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- Esther (5002 bytes)
2: ...[[Artaxerxes II of Persia|Artaxerxes II]]), and heroine of the Biblical [[Book of Esther]] which is na...
5: ...n originally named Hadassah. When she entered the royal [[Harem (household)|harem]] she received the n...
9: ...mmon origin with [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] words for ''star''.
14: ...y the interposition of Esther this terrible catastrophe was averted. Haman was hanged on the [[gallows...
16: ...h and peace in their captivity, is also manifest from the Scripture account. - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ... an official [[Saint]] to [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholics]] since the early [[20th century]]; ...
7: ...heirs, disinheriting Charles, the [[Dauphin]] ([[crown prince]]), and making the infant [[Henry VI of ...
10: ...il on canvas in two joined vertical panels. [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New York City]].]]
11: ...76]]) depicts Joan's awe upon receiving a vision from the [[archangel]] [[Michael (archangel)|Michael]...
12: ... before granting final acceptance. She was then brought to a succession of towns where preparations w... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...a]], [[Jordan]], and [[Egypt]] (listed clockwise from north to south). Israel shares the coastlines of...
18: leader_names = [[Ariel Sharon]]<br>[[Moshe Katsav]] |
38: established_dates = From the League of Nations mandate administered by th...
58: === Historical roots ===
60: ...cia [[Syria Palaestina]]'', a Greek name derived from ''[[Philistine]]'' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] &... - Dodo (9332 bytes)
12: ... | binomial_name = Raphus cucullatus | author=[[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1758]]}}
15: ...is now extinct, lived on fruit and nested on the ground.
20: Nevertheless, from artists' renditions we know that the dodo had bl...
22: ...e ever supported flight and it is believed these ground-bound birds evolved to take advantage of an is...
24: ...ipe fruits at the end of the wet season to live through the dry season where food was scarce; contempo... - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
2: ...ce music|Renaissance]]. He was the most famous European composer between [[Guillaume Dufay]] and [[Gi...
6: ...]. In the later [[1490s]] he was in [[France]], probably in the service of [[Louis XII of France|Loui...
8: ...letters in the Duke's name. While there he also wrote a setting of the [[Miserere]], Psalm 50, for fi...
10: ...-day border between Belgium and France, becoming provost of the cathedral there. During this time he ...
14: ...psed after the beginning of the [[Baroque music|Baroque]] era, with the decline of the polyphonic styl... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ... he helped advance the study of [[anatomy]], [[astronomy]], and [[civil engineering]].
7: ...iddle East|Middle Eastern]] [[slave]] owned by Piero.
9: ...ci", which means "Leonardo, son of Mister Piero, from Vinci". Leonardo himself simply signed his works...
11: ...o also worked with [[Lorenzo di Credi]] and [[Pietro Perugino]].
16: ...[Jacopo Saltarelli]], who was a notorious male [[prostitute]]. After two months in jail, he was acquit... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...an Catholic Church]], in which he became the [[patron saint]] of statesmen, lawyers, and politicians.
7: ... [[celibacy]], More finally decided to marry in [[1505]], but for the rest of his life he continued to o...
9: ...own her daughter by her previous husband. More provided his daughters with an excellent classical ed...
12: ...[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]], More was knighted and made undertre...
14: ...ion that entailed administrative and judicial control of much of northern England. - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
2: ...ous for piloting the first solo non-stop flight across the [[Atlantic Ocean]] in [[1927]].
6: ...es. In [[1922]] he quit a mechanical engineering program, joined a pilot and mechanist training with N...
8: ==First solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean==
11: ...h the first non-stop flight made by [[Alcock and Brown]] later that same year.
13: ...mittee of the [[National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics]] in the [[United States]]. On [[March 21]... - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
2: ...ed in the [[Philippines]] and never returned to Europe, 18 members of the crew and one ship of the fle...
5: ...Alda de Mesquita, Magellan had two siblings: his brother Diogo de Sousa, named after his grandmother, ...
7: ...on, becoming interested in [[geography]] and [[astronomy]]. Some speculate that he may even have been ...
9: ...nstall Francisco de Almeida as a Portuguese [[viceroy]] there and establish military and naval bases a...
11: ...the [[Spice Islands]]. In [[1510]], Magellan was promoted to the rank of [[captain]]. However, after s... - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
4: ...a]]n mainland, he and his men being the first [[Europe]]ans since the [[Viking]]s verifiably known to ...
6: ...s give [[Genoa]], others [[Gaeta]]. The date was around [[1451]], but he moved to [[Venice]] in his yo...
10: ...m the [[equator]], so the voyage from western [[Europe]] to eastern Asia would be shorter at higher la...
12: ...d finde, whatsoever iles, countreyes, regions or provinces of the heathen and infidelles, whatsoever t...
16: ...largest seaport in England, and during the years from [[1480]] onwards several expeditions had been se... - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
13: ...ught the cause of [[India|India's]] independence from [[British India|British colonial rule]] to world...
15: ...He often said that his values were simple; drawn from traditional [[Hinduism|Hindu]] beliefs: [[truth]...
18: ...e [[Jain]] influences of Gujarat, Gandhi learned from an early age the tenets of non-injury to living ...
23: ... 1875 by [[H.P. Blavatsky]] to further universal brotherhood. The Theosophists were devoted to the st...
25: ...from an Indian firm to a post in [[KwaZulu-Natal Province|Natal]], [[South Africa]]. - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
12: ...mpacted upon the [[Counter-Reformation]] in the [[Roman Catholic Church]].
17: ...ht|220px|The "Luther house" where Luther boarded from ages 14 to 17 while attending private school at ...
19: ...pper]] mine in nearby [[Mansfeld]]. Having risen from the [[peasantry]], his father was determined to ...
21: ...505]]. According to his father's wishes, Martin enrolled in the law school of that university.
23: ...at changed during a thunderstorm in the summer of 1505. A [[lightning bolt]] struck near to him as he wa... - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
2: ...me as originator of the theory of [[evolution]] through [[natural selection]].
4: ...sity. Five years on [[the Voyage of the Beagle]] brought him eminence as a [[geology|geologist]] and f...
6: ...cation in nature. He continued his research and wrote a series of books on plants and animals, now in...
15: ...e fifth of six children of [[Robert Waring Darwin|Robert]] and [[Susannah Wedgwood|Susannah]] Darwin (...
19: ... a demonstration of his method of using wires to prop up birds to draw or paint them in natural positi... - Dodos (9122 bytes)
12: ... | binomial_name = Raphus cucullatus | author=[[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1758]]}}
15: ...is now extinct, lived on fruit and nested on the ground.
20: Nevertheless, from artists' renditions we know that the dodo had bl...
22: ...e ever supported flight and it is believed these ground-bound birds evolved to take advantage of an is...
24: ...ipe fruits at the end of the wet season to live through the dry season where food was scarce; contempo... - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
4: ...h a preceding [[Proto-Elamite]] period beginning around [[3200 BC]].
5: Its culture played a crucial role in the [[Achaemenid]] [[Persian Empire]] that s...
8: ...change ''ha'' to ''e'' indicates this word was borrowed prehistorically). Additionally, the Haltamti w...
10: ...|Khuzestān]] is derived from the Old Persian root ''Hujiyā'', which means "Elam."
13: ...nguage|Sumerian]], and [[Iranian languages|Indo-European]] languages. Some scholars believe the langua... - Flight (3194 bytes)
3: ...ing [[Lift (force)|lift]] or [[Lighter than air|aerostatically]] using [[buoyancy]], or movement beyon...
7: ...oups' [[wing]]s [[evolution|evolved]] separately from different structures.
9: [[Pterosaur]]s were a group of flying [[vertebrate]]s contemporaneous with ...
11: ...ck and forth motion much the same as used on the ground.
13: ...at they evolved this ability to help them escape from underwater predators.
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