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- Religion in China (12456 bytes)
3: ...he most widespread religion of China is [[Chinese traditional religion]] and its constituent component...
7: ...stor worship]] rituals. A Buddhist would have no trouble viewing [[Jesus]] as a [[Bodhisattva]] and i...
9: ...lieved in such practices as [[Chinese astrology|astrology]], [[Feng Shui]], and [[geomancy]].
11: ...ated between the forces of heaven and earth. A central idea of the [[dynastic cycle]] was that an unju...
13: Minor religions introduced from abroad include [[Islam]] and [[Christi... - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
7: ...e in France. She was young, a foreigner, in a country that had little weight in the great world of pol...
11: ...de Poitiers]], Catherine had little authority. In 1552, when the king left the kingdom for the campaign ...
13: ...ions to as little as 43, 38, or even fewer centimetres (17, 15, or fewer inches).
15: ...d her influence for more than twenty years in the troubled period of the [[French Wars of Religion]]. ...
17: ... possessed men's minds that she could not long control the opposing parties, and one civil war followe... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ... of the Scottish monarchs, in part because of the tragedy of her life.
17: ...obert I of Scotland|Robert I, the Bruce]]). James truly believed that Mary marked the end of the Stewa...
19: ...land. Two months later, Mary and her mother, who strongly opposed the marriage proposition, went into ...
24: ...bes in miniature. A crimson velvet mantle, with a train furred with ermine, was fastened around her ti...
26: ...y. The [[Earl of Lennox]] brought forward the Sceptre and placed it in her baby hand, and she grasped ... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
7: ... of the school of [[Caravaggio]]. Artemisia was introduced to painting in her father's workshop, showi...
14: ...trial Tassi was imprisoned for just one year. The trial has subsequently influenced the [[feminism|fem...
16: ...um of Naples]], is impressive for the violence portrayed, and was interpreted as a wish of psycologica...
18: ...became a successful court painter, enjoying the patronage of the [[Medici]] and [[Charles I of England...
24: ...hew of the great [[Michelangelo]]): busy with construction of a maison to celebrate the notable ancest... - Circulatory system (8794 bytes)
7: #Delivery of [[oxygen]] and [[nutrient]]s to all parts of the body.
10: #Transport of [[hormone]]s.
22: ...diffusion]] of chemicals into or out of the bloodstream.
25: ...nutrients, water and oxygen without the need of a transport system.
30: ...st blood vessels, and are where the exchange of nutrients and gases takes place between the [[red bloo... - List of people by name: X (1295 bytes)
4: ...istus Xanothopoulos|Xanothopoulos, Callistus]], patriarch of Constantinople
6: ...[[Isidore Xanthopoulos|Xanthopoulos, Isidore]], patriarch of Constantinople
7: *[[Francis Xavier|Xavier, Francis]], ([[1506]]-[[1552]]), [[Spain|Spanish]] [[missionary]]
17: *[[George Xiphilinus|Xiphilinus, George]], patriarch of Constantinople
18: ...Xiphilinus|Xiphilinus, John]], (died [[1078]]), patriarch of Constantinople - List of painters (54090 bytes)
14: ...[1912]]-[[1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
22: *[[Hans von Aachen]] ([[1552]]-[[1615]])
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
206: *[[Bertram Brooker]] ([[1888]]-[[1955]])
219: *[[William Partridge Burpee]] ([[1846]]-[[1940]]) - Zoology (5641 bytes)
2: <tr><td style="border-bottom:3px solid; background:#e...
3: ...he top of the '''Zoology''' series.</small></td></tr>
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5: [[History of zoology (before Darwin)]]</td></tr>
6: <tr><td> - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...[[nobleman]], well known as an [[astronomer]]/[[astrologer]] (the two were not yet distinct) and [[alc...
8: ...was born at his family's ancestral seat of [[Knudstrup]] [[Castle]], [[Denmark]] to [[Otte Brahe]] and...
10: ...strup Castle]] until he was six years old. Around 1552 his uncle was given the command of Vordingborg Ca...
12: ...descriptio totius orbis and [[Regiomontanus]]' De triangulis omnimodis.
14: ...t as many measurements and methods as there are astronomers and all of them disagree. What's needed is... - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
4: ...mage:mercator.jpg|200px|Gerardus Mercator]]</td></tr>
9: ...r copper engraving of maps. He wrote the first instruction book of italic script to be published in no...
12: ...on by sea, as compass courses could be marked as straight lines.
15: ...ted versions of the maps of [[Ptolemy]] (though introducing a number of new errors). Maps of [[France]...
27: * [http://www.walkingtree.com/ Mercators Atlas] - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...n [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
33: *[[Petrus Apianus]] (Germany, [[1495]] - [[1552]])
42: *[[Emil Artin]] (Austria, [[1898]] - [[1962]])
71: *[[Eugenio Beltrami]] (Italy, [[1835]]-[[1900]]) - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
2: ...t departs from some of the social traditions and structure of [[Hinduism]] and [[Islam]] (such as the ...
4: ... as well as certain ritualistic practices that distracted people from focusing on [[God]]. He wanted t...
10: ...rnally One, the Sovereign and omnipotent God (the Truth of Love).
12: ...hat only spiritual minds, free of desire, can penetrate it by the grace of the Guru (Gurprasad).
14: ...taining the Hindu doctrine of the [[reincarnation|transmigration of souls]], together with its corolla... - Sebastiano Serlio (4494 bytes)
1: ...sical order]]s of architecture in his influential treatise, ''Tutte l'opere d'archittura et prospetiva...
6: ...reatise can be taken by the church facade (''illustration, right'') in the first published volume. It ...
8: ...cis I of France|Francis I]], to advise on the construction and decoration of the [[Chⴥau de Fontaine...
10: ... Sir [[Christopher Wren]] and Robert Woods, the entrepreneur who laid out [[Bath]].
12: ...hed in Toledo by Juan de Ayala with the same illustrations as the original Italian editions. Serlio's ... - Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
4: ...n different ways around the world, varying by country and region.
8: ...tre.jpg|thumb|left|A large artificial [[Christmas tree]] outside a shopping mall in [[Hong Kong]]]]
20: ...s and cartoon specials popular in the Western countries. In addition, increasing numbers of stores and...
22: ...s of older church members, where they are usually treated to hot drinks and snacks.
24: [[South Korea]] is the only [[East Asian]] country to recognize [[Christmas]] as a national holiday... - Judge (10187 bytes)
3: ...des over a [[court]]. The powers, functions, and training of judges vary widely from [[jurisdiction]]...
9: ...udges all over the world continue to wear wigs, a tradition imported from the [[United Kingdom|British...
13: ...ernment]], the [[judiciary]]. In a democratic country with a [[rule of law]], judges are supposed to b...
15: In the [[United States|USA]], judges are not trained separately from [[lawyers]] and are generall...
17: ... [[inquisitorial system]]. In [[common law]] countries, judges usually operate according to the [[adv...
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