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- Ionic order (6526 bytes)
1: ...s beaux des monuments de la Grèce'' Paris, 1758 (Plate XX)]]
4: ...ger-lasting 6th century Ionic temple was the [[Temple of Artemis]] at Ephesus, one of the [[Seven Wond...
6: ...ers. This feature of the Ionic order made it more pliant and satisfactory than the Doric to critical e...
10: ...[Inigo Jones]] introduced a note of sobriety with plain Ionic columns on his [[Banqueting House at Whi...
12: ...blature resting on the columns has three parts: a plain [[architrave]] divided into two, or more gener... - Aristarchus (4292 bytes)
1: ...a [[heliocentric model]] of the [[solar system]], placing the [[Sun]], not the [[Earth]], at the cente...
11: ...tly quite strong, as the following passage from [[Plutarch]] suggests (''On the Apparent Face in the O...
13: ...e duty of the [[Greek]]s to indict Aristarchus of Samos on the charge of impiety for putting in motion th... - Cartography (10500 bytes)
11: ...s cylindrical. In [[288 BCE]], [[Aristarchus]] of Samos was the first to say that the [[sun]] was the cen...
19: ...representing the curved surface of the earth on a plane. [[Eratosthenes]], [[Anaximander]], and [[Hipp...
21: ...not produce world maps because their cosmology supplied no dogma describing distant lands outside thei...
23: ...er-world.jpg|thumb|left|World map by [[Johannes Kepler]].]]
25: ...of globalism that was started with the [[Age of Exploration]] would continue during the [[Renaissance]... - Aeschines (2644 bytes)
5: ...nduct, forfeited the right to speak before the people.
7: ...s in his speech On the False Embassy, Aeschines replied in a speech with the same title and was again ...
9: ...iphon'' and ''On the Crown''. The result was a complete victory for Demosthenes.
11: ... a school of rhetoric. He afterwards removed to [[Samos]], where he died in the seventy-fifth year of his...
15: ...a Legations'' and ''In Ctesiphentem''; Lives by [[Plutarch]], [[Philostratus]] and [[Libanius]]; the '... - Alcibiades (7778 bytes)
7: Nor did the instructors of his early manhood supply the corrective which his boyhood lacked.
32: ...o no result he attached himself to the fleet at [[Samos]] which remained loyal to the democracy, and was ...
42: ...entions Alcibiades several times in his satirical plays, for instance making fun of his manner of spee...
44: ** [[Symposium (Plato)|Plato's ''Symposium'']] where he appears to be in lo...
45: ...from antiquity titled "Alcibiades", ascribed to [[Plato]], both of them however probably spurious, tha... - Pythagoras (10747 bytes)
9: ...e was born to the parents of Pythais (a native of Samos) and Mnesarchus (a merchant from Tyre). As a youn...
13: ...ssential organizing factor of this life: the disciples would sing hymns to [[Apollo]] together regular...
16: ...trayed on [[Roman empire|Roman]] [[coin]]s from [[Samos]]]]
17: ...oo]]s, including the proper way to stir a fire or place one's shoes before going to sleep.
21: The idea that Pythagoras forbade his disciples to eat beans has been questioned by some recent... - 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... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ... over the traditional [[geocentric theory]] (that placed [[Earth]] at the center of the [[Universe]]),...
10: ...omer]]. He followed his lessons and became a disciple and assistant.
16: ...ined access to those passages of [[Cicero]] and [[Plato]] about the opinion of Ancients on the movemen...
20: ...tensively on government [[business]] and as a [[diplomat]], on the behalf of the [[Prince-Bishop]] of ...
28: ...visit and study with them. Rheticus became a disciple of Copernicus' and stayed with him for two years... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
70: *[[Eric Temple Bell]] (Scotland, USA, [[1883]] - [[1960]])
386: *[[Johannes Kepler]] (Germany, [[1571]] - [[1630]])
420: *[[Pierre-Simon Laplace]] (France, [[1749]] - [[1827]])
572: *[[Michel Plancherel]] (Switzerland, [[1885]] - [[1967]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
39: *[[Aristarchus]] ([[Samos]], circa [[310 BC]] – circa [[230 BC]])
318: *[[Johannes Kepler]] ([[Germany]], [[1571]] – [[1630]])
346: *[[Pierre-Simon Laplace]] ([[France]], [[1749]] – [[1827]])
463: *[[Philip Plait]] ([[United States|USA]])
464: *[[Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana]] ([[Italy]], [[1781]] – [[1864]]) - 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}} - Peloponnesian War (15884 bytes)
7: ...d other ancient authors realized, more so than simple fear of Athenian power.
13: ...months at a time; in the tradition of earlier [[hoplite]] warfare the soldiers expected to go home to ...
15: ...0]], however, an outbreak of a [[Plague of Athens|plague]] (thought to be [[anthrax]], tramped up from...
17: ... Athenians captured between 300 and 400 Spartan hoplites. The hostages gave the Athenians a valuable b...
25: ... Argos, thus ensuring their supremacy over the people of Peloponnese. - Aegean Sea (2751 bytes)
5: In ancient times there were various explanations for the name "Aegean." It was said to hav...
7: In ancient times the sea was the birthplace of two ancient civilizations - the [[Minoan ci...
9: ... The larger islands have some fertile valleys and plains. There are two islands of considerable size b... - Hipparchus (astronomer) (50785 bytes)
8: ...("Geography"), and from [[Pliny the Elder]]'s ''[[Pliny's Natural History|Naturalis historia]]'' ("Nat...
14: ... but it is not known if and when he visited these places.
22: ...o [[Aristarchus]] of [[Samos]]. Some put in this place also Ptolemy of Alexandria. Hipparchus writin...
34: ...that the Chaldeans routinely made. Preserved examples date from [[652 BC]] to [[130|AD 130]], but pro...
45: ...arly various relations between the periods of the planets were known. The relations that Ptolemy attr... - Hipparchus (50784 bytes)
7: ...("Geography"), and from [[Pliny the Elder]]'s ''[[Pliny's Natural History|Naturalis historia]]'' ("Nat...
13: ... but it is not known if and when he visited these places.
21: ...o [[Aristarchus]] of [[Samos]]. Some put in this place also Ptolemy of Alexandria. Hipparchus writin...
33: ...that the Chaldeans routinely made. Preserved examples date from [[652 BC]] to [[130|AD 130]], but pro...
44: ...arly various relations between the periods of the planets were known. The relations that Ptolemy attr... - List of island countries (6641 bytes)
116: ...mer|overseas department]] of [[France]]) This example is included here because these two dependent ter...
182: *[[Samos]]
189: *[[West Indies Federation]], split up into [[Anguilla]], Antigua, Barbados, [[Caym...
194: ...w a [[special administrative region]] of the [[People's Republic of China]]. - [[#Notes|<sup>note 4</s...
214: ... the Dominion of Newfoundland, had been an island plus an area on the continent of [[North America]]. - Roman commerce (14626 bytes)
1: ...r of the [[lingua franca]] of [[Latin]] and the exploits of the [[Roman legion]]s. The language and th...
3: ...is on military pursuits and leisure activities. [[Plebeians]] and freedmen held shop or manned stalls ...
5: The intricate, complex, and extensive accounting of Roman trade was co...
9: ...pointed by the state. The mercatores were usually plebeians or freedmen. They were present in all the ...
16: ...re laid out according to an [[orthogonal]] [[grid plan]] which facilitated transportation and commerce...
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