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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...dentity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves o...
7: ...opulation, the ability to store and redistribute crops, and to support specialist craftsmen and admini...
9: == Into the Bronze Age ==
11: ...anxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[China]].
14: ...oral examplars, and one of them, the [[Yellow Emperor]], is sometimes said to be the ancestor of all C... - Crocus (3680 bytes)
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2: ...rus.jpg|250px|Crocus longiflorus]] | caption = ''Crocus longiflorus''}}
9: ...'''' }} {{Taxobox authority new | authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]}}
15: ...ivilization|Minoan]] frescos at [[Santorini]]), across Central Asia.
17: ...wither and die from a unseasonable "post-winter" frost or snowfall. - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[James Monroe]]
22: ...]] at the [[University of Leiden]]. He graduated from [[Harvard University]] in [[1787]], and was elec...
24: ...]], the daughter of an American merchant living abroad. Despite his father's opposition to him having ...
26: ...having been elected six months early after Adams broke with the Federalist Party.
28: ...14]], and Minister to [[United Kingdom|Britain]] from [[1815]] to [[1817]]. During this time, Adams an... - Set (mythology) (12196 bytes)
1: ...rovided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
2: ...' in ''Set'' was pronounced so indistinguishably from ''th'' that the greeks spelt it this way, as '''...
6: ...rnate form of his name, spelt ''Setesh'' (''stš''), and later ''Sutekh'' (''swtḫ''), desi...
8: ... fertile land around the Nile ([[Nepthys]]), and brother to death ([[Osiris]]), and life ([[Isis]]). S...
12: ...e. Since sandstorms were said to be under his control as lord of the desert, and were the main form of... - Thoth (5655 bytes)
1: ...oomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]'''Thoth''', pronounced "tot", is the [[Greek]] name given to '''D...
3: ...iod of Egyptian history]] a cult of Thoth gained prominence, and millions of [[ibis]]es were mummified...
5: ...[[Maഝ] stood next to Ra on the nightly voyage across the [[sky]].
7: ...have children. This tale is thought to originate from commemorating a change in the calendar system; o...
9: ...ion of his name is disputed, and may have been approximately Tee-HOW-ti. Thoth was a close companion o... - Ammonius Hermiae (1773 bytes)
1: ... of [[Hermias]] or Hermeias, a fellow-pupil of [[Proclus]]. He taught at [[Alexandria]], and had among...
3: Of his reputedly numerous writings, his commentaries on [[Plato]] and [[P...
6: ... published separately by J. C. Orelli, ''Alex. Aphrod., Ammonii, et aliorum de Fato quae supersunt'' (...
9: ...eparately, with Latin translation and scholia, at Leiden, 1621, at Helmstadt, 1666, and at Paris, 1850. - Pilgrims (4873 bytes)
1: ...English]] religious separatists who sailed from Europe to North America in the early [[17th century]],...
2: ==Experiences and politics in Europe==
3: ... the hands of their countrymen. They settled in [[Leiden]] for 12 years, but by [[1617]] a poor economy an...
4: ...ure provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
5: ... [[1620]] set sail on the ship ''[[Mayflower]]'' from [[Plymouth]], bound for the [[United States|Amer... - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...ristotle]]. In addition, his conflict with the [[Roman Catholic Church]] is taken as a major early ex...
7: ...ty teaching [[geometry]], [[mechanics]], and [[astronomy]] until [[1610]]. During this time he explore...
10: ...ters of science and to the separation of science from [[philosophy]] or religion. These are the primar...
14: ...search into Galileo's unpublished working papers from as early as [[1604]] clearly showed the reality ...
16: ==Astronomy== - Jan van Eyck (7234 bytes)
5: ...[Van Eyck]] family of painters and was a younger brother of [[Hubert van Eyck]].
7: ... court painters to [[Philip the Good|Philip of Charolais]].
9: ... of 100 [[livre tournois|livres]] per annum, and from that time till his death Jan van Eyck remained t...
11: ...ion, receiving extra pay for secret services at [[Leiden]], drawing his salary at [[Bruges]], yet settled ...
15: Numerous altarpieces and portraits now give proof of Van Eyck's extensive practice. As finished w... - Electricity (13894 bytes)
1: ...cussed under [[electrical phenomenon]] and [[electromagnetism]].
6: ...r]]", which came from an old [[root (linguistics)|root]] ''ēlek-'' = "shine".
8: ... is believed by some to have been used for [[electroplating]]. There is no firm documentary evidence t...
10: ...at [[Leiden University]] by [[Pieter van Musschenbroek]] in [[1745]]. [[William Watson (scientist)|Wi...
11: ...art provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]] - Egyptian soul (5527 bytes)
1: ...rovided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
5: ...al rope) was often used to surround the name and protect it for eternity. Conversely, the names of dec...
8: A person's [[shadow]] (''šwt'' in Egyptian) was always present. A person c...
14: ...ans also believed that the ''ka'' was sustained through food and drink. For this reason food and drink...
23: ... then a part of the Akh-Akh, the panoply of Akhs from other people, gods and [[animal]]s. In this syst... - Celtic mythology (25486 bytes)
1: ...t vestigial remnants of the mythologies of their Iron Age forebears, which were often recorded in writ...
4: ...ignificance [http://www.simplyscottish.com/readingroom/history/gaelic_druids.htm].
6: ...s not introduced to Celtic areas not conquered by Rome until the advent of [[Christianity]]; indeed, m...
9: ...ese divinities the Celts are described as holding roughly equal views as did other populations: Apollo...
11: ====The Problem with Caesar?s ?Equivalent? Roman Gods==== - Helium (36603 bytes)
5: | colspan="2" align="center" | [[hydrogen]] – '''helium'''
7: | rowspan="3" valign="center" | <br>'''He'''<br>...
23: | [[periodic table group|Group]], [[periodic table period|Period]], [[periodic...
24: | [[group 18 element|18 (VIIIA)]], [[period 1 element|1]]...
52: ...bgcolor="#c0ffff" | '''<font color="green">[[Electron]]ic data'''</font> - Bluebuck (1913 bytes)
15: ...e widespread during the last [[Ice Age]]. It was probably a selective feeder, preferring high-quality ...
17: ...imens show a blue colour, which may have derived from a mixture of black and yellow hairs. - Leyden jar (3953 bytes)
7: ... metal ball. Typical designs consist of an [[electrode]] and a plate, each of which stores an opposite...
10: ...g|thumb|left|222px|Leyden jars, Museum Boerhaave, Leiden [http://www.museumboerhaave.nl/]]]
14: ...scientific world, hence the jar was named after [[Leiden]], the home town of the [[university]].
16: ...e's law remains valid (a changing electric field produces a magnetic field). The displacement current ...
24: ...ugh surface area to discharge it. The conductors provide this surface area.
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