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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
88: | [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]
221: ...493;ת ארצות הברית]] - Hanging Gardens of Babylon (4963 bytes)
3: ...Seven Wonders of the World]]. They were both supposedly built by [[Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon|Nebuc...
7: ...en found. Writings on these tablets describe the possible use of something similar to an [[Archimedes'...
13: ...lon. Nebuchadnezzar II, the Chaldean king, is supposed to have had the gardens built in about 600 BC a...
17: ...an inexact translation of the Greek word [[kremastos]] or the Latin word [[pensilis]], which means not...
38: * [http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/gardens.html Seven Wonders of the World: ... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...]] and reached the [[Americas]] on October 12th [[1492]] under the flag of [[Castile|Castilian]] [[Spain...
3: ...nd. The main debate was over whether it would be possible to get around the planet without running out...
5: ...Columbian trans-oceanic contact]]''', one of the most consistent is the first exploration (before 1472...
9: ...]], the [[Columbian Exchange]] of species (both those harmful to humans, such as [[virus]]es, [[bacter...
11: ...est Indies]]. Others honour him for the massive boost his explorations gave to Western expansion and c... - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: '''Steel''' is a [[metal]] [[alloy]] whose major component is [[iron]], with [[carbon]] bei...
8: ...a]] and their excretion of [[oxygen]] into the atmosphere, iron can be found in the crust only in comb...
11: ... making quality steel. At room temperature, the most stable form of iron is the [[body-centered cubic...
13: ...tructure to austenite, and identical chemical composition. As such, it requires extremely little ther...
15: ...formation into martensite, by contrast, occurs almost immediately, due to a lower activation energy. - Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
4: ...de networks which had been disrupted by the [[Hyksos]] occupation of Egypt during the [[Second Interme...
6: ...ved to have ruled from [[1473 BC]] to 1458 BC. [[Josephus]] quotes [[Manetho]] as stating that she rei...
10: ...ried her half-brother [[Thutmose II of Egypt|Thutmose II]] and assumed the title of ''Great Royal Wife...
11: ... father a male heir, [[Thutmose III of Egypt|Thutmose III]], by a lesser wife named Isis before his de...
13: As Thutmose III's aunt and stepmother, Hatshepsut was select... - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
2: ... (''c''. [[1437]]–[[7 June|7]]/[[8 June]] [[1492]]) was the [[Queen consort]] of King [[Edward IV ...
10: Edward IV had many mistresses, the most notorious being [[Jane Shore]], but Elizabeth in...
12: ...marriages the queen arranged for her family, the most outrageous being when her 20-year-old brother Jo...
16: ...ard IV was out of power during the [[Wars of the Roses]]. Elizabeth now, briefly, became Queen Mother...
18: ...re dead in this or the next reign. Elizabeth now lost the title of Queen Mother and was called The Dam... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ...njamin Netanyahu]] is a native-born [[Israeli]] whose family moved to [[Philadelphia]] when he was a t...
14: ...e was 18. She began speaking and advocating. She hosted visitors from [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]]...
20: ... also began to emerge as a leader. Her kibbutz chose her to represent them at [[Histadrut]], the Gen...
28: ...erican history as a schoolgirl and I read about those who signed the [[United States Declaration of In...
33: ...rowd.jpg|right|thumb|Jewish [[High Holidays]] in Moscow, 1948. Golda Meir in the crowd (est. 50,000) o... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
1: ... ceiling of the [[Sistine Chapel]] is one of the most famous works of art in the world.]]
5: ...." Eve—חַוָּה (Ḥavva) in Standard Hebrew,
7: In [[Aramaic]] (חיויה,חיווי,xywy)—...
13: ...ch means "red earth"), and God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and gave him dominion ov...
17: ... an unconscious state took one of his ribs, and closed up his flesh again; and of this rib he made a w... - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
3: ...n]] [[Jew]]ish woman who became a [[Partisans (Yugoslavia)|partisan]].
9: ...e office in the [[anti-semitism|anti-Semitic]] atmosphere. She joined ''Maccabea'', a Hungarian [[Zion...
13: ... her mission and was interned in the [[Horthy Miklos Prison]] where she was tortured. She did not talk...
17: ...more time to find a verdict, followed by another postponment, this one due to the appointment of a new...
39: :''החול והים - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
8: ...ll into the 6th century, this connection too was lost. Administrative, educational and military infras...
12: ...lies, and the newly established kingdoms of the [[Ostrogoths]] in [[Italy]], [[Visigoths]] in [[Spain]...
16: ...he [[Albigensian Crusade]] and the [[Wars of the Roses]].
34: ...rchitecture]]. Large [[cathedral]]s were built across [[Europe]], first in the [[romanesque]], and lat...
38: ... appeared, however, and the military support for most crusades was drawn from limited regions of Europ... - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
4: ...t of the [[Atlantic Ocean]] almost completely enclosed by land, on the north by [[Europe]], on the sou...
9: ...+ ''terra'', 'land, earth'), in [[Greek]] "mesogeios".
11: ...alled "ha-Yam ha-Tichon" (הים התיכון), "the middle...
17: ... [[Black Sea]], by the [[Dardanelles]] and the [[Bosporus]] respectively, on the east. The Sea of Marm...
31: ...state of [[Malta]], [[Slovenia]], [[Croatia]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Serbia and Montenegro]], ... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...pped lands previously unknown to them. Among the most famous explorers of the period were [[Christophe...
3: ...ography]], [[navigation]], and shipbuilding. The most important development was the invention of first...
6: ...by Arab geographer [[al-Idrisi]], was one of the most accurate world maps prior to the age of European...
7: ...r close links to the [[Levant]] created great curiosity and commercial interest in what lay further ea...
9: ...[Mongolia]] and back from [[1244]]-[[1247]]. The most famous voyage, however, was that of [[Marco Polo... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...tly [[Jew]]ish with a large non-Jewish minority, mostly comprising [[Muslim]], [[Christian]], and [[Dr...
18: leader_names = [[Ariel Sharon]]<br>[[Moshe Katsav]] |
60: ...ce in Jewish religious obligations and Judaism's most important sites, including the remains of the [[...
62: ...udaism's most important religious texts, were composed in Palestine during this period. The province b...
68: ...cted [[Arab]] settlers. After a brief period of prosperity under the [[Umayyad]] Caliphate, the territ... - Spain (36498 bytes)
20: ...uan Carlos I]]<br>[[Jos頌uis Rodr�ez Zapatero|Jos頌uis Rguez. Zapatero]] |
39: established_dates = [[1492]] |
58: ...re of this period is that of the city of [[Tartessos]]. Beginning in the [[9th century BC]], [[Celtic]...
62: ... for control of the Western Mediterranean. Their most important colony was [[Carthago Nova]] (Latin na...
68: ...ajan]], [[Hadrian]] and [[Theodosius I]], the philosopher [[Seneca]] and the poets [[Martial]] and [[L... - Cotton (7876 bytes)
2: ...[Old World]] and the [[New World]]. The fiber is most often spun into [[yarn|thread]] and used to make...
4: ...er is made up of twenty to thirty layers of cellulose coiled in a neat series of natural springs. When...
13: ..., writing in [[1350]], stated as fact the now-preposterous belief: "There grew there India a wonderful...
28: ...cts are now available. Historically, one of the most economically destructive pests in cotton product...
30: ..., the plant will continue to grow. Cotton is a close relative of [[okra]] and [[hibiscus]]. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
158: *[[Ross Bleckner]] ([[1949]]-)
171: *[[Rosa Bonheur]] ([[1822]]-[[1899]]) - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
3: ... and the [[Crimean peninsula]], and from there across the [[Black Sea]], [[Marmara Sea]] and the [[Bal...
10: ===Cross-continental travel===
13: ...to travel immense distances without arousing the hostility of more settled peoples.
25: ...ri]]. Several of her successors, including [[Thutmoses III]], also organized expeditions to Punt.
28: ... by the formidable [[Pamir]] mountains, routes across them were, apparently, in use from very early ti... - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
3: ...he grounds used in watercolor painting vary, the most common is paper. Others include [[papyrus]], bar...
6: ...ened in [[1276]], and Arches, France, opened in [[1492]].
23: ...a is ''[[watermedia]]''. The term ''watercolor'' most often to refers to traditional transparent water...
25: ...for body, and [[glycerin]] or [[honey]] for [[viscosity]] and to bond the colorant to the painting sur...
35: ...ferences and [[color]] clarity are typically the most difficult properties to achieve and maintain. - Agriculture (19147 bytes)
5: ...only accounts for four percent of the world's [[gross domestic product|GDP]].<!--Source?-->
25: ...ing, and marketing of agricultural products are closely related activities also influenced by science....
32: ...ts of energy input, from unsustainable, mostly [[fossil fuel]], sources.
40: ...d wetlands by nutrients like [[nitrogen]] and [[phosphorus]] are of concern in many countries.
48: ...|squash]]). Small scale agriculture also likely arose independently in early Neolithic contexts in [[I... - Politics (7193 bytes)
4: ... and application of power, i.e. the ability to impose one's will on another.
9: ...nature and was free to use any means to acquire those resources. Hobbes noted that such an arrangemen...
16: ...e hierarchy and therefore politics. Politics is most often studied in relation to the administration ...
28: ...[[Political power|Power]]''' is the ability to impose one's will on another. It implies a capacity for...
34: ...three reasons why people followed the orders of those who gave them:
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