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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
22: *[[Pêro de Barcelos]] ([[15th century]]/[[16th century]] [[Portuguese...
28: *[[Willem Barents]], ([[1550]]?-[[1597]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]], died on [[No...
33: *[[Joseph René Bellot]] [[France|French]] [[Arctic]] ex...
42: *[[Lafayette Bunnell]], (1824-1903), described [[Yosemite Valley]]
47: ...ian]] navigator in [[England|English]] service, crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to [[North America]] - Renaissance (14795 bytes)
5: ...ion'' of European culture in general. Thus it is possible to speak of the Renaissance in two different...
19: ...nded. The starting place of the Renaissance is almost universally ascribed to Northern Italy, especial...
23: Another possible starting point is the [[fall of Constantinop...
32: ...y of the same people were involved; there was a close community of people involved in both movements. ...
36: ...icism was applied to literature and the arts. In most city-republics there was a small clique with a c... - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
12: ...her to recapture [[Nubia]] and other territories lost during the First Intermediate Period. The Lybian...
14: ...nemhat II]] ([[1875 BC]] - [[1840 BC]]) made the position of the nomarchs hereditary again (weakening ...
24: ... are credited with preserving for us some of the most fabulous of [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] [[papyrus...
27: * [[1800 BC]] - [[Moscow Papyrus|Moscow Mathematical Papyrus]]
30: * [[1600 BC|1550 BC]] - [[Ebers papyrus]] - Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
13: ...tween rulers and even overlapping dynasties. The possibility of a calendar reform called ''Menophres E...
17: ...ronology which is dependent on the era of Menophreos dating. [[Ashur-uballit I]] and [[Akhenaton]] wer...
21: ...[carbon-14]], dated that the boat of Pharaoh [[Sesostris III]] about 3,621 years before c. 1950 CE.
23: ...at [[Belize]] to about 1900 BCE, equating it with 1550 BCE in radiocarbon years. His c. 10% correction s...
27: ...CE'', the chronology of ancient Egypt rests on a host of unproven assumptions. "There is a surprising ... - Barbados (21887 bytes)
1: ... [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]] being its closest neighbors. The island is 430 km<sup>2</sup> (1...
3: Barbados is mainly composed of [[coral]] and [[limestone]]. It is tropical ...
4: {{Barbados infobox}}
5: Barbados has one of the highest standards of living and li...
8: {{main|History of Barbados}} - Slovenia (19318 bytes)
37: ...rom [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]<br>[[June 25]], [[1991]]<br>[[1992]] |
54: ... of [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] from [[1945]] until gaining independence i...
59: ...d in the [[7th century]]. In [[745]], Carantania lost its independence, being largely subsumed into th...
61: ...rian Empire]], with Slovenians inhabiting all or most of the provinces of [[Carniola]], [[Gorizia]] an...
65: ...[25 June]] [[1991]] upon its independence from Yugoslavia. Slovenia joined [[NATO]] on [[29 March]] [[... - Ancient Egypt (16131 bytes)
6: Most of the [[geography of Egypt]] is in [[North Afri...
14: ...ent in Egypt, such as accurately determining the position of points and the distances between them (kn...
16: ...matical formularizations]], in the form of the [[Moscow and Rhind Mathematical Papyri]]. An awareness ...
30: * [[2600 BC|2600 BCE]] - [[Pyramid of Djoser]], world's earliest known large-scale stone bui...
36: * [[1900 BC|1860 BCE]] - possible [[Suez Canal|Nile-Red Sea Canal]] ([[Twelfth... - 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]]) - List of popes (77758 bytes)
6: ...upreme Pontiff]] of the [[One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church|Universal Church]], [[Patriarch]] of...
27: | <small>''post''[[42]]/''ante''[[57]] to [[64]]/[[67]](?)</smal...
315: | '''[[Pope Zosimus]]'''<br><small>Saint Zosimus</small>
316: | Papa '''Zosimus''', <small>Episcopus Romanus</small>
405: | <small>[[Frosinone]], Southern Latium, Italy</small> - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ...Bruno the Nolan''' was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[philosopher]], [[astronomer]], and [[occultist]] execute...
9: ...ancient [[Egypt]]. They are now believed to date mostly from about [[300]] A.D. and to be associated w...
15: ...in [[Toulouse]], where he briefly had a teaching position. At this time, he began to gain fame for his...
17: ...nned a play summarizing some of his cosmological positions, titled ''Il Candelaio'' ("The Torchbearer"...
19: ...t appears to have given offense and was denied a position there (and elsewhere in England). - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ...ensus estimate 2004-01-01). The city stretches across numerous small islands in a marshy [[lagoon]] al...
6: ...iatic made Venetian naval and commercial power almost invulnerable.
10: ...mercial empire, the Republic acquired control of most of the islands in the [[Aegean Sea|Aegean]], inc...
20: ...n a number of occasions and twice suffered its imposition. The second, more famous, occasion was on [[...
24: ... the "Settecento" that Venice became perhaps the most elegant and refined city in [[Europe]], greatly ... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
61: *[[Yehoshua Bar-Hillel]], (Israel, [[1915]]-[[1975]])
76: *[[Joseph Louis Francois Bertrand]] (France, [[1822]] - ...
111: *[[Rudjer Josip Boscovich|Ruđer Josip Bošković]] ([[Republic of Dubrovnik]]...
163: *[[Paul Cohen|Paul Joseph Cohen]] (USA, [[1934]] - )
179: *[[Allan Joseph Champneys Cunningham]] (UK, [[1842]] - [[1928]... - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
3: ...], usually of [[steel]], generally mounted upon cross-sectional beams (termed "[[Railroad_tie|sleeper]...
8: ...S. ten cent piece. This is more comfortable than most other forms of land transport and saves energy.
15: ...at has never come close to having receipts equal costs (see [[Transportation in South Korea]]). Simila...
17: ...heir primary goals rather than security, because most trains make many stops, rendering any sort of pa...
26: ...monorail]], [[rubber tired metro|rubber-tyred metros]] and [[maglev]], since the cars also run in a gu... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
38: *[[Albert of Saxony (philosopher)|Albert of Saxony]] (c. 1316-1390){{fn|C}}{{...
41: *[[Albinus (philosopher)|Albinus]] (c. 130) - Native American (42651 bytes)
3: ...'', or '''Indigenous Peoples of America''') are those peoples [[indigenous people|indigenous]] to the ...
5: ...s not native to the American continent, such as those from arctic [[Russia]]n [[Siberia]].
11: ...ndigenous peoples that are native to territorial possesions of American countries but are not specific...
19: ...[Migration (human)|migrated]] from [[Siberia]] across the [[Bering Strait]], between 17,000–11,0...
21: ....org/book/chapter53/luzia/luzia.htm]. Thus other possibilities, not necessarily exclusive, have been s... - Ashkelon (5935 bytes)
1: ...e Arab town of [[Al Majdal]] in the 1950s. <!-- close to the ruins of the ancient city. There are abou...
8: ...hkelon was a thriving Middle [[Bronze Age]] (2000-1550 BCE) city of more than 150 acres (607,000 m&...
12: ...[Hosea]] inveighs against kissing calf-images (''Hosea'' 13:2).
18: ...hen added to the [[County of Jaffa]], one of the most important Crusader seigneuries. [[Saladin]] retr... - Mycenaean Greece (6175 bytes)
2: ...loponnesos]] of southern Greece. [[Athens]], [[Pylos]], [[Thebes (Greece)|Thebes]], and [[Tiryns]] are...
10: ...led weapons. Mycenaeans were buried in a sitting position, and some of the nobility underwent [[mummy|...
12: ...e experienced decreasing [[population]] and they lost their literacy. Historians have traditionally bl...
36: <tr><td>1550–1500<td>LHI
41: ...oroulia and Nichoria ([[Messenia]]), Ayios Stephanos, ([[Laconia]]) and [[Korakou]]. Furumark divided ... - Calcium (9166 bytes)
21: ...ty]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]] </td><td>1550 [[kilogram per cubic metre|kg/m<sup>3</sup>]], 1....
76: ... colspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#FFDEAD">'''Most stable isotopes'''</th></tr>
103: ... and [[uranium]]. This element is also the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust. It is ess...
106: ...ame and forms a white [[nitride]] coating when exposed to air. It reacts with water displacing hydroge...
125: ...e upper metre or so of the soil column where the cosmogenic neutron flux is still sufficiently strong.... - Timeline of railway history (5902 bytes)
3: *''c''[[1550]] Horse-drawn [[wagonways]] appear in [[Germany]]...
22: ... rare for steam locomotives but is the model for most future diesel and electric locomotives.
24: ...ntinental Railroad (North America)]] completed across the [[United States]].
39: ... introduced in [[Japan]], between [[Tokyo]] and [[Osaka]]. Trains average speeds of 160 km/h (100 mph)... - Slavery (26455 bytes)
1: ...rcion]]. Slavery almost always occurs for the purpose of securing the [[labor]] of the person concerne...
8: ...n would not be considered "slavery" in regard to most modern military forces, as the soldier can not l...
20: ...d. In [[1995]], President [[Fernando Henrique Cardoso]] announced a new series of measures to force co...
27: ...slavery in cities. These moves take place due to loss of [[subsistence agriculture]], thefts of [[land...
39: Slaves were traded openly in most cities, including as diverse cities as [[Marseil...
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