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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... - Marguerite de Valois (5364 bytes)
6: ...ver allow the [[House of Guise]] any chance of controlling France. Instead, she offered to marry Margu...
8: ... during the ceremony, the bride and groom stared straight ahead, never looking at each other. When the...
10: ... St Bartholomew's Day, Catherine de' Medici orchestrated the slaughter by French Catholics of thousand...
12: ... and quarrelled frequently. After an illness in [[1582]], Queen Marguerite returned to her brother's cou...
14: ...at scandalized the population. The beautiful and strong-minded Marguerite took many lovers, notably [[... - 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]]) - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...is time, such methods were connected with occult trends of [[hermeticism]] and [[alchemy]].
6: Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand [[London]].
10: ...g that time, as later, was delicate. He entered [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], in 1573 at the age of ...
16: ...ce|Henry III]] afforded him valuable political instruction.
21: ... his thoughts on philosophical reform in the lost tract, ''Temporis Partus Maximus'', but he failed to... - New Year (5703 bytes)
7: ...]] used by most [[developed country|developed countries]]. (For more information, see [[New Year's Day...
11: ...alendar]]. Because the [[Chinese calendar]] is astronomically defined, unlike the Gregorian Calendar,...
31: ...ng of the year. In [[45 BC]], [[Julius Caesar]] introduced the [[Julian calendar]], dropping Mercedoni...
35: ...e introduction of the [[Gregorian calendar]] in [[1582]]. Annunciation Style continued to be used in [[E...
38: ...s used in the [[Republic of Venice]] until its destruction in [[1797]], and in [[Russia]] until the [[... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ... 1600. The Gregorian calendar as promulgated in [[1582]] did ''not'' specify that January 1 was to be ei...
27: ...rdinand de Lesseps]] begins [[France|French]] construction of the [[Panama Canal]].
33: ...Federation|federate]] as the [[Commonwealth of Australia]]; [[Edmund Barton]] becomes first [[Prime Mi...
37: ...th Australia]] and transferred to Commonwealth control.
39: *[[1934]] - [[Alcatraz Island]] becomes a [[United States|U.S.]] feder... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
1: [[Image:treimann.summi_pontifices_in_hac_basilica_sepulti.jp...
6: ...aly]], [[Archbishop]] and [[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus ...
22: | '''Petrus''', <small>Head of the Church</small>
28: | '''Petrus''', <small>Episcopus Romanus</small>
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23... - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
1: ...l Portrait Gallery]]), in the famous [[Chandos portrait]], artist and authenticity unconfirmed.]]
4: ... very few playwrights who have excelled in both [[tragedy]] and [[comedy]].
6: ... of Shakespeare plays|chronology of the plays]] attributed to him are often uncertain. His prolific ou...
14: ...s also the [[Feast Day]] of [[Saint George]], [[patron saint]] of England.
16: ...earebirthplace.JPG|left|thumb|230px|The house in Stratford known as 'Shakespeare's Birthplace' (althou... - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ...hought]] because his ideas went against church doctrine.
9: ...theism|pantheistic]] [[hylozoism]], and not the [[Trinity]].
10: ...noBrunomnemonic.gif|thumb|left|200px|Woodcut illustration of one of Giordano Bruno's mnemonic devices:...
13: ...same reason and abandoned the Dominican order. He travelled to [[Geneva]] and briefly joined the [[Cal...
15: ...t many of his contemporaries found it easier to attribute them to magical powers. - Capacitor (29664 bytes)
2: ...evice, but '''every''' multi-[[conductor]] [[geometry]] has '''capacitance'''.
7: ...ace of the plates, at the boundary with the dielectric. Because each plate stores an equal but opposi...
9: ...shown for clarity; in a real capacitor, the dielectric is in direct contact with the plates.)]]
13: ...nce]] (''C'') is a measure of the amount of [[electric charge|charge]] (''Q'') stored on each plate fo...
18: ...ivity]] of the [[dielectric]] (that is, non-[[electrical conduction|conducting]]) substance that separ... - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: ...an world all the way to the [[Atlantic Ocean]], introducing Roman influence into what has become moder...
4: ...oman dictator|dictator]] for life, and heavily centralized the already faltering government of the wea...
9: ... its ancestry to [[Julus]], the son of the [[Troy|Trojan]] prince [[Aeneas]], who according to myth wa...
11: ...i Caesares, although of impeccable aristocratic patrician stock, were not rich by the standards of the...
19: ... Caesar?" Aiming at rhetorical perfection, Caesar traveled to [[Rhodes]] in [[75 BC]] for philosophica... - Indianapolis, Indiana (25903 bytes)
12: area = 966.3 [[square kilometre|km²]] (373.1 [[square mile|mi²]]) |
17: metro pop = 1.5 million |
22: west_coord = 86.1582 |
29: ...h an expensive Governor's mansion was finally constructed in [[1827]], no Governor ever lived in the h...
31: ...ommerce along its length. Construction of the Central Canal commenced in 1836, but Indiana went bankr... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...n [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
29: ...(mathematician)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]] - [[1620]])
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
33: *[[Petrus Apianus]] (Germany, [[1495]] - [[1552]])
42: *[[Emil Artin]] (Austria, [[1898]] - [[1962]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
33: *[[Anders Ůgstr? ([[Sweden]], [[1814]] – [[1874]])
35: *[[Petrus Apianus]] ([[Germany]], [[1495]] – [[1557...
59: *[[John Bainbridge]] ([[Britain]], [[1582]] – [[1643]])
72: *[[Wilhelm von Biela]] ([[Austria]], [[1782]] – [[1856]]) - 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}} - Ballet (9155 bytes)
3: ...ssary_of_ballet_terms|Ballet techniques]] bear a striking similarity to [[fencing]] positions and foot...
5: ... that helped to establish [[Italy]] as a major centre of ballet development.
9: ...ry of the Louvre. (folio, Paris, Mamert Patisson, 1582.)]]
11: ...ached to the Acad魩e Royale de Musique, where instruction was based on noble deportment and manners.
13: ...he seminal work of [[Jean-Georges Noverre]], ''Lettres sur la danse et les ballets'' ([[1760]]), which... - Aztec (38742 bytes)
3: ...'''Aztecs''' were a [[Mesoamerica]]n people of central Mexico in the [[14th century|14th]], [[15th cen...
14: ... is increasingly applied. The Museo Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, for example, refers to these ...
19: The renowned Nahuatl translator, [[Miguel León-Portilla]], suggests that...
22: ...ke most European empires, it was more a system of tribute than a single system of government. [[Arnold...
24: ===Tribute, trade, and roads=== - Alchemy (42222 bytes)
1: ... for. The most renowned goal of alchemy is the [[transmutation]] of any metal into either [[gold]] or...
2: ...d as the precursor of the modern science of chemistry prior to the formulation of the [[scientific met...
4: ...[Image:Chemistry_flask.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Chemistry Clipart .Clipart provided by
8: ...he Egyptians, which treat of the ''khēmia'' [transmutation] of gold and silver". The Arabic there...
11: ...ying instead on [[rule of thumb|rules of thumb]], traditions, basic observations, and mysticism to fil... - April Fool's Day (15510 bytes)
1: ...wn right, is a notable day celebrated in many countries on [[April 1]]. The day is marked by the commi...
4: ...e proper spirit of tolerance and amusement to the tricks played on them is also said to be liable to s...
9: ...he change, and others simply refused to break the tradition. These people became the object of so-call...
12: ...w what time it was when a potential hoax was perpetrated. [[Time zone]]s are different in different pa...
22: ...firmed-cassette-prosecutions-fbi.html] are rarely true, though entirely feasible. - Arsenic (12497 bytes)
26: | 5727 [[kilogram per cubic metre|kg/m<sup>3</sup>]], 3.5
35: | [[Atomic radius]] (calc.) || 115 (114) [[picometre|pm]]
41: | [[Electron configuration]]
44: | [[electron|e<sup>-</sup>]] 's per [[energy level]]
49: | [[Crystal structure]] || rhombohedral
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