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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...cia]] or [[Portugal]] among others. He was an [[explorer]] and [[trade]]r who crossed the [[Atlantic O...
3: ...etting stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas,...
5: ...t]]''', one of the most consistent is the first exploration (before 1472) of two, led by [[João Vaz C...
7: Columbus landed in the [[Bahamas]] and later explored much of the [[Caribbean]], including the isle...
11: ...]]. Others honour him for the massive boost his explorations gave to Western expansion and culture. [[... - Steel (28384 bytes)
5: ...n-based alloys that can be [[plasticity (physics)|plastically]] formed (pounded, rolled, etc.).
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15: ... to ferrite or perlite does not have time to take place. The transformation into martensite, by contr...
23: ...dification process, and to produce shapes such as plate, sheet, wire, etc. It is then heat-treated to...
26: ...recovered from meteorite falls allowed ancient peoples to manufacture small numbers of iron artifacts. - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
14: ==== People named Adam ====
32: ===== People named Adams =====
61: *[[Michael Adams|Adams, Michael]], (1971-), chess player - Isabella of Jerusalem (7928 bytes)
19: ...ho sent him to Tyre as his representative. The people of Tyre were reportedly so taken by his youth an...
21: ...h her, something even more disgusting than the coupling of the flesh. I asked one of their courtiers t...
23: ...) and [[Melisende of Lusignan|Melisende]] (born [[1200]]), and one son, Amalric ([[1201]]–1205). K... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...] and [[Charles XIII of Sweden]], Catherine exemplified an "[[enlightened absolutism|enlightened mon...
11: ...se of the peasant revolt. This process reached completion in [[1775]]. The reform created provinces an...
17: ...bsburg]] League. When it became apparent that his plan could not succeed, Panin fell out of favor and ...
19: In [[1764]] Catherine placed [[Stanislaus II of Poland|Stanislaw Poniatows...
21: ...n Empire's European holdings after the Polish example, but achieved far less success. She annexed [[Cr... - Chromosome (12667 bytes)
2: ...cessed for [[transcription]], regulation, and [[replication]]. Chromosomes were first observed by [[Ka...
5: ...pecial structures called ''[[telomere]]s''. DNA replication begins at many different locations on the ...
8: ...omosomes initiate replication and one origin of replication.
19: ...romosomes are highly structured (Fig. 2). For example, genes with similar functions are often kept clo...
23: ...>'''Table 1:''' Examples of chromosome numbers (diploid).</caption> - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
1: ...hurch of the Holy Wisdom]] in former [[Constantinople]]—the image of Christ on the walls of the ...
3: ...''Medieval Art''' covers a vast scope of time and place, over 1000 years of [[art history]] in [[Weste...
9: ...dieval art can be seen as the history of the interplay between the elements of classical, early Christ...
17: ... of native [[Celtic language|Celtic speaking]] peoples of Ireland and Britain from about the 5th centu...
19: ...g|Migration period]] from about 300-900 (to be completed). - Pottery (17136 bytes)
2: ...ttery that is fired at temperatures in the 800 to 1200 [[Celsius|?C]] range, which does not vitrify in t...
4: ...ed [[ceramics]], where the glaze and body fuse completely, are generally referred to as "products of c...
19: ...ic motor. Oftentimes a disk of plastic, wood, or plaster is affixed to the wheel head and the ball of...
21: ...illed potter can produce many virtually identical plates, vases or bowls in a day. Because of its natu...
25: ... mature at a variety of temperatures. Once the [[plaster]] has absorbed most of the liquid from the o... - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
4: ... [[Willendorf]], [[Austria]], is a well-known example.
16: One of the earliest examples of Egyptian sculpture is the [[Narmer Palette|P...
20: Another example of Egyptian sculpture are the statues of the Pha...
25: ...ean]] civilization covers the time period of 3000-1200 BC, during the [[Bronze Age]], in the area of the...
27: ...ated lyre player from 2000 BC. Statues of a lute player and a harpist were found together in a single... - Silk (8683 bytes)
5: ...igh demand for the fabric, silk was one of the staples of international [[trade]] prior to [[industria...
11: ...cloth produced was used in imperial robes or in diplomacy, as gifts to foreign dignitaries. The remai...
19: ...rry silkworm (''Bombyx mori''). The term "wild" implies that these silkworms are not capable of being ...
23: There is ample evidence that small quantities of wild silk were...
33: ...around 1619, ostensibly to discourage [[tobacco]] planting. Only the [[Shakers]] in Kentucky adopted t... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
20: (This information has been supplemented from ''The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt...
241: *Amenmesse (Menmire) 1203-1200
242: *Seti II (Userkheperure-setepenre) 1200-1194 - Finland (29511 bytes)
53: ...0–500 BC) and [[Iron Age]] (500 BC–AD 1200) were characterized by extensive contacts with [[...
61: ...te Karelia]] and [[Aunus expedition|to Aunus]] complicated the relations. The Finnish–Russian bo...
65: ...sentation of "the people" since they spoke the people's language and since a great deal of their ances...
67: ... Germany|Germany]]). This was followed by the [[Lapland War]] of [[1944]]–[[1945]], when Finland...
71: ...he Soviet Union got even more influence; other people worked single-mindedly to oppose the communists. - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...and it is a [[Jewish state]]. Israel was the birthplace of [[Judaism]] in the [[17th century BCE]] and...
60: ...ism, Christianity, and [[Islam]]. Starting around 1200 BCE, a series of [[History of ancient Israel and ...
73: ...bsequent attempted extermination of the Jewish people in the [[Shoah]], or [[the Holocaust|Holocaust]]...
78: ...ted, but the [[White Paper of 1939]] policy was implemented well into the end of [[WW2]], and enforced...
83: ...bly, the Palestinian Arab leadership rejected the plan to create the as-yet-unnamed Jewish state and l... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
60: ...t in feudal Sudan. Important kingdoms in the next 1200 years include [[Makuria]] and the [[Kingdom of Se...
72: ...e services, and little prospects for productive employment in the small and weak economies of the sout...
76: ...killing and attacking non-muslims. Over 10,000 people are killed a month.
83: ...7, the structure of regional administration was replaced by the creation of 26 states. The executives,...
85: ...randum of understanding with the [[SPLA]]. He was placed in a maximum-security prison and remains in c... - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
59: ...tural]] techniques before it disappeared around [[1200]] A.D., probably because of extended [[drought]]....
62: ...he Audiencia de Charcas located in Chuquisaca (La Plata — modern Sucre). Bolivian [[silver]] min...
69: ...ing the early part of the 20th century, [[tin]] replaced silver as the country's most important source...
71: ...gs of political awareness among the indigenous people. From the end of the Chaco War until the [[1952]...
76: ...en, impatient with schisms in the coalition, he replaced civilians with members of the armed forces an... - Iron Age (8996 bytes)
3: ...lopment of any people where the use of [[iron]] implements as tools and weapons is preeminent. The ado...
5: ...[Nordic]] Iron Age and [[Roman Iron Age]] are examples. The Iron Age was preceded by the [[Copper Age]...
10: ...ncreasingly in the [[Middle East]] but did not supplant the dominant use of [[bronze]].
13: ...ory of iron and steelmaking]]), dating to circa [[1200 BC]].
21: ...lly early into both Asia and Europe. The [[Sea Peoples]] and the related [[Philistines]] are often ass... - Writing system (16928 bytes)
12: ...means of distinctly representing its symbols by application to a permanent or semi-permanent medium, s...
19: ...ey refer. Writing systems may be regarded as ''complete'' according to the extent to which they are ab...
23: ...script]] may have evolved independently, around [[1200 BC]].
26: ...t to categorise a system uniquely. The term '''complex system''' is sometimes used to describe those w...
29: ...m</th><th>What each symbol represents</th><th>Example</th></tr> - Geologic time scale (26014 bytes)
3: ...]] events, such as [[mass extinction]]s. For example, the boundary between the [[Cretaceous]] period ...
9: ... [[trilobita|trilobites]]. The same timespan is split into [[Tommotian]], [[Atdabanian]] and [[Botomi...
13: ...ere simple; applying them to real rocks proved complex. Over the course of the 18th century geologist...
15: ...cale that could be applied anywhere on Earth took place in the late 18th century. The most influentia...
19: ...of [[Devon]], and the name "Carboniferous" was simply an adaptation of "the Coal Measures," the old Br... - Civilization (29205 bytes)
5: ... this sense, civilization is an exclusive term, applied to some human groups and not others.
7: ...society, whether complex and city-dwelling, or simple and tribal. This definition is often perceived a...
11: ... or crude behavior. In this sense, civilization implies sophistication and refinement.
15: ...on is a complex society, as distinguished from simpler societies. Everyone lives in a society and a c...
17: ...rrigation]]. This enables farmers to produce a surplus of food that will not be needed for their own s... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...n called the ''[[Baconian method]]''. Induction implies drawing knowledge from the natural world throu...
21: ...im to devote himself to a life of learning. His application failed, and for the next two years he work...
25: ...e (he objected to the time span) offended many people; he was accused of seeking popularity, and was f...
29: ... a gift of a fine of ?1200 on one of Essex's accomplices.
35: ... to sit in parliament -- and to the various royal plans which Bacon had supported. His obvious influen...
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