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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ...rary to this belief, most people at that time accepted that the earth was round. The main debate was o...
13: It has generally been accepted that he was [[Genoa|Genovese]], although doubts...
43: ... distance to the Indies. Most scholars accepted [[Ptolemy]]'s claim that the terrestrial landmass (for...
46: Columbus accepted the calculations of [[Pierre d'Ailly]], that th...
54: ... of lobbying at the Spanish court, where he was kept on a salary to prevent him from taking his ideas ... - Steel (28384 bytes)
11: ... As carbon-rich austenite cools, the mixture attempts to revert to the ferrite phase, resulting in an ...
26: ...he first signs of iron use come from [[Ancient Egypt]] and [[Sumer]], where around [[4000 BC]] small i...
32: ...lack of [[nickel]]) appear in [[Anatolia]], [[Egypt]] and [[Mesopotamia]] (see [[Iron#History|Iron: H...
34: ... [[sword]] bearing the name of [[pharaoh]] [[Merneptah]] as well as a [[battle axe]] with an iron blad...
36: ...e remained in widespread use there until after Egypt's conquest by [[Assyria]] in [[663 BC]]. - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
78: ...son|Adamson, Amandus]], (1855-1929), Estonian sculptor - Isabella of Jerusalem (7928 bytes)
15: ...sion of the kingdom and capture of everything except the stronghold of [[Tyre]], held by [[Conrad of M...
23: ...) and [[Melisende of Lusignan|Melisende]] (born [[1200]]), and one son, Amalric ([[1201]]–1205). K... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...which opposed her husband. Well read, Catherine kept up-to-date on current events in Russia and the re...
9: ...gislative commission representing all classes except the [[serf]]s was created to make this document t...
21: ... [[Ottoman Empire]] ([[1768]]-[[1774]]). She attempted to partition the Ottoman Empire's European hold...
25: ...ince Nassau, had 32 larger and 200 smaller ships, 1200 guns, and 14,000 men; the Swedes, commanded by Gu... - Chromosome (12667 bytes)
2: ...axed state, the DNA can be accessed for [[transcription]], regulation, and [[replication]]. Chromosome...
19: ...example, genes with similar functions are often kept close together in the nucleus, even if they are f...
23: ...:''' Examples of chromosome numbers (diploid).</caption>
90: <td>~1200</td>
192: ...also known as [[mongolism]] or [[trisomy 21]]. Symptoms are decreased muscle tone, asymmetrical skull,... - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
5: ...was of many crafts, such as [[mosaic]]s and [[sculpture]]; and there were many unique genres of art, s...
15: ...the East. During this period Christian artists adopted the Roman crafts of painting, mosaic, carving a...
25: ...e variety of crafts including illustrated manuscripts, textiles, ceramics, metalwork and glass. There ...
29: ... it diverged from Romanesque style. [[Gothic sculpture]] was born in France in 1150 and spread throug...
40: ***[[Sculpture]] - Pottery (17136 bytes)
2: ...ttery that is fired at temperatures in the 800 to 1200 [[Celsius|?C]] range, which does not vitrify in t...
52: The western adaptation of [[Raku]] firing, a traditional [[Japanese... - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
1: ...pture''' is varied and is illustrative of how sculpture has changed extensively over the ages.
3: == Sculpture in ancient times==
4: [[Sculpture]] as an art form goes back to Prehistoric time...
6: ...[[Clay]] was used for pottery and terra cotta sculpture. Stone was generally rare and had to be impor...
8: ...es, and long beards on the men. Votive stone sculptures of this type from 2700 BC were discovered at ... - Silk (8683 bytes)
8: ...rst evidence of the silk trade is that of an [[Egypt]]ian [[mummy]] of [[1070 BC]]. In subsequent cent...
30: ...lly in [[Lyon]]. The [[French Revolution]] interrupted production before [[Napoleon]] took power.
33: ...adopted the practice. In the [[1800s]] a new attempt at a silk industry began with European-born worke...
36: [[World War II]] interrupted the silk trade from Japan. Silk prices increase...
57: ....'' Draft annotated English translation.[http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/texts/hhshu/hou_han... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
1: This is a '''Conventional Egyptian chronology'''.
5: ...ypt|ancient Egypt]], taking into account well accepted developments during the 20th century but not in...
9: ...s proposed by these two authors. There is no attempt to remove this in the combined chronology present...
15: ...ncescoraf/ Late Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt].
16: ...are from Baines and Malek, ''Atlas of Ancient Egypt'' (Oxford, 1980). - Finland (29511 bytes)
53: ...0–500 BC) and [[Iron Age]] (500 BC–AD 1200) were characterized by extensive contacts with [[...
88: ... Act which gives the Council of State certain exceptional powers in cases of national emergency. As th...
123: ... one-third of [[Gross Domestic Product|GDP]]. Except for [[timber]] and several minerals, Finland depe...
132: ...lows [[Robert Keohane]] and [[Joseph Nye]]'s concept of [[Realism]] and [[Complex Interdependence]] ve...
186: ...Sunday business throughout the year, with the exception of official holidays and certain Sundays, such... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...s of [[Lebanon]], [[Syria]], [[Jordan]], and [[Egypt]] (listed clockwise from north to south). Israel ...
60: ...ism, Christianity, and [[Islam]]. Starting around 1200 BCE, a series of [[History of ancient Israel and ...
73: ...of [[Nazism]] in [[1933]] and the subsequent attempted extermination of the Jewish people in the [[Sho...
78: ...en-Gurion showed a willingness to essentially accept about 1/3 of the land that would ultimately be wo...
83: ...ict over its status. Immediately following the adoption of the Partition Plan by the United Nations Ge... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ...ent. The capital is [[Khartoum]]. It borders [[Egypt]] to the north, the [[Red Sea]] to the northeast,...
40: established_dates = From [[Egypt]] and the [[United Kingdom]] <br> [[January 1]], ...
58: ...d in turn influenced [[Ancient Egypt|Pharaonic Egypt]].
60: ...t in feudal Sudan. Important kingdoms in the next 1200 years include [[Makuria]] and the [[Kingdom of Se...
62: ...e survived until being overwhelmed by an Anglo-Egyptian force under [[Horatio Kitchener|Lord Kitchener... - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
59: ...tural]] techniques before it disappeared around [[1200]] A.D., probably because of extended [[drought]]....
89: ...ceived a significant amount of public-sector corruption. Both factors contributed to increasing social...
97: ...omic reactivation (and job creation), anti-[[corruption]], and social inclusion.
101: In September [[2001]], following the advice of the [[Worl...
116: ...and lower courts, has long been riddled with corruption and inefficiency. Through revisions to the con... - Iron Age (8996 bytes)
3: ...ements as tools and weapons is preeminent. The adoption of this new material coincided with other chan...
5: ...nd Asia whilst in the rest of the world it was adopted directly after one or other sub-phases of the [...
7: ...er" than bronze and contributed greatly to its adoption as the most commonly used metal. The arrival o...
10: ...y the metallurgy of the time. By [[1600 BC]] to [[1200 BC]], iron was used increasingly in the [[Middle ...
13: ...ory of iron and steelmaking]]), dating to circa [[1200 BC]]. - Writing system (16928 bytes)
1: A '''writing system''', also called a '''script''', is a type of ''[[symbolic communication syste...
6: ...ion of humankind. However, the development and adoption of writing systems has occurred only variously...
19: Writing systems are [[conceptual system]]s, as are the spoken languages to whic...
23: ...script]] may have evolved independently, around [[1200 BC]].
49: ...amese, and other east Asian languages. Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics and the Mayan writing system are... - Geologic time scale (26014 bytes)
7: .... In many cases, such faunal stages have been adopted in building the geologic nomenclature, though i...
15: ...entury. The most influential of those early attempts (championed by [[Abraham Werner]], among others)...
19: ...]], and the name "Carboniferous" was simply an adaptation of "the Coal Measures," the old British geol...
73: ... sea. Primitive [[Aves|birds]] gradually replace pterosaurs. [[Monotremes]], [[marsupial]]s and [[pl...
92: ...mammal-like. First [[dinosaur]]s, [[mammal]]s, [[pterosaur]]s, and [[crocodilia]]. ''[[Dicrodium]]''... - Civilization (29205 bytes)
37: ...esiccate the pastoral lands of [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]], eventually forming the [[Sahara]] (c.[[2500 BC...
39: ...e [[Ancient Egypt#Ancient Achievements|Ancient Egypt: Ancient Achievements]]).
44: ... of [[Canaan]] had become [[vassal]]s of the [[Egypt]]ian empire.
46: ...]s. Sumerian [[Cuneiform (script)|cuneiform]] script may pre-date any other form of writing and dates ...
54: ...There is evidence that [[Ancient Egypt|Ancient Egyptian]] [[explorers]] may have originally cleared an... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
29: ...of Essex,'' etc. He received a gift of a fine of ?1200 on one of Essex's accomplices.
33: ... income; but old debts and present extravagance kept him embarrassed, and he endeavoured to obtain fur...
37: ...nd so clear was the evidence that he made no attempt at defence. To the lords, who sent a committee to...
40: ... be found to have the troubled fountain of a corrupt heart. I know I have clean hands and a clean hear...
94: ...ze:XS text:Viscount St. Albans; Charged with corruption, retires from public life.
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