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- Persepolis (15450 bytes)
2: ...as an ancient capital of the [[Persian Empire]], situated some 70 km northeast of [[Shiraz, Iran|Shira...
4: ...0 years, the ruins of Persepolis still inspire visitors from far and near.]]
5: ==Site==
6: ...id without mortar, and many of them are still in situ. Especially striking are the huge pillars, of wh...
8: ...rther, with regard to a number of Persian kings, either that their remains were brought "to the Persia... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
1: ...udith.jpg|right|thumb|250px|''[[Book of Judith|Judith]] Beheading [[Holofernes]]'' (1612-21) Oil on ca...
10: ...a]] school (which had [[Annibale Carracci]] among its major artists).
12: ...is promise and Orazio reported Tassi to the authorities.
14: ... can tell the same story under torture as without it, the story must be true. At the end of the trial ...
16: ...ditta che decapita Oloferne]]'' (''"Giuditta decapitating Oloferne"'') ([[1612]]-13), stored in the [[... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
5: ...|Yadav, Laloo Prasad]] (born 1948), [[India]]n politician
11: *[[Yakubu Gowon]] (born 1934), military leader of [[Nigeria]]
13: ...ihu Yale|Yale, Elihu]] (1649-1721), [[Yale University]] benefactor
20: ... Minoru]] (1912-1986), [[United States|US]] [[architect]]
21: *[[Tomoyuki Yamashita|Yamashita, Tomoyuki]] (1885-1946), Japanese lieutenant gen... - Ammonius Hermiae (1773 bytes)
3: Of his reputedly numerous writings, his commentaries on [[Plato]] and [[Ptolemy]...
5: ... ''Categories'' (Venice, 1503 fol.), the authenticity of which is doubted by Brandis;
6: ...lume of the [[Berlin]] Aristotle; they are also edited (1891-1899) in A. Busse's ''Commentaria in Aris...
9: ...y, with Latin translation and scholia, at Leiden, 1621, at Helmstadt, 1666, and at Paris, 1850.
11: .... Prantl speaks of them with great, but hardly merited, contempt. - Pilgrims (4873 bytes)
1: ... home where they could freely practice their [[Puritan]] style of religion and live according to their...
2: ==Experiences and politics in Europe==
3: ...d concern over the Dutch influence on their community convinced many of them to move on, this time to ...
5: ...ayflower]]'' from [[Plymouth]], bound for the [[United States|Americas]]. These people became known a...
8: ...nment began to comply and the exiles decided that it was time to leave. - Mayflower (4074 bytes)
2: ...in what was later to become the [[United States|United States of America]]) in [[1620]], leaving Plymo...
6: ...ithe]] following his death in March [[1623]], and it is likely that the ship was broken up for scrap l...
8: ...d on September 22, 1956), to make it as much like its namesake as possible.
11: ...e ''Speedwell'' developed a leak and had to be refitted at [[Dartmouth, England|Dartmouth]]. On the s...
17: ...rip to [[England]], arriving back on [[May 6]], [[1621]]. - Plymouth Colony (2283 bytes)
1: ...ot have rights to and later reached an agreement with the [[Plymouth Council for New England]] which h...
3: ...ists aboard their ship, the ''[[Mayflower]]'', as it lay off-shore. On [[December 21]], [[1620]], 102 ...
5: ...] got its new charter in [[1691]], Plymouth ended its history as a separate colony.
7: ...ymouth Colony signed a peace treaty with [[Massasoit]] of the [[Wampanoag]]s.
13: *[[British colonization of the Americas]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: ...[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
15: ...llo Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[painter]]
46: *[[Alessandro Allori]] ([[1577]]-[[1621]])
47: *[[Cristofano Allori]] ([[1577]]-[[1621]]) - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
4: ... [[Tycho Brahe]]. Kepler's career also coincided with that of [[Galileo Galilei]].
6: ...nz (Austria) was renamed [[Johannes Kepler University Linz]] in honor of Johannes Kepler, since he wro...
9: ...aid to have been a weak and sickly child, but despite his ill health, he was precociously brilliant.
13: ...outdoors" to see it and that the moon "appeared quite red."
15: ...tant school in Graz, Austria. He accepted the position in April of [[1594]], at the age of 23. - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...'Viscount St Albans''' in [[1621]]; both peerage titles becoming extinct upon his death.
4: ...context of his time, such methods were connected with occult trends of [[hermeticism]] and [[alchemy]...
8: ...of Sir Nicholas, a member of the Reformed or [[Puritan]] Church, and a daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, ...
10: ...3 at the age of 13, living for three years there with his older brother [[Anthony Bacon]].
14: ..., which seemed barren, disputatious, and wrong in its objectives. - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...[[social]], [[religion|religious]], [[politics|political]], and [[economics|economic]] structures.
4: ...re, at odds with the [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] government on issues of [[taxation]] and [[r...
9: ...terest in [[geography]] and an intellectual curiosity about the world that had subsided during the Mid...
11: ... mounted an effort of colonization and conquest. Within a few years, they had divided up lucrative [[S...
13: ...ly close to Europe, Spain and Portugal had taken little interest in them, so as far as the Europeans w... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
4: ...tenure of [[Pope Siricius]], and there have been either 265 or 266 popes, depending on whether a sourc...
6: ... [[Archbishop]] and [[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus Servor...
7: ...been [[Sovereign]] in the State of the [[Vatican City]] (the [[Holy See]]).
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 Sep...
57: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); feast day [[26 Oct... - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
15: | party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
18: ...[April 12]], [[1945]]), 32nd [[President of the United States]], the longest-serving holder of the off...
20: ...preserve peace was brought to fruition as the [[United Nations]] after his death.
22: ...opinions of him are more complex. Some liberals criticise measures such as the internment of the Japan... - March 22 (9294 bytes)
6: ...ymouth Colony]] sign a peace treaty with [[Massasoit]] of the [[Wampanoag]]s.
10: *[[1765]] - The [[British Parliament]] passes the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp...
17: ...rld War II]]: [[Germany]] takes [[Memel]] from [[Lithuania]].
18: ...[[Grand Coulee Dam]] begins to generate [[electricity]].
19: *[[1942]] - [[World War II]]: In the [[Mediterranean sea]], [[Regia Marina]] defeats [[Royal N... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
8: *[[Marc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[1987]])
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[1983]])
10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
12: *[[Charles Greeley Abbot]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1872]] – [[1973]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
6: *[[Firmin Abauzit]], (1679-1767)
43: *[[Rogers Albritton]]
112: *[[Titus Pomponius Atticus]], (110-32 BC)
163: *[[James Beattie (writer)|James Beattie]], (1735-1803){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
239: *[[Richard-Bevan Braithwaite]], (1900-1990){{fn|O}} - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
2: ...oly book. It departs from some of the social traditions and structure of [[Hinduism]] and [[Islam]] (...
4: ... wanted to go beyond what was being practised by either religion and hence a well-known saying of [[Gu...
6: ...in AD [[1699]] ; and thus gave a distinctive identity to the Sikhs. The five baptised Sikhs were named...
8: ...s including [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Sanskrit]], [[Bhojpuri]] and [[Persian language|Persian]].
10: ...the "True Name" because he wanted to avoid any limiting terms for God. He taught that the True Name, a... - Sodium (8714 bytes)
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13: {{Elementbox_boilingpoint | k=1156 | c=883 | f=1621 }} - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
15: | party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
18: ...[April 12]], [[1945]]), 32nd [[President of the United States]], the longest-serving holder of the off...
20: ...preserve peace was brought to fruition as the [[United Nations]] after his death.
22: ...opinions of him are more complex. Some liberals criticise measures such as the internment of the Japan...
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