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- Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
1: ...s presumptive]] she succeeded her father to the throne of Sweden upon his death at the [[Battle of L?(...
5: ...ef; colspan=2 align=center>[[Image:Swedish queen Drottning Kristina portrait by S颡stien Bourdon stor...
8: ...ign=top><td>'''Coronation'''<td>[[October 20]], [[1650]]
9: <tr valign=top><td>'''Royal motto'''
10: ... realm''") <!-- Official English version from www.royalcourt.se --> - 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... - Oboe (5230 bytes)
3: ...ant of the [[shawm]]. The word "oboe" is derived from the French word ''hautbois'', meaning "high wood...
7: ...er instruments. However, the advanced oboist can produce a rich, warm, and beautiful tone.
9: ...ywhere, now only in the [[United States]]; in [[Europe]] mostly 442 Hz and 443 Hz in [[Germa...
11: ...cally score for it and [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] wrote extensively for it. It was the main melody inst...
13: ...The commonly accepted range for the oboe extends from B♭3 to A6, nearly three octaves. In the c... - Horn (instrument) (19243 bytes)
2: ...ment was first developed in France in about 1650 from the ''cor de chasse'' or hunting horn, and has b...
6: ... typical [[playing range]] of a French horn goes from the written F at the bottom of the staff in [[ba...
12: ...ar the mouthpiece and rest the body of the horn across his arm so that only one hand was needed to pla...
14: ... horn itself. Less globally, given a particular crook, the vibration of the lips could be varied in s...
16: ...ooks without the effort of manually removing one from the horn and inserting a new one. At this same ... - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
2: ...Fourteenth dynasty of Egypt|Fourteenth dynasty]], roughly between [[1986 BC]] and [[1633 BC]].
5: ...ally dated to when [[Pharaoh]] [[Mentuhotep II]] from [[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]] defeated the last king ...
6: ...rovided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
8: ...ed, there was a smooth transition into the illusturous Twelfth dynasty. The first Pharaoh of the Twelf...
10: ...encies lasted throughout the Twelfth dynasty and provided great stability. - Ancient Egypt (16131 bytes)
1: ...]] of the [[Great Rift Valley|Nile Valley]] from around [[3300 BC]] until the conquest of [[Alexander ...
7: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
14: ...rpluses of water for use during the dry seasons. From the time of the [[First dynasty of Egypt|First d...
15: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
16: ...n Smith]] and [[Ebers papyrus|Ebers papyri]]. The roots of the [[Scientific method#History|Scientific ... - Maryland (22654 bytes)
11: Governor = [[Robert L. Ehrlich]] |
41: ...was granted to his son, [[C棩lius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore]], on [[June 20]], [[1632]]. The new ...
45: ..., and the [[William Penn|Penn family]], which controlled Pennsylvania, engaged two surveyors, [[Charle...
47: ...d until 1658 when the Calvert family regained control and re-enacted the Toleration Act.
51: In 1708 the seat of government was moved to Providence, renamed Annapolis in honor of [[Anne of G... - 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]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
3: ...eline of United States history]] concerns events from '''1600 to 1699'''.
7: *Some time between [[1600]]-[[1650]]-[[Mahican]] [[Confederacy]] founded
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... - History of California (38344 bytes)
1: ...k|This article covers the History of California through 1900; for events in the 20th century and beyon...
3: ...e known '''history of California''' begins with European exploration.
5: ...49, then with its fertile agricultural lands and prodigious oil fields, and finally with its high-tech...
11: ... Woman]] on [[Santa Rosa Island, California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces of a very early i...
13: ...othills collected [[acorn]]s from [[oak]] trees, ground them, and leached out the acidic [[tannin]] to... - Crossbow (7510 bytes)
1: [[Image:Crossbow1.png|right|Crossbow]]
2: ...ess played a significant role in the history of European medieval warfare and is still used in modern ...
5: ... of hand-held firearms may have been copied from crossbows.
7: ...consistent performance was part of what made the crossbow historically a significant force in warfare.
8: [[Image:Crossbow2.png|right|Crossbow]] - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
2: ...e a tsunami. The effects of a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to devastation.
4: ...hermen]] who returned to port to find the area surrounding the [[harbor|harbour]] devastated, although...
6: ...rred to as ''[[tidal wave]]s'' because as they approach land they take on the characteristics of a vio...
12: ...ceanic plates slip under continental plates in a process known as subduction.
14: ...and rocks slide downslope and are redistributed across the sea floor. Similarly, a violent submarine v... - Swimming (22854 bytes)
1: ...h [[human]]s (or other animals) move themselves through [[water]]. Swimming is a popular recreational ...
3: ....750pix.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Part of the breaststroke]]
5: ...e]]s, and by kicking the legs to push water away from the body.
7: ...rectly into distance, the same techniques that improve speed also aid one to move farther with the sam...
9: ...s possible parallel to the surface of the water. Drooped legs or a slanted torso dramatically increase... - Lute (15915 bytes)
1: ...d]]. The words 'lute' and 'oud' are both derived from [[Arabic language|Arabic]] ''al‘ud'', "the...
7: ...ed, that are held in place by friction in holes through the ''peg box''. (There are no gears or other ...
9: ...e frets are made of loops of gut tied completely around the neck. They fray with use, and must be repl...
11: ... The courses are numbered sequentially, counting from the highest pitched, so that the ''chantrelle'' ...
15: ...s use a simple loop of yarn from the tuning head around the player's neck and back.) - 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. - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Delano Roosevelt
14: | wife=[[Eleanor Roosevelt]]
18: '''Franklin Delano Roosevelt''' ([[January 30]], [[1882]]–[[April...
20: ...international organization to preserve peace was brought to fruition as the [[United Nations]] after h...
22: ...ational leadership, while dismantling his social programs. - Architectural history (13369 bytes)
1: ...onment (material tables, windows, roofs, paths) through the necessities of life (food, work, communion...
3: ...ntury]], architecture of the past was understood from a [[form|formal]] perspective, emphasizing the [...
5: ...nomenology|phenomenologically]]. Although both approaches identify architecture as a sort of language,...
7: ...ks to liberate its history and practice from inappropriate Western doctrines.
9: ...oss time — the changing frameworks traced across the many editions of [[Sir Banister Fletcher]]'... - 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]]) - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
2: ...obbes (portrait).jpg|thumb|Thomas Hobbes: detail from a portrait by John Michael Wright ([[National Po...
6: ...contemporary of [[Ren頄escartes|Descartes]] and wrote one of the replies to Descartes' ''Meditations....
10: ...Oxford University]]. Hobbes was a good pupil and around 1603 he was sent to Oxford and entered at Magd...
12: ...sh, 3rd Earl of Devonshire|William Cavendish]], Baron of Hardwick (and later [[Duke of Devonshire|Earl...
14: ...t democratic government could not survive war or provide stability and was thus undesirable.
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