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- Marco Polo (6716 bytes)
1: ...''' ([[15 September]][[1254]] - [[8 January]] [[1324]]) was a [[Venice|Venetian]] trader and [[explor...
5: ... out to [[Asia]] in [[1255]], reached China in [[1266]], arriving at [[Khanbaliq]] (now [[Beijing]])....
7: ... would help ascertain the truth. The city of Korčula still maintains an old house in which Marco...
12: [[Image:Marco_Polo._Map_of_explore.jpg|thumb|Map of the journey]]
13: ...h the Pope's response to [[Kublai Khan]], in [[1271]]. This time Niccolok his son Marco. Soon aft...
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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[Afr...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[Afr...
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[...
9: *[[Afonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[...
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[Indones... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...m of writing by the Qin emperor ([[2nd century BC|200 BC]]) strengthened the Chinese civilization. Po...
14: ...guage|Chinese]]: 三代; [[pinyin]]: sāndài) that the historical China begins to appe...
15: [[Image:Statute_ming_tombs.jpg |thumb|left|Ming Tombs. Image provided by [http:/...
18: ...[[oracle bones]] or the [[Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia rema...
22: ...st of the six capitals of the Shang (c 1300–1046 BC). - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
1: ...mage:IbnBattuta.jpg|thumb|250px|Ibn Battuta (1304-1377).]]
2: ...almost thirty years, covering some 75,000 miles (120,700 km). This journeying covered almost the enti...
6: ...unt as exists of some parts of the world in the [[14th century]].
11: ...ngier]], [[Morocco]] some time between 1304 and [[1307]], at the age of (approximately) twenty Ibn Ba...
36: Arriving there towards the end of [[1332]], he met the emperor [[Andronicus III]] and saw ... - Mosaic (6524 bytes)
3: |[[Image:Amphitrite_mosaic.jpg|thumb|150px|Detail of mosaic from [[Herculaneum]] depicti...
5: ...The Great Pavement''', a Roman mosaic laid in AD 325 at Woodchester, Gloucestershire, England.]]
7: ...[Image:Michael_of_salonica.jpg|thumb|150px|Early 12th-century [[Kiev]]an mosaic depicting [[St. Demet...
9: |[[Image:Monreale.jpg|thumb|200px|Mosaics in the [[apse]] at [[Monreale]]]]
22: ...ush. When American troops took the city in the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] the mosaic was replaced wit... - Marco Polo (6716 bytes)
1: ...''' ([[15 September]][[1254]] - [[8 January]] [[1324]]) was a [[Venice|Venetian]] trader and [[explor...
5: ... out to [[Asia]] in [[1255]], reached China in [[1266]], arriving at [[Khanbaliq]] (now [[Beijing]])....
7: ... would help ascertain the truth. The city of Korčula still maintains an old house in which Marco...
12: [[Image:Marco_Polo._Map_of_explore.jpg|thumb|Map of the journey]]
13: ...h the Pope's response to [[Kublai Khan]], in [[1271]]. This time Niccolok his son Marco. Soon aft... - Geography (8541 bytes)
1: [[Image:Environment_09.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.co...
4: [[Image:Ptolemys_system.jpg|thumb|200px|left]]
13: ...n as [[Great Geographical Discoveries]]. By the [[18th century]], geography had become recognized as ...
62: [[Image:Adriatic_sea.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.co...
92: [[Image:Desert_12.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Desert, near Las Vegas, Nevada . Image ... - Cornett (5160 bytes)
14: ...as frequently used in consort with [[sackbutt]]s (2 cornetts, 3 sackbutts), often to double a church ...
18: ...The use of the instrument had largely died out by 1700. It was last scored for by [[Christoph Williba... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ... [[15th century]] and continuing into the early [[17th century]], during which [[Europe]]an ships wer...
6: [[Image:Al-Idrisi's world map.JPG|200px|thumb|right|This map, made by Arab geographer...
9: ...raveled throughout the Orient from [[1271]] to [[1295]]. His journey was written up as ''[[Travels]]'...
16: ...hor'' by [[Andries van Eertvelt]], painted c. [[1628]] shows the famous carrack of [[Christopher Colu...
18: ...access to the [[Indian Ocean]] was possible. In [[1498]] [[Vasco da Gama]] made good on this promise ... - Historical capital of China (5927 bytes)
3: ...iod of [[Shang Dynasty]]: called Yin (殷 Yīn)
7: ...] in [[Spring and Autumn Period]]: called Ji (薊 J쩊
8: ...ital: called Yanjing (燕京 Yānjīng "capital of Yan")
10: ...1220s]] ([[1217]]?): called Zhongdu (中都 Zhōngdū "central capital")
12: ...language|Chinese]] as Dदamp;#363; (大都 "great capital"). This was reported as [[Beiji... - Culture of China (15738 bytes)
1: [[Image:China tea.jpg|thumb|250px|Chinese Tea Ceremony Image provided [http://c...
5: ... and Western cultures. In essence, the history of 20th Century China is one of experimentation to fin...
12: ...e synonymous with high-quality porcelain. Around 1st century AD, Buddhism arrived in China which inf...
25: ...chitecture]], examples of which can be found over 2,000 years ago, has long been a landmark of Chines...
34: ...very popular in the United States. Now, in the [[2000s]], Asian-made films seem to be having a resur... - Florida (24937 bytes)
14: AreaRank = 22<sup>nd</sup> |
15: TotalArea = 170,451 |
16: LandArea = 137,374 |
18: PCWater = 17.9 |
20: 2000Pop = 15,982,378 | - History of science (41710 bytes)
11: ..." and "construct" scientific knowledge. Since the 1960s, a common trend in the study of the sociology...
15: ...e Structure of Scientific Revolutions]]'' in [[1962]], there has been much debate in the academic com...
19: [[Image:Aristotle.jpg|thumb|120px|right|[[Aristotle]] (sculpture)]]
25: ==Early cultures== {{seemain2|History of science in early cultures|Alchemy}}
37: [[Image:Map_of_Medieval_Universities.JPG|left|140px|thumb|''Map of [[Medieval university|Medieval... - Crusade (28507 bytes)
2: ... the [[11th century|11th]] through [[13th century|13th centuries]]. Originally, they were [[Roman Cat...
9: ... in the fight against the Islamic [[Moors]]. In [[1063]], [[Pope Alexander II]] had given papal bless...
11: ...First Crusade, and the religious vitality of the 12th century.
15: ...ern attitudes towards the east came in the year [[1009]], when the [[Fatimids|Fatimid]] [[caliph]] of...
22: [[Image:Crusades2.jpg|250px|thumb|The Crusades Illustration provided by [... - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
1: ... geographer [[Ferdinand von Richthofen]] in the [[19th century]].
7: ...lroad link on the Silk Road was completed in [[1992]], when the international railway communication [...
11: ...domesticated as early as circa [[11th century BC|1100 BC]], and the [[nomads]] of the vast Eurasian [...
18: ... in what is now northeastern [[Afghanistan]] – as far as [[Mesopotamia]] and [[Egypt]] by the s...
25: ...ed by [[Nehsi]] for Queen [[Hatshepsut]] in the [[15th century BCE]] to obtain [[myrrh]]; a report of... - Medieval literature (14207 bytes)
2: ...ing of the Florentine [[Renaissance]] in the late 15th century). The literature of this time was com...
18: [[Image:Libraries-ContentDistribution.jpg|thumb|Libraries: A Matter of Content - Distributi...
30: ...ct of "[[courtly love]]" became important in the 11th century, especially in the [[Romance languages]... - Fra Angelico (13116 bytes)
1: ...mous painter of the [[Florentine]] state in the [[15th century]], the most famous representative of [...
3: ...ves<br> the treasures of the Church''', painted [[1447]].]]
7: ... not properly [[beatification|beatified]] until [[1984]].
15: ...m [[1418]] to [[1436]] he was back at Fiesole; in 1436 he was transferred to the Dominican convent of...
17: ... convent of San Marco, in the years [[1438]] to [[1445]], Fra Giovanni lived with St. [[Antoninus Pie... - Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
5: ... City, Missouri]] in [[1955]] and to Oakland in [[1968]].
6: ...01]]-[[1954]]), Kansas City Athletics ([[1955]]-[[1967]])
8: ... Blue, Red and White; 1950: Blue, Gold and White; 1963-Present: Green, Gold and White
10: :'''Wild Card titles won''' (1): [[2001]]
11: ...1989]], [[1990]], [[1992]], [[2000]], [[2002]], [[2003]] - Florence (11538 bytes)
1: ...1434]]-[[1494]], [[1512]]-[[1527]] and [[1530]]-[[1737]]) by the [[Medici]] family.
5: [[Image:FlorenceSymbol-giglio.png|thumb|right|127px|"Giglio di Firenze" - symbol of the city]]
7: [[Image:66360262.JPG|right|thumb|300px|An Overview of Florence (Italia...
9: [[Image:Florence_bridges.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The bridges of Florence at suns...
17: ...which the population may have fallen to as few as 1,000. - Venice (22017 bytes)
1: [[Image:Venice_italy_2.jpg|thumb]]
2: ...o]], population 271,663 (census estimate 2004-01-01). The city stretches across numerous small island...
8: ...last autocratic doge, Vitale Michiele, died in 1172.
9: [[Image:VEN74_1625W.jpg|thumb|]]
10: ...ized the eastern shores of the Adriatic before [[1200]], mostly for commercial reasons, because [[pir... - Rome (33048 bytes)
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8: ..."center" width="140px"|[[Image:Rome city flag.png|100px]]
9: |align="center" width="140px"|[[Image:Roma01.jpg|100px|]]
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