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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 ... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
17: ...eign over a united Scotland and England. (Mary adopted the French spelling Stuart during her time in F...
22: ...ots in the Chapel Royal at Stirling Castle on [[September 9]] [[1543]]. Due to the age of the Queen an...
26: ...ry. The [[Earl of Lennox]] brought forward the Sceptre and placed it in her baby hand, and she grasped...
33: ...VI) arrived in the [[Firth of Forth]] hoping to capture [[Edinburgh]] and kidnap the infant queen, but...
35: On [[September 10]] [[1547]], known as "Black Saturday", th... - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
6: ...of Jesus. They found the [[empty tomb|sepulchre empty]] but saw the "vision of angels" ([[Gospel of Ma...
12: ...first needed to be defended. All of these manuscripts were first discovered and published between [[19...
22: ...[[Pistis Sophia]]'', and The ''[[Gospel of the Egyptians]]'', reflects some of the tensions in second-...
24: ...ry'']: (English), syncretic text, incorporating Coptic and earlier Greek versions; further web links
33: ... of [[Nikos Kazantzakis]]'s novel ''[[The Last Temptation of Christ]]'' followed a similar tradition. - Hildegard of Bingen (14070 bytes)
3: ... Bingen''' ([[September 16]] [[1098]] – [[September 17]], [[1179]]) was a [[German people|German...
12: ...e heavens were opened and a blinding light of exceptional brilliance flowed through my entire brain. A...
20: [[Image:Sthildegard-manuscript.jpg|thumb|"Universal Man" illumination from Hilde...
22: ...ons of words for her lyrics and a constructed script, many [[conlang]]ers look upon her as a mediaeval...
26: ... balance to the body. That is why in giving descriptions of plants, trees, birds, animals, stones, Hil... - 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]] - Relic (11473 bytes)
1: ...igious systems besides that of [[Christianity]]. Relics are an important aspect of [[Buddhism]] and [[Hin...
3: ==Christian relics==
5: ===History of Christian relics===
7: ...60 AD). A source often cited for the efficacy of relics that are objects is the passage in Acts mentionin...
9: ...aesar of Heisterbach]]. These miracle tales made relics much sought after during the Middle Ages. - Ashoka (15187 bytes)
10: ...hrew his sword away. Ashoka found the sword and kept it.
16: ..., with whom he fell in love; recently found inscriptions indicate that she went on to become his secon...
18: ...er recovering, he married her. It was quite unacceptable to Bindusara that one of his sons should marr...
26: ...s, which was intrinsically entwined with the concept of bravery and [[Kshatriya dharma]].
34: ...ly has to be credited with the first serious attempt to develop a Buddhist polity. - Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
1: ...ology]] worked on for decades by scholars of [[Egyptology]].
5: ...olution. Scholars consider the creation of an Egyptian chronology a difficult task. As Dr. Robert A. ...
7: ...-Rev/SCI-REV-Teaching/HIS-SCI-STUDY-GUIDE/0006_egyptianChronolgoy.html]
9: ...]'s accession is dated by various [[Egyptology|Egyptologist]]s to 1304, 1290-92, or 1279 BCE. Archeolo...
13: ...a'' may radically modify the prevailing modern Egyptian chronology, so the previous "firm" dates canno... - Abu Simbel (4501 bytes)
4: ...ses two massive rock [[temple]]s in southern [[Egypt]], built on the western bank of the [[Nile|River ...
11: '''The Greater Abu Simbel Temple''', one of many relics erected by Pharaoh Rameses II, is generally cons...
13: ...doorway of the temple, there is a beautiful inscription of the king's name, [[Ser-Ma'at-Ra]], and betw...
17: ...aining four seated statues of [[Ra-Harakhte]], [[Ptah]], [[Ra|Amun-Ra]], and the deified Rameses II....
23: The eastern wall bears inscriptions depicting Rameses II striking the enemy befor... - Desert (21206 bytes)
1: ...ngs_egypt.jpg|thumb|right|Valley of the Kings, Egypt. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com C...
2: ...Egypt_1.jpg|thumb|right|Man and Camel, Desert, Egypt. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com C...
14: ...ecipitation they received. In this now widely accepted system, extremely arid lands have at least 12 c...
16: ...er, aridity alone can't provide an accurate description of what a desert is. For example, [[Phoenix, ...
59: ...n square kilometers, an area greater than the [[Empty Quarter]] of [[Saudi Arabia]], the largest sand ... - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
17: ...isk dates back to the [[13th century BC]] in [[Egypt]], and was moved to Rome in the [[1st century]] t...
29: ... high. On top are statues of Christ, [[John the Baptist]], and eleven of the apostles; St. Peter's sta...
31: ...rnacchini]] to the south, and an [[equestrian sculpture]] of [[Constantine I of the Roman Empire|Emper...
33: ...-- This is taken from an old source, is the inscription new since 2000, and if so, what does it read n...
66: |<small>In the jubilee year of human redemption 1983-4, [[Pope John Paul II|John Paul II]], [[... - Macau (16856 bytes)
44: Besides historical colonial relics, the biggest attractions in Macau are the [[casin...
57: ...ered as a port and was a subject of repeated attempts by the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] to conquer it in th... - Crusade (28507 bytes)
2: ...atholic Church|Roman Catholic]] endeavors to re-capture the [[Holy Land]] from the [[Islam|Muslims]], ...
9: ...te [[Friday abstinence]] with prayer or alms (except during [[Lent]]).
23: ... behind, were hard to beat: they knew nothing except fighting, they had no gardens and libraries to de...
25: ...lands of [[Syria]], [[Lebanon]], [[Israel]], [[Egypt]], and so on had been conquered by [[Muslim]] arm...
26: for holy war to defend Christendom, and to recapture the lost lands, starting at the most important... - Castle (27805 bytes)
2: ...e late 15th century, their "castle" designations, relics of the [[feudalism|feudal]] age, often remained a...
48: A description of this earlier castle is given in the life of...
52: ...nd a natural rock stronghold which only needed adaptation, as at Clifford, Ludlow, the Peak and Exeter...
59: ... the garrison, used only when all else had been captured. Indeed the keep, in several crusader castles...
63: ...e), entailed the fall of the whole castle. The adoption of the concentric system precluded any such mi... - Pope Callixtus I (2210 bytes)
3: ...o the tale, Callixtus jumped overboard to avoid capture, but was rescued and taken back to his master....
7: ...metery of Calepodius on the [[Aurelian Way]]. His relics were transferred to [[Basilica di Santa Maria in ... - Pope Lucius I (1549 bytes)
3: ...known date, nothing is known about his family except his father's name, Porphyrian. He was elected pro...
10: ...he Danish region [[Zealand]]. It is among the few relics to have survived the [[Reformation]] in Denmark. - Pope Boniface V (3289 bytes)
7: ...ake the place of [[deacon]]s in administering [[baptism]]. Boniface completed and consecrated the ceme... - Pope John IV (2299 bytes)
1: ... with large sums of money for the redemption of captives. As the ruined churches could not be rebuilt,...
4: ...ope Honorius I]], in which he deprecated the attempt to connect the name of Honorius with Monothelism.... - Chinese dragon (7565 bytes)
3: ...inese art|art]], it is the embodiment of the concept of [[Yin Yang|yang]] and associated with the [[we...
30: ... of these creatures can often be found on ancient relics and buildings.
40: ...the late [[Qing dynasty]], the dragon was even adopted as the national [[flag]]. It was a capital offe... - Bottlenose Dolphin (16802 bytes)
3: ... [[image:Tursiops_truncatus_head.jpg|300px|]] | caption=}}
18: ==Physical description==
43: ... [[sonar]]: here the sensitivity of the sound receptor is turned down.)
83: ... be stable because of their abundance and high adaptability. However some specific populations are und...
102: ...pherally in two episodes ("[[Relics (TNG episode)|Relics]]" and "[[The Perfect Mate (TNG episode)|The Perf...
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