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- Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
9: ...eth was a short-tempered and sometimes indecisive ruler. This last quality, viewed with impatience by ...
11: The reign was marked by prudence in the granting of [[British honours system|...
18: ...l-being, particularly since a fearful Anne had entrusted her daughter's spiritual welfare to Parker be...
20: ...abeth also inherited her mother's delicate bone structure, physique and facial features. Luckily, she ...
27: ...d; by the end of that year, when Mary was falsely rumoured to be pregnant, Elizabeth was allowed to re... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
44: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] ([[1595]]-[[1654]])
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
210: *[[Rush Brown]] ([[1948]]-)
211: *[[Jan Brueghel the Elder]] ([[1568]]-[[1625]]) - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: '''Galileo Galilei''' ([[Pisa]], [[February 15]], [[1564]] – [[Arcetri]], [[January ...
22: ...ations of them in [[1620]]. Later astronomers overruled Galileo's naming of these objects, changing hi...
37: ...o Viviani]], it is not now generally accepted as true. However, Galileo did perform [[experiment]]s in...
62: ...s. As a geometric instrument, it enabled the construction of any regular [[polygon]], computation of t...
66: ...first to use a [[refracting telescope]] as an instrument to observe stars, planets or moons. - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
4: ...raz]], court mathematician to [[Rudolf II|Emperor Rudolf II]], and court astrologer to [[Albrecht von ...
61: ...without knowledge of the [[abstract]] and general rules, but he saw compiling prognostications as a ju...
65: ...1624]]. As court mathematician, he explained to [[Rudolf II]] the horoscopes of the [[Emperor Augustus...
78: * ''Tabulae Rudolphinae'' ([[1627]])
83: *Bruce Stephenson: ''Kepler's physical astronomy''. Ne... - 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: ...; in fashion, Bacon failed to become solicitor in 1595. To console him for these disappointments Essex ... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...olitics|political]], and [[economics|economic]] structures.
25: The first truly successful English colony was established in [[...
29: ...icated that the entire region was, at the time, struck by the most severe [[drought]] in centuries. [[...
35: ... contrast with the highly developed social infrastructure of colonial New England.
56: ...other important example is [[Anne Hutchinson]] ([[1595]] - [[1643]]), an intelligent and charismatic wom... - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
9: ... copper engraving of maps. He wrote the first instruction book of italic script to be published in nor...
14: ...87]] after his father's map of 1567 (published in 1595)]]
15: ...ublished in [[1595]] after his death by his son [[Rumold Mercator]].
22: ...rld and its Form) by Gerardus Mercator, Duisburg, 1595; Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Library of Cong... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
11: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] (1595 - 1654)
42: *[[Filippo Brunelleschi]]
173: *[[Wilhelm Lehmbruck]]
182: *[[Bruce McLean]]
252: *[[François Rude]] (1784 - 1855) - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
7: ...eportedly named after his [[godfather]] [[Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford]]. As with many of Drak...
12: ...ces executed a surprise attack in violation of a truce agreed to a few days before, nearly costing Dra...
13: ...and encouraged Drake's raids, signed a temporary truce with King [[Philip II of Spain]], and so was un...
54: ...aring career continued into his mid fifties. In [[1595]], following a disastrous campaign against the Sp...
58: ...England is ever in peril, if Sir Francis Drake's drum is beaten, he will return to save the country. - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
23: ...Albitskij|Vladimir Aleksandrovich Al'bitskij]] ([[Russia]])
35: *[[Petrus Apianus]] ([[Germany]], [[1495]] – [[1557]...
69: *[[Sergei Ivanovich Belyavsky]] ([[Russia]], [[1883]] – [[1953]])
75: *[[Biruni]] ([[Persia]] [[973]] - [[1048]])
85: *[[Rudjer Josip Boscovich|Ruđer Josip Bošković]] ([[Dalmatia]],... - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
2: ...[Bhakti]], [[monism]], [[Vedic]] metaphysics, [[guru]] ideal, and [[bhajan]]s) as well as [[Sufi|Sufi ...
4: ...is, "There is no Hindu, there is no Muslim." [[Guru Gobind Singh]] reinforced these words by saying "...
6: ...e (Five Beloved Ones), who in turn baptised the Guru at his request.
8: ...]] in AD [[1604]].(Although some of the earlier gurus are also known to have documented their revelati...
10: ...nally One, the Sovereign and omnipotent God (the Truth of Love). - Aztec (38742 bytes)
25: Cities under Aztec rule seem to have paid heavy [[tribute]]s immediatel...
27: Archaeological excavations in the Aztec-ruled provinces show a steady increase in the welfar...
29: The main contribution of the Aztec rule was a system of communications between the conq...
49: ... see an [[eagle]] devouring a snake perched on a fruit-bearing [[nopal]] cactus. (It was said that Hu...
68: ==The Structure of Aztec Society== - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
29: ...m km² (1902); 19.9m km² maximum extent (1595)
38: | [[Akce]], [[Kurus]], [[Lira]]
45: ...be of [[Oghuz Turks]] in western [[Anatolia]] and ruled by the [[Osmanlı]] dynasty. In diplomatic...
55: ...soldiers and arms were sent to support [[Muslim]] rulers in [[Kenya]] and [[Aceh]] and to defend the O...
57: ...sia]], the [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]], [[Russia]] and [[Austria-Hungary]]. There was a long s... - Babylonia (8254 bytes)
5: ...0]]–[[1750 BC]]). He was a highly efficient ruler, famous for the code of laws that he laid down...
7: ...s continued for 100 years under different foreign rulers. Then, for some 500 years, Babylon was oversh...
11: ...627 BC with the death of the last strong Assyrian ruler, [[Ashurbanipal]], and Babylonia rebelled unde...
15: ... kingdom, leaving his son [[Belshazzar]] (''Belsharutsur'') in command of the army.
17: ...re the services continued without interruption. Cyrus did not arrive until the 3rd of ''Marchesvan'' (... - Sumer (14409 bytes)
10: ...e dedicated to the patron [[god]] of the city and ruled over by a king, who was intimately tied to the...
12: ... [[Eridu]], [[Kish (Sumer)|Kish]], [[Lagash]], [[Uruk]], [[Ur]], and [[Nippur]]. As these cities devel...
14: ...t that Gilgamesh really was a historical king of Uruk.
16: ...nnexed practically all of Sumer, including Kish, Uruk, Ur, and [[Larsa]], and reduced to tribute the c...
18: ...verthrew the primacy of the Lagash dynasty, took Uruk, making it his capital, and claimed an empire ex... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...Order of Knights of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem'' or ''Knights of Malta'' or ''Knights of Rh...
5: ...aschid of [[Egypt]] to rebuild the hospice in [[Jerusalem]]. The hospice, which was built on the site ...
7: ...up just cared for those pilgrims who made it to Jerusalem but the order soon extended into providing a...
9: ...r Hospitallers, at the height of the Kingdom of Jerusalem the Hospitallers held seven great forts and ...
15: ...g islands, as well as the Anatolian ports of [[Bodrum]] and [[Castellorizon]]. - Atlas (cartography) (4308 bytes)
9: ...l maps made by Ptolemy, or whether they were constructed by [[medieval]] [[Greek]] scholars from Ptole...
13: ...n [[May 20]], [[1570]]. His "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum", contained 53 map-sheets covering the countries...
15: ...escription of the Universe) (Duisburg, [[1585]]-[[1595]]).
23: ...or title-pages of atlases. This is particularly true of atlases published by Dutch publishers during ...
34: *[[Atlas Mira]] (Russia)
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