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- Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
5: ...enter>[[Image:Swedish queen Drottning Kristina portrait by S颡stien Bourdon stor.jpg|center|185px|Chr...
6: <tr valign=top><td>'''Reign'''<td>[[November 6]], [[1...
8: ...ign=top><td>'''Coronation'''<td>[[October 20]], [[1650]]
9: <tr valign=top><td>'''Royal motto'''
11: <tr valign=top><td>'''Royal House'''<td>[[House of Va... - 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... - Oboe (5230 bytes)
3: ...ing "high wood". It is so-named because of the instrument's rather high and reedy sound. A [[musician...
5: ==The instrument==
7: ...ent tone that is difficult to blend with other instruments. However, the advanced oboist can produce a...
9: ...e position of the [[reed (music)|reed]] in the instrument, but by altering the scrape of the reed itse...
11: ...ote extensively for it. It was the main melody instrument in early military bands until ousted by the ... - Horn (instrument) (19243 bytes)
2: ...gh this usage is uncommon among players of the instrument.
4: In other languages, the instrument is named ''Horn'' ([[German language|Gr.]]),...
6: ...ff in [[bass clef]] to the C above the staff in [[treble clef]].
14: ...mposers started to write concerti for this new instrument. The [[Mozart Horn Concerti]], for example,...
16: ...]], the horn took on a new form, as valves were introduced, which allowed the player to switch between... - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
2: ... is a period in the history of [[ancient Egypt]] stretching from the establishment of the [[Eleventh d...
8: ... reign of Mentuhotep IV. This explains the smooth transition of power as a palace coup by Amenemhat th...
14: ...he centralized government though) and established trade connections with Nubia and a war seems to be c...
16: ...ret II]] ([[1842 BC]] - [[1836 BC]]) improved the trade connections with Nubia en Palestine and the Le...
18: ...-king, often taking the field himself. He led his troops deep into Nubia, making that kingdom even mor... - Ancient Egypt (16131 bytes)
6: ...the west, [[Sudan]] to the south, and the [[Gaza Strip]], [[Palestine]] and [[Israel]] to the east. Th...
8: ...[Nome (Egypt)|Nomes]] were the subnational administrative divisions. The Pharaohs were known as the ru...
14: ...a polygonal base and a point, called the apex, by triangular faces. [[Cement|Hydraulic Cement]] was f...
16: ...[Golden ratio]] seems to be reflected in many constructions, such as the [[Egyptian pyramids]].
29: ...ds#Construction techniques|Egyptian pyramids: Construction]]) - Maryland (22654 bytes)
45: ...d, and the [[William Penn|Penn family]], which controlled Pennsylvania, engaged two surveyors, [[Charl...
47: ...ed until 1658 when the Calvert family regained control and re-enacted the Toleration Act.
71: ...collectively as the Eastern Shore. A portion of extreme western Maryland in [[Garrett County, Maryland...
81: ...rs and colder winters, where snow often falls. Extreme western Maryland has a mountain climate with m...
87: Maryland's economic activity is strongly concentrated in the tertiary - 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]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
1: ...mb|A 19th century illustration of the Salem Witch Trials]]
7: *Some time between [[1600]]-[[1650]]-[[Mahican]] [[Confederacy]] founded
17: *[[1612]]-[[Tobacco]] cultivation introduced to [[Jamestown, Virginia|Jamestown]] by [[J...
28: *[[1630]]-[[Winthrop Fleet]] travels to [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]]
44: === [[1650s]] === - History of California (38344 bytes)
5: ... populated by [[missionary|missionaries]] and fur trappers, to a land of opportunity and wealth, first...
11: ...and, California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces of a very early inhabitation, dated to the la...
13: ...ada]] foothills collected [[acorn]]s from [[oak]] trees, ground them, and leached out the acidic [[tan...
19: ...ries of [[Zihuatanejo|Ciguatan]], a wonderful country far to the northwest, populated with [[Amazons|A...
30: ... applied in the account of this voyage. It can be traced back to a series of romances that were very p... - Crossbow (7510 bytes)
5: ... depend upon lift as [[arrow]]s do. The stock and trigger of hand-held firearms may have been copied f...
10: A crossbow contains a string which is held in place by a nut when the bolt ...
12: ...[[hemp]] rope, [[linen]], [[whipcord]], or other strong cording. This cording is called the ''bridle''...
14: ...h a straight groove for the bolt to rest upon and travel along as it is shot.
16: ...on|sinew]] were used as well. Even [[cotton]] was tried with some success. - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
1: [[Image:Wave.jpg|thumb|250px|The tsunami that struck [[Mal靝 in the [[Maldives]] on [[December 26]...
4: ...very long [[wavelength]] (often hundreds of kilometres long), which is why they generally pass unnotic...
10: ...ch is too small to create a tsunami by itself may trigger an undersea landslide quite capable of gener...
14: ...s sediment and rocks slide downslope and are redistributed across the sea floor. Similarly, a violent ...
18: ...er, as energy from falling debris or expansion is transferred to the water into which the debris falls... - Swimming (22854 bytes)
1: ...ar recreational activity, particularly in hot countries and in areas with natural watercourses. Swimmi...
3: ...p.750pix.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Part of the breaststroke]]
5: ...lling of water downward relative to the body, and transverse motion only a slight propelling of water ...
11: Try to have a pointed hand above the head, pointed f...
13: Try to maximize the time spent on the side because t... - Lute (15915 bytes)
1: ...neck and a deep round back. It evolved from an instrument originally developed in the Middle East, whi...
3: ==Description of the instrument==
5: ...ssance lute. This is a replica of a historical instrument]]
7: ...hich fact — along with the large number of strings — makes lutes tedious if not difficult ...
9: ...titute, with metal windings on the lower-pitched strings as on a classical guitar. - Hittites (17910 bytes)
1: ...a]] (the modern village of Boğazk?n north-central [[Turkey]]), through most of the second millenn...
3: ...ittite kingdom, which at its height controlled central [[Anatolia]], north-western [[Syria]] down to [...
5: ...n, was apparently called '''Hatti''' in the reconstructed [[Hittite language]]. The Hittites should be...
7: ...nt]], from the time of the [[Patriarchs (Bible)|Patriarch]]s up to [[Ezra]]'s return from [[Babylonian...
12: ...(ancient [[Karum Kanesh]]), containing records of trade between Assyrian merchants and a certain "land... - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
8: | succeeded=[[Harry S. Truman]]
16: ...N. Garner]]<br>[[Henry A. Wallace]]<br>[[Harry S. Truman]]
18: ...cted President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. Born to wealth...
26: ...York (then called [[Nieuw Amsterdam]]) in about [[1650]]. In [[1788]] [[Isaac Roosevelt]] was a member o...
30: ...ly. Franklin was her only child, and she was an extremely possessive mother. Since James was a rather ... - Architectural history (13369 bytes)
5: ...ther perspective on architectural history, and centres on the situational nature of architecture as un...
7: ...istory and practice from inappropriate Western doctrines.
9: ...aches across time — the changing frameworks traced across the many editions of [[Sir Banister Fl...
17: ...ortant figure; he was merely part of a continuing tradition.
22: *[[Etruscan architecture]] - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...n [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
33: *[[Petrus Apianus]] (Germany, [[1495]] - [[1552]])
42: *[[Emil Artin]] (Austria, [[1898]] - [[1962]])
71: *[[Eugenio Beltrami]] (Italy, [[1835]]-[[1900]]) - 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...
40: *[[Christoph Arnold]] ([[Germany]], [[1650]] – [[1695]])
72: *[[Wilhelm von Biela]] ([[Austria]], [[1782]] – [[1856]]) - 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...
20: ... with Man. Finally he considered, in his crowning treatise, how Men were moved to enter into society, ...
22: ...nts of Law''. This means his initial political doctrine was not shaped by the [[English Civil War]].
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