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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...sion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
21: ...tish Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
30: ...7]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]] [[Berber]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central...
35: *[[Vitus Bering]]
36: *[[Vittorio Bottego]] (1860,1897), Italian explorer of the [[Giuba]] region in north-ea... - 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 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]]
23: *[[Riza Abbasi]] ([[1565]]-[[1635]])
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]]) - Robert Hooke (5017 bytes)
2: '''Robert Hooke''' ([[July 18]], [[1635]] - [[March 3]], [[1703]]), one of the greatest e...
4: ... its meetings. In [[1665]] he published a book entitled ''[[Micrographia]]'', which contained a number...
6: ...bservatory]] and the infamous [[Bethlem Royal Hospital]] (which became known as 'Bedlam').
8: ...h the historian [[Lisa Jardine]] claims one portrait of [[John Ray]] represents Robert Hooke, and a se...
12: ...iece. It coils and uncoils with a natural periodicity, allowing for fine adjustment of the period of t... - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
1: ...g|thumb|A 19th century illustration of the Salem Witch Trials]]
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''1600 t...
13: *[[1609]]-The [[United Provinces]] ([[the Netherlands]]) lays claim to...
24: ...] founded by the Dutch in present-day [[New York City]]
31: *[[1635]]-[[Connecticut Colony]] founded - Henry Morgan (5671 bytes)
2: '''Sir Henry Morgan''' (c. [[1635]] - [[August 25]], [[1688]]) was a [[privateer]] ...
4: ...organ commanded a ship in Edward Mansfield's expedition which seized the island of [[New Providence]] ...
6: ...ca endeavoured to cover the whole under the necessity of allowing the English a free hand to attack th...
8: ... to Maracaibo, Morgan found three Spanish ships waiting at the inlet to the [[Caribbean]]; but these h...
10: ...of this brilliant exploit was tarnished by the habitual cruelty of Morgan's crews. - Boston, Massachusetts (36071 bytes)
1: {{Template:US City infobox|
2: city = Boston |
6: seal = boston_city_seal.jpg |
11: mayor = [[Thomas Menino]] ([[United_States_Democratic_Party|Dem]]) |
16: city pop = 589,141| - Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
1: ...sequent western philosophy is a reaction to his writings, which have been closely studied from his tim...
2: [[Image:Rene-Descartes-portrait-photo-image-crca.jpg|thumb|400px|Rene Descartes I...
4: ...at he will write on his topic "as if no one had written on these matters before". Nevertheless, many e...
6: ...of the [[electronic computer]] and by the possibility of [[machine intelligence]], blossomed into, e.g...
8: His most famous statement is ''[[Cogito ergo sum]]'' (''I think, therefore I am.''). - 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}} - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: ... exerted influence upon Western civilization from its very beginnings.
5: ... medieval empire. By the same reasoning, [[Adolf Hitler]] referred to [[Nazi Germany]] (1933–194...
7: ...e begins with the Roman-Germanic period and ends with the Unification of the two Germanys in [[1990]]....
12: ...lius Tacitus.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Gaius Cornelius Tacitus]], author of ''Germania'', a descriptive work a...
13: ...Germanic peoples thrust into [[Celts|Celtic]] territory from [[Schleswig-Holstein]], advancing to the ... - Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
3: ... of explorers|explorer]] and founder of [[Quebec City]]. He was also integral in opening [[North Ameri...
7: ... 15]], [[1603]] as part of a [[fur trading]] expedition. Although he had no official assignment on the...
9: ...bitation at Port-Royal]] (which had been located with Champlain's assistance), where Champlain lived u...
11: ==Founding of Quebec City==
13: ...ying Quebec City (which he referred to as his "Habitation") became one of his passions, which he embar... - Sargon II of Assyria (8855 bytes)
1: ...ound in a wicker basket, a child of a temple prostitute and an unknown father. Sargon is the name give...
3: ...ddin]]. He freed all temples, as well as the inhabitants of the towns of [[Assur]] and [[Harran]] from...
4: ...in conquered Babylon with the help of the new Elamite king [[Ummanigash]] and was crowned king in 721....
6: ...l of the new province of Samerina and settled it with Arabs.
8: ...ith the help of the Urartians. Sargon took the capital Izirtu, and stationed troops in Parsuash (origi... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
3: ... exerted influence upon Western civilization from its very beginnings.
5: ... medieval empire. By the same reasoning, [[Adolf Hitler]] referred to [[Nazi Germany]] (1933–194...
7: ...e begins with the Roman-Germanic period and ends with the Unification of the two Germanys in [[1990]]....
12: ...lius Tacitus.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Gaius Cornelius Tacitus]], author of ''Germania'', a descriptive work a...
13: ...Germanic peoples thrust into [[Celts|Celtic]] territory from [[Schleswig-Holstein]], advancing to the ... - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
4: ... BC]] to [[539 BC]], with a preceding [[Proto-Elamite]] period beginning around [[3200 BC]].
5: ... [[Achaemenid]] [[Persian Empire]] that succeeded it, and may thus be considered the starting point of...
8: ...cates this word was borrowed prehistorically). Additionally, the Haltamti were known as ''Elam'' in th...
10: ...estan]] for the duration of their empire, the Elamites had extended their civilisation into the provin...
12: ==Elamite language== - Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
1: ...en revised since Linnaeus to improve consistency with the [[Charles Darwin|Darwinian]] principle of [[...
7: ... Arabic. His original commentary is now lost, but its translation into Latin by [[Michael Scot]] survi...
9: ...Gesner]] (1516–1565). Gesner's work was a critical compilation of life known at the time.
11: ...merdam]] (1637–1680), and [[Robert Hooke]] (1635–1702).
13: ...and instead classified plants according to similarities and differences that emerged from observation.
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