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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...a explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technolog...
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
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... - 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... - Guyana (12153 bytes)
30: ...by area|Ranked 81st]] <br> 214,970 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br> 8.4%
35: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 156th]]
56: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]'''
62: ...752]]). The [[United Kingdom|British]] assumed control in the late [[18th century]] and were finally c...
107: ...ally hot and humid, though moderated by northeast trade winds along the coast. There are two rainy sea... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...controls, including the [[West Bank]] and [[Gaza Strip]], borders the states of [[Lebanon]], [[Syria]]...
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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... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
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54: ... "state", "nation", "union", etc, please first contribute to the extensive discussion of this topic on...
69: ...s since the 10th century. Wales, under English control since the [[Statute of Rhuddlan]] in 1284, beca...
71: ...art of the United Kingdom. As provided for in the treaty, Northern Ireland, which consists of six of t...
74: ... The first half of the 20th century saw the UK's strength seriously depleted in two World Wars. The se... - 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]]) - Dynasties in Chinese history (8665 bytes)
7: ... noted that history is rarely as neat as it is portrayed and it was rare indeed for one dynasty to end...
9: ... Qing took almost twenty years to extend their control over the whole of China. To pretend that everyt...
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23: <tr align="center"> - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...has been referred to as the "father of modern [[astronomy]]," as the "father of modern [[physics]]," a...
7: ...lty teaching [[geometry]], [[mechanics]], and [[astronomy]] until [[1610]]. During this time he explor...
10: ... the pitch of a stretched string. Galileo also contributed to the rejection of blind allegiance to aut...
12: ...deductively, and the experiments were merely illustrative thought experiments.
16: ==Astronomy== - 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... - Dentistry (9670 bytes)
3: ...in Alexandria by having all her teeth violently extracted, not, one would have thought, such a very de...
7: In [[Australia]], graduating dentists have either a B.D.S. (...
9: ...ceive their full [[National Health Service]] registration. In the UK a dentist must register with the...
13: ...fying certain local (U.S. "Board Certified") registry requirements.
15: ...e specialist titles are registrable titles and controlled by the local dental licensing bodies. - 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... - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
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10: ...sions to [[Rome]], he met [[Guidubaldo da Montefeltro]], duke of [[Urbino]], and in [[1504]] Gonzaga, ...
13: ...Maria Emilia Pia; among most constant guests [[Pietro Bembo]], [[Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici|Giulia...
15: ...ntains echoes of both ancient and contemporary poetry, with recalls [[Vergil]], [[Poliziano]], [[Sanna... - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
1: ...l Portrait Gallery]]), in the famous [[Chandos portrait]], artist and authenticity unconfirmed.]]
2: ...dash; [[April 23]], [[1616]] (O.S.), [[May 3]], [[1616]] ([[New Style|N.S.]])), [[England|English]] [[po...
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. - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
9: ....jpg|thumb|left|250px|Mosaic of a [[Trireme|Roman Trireme]] in [[Tunisia]].]]
10: ...Parliament/2587/trade.html Phoenician Economy and Trade].</ref> By the 1st century BC, there were pira...
22: In the Roman province of Britannia, [[Saint Patrick]] was captured and enslaved by [[Ireland|Irish...
24: ...their [[hit-and-run tactics]] - a safe place to retreat to if the battle turned against them.
27: ...s far as the Black Sea and Persia. The lack of centralized powers all over [[Europe]] during the [[Mid... - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
7: ...as [[1535]]. The [[1540]] date is taken from a portrait painted quite late in his life. Francis was th...
9: ...de the first English [[Atlantic slave trade|slave-trading]] expeditions.
12: ...rces executed a surprise attack in violation of a truce agreed to a few days before, nearly costing Dr...
13: ...cially acknowledge Drake's accomplishment. Such intrigues were typical during Drake's era.
16: ...go]], the land seen to the south of the Magellan Strait, was not part of a southern continent as had b... - Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
1: ...he Cartesian coordinate system used in plane geometry and algebra.
2: [[Image:Rene-Descartes-portrait-photo-image-crca.jpg|thumb|400px|Rene Descarte...
4: Descartes frequently contrasted his views with those of his predecessors. In...
6: ...uch later, impelled by the invention of the [[electronic computer]] and by the possibility of [[machin...
11: ...''Baccalauréat'' and ''Licence'' in [[law]] in [[1616]]. - Inquisition (9274 bytes)
2: [[Image:Inquistion.jpg|thumb|250px|Illustration provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Cla...
5: ...secution of the church, the local administrative structures of the Church under the [[Roman Empire]] (...
7: ...ad hoc.'' But in the [[Middle Ages]] a permanent structure came into being to combat heresies. Beginni...
18: ... from the [[Dominican Order]] who had a number of traits that made them suitable (see [[Medieval Inqui...
20: ...considerably more benign: in the Scandinavian countries it had hardly any impact (although northern Eu... - 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... - 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... - Baffin Bay (763 bytes)
5: ...rctic through several narrow channels of [[Nares Strait]]. These channels are covered year-round by th...
7: ...fin]], the first person to navigate the bay, in [[1616]].
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