Search results
|
|
No page with that title exists You can create an article with this title or put up a request for it. Please search Wikipedia before creating an article to avoid duplicating an existing one, which may have a different name or spelling.
Showing below up to 20 results starting with #1.
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).
No article title matches
Page text matches
- Puritan (15882 bytes)
4: ...d be "[[Fundamentalism|fundamentalist]]": Puritanism was a movement rather than a denomination.
5: ...] or [[Calvinism|Calvinist]] and led to the establishment of the [[Presbyterian Church]]. The term was...
7: ==History==
8: ...s in [[Calvinism|Calvinist Geneva]] and [[Lutheranism|Lutheran Germany]]. These contacts shaped their ...
10: ... several phases. They shared a belief that all existing churches had become corrupted by practice, by... - Cleopatra VII of Egypt (8634 bytes)
4: ...ypt|Cleopatra V Tryphaena]]. The name "Cleopatra" is [[Greek language|Greek]] for "father's glory"; he...
6: ...most famous of all of ancient Egypt's rulers, and is usually known as simply '''Cleopatra''', all of h...
9: ...rilinear]] fashion, the Kings had to marry their sisters in order to be qualified to rule. Following t...
11: ... himself with Caesar. Caesar was so repelled by this treachery that he seized the Egyptian capital and...
13: ... Caesar refused to make the boy his heir, naming his grand-nephew [[Augustus Caesar|Octavian]] instead... - Margaret Mead (11387 bytes)
3: ...can]] [[cultural anthropology|cultural anthropologist]].
5: ...n Museum of Natural History, New York City, as assistant curator, eventually serving as its curator of...
7: ...dent, but her position as a pioneering anthropologist--one who wrote clearly and vividly enough for th...
12: ...word to the ''Coming of Age in Samoa'', Mead's advisor, [[Franz Boas]], wrote of its significance that
13: ... definite ethical standards is not universal. It is instructive to know that standards differ in the ... - Grace O'Malley (3478 bytes)
1: ...r than life figure from [[16th century]] [[Irish History]].
3: [[Image:PICT0045.JPG|thumb|300px|Clare Island, associated with Grace O' Malley]]
6: ...sh government at the time, the semi-independent Irish princes and lords were left mostly to their own ...
7: ...off their coasts. Their leader bore the ancient Irish title of The O' Malley.
8: According to Irish legend, as a young girl Grace wished to go on a trading expedition to [[Spain]] wit... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
4: ...ntually become the most celebrated actor in film history, Marilyn's beginnings were humble to say the ...
6: ...'. Biographers used to differ on whether the man listed on her birth certificate, [[Norway|Norwegian]]...
10: ...rwalk]], where Della had died; Gladys's father, Otis, died in a mental hospital near [[San Bernardino,...
12: ... of herself, yet also developed a gritty, opportunistic side and a super-human drive. She was very int...
15: [[Image:Pb1253.jpg|frame|right|Cover of the first issue of ''[[Playboy]]'']] - Ptolemy I of Egypt (7434 bytes)
5: ...00px|right| Bust of [[Ptolemy I of Egypt]], [[British Museum]], London]]
7: .... When Alexander died in [[323 BC|323]], Ptolemy is said to have instigated the resettlement of the e...
9: ...t the partisans of Antigonus and re-conquered the island ([[313 BC|313]]). A revolt of Cyrene was crus...
13: ...ttle of Salamis in Cyprus (306 BC)|Battle of Salamis]]. The complete loss of Cyprus followed.
15: ...ia Minor. On a report that Antigonus had won a decisive victory, for a third time he evacuated the cou... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
1: ... 8 October 2005 [[earthquake]] in [[Pakistan-administered Kashmir]].''
3:
4: common_name = Pakistan|the=|
5: image_flag = Flag of Pakistan.svg |
6: image_coat = Pakistan emblem.jpg | - Maryland (22654 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Annapolis, Maryland|Annapolis]] |
13: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
33: ISOCode = US-MD |
36: ...e in the [[American Revolution]]. ''See: [[Annapolis Convention]].''
38: ==History== - Tennessee (19096 bytes)
10: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
11: ...ennessee|Memphis]] (largest [[metropolitan area]] is Nashville) |
33: ISOCode = US-TN |
36: '''Tennessee''' is a [[U.S. Southern States|Southern]] [[U.S. state|...
38: ==Origin and history of the name ''Tennessee''== - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
2: ...humb|right|[[Bust]] of Alexander III in the [[British Museum]].]]
4: ... literature as '''Alexander the Cursed''' due to his burning of the Persian capital and national libra...
6: ...ng his lifetime, and especially after his death, his exploits inspired a literary tradition in which h...
9: ...aining in rhetoric and literature and stimulated his interest in science, medicine, and philosophy.
11: ...cended from [[Heracles]] through [[Caranus]] and his mother descended from [[Aeacus]] through [[Neopto... - Ptolemy II of Egypt (4048 bytes)
2: ...Ancient World'', 2nd ed. 1980) gives the date of his death as [[January 29]].
4: ...becoming king in Macedonia in [[281 BCE]], and perished in the Gallic invasion of 280-79 (see [[Brennu...
6: He began his reign as co-regent with his parents [[Ptolemy I of Egypt|Ptolemy I]] and [[Be...
8: ...oof from wars. [[Magas of Cyrene]] opened war on his half-brother ([[274 BCE]]), and [[Antiochus I Sot...
10: ...and agreed to a peace by which Antiochus married his daughter [[Berenice (Seleucid queen)|Berenice]] (... - Ptolemy III of Egypt (1403 bytes)
3: ...which he commenced upon the murder of his eldest sister [[Berenice Phernophorus]].
10: .../E/Gazetteer/Places/Africa/Egypt/_Texts/BEVHOP/6*.html Ptolemy Euergetes I at LacusCurtius] —... - Ptolemy IV of Egypt (2166 bytes)
3: ...resent, secured the kingdom for the remainder of his reign.
5: ...nued to be ruled by his mistress [[Agathoclea]], sister of Agathocles.
7: Ptolemy IV is a major protagonist of the [[Apocrypha|apocryphal]] [[3 Maccabees]],...
10: .../E/Gazetteer/Places/Africa/Egypt/_Texts/BEVHOP/7*.html Ptolemy Philopator I at LacusCurtius] —... - Ptolemy IX of Egypt (2673 bytes)
1: ... to [[81 BC]], with intervening periods ruled by his brother, [[Ptolemy X of Egypt|Ptolemy X]] Alexand...
3: ...n killed in battle, and Ptolemy IX reigned until his own death.
5: His daughter Berenice III took the throne after his death, and reigned for about a year. She was forc...
7: Ptolemy IX's name recalls that of his great ancestor, [[Ptolemy I of Egypt|Ptolemy I]] ...
10: ...E/Gazetteer/Places/Africa/Egypt/_Texts/BEVHOP/11*.html Ptolemy Soter II at LacusCurtius] — (C... - Ptolemy V of Egypt (2995 bytes)
3: ...ended with ended with Agathocles and several of his supporters being killed out of hand by the Alexan...
5: ...emaic possessions overseas. Philip seized several islands and places in [[Caria]] and [[Thrace]], whil...
7: ...assionate sportsman; he excelled in athletic exercises and the chase.
9: ... as personally tyrannical. In [[197 BCE]] Lycopolis was held by rebels but was fought to surrender. ...
11: ...]]), succeeded as an infant under the regency of his mother [[Cleopatra I of Egypt|Cleopatra]]. Her de... - Ptolemy VI of Egypt (2419 bytes)
3: ...n [[176 BC]]. The following year he married his sister, [[Cleopatra II]].
5: ...|Ptolemy VIII]], but in 164 he was driven out by his brother and went to [[Roman republic|Rome]] to se...
8: .../E/Gazetteer/Places/Africa/Egypt/_Texts/BEVHOP/9*.html Ptolemy Philometor at LacusCurtius] — (Chap... - Ptolemy VIII of Egypt (5881 bytes)
1: ... king of the [[Ptolemaic dynasty]] in [[Egypt]]. His complicated career started in [[170 BC]], when [[...
3: ...r]] and [[Cleopatra II of Egypt|Cleopatra II]]. This arrangement led to continuous intrigues, lasting ...
5: ...ated, but this failed, and Physcon went to Rome, displayed the scars of wounds he received in the atte...
7: ...Physcon, but spared him, offered him the hand of his daughter [[Cleopatra Thea]], and sent him back to...
9: ...I Euergetes II", the name deliberately recalling his ancestor [[Ptolemy III of Egypt|Ptolemy III]], an... - Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Archosauria]]}}
9: {{Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = Orders}}
10: [[Saurischia]]<br/>
13: [[Ornithischia]]<br/>
16: ...p://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/03/science/03dinosaur.html]". - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
1: ...i in a 1630 painting, is the largest church in Christendom and often used by the Pope.]]
2: ...hop of Rome]]. Tradition holds that his [[tomb]] is below the baldochino and [[altar]]. [[Pope]]s ha...
4: ... namesake when he led the Roman church, but which is no longer used. These are the sources of the con...
6: ==History==
8: ...eviously been a cemetery for pagans as well as Christians. - Sun (20830 bytes)
10: ! align="left" | Mean distance from<br>Earth
13: ! align="left" | [[Apparent magnitude|Visual brightness]] (''V'')
19: ...span="2" align="center" | '''[[Orbit]]al characteristics'''
21: ! align="left" | Mean distance from<br>[[Milky Way]] core
30: ...colspan="2" align="center" | '''Physical characteristics'''
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).