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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...eate the familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
7: ...itation; however, any connection between these people and modern Chinese is speculative. The ''[[Homo ...
14: ...metimes said to be the ancestor of all Chinese people. Following this period Sima Qian relates that a ...
24: ...in early China is known to have been much more complicated. Hence, as some scholars of China suggest, ...
38: ... from Persian or Sanskrit origins for "Chinese People" which ultimately was derived from 秦 qÃn and ... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
3: ...[1653]]) is today considered one of the most accomplished Early [[Baroque]] painters in the generation...
14: ..., had committed incest with his sister-in-law and planned to steal some of Orazio?s paintings. During ...
16: ...12]]-13), stored in the [[Capodimonte Museum of Naples]], is impressive for the violence portrayed, an...
18: ...tist from [[Florence]]. Shortly afterwards the couple moved to [[Florence]], where Artemisia received ...
20: ...urn to [[Rome]] in [[1621]] and later move to [[Naples]]. After her mother's death in [[1651]], Pruden... - Crocus (3680 bytes)
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4: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Plant]]ae}}
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
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11: ...axobox_section_subdivision | color = lightgreen | plural_taxon = Species}} - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...eviously unknown to them. Among the most famous explorers of the period were [[Christopher Columbus]],...
3: The Age of Exploration was rooted in new technologies and ideas g...
5: ==Exploration by land==
6: ...ccurate world maps prior to the age of European exploration]]
7: ... between Europe and the Middle East was almost completely controlled by traders from the Italian city ... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
31: * [[Plough]]s in [[Mesopotamia]]
35: * 3500 BC: [[Plywood]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
80: * [[600]]: Mouldboard [[plough]] in [[Eastern Europe]]
119: * [[1620]]: [[Slide rule]]: [[William Oughtred]]
162: * [[1797]]: [[Cast iron plow]]: [[Charles Newbold]] - Pilgrims (4873 bytes)
3: ... of England]], feeling that the Church had not completed the task begun by the [[Protestant Reformatio...
5: ...und for the [[United States|Americas]]. These people became known as the [[Pilgrims|Pilgrim Fathers]]...
8: ...ment to stop it, the Dutch government began to comply and the exiles decided that it was time to leave...
10: ...pain]]. The English government was thus trying to plot a course between the position of the [[Roman Ca...
12: ... in the [[London Company]]. This grant would have placed them near the [[Hudson River]]. - Mayflower (4074 bytes)
2: ...|United States of America]]) in [[1620]], leaving Plymouth on [[September 6]] and dropping anchor near...
8: ...n width. Careful research went into designing a replica, the ''[[Mayflower II]]'' (launched on Septemb...
11: ...tlantic, but once again were forced to return, to Plymouth. After some reorganisation the voyage was ...
17: ...l 5]], [[1621]] the ''Mayflower'' set sail from [[Plymouth Colony]] in [[Massachusetts]] on a return t...
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: ...2 [[Pilgrims]] from the [[Mayflower]] landed at [[Plymouth Rock]] on the western shore of [[Cape Cod B...
5: ...tts Bay Colony]] got its new charter in [[1691]], Plymouth ended its history as a separate colony.
7: ... of land. On [[March 22]], 1621, the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony signed a peace treaty with [[Massaso...
9: ...ristol County]], [[Plymouth County, Massachusetts|Plymouth County]], and [[Barnstable County, Massachu... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
281: *[[John Singleton Copley]] ([[1737]]-[[1815]])
301: *[[Aelbert Cuyp]] ([[1620]]-[[1691]])
616: *[[Leon Kaplinski]] ([[1826]]-[[1873]])
958: *[[Stefan Planinc]] ([[1925]]-) - Great Wall of China (10504 bytes)
5: ...cale the wall, but to insure that semi-nomadic people on the outside of the wall could not cross with ...
12: # [[1368]]-[[1620]] (from [[Hongwu Emperor]] until [[Wanli Emperor]...
20: ...ina, the Wall was of no strategic value as the people who the Wall was intended to keep out were rulin...
22: ...er of being attacked by brigands. Because many people died while building the wall, it has obtained th...
24: ... locations the Wall is in disrepair, serving as a playground for some villages and a source of stones ... - Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
5: ...sen]], claimed by later writers ([[Pierre Borel]] 1620 - 1671 or 1628 - 1689 and [[Willem Boreel]] 1591 ...
13: ...74]] - [[Anton van Leeuwenhoek]] improves on a simple microscope for viewing biological specimens. - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...n Catholic Church]] is taken as a major early example of the conflict of authority and [[freedom of th...
7: ...astronomy]] until [[1610]]. During this time he explored science and made many landmark discoveries.
14: ...on falling bodies (actually rolling balls) were replicated using the methods described by Galileo (Set...
18: ...lescope is inaccurate, he was one of the first people to use the telescope to observe the [[sky]]. Bas...
20: ... of the [[natural satellite|moons]] of [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]]. Galileo published a full descript... - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...r his [[Kepler's laws of planetary motion|laws of planetary motion]]. He is sometimes referred to as "...
4: ...er, Kepler was an assistant to [[Tycho Brahe]]. Kepler's career also coincided with that of [[Galileo ...
6: ...s Kepler University Linz]] in honor of Johannes Kepler, since he wrote his ''magnum opus'' '''harmonic...
8: ==Kepler's life==
9: ...at town, but by the time Johannes was born, the Kepler family fortunes were in decline. His father ea... - 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... - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
12: *[[1609]]-[[Henry Hudson]], hired by the Dutch, explores the present-day [[Hudson River]]
20: === [[1620s]] ===
22: ... ''[[Mayflower (ship)|Mayflower]]''. They found [[Plymouth Colony]] in present-day [[Massachusetts]]; ...
65: ...]]-[[Glorious Revolution]] deposes James II and replaces him with [[William and Mary]]; Dominion of Ne...
94: ...ry/United_States/People Pictures of Historical People] - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
6: ==Motives for exploration and colonization==
9: ... [[Renaissance]], a development that encouraged exploration and colonization in many ways. A revival ...
11: ...power necessary to begin systematic attempts at exploration. Also, as the economy of Europe began to ...
13: ...ed States]] presented themselves as an attractive place for these new powers to establish colonies. T...
16: ...lation]] and the desire for [[religious freedom]] played their respective parts. - 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]] - Diwali (5677 bytes)
5: references: [http://www.hindutemple.org/brochures/tamil_new_year_celebrations_2003.h...
26: ... the demon [[Ravana]]. It was getting dark, so people along the way lit oil lamps to light their way. ...
42: ...ea, the [[Mogul Empire|Mughal]]s. The [[Golden Temple]] was lit with many lights to welcome the releas...
46: ...rticularly affects infants, [[pet]]s and older people whose [[sleep]] can also be disrupted by firecra... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
29: ...ian)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]] - [[1620]])
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
70: *[[Eric Temple Bell]] (Scotland, USA, [[1883]] - [[1960]])
118: *[[William Brouncker]] (Britain, [[1620]] - [[1684]])
386: *[[Johannes Kepler]] (Germany, [[1571]] - [[1630]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
188: *[[Fran篩s Bernier]], (1620-1688){{fn|R}}
339: *[[Chiao Hung]], (1540-1620){{fn|C}}
391: *[[Frederick Copleston]], (1907-1994)
896: *[[David Kaplan (philosopher)|David Kaplan]], (born 1933){{fn|O}}
897: *[[Mordecai Kaplan]], (1881-1983){{fn|R}}
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