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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...g by the Qin emperor ([[2nd century BC|200 BC]]) strengthened the Chinese civilization. Politically, C...
7: ...s, and to support specialist craftsmen and administrators: in short, civilization as we know it. In la...
18: ...nnect the Xia to excavations at [[Erlitou]] in central [[Henan]] province, where a bronze smelter from...
28: ...mi-feudal system. Nevertheless, power became decentralized during the [[Spring and Autumn Period]] whe...
30: ...aoning]], and governed under the new local administrative system of [[commandery]] and [[prefecture]] ... - 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]])=== - Crocus (3680 bytes)
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5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Liliopsida]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Asparagales]]}}
8: {{Taxobox familia entry | taxon = [[Iridaceae]]}} - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ... were traveled around the world to search for new trading routes and partners to feed burgeoning [[cap...
3: ...] in [[Iberia]]. These that were a combination of traditional European and Arab designs were the first...
7: ...e Middle East was almost completely controlled by traders from the Italian city states. Their close li...
9: ...]] to [[1295]]. His journey was written up as ''[[Travels]]'' and the work was read throughout Europe.
11: ...difficult for profitable trade and it was also controlled by Islamic empires that had long battled the... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ''Note:'' Dates for inventions are often controversial. Inventions are often invented by several...
7: * 2 MYA: [[Origin of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
8: * 1 MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
34: * [[39th century BC|3800s BC]]: [[Sweet Track|Engineered roadway]] in [[England]]
67: * [[150s BC]]: [[Astrolabe]]: [[Hipparchus]] - Pilgrims (4873 bytes)
3: ...e religious persecution at the hands of their countrymen. They settled in [[Leiden]] for 12 years, but...
5: ...o move to a place better suited to them, and in [[1620]] set sail on the ship ''[[Mayflower]]'' from [[P...
10: ...ip II of Spain]]. The English government was thus trying to plot a course between the position of the ...
12: ..., [[England]] they departed on [[September 6]], [[1620]], with 102 people aboard. Their intended destina...
26: Pilgrims are commonly portrayed as wearing black and white clothing. In real... - Mayflower (4074 bytes)
2: ... [[United States|United States of America]]) in [[1620]], leaving Plymouth on [[September 6]] and droppi...
6: ... by [[Christopher Jones]], who was Captain on the trans-atlantic voyage, and based in [[Rotherhithe]]....
11: ...ed [[Southampton]], [[England]] on [[August 5]] [[1620]], but the ''Speedwell'' developed a leak and had...
17: ...lymouth Colony]] in [[Massachusetts]] on a return trip to [[England]], arriving back on [[May 6]], [[1...
21: ...of Mayflower passengers who died in the winter of 1620 - 1621]]. See some of the descendants of these Ma... - Plymouth Colony (2283 bytes)
1: ...hich had been granted a charter for the land in [[1620]].
3: ...r]]'', as it lay off-shore. On [[December 21]], [[1620]], 102 [[Pilgrims]] from the [[Mayflower]] landed...
5: ...he best-intended, historically renowned, and yet strangely ill-fated colonial ventures in America. Whe...
7: ...1, the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony signed a peace treaty with [[Massasoit]] of the [[Wampanoag]]s.
17: ...of Mayflower passengers who died in the winter of 1620 - 1621]] - 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]]) - Great Wall of China (10504 bytes)
1: ...ids of [[Ethnic groups in Chinese history|nomadic tribes]] coming from areas now in modern day [[Mongo...
3: The Wall stretches over a formidable [[1 E6 m|6,350 km]] (3,94...
5: ...hort-lived [[Qin dynasty]]. This wall was not constructed as a single endeavor, but rather was created...
12: # [[1368]]-[[1620]] (from [[Hongwu Emperor]] until [[Wanli Emperor]...
16: ...of China. It remains the world's longest manmade structure.]] - Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
5: ...sen]], claimed by later writers ([[Pierre Borel]] 1620 - 1671 or 1628 - 1689 and [[Willem Boreel]] 1591 ...
12: ...micrographs. He coins the word ''cell'' for the structures he discovers in [[cork (material)|cork]] b...
14: ...[[1931]] - [[Ernst Ruska]] builds the first [[electron microscope]].
15: ...]] in Physics for his invention of the [[phase contrast optical microscope]]. - 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== - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...n]] also refers to him as the last scientific [[astrologer]].
4: ...n to [[Rudolf II|Emperor Rudolf II]], and court astrologer to [[Albrecht von Wallenstein|General Walle...
6: ...College for Social and Economic Sciences Linz (Austria) was renamed [[Johannes Kepler University Linz]...
11: ...ompared to the other pupils, an outsider. This ostracizing probably led him to turn to the world of i...
13: ...look at it." At age nine, he observed another astronomical event, the [[Lunar eclipse]] of [[1580]],... - 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... - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
1: ...mb|A 19th century illustration of the Salem Witch Trials]]
17: *[[1612]]-[[Tobacco]] cultivation introduced to [[Jamestown, Virginia|Jamestown]] by [[J...
20: === [[1620s]] ===
22: *[[1620]]-[[Pilgrims]] arrive from [[Plymouth]], England,...
28: *[[1630]]-[[Winthrop Fleet]] travels to [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...politics|political]], and [[economics|economic]] structures.
11: ...ded up lucrative [[South America|South]] and [[Central America]].
13: ...he [[United States]] presented themselves as an attractive place for these new powers to establish col...
22: ...g only the mysterious word "CROATOAN" carved on a tree. Over a hundred men, women, and children had ap...
25: ...d|James I]] - very nearly became the next in the string of failed colonies. - Jan Brueghel the Younger (1191 bytes)
1: ...mb|260px|Paradise by Jan Brueghel the Younger (c. 1620). Oil on oak. Gem䬤egalerie, Berlin, Germany]]
6: He was trained by his father and spent his career producing...
8: ...ed of [[cholera]] and swiftly returned to take control of the [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] studio. He so... - Diwali (5677 bytes)
10: ... years consisting of 12 [[lunar cycle]]s and an extra month inserted approximately every seven years t...
26: ...]]. So Dipavali is a festival symbolising the destruction of evil forces.
38: In [[England]], the days are Dhanteras, Narak Chatrudashi, Lakshmi-Puja, the most important day, Padw...
40: ...d at http://www.visittnt.com/ToDo/Events/Divali/Introduction.htm
42: ... [[Sikhism|Sikh]]s. During the festival time in [[1620]], the sixth Guru, [[Hargobind Singh]], gained th... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...n [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
29: ...ian)|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 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}...
188: *[[Fran篩s Bernier]], (1620-1688){{fn|R}}
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