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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...m]] ([[1st century BC|100 BC]]) and the forced imposition of a common system of writing by the Qin emp...
7: ...unded; the most archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
24: ...ynasty|Xia]] and the [[Shang Dynasty|Shang]] can possibly refer to political entities that existed at ...
28: ... as [[Confucianism]], [[Taoism]], [[Legalism (philosophy)|Legalism]] and [[Mohism]] were founded. Afte...
30: ...since the Spring and Autumn Period and was very loosely a primitive prototype of the modern system of ... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
3: ...593]] - [[1653]]) is today considered one of the most accomplished Early [[Baroque]] painters in the g...
12: ...no della Rose'' inside the [[Pallavicini Rospigliosi Palace]] in [[Rome]], so Orazio hired the Tuscan...
22: ===The Florentine Period ([[1614]]-[[1620]])===
24: ...on of influential people, starting from Granduke Cosimo II de' [[Medici]] and expecially of the Grand...
26: ...aintings wished to have an image of the author, whose fame was rising. The success and the fashion rad... - Crocus (3680 bytes)
15: ...vilization|Minoan]] frescos at [[Santorini]]), across Central Asia.
17: ...ither and die from a unseasonable "post-winter" frost or snowfall.
22: ...Spring Flowers'', by [[Ambrosius Bosschaert]], c. 1620 ([[Louvre Museum]])]]
24: ...rking from a preparatory drawing to paint his composed piece, which spans the whole of Spring, exagger... - 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... - 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]]
118: * [[1609]]: [[Microscope]]: [[Galileo Galilei]]
119: * [[1620]]: [[Slide rule]]: [[William Oughtred]] - Pilgrims (4873 bytes)
5: ...o move to a place better suited to them, and in [[1620]] set sail on the ship ''[[Mayflower]]'' from [[P...
8: Another way of explaining the atmosphere in the Netherlands is that some of the exile...
10: ...ent was thus trying to plot a course between the position of the [[Roman Catholic]], [[Philip III of S...
12: ..., [[England]] they departed on [[September 6]], [[1620]], with 102 people aboard. Their intended destina...
17: ...tional voyage to reach their goal, the Pilgrims chose to abandon their original plans and form a commu... - Mayflower (4074 bytes)
2: ... [[United States|United States of America]]) in [[1620]], leaving Plymouth on [[September 6]] and droppi...
8: ..., 1956), to make it as much like its namesake as possible.
11: ...ed [[Southampton]], [[England]] on [[August 5]] [[1620]], but the ''Speedwell'' developed a leak and had...
21: ...of Mayflower passengers who died in the winter of 1620 - 1621]]. See some of the descendants of these Ma... - Plymouth Colony (2283 bytes)
1: ...hich had been granted a charter for the land in [[1620]].
3: ...r]]'', as it lay off-shore. On [[December 21]], [[1620]], 102 [[Pilgrims]] from the [[Mayflower]] landed...
5: ...th, Massachusetts]]. By the end of that winter almost half of the settlers were dead, including their ...
17: ...of Mayflower passengers who died in the winter of 1620 - 1621]] - 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]]) - Great Wall of China (10504 bytes)
5: ...dic people on the outside of the wall could not cross with their [[horses]] or return easily with stol...
12: # [[1368]]-[[1620]] (from [[Hongwu Emperor]] until [[Wanli Emperor]...
20: ... gates of Shanhai Pass and allow the Manchus to cross. Legend has it that they took three days for th...
24: ...s have been preserved and even reconstructed, in most locations the Wall is in disrepair, serving as a...
46: ...5px|Watchtower interior]]The materials used are those available near the site of construction. Near [... - Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
1: '''[[Timeline]] of [[microscope]] [[technology]]'''
3: [[Image:Microscope_08.jpg|thumb|200px]]
5: ...668) to have invented a [[Microscope|compound microscope]].
6: ...ilei]] develops an ''occhiolino'' or compound microscope with a convex and a concave lens.
8: ...[[1633]]) presents, in [[London]], a compound microscope with two convex lenses. - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...er]], [[philosopher]], and [[physicist]] who is closely associated with the [[scientific revolution]]....
7: ...for financial reasons. However, he was offered a position on its faculty in [[1589]] and taught mathem...
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...
22: ...ter. He made additional observations of them in [[1620]]. Later astronomers overruled Galileo's naming o... - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
11: ... compared to the other pupils, an outsider. This ostracizing probably led him to turn to the world of...
15: ...estant school in Graz, Austria. He accepted the position in April of [[1594]], at the age of 23.
21: ...y [[1612]] the Emperor died, and Kepler took the post of provincial mathematician in [[Linz]].
27: In August of [[1620]], Katherine, Kepler's mother, was arrested in Le...
32: ...] model of the [[Solar system]] from ''Mysterium Cosmographicum'' (1596)]] - 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... - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
20: === [[1620s]] ===
22: *[[1620]]-[[Pilgrims]] arrive from [[Plymouth]], England,...
65: *[[1688]]-[[Glorious Revolution]] deposes James II and replaces him with [[William and Ma... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
4: ... these different colonies found themselves more closely united than ever before, at odds with the [[Ki...
9: ...ing]] technologies needed to make long voyages across open water.
11: ...es"]] would benefit immensely. It was in this atmosphere that [[Christopher Columbus]] left Spain on ...
13: .... Though these northerly lands were relatively close to Europe, Spain and Portugal had taken little i...
16: ...roto-[[nationalism]] and national assertiveness blossomed under the threat of Spanish invasion, assist... - Jan Brueghel the Younger (1191 bytes)
1: ...mb|260px|Paradise by Jan Brueghel the Younger (c. 1620). Oil on oak. Gem䬤egalerie, Berlin, Germany]]
6: ... father's style. Jan the Younger, his brother Ambrosius Brueghel, and other ''fijnschilders'' ("fine p... - Diwali (5677 bytes)
10: ...[[Hindu calendar]] is a [[lunar calendar]], with most years consisting of 12 [[lunar cycle]]s and an e...
26: ... [[Sita]] and brother [[Lakshmana]] to [[Ayodhya|Koshala]] after a war in which he killed the demon [[...
29: Dipavali is celebrated over five days in most of North India as:
38: ... Dhanteras, Narak Chatrudashi, Lakshmi-Puja, the most important day, Padwa or Varshapratipanda and Bha...
40: ...r almost two weeks. This event is one of the foremost religious observances for the country. More info... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
29: ...ian)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]] - [[1620]])
61: *[[Yehoshua Bar-Hillel]], (Israel, [[1915]]-[[1975]])
76: *[[Joseph Louis Francois Bertrand]] (France, [[1822]] - ...
111: *[[Rudjer Josip Boscovich|Ruđer Josip Bošković]] ([[Republic of Dubrovnik]]...
118: *[[William Brouncker]] (Britain, [[1620]] - [[1684]]) - 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)
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