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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... - 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]] - 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 - Robert Hooke (5017 bytes)
2: ...[[1703]]), one of the greatest experimental scientists of the [[seventeenth century]], played an impor...
4: ...'[[cell (biology)|cell]]'' -- so called because his observations of plant cells reminded him of [[mon...
6: ...also achieved fame as the chief assistant of [[Christopher Wren]], helping to rebuild London after the...
8: ...gued portrays Hooke. Both these claims remain in dispute, however.
12: ... have invented the [[balance spring]] before [[Christiaan Huygens]]. Devices known as escapements regu... - 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]]
30: ...[[Roger Williams (theologian)|Roger Williams]] banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony
31: *[[1635]]-[[Connecticut Colony]] founded - Henry Morgan (5671 bytes)
2: '''Sir Henry Morgan''' (c. [[1635]] - [[August 25]], [[1688]]) was a [[privateer]] ...
4: ...when Mansfield was captured and killed by the Spanish shortly afterwards, Morgan was chosen by the buc...
6: ... claimed ignorance about this, whilst Morgan and his crew returned to their base at [[Port Royal]], Ja...
8: ...turn to Jamaica he was again reproved, but not punished by Modyford.
10: ...ounds. The fame of this brilliant exploit was tarnished by the habitual cruelty of Morgan's crews. - Boston, Massachusetts (36071 bytes)
25: ...uffolk County, Massachusetts|Suffolk County]]. It is the unofficial capital of the region known as [[N...
27: ...imately 5.8 million residents. [[Greater Boston]] is one of the top-ten largest metropolitan areas in ...
29: ==History==
30: ...Main article: [[History of Boston, Massachusetts|History of Boston]]''
31: ... State House (Boston)|Old State House]] in Boston is surrounded by tall buildings of the 19th and 20th... - Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
1: ...e Scientific Revolution in the Western World. He is also known for inventing the Cartesian coordinate...
4: ...laining natural phenomena. In his theology, he insists on the absolute freedom of God’s act of creat...
6: ...ysis]]. Descartes's reflections on mind and mechanism began the strain of western thought that much la...
8: His most famous statement is ''[[Cogito ergo sum]]'' (''I think, therefore I a...
11: ... old, his mother died of [[Tuberculosis|tuberculosis]]. At the age of ten, he entered the [[Society of... - 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}} - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
1: {{History of Germany}}
5: ... territory of the empire originally included what is now [[Germany]], [[Austria]], the [[Czech Republi...
7: ...The [[History of Germany since 1945]] continues this page.
15: ...r of the [[Roman Empire]], giving way to the Romanisation of the left bank of the Rhine. Roman forts w...
17: ...s - Alemanni, Franks, Chatti, Bajuwari, Saxons, Frisians, Thuringians, Langobardi. Around 260 AD, the ... - 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... - Sargon II of Assyria (8855 bytes)
1: ...a temple prostitute and an unknown father. Sargon is the name given by the [[Bible]].
3: Beset by difficulties at the beginning of his rule, Sargon made a pact with the Chaldean [[Mero...
6: ...hia]] and won a victory over Egyptian troops. On his way back, he had [[Samaria]] rebuilt as the capit...
8: ...re to follow: Kar-[[Nabu]], Kar-[[Sin]] and Kar-[[Ishtar]], all named after Babylonian gods and resett...
10: ...ly annihilated, and the General Qaqqadanu taken prisoner. - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
1: {{History of Germany}}
5: ... territory of the empire originally included what is now [[Germany]], [[Austria]], the [[Czech Republi...
7: ...The [[History of Germany since 1945]] continues this page.
15: ...r of the [[Roman Empire]], giving way to the Romanisation of the left bank of the Rhine. Roman forts w...
17: ...s - Alemanni, Franks, Chatti, Bajuwari, Saxons, Frisians, Thuringians, Langobardi. Around 260 AD, the ... - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
4: ... is now southwestern [[Iran]]. The Elamite period is considered to last from ca. [[2700 BC]] to [[539 ...
5: ...y thus be considered the starting point of the [[history of Iran]].
8: ...a'' to ''e'' indicates this word was borrowed prehistorically). Additionally, the Haltamti were known ...
10: ...dern provincial name [[Khuzestan|Khuzestān]] is derived from the Old Persian root ''Hujiyā''...
13: ...cted by some theorists with the [[Harappan]] civilisation found in the Indus Valley somewhat to the Ea... - Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
1: ...|analysis]], has driven many recent revisions and is likely to continue to do so. Scientific classific...
5: ...orms of life comes from the Greek philosopher [[Aristotle]], who classified animals based on their mea...
7: ...n Animals'') into Arabic. His original commentary is now lost, but its translation into Latin by [[Mic...
9: ...oping scientific classification was made by the Swiss professor, [[Conrad von Gesner]] (1516–156...
11: ...merdam]] (1637–1680), and [[Robert Hooke]] (1635–1702).
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