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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...]]. Also, see [[International Space Station]] for ISS explorers, and for the [[Ford Motor Company|Ford...
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] n...
11: ...cisco Alvarez]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
21: ...eorge Back]], (1796—1878), [[British Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Ca...
23: ... de Balboa]], (c. [[1475]]-[[1519]]), [[Spain|Spanish]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...stria]], wife of [[Louis XVI]] and mother of [[Louis XVII]]. She was guillotined at the height of the ...
4: ...nd ''Johanna'' in honour of Saint John the Evangelist. A court official described the new baby as "a s...
6: ...nia was brought up in the company of her closest sister, Maria-Carolina (two years older) and brother,...
9: ... asked him what he would like as a reward, Mozart is said to have responded by saying he would like th...
11: ...rince of [[Parma]] and Maria-Antonia's favourite sister, Maria-Carolina, was married to King Ferdinand... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
3: ...e. She was also the first female artist to paint history and religious paintings, at a time when such ...
7: ...esentatives of the school of [[Caravaggio]]. Artemisia was introduced to painting in her father's work...
10: ...hich had [[Annibale Carracci]] among its major artists).
12: ...store her reputation, he later reneged on his promise and Orazio reported Tassi to the authorities.
14: ...influenced the [[feminism|feminist]] view of Atermisia Gentileschi during the [[20th century]] - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...[[Egypt]] (listed clockwise from north to south). Israel shares the coastlines of the [[Mediterranean ...
6: ...7;رائيل<br>("Dawlat Israil") |
7: common_name = Israel |
8: image_flag = Israel_flag_large.png |
9: image_coat = Israel-coa-medium.png | - Rhode Island (15004 bytes)
2: Name = Rhode Island |
3: Fullname = The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
4: Flag = Rhode Island state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Rhode Island]] |
6: Seal = Rhode Island state seal.png | - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
7: *[[Paul Cezanne]], ([[1839]]-[[1906]]), French artist
8: ...[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
12: ...840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
13: ...([[1881]]-[[1973]]), Spanish [[Cubism|cubist]] artist - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
1: [[image:Francis_Bacon.jpg|thumb|250px|Sir Francis Bacon]]
2: ...621]]; both peerage titles becoming extinct upon his death.
4: ...s were connected with occult trends of [[hermeticism]] and [[alchemy]].
6: Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand [[London]].
8: ...arried William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the great minister of Queen Elizabeth. - Religion (72319 bytes)
1: ...with '''[[faith]]''' or '''belief system'''—is commonly defined as [[belief]] concerning the [[s...
2: ... an organization of people that supports the exercise of some religion, often taking the form of a [[l...
4: ...00px|thumb|right|[[Borobudur]], a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] [[Stupa|stupa]] built between [[8th century|75...
5: ...men; Oil on panel by [[Adriaen van de Venne]] ([[1614]])]]
10: ...d by more modern scholars such as [[Tom Harpur]], is ''re + ligio'' or "reconnection." However, some... - Causes of the French Revolution (11170 bytes)
2: ...ded and as power devolved from the monarchy to legislative bodies, the conflicting interests of these ...
4: == Absolutism and privilege==
5: ... [[First Estate|clergy]], the remnants of [[feudalism]]. Similarly, the peasants covetously eyed the r...
7: ... revolutionaries and the French troops who had assisted them resulted in the spread of revolutionary i...
9: ... feudalism and [[philistinism]]." [http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/12/15.htm] - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...nation. It downplays the previous trend of absolutism and people as subjects and amplifies the power o...
8: ...ded and as power devolved from the monarchy to legislative bodies, the conflicting interests of these ...
12: ...Resentment of royal [[political absolutism|absolutism]].
13: ...wage-earners, and, to a lesser extent, the bourgeoisie
14: * The rise of [[the Enlightenment|enlightenment]] ideals. - Albany, New York (8184 bytes)
3: ...000]] census, it has a population of 95,658. It is the [[county seat]] of [[Albany County, New York|...
7: == History ==
33: ...y to a younger son of the Scottish King. The name is derived from Alba; the Gaelic name for Scotland.
37: In [[1754]], representatives of seven of the British North American Colonies met in the [[Albany Cong...
46: Albany is located at 42°39'35" North, 73°46'53" Wes... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...rs important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn...
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
39: *[[Leone Battista Alberti]], (1404-1472)
48: *[[Yohanan ben Isaac Alemanno]], (1433-1504){{fn|R}} - Quran (41479 bytes)
1: {{Islam}}
2: ...of [[Islam]]. [[Muslim]]s believe that the Qur'an is the literal word of God and the culmination of Go...
6: ...ged in chronological order (in the order in which Islamic scholars believe they were revealed) but in ...
10: ..., semantical units resembling paragraphs and comprising roughly ten ayat each.
14: ...hey were created after Muhammad. Only five [[pre-Islamic Arabic inscriptions]] survive.) - Timeline of the French Revolution (9550 bytes)
9: * The [[Diamond Necklace Affair]] results in the discrediting of [[Marie Antoinette]]
13: * Louis XVI and France face economic ruin
20: .... the aristocracy to the imposition of taxes and fiscal reforms.
22: * [[May 25]]: First Assembly of Notables dissolved.
26: ...[Louis XVI]] issues the Lamoignon Edict which abolishes the power of parliament to review royal edicts - El Greco (2407 bytes)
1: ...greco.christ.500pix.jpg|thumb|200px|Baptism of Christ, painted 1596–1600]]
2: ...ulptor]] and [[architect]] of the Spanish school, is best known.
4: ...s and portraits. Many of El Greco's works are on display at Madrid's ''[[Museo del Prado]]''.
7: ... liberation of form, light and colour inspired artists such as [[Picasso|Pablo Picasso]] and [[Jackson...
9: ...y; figures are elongated, energised and dematerialised. All are illuminated and quickened by God's Gra... - Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
3: ...ey have had the most lasting importance to World History.
7: ... France on [[September 20]], wrote an account of his travels called ''Des sauvages'' (The Savages).
9: ...yal]] (which had been located with Champlain's assistance), where Champlain lived until 1607 while he ...
13: ...hich he embarked on periodically for the rest of his life.
15: The first winter was difficult for the colonists. Of the twenty-five people who stayed for the w...
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