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- Esther (5002 bytes)
2: '''Esther''' ('''אֶסְתֵּר''', [[Standar...
5: ...ated to the [[Medes|Median]] word for myrtle, ''astra'' and the [[Persian language|Persian]] word ''sa...
14: ...mory of their wonderful deliverance. According to traditional Jewish dating this took place about fift...
16: ...instrument in the hand of [[God]] to avert the destruction of the Jewish people, and to afford them pr...
19: ... exception of domineering [[Queen consort]] [[Amestris]]. - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ...nting|painted]] between [[1450]] and [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, [[Paris]], A...
2: ...tury]], embraced as a cultural symbol in French patriotic circles since the [[19th century]], became a...
7: ...the following years. In [[1420]], the [[Treaty of Troyes]] granted the throne to Henry V's heirs, disi...
10: ...Oil on canvas in two joined vertical panels. [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New York City]].]]
12: ...cumstances) and brought her through Burgundian-controlled territory to Chinon. She was said to have c... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...controls, including the [[West Bank]] and [[Gaza Strip]], borders the states of [[Lebanon]], [[Syria]]...
5: {{Infobox Country |
60: ...ael (about 25% of the Jewish population, see [[Destruction of Jerusalem]]). After crushing [[Bar Kokhb...
68: ...s subject to waves of invasions and changes of control, including rule by the [[Seljuks]], [[Fatimids]...
73: ...ory into two parts. The eastern portion, called [[Transjordan]], became the Arab state of [[Jordan]] i... - Dodo (9332 bytes)
4: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Animal]]ia}}
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[bird|Aves]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[dove|Columbiformes]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = '''Raphidae'''}} - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
2: ...estrina]], and is usually considered to be the central figure of the [[Dutch School (music)|Netherland...
10: ...n at Ferrara was filled by [[Jacob Obrecht]] in [[1505]], who died of the plague that year, and by [[Ant...
14: ...s]], was still using examples from Josquin in his treatises on composition; and his fame was only ecli...
16: ...neously brought together most of the contemporary trends, innovated significantly, and was also able t...
18: ... Josquin were published by [[Ottaviano Petrucci|Petrucci]], [[Pierre Attaignant]] (1533), [[Tielman Su... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ..., he helped advance the study of [[anatomy]], [[astronomy]], and [[civil engineering]].
11: ...do also worked with [[Lorenzo di Credi]] and [[Pietro Perugino]].
22: ...rneys throughout Italy. Though Salai was always introduced as Leonardo's "pupil", he never produced an...
26: [[image:leonardo_self.jpg|thumb|left|[[Self-portrait]] in [[red chalk]], circa 1512 to 1515]]
31: ...t man to describe [[Double-Entry_Booking|double-entry bookkeeping]]) for [[Mantua]], moving on after 2... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
1: [[Image:Thomas More.png|250px|thumb|right|Portrait of Sir Thomas More by [[Hans Holbein the Young...
2: ...man Catholic Church]], in which he became the [[patron saint]] of statesmen, lawyers, and politicians.
5: Born in Milk Street, [[London]], Thomas More was the eldest son of...
7: ... [[celibacy]], More finally decided to marry in [[1505]], but for the rest of his life he continued to o...
12: ...eror|Charles V]], More was knighted and made undertreasurer in [[1521]]. As secretary and personal ad... - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
6: ...and became a [[stunt pilot]]. In 1924, he started training as a U.S. military aviator with the [[Unite...
11: ...o Paris nonstop, he was not the first to make a [[Transatlantic flight]]. That had been done first by...
13: ...presented the [[Medal of Honor]] for his historic trans-Atlantic flight.
15: ...ions are the basis of modern intercontinental air travel.
18: ...bergh's flight to Belgium to be honored after his trans-Atlantic flight.|format=[[Theora]]}} - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
5: ...brosa]] (near [[Vila Real]], in the province of [[Trá³dos-Montes]] of north [[Portugal]]) or in [[Por...
7: ...ion, becoming interested in [[geography]] and [[astronomy]]. Some speculate that he may even have been...
9: ...perience battle: when a local king refused to pay tribute, Almeida's party attacked, conquering the [[...
13: ...f several medals, Magellan was accused of illegal trade with the Islamic [[Moors]]. He had also been i...
15: ...at he would have no further employment in his country's service after [[May 15]], [[1514]]. Magellan f... - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
12: ...ke out, discover, and finde, whatsoever iles, countreyes, regions or provinces of the heathen and infi...
20: ... His precise landing-place is a matter of much controversy, either [[Bonavista, Newfoundland|Bonavista...
22: ...Labrador]] or [[Maine]]. We might never know the truth. His men may have been the first Europeans on ...
23: ...jpg|thumb|right|200px|''The Cabot Tower in the centre of Bristol, England.'']]
24: ... expedition made for an Irish port, because of distress. Except for one ship, John Cabot and his exped... - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
15: ...auto-biography, "The story of my experiments with truth" reveals his inner persona and reflections on ...
18: ...r]], [[Gujarat]], India. They were descendants of traders (the word "Gandhi" means [[grocer]]). He was...
20: ...as "a land of philosophers and poets, the very centre of civilization."
23: ...ty College]], of the [[University of London]], to train as a [[barrister]]. His time in [[London, Unit...
25: ...s in this climate that he accepted a year-long contract from an Indian firm to a post in [[KwaZulu-Nat... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
12: ...of the [[Bible]] resulted in the formation of new traditions within Christianity and his teachings und...
14: ...of [[clerical marriage]] within several Christian traditions.
19: ...earby [[Mansfeld]]. Having risen from the [[peasantry]], his father was determined to see his son asce...
21: ...r's degree in [[1502]] and a Master's degree in [[1505]]. According to his father's wishes, Martin enrol...
23: ...torm in the summer of 1505. A [[lightning bolt]] struck near to him as he was returning to school. Ter... - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
4: ...is observations of [[biology]] led him to study [[transmutation of species]] and develop his theory of...
19: ...' Charles saw [[John James Audubon]] give a demonstration of his method of using wires to prop up bird...
24: ...or the (competitive) collecting of beetles. Fox introduced him for advice on this to the [[John Steven...
27: ...rse, then that summer worked with him at mapping strata in [[Wales]].
29: ...to pay for his son's expedition which eventually stretched to five years. - Dodos (9122 bytes)
4: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Animal]]ia}}
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[bird|Aves]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[dove|Columbiformes]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = '''Raphidae'''}} - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
8: The Elamites called their country ''Haltamti'' (in later Elamite, ''Atamti''), bor...
10: ...lemy]] called it ''Susiana''. Though primarily centred in the province of [[Khuzestan]] for the durati...
17: ...lamite period; 3100?2900 BCE, Iran, kept at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.]]
19: ...dating to ca. [[2650 BC]]. But we can only really trace Elamite history from records dating to beginni...
21: ..., this was done through a federated governmental structure. - Flight (3194 bytes)
7: ... [[evolution|evolved]] separately from different structures.
11: ...is way with very little loss of height. [[Flying tree frog]]s use greatly enlarged webbed feet for a ...
13: ... and have been observed soaring for hundreds of metres using the updraft on the leading edges of waves...
15: ... with some exceptions. The largest birds, the [[ostrich]] and the [[emu]], are earthbound, as were the...
18: ...wingspan, up to 3.5 metres (11.5 feet), and the [[trumpeter swan]] perhaps the greatest weight, 17 [[k...
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