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- 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... - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
6: Morrison was an important player in the battle to open the canon of English an...
10: ...bert F. Goheen]] Professor of the Humanities at [[Princeton University]].
12: ...nt household, born poor, working-class, saxophone-playing, McDonald's-and-junk-food-loving boy from Ar...
21: *''[[Playing in the Dark]]'' (1993)
28: ==Plays== - Reese Witherspoon (2585 bytes)
5: ...es Declaration of Independence]] and founder of [[Princeton University]]. Her father is a surgeon and her mot...
9: She is known for her versatility as an actress, playing both comedic and dramatic roles and has won ...
14: *''[[A Far Off Place]]'' (1993)
21: *''[[Pleasantville (movie)|Pleasantville]]'' (1998)
24: *''[[Best Laid Plans]]'' (1999) - Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
1: ...began with the discoveries of [[Johannes Kepler|Kepler]], [[Galileo Galilei|Galileo]], and others at t...
9: ...irely clear that ''a'' scientific revolution took place around the year [[1600]]. That is, at that tim...
15: *[[Ptolemy]]'s calculations of planetary motion. (This and Galen's anatomy, though ...
24: *Kepler's laws of planetary motion (Kepler)
33: ...beyond real dispute. If you measure what either Kepler or Galileo discovered against everything discov... - Ptolemy (10609 bytes)
7: ...ers and navigators, until the time of the great explorations. They were also adopted in the Arab world...
11: ...grand scheme. He assigned coordinates to all the places and geographic features he knew, in a grid th...
13: ...:Ptolemys_system.jpg|thumb|300px|Ptolemy System Explained. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart....
16: ...300, after the text was rediscovered by [[Maximus Planudes]].
18: ...ugh copies containing many scribal errors, and people have always been adding or improving the topogra... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
11: | place of birth=[[Westmoreland County, Virginia|Westm...
14: | place of death=[[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount Vernon]], [[Virginia]]
21: ...[republic]]an [[democracy]] that served as an example around the world.
24: ...n his birth year. His birthplace was Pope's Creek Plantation, south of [[Colonial Beach, Virginia|Colo...
26: ... eventually inherited the estate, [[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount Vernon]] in [[Fairfax County, Virg... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
10: | place of birth=Shadwell, [[Virginia]]
13: | place of death=[[Charlottesville, Virginia]]
20: Many people consider Jefferson to be among the most brillian...
30: ...84]], Jefferson avoided the common practice of simply digging downwards until something turned up. In...
32: ...Europe. However, it seems likely that he would be pleased with the quantity and quality of wine now be... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Port Conway, Virginia]]
13: | place of death=[[Montpelier]], [[Virginia]]
18: ...d is traditionally regarded as the ''[[List of people known as the father or mother of something|Fathe...
21: .... In [[1769]], he left the plantation to attend [[Princeton University]] (it was called the ''College of New ...
23: ...leaders of the time to call for a convention to replace the ineffective [[Articles of Confederation]].... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
10: <tr><td>'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Greenway, Virginia]]</t...
12: <tr><td>'''Place of Death:'''</td><td>[[Richmond, Virginia]]</t...
29: ...ng President]], and as the Constitution was not explicit on that aspect of succession (until the [[196...
65: ...power of Government against any portion of the people; but however painful the duty I have to assure y...
67: ...adjustment of which belongs exclusively to the people of Rhode Island." It was the first occasion in U... - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
5: ...d graduated from the College of New Jersey (now [[Princeton University]]) in [[1810]]. He was admitted to th...
7: ...n Van Buren]] as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia from [[1837]] to [[1839]],...
9: ...as was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to [[United Kingdom|Britain]] by Pre... - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
18: <tr><td>'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Caldwell, New Jersey|Ca...
20: ...lace of Death:'''</td><td>[[Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton]], [[New Jersey]]</td></tr>
46: ...lf admitted that, as President, his greatest accomplishment was blocking others' bad ideas. He vigoro...
56: ...ess failures, farm mortgage foreclosures, and unemployment. He obtained repeal of the mildly inflation...
62: ...d States]]). The lump was preserved and is on display at the [[M�tter Museum]] in [[Philadelphia, P... - Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
1: ...scientists working in this area. In the theory of plate tectonics the outermost part of the [[Earth]]'...
3: ...ing, and [[oceanic trench]] formation occur along plate boundaries (most notably around the so-called ...
5: Plate tectonic theory arose out of two separate geol...
6: ...mage:Tectonic plates.png|thumb|380px|The tectonic plates of the world were mapped in the second half o...
7: == Key principles == - West Virginia (24258 bytes)
46: ...ern part of Virginia and plantation owners in the plains and tidewater regions. Under the United Stat...
70: ...g|right|thumbnail|Shaded relief map of Cumberland Plateau and Ridge and Valley Appalachians on the Vir...
72: ...egion is extremely rugged in most areas. (The two plateaus are essentially the same, the difference be...
74: ...rdwood]] [[forest]] of [[oak]], [[chestnut]], [[maple]], [[beech]], and [[Eastern White Pine|white pin...
78: ...e for a long time. This process of rounding up people already spread around here and there results in ... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
57: ...h under [[Charles Cornwallis]] at the [[Battle of Princeton]].
59: ...ssau Hall]] at [[Princeton University]], making [[Princeton]] the country's capital for four months. It was t...
74: ... New Jersey|Trenton]] and [[Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton]]; [[Essex County]] and [[Hudson County]], the st...
78: ... but some go more one way than others. For an example, Bergen County, which is very Republican in the ...
82: ... members. Assembly members are elected by the people for a two year term in all odd-numbered years; S... - 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]]
162: * [[1797]]: [[Cast iron plow]]: [[Charles Newbold]]
201: * [[1831]]: [[Multiple coil magnet]]: [[Joseph Henry]] - American football (39287 bytes)
5: ...an football''', known in the [[United States]] simply as '''football''', is a competitive team [[sport...
11: ...onally, top players in the league are selected to play an annual [[all-star game]], the [[Pro Bowl]], ...
13: ...ited States Air Force Academy|Air Force Academy]] player tries to thwart his progress.]]
17: ...opular, with many major colleges and universities playing NCAA ([[National Collegiate Athletic Associa...
19: ...y "semi-pro" teams, where the players are paid to play, but at a small enough salary that they general... - Agriculture (19147 bytes)
1: ...rming-on-Indonesia.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Farming, ploughing rice paddy, in [[Indonesia]]]]
3: ...others devoted to improving farming methods and implements are also said to be engaged in agriculture.
5: More [[people]] in the [[world]] are involved in agriculture a...
8: ...e:Agriculture---Rice.jpg|left|thumb|250px|[[Tea]] plantation in [[Java (island)|Java]], [[Indonesia]]]...
15: ...m]], [[cocaine]]). [[GMO|Genetically engineered]] plants and animals produce specialty drugs. - Aristotle (37648 bytes)
4: ...n [[ancient Greek]] [[philosopher]]. Along with [[Plato]], he is often considered to be one of the two...
8: ...gh Plato and a few other writers. The writings of Plato and Aristotle form the core of [[Ancient philo...
10: ...ge has ethical as well as scientific importance. Plato can be called, with qualification, an [[ideali...
12: Aristotle, by contrast, placed much more value on knowledge gained from the ...
21: ...The surviving works are known and respected for a plain and unadorned (though not easy) style; not one... - 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. - Sandro Botticelli (8995 bytes)
7: Lorenzo de' Medici was quick to employ his talent. Botticelli made consistent use of t...
19: ... new uses of pagan Antiquity in the Renaissance explored these themes in depth.)
22: ...dants, both young and old, are greatly varied, displaying the artist's perfect mastery of his professi...
33: ...Hudson, 1976) or Levey, M. and Mandel, G., The Complete Paintings of Botticelli (London, 1970)
41: ...ject of the Primavera. See the following for a sample of the different ideas. Dempsey includes a lucid...
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