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- Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
1: ...'' ([[1626]] – [[1689]]) or '''Kristina''', later known as '''Maria Christina Alexandra''' and s...
8: ...ign=top><td>'''Coronation'''<td>[[October 20]], [[1650]]
15: <tr valign=top><td>'''Place of Birth'''<td>[[Stockholm]]
17: <tr valign=top><td>'''Place of Death'''<td>[[Rome]]
18: <tr valign=top><td>'''Place of Burial'''<td>[[St. Peter's Basilica]], [[Rom... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
3: ...] painters in the generation influenced by [[Michelangelo Merisi|Caravaggio]] (the ''"Caravaggisti"'')...
10: ...f [[Caravaggio]] without being indifferent to the language of the [[Bologna]] school (which had [[Anni...
12: ... Artemisia in order to restore her reputation, he later reneged on his promise and Orazio reported Tas...
14: ...e fingers and tighted by degrees — a particularly cruel torture to a painter. Both procedures we...
18: ...patronage of the [[Medici]] and [[Charles I of England|Charles I]]. During this period, Artemisia also... - Oboe (5230 bytes)
3: ...on of [[embouchure]] and air-pressure allows the player to express a huge range of emotions and moods.
7: ... and produce a good sound ([[tone]]) on. Amateur players often produce a nasal (often out-of-tune) and...
9: ... (music)|pitch]] (tune) by listening to the oboe playing concert A (earlier 440 Hz everywhere, no...
11: ...ment in early military bands until ousted by the clarinet.
13: ...tead it has a double-reed consisting of two thin blades of cane tied together on a small-diameter meta... - Horn (instrument) (19243 bytes)
2: ...east 1750, although this usage is uncommon among players of the instrument.
4: ...'') ([[Italian language|It.]]), ''cor'' ([[French language|Fr.]]), etc.
6: ...its characteristic "mellow" tone. The typical [[playing range]] of a French horn goes from the writte...
12: ...s to use the natural [[harmonic]]s of that particular length of tubing by changing the speed at which ...
14: ...n the elements of a harmonic series. This interpolation finally made the horn a true melodic instrume... - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
5: ...p II]] from [[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]] defeated the last king of the [[Tenth dynasty of Egypt|Tenth dyna...
6: ...rt provided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
8: ...is explains the smooth transition of power as a palace coup by Amenemhat that resulted in the death of...
10: ...e he would start his sole reign. The co-regencies lasted throughout the Twelfth dynasty and provided g...
20: ...tlers to Egypt to labor on Egypt's monuments. But late in his reign the annual floods began to fail an... - Ancient Egypt (16131 bytes)
1: ...rt provided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]'''Ancient Egypt''' was an organ...
6: ...gypt]] is in [[North Africa]]; the [[Sinai Peninsula]] is in [[Southwest Asia]]. The country has shore...
7: ...x|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
10: ... it is unknown if [[Alashiya]] was actually the island of [[Cyprus]].
14: ... [[Mining|mined]] [[turquoise]] in [[Sinai Peninsula]]. - Maryland (22654 bytes)
2: Name = Maryland |
3: Fullname = State of Maryland |
4: Flag = Maryland state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Maryland]] |
6: Seal = Maryland state seal.png | - List of painters (54090 bytes)
5: Shortcuts to highly popular [[painter]]s:
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [...
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impress...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]] - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
7: *Some time between [[1600]]-[[1650]]-[[Mahican]] [[Confederacy]] founded
13: ... [[United Provinces]] ([[the Netherlands]]) lays claim to the [[Hudson Valley]] area
18: *[[1619]]-First African [[slavery|slaves]] arrive at Jamestown
22: ...[1620]]-[[Pilgrims]] arrive from [[Plymouth]], England, on the ''[[Mayflower (ship)|Mayflower]]''. The...
23: *[[1624]]-[[New Netherlands]] founded by the [[Dutch West India Company]] ... - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: ...rd and the significant marginalization in the population of native inhabitants after European coloniza...
5: ... Rush of 1849, then with its fertile agricultural lands and prodigious oil fields, and finally with it...
11: ...tion, dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin glaciation]]) about 13,000 years ago.
13: ...nd each tribe specialized according to the particular environment. Coastal tribes were a major source...
19: ..., and gems. The Spaniards conjectured that these places may be one and the same. - Crossbow (7510 bytes)
2: ...invention in China, but the crossbow nonetheless played a significant role in the history of European ...
5: ...to a [[Bow (weapon)|bow]]) mounted on a stock similar to a [[rifle]] stock, which has a mechanism to w...
10: A crossbow contains a string which is held in place by a nut when the bolt is loaded and the cross ...
12: ... were rather exotic as they were constructed of inlays as well as specialized woods. The prod is attac...
14: The crossbow shelf is a flat section above the stock with a straight groove f... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
2: ...e]]s, [[landslide]]s, [[volcanic eruption]]s and large [[meteorite impact]]s all have the potential t...
4: ...in Japanese ''tsunami'' is used for both the singular and plural, in English ''tsunamis'' is well-esta...
6: ...familiar). However, since they are not actually related to tides the term is considered misleading and...
10: ...reate a tsunami by itself may trigger an undersea landslide quite capable of generating a tsunami.
12: ...ere denser oceanic plates slip under continental plates in a process known as subduction. - Swimming (22854 bytes)
1: ...imming is a popular recreational activity, particularly in hot countries and in areas with natural wat...
5: ...ires only a slight propelling of water downward relative to the body, and transverse motion only a sli...
9: ...l to the surface of the water. Drooped legs or a slanted torso dramatically increase drag.
13: ...tween the bodies water-line-length and width. Similar improvements are possible by orienting the narro...
17: ... Most swimmers simply grab water with their hand flat, or the fingers slightly spread, and then draw i... - Lute (15915 bytes)
1: ...nguage|Arabic]] ''al‘ud'', "the wood". The player of a lute is called a ''lutenist'', and a make...
7: ...We spend half our time tuning and the other half playing out of tune.")
9: ...al windings on the lower-pitched strings as on a classical guitar.
15: ...ple loop of yarn from the tuning head around the player's neck and back.)
19: ...made significant inroads into the German-speaking lands. - Hittites (17910 bytes)
1: ... a kingdom centered in [[Hattusa]] (the modern village of Boğazk?n north-central [[Turkey]]), thr...
3: ...rom about 1680 BC to 1200 BC, with an as yet unexplained hundred-year gap from 1500 to 1400 BC. After ...
5: ...n language — conventionally called [[Hattic language|Hattic]].
7: ...י or ''HTY'' in the consonant-only [[Hebrew language|Hebrew script]]), which are also called '''...
12: ...f trade between Assyrian merchants and a certain "land of ''[[Hatti]]''". Some names in the tablets we... - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Delano Roosevelt
10: | place of birth=[[Hyde Park, New York|Hyde Park]], [[N...
13: | place of death=[[Warm Springs, Georgia]]
16: ...vicepresident=[[John N. Garner]]<br>[[Henry A. Wallace]]<br>[[Harry S. Truman]]
18: ...nd privilege, he overcame a crippling illness to place himself at the head of the forces of reform. Hi... - Architectural history (13369 bytes)
1: ...nological]]. In general, the question is one of relating meaning (intangible functions, purposes, symb...
5: ...fer on the terms of reference; Critical Theory is largely self-referential, whilst Hermeneutics is con...
7: ...nto supermodernity manifest in [[globalisation]], late [[capitalism]] and [[neo-liberal]] [[democracy]...
9: ... many editions of [[Sir Banister Fletcher]]'s popular book is a case in point. But in general, it can ...
17: ...erness of [[nature]] outside, and the temple or palace continued this order by acting as a house for t... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ... [[mathematician]]s are listed below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteratio...
15: *[[Robert Adrain]] (Ireland)
17: *[[Lars Ahlfors|Lars Valerian Ahlfors]] (Finland, [[1907]] - [[1996]])
20: *[[Yousef Alavi]]
29: ...nderson (mathematician)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]] - [[1620]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
19: *[[George Biddell Airy]], ([[England]], [[1801]] – [[1892]])
23: *[[V. Albitskij|Vladimir Aleksandrovich Al'bitskij]] ([[Russia]])
28: *[[Lawrence Aller]]
38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], [[1799]] – [[1875]])
40: *[[Christoph Arnold]] ([[Germany]], [[1650]] – [[1695]]) - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
10: ... the aggressive [[Puritan]] [[John Wilkinson (scholar)|John Wilkinson]] and he had some influence on H...
12: ...shire|William Cavendish]], Baron of Hardwick (and later [[Duke of Devonshire|Earl of Devonshire]]), an...
14: ...the first translation of that work into [[English language|English]]. Hobbes believed that Thucydides'...
16: ...ited [[Florence]] in [[1636]] and later was a regular debater in philosophic groups in Paris, held tog...
20: ...ter into society, and argued how this must be regulated if Men were not to fall back into "brutishness...
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