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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...a explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technolog...
26: ...rich Barth]] ([[1821]]-[[1865]]), Northern and Central Africa
29: *[[George Bass]] - [[Australia]]n explorer
30: ...isited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]], [[Tomboucto...
31: ... [[France|French]] explorer, mapped the West [[Australia]]n coastline. - 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: ...ry being completely under the influence of his mistress, [[Diane de Poitiers]], Catherine had little a...
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: ...the Protestant rebellion by arms, she resumed, in 1570, the policy of peace and negotiation. She conceiv... - Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
12: ...r struggle between Catholics and Huguenots for control of the French court and France as a whole led t...
14: ...m here she conducted peace negotiations, and in [[1570]] official talks began to marry Henry to the king... - 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 ... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: | [[Image:Elizabeth_I_(Ermine_Portrait).jpg|thumb|right|220px|'''Elizabeth I''' <br><...
9: ...r]]s to several famous organizations, including [[Trinity College, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[Briti...
16: ...treason (adultery against the King was considered treason), incest with her elder brother, and witchcr...
18: ...ll-being, particularly since a fearful Anne had entrusted her daughter's spiritual welfare to Parker b...
20: ...zabeth also inherited her mother's delicate bone structure, physique and facial features. Luckily, she... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
2: ...ead and how it is interpreted. Depending on which tradition is believed, she may or may not have been ...
5: ...#256;ḏām in [[Tiberian Hebrew]], and آدم (ʾĀdam) in [[Arabic lang...
11: ...0px|thumb|right|''Adam and Eve'', by [[English poetry|English poet]] and [[Painting|painter]] [[Willia...
12: ...|200px|thumb|right|Traditional woodblock print portraying Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden with many...
13: ... means "red earth"), and God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and gave him dominion over... - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
27: ...griculture|agricultural]] [[economy]] and more centralized [[society]] (see [[Nile#History|Nile: Histo...
29: ...ey were [[herding]] cattle and [[construction|constructing]] large buildings.
31: .../entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12495079]; reveals also that ''moder...
33: Traditionally, Egypt was said to have been unified b...
35: ...ksos]] Semites. They defeated the invaders around 1570 BC and expanded into the [[Aegean]], [[Sudan]], [... - Influenza (10335 bytes)
1: ...rstood as being instances of influenza), see [[gastroenteritis]].}}
4: ... old medical belief in unfavourable [[astrology|astrological]] ''influences'' as the cause of the dise...
12: ...c drift]] and have more similarity with previous strains.
16: ...urther variation exists, thus specific influenza strain isolates are identified by a standard nomencla...
18: .... Thus, there is a tendency to apply the term to strains which cause [[epidemic]]s or [[pandemic]]s. T... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
14: ...[1912]]-[[1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
206: *[[Bertram Brooker]] ([[1888]]-[[1955]])
219: *[[William Partridge Burpee]] ([[1846]]-[[1940]])
287: *[[Pietro da Cortona]] ([[1596]]-[[1669]]) - 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: ...and aunt, J? Brahe and [[Inger Oxe]], in the [[Tostrup Castle]] until he was six years old. Around 155...
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... - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
8: After his six years in the country, he was sent to study at a prestigious boarding ...
10: ...circ;teau de Montaigne, to which he moved back in 1570.
12: He started to write in 1569, first a translation of the Spanish monk [[Raymond Sebond]]'s...
18: ...lished much later, in [[1774]], under the title ''Travel Journal''.
33: ...y to solve problems and mediate conflicts without truly getting emotionally involved, his disdain for ... - 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 sculptors (9151 bytes)
22: *[[Pietro da Barga]]
33: *[[Treffle Berthlaume]] (1803 - 1884)
57: *[[Machado de Castro]] (1731 - 1822)
190: *[[Pietro Masni]]
195: *[[Ivan Mestrovic|Ivan Meštrović]] (1883 - 1962) - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
1: ...ate of birth are unknown, but [[September 12]], [[1570]] in England seems likely, and he is presumed to ...
5: In [[1608]] he tried again, this time sailing farther to the east a...
9: ...ntilist]] laws England had enacted to protect its trade routes from the Dutch. He was soon released.
13: ...e the eastern shores. In November the ship became trapped in the ice in [[James Bay]], and the crew mo... - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
1: {{transport}}
2: {{portalpar|Trains}}
3: ...vehicles running on the rails are arranged in a [[train]] (a series of individual powered or unpowered...
7: {{Trainstopics}}
8: ...is more comfortable than most other forms of land transport and saves energy. - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
102: *[[David Malet Armstrong]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
185: *[[Bernard of Chartres]], (d. 1130){{fn|C}}
187: *[[Bernard Silvestris]] (or ''Bernard of Tours''), (1147-1178){{fn|R}...
191: *[[Bhartrhari]], (5th century){{fn|R}} - Islam (36809 bytes)
29: ...vil are from God, and Resurrection after death be Truth.
38: ...llah is only One God . Far is it removed from His transcendent majesty that he should have a son . His...
40: ...hese are consequently the most important divine attributes in the sense that Muslims repeat them most ...
49: ...uce from agriculture. This money or produce is distributed among the poor.
62: * Striving to seek God's approval (''Jihad''). - Quran (41479 bytes)
2: ...he Glorious Qur'ān," also [[Transliteration|transliterated]] as '''Quran''', '''Koran''', and le...
10: ... turn subdivided into four quarters. A different structure is provided by the [[ruku'at]], semantical ...
18: ...idered mere glosses. The traditions governing the translation and publication of the Qur'an state that...
22: == Stylistic attributes ==
26: ...: Prostrate yourselves before Adam, they fell prostrate, all save Iblis"), and even stories (such as t... - Christmas tree (16574 bytes)
1: ...:Christmas_tree.jpg|right|350px|thumb|A Christmas tree in a German home]]
2: ...ree''' is normally an [[evergreen]] [[conifer]] [[tree]] that is brought in the house or used in the o...
5: ...concentrate more on the miraculous "flowering" of trees at Christmastime. A branch of flowering [[Glas...
9: ... the cone-shaped evergreen trees because of their triangular appearance.
11: ...rs. In [[France]], the first Christmas tree was introduced in [[1840]] by the duchess of Orleans. - Timeline of Middle Eastern History (12425 bytes)
1: This timeline tries to compile dates of important historical event...
3: ...icles|articles on the histories of individual countries]]. See [[Ancient Near East]] for ancient histo...
29: ... water]] is added, significantly expanding it and transforming it from a fresh-water landlocked lake i...
68: * [[Troy]] I-V
76: * Major migration of Central Saharans into [[West Africa]] possibly due to [...
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