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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
32: ...[Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen]], [[Russians|Russian]] explorer
39: *[[James Bruce]]
40: *[[William S. Bruce]], (1867-1921) Scottish explorer of Antarctica
41: *[[Cornelis de Bruijn]], (1652-1727), Dutch traveler and artist
77: *[[Simon Dezhnev|Semyon Dezhnev]], [[Russians|Russian]] explorer, first European who sailed throug... - 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. - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
36: *[[Johannes Agricola|Agricola, Johannes]], (1494-1566), Protestant reformer
53: *[[Ruben Aguirre|Aguirre, Ruben]], (born 1934), Mexican actor - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
7: ...toinette's mother, the Empress Maria-Theresa, had ruled the Austrian Empire for fifteen years before A...
15: ...g which had being going on intermittently since [[1494]] would finally end. [[Louis XV]]'s heir was his ...
22: ...'s personal wedding gift to her. It was a fan, encrusted with diamonds.
25: ...mpotent]], but this was not the case. Nor was it true that he suffered from [[phimosis]]. Rather, it s...
34: ...Comte Mercy d'Argenteau, who reported with great frustration that she was doing nothing to further [[A... - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: ...]] and study of the [[Earth]], its composition, structure, physical properties, history, and the proce...
3: ...hosphere]], which includes the [[Crust (geology)|crust]], is fragmented into [[tectonic plates]] that ...
7: ...etween earthly and [[Theology|theological]] jurisprudence.
14: Georg Agricola (1494-1555) wrote the first systematic treatise about [...
38: ...rock. There are a number of different types of intrusions, including stocks, [[laccolith]]s, [[batholi... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
7: ...gol]]s had threatened Europe with pillage and destruction they also unified much of Eurasia creating t...
15: ...nk the Muslim states of North Africa was seen as crucial to their survival. At the same time the Iberi...
18: ... made contact with the [[Kingdom of Kongo]]. The crucial breakthrough was in [[1487]] when [[Bartolome...
22: ...utes and colonies overseas. In [[1492]] the joint rulers of the nation decided to fund [[Christopher C...
24: ... critical. It resolved by Papal intervention in [[1494]] when the [[Treaty of Tordesillas]] divided the ... - Jamaica (16893 bytes)
67: ...n [[1655]]. During its first 200 years of British rule, Jamaica became the world's largest [[sugar]] e...
71: .... Jamaica celebrated the tricentennial of British rule in 1955.
100: ...he Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) in fighting drug smuggling and a rising crime rate which includes...
135: ...as, since the early 1980's, sought to implement structural reforms aimed at fostering private sector a...
146: ...ed out by the Spanish soon after their arrival in 1494. These Tainos (sub-Arawaks) were known for archer... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
210: *[[Rush Brown]] ([[1948]]-)
211: *[[Jan Brueghel the Elder]] ([[1568]]-[[1625]])
212: *[[Jan Brueghel the Younger]] ([[1601]]-[[1678]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
8: *[[1494]]-[[Treaty of Tordesillas]] divides the New World... - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
6: ...r the Duke's brother instead. From [[1486]] to [[1494]] (except the year [[1487]]-[[1488]], which he ma...
10: ...o died of the plague that year, and by [[Antoine Brumel]] in [[1506]], who stayed until the disbanding...
14: ...ecretary with the interesting comment "It may be true that Josquin is a better composer, ...but [[Hein...
18: ...Josquin were published by [[Ottaviano Petrucci|Petrucci]], [[Pierre Attaignant]] (1533), [[Tielman Sus... - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
3: ... key figure in [[realist]] [[political theory]], crucial to European statecraft during the [[Renaissan...
10: ...f Florence after the expulsion of the Medici in [[1494]], travelling to European courts in [[France]], [...
12: ...posedly involved in a conspiracy to oppose Medici rule. He was briefly imprisoned, and tortured, in th...
25: ... Epoch without dogmatic constraints! His insight truly is novel!
33: ... legendary handbook on how to become and remain a ruler. - Florence (11538 bytes)
1: ...dom of Italy. Florence was long ruled ([[1434]]-[[1494]], [[1512]]-[[1527]] and [[1530]]-[[1737]]) by th...
17: ...ne]], [[Ostrogothic]], [[Lombard]] and [[Frankish rule]], during which the population may have fallen ...
19: ...ti]]. (See [[Guelphs and Ghibellines]].) These struggles eventually led to the exile of the White Gue...
23: ...78]] rose up in a brief revolt against oligarchic rule in the [[Revolt of the Ciompi]]. After their su...
25: ...Piero's exile in 1494, the first period of Medici rule ended with the restoration of a republican gove... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
89: *[[Isaac ben Moses Arama]], (1420-1494){{fn|R}}
120: *[[Averroes]] (or ''Ibn Rushd''), (1126-1198){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
158: *[[Bruno Bauer]], (1809-1882){{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
231: *[[Rudjer Boscovich]], (1711-1787){{fn|C}}
257: *[[Constantin Brunner]], (1862-1937) - Chile (capsicum) (7837 bytes)
1: ...a [[Spanish language|Spanish]] ''chile'') is the fruit of the plant ''[[Capsicum]]'' from the nightsha...
9: Cultivated since prehistoric times in [[Peru]] and [[Mexico]], it was discovered in the [[Cari...
11: ...nd first wrote about their medicinal effects in [[1494]].
19: * ''Capsicum frutescens'', which includes the [[cayenne pepper|cay...
24: ...icum1.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Assorted [[paprika]] fruits from Mexico]] - History of Italy during foreign domination and the unification (3859 bytes)
10: ...aly unopposed. Charles entered [[Naples]] on [[February 22, 1495 and was crowned on May 12. In Novembe...
39: ...g the new state did not include Rome (under papal rule until [[1870]]) and the north-eastern provinces... - Caterpillar track (7234 bytes)
1: ...] and certain other off-road vehicles. Unlike the rubber-made [[Kegresse tracks]] used on [[snowmobile...
6: A crude caterpillar track was designed in 1770 by Richa...
12: ...Caterpillar tracks have since revolutionized construction vehicles and land [[warfare]]. The tracks sy...
14: ...chaeology|experimental archaeologists]] to reconstruct these methods have met with variable success. T...
18: ...zkum מזקו"ם ''(or זחלים for short), which en... - Lichen (7988 bytes)
3: [[image:Lichen.jpg|thumb|230 px|right|Crustose and foliose lichens on a wall]]
5: ...se.jpg|thumb|230 px|right|''Usnea australis'', a fruticose form, growing on a tree branch]]
12: ==Morphology and structure==
14: ... (crustose lichens); others adopt shrubby forms (fruticose lichens); and there are gelatinous lichens ...
16: ...ctures made from fungal metabolites, for example crustose lichens sometimes have a polysaccharide laye...
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