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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... - Silk (8683 bytes)
5: ... international [[trade]] prior to [[industrialization]].
11: ...o maintain the Chinese [[monopoly]] on its production. This effort at secrecy had mixed success. Seric...
17: ...pe from early times, although the scale of production has always been far smaller than that of cultiva...
23: ...editerranean and Middle East by the time the superior, and stronger, cultivated silk from China began ...
27: In addition, it absorbs moisture better than ordinary silk a... - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
1: ... a [[parliamentary democracy]] under a [[constitutional monarch]], located in northwestern [[Europe]]....
11: image_map = LocationNetherlands.png |
12: national_motto = ''Je Maintiendrai''<br>([[French langu...
13: national_anthem = ''[[Wilhelmus van Nassouwe]]'' |
18: government_type= [[Democracy|Dem.]] [[Constitution|const.]] [[monarchy]] | - Rhode Island (15004 bytes)
3: ...= The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
12: PostalAbbreviation = RI |
37: ... is an island, while it is just a source of confusion for others. Rhode Island is known as "The Ocean ...
42: ...e site Providence and declared it a place of religious freedom for [[Baptist]] settlers. Historically,...
44: In 1637 [[Anne Hutchinson]] was banished from [[Massachus... - 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]] ...
34: *[[1637]]-[[New Haven Colony]] founded
41: *[[1643]]-[[New England Confederation]] created - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
2: ...tail from a portrait by John Michael Wright ([[National Portrait Gallery]], London)]]
6: ...d wrote one of the replies to Descartes' ''Meditations.''
8: ==Early life and education==
12: ...arl of Devonshire]]), and began a lifelong connection with that family.
14: ...ory of the Peloponnesian War]], the first translation of that work into [[English language|English]]. ... - 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}} - 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: ...Malpighi]] (1628–1694), [[Jan Swammerdam]] (1637–1680), and [[Robert Hooke]] (1635–170... - Vernier scale (1907 bytes)
1: ...ch]] mathematician [[Pierre Vernier]] ([[1580]]-[[1637]]). In some languages, this device is called a ''...
5: ...al level of precision without resorting to estimation.
7: ==Construction==
8: ...ns yields the value of the finer additional precision.
11: ...he data scale. Note that the vernier's 10th gradation is omitted. - Scientific method (40667 bytes)
1: ...scientific method is essentially an extremely cautious means of building a supportable, [[evidence]]-b...
7: ...nd other superstition, there is evidence of traditional empiricism.
9: ...that the world is one and that change and subdivision do not exist.
11: ...on collections of objects rather than experimentation.
13: ...o tell us that scientific theories (or rather ''axioms'') should remain as close to the facts as possi... - Opera (25153 bytes)
9: ...m is an especially organized system of classification.
11: ...arpsichord and 'cello or bassoon). During the period when composers ofen used both methods of recitat...
13: ... scores]], and spectacular films incorporating serious music can be considered the direct heirs of mel...
20: ...thus conceived as a way of "restoring" this situation. A later work by Peri, ''[[Euridice]]'', dating ...
22: ...on of principles it associated with a mixed-up notion of antiquity. - New Sweden (3805 bytes)
2: ...erica]] corresponding roughly to the networked region of [[Delaware Valley|urban sprawl around Philade...
8: ... 1638. They built a fort on the present-day location of the city of [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington...
12: ...ring this later period some immigration and expansion continued. The first settlement and [[Fort Wicac...
14: ...her country had a higher percentage of its population go to the United States.
24: *[[European colonization of the Americas]]
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