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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...icle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fic...
6: ... de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ... de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: ...lmeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...uerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]]) - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
11: ...fe but observed what was going on. Henry being completely under the influence of his mistress, [[Diane...
17: ...the Protestant rebellion by arms, she resumed, in 1570, the policy of peace and negotiation. She conceiv...
21: ...he Elm'') relates that she discussed with him the plan and decoration of her palace of the [[Tuileries... - Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
14: ...d in [[Paris]] two months before the wedding took place. - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
26: ...[Earl of Lennox]] brought forward the Sceptre and placed it in her baby hand, and she grasped the heav...
28: ... the prelates and peers who knelt before her and, placing their hands on her crown, swore allegiance t...
31: ...nce with France. Fearing an uprising among the people, the [[Scottish Parliament]] broke off the treat...
40: ...omising childhood. With her marriage agreement in place, she was sent to [[France]] in [[1548]], at th...
42: ...[[Scots Language|Scots]]. She also learned how to play two instruments and learned prose, horsemanship... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
9: ...d English colonisation of [[North America]] took place under [[Walter Raleigh|Sir Walter Raleigh]] an...
27: ...g [[Philip II of Spain]], she worried that the people might depose her and put Elizabeth on the throne...
31: ...er, and it is said that upon Mary's death, the people rejoiced in the streets.
33: ...lish service. She later persuaded her mother's chaplain, [[Matthew Parker]], to become Archbishop. He ...
37: ... were removed from the ecclesiastical bench and replaced by appointees who would submit to the Queen'... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
5: ...#256;ḏām in [[Tiberian Hebrew]], and آدم (ʾĀdam) in [[Arabic lang...
15: ...pters two and three. After his creation, Adam was placed in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it, and to...
20: ...given eternal life. At the east of the garden God placed [[Cherubim]] and a flaming sword, which turne...
22: ...chpelah]] in [[Hebron]] as the traditional burial place of Adam and Eve.
36: ...nx in the human throat has been called [[Adam's apple]] because of a notion that it was caused by the ... - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
27: ...ng|fishers]] and [[hunter-gatherer|gathering]] peoples using [[stone tool]]s (see [[10th millennium BC...
29: ...y lakes that resulted from seasonal rains. The people who settled there must have realized the benefit...
31: The descendants of these people may well have begun Egyptian civilization in the...
35: ...ksos]] Semites. They defeated the invaders around 1570 BC and expanded into the [[Aegean]], [[Sudan]], [...
39: ...t Egyptians considered themselves to be '''The People of Two Lands''', these lands being Lower and Upp... - Influenza (10335 bytes)
4: ...p>th</sup> century]], killing many millions of people. The name comes from the old medical belief in u...
12: ...and present a new immune target to susceptible people. Populations tend to have more resistance to inf...
16: ...d HA and NA subtype (Yohannes ''et al'' 2004) Examples of the nomenclature are A/Moscow/10/99 (H3N2) a...
18: ...sive to treatment. Thus, there is a tendency to apply the term to strains which cause [[epidemic]]s or...
21: ...o [[1919]] and is believed to have killed more people in total than [[World War I]]. Lesser flu pandem... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
281: *[[John Singleton Copley]] ([[1737]]-[[1815]])
353: *[[Tommaso Dolabella]] ([[1570]]-[[1650]])
616: *[[Leon Kaplinski]] ([[1826]]-[[1873]])
958: *[[Stefan Planinc]] ([[1925]]-) - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...mill]]. His best known assistant was [[Johannes Kepler]].
14: ''I've studied all available charts of the planets and stars and none of them match the others....
16: .... (These measurements became the possessions of Kepler following Tycho's death.)
18: ...he rest of his life, he was said to have worn a replacement made of [[silver]] and [[gold]]. Tycho's ...
23: at the end of 1570, so he returned to [[Knudstrup]], where his fathe... - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
8: ...enne de la Boétie]] whose death in 1563 deeply influenced Montaigne.
10: ...circ;teau de Montaigne, to which he moved back in 1570.
20: ...derating between Catholics and Protestants. The [[plague]] broke out in Bordeaux toward the end of his...
37: ...ue freedom. In education, he favored concrete examples and experience over the teaching of abstract kn...
40: Among the thinkers exploring similar ideas, one can mention [[Erasmus]], ... - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
12: ...]] where he opened a cartographic workshop. He completed a six-panel map of Europe ([[1554]]) and he t...
15: ...world atlas, ''[[Theatrum Orbis Terrarum]]'' in [[1570]]. He produced his own atlas in a number of parts...
20: *''Mercator: The Man Who Mapped the Planet'' by Nicholas Crane, ISBN 0805066241, Henry H... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
260: *[[Jacopo Sansovino]] (1486 - 1570)
325: *[[List of people by occupation]] - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
1: ...ate of birth are unknown, but [[September 12]], [[1570]] in England seems likely, and he is presumed to ...
7: ...e locations (although [[Giovanni da Verrazano]] explored the same coast in [[1524]])–and sailing...
13: ...and spent the next months continuing to map and explore the eastern shores. In November the ship becam...
15: ...e spring of [[1611]], Hudson wanted to continue exploring, but the crew wanted to return home. Eventua...
17: ...West India'') from [[1625]]. The same situation applies to the voyage of [[Adriaen Block]]. - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
8: ...ay roll with a minimum of [[friction]]. As an example, a typical rail car can hold up to 125 tons of f...
13: ...transport in many countries. In [[Asia]], for example, many millions use trains as regular transport i...
15: ...t levels of rail transport have in some times and places been reduced in order to save money (see [[Be...
22: ...uld be viewed from a system-wide perspective when planning, constructing and maintaining it. Some loco...
28: ...] of the system. To be electrified, a means of supplying electricity to the train is needed. This can ... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
391: *[[Frederick Copleston]], (1907-1994)
896: *[[David Kaplan (philosopher)|David Kaplan]], (born 1933){{fn|O}}
897: *[[Mordecai Kaplan]], (1881-1983){{fn|R}}
907: *[[Johannes Kepler]], (1571-1630){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
973: *[[Pierre-Simon Laplace]], (1749-1827){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}} - Islam (36809 bytes)
6: ...y]], it is derived from the same root as, for example, ''Salām'' meaning "peace" (also a common s...
12: ...ahamic]] roots, whilst the Qur'an calls them [[People of the Book]]. Islam has three primary branches ...
35: ...''). This monotheism is absolute, not relative or pluralistic in any sense of the word.
38: ... to polytheism. As it says in the Qur'an, ''"O People of the Scripture! Do not exaggerate in your reli...
74: ...iteration of the Arabic original (قرآن); it means “recitation”. - Quran (41479 bytes)
2: ...#1571;َلْقُرآن}} ''al-qur'ān''; its literal meaning...
14: ...'Suspended Odes'', are believed by some to be examples of pre-Islamic Arabic; others say that they wer...
16: ...r. Partly in response to the religious need to explain the Qur'an to poorer speakers, [[Arabic gramma...
18: ...that when the book is published, it must never simply be entitled "The Qur'an." The title must always...
26: ...e story of Adam) in the Qur'an. Muslim scholars explain these repetitions as emphasizing and pointing ... - Christmas tree (16574 bytes)
5: The Christmas tree is often explained as a [[Christianization]] of the ancient [[P...
11: ...trassburg]] priest, Johann Konrad Dannerhauer, complains about the custom as distracting from the word...
19: ...orway|Bergen]], [[Norway]] in thanks for the part played by soldiers from Newcastle in liberating Berg...
44: ... from a [[Nursery (horticulture)|nursery]], to be planted later outdoors and enjoyed (and often decora...
47: ...ste, although even there electrical lights have replaced the candles in most households. - Timeline of Middle Eastern History (12425 bytes)
31: * [[Wheel]] and [[plough]] both invented in ancient Mesopotamia
32: * Around [[5100 BC]] – [[Temple#Religion|Temple]]s founded in South [[Mesopotamia]]
38: * c. [[4000 BC]] - first examples of [[Sumerian]] [[writing]] in Mesopotamia
87: * Completion of the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]]
104: ...([[21st century BC|2052]]–[[16th century BC|1570 BC]])
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