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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...
24: ...hew of the great [[Michelangelo]]): busy with construction of a maison to celebrate the notable ancest... - Silk (8683 bytes)
2: ...ized comes from the fibres triangular prism-like structure, which allows silk cloth to refract incomin...
5: ...taples of international [[trade]] prior to [[industrialization]].
7: ==Silk trade==
8: ...This trade was so extensive that the major set of trade routes between Europe and Asia has become know...
11: ...ies the weaving and trading of silk fabric was a strict imperial monopoly; all top-quality looms and w... - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
1: ...e south, and [[Germany]] to the east. In many countries, the Netherlands is often referred to by the n...
6: {{Infobox_Country|
20: leader_names = [[Beatrix of the Netherlands|Beatrix]] <br> [[Jan Peter Balkenende]] |
43: time_zone= [[Central European Time|CET]] |
45: time_zone_DST= [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] | - Rhode Island (15004 bytes)
42: ...[England]], and once from the [[Native American]] tribes which lived on the land.
44: In 1637 [[Anne Hutchinson]] was banished from [[Massachus...
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]]... - 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...
28: *[[1630]]-[[Winthrop Fleet]] travels to [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]]
34: *[[1637]]-[[New Haven Colony]] founded
45: *[[1655]]-English take control of [[New Sweden]] - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
2: ... a portrait by John Michael Wright ([[National Portrait Gallery]], London)]]
12: ...ave followed his own curriculum; he was "little attracted by the scholastic learning". He did not comp...
14: ...s [[History of the Peloponnesian War]], the first translation of that work into [[English language|Eng...
16: ...aris, held together by [[Marin Mersenne]]. From [[1637]] he considered himself a philosopher.
20: ... with Man. Finally he considered, in his crowning treatise, how Men were moved to enter into society, ... - 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...
13: ...ntention was to see the world and to discover the truth. - 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}} - Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
5: ...], who classified animals based on their means of transportation (air, land, or water).
7: ...bic. His original commentary is now lost, but its translation into Latin by [[Michael Scot]] survives....
11: ...Malpighi]] (1628–1694), [[Jan Swammerdam]] (1637–1680), and [[Robert Hooke]] (1635–170...
17: ...fetime (1st ed. 1735). He is best known for his introduction of a method of modern classification; he ...
19: ...cies. When a species is further subdivided, the [[trinomial nomenclature]] is used. For a scientific n... - Vernier scale (1907 bytes)
1: ...s''', which is the latin name of the Portuguese astronomer and mathematician [[Pedro Nunes]] ([[1492]]...
5: ...anical means using one of the above mentioned instruments, the measure is read off a finely marked da...
7: ==Construction==
8: The indicating scale is constructed with its zero point coincident with the star...
11: On instruments using decimal measure, as shown in the diag... - Scientific method (40667 bytes)
1: ...practice. A scientific method is essentially an extremely cautious means of building a supportable, [[...
7: ...mons and other superstition, there is evidence of traditional empiricism.
9: ...enial of reality as we experience it reaches an extreme in [[Parmenides]] who argued that the world is...
11: ...g the concept of essence, Aristotle reconciles abstract thought with observation. In Aristotelian scie...
13: ...o had preserved and built upon [[Aristotle]]'s portrait of [[Induction (philosophy)|induction]]. Bacon... - Opera (25153 bytes)
5: ...instrumental ensemble to a full symphonic [[orchestra]].
9: ...ertenor]]. Female singers are classified, as [[contralto]], [[mezzo-soprano]] and [[soprano]]. Each o...
11: ...mpanied recitative was called "accompagnato" or "stromentato."
13: ...ion in 19th century melodrama survives in today's tradition of [[film scores]], and spectacular films ...
20: ...'' was an attempt to revive the classical [[Greek tragedy|Greek drama]], part of the wider revival of ... - New Sweden (3805 bytes)
6: ...nce by creating an agricultural (tobacco) and fur trading colony to bypass [[France|French]] and [[Gre...
8: ...[New Netherland]]. The members of the expedition, traveling aboard the ships ''[[Fogel Grip]]'' and ''...
10: ...655]], leading to the immediate surrender of Fort Trinity and Fort Christina.
14: ...ving. With the exception of Ireland, no other country had a higher percentage of its population go to ...
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