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- Ionic order (6526 bytes)
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4: ...e goddess: it could scarcely have been in a more prominent location for its brief lifetime. A longer-l...
6: ...that when a Greek Ionic order was eventually reintroduced, in the later [[18th century]] [[Greek Reviv...
8: ...en when the height of the column was exaggerated. Roman fluting leaves a little of the column surface ...
10: ...], he left colossal Ionic columns unfluted on the Roosevelt memorial at the [[American Museum of Natur... - Aristarchus (4292 bytes)
1: ... known as the "[[Greek]] [[Copernicus]]"). His astronomical ideas were not well-received and were subo...
3: ...d]] [[3999 Aristarchus]], both named after the astronomer.''
7: ...esis]] of the heliocentric model. [[Archimedes]] wrote:
9: ...ch he supposes the Earth to revolve bears such a proportion to the distance of the fixed stars as the ...
11: ...pparently quite strong, as the following passage from [[Plutarch]] suggests (''On the Apparent Face in... - Cartography (10500 bytes)
3: ...t can be manipulated digitally. The cartographic process rests on the premise that there is an objecti...
6: [[Image:Radkarte_MKL1888.png|thumb|World map from the [[Middle Age]]s.]]
7: The oldest known map dates from the [[5th millennium BCE]]. The oldest maps emph...
9: ...e periodic flooding of the [[Nile]] obscured the property borders.
11: ... of universe (see [[heliocentric theory]]). In approximately [[250s BCE|250 BCE]], [[Eratosthenes]] of... - Aeschines (2644 bytes)
3: ...political arena, and he was sent on an embassy to rouse the [[Peloponnesus]] against [[Philip of Maced...
7: ...[[Amphictyon]]ic Council, he made a speech which brought about the [[Sacred War]].
9: ...heir speeches ''Against Ctesiphon'' and ''On the Crown''. The result was a complete victory for Demost...
11: ... a school of rhetoric. He afterwards removed to [[Samos]], where he died in the seventy-fifth year of his...
15: Demosthenes, ''De Corona and De Falsa Legatione''; Aeschines, ''De Falsa... - Alcibiades (7778 bytes)
5: ...s at the [[Battle of Coronea (447 BC)|Battle of Coronea]] ([[447 BC]]), became his guardian.
6: Thus early deprived of his father's control, possessed of great personal beauty and the heir...
8: From [[Protagoras]], [[Prodicus]], and others he learnt to laugh at the comm...
18: From this time he took a prominent part in Athenian politics during the [[Pelo...
20: ...opportunity for the realization of his ambitious projects, which included the conquest of [[Sicily]], ... - Pythagoras (10747 bytes)
9: ...e). As a young man he left his native city for [[Croton]] in Southern [[Italy]] to escape the [[tyrann...
11: ...virtue and form an [[elite]] circle of followers around himself. Very strict rules of conduct governe...
13: ..., reading and philosophical study. We may infer from this that participants required some degree of w...
16: ...trayed on [[Roman empire|Roman]] [[coin]]s from [[Samos]]]]
17: ...ual, dietary and other [[taboo]]s, including the proper way to stir a fire or place one's shoes before... - Aristotle (37648 bytes)
3: ...guage|Greek]]: Αριστοτέλης
4: ...ophers in [[Western world|Western]] thought. He wrote many books about [[physics]], [[poetry]], [[zoo...
6: == Introduction ==
8: ...deas are therefore known to us only indirectly, through Plato and a few other writers. The writings of...
10: ...logue itself which guides the interlocutors away from the paths to truth. The soul alone can have know... - 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... - 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) - Peloponnesian War (15884 bytes)
5: ... power, took the leadership of the league and controlled its treasury. Over the following decades, Ath...
7: ... prosperous Athenian empire would have been disastrous for the Megarans. The decree was likely a great...
11: ...Athens drew its immense wealth from tribute paid from these islands. Thus, the two powers were relativ...
13: ... known as [[helots]], needed to be kept under control, and could not be left unsupervised for long per...
15: ...a siege by the invading Peloponnesians) wiped out roughly one quarter of the Athenian population, incl... - Aegean Sea (2751 bytes)
1: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
3: ...omicron;ν Πέλαγος''', ''Aigaion Pelagos''; [[Turkish lang...
5: ...; and [[Aegeus]], the father of [[Theseus]], who drowned himself in the sea when he thought his son ha...
7: ... inhabited by [[Iran|Persia]]ns, [[Roman Republic|Romans]], the [[Byzantine Empire]], the [[Venice|Ven...
9: ...s are [[volcano|volcanic]], and [[marble]] and [[iron]] are mined on other islands. The larger islands... - Hipparchus (astronomer) (50785 bytes)
2: ...r crater)|Hipparchus lunar crater]] and the [[asteroid]] [[4000 Hipparchus]].
4: ...t 14 books, only his commentary on the popular astronomical poem by [[Aratus]] has been preserved by l...
8: ...m [[Strabo]]'s ''Geographia'' ("Geography"), and from [[Pliny the Elder]]'s ''[[Pliny's Natural Histor...
10: ...04;znik, Turkey|İznik]] in province [[Bursa Province | Bursa]]), in what today is [[Turkey]].
14: ...t observations. Hipparchus obtained information from [[Alexandria]] as well as [[Babylon]], but it is... - Hipparchus (50784 bytes)
1: ...r crater)|Hipparchus lunar crater]] and the [[asteroid]] [[4000 Hipparchus]].
3: ...t 14 books, only his commentary on the popular astronomical poem by [[Aratus]] has been preserved by l...
7: ...m [[Strabo]]'s ''Geographia'' ("Geography"), and from [[Pliny the Elder]]'s ''[[Pliny's Natural Histor...
9: ...04;znik, Turkey|İznik]] in province [[Bursa Province | Bursa]]), in what today is [[Turkey]].
13: ...t observations. Hipparchus obtained information from [[Alexandria]] as well as [[Babylon]], but it is... - List of island countries (6641 bytes)
13: *[[Comoros]]
19: *[[Federated States of Micronesia]]
62: *[[Faroe Islands]]
92: *[[Comoros]]
93: *[[Federated States of Micronesia]] - Roman commerce (14626 bytes)
1: ...hile being at the same time part of its backbone. Romans were businessmen and the longevity of their e...
3: ...d minor uprisings, they gave a distinct flavor to Roman commerce.
5: ... tallying of [[Ancient Roman weights and measures|Roman measures]].
9: ... the soldiers and paid cash for any booty coming from military activities.
11: ...of around the 3rd century AD,. Itinerant pedlars (rochel) took spices and perfumes to the rural popula...
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