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- Hanging Gardens of Babylon (4963 bytes)
5: ...cavation of the palace at [[Babylon]] has been accrued, but does not completely substantiate what look...
15: ...tions. The land she came from, though, was green, rugged and mountainous, and she found the flat, sun-...
19: ...d. The pillars, [[vaults]], and terraces are constructed of baked brick and asphalt."
51: ...1493;יים בבבל]] - 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... - History of China (45919 bytes)
14: ...riod Sima Qian relates that a system of inherited rulership was established during the [[Xia Dynasty]]...
28: ... the Shang. The Zhou appeared to have begun their rule under a semi-feudal system. Nevertheless, power...
36: ...s soon as the Qin reign ended, the Qin imperial structure collapsed. The [[Qin Dynasty]] is well know...
44: ...n the midst of land acquisitions, invasions and struggles of [[consort clan]]s and [[eunuch]]s. The [[...
63: ...Northern Dynasties]], a sequence of local regimes ruling over regions north of [[Yangtze River|Yangtze... - 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...
15: ...strator and was stripped of his governorship in [[1500]].
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... - 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... - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
4: ...Amerigo Vespucci''' ([[March 9]], [[1454]] - [[February 22]], [[1512]]) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[mer...
10: ... that Vespucci was exaggerating his role and constructing deliberate fabrications, others have instead...
16: In [[1499]]–[[1500]], Vespucci joined an expedition led by [[Alonso ... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ...anguage|Hebrew]] '''גּוֹלְדָּה מֵ...
4: ==Born in the Russian empire==
6: ... father boarding up the front door in response to rumors of a [[pogrom]]. Her life there was tough; sh...
20: ...r kibbutz chose her to represent them at [[Histadrut]], the General Federation of Labor. By 1924, he...
22: ... to move to Tel Aviv, but her husband stayed in Jerusalem. They grew apart, but never divorced. The ch... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
14: ...y under torture as without it, the story must be true. At the end of the trial Tassi was imprisoned fo...
20: ...[Naples]]. After her mother's death in [[1651]], Prudenzia slipped into obscurity and little is known ...
24: ...ew of the great [[Michelangelo]]): busy with construction of a maison to celebrate the notable ancesto...
36: ...n home and raising her daughters. In addition to Prudenzia (born from the marriage with Pierantonio St...
52: ... [[Naples]] again, corresponding with Don Anontio Ruffo of [[Sicily]] who became her mentor and good c... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
8: ... she died between three and 15 years after the [[crucifixion]] of Jesus, can be found in the [[Apocryp...
15: ...history of Jesus is recorded: his going up to [[Jerusalem]] when twelve years of age, where he was fou...
27: ...ived. They took her to live in the [[Temple in Jerusalem]] when she was three years old, much like Ha...
31: ...nto [[Heaven]]. ("[[Mary's Tomb]]" - a tomb in Jerusalem is attributed to Mary, but it was unknown un...
40: ...jpg|thumb|140px|Right|Image from 17th century [[Peru]]vian [[cult]]]] - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ... Arc, [[painting|painted]] between [[1450]] and [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, [[P...
7: ...e|Charles VII]]). The groups were involved in a struggle over the government which allowed [[Henry V o...
16: ...f prominent clergy such as the [[Archbishop of Embrun]] and the prominent theologian [[Jean Gerson]], ...
24: ...g their allegiance in turn, a process which bore fruit largely due to Jeanne's "great diligence" (acco...
28: With a truce in effect, Jeanne didn't return to the field un... - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
11: ...''Sedot Yam'' and also joined the [[Haganah]]. February 4, 1942 she visited [[Caesarea]]. In 1943 she ...
17: ...nd buried in the cemetery on [[Mount Herzl]], [[Jerusalem]].
32: :''The rush of the waters,''
37: ...1497;גמר לעולם
39: :''החול והים - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
23: ...elhi]] and [[Alwar]] in [[India]], is the longest-running steam locomotive in regular service in the w...
29: ...y which form part of the public transport system, running to all-year-round timetables retain steam fo...
43: ...ntenance costs. The fuel for one early high-speed run from Chicago, Illinois to [[Denver, Colorado]] o...
52: ...fluid flywheel" which acts as a "second gear" for running at higher speeds.
63: ...o a [[diesel-electric]] locomotive - the turbines running at constant speed driving a generator, feedi... - 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...
25: ...0 and the development of regional styles from 900-1500.
93: **[[Andrei Rublev]] - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
13: ...d from the side. The piece was excavated at [[Nimrud]] (in northern [[Mesopotamia]]), and was donated...
31: ... in the shape of a bull was found in Knossos from 1500-1450 BC. In addition, there are many double-blad...
37: ...mask found in the royal tombs of Mycenae from ca. 1500 BC. Also found in a tomb were gold cups from [[V... - Glass (26176 bytes)
37: ...l concentrations (around 0.001%), produces a rich ruby-colored glass, while lower concentrations produ...
42: ...d of the mediterranean, a new invention caused a true revolution in the glass industry. This was the d...
69: ...ainted, although many glassblowers consider this crude. A significant exception is the collection of p...
71: ...|lampworked]] by [[Leopold Blaschka]] and his son Rudolph, who never revealed the method he used to ma...
85: ...tion, flat glass panels were generally made by extrusion or rolling; the surfaces were rarely opticall... - Printing (4400 bytes)
3: [[Image:Drukarnia-zlamywak.jpg|right|thumb|The [[folding mach...
15: ... Venice in 1469, and the city had 417 printers by 1500. In 1476, a printing press was developed in Engla...
40: * [[David Bruce]]
44: * [[Ivan Fedorov]], first [[Russia]]n printer
46: * [[Francysk Skaryna]], first [[Belarus]]ian printer - Jewellery (4234 bytes)
7: ... case of [[Christianity|Christians]] wearing a [[crucifix]] in the form of jewellery, or, as is the ca...
26: * 2500 BC - True iron production technology in [[Near East]].
30: * [[1500 BC]] - Earplugs and earrings become popular in Eg...
36: * 1000 BC - The start of true [[engraving]].
52: * [[1500 AD]] - The Renaissance - Blast furnace (4721 bytes)
4: ...rly furnaces had [[clay]] walls and used [[phosphorus]]-containing minerals as a [[flux (metallurgy)|f...
17:
23: ...cessing, the conversion to [[steel]] using the [[crucible technique]] was too expensive to operate on ... - Woodworking (12397 bytes)
13: ...ltars, etc.—and also contains extensive instructions concerning [[Feng Shui]], the ancient Chine...
28: ...ee where a branch divides from the trunk, or the trunk divides in two; typically an area of convoluted...
40: * flitch: a board in which the round of the trunk is still visible, a rough-cut board
74: ...of a sawn board where the bark or surface of the trunk remains
90: ...pairs [[stringed instruments|stringed musical instruments]] such as [[guitar]]s or [[violin]]s. - Greek language (35285 bytes)
3: |states=[[Greece]], [[Cyprus]], south [[Albania]], [[Southern Italy]], south ...
10: |nation=[[Greece]], [[Cyprus]] (and the [[European Union]])
32: ...s found in the [[Linear B]] tablets dating from [[1500 BC]]. The [[alphabet]] normally used, was probabl...
44: ...t 12 million people mainly in [[Greece]] and [[Cyprus]] but also in many other countries where Greeks ...
47: ... official language of the [[Cyprus|Republic of Cyprus]].
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