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- Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
3: ...ry and religious paintings, at a time when such heroic themes were considered beyond a mere woman's re...
6: ===The Roman Beginning===
7: ...ince her father's style took heavily inspiration from [[Caravaggio]] during that period, her style was...
12: ... restore her reputation, he later reneged on his promise and Orazio reported Tassi to the authorities.
14: ...ure to a painter. Both procedures were used to corroborate the truth of her allegation, the torture de... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
39: ...egion were the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] in the early 1630's, who formed a settlement at present-day [[Jerse...
41: ...|Sir George Carteret]] and [[John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton|Lord Berkeley of Stratton]]...
43: ...[[George Carteret|Sir George Carteret]], Jersey's Royalist Governor, was gifted a large tract of land ...
45: ...ovinces were united under a royal, rather than a proprietary, governor.
51: ...ar for Independence, British and American armies crossed New Jersey several times. - Achilles Tatius (1791 bytes)
1: ...passages and digressions, although tedious and introduced without adequate reasons, are the best part ...
3: ...gion'' of [[Petavius]], with a Latin translation, 1630. Nothing definite is known as to the authorship o... - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
1: ...of Saint Peter, portrayed by Viviano Codazzi in a 1630 painting, is the largest church in Christendom an...
2: ...[[Bishop of Antioch]] and later first [[Bishop of Rome]]. Tradition holds that his [[tomb]] is below ...
4: ...throne of the basilica's namesake when he led the Roman church, but which is no longer used. These ar...
8: ...ry. After [[Constantine I of the Roman Empire|Emperor Constantine]] officially recognized Christianity...
10: ...t. [[Pope Nicholas V]] asked architect [[Bernardo Rossellino]] to start adding to the old church. This... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] an...
44: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] ([[1595]]-[[1654]])
46: *[[Alessandro Allori]] ([[1577]]-[[1621]])
52: *[[Altichiero]] ([[1320]]-[[1395]])
54: *[[Rodolfo Amoedo]] ([[1857]]-[[1941]]) - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: ...es that confude prey trapped inside ]]A '''carnivorous plant''' is a [[plant]] that derives some or mo...
3: ...ally [[insect]]s and other [[arthropod]]s. Carnivorous plants usually
4: grow in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutr...
5: ...[nitrogen]], such as acidic [[bog]]s and rock outcroppings.
6: ...n]] wrote the first well-known treatise on carnivorous plants in 1875. - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...]] also refers to him as the last scientific [[astrologer]].
4: ... to [[Rudolf II|Emperor Rudolf II]], and court astrologer to [[Albrecht von Wallenstein|General Wallen...
6: ...ity Linz]] in honor of Johannes Kepler, since he wrote his ''magnum opus'' '''harmonices mundi''' ("Th...
11: ...the other pupils, an outsider. This ostracizing probably led him to turn to the world of ideas, as we...
13: ...ook at it." At age nine, he observed another astronomical event, the [[Lunar eclipse]] of [[1580]], ... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...yist]]. He was knighted in [[1603]], created '''Baron Verulam''' in [[1618]], and created '''Viscount ...
4: ...mplies drawing knowledge from the natural world through experimentation, observation, and testing of h...
10: ... 13, living for three years there with his older brother [[Anthony Bacon]].
14: ...ilosophy, which seemed barren, disputatious, and wrong in its objectives.
16: ...[Gray's Inn]], and a few months later they went abroad with Sir [[Amias Paulet]], the English ambassad... - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
3: ...eline of United States history]] concerns events from '''1600 to 1699'''.
13: *[[1609]]-The [[United Provinces]] ([[the Netherlands]]) lays claim to the [...
17: ...ed to [[Jamestown, Virginia|Jamestown]] by [[John Rolfe]]
22: *[[1620]]-[[Pilgrims]] arrive from [[Plymouth]], England, on the ''[[Mayflower (shi...
25: ...chusetts Bay Colony]] founded, led by [[John Winthrop]] - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ... Virginia|Jamestown]], and the [[convict]]s of [[Province of Georgia|Georgia]] each came to the new co...
4: ...features no matter what sort of colony it sprang from. By the late [[18th century]], these different ...
8: ===Europe===
9: ...ring]] technologies needed to make long voyages across open water.
11: ...lear that the first nation to find a direct trade route to the [[East Indies|"Indies"]] would benefit ... - Saint Peter (16028 bytes)
2: ... of later [[Christianity]]. Furthermore, most [[Protestant]]s do not use the title of saint in refere...
4: ...rding to tradition, Saint Peter is buried in the grottoes underneath the [[Basilica of Saint Peter]] i...
8: ... I also say to you that you are Peter and on this rock I will build my church" (Matthew 16:17-19). In...
13: ...[[Gospel of John|John]] 1:40-42), along with his brother [[Saint Andrew|Andrew]]. Seeing them cast a n...
15: ...oid being arrested himself. When he heard a cock crow, he remembered what Jesus had said, and wept. (M... - Jan Brueghel the Younger (1191 bytes)
6: ... father's signature. His work is distinguishable from that of his parent by being less well executed a...
8: ...er artists such as [[Hendrick van Balen]] as backgrounds. - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ...'' was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[philosopher]], [[astronomer]], and [[occultist]] executed as a [[heresy|...
9: ... [[Egypt]]. They are now believed to date mostly from about [[300]] A.D. and to be associated with [[N...
11: ...her influences included [[Thomas Aquinas]], [[Averroes]], [[Duns Scotus]], [[Marsilio Ficino]], and [[...
13: ...d the attention of the [[Inquisition]]. He left [[Rome]] for the same reason and abandoned the Dominic...
15: ...ion. At this time, he began to gain fame for his prodigious memory. Bruno's feats of memory were appar... - March 22 (9294 bytes)
5: ...his son [[Gordian II]] are proclaimed [[Roman emperors]].
7: ...]] Indians kill 347 [[England|English]] settlers around [[Jamestown, Virginia]], a third of the colony...
8: *[[1630]] - [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] outlaws the poss...
9: *[[1638]] - [[Anne Hutchinson]] is expelled from [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] for religious disse...
10: ...ct 1765|Stamp Act]], the first direct tax levied from [[England]] on the American colonies. - Boston, Massachusetts (36071 bytes)
9: founded = [[September 17]], [[1630]] |
17: metro pop = 5.8 million |
25: ...cknames include "Beantown", "The Hub" (shortened from [[Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.|Oliver Wendell Holm...
27: ...Greater Boston]] is one of the top-ten largest metropolitan areas in the United States, the fifteenth ...
31: ... House (Boston)|Old State House]] in Boston is surrounded by tall buildings of the 19th and 20th centu... - Lansing, Michigan (6961 bytes)
12: founded = [[September 17]], [[1630]] |
20: metro pop = 455,836|
29: ...also controls two non-contiguous tracts of land through conditional land transfer agreements with [[Me...
30: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
31: ...comprised of rolling plains, Lansing's and its surrounding areas have many farms, forests, and meadows... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
15: *[[Robert Adrain]] (Ireland)
18: *[[Ahmes]] (Egypt, roughly around [[17th century BC]])
21: *[[al-Marrakushi ibn Al-Banna]] (Morocco, [[1256]] - [[1321]])
24: *[[Jean le Rond d'Alembert]] (France, [[1717]] - [[1783]])
25: *[[Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov]] (Russia, [[1912]] - [[1999]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
8: *[[Marc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[...
18: *[[Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs]] ([[Germany]], [[1912]] – [[1954]])
20: *[[Robert Grant Aitken|Robert Aitken]], ([[United States|USA]], [[1864]] &n...
23: *[[V. Albitskij|Vladimir Aleksandrovich Al'bitskij]] ([[Russia]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
11: *[[John Abercrombie]], (1780-1844)
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
22: *[[Robert Adamson]], (1852-1902) - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
2: ... Granth Sahib]], the Sikh holy book. It departs from some of the social traditions and structure of [...
4: ...ain ritualistic practices that distracted people from focusing on [[God]]. He wanted to go beyond what...
6: ...s successor and to lead the Sikh community. This procedure was continued, and the tenth and last Guru,...
10: ...rance that it is a blend of insights originating from two very different faiths. Sikhism's coherence i...
12: ...es (consumerism). This materialism prevents them from seeing the ultimate reality, as God created matt...
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