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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ...ould be possible to get around the planet without running out of food or getting stuck in windless reg...
9: ...pecies (both those harmful to humans, such as [[virus]]es, [[bacteria]], and [[parasite]]s, and benefi...
27: ...in Khios. It is believed that this is where he recruited some of his sailors.
46: ....99 meters or 6,082.66 feet at the equator). The true circumference of the earth is about 40,000 km (2...
52: ...had united the largest kingdoms of Spain and were ruling them together. - Steel (28384 bytes)
8: ...]] into the atmosphere, iron can be found in the crust only in combination with [[oxygen]] or [[sulfur...
11: ...ble form of iron is the [[body-centered cubic]] structure '''[[ferrite]]''' or '''α-iron''', a f...
13: ...rrite. Martensite has a very similar unit cell structure to austenite, and identical chemical composi...
21: ...other hand [[sulfur]], [[nitrogen]], and [[phosphorus]] make steel more brittle, so these commonly fou...
23: ...hen heat-treated to produce a desirable crystal structure, and often "cold worked" to produce the fina... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
45: ..., (1978-2005), Puerto Rican who was convicted of drug dealing in the Laura Hernandez case
110: *[[Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg]], (ruled 1292-1298), German emperor - Isabella of Jerusalem (7928 bytes)
1: [[Image:Isabella-Jerusalem.jpg|right]]
3: ...sh;1205. She was the daughter of [[Amalric I of Jerusalem]] and his second wife [[Maria Comnena]], a g...
11: ... 10 years, during which time the kingdom would be ruled by a regent. According to this settlement, bot...
17: .... Conrad wanted the now almost vacant throne of Jerusalem, and his allies had argued that Isabella's m...
19: ...royal family and finally succeeded as [[King of Jerusalem]] in 1192 after a two-year interregnum durin... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...ne the Great''', reigned as [[tsar|empress]] of [[Russia]] from [[June 28]], [[1762]], to her death on...
5: ...y 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to have been killed by Catherine's supporter...
11: ...ion, granting the government greater control over rural areas because of the peasant revolt. This proc...
13: ...eat instituted several drastic reforms within the Russian society. First, she established the [[Free E...
17: ... creation of a "Northern Accord" between Russia, Prussia, Poland, Sweden, and perhaps Great Britain, t... - Chromosome (12667 bytes)
2: ...|nucleus]], where it wraps around [[histone]]s (structural [[protein]]s, Fig. 1), and where this compo...
5: ...romere. The ends of the chromosomes are special structures called ''[[telomere]]s''. DNA replication b...
13: ...sists of mostly inactive DNA. It seems to serve structural purposes during the chromosomal stages. Het...
19: ...ite of their appearance, chromosomes are highly structured (Fig. 2). For example, genes with similar f...
37: <td>[[Drosophila melanogaster|Fruit fly]]</td> - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
5: ... there were many unique genres of art, such as [[Crusade art]] or [[animal style]].
19: ...ic, Slavic and other peoples during the [[V?rwanderung|Migration period]] from about 300-900 (to be co...
29: ... [[Gothic painting]] did not appear untill around 1200 (this date has many qualifications), when it dive...
93: **[[Andrei Rublev]] - Pottery (17136 bytes)
2: ...ttery that is fired at temperatures in the 800 to 1200 [[Celsius|?C]] range, which does not vitrify in t...
4: ...re generally used only for relatively easily constructed utensils such as pots, cups, bowls, etc., and...
16: ... and individual techniques, where pieces are constructed from hand-rolled coils, slabs, ropes and ball...
32: ...ed clays can then be joined without significant structural problems. Members of commercial clay "fami...
34: ...he metalwork technique of the same name, involves rubbing the surface of the piece with a polished sur... - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
13: ...d from the side. The piece was excavated at [[Nimrud]] (in northern [[Mesopotamia]]), and was donated...
25: ...ean]] civilization covers the time period of 3000-1200 BC, during the [[Bronze Age]], in the area of the... - Silk (8683 bytes)
2: ...zed comes from the fibres triangular prism-like structure, which allows silk cloth to refract incoming...
30: ...ially in [[Lyon]]. The [[French Revolution]] interrupted production before [[Napoleon]] took power.
36: [[World War II]] interrupted the silk trade from Japan. Silk prices increa...
43: ...e of boiling silkworms alive in their cocoons is cruel.
60: ...f Material Life and the Thought of People, AD 600-1200''. Oxford University Press. - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
5: This conventional [[chronology]] of the [[Pharaoh|rulers]] of [[History of Egypt|ancient Egypt]], taki...
7: ...en dates shown here and in articles on particular rulers. Often there are also several possible spelli...
74: *Huni (Horus Qahedjet ?)
77: *[[Sneferu]] 2575-2551
107: ...istorian [[Manetho]], this is a group of 70 kings ruling 70 days: there is no evidence for this - it m... - Finland (29511 bytes)
1: ... land frontiers with [[Sweden]], [[Norway]] and [[Russia]] and a maritime border with [[Estonia]]. The...
33: | style="vertical-align: top;" | From [[Russia]]<br/>[[6 December]] [[1917]]<br/>[[22 Decemb...
51: ...by founds of [[flint]] from South Scandinavia and Russia, [[chisel]]s from [[Lake Onega]], and spearhe...
53: ...tensive contacts with [[Scandinavia]], Northern [[Russia]] and the Baltic region. There is not much wr...
57: ...ea — both in domestic Swedish debate and in Russian propaganda promising "liberation from Swedis... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...stly comprising [[Muslim]], [[Christian]], and [[Druze]] [[Israeli Arab|Arab]]s. The territory Israel ...
14: capital = [[Jerusalem]]<sup>[[#Footnotes|1]]</sup> |
19: largest_city = [[Jerusalem]] |
60: ...lation, see [[Destruction of Jerusalem]]). After crushing [[Bar Kokhba's revolt]] in [[135]], Emperor ...
62: ...pora|diaspora]]. However, the [[Mishnah]] and [[Jerusalem Talmud]], two of Judaism's most important re... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
60: ...t in feudal Sudan. Important kingdoms in the next 1200 years include [[Makuria]] and the [[Kingdom of Se...
66: ...economic development while under British colonial rule was focused in the North. Dissatisfaction culmi...
68: ...of the north-south civil war and a degree of self-rule. This led to a ten-year [[hiatus]] in the civil...
74: ... rebels reported that they remained in control of rural areas and others reports indicated that widesp...
83: ...dan)|National Congress Party]]. After 1997, the structure of regional administration was replaced by t... - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
2: ...[[Argentina]] on the south, and [[Chile]] and [[Peru]] on the west.<!--
59: ...tural]] techniques before it disappeared around [[1200]] A.D., probably because of extended [[drought]]....
62: ...e [[Napoleonic wars]], sentiment against colonial rule grew.
65: ...nce was proclaimed in [[1809]], but 16 years of struggle followed before the establishment of the repu...
71: ...of life and territory discredited the traditional ruling classes, while service in the army produced s... - Iron Age (8996 bytes)
10: ...y the metallurgy of the time. By [[1600 BC]] to [[1200 BC]], iron was used increasingly in the [[Middle ...
13: ...ory of iron and steelmaking]]), dating to circa [[1200 BC]].
17: ... wrought iron, charcoal, and glass were mixed in crucibles and heated until the iron melted and absorb...
38: ... century AD]] in non-Romanised parts. Defensive structures dating from this time are often impressive,...
41: ...] (such as [[red soil]]), because its high phosphorus content can be identified in [[slag]]. Together ... - Writing system (16928 bytes)
10: :* a set of rules and conventions understood and shared by a com...
11: ...alled by the interpretation of these elements and rules;
15: ...as a term which describes the set of elements and rules themselves.
23: ...script]] may have evolved independently, around [[1200 BC]].
43: ...t different languages. In practice, this is only true for closely related languages, like the dialects... - Geologic time scale (26014 bytes)
15: ..., among others) divided the rocks of the Earth's crust into four types: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, ...
19: ...a. The "Permian," though defined using strata in Russia, was delineated and named by a British geolog...
23: ...y and a half, geologists and paleontologists constructed time scales based solely on the relative posi...
73: ...ar. [[Ammonite]]s, [[Belemnoidea|belemnites]], [[rudist]]s, [[Echinoidea|echinoid]]s and [[Porifera|s...
137: ...nd [[Atrypida|atrypid]] [[brachiopod]]s, [[Rugosa|rugose]] and [[Tabulata|tabulate]] corals, and [[cri... - Civilization (29205 bytes)
3: ...[Image:Machu-Picchu.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|The ruins of [[Machu Picchu]], "the Lost City of the Inc...
11: ...lized" behavior is contrasted with "barbaric" or crude behavior. In this sense, civilization implies s...
20: ... the people; or a [[state]] society, in which the ruling class is supported by a [[government]] or [[b...
21: * The institutionalized ownership of food by the ruling class, [[government]] or [[bureaucracy]]
28: ...side states and under their laws. The political structures of civilization have been superimposed on t... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: .... He was knighted in [[1603]], created '''Baron Verulam''' in [[1618]], and created '''Viscount St Alb...
16: ...e|Henry III]] afforded him valuable political instruction.
18: The sudden death of his father in February 1579 necessitated Bacon's return to England, a...
21: ...es his goals, which were threefold: discovery of truth, service to his country, and service to the chu...
25: ... Bacon took his seat for [[Middlesex]] when in February 1593 Elizabeth called a Parliament to investig...
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