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- Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
1: [[Image:Mid_horoscope_catherine_de_medici.jpg|thumb|Catherine de' M...
3: ... ([[April 13]], [[1519]] – [[January 5]], [[1589]]), born in Italy as '''Caterina Maria Romola di ...
5: ...33), at [[Marseilles]], to the duke of Orl顮s, whose elder brother was alive at the time, but who wou...
7: ...on of his royal house, would listen to such a proposal. But Catherine did produce children, and Franci...
11: ...he Guises, and entered upon a course of secret opposition. On [[April 1]], [[1560]] she named as chanc... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
2: ...t of metropolitan areas by population|thirteenth most populous metropolitan area]] in the world. Cairo...
4: ...e of the country, ''Mişr'' (Arabic, مصر) pronounced ''Maşr'' in the local di...
11: ...his Envisat ASAR Wide-Swath radar multicolour composite image is focused over the capital city of Cair...
16: ...astern half is filled with hundreds of ancient [[mosque]]s that act as landmarks.
18: ...ed and government officials live. Bridges also cross the Nile attaching the city to the suburbs of [[... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
2: ...1607;وريّة مصرالعربي...
28: | [[Hosni Mubarak]]
56: ...ian Arabic|Egyptian dialect]]) is a [[republic]] mostly located in North-Eastern Africa.
62: ...t|ancient civilization]] and some of the world's most stunning ancient monuments, including the [[Giza...
67: ...943;γυπτος'' "aiguptos", which in turn is derived from the ancient [[Egy... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
43: time_zone = [[Moscow Time|MSK]] |
72: ...ccess to basic health care services, and little prospects for productive employment in the small and w...
85: ...slamist ideologue. Al-Turabi was stripped of his posts in the ruling party and the government, parliam...
92: ... mid-1990s Sudan gradually began to moderate its positions as a result of increased US pressure follow...
106: ...with a rainy season from April to October. Soil erosion and desertification are environmental hazards. - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
65: * [[3rd century BC|200s BC]]: [[Crossbow]] in [[History of China|China]]
70: ...[[Clockwork]] (the [[Antikythera mechanism]]): [[Posidonius]]?
82: * [[673]]: [[Greek fire]]: [[Kallinikos]]
112: * [[1589]]: [[Stocking frame]]: [[William Lee]]
118: * [[1609]]: [[Microscope]]: [[Galileo Galilei]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
19: ...amaoka|Yamaoka, Akira]] (born 1968), Japanese composer
26: *[[Bosa Yankovich|Yankovich, Bosa]]
42: ...2]]), [[Japan|Japanese]] [[video game]] music composer
47: *[[Joseph C. Yates|Yates, Joseph C.]], (1768-1837), U.S. lawyer, Governor of Ne...
69: *[[A. B. Yehoshua|Yehoshua, A. B.]], author of ''Mr. Mani'' - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...er]], [[philosopher]], and [[physicist]] who is closely associated with the [[scientific revolution]]....
7: ...er, he was offered a position on its faculty in [[1589]] and taught mathematics. Soon after, he moved to...
10: ...ience and to the separation of science from [[philosophy]] or religion. These are the primary justific...
12: ...ate measurements of time, which appeared to be impossible with the technology of the [[1600s]]. Accord...
24: ...emisphere to face the Earth when it was on the opposite side of the Sun and to face away from the Eart... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...l 9]], [[1626]]) was an [[England|English]] [[philosopher]], [[statesman]], [[spy]], [[freemason]] and...
4: ... a lawyer, but he has become best known as an philosophical advocate and defender of the [[scientific ...
8: ...]] Church, and a daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, whose sister married William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the...
14: ...] conflicted with his dislike of Aristotelian philosophy, which seemed barren, disputatious, and wrong...
21: ...oris Partus Maximus'', but he failed to obtain a position of the kind he thought necessary for success... - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
8: ...t writer [[Étienne de la Boétie]] whose death in 1563 deeply influenced Montaigne.
12: ...ymond Sebond]]'s ''Theologia naturalis'', then a posthumous edition of Boétie's works. In 1571 ...
22: ...nry III of France|Henry III]] was assassinated in 1589, and Montaigne then helped to keep Bordeaux loyal...
33: ...variety and volatility of human nature to be its most basic features. He describes his own poor memory... - Pirate (23151 bytes)
2: ...h [[cutlass]] and masted [[sailing ship]], today most pirates get about in [[speedboat]]s wearing [[ba...
4: ... a significant problem (with estimated worldwide losses of $13 to $16 billion [[United_States_dollar|U...
14: ...]]s''', which in modern Arabic is قرصان from the Turkish '''''Korsan''''',...
24: ...thers followed in the [[Hague Conventions]]. The most famous privateer was [[Sir Francis Drake]] and [...
38: ...tion were considered by sovereign states to be ''hostes humani generis'' (enemies of [[humanity]]). - 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) - Quran (41479 bytes)
6: ...g, the Qur'an proceeds to the longest sura, and closes with some of the shortest ones.
16: ...pidly changed in response to this new situation, losing complexities of case and obscure vocabulary. S...
18: ... Qur’an. Translations are considered mere glosses. The traditions governing the translation and ...
20: ...whole text in Arabic, considering that they are closer to God in doing so.
26: ...ls: Prostrate yourselves before Adam, they fell prostrate, all save Iblis"), and even stories (such as... - Sidon (4751 bytes)
1: ... or '''Saida''', ([[Arabic language|Arabic]] '''صيدا''' '''Ṣaydā'''; ...
4: It was one of the most important [[Phoenicia]]n cities, and may have be...
20: ...ve commercial relations became a "great" city. (Joshua 11:8; 19:28).
23: ... [[Tyre]], its "virgin daughter" (Isaiah 23:12), rose to its place of pre-eminence.
38: * [http://www.lebmania.com/photos/sidon/welcome.htm Notes on Sidon] - Easter (31700 bytes)
2: ...hich follows this holiday and ends around [[Pentecost]]. See [[Eastertide]].)
4: ...he chronology in the [[Synoptic Gospels]]. The [[Gospel of John]] has a different chronology which has...
6: ...dicated to the [[pagan]] [[fertility goddess]] [[Eostre]]. The [[Easter Bunny]] is often identified as...
57: ...onday]], is recognized as a [[legal holiday]] in most countries with a generally Christian tradition, ...
61: ...his does not exist until the [[ninth century]]). Most churches in the [[British Isles]] used a late [[... - List of geographers (2342 bytes)
22: * [[Eratosthenes]] (Greece, [[276 BC|276 B.C.]] - [[194 BC|1...
68: * [[Martin Zeiller]] (Germany, [[1589]] - [[1661]]) - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
12: ...igin of the name of the city is uncertain. It is possible to understand the name ([[Hebrew language|He...
24: ...n]] into [[Babylonian captivity]], together with most of the [[aristocracy]]. However, the country re...
26: ...e is known as the [[Second Temple]], and was the most important of the many improvements Herod made to...
41: ...eted Dome is not the same thing as the [[Al-Aqsa Mosque]] beside it, which was built more than three c...
43: ...[946]]) devoted many pages to its praises in his most famous work, ''The Best Divisions in the Knowled... - Industry (5421 bytes)
4: ... ship]]s began speedily integrating previously impossibly-distant world markets, enabling private [[co...
10: ...tistics|statistical]] and national accounting purposes.
50: ...the development of replacement technology or the loss of competitive advantage. An example of the form...
52: ...the so-called [[informational revolution]]. In a post-industrial society, manufacturers relocate to mo...
56: ...] of the product being manufactured. While it is possible to produce a low-technology product with low...
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