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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
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23: ...n]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the South American continent.
27: *[[Robert Bartlett]] ([[1875]]-[[1946]]), notable Arctic explorer
30: *[[Ibn Battuta|Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta]], ([[1304]]?-[[1377]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]]...
32: *[[Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen]], [[Russians|Russian]] ex... - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
7: ...e was young, a foreigner, in a country that had little weight in the great world of politics, of unpro...
11: ...e, [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary, Queen of Scots]], little disposed to meddle with politics on her own acc...
13: ...en's waists from their natural dimensions to as little as 43, 38, or even fewer centimetres (17, 15, o...
17: ...the Protestant rebellion by arms, she resumed, in 1570, the policy of peace and negotiation. She conceiv...
19: ...ral and showed signs of taking up an independent attitude. Catherine, thinking her influence menaced,... - Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
14: ...m here she conducted peace negotiations, and in [[1570]] official talks began to marry Henry to the king... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...[[1567]]. She is perhaps the best known of the Scottish monarchs, in part because of the tragedy of he...
14: ...ng the reign of [[Robert II of Scotland]], the Scottish Crown had been confirmed to be inherited by ma...
17: ...ith a lass!" The Stewart family had gained the Scottish throne through Marjory (daughter of [[Robert I...
31: ...e. Fearing an uprising among the people, the [[Scottish Parliament]] broke off the treaty at the end o...
33: ...n Mary. This consisted of a series of raids on Scottish territory and other such actions. It lasted un... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
18: ...h's household before [[Anne Boleyn]]'s death. [[Matthew Parker]], her mother's favourite priest, took ...
27: ...cism|Catholic]] Mary persecuted Protestants. She attempted to convert Elizabeth, who pretended to be R...
33: ...e. She later persuaded her mother's chaplain, [[Matthew Parker]], to become Archbishop. He only accept...
35: ... Burghley|Sir William Cecil]] for advice on the matter. The [[Act of Uniformity 1559]] required the us...
41: ...s all of the estates and incomes Elizabeth inheiretted from her father [[Henry VIII]] were only hers u... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
5: ...#256;ḏām in [[Tiberian Hebrew]], and آدم (ʾĀdam) in [[Arabic lang...
22: ...ong they were in [[Garden of Eden|Paradise]] is matter of literalist conjecture; traditional Jewish so... - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
27: ...grated to the Nile river where they developed a settled [[agriculture|agricultural]] [[economy]] and m...
29: ...cates that by [[6000 BC]] they were [[herding]] cattle and [[construction|constructing]] large buildin...
31: ...c lineage to [[North Africa|Northeast Africa]] ([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Ret...
35: ...ksos]] Semites. They defeated the invaders around 1570 BC and expanded into the [[Aegean]], [[Sudan]], [...
39: ...is name because it is written on a ceremonial palette used for make-up. Funeral practices for the pea... - Influenza (10335 bytes)
26: ...respiratory system|respiratory tract]], is transmitted from person to person by saliva droplets expell...
41: ... die from influenza, and 114,000 per year are admitted to a hospital as a result of influenza. Even he...
43: ...le, people with asthma may experience [[asthma]] attacks while they have the flu, and people with chro...
54: ... contain the most likely strains of the virus to attack the next year. The flu vaccine is usually reco...
71: ...riginally from the public domain CDC publication http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/flu/fluinfo.htm'' - List of painters (54090 bytes)
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38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]])
102: *[[Jennifer Bartlett]] ([[1941]]-)
130: *[[Bernardo Bellotto]] ([[1721]]-[[1780]])
183: *[[Sandro Botticelli]] ([[1445]]-[[1510]]) - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
8: ...e Brahe]]) and one younger ([[Sophie Brahe]]). [[Otte Brahe]], Tycho's father, a [[nobleman]], was an ...
10: ...did not lead to any disputes nor did his parents attempt to get him back. Tycho lived with his childle...
18: ...at the [[University of Rostock]] in [[Germany]]. Attending a dance at a professor's house, he quarrell...
23: at the end of 1570, so he returned to [[Knudstrup]], where his fathe...
26: ... Knudstrup Tycho fell in love with [[Kirsten J?sdatter]] who was a commoner, her father, Pastor Jorgen... - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
6: ...ised Protestant. Montaigne was sent to a small cottage with a peasant family and a tutor until he was...
10: ...circ;teau de Montaigne, to which he moved back in 1570.
33: ...sdain for man's pursuit of lasting fame, and his attempts to detach himself from worldly things to pre...
35: ...his time, his belief that humans are not able to attain true certainty ([[skepticism]]), and even allu... - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
15: ...world atlas, ''[[Theatrum Orbis Terrarum]]'' in [[1570]]. He produced his own atlas in a number of parts...
26: * [http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/guide/gmillatl.html L...
27: * [http://www.walkingtree.com/ Mercators Atlas] - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
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34: *[[Karl Bitter]] (1867 - 1915)
44: *[[Rembrandt Bugatti]] (1884 - 1916)
58: *[[Danese Cattaneo]]
98: *[[Giovan Battista Foggini]] - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
1: ...ate of birth are unknown, but [[September 12]], [[1570]] in England seems likely, and he is presumed to ...
7: ...east coast of [[North America]], including [[Manhattan]], [[Maine]], and [[Cape Cod]]–the first ...
15: ... successfully made his way as far south as the [[Ottawa River]].
21: *[http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=34410 Bi...
22: *[http://www.ianchadwick.com/hudson/ ''The life and tim... - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
17: ...cidents, for instance the [[11 March 2004 Madrid attacks|Madrid train bombings]] of [[11 March]] [[200...
26: ... also run in a guided path. The term "guideway" better describes the non-traditional modes.
30: ...varying number of tracks. Rail lines that carry little traffic are often built with a single track whi...
84: ...ave rail transport (including several with very little), of which ca. 90 have passenger services.
112: *http://www.northrail.co.nr - Defending Rail Services ... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
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39: *[[Leone Battista Alberti]], (1404-1472)
43: *[[Rogers Albritton]]
55: *[[Francesco Algarotti]], (1712-1764)
57: *[[Archibald Alison (Scottish author)|Archibald Alison]], (1757-1839){{fn|R}... - Islam (36809 bytes)
10: ... parts of the Bible and the Torah have been forgotten, misinterpreted, or distorted by their follower...
36: ...lf-Sufficient master. He never begot, nor was begotten. There is none comparable to Him."
38: ...engers , and say not "three" . Cease! ( it is ) better for you! Allah is only One God . Far is it remo...
40: ...These are consequently the most important divine attributes in the sense that Muslims repeat them most...
74: ...iteration of the Arabic original (قرآن); it means “recitation”. - Quran (41479 bytes)
2: ...#1571;َلْقُرآن}} ''al-qur'ān''; its literal meaning...
14: ...ne of the first written works in Arabic. It is written in an early form of classical [[Arabic language...
22: == Stylistic attributes ==
58: ... written the sura down. See [[Qur'anic initial letters]] for a fuller discussion.
68: ...ch others, if any, is, however, a controversial matter. - Christmas tree (16574 bytes)
7: ...wing-the-star-of-Bethlehem.png|right|thumb|Silhouette drawing of the Three Wise Men on camels followin...
9: ...ear. According to one legend, [[Saint Boniface]] attempted to introduce the idea of [[trinity]] to the...
11: ...o royal courts as far as Russia. Princess [[Henrietta von Nassau-Weilburg]] introduced the Christmas t...
15: ...roduced by King George III's German Queen [[Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]], but did not spread mu...
17: ...n as early as late [[October]] (which every year attracts adverse comment from much of the shopping pu... - Timeline of Middle Eastern History (12425 bytes)
13: * Circa [[8350 BC]] ? [[Neolithic]] settlement at [[Jericho]]
16: * Circa [[8000 BC]]?Settlements at [[Nevali Cori]] in present-day [[Turkey...
17: ...a very large [[Neolithic]] and [[Chalcolithic]] settlement in southern [[Anatolia]], is founded.
18: * Settlements at Sagalassos in present-day southwest Tur...
23: * First [[pottery]] in [[Mesopotamia]]
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