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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. - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...ber]] [[1793]]) Daughter of [[Maria Theresa of Austria]], wife of [[Louis XVI]] and mother of [[Louis ...
4: ...r) of the Austrian empress, [[Maria Theresa of Austria|Maria Theresa]] and [[Francis I, Holy Roman Emp...
7: ...ther, the Empress Maria-Theresa, had ruled the Austrian Empire for fifteen years before Antoinette's b...
15: ...that he should marry one of [[Maria Theresa of Austria|Maria Theresa]]'s daughters. With Johanna-Gabri...
19: ... a Thanksgiving Mass was held in her honour. The streets of the city where covered in flowers, which M... - 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...
22: ===The Florentine Period ([[1614]]-[[1620]])=== - 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... - Rhode Island (15004 bytes)
40: In 1614 the Dutch explorer Adriaen Block visited the isla...
42: ...[England]], and once from the [[Native American]] tribes which lived on the land.
52: ...er, only landowners could vote. Before the [[Industrial Revolution]], when most people were employed a...
60: As the Industrial Revolution moved large numbers of workers into...
65: ... district one) and [[Jim Langevin]] (Democrat, district two). (See [[list of Rhode Island Governors]]... - 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... - Religion (72319 bytes)
5: ...men; Oil on panel by [[Adriaen van de Venne]] ([[1614]])]]
10: ...st is ''re + legio'' or "re-reading," a meaning attributed by [[Cicero]] to describe the repetition of...
19: ... This narrower definition places "religion" in contradistinction with [[rationalism]], [[secular human...
21: ...re causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearance. Th...
23: ...ligions. This definition places "religion" in contradistinction to "spirituality," and therefore does... - Causes of the French Revolution (11170 bytes)
2:
7: ...tween the American revolutionaries and the French troops who had assisted them resulted in the spread ...
9: ...ement. The [[proletariat]] and the non-bourgeois strata of the middle class had either not yet evolved...
13: Since [[1614]], the French monarchy had operated without resor...
15: ...ebted, so deeply as to be effectively bankrupt. Extravagant expenditures by [[Louis XIV]] on luxuries ... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...he popular imagination. It downplays the previous trend of absolutism and people as subjects and ampli...
21: ...r-General of the Finances in [[1783]], pursued a strategy of conspicuous spending as a means of convin...
25: ...inced the short-term creditors on whom the French treasury depended to maintain its day to day operati...
27: ...n May [[1789]] — for the first time since [[1614]]. Brienne resigned on [[August 25]], [[1788]], ...
33: ...made this decision, this provoked an uproar. The 1614 Estates had consisted of equal numbers of represe... - Albany, New York (8184 bytes)
25: metro pop = |
33: ...he company constructed [[Fort Nassau]], its first trading post near present-day Albany. In [[1624]] [[...
41: *[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/ny_state_capitol.html PBS report on the Sta...
48: ...1.8 [[square mile|mi²]] (56.6 [[square kilometre|km²]]). 21.4 mi² (55.4 km²) of i...
60: ...e/index.htm Albany Medical College]; [http://www.strose.edu The College of Saint Rose]; [[Excelsior Co... - 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}} - 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... - Timeline of the French Revolution (9550 bytes)
30: ...1789|Estates-General]] for the first time since [[1614]]
40: * [[July 1]]: Louis recruits more troops, among them many foreign mercenaries
45: * [[July 16]]: Necker recalled, troops pulled out of Paris
46: ...]: The beginning of the [[Great Fear]], the peasantry revolt against feudalism and a number of urban d...
65: * [[March 2]]: Abolition of trade guilds - El Greco (2407 bytes)
2: '''El Greco''' ([[1541]] – [[April 7]], [[1614]]), a Greek [[painter]], [[sculptor]] and [[archi...
4: ...cessful career as a painter of altarpieces and portraits. Many of El Greco's works are on display at M...
6: ...[Image:Greco_Trinity.jpg|thumb|left|200px|'' Holy Trinity'', 1577 ([[Museo del Prado]], Madrid)]]
7: ...sso]] and [[Jackson Pollock]] in their efforts to transform the art of painting of the 20th century.
16: ==Trivia== - Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
3: ...France to regain funding. This article covers his travels, as they have had the most lasting importanc...
5: ==Early Travels==
7: ...ance on [[September 20]], wrote an account of his travels called ''Des sauvages'' (The Savages).
9: Instructed by [[Henry IV of France|Henry IV]] to make a...
23: ...would become an exclusive warehouse for their fur trade and, in return, the Rouen merchants would supp...
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