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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
20: | [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]]
25: | [[1860]] through [[1874]]
76: | [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]]
135: | [[North Carolina]]
136: | [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]] - Hanging Gardens of Babylon (4963 bytes)
1: [[image:ogrody_semiramidy.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Gardens of Sem...
3: ...Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon|Nebuchadnezzar II]] around [[600 BC]] (present-day [[Iraq]]). However, t...
7: ...mething similar to an [[Archimedes' screw]] as a process of raising the water to the required height.
8: <!-- discussed on UKtv's History of the Ancients program The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. -->
13: ...ion to his Median wife, who missed the natural surroundings of her homeland.]] - 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. - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
7: ...d to live with her mother Katherine Szenes and a brother.
9: Szenes entered a private protestant girl's school open – with increased ...
11: ...ted in the British army. In 1944 she begun a paratrooper training in [[Egypt]] for the British [[Speci...
13: ...r comrades crossed the Hungarian border in small groups. She was captured before she could begin her m...
17: ...her last day, November 7, 1944. Her remains were brought to [[Israel]] in 1950 and buried in the cemet... - Ponce De Leon (5480 bytes)
2: ...he Spanish Crown. He is regarded as the first [[Europe]]an known to have visited what is now the [[Uni...
4: ...er exposure to the European diseases the sailors brought with them and to which the natives had no imm...
7: ... won his rights. Ponce de León was then removed from office in 1512 and felt his good name had been d...
9: ...and personal enrichment, not a physical rebirth through the waters of the Fountain of Youth. The Taino...
11: ...as made in [[New York]] in 1882 using the bronze from English Cannons seized after the English attacke... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
1: This is a '''Conventional Egyptian chronology'''.
3: ==Introduction==
5: ...tury but not including any of the major revision proposals that have also been made in that time.
7: ...er several possible dates or even several whole chronologies as possibilities. Consequently, there may...
9: ...ional Chronology” that is quoted by [[David Rohl]] in ''A Test of Time'' (1995, Century). - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
4: ...nean Sea'' in [[oceanography]] to distinguish it from other [[mediterranean sea]]s in the world.
6: ...ians]], [[Ancient Greece|Greeks]], [[Ancient Rome|Romans]], and the [[Middle-East]] (Arab/Persian/Semi...
9: The term ''Mediterranean'' derives from the [[Latin]] ''mediterraneus'', 'inland' (''med...
11: ...ha-Yam ha-Tichon" (הים התיכון), "the middle sea", ...
13: ... contraction for the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding regions when employed in informal speech. - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...a]], [[Jordan]], and [[Egypt]] (listed clockwise from north to south). Israel shares the coastlines of...
6: native_name = מדינת ישראל<br>("Medinat...
18: leader_names = [[Ariel Sharon]]<br>[[Moshe Katsav]] |
38: established_dates = From the League of Nations mandate administered by th...
58: === Historical roots === - Cotton (7876 bytes)
2: ...ant]], a [[shrub]] native to the tropical and subtropical regions of both the [[Old World]] and the [[...
3: ...ng-in-a-field.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Cotton plants growing in field]]
4: ...se is arranged in a way that gives cotton unique properties of strength, durability, and absorbency. E...
9: ... [[feather]]s and [[fur]]) which dated back to approximately 7,000 years ago. There is clear archaeolo...
11: ...rote about Indian cotton: "There are trees which grow wild there, the fruit of which is a [[wool]] exc... - Influenza (10335 bytes)
1: ...stood as being instances of influenza), see [[gastroenteritis]].}}
4: ...old medical belief in unfavourable [[astrology|astrological]] ''influences'' as the cause of the disea...
14: ... be further classified based on the viral capsid proteins [[haemagglutinin]] (HA or H) and [[neuramini...
21: ...]] (type A influenza, H1N1 strain), which lasted from [[1918]] to [[1919]] and is believed to have kil...
23: ...equent to the 1968 infection. Increased immunity from [[antibody|antibodies]] and the development of [... - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
3: ...]] suspended or dissolved in water. Although the grounds used in watercolor painting vary, the most co...
6: ... the [[12th century]] the conquering [[Moors]] introduced papermaking to [[Spain]] and the technology ...
10: ...ne Chapel]], begun in [[1508]] and completed in [[1514]].
12: The earliest known use of European watercolor painting is by [[Italy|Italian]] [...
14: ...y]]. The first school of watercolor painting in Europe was led by [[Hans Bol]] ([[1534]]-[[1593]]) and... - 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... - Raphael (3466 bytes)
4: ...[[Urbino]], he studied in [[Perugia]] under [[Pietro Perugino]]; but after moving to [[Florence, Italy...
7: ...Image:Sanzio 01.jpg|thumb|300px|right|''[[Raphael Rooms|The School of Athens]]'' ([[1509]])]]
8: ...ond depicting Christian [[theology|theologian]]s grouped under [[Jesus]].
10: ...14]] and he was named as a sort of supervisor for Roman [[archaeology]] research.
12: ...(said Fuseli); we hear him stammer; but propriety rocked the cradle, and character formed his lips."[h... - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
1: ....jpg|thumb|150px|Machiavelli, ca [[1500]], in the robes of a Florentine public official]]
3: ...in [[realist]] [[political theory]], crucial to European statecraft during the [[Renaissance]].
5: ==Background==
10: ...as also the king who committed the five capital errors in statecraft summarized in ''The Prince'', and...
12: ...is honor can be found at the [[Basilica di Santa Croce di Firenze]]. - Francesco Guicciardini (1068 bytes)
3: ...'s main work is the ''Storia d'Italia''. He also wrote a collection of notes (''Considerazioni'') on M...
9: * ''Discorso di Logrogno'' (1512)
10: * ''Relazione di Spagna'' (1514) - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ... human life as well, opening the door to young astronomers everywhere to challenge the facts and never...
7: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
8: ...us' father. His brother Andrew became canon in [[Frombork]]. A sister, Barbara, became a [[Benedictine...
10: ...Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara]], a famous [[astronomer]]. He followed his lessons and became a disc...
14: ... [[eclipse]] and where he gave some lessons of astronomy or maths (unfortunately nothing of this remai... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...lso led to the [[Counter-Reformation]] within the Roman Catholic Church.
3: == Roots of the Reformation ==
20: ...cal and demographic forces that contributed to a growing disaffection with the wealth and power of the...
22: ...stry. Accumulation of surplus, competitive [[overproduction]], and heightened competition to maximize ...
24: ...e stimulated, landowners increasingly moved away from the [[Manorialism|manorial]] economy. Woolen man... - Hittites (17910 bytes)
1: ...age of Boğazk?n north-central [[Turkey]]), through most of the second millennium BC.
3: ...endent city-states, some of which survived until around 700 BC.
5: ...g of the 2nd millennium BC and spoke a non-Indo-European language — conventionally called [[Hatt...
7: ...chs (Bible)|Patriarch]]s up to [[Ezra]]'s return from [[Babylonian captivity of Judah|Babylonian capti...
12: ...e neither Hattic nor Assyrian, but clearly Indo-European. - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
1: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
2: ...largest expedition of the 16th and 17th century through the southeast and midwest of today's [[United ...
5: ...doba]] on his discovery and colonization voyage through [[Nicaragua]] and [[Honduras]].
6: ...an ex-officer of Davila, had tried to break away from him. De Soto denunciated the treason and defeate...
11: ...he Inca ruler [[Atahualpa]] when he preceded Pizarro to Cajamarca on their invasion march. After Atahu... - 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...
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