illustrious history that spans nearly four centuries. Its h...
34: ...values of hard work, moral uprightness, and education remain a part of Boston's culture. - Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
1: ... one of the key thinkers of the Scientific Revolution in the Western World. He is also known for inve...
4: ...ts on the absolute freedom of God’s act of creation.
6: ...rn thought that much later, impelled by the invention of the [[electronic computer]] and by the possib...
10: ==Biography==
11: ... Henry-Le-Grand]] at [[La Flèche]]. After graduation, he studied at the University of [[Poitiers]], e... - 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}} - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: ...ury, they exerted influence upon Western civilization from its very beginnings.
5: ... known as the "Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation". The [[German Empire]] of 1871–1918 was o...
7: ...given at the beginning of the sections and subsections. The [[History of Germany since 1945]] continue...
10: ...ermania]], [[Germania Inferior]], [[Germania Superior]]''
15: ... the [[Roman Empire]], giving way to the Romanisation of the left bank of the Rhine. Roman forts were ... - Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
3: ...ain''' ([[c.]][[1567]] – [[ 25 December]] [[1635]]) was a [[France|French]] [[geographer]], [[draf...
7: ...5]], [[1603]] as part of a [[fur trading]] expedition. Although he had no official assignment on the v...
9: ...across the [[Bay of Fundy]] to found the [[Habitation at Port-Royal]] (which had been located with Cha...
13: ...came one of his passions, which he embarked on periodically for the rest of his life.
17: ==Relations and War with Indians== - Sargon II of Assyria (8855 bytes)
1: ...per unrelated to the royal family. In his inscriptions, he styles himself as a new man, rarely referri...
6: ...s]]. Sargon conquered [[Gaza]] in [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]], destroyed [[Raphia]] and won a vic...
8: ...rartians. Sargon took the capital Izirtu, and stationed troops in Parsuash (original home of Persian t...
10: ...act that the Urartians had been weakened by incursions of the Cimmerians, a nomadic steppe tribe. One ...
12: ...rried by soldiers (with the king still in the chariot), the latter describes how ways had to be cut in... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
3: ...ury, they exerted influence upon Western civilization from its very beginnings.
5: ... known as the "Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation". The [[German Empire]] of 1871–1918 was o...
7: ...given at the beginning of the sections and subsections. The [[History of Germany since 1945]] continue...
10: ...ermania]], [[Germania Inferior]], [[Germania Superior]]''
15: ... the [[Roman Empire]], giving way to the Romanisation of the left bank of the Rhine. Roman forts were ... - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
4: ...[[539 BC]], with a preceding [[Proto-Elamite]] period beginning around [[3200 BC]].
8: ...tes this word was borrowed prehistorically). Additionally, the Haltamti were known as ''Elam'' in the ...
10: ... empire, the Elamites had extended their civilisation into the province of [[Fars]] in prehistoric tim...
13: ... by some theorists with the [[Harappan]] civilisation found in the Indus Valley somewhat to the East, ...
17: ...g bull holding a spouted vessel, Proto-Elamite period; 3100?2900 BCE, Iran, kept at The Metropolitan M... - Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
1: ... to the science of [[taxonomy]] or [[systematics|biological systematics]].
5: ...sified animals based on their means of transportation (air, land, or water).
7: ... original commentary is now lost, but its translation into Latin by [[Michael Scot]] survives.
9: ...ndash;1565). Gesner's work was a critical compilation of life known at the time.
11: ...merdam]] (1637–1680), and [[Robert Hooke]] (1635–1702).
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