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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... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
3: ...humb|150px|'''Anne''' <br><small>Queen of Great Britain and Ireland</small>]]
8: ...ceeded by a distant cousin, [[George I of Great Britain|George I]], of the [[House of Hanover]].
10: ...] (which united England and Scotland into Great Britain) was a product of subsequent negotiations.
15: ...ta Maria|Queen Henrietta Maria]], and afterwards with her aunt, [[Henrietta Anne Stuart|Henrietta Anne...
17: ...nce: William of Orange. When Charles II died in [[1685]] (converting to Roman Catholicism on his deathbe... - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
8: ...s II of England|James II]]. Mary reigned jointly with her husband and first cousin, [[William III of E...
11: ...nly Mary and her younger sister [[Anne of Great Britain|Anne]] survived into adulthood.
15: ...falsely assuming that it would improve his popularity amongst Protestants. The first cousins Mary and ...
17: ...[[Elizabeth Villiers]], one of Mary's ladies-in-waiting.
20: ...lenged the boy's legitimacy, leading to a breach with her father. - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...primarily hung on walls or used on tables. Only with the opening of trade routes in the 17th century ...
3: ...s on beds or on the hearth). For the sake of clarity, some textile scholars also differentiate betwee...
14: ...' carpet), the structural weft threads alternate with a supplementary weft that rises from the surface...
16: ...9th century further improved manufacturing capabilities.
19: ...ictorian era|Victorian]] embroidered carpet compositions include highly illusionistic, 3-dimensional f... - Pipe organ (24478 bytes)
1: ...sible pipes of an organ to be purely decorative, with the real pipes behind them.]]
3: ... organ''' is a [[keyboard instrument]] that makes its [[sound]] by forcing [[air]] through [[wood]] or...
5: ...ave more than one [[musical keyboard|keyboard]], with the most common configuration being two [[manual...
13: ''A more detailed article is to be written at [[styles of pipe organ]].''
15: ...ipe organ have been developed and achieved popularity at particular times and places, for example the... - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
5: ... to the [[First Intermediate Period]]. Some authorities point to cultural differences between the Elev...
8: ...n of Mentuhotep IV. This explains the smooth transition of power as a palace coup by Amenemhat that re...
10: ...hout the Twelfth dynasty and provided great stability.
12: ...f his father to recapture [[Nubia]] and other territories lost during the First Intermediate Period. T...
14: ...rnment though) and established trade connections with Nubia and a war seems to be conducted in the [[L... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
7: ...tes or even several whole chronologies as possibilities. Consequently, there may be discrepancies betw...
9: It should be noted that there is a 60 year discrepan...
15: ...Predynastic Egypt is from [http://xoomer.virgilio.it/francescoraf/ Late Predynastic and Early Dynastic...
17: * The dates of Dynasties 11 to 20 are from Kitchen, "The Basics of Egyptian Chronology in Relati...
18: * The dates of Dynasties 21 to 26 are from Kitchen, ''Third Intermediate Period in Egypt'' (1973... - Texas (39610 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] |
10: LargestCity = [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] |
21: DensityRank = 28th |
22: 2000Density = 30.75 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 28th | - 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]]
53: *[[Jacopo Amigoni]] ([[1685]]-[[1752]])
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]]) - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...ety]]. In [[1775]], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster General]].
9: ...mas Franklin, a blacksmith and farmer, and Jane White. His mother, Abiah Folger, was born in [[Nantuck...
13: ...children, including: Josiah Jr. ([[August 23]], [[1685]]), Ann ([[January 5]], [[1687]]), Joseph ([[Febr...
23: ...with a great deal of savvy about cultivating a positive image of an industrious and intellectual young...
25: ...ssue the famous ''[[Poor Richard's Almanack]]'' (with content both original and borrowed) on which a l... - March 21 (10586 bytes)
7: ... [[Papal Coronation|crowned Pope]] in [[Venice]] with a temporary [[Papal Tiara|papal tiara]] made of ...
8: ...lexandria]] was fought between [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[France|French]] forces near the ruins ...
15: ...al community to call [[Persian Empire|Persia]] by its native name, [[Iran]], which means 'Land of the ...
17: *[[1945]] - [[World War II]]: [[United Kingdom|British]] troops liberate [[Mandalay]], [[Burma]]
20: *[[1963]] - [[Alcatraz]], a federal [[penitentiary]] on an island in [[San Francisco Bay]], c... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...glish language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
12: ...[[Ralph Abraham|Ralph H. Abraham]] (USA, [[University of California, Santa Cruz]])
14: *[[John Couch Adams]] (United Kingdom, [[1819]] - [[1892]])
16: *[[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] (Italy, [[1718]] - [[1799]])
23: *[[Giacomo Albanese]] (Italy, Brazil) - Economy of Russia (68844 bytes)
2: ...ovided some insight into the effects of such transition. However, no two countries have had the exact ...
7: ...economy. It also has a well-educated labor force with substantial technical expertise. At the same tim...
9: ...h which the Russian economy must deal in its transition to a market economy.
11: ... the assumption that if each unit met or exceeded its plan, then demand and supply would balance.
13: ...tional-level ministries and controlled economic units in their respective geographical areas. - 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}}
183: *[[George Berkeley]], (1685-1753){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}} - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
3: ...250px|right|Johann Sebastian Bach, [[1748]] portrait by Elias Gottlob Haussmann]]
5: ... to nearly every musician in the [[Europe]]an tradition, from [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] to [[...
11: ...n [[Eisenach]], [[Germany]]{{an|birthplace}} in [[1685]]. His father, [[Johann Ambrosius Bach]], was the...
13: ...rom his brother's music cabinet and began to copy it by the moonlight. This went on nightly until Joha...
17: ... equally at home talking with organ builders and with performers.
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