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- Ionic order (6526 bytes)
1: ... beaux des monuments de la Grèce'' Paris, 1758 (Plate XX)]]
2: ...orders''' or '''organizational systems''']] of [[classical architecture]], the other two canonic order...
4: ...ominent location for its brief lifetime. A longer-lasting 6th century Ionic temple was the [[Temple of...
5: ...he base to meet the [[torus]] (enriched with interlaced guilloche) it stands upon.]]
6: ...k Ionic order was eventually reintroduced, in the later [[18th century]] [[Greek Revival]], it conveye... - Aristarchus (4292 bytes)
1: ...and developed by [[Copernicus]] nearly 2000 years later.
11: ... simpler, better explanation for the lack of parallax. The rejection of the heliocentric view was appa...
13: ...e duty of the [[Greek]]s to indict Aristarchus of Samos on the charge of impiety for putting in motion th...
17: ...the Moon's diameter. Using [[Eratosthenes]]' calculation that the Earth was 42,000 km in [[circumferen...
21: ...It does, however, suggest that the Sun is clearly larger than the Earth, which can be taken to support... - Cartography (10500 bytes)
1: '''Cartography''' or '''mapmaking''' (in [[Greek language|Greek]] ''chartis'' = map and ''graphein'' ...
3: ...ingly dynamic, interactive maps that can be manipulated digitally. The cartographic process rests on t...
7: ...m BCE]]. The oldest maps emphasized topological relationships such as connectedness, adjacency, and co...
9: ...t Egypt|Egypt]]ians later used geometry to survey land and to resurvey it after the periodic flooding ...
11: ...s cylindrical. In [[288 BCE]], [[Aristarchus]] of Samos was the first to say that the [[sun]] was the cen... - Aeschines (2644 bytes)
5: ... to have won him over entirely to his side. His dilatoriness during the second embassy (346) sent to r...
7: ...ted. In 339, as one of the Athenian deputies (''pylagorae'') in the [[Amphictyon]]ic Council, he made ...
9: ...e was accused by Aeschines of having violated the law in bringing forward the motion. The matter remai...
11: ... a school of rhetoric. He afterwards removed to [[Samos]], where he died in the seventy-fifth year of his... - Alcibiades (7778 bytes)
5: He was a near relative of [[Pericles]], who, after the death of Clei...
7: ...y manhood supply the corrective which his boyhood lacked.
8: ...otagoras]], [[Prodicus]], and others he learnt to laugh at the common ideas of justice, temperance, ho...
9: The laborious thought, the ascetic life of his master [[...
21: ...h great enthusiasm, and Alcibiades, Nicias, and [[Lamachus]] were appointed joint commanders. - Pythagoras (10747 bytes)
1: ...[[580s BCE|582 BCE]] – [[496 BCE]], [[Greek language|Greek]]:
2: ...tician]] and [[philosopher]], known best for formulating the [[Pythagorean theorem]].
6: ...s and his students believed that everything was related to [[mathematics]], and felt that everything c...
9: ...e was born to the parents of Pythais (a native of Samos) and Mnesarchus (a merchant from Tyre). As a youn...
13: ...iples would sing hymns to [[Apollo]] together regularly; they used the [[lyre]] to cure illness of the... - Aristotle (37648 bytes)
3: ...Alpha;ριστοτέλης
4: ... [[ancient Greek]] [[philosopher]]. Along with [[Plato]], he is often considered to be one of the two ...
8: ...h Plato and a few other writers. The writings of Plato and Aristotle form the core of [[Ancient philos...
10: ...e has ethical as well as scientific importance. Plato can be called, with qualification, an [[idealis...
12: ... develop into the [[scientific method]] centuries later. Although he wrote dialogues early in his car... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
1: [[image:copernicus.jpg|right|frame|Nicolaus Copernicus]]
3: ...over the traditional [[geocentric theory]] (that placed [[Earth]] at the center of the [[Universe]]), ...
7: ...s Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
8: ...cle, [[Lucas Watzenrode]], a church [[canon]] and later the [[Prince-Bishop]] governor of [[Warmia]], ...
10: ...r, while studying [[canon law|canon]] and [[civil law]] at [[Ferrara]], he met his teacher [[Domenico ... - 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]])
39: *[[Aristarchus]] ([[Samos]], circa [[310 BC]] – circa [[230 BC]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
7: *[[Nicola Abbagnano]], (1901-1990)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
23: *[[Adelard of Bath]], (12th century){{fn|C}}
31: *[[Rodolphus Agricola]], (1443-1485){{fn|R}}
37: *[[Alain de Lille]], (c. 1128-1202) - Peloponnesian War (15884 bytes)
1: ... and poke fun at the generals and events. The war lasted 27 years, with a 6-year [[truce]] in the midd...
5: ...henian military power allowed it to challenge the Lacedaemonians (commonly known as the [[Sparta|Spart...
7: ...sanctions, known as the [[Megarian decree]], were largely ignored by Thucydides, but modern economic h...
11: ...d from these islands. Thus, the two powers were relatively unable to fight decisive battles.
13: ...e to take care of the harvest. Moreover, Spartan slaves, known as [[helots]], needed to be kept under ... - Aegean Sea (2751 bytes)
1: .... Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
3: ...]). It is connected to the [[Marmara Sea]] and [[Black Sea]] by the [[Dardanelles]] and [[Bosporus]].
5: In ancient times there were various explanations for the name "Aegean." It was said to have...
7: ...the [[Hellenic Civilization]]. The Aegean Sea was later inhabited by [[Iran|Persia]]ns, [[Roman Republ...
9: ... [[G?ada]] . The current status of many smaller islands is a source of conflict between [[Turkey]] and... - Hipparchus (astronomer) (50785 bytes)
2: '''Hipparchus''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] ''Ἳππαρχ&...
4: ...onomical poem by [[Aratus]] has been preserved by later copyists. As a consequence, we know comparati...
14: ...but it is not known if and when he visited these places.
18: ... island of [[Rhodes]], where he spent most of his later life — Ptolemy attributes observations t...
20: ...stellations: the globe carried by the [[Farnese Atlas]] [Schaefer 2005]. - Hipparchus (50784 bytes)
1: '''Hipparchus''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] ''Ἳππαρχ&...
3: ...onomical poem by [[Aratus]] has been preserved by later copyists. As a consequence, we know comparati...
13: ...but it is not known if and when he visited these places.
17: ... island of [[Rhodes]], where he spent most of his later life — Ptolemy attributes observations t...
19: ...stellations: the globe carried by the [[Farnese Atlas]] [Schaefer 2005]. - List of island countries (6641 bytes)
1: ...cal entities that are located on [[island]]s or island-[[continent]]s.
7: ...ugh Greenland is usually considered the largest island
23: *[[Iceland]]
25: *[[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
32: *[[Marshall Islands]] - Roman commerce (14626 bytes)
1: ...]] and the exploits of the [[Roman legion]]s. The language and the legions were supported by trade whi...
3: ...Wars]] and minor uprisings, they gave a distinct flavor to Roman commerce.
7: == Negotiatores, Mercatores and Pedlars ==
9: ... as moneychangers. They kept strict books, or tabulae, which were considered as legal proof by the cou...
11: ...rochel) took spices and perfumes to the rural population (Safra p78). This suggests that the economic ...
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