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- Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
6: ...nand-Karl ? already had important official roles within the [[Hapsburg]] Empire.
7: .... She was considered one of the most brilliant political figures in Europe.]]
11: ...the Prince of [[Parma]] and Maria-Antonia's favourite sister, Maria-Carolina, was married to King Ferd...
13: ... the next child to be involved in her mother's political games.
15: ...eresa]]'s daughters. With Johanna-Gabriella dead, it was decided that Maria-Antonia should be sent to ... - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
1: {{christianity}}
2: ...us]]. She is also a [[Roman Catholic]] [[saint]] with a [[Calendar of saints|feast day]] of [[July 22]...
6: ...hn 20:1|1]], [[John 20:2|2]]), (gaining her the epithet "apostle to the apostles") and again immediate...
11: ...e, in a dramatic 19th-century popular image of penitence painted by [[Ary Scheffer]].]]
12: ...tic references to the ''Gospel of Mary''. These writings reveal the degree to which the gospel was des... - Lavender (3889 bytes)
14: ... and East [[Africa]], south [[Europe]] and the Mediterranean, [[Arabia]], and [[India]]. Because the c...
20: ...d sealed in pouches, they are placed among stored items of clothing to give a fresh fragrance and as a...
22: ...ake decoration. Lavender is also used as a herb, either alone or as an ingredient of ''[[herbes de Pro...
27: ...eks as Nardus, taken from Naarda a city of Syria; it was also commonly called Nard.
29: ...ng with many other herbs, they indroduced it to Britain. - Rose (15436 bytes)
10: ...y | taxon = '''''Rosa'''''}}<br />{{Taxobox authority | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]| date = [[175...
23: ...horns on the underside of the stem. The vast majority of roses are [[deciduous]], but a few (particula...
25: ...sericea]]'' which often has only four), usually white or pink, in a few species yellow or red. The ova...
27: ...st sources of any plant. The hips are eaten by fruit-eating [[bird]]s such as [[Thrush (bird)|thrushes...
29: ...aturally on [[coast]]al [[dune|sand dunes]]). Despite the presence of the thorns, roses are frequently... - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
3: ...beginning of the [[Renaissance]] is admittedly arbitrary, 1450 is used here.
7: ... general trend in Medieval music is toward complexity in harmony, rhythm, text, and orchestration.
9: ...m cannot be specified. The simplicity of chant, with unison voice and natural declamation, is most co...
17: .... The line, once it had its mode, would remain in it until another ligature indicated a change. A Ger...
18: [[Image:Lute_guitar.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Lute Guitar. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com... - Sundial (16148 bytes)
6: A '''sundial''' measures [[time]] by the position of the [[sun]].
7: ... sundial, cast a shadow on a flat surface marked with the hours of the day.
8: As the position of the sun changes, the time indicated by the ...
18: ...to install a mass-produced garden sundial so that it will keep time. Some mass-produced garden sundia...
20: ...adjusted to another [[latitude]] by tilting it so its style or [[gnomon]](s) is (are) parallel the Ear... - Pope Benedict IV (942 bytes)
1: ...ard]] commended his noble birth and public generosity. Benedict upheld the ordinances of [[Pope Formos... - Causes of the French Revolution (11170 bytes)
2: ...tive bodies, the conflicting interests of these initially allied groups would become the source of con...
5: ...ower and prerogatives of the [[Second Estate|nobility]] and the [[First Estate|clergy]], the remnants ...
7: ...n [[Paris]], where they were in frequent contact with the French intellectuals; furthermore, contact b...
9: ...terrorism was just a [[plebeian]] way of dealing with the enemies of the bourgeoisie: absolutism, feud...
13: ...hasers of titles were effectively buying an [[annuity]]. - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
2: ...es. ''As a rule, the best place to clarify complexities is in the article on the individual in questio...
12: ... Marie Barnave]] - [[Constitutional monarchy|constitutional monarchist]] / [[Feuillant]] (faction)
17: *[[Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne]] - on [[Committee of Public Safety]], more radical [[Maximilien ...
19: ...luable to his brother's success. Later fell out with Napoleon.
25: ...of France]]. Murdered by royalists during the [[White Terror]] - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
3: ...Ancient Roman]] polity in the centuries following its reorganization under the leadership of Octavian ...
5: ...an Empire]]. The end of the Western Empire is traditionally set in [[476]], when [[Odovacar]] deposed ...
9: ...and ornate imperial ritual. We now know that the situation was far more nuanced: certain historical fo...
11: ...e adopted by successor states and other entities with imperial pretensions, including the [[Frankish]]...
14: ===Political Developments=== - Sicily (18450 bytes)
1: {{Infobox_RegionIT |
5: capital = [[Palermo]] |
7: zone = [[Insular Italy]] |
9: municipality = 390 |
17: populationdensity = 193 | - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...''' (see below) is the main successor to this tradition.
5: ...s traveling to visit the birthplace of [[Jesus]]. It was served by [[Benedictine]] Brothers.
7: ... the group just cared for those pilgrims who made it to Jerusalem but the order soon extended into pro...
9: ...ses of power in the Kingdom and in the [[Principality of Antioch]], were [[Krak des Chevaliers]], and ...
11: [[Image:knights_hospitaller.JPG|framed|right]] - First Crusade (34670 bytes)
2: ...rast to the many that followed – to achieve its stated goal.
5: ... to an entire class of warriors who now had very little to do but fight among themselves and terrorize...
7: ...Majorca]] and [[Sardinia]], freeing the coasts of Italy and Spain from [[Muslim]] raids.
9: ...e the Holy Land with the famous words: "God wills it!"
12: ...es and gaining control of their neighbours, than with cooperating against the crusaders. - List of herbs and spices (4611 bytes)
1: ...ed seasoning for food is [[table salt]]; however, it is a mineral.
50: ...egranate]] seeds (though some consider these a fruit, not a spice)
58: *[[Szechuan pepper]] (<i>Xanthoxylum piperitum</i>)
88: *[[Kaffir Lime Leaves]] (''Citrus hystrix, C. papedia'')
90: *[[Cymbopogon | Lemongrass]] (<i>Cymbopogon citratus, C. flexuosus</i>, and other species) - Vincent van Gogh (11980 bytes)
1: ...ait.jpg|400px|thumb|Vincent van Gogh - Self-Portrait]]
2: ...r disorder]]) and committed [[suicide]]. He had little success during his lifetime, but his posthumou...
6: ...theby's]]; on [[May 15]], [[1990]], his ''[[Portrait of Doctor Gachet]]'' was sold for $82.5 million a...
9: ...ther's profession appealing and would be drawn to it later in his life. His sister described him as se...
11: ...he painter, and show him to be a talented writer with a keen mind. Theo would support Vincent financia... - Bullfighting (25773 bytes)
2: ...ange, concluding (in Spanish-style bullfighting) with the [[death]] of the bull by a well-placed [[swo...
4: ... [[sport]], although there is no scoring or competition between human participants. Although there is ...
10: ...be found at [[Madrid]], [[Seville]] and [[Mexico City]]. Around 30,000 bulls are killed each year in b...
12: ...f [[Navarre]], [[Saint Firminus]]. A similar activity, [[Jallikattu]], takes place annually in the sta...
14: ...es up the [[United Arab Emirates]], has a long, quite separate history of fights among bulls.
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