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- History of China (45919 bytes)
1: {{History_of_China}}
2: ...lternated between periods of political union and disunion, and was occasionally conquered by external ...
5: == Prehistoric times ==
7: ...c]] times, the [[Huang He]] valley began to establish itself as a cultural center, where the first vil...
13: == Ancient history == - 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]] - Crocus (3680 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta...
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Liliopsida]]}}
11: {{Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = lightgreen | plural_taxon = Species}...
15: '''''Crocus''''' (plural: crocuses or croci) is a genus of perennial [[flower]]ing [[plant]]s tha...
17: ...arly spring one has to plant them carefully as it is not uncommon in these regions for the crocuses to... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...the most famous explorers of the period were [[Christopher Columbus]], [[Vasco da Gama]], [[Pedro ?var...
3: ...w technologies and ideas growing out of the [[Renaissance]], these included advances in [[cartography]...
6: ...b|right|This map, made by Arab geographer [[al-Idrisi]], was one of the most accurate world maps prior...
9: ...throughout the Orient from [[1271]] to [[1295]]. His journey was written up as ''[[Travels]]'' and the...
11: ...uropeans. The rise of the aggressive and expansionist [[Ottoman Empire]] further limited the possibili... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
7: ...igin of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
11: ...0 KYA: [[Bow (weapon)|Bow]] and [[arrow]] in [[Tunisia]]
19: * 8500 BC: [[Agriculture#History|Agriculture]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]] - Pilgrims (4873 bytes)
1: ...zation of the Americas|English]] religious separatists who sailed from Europe to North America in the ...
3: ...ir community convinced many of them to move on, this time to the New World.
5: ...o move to a place better suited to them, and in [[1620]] set sail on the ship ''[[Mayflower]]'' from [[P...
8: ...ious books and sending them into England. The English put diplomatic pressure on the Dutch government ...
10: ...n]] 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...
6: ...e]] following his death in March [[1623]], and it is likely that the ship was broken up for scrap lumb...
11: ...forced to return, to Plymouth. After some reorganisation the voyage was made in the ''Mayflower'' alo...
15: Before disembarking, the settlers wrote and signed the [[May...
21: ... the descendants of these Mayflower Pilgrims in this Mayflower Descendants Chart at http://www.familyf... - 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...
5: ... its new charter in [[1691]], Plymouth ended its history as a separate colony.
7: ...rs, and was elected to various other terms until his death in [[1657]]. The patent of Plymouth Colony ...
9: ...hly what is now [[Bristol County, Massachusetts|Bristol County]], [[Plymouth County, Massachusetts|Ply... - 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 - Great Wall of China (10504 bytes)
1: ... against the raids of [[Ethnic groups in Chinese history|nomadic tribes]] coming from areas now in mod...
5: ... several dynasties at different times in Chinese history. The Great Wall that can still be seen today ...
12: # [[1368]]-[[1620]] (from [[Hongwu Emperor]] until [[Wanli Emperor]...
18: ...ble, and today it ends on the western end at the historic site of [[Jiayu Pass]] (嘉峪...
24: ...iti]]. Parts have been bulldozed because the Wall is in the way of construction projects. - Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
5: ...sen]], claimed by later writers ([[Pierre Borel]] 1620 - 1671 or 1628 - 1689 and [[Willem Boreel]] 1591 ...
7: ...[[Poland|Polish]] king [[Sigismund I of Sweden|Sigismund III]].
9: * c.[[1622]] - Drebbel presents his invention in [[Rome]].
10: ..., founder of the ''Accademia dei Lincei'' (in English, ''The [[Linceans]]'').
12: ...He coins the word ''cell'' for the structures he discovers in [[cork (material)|cork]] bark. - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ..., his conflict with the [[Roman Catholic Church]] is taken as a major early example of the conflict of...
5: Galileo was born in [[Pisa]], [[Italy]], as the son of [[Vincenzo Galilei]]...
7: ... time he explored science and made many landmark discoveries.
10: ...ligion. These are the primary justifications for his description as "father of science."
12: ...ished French [[History of science and technology|historian of science]] [[Alexandre Koyr靝. The exper... - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...as "the first [[theory|theoretical]] [[astrophysicist]]", although [[Carl Sagan]] also refers to him a...
4: ...lenstein]]. Early in his career, Kepler was an assistant to [[Tycho Brahe]]. Kepler's career also coin...
6: ...nz]] in honor of Johannes Kepler, since he wrote his ''magnum opus'' '''harmonices mundi''' ("The Harm...
9: ...o have been a weak and sickly child, but despite his ill health, he was precociously brilliant.
11: ...nd, compared to the other pupils, an outsider. This ostracizing probably led him to turn to the world... - 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. - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''1600 to 1699'''.
10: *[[1608]]-Popham Colony dissolved
11: *[[1608]]-[[France|French]] establish colony at [[Quebec]]
20: === [[1620s]] ===
22: *[[1620]]-[[Pilgrims]] arrive from [[Plymouth]], England,... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
1: {{Ushistory}}
2: ...cessful colonies were soon established. The colonists who came to the [[New World]] were by no means ...
4: ...[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] government on issues of [[taxation]] and [[representation]].
9: ...the same time, the intellectual growth of the Renaissance led to the development of [[seafaring]] tech...
11: ...here that [[Christopher Columbus]] left Spain on his famous westward voyage. He sought for Asia, but ... - 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]]
4: ...el the Younger''' ([[1601]]-[[1678]]) was a [[Flemish]] [[painter]], son of [[Jan Brueghel the Elder]]...
6: ...nature. His work is distinguishable from that of his parent by being less well executed and lighter.
8: ...s, either under his own name or made for other artists such as [[Hendrick van Balen]] as backgrounds.
11: *[[List of Belgian painters]] - Diwali (5677 bytes)
2: ...calendar]], one type of a [[Hindu calendar]] that is followed by North Indians. The following day, mar...
4: ...rsons in [[Andhra Pradesh]] and [[Karnataka]]. [[Vishu]] and [[Varsha Pirappu]] are celebrated in [[Ke...
6: ...be referred as the Hindu New Year as the new year is celebrated at different times.)
10: ...ar]] is a [[lunar calendar]], with most years consisting of 12 [[lunar cycle]]s and an extra month ins...
12: ..., and always on a [[new moon]] day. Since the precise moment of the new moon falls on different Gregor... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...ian]]s are listed below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by...
7: *[[Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi]] (Arab mathematician, ? - ?)
22: ...Abu Arrayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni]] (Uzbekistan, [[973]] - [[1048]])
29: ...ian)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]] - [[1620]])
40: *[[Aristotle]] (Greece, [[384 BC|384 B.C.]] - [[322 BC|32... - 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}}
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