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- Venice (22017 bytes)
1: [[Image:Venice_italy_2.jpg|thumb]]
2: ...r and a [[staging area]] for the [[Crusade]]s, as well as a very important center of commerce (especi...
6: ...the Adriatic made Venetian naval and commercial power almost invulnerable.
8: ... Arsenal]] was under construction in 1104; Venice wrested control of the [[Brenner pass]] from Verona...
9: [[Image:VEN74_1625W.jpg|thumb|]]
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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
17: ... the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a single ship
18: *[[Roy Chapman Andrews]], (1884-1960), US explorer
24: *[[William Baffin]], ([[1584]]-[[1622]])
28: *[[Willem Barents]], ([[1550]]?-[[1597]]), [[Netherlan...
31: ... century]] [[France|French]] explorer, mapped the West [[Australia]]n coastline. - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
2: ...uart.jpg|thumb|right|140px|Mary I of Scotland; known as Mary, Queen of Scots]]
5: {{House of Stewart(Scotland)}}
7: ...[[July 24]], [[1567]]. She is perhaps the best known of the Scottish monarchs, in part because of the...
9: ...16]] – [[1558]]), and whose reign coincided with that of Mary, Queen of Scots.
12: ...]] to King [[James V of Scotland]] and his French wife, [[Marie de Guise]]. - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
3: ...s, largely set in provincial England, are well known for their [[realism]] and psychological perspica...
5: ... attending her relationship with [[George Henry Lewes]].
8: ...time that she began to live with [[George Henry Lewes]] in an extramarital cohabitation.
10: ...d to her in name only, while he made house solely with Evans.
12: ...e of 61 in London of a [[kidney]] [[ailment]] and was [[interred]] in [[Highgate Cemetery]] (East), [... - Veronica Franco (1937 bytes)
1: ...6]]-[[1591]]) was a [[poet]] and [[courtesan]] of Venice during the sixteenth century.
3: ...e was listed as one of the foremost courtesans of Venice in the "catalog," ''Il Catalogo di tutte le princ...
5: ... letters and collected the works of other leading writers into anthologies. She also founded and fun...
7: ...[Inquisition]] for [[Witchcraft|witchcraft]], but was acquitted of the charges. Her later life is la...
9: The life and times of Veronica Franco were made into the 1998 movie, "Dangerous Beauty". - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
3: ... such heroic themes were considered beyond a mere woman's reach.
7: ...from [[Caravaggio]] during that period, her style was just as heavily influenced in turn.
10: ...ferent to the language of the [[Bologna]] school (which had [[Annibale Carracci]] among its major art...
12: ...vately. The unfortunate effect was that Artemisia was raped by Tassi. Even though Tassi initially pro...
14: ...sequently influenced the [[feminism|feminist]] view of Atermisia Gentileschi during the [[20th centur... - Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
1: ....jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|Christine de Pizan, showing the interior of an apartment at the end of the...
2: ...rd feudal practice whereby the wife of a nobleman was expected to take charge in his absence. This pr...
4: ... É´ienne du Castel died, and Pizan became a court writer employed by various ducal and Royal househol...
5: ...ns]] and attacked the ''[[Romance of the Rose]]'' written by [[Jean de Meung]].
9: ...1389]] she found herself without a protector, and with three children depending on her. This determin... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
1: <div style="float:right;width:200px;margin-left:5px"><center>[[Image:AimeeS...
3: ...known as '''"Sister Aimee"''' or simply "Sister," was an [[evangelist]] and media sensation in the [[...
7: ... difference had caused a scandal in their small town, prompting the couple to elope to [[Michigan]].)
9: ...e of 13 in this context, writing letters to the newspaper defending [[evolution]], debating local cle...
11: <div style="float:left;width:160px;margin-right:5px;text-align:center">[[I... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...as nominated for four other Emmys and two [[Tony Award]]s during the course of her more than 70-year ...
5: ... her unabashedly liberal family, who she credited with giving her a sense of adventure and independen...
7: ...]'', which is now held up as an exemplar of [[screwball comedy]].
10: ...in drama -->, the same year she debuted on [[Broadway]] after landing a bit part in ''[[Night Hostess...
12: ...friends. They divorced in [[1934]] after Hepburn was established as a film star. - Nicole Kidman (11782 bytes)
1: ...rn [[June 20]], [[1967]]) is an [[Academy Award]] winning [[Australia|Australian]] [[actress]], [[pro...
2: ... her father was a cancer research specialist in [[Washington, D.C]].
3: ...rned to Australia when Nicole was four years old, when Tony Kidman took on a lectureship at the [[Uni...
8: ...]], but dropped out when her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, as Kidman concentrated on her f...
10: ...(1991). In 1989 she appeared in ''[[Dead Calm]]'' which gained her notice in the United States. - Mosaic (6524 bytes)
5: ...eat Pavement''', a Roman mosaic laid in AD 325 at Woodchester, Gloucestershire, England.]]
12: ...llae'') or of colored glass or clear glass backed with metal foils, are used to create a pattern or p...
16: ...nsion of refined mosaics to cover the surfaces of wall and ceilings in the ''[[Domus Aurea]]'', built...
18: ...nterior of [[San Marco di Venezia|St Mark's]]. In Western Europe, the demanding techniques of fresco ...
20: ...]] tradition, and extending to Russia, where Moscow claimed to succeed Constantinople as the "Third R... - Glass (26176 bytes)
1: ...us, not crystaline like the sugar was originally, which can be seen in its [[conchoidal]] fracture.
3: ... historians as ''glaesum.'' Anglo-Saxons used the word ''glaer'' for amber.
5: The remainder of this article will be concerned with a specific type of glass—the [[silica]]-...
9: ...erties can be modified, or even changed entirely, with the addition of other compounds or [[heat trea...
13: ...oxide]] ([[Silicon|Si]][[Oxygen|O]]<sub>2</sub>), which is the same chemical compound found in [[quar... - Printing (4400 bytes)
1: :''For other articles which otherwise might have the same name, see [[Print]] (disam...
3: ...thumb|The [[folding machine|folder]] of newspaper web offset printing press]]
4: ...ing copies of [[text]]s and [[image]]s, typically with [[ink]] on [[paper]] using a [[printing press]...
6: ...orld is [[Montr顬]], [[Quebec]] based [[Quebecor World]].
11: ...ype metal printing press was invented in Korea between [[1234]] and [[1241]]. By the 12th and 13th ce... - Silk (8683 bytes)
1: [[Image:Silk_worm4.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Silk Worms. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.c...
2: ...fibres triangular prism-like structure, which allows silk cloth to refract incoming light at differen...
5: .... Because of the high demand for the fabric, silk was one of the staples of international [[trade]] p...
8: ...rade routes between Europe and Asia has become known as the [[Silk Road]].
11: ..., as gifts to foreign dignitaries. The remainder was sold at exorbitant prices. - Marco Polo (6716 bytes)
1: ...[Genoa]], Marco was captured and taken to prison, where he dictated the book ''Il Milione'' about his...
5: ...his empire, to inform the [[Mongols]] about their way of life.
7: ... born. Regardless, the Polos gained prominence in Venice and are historically recorded as Venetians.
13: ...hievements of Chinese civilization, many of which were more advanced than similar contemporary Europe...
16: ...a. Though they were much impressed, the people of Venice still doubted the Polos. - Gondola (997 bytes)
3: ...rn, best known for its use in the [[canal]]s of [[Venice]].
5: ...nted black, and they are customarily so painted now.
13: ... '''gondola''' is also a type of [[railroad]] car with an open top and enclosed sides used for transp... - Culture (23440 bytes)
1: ...'culture''''', from the [[Latin]] <i>colere</i>, with its root meaning "to cultivate", generally ref...
6: ...ivilization]]" and contrasts the combined concept with "[[nature]]". According to this thinking, one ...
8: ... music]] "is" more refined than music produced by working-class people such as [[punk rock]] or than ...
10: ...dview]], people with different customs from those who regard themselves as cultured do not usually co...
12: ...| capitalist]] systems of [[western culture | the West]]. - Cornett (5160 bytes)
2: ...la]]s or wind ensembles. It is not to be confused with the [[cornet]].
6: ...in [[brass instrument]]s; that is, it is vibrated with the lips.
8: ...d instruments, with a body constructed like a woodwind but its mouthpiece (and thus mechanism of tone...
10: ...[[lathe]] so that only the cup and a minimal stub which fits the cornett's mouthpiece receiver are le...
14: ...tudied in Venice with Gabrieli and was acquainted with Bassano's playing. - Sackbut (3802 bytes)
1: ...lt and shakbusshe. In [[France]], the instrument was called ''sacqueboute'';in [[Germany]], ''posaun...
4: ...nstruments in Baroque [[polychoral]] works, along with the [[cornett|cornetto]] and [[organ (music)|o...
7: ...r slides, have a hinged handle on the slide stay, which is used to reach the long positions.
10: ...rrect me if I'm wrong --> pitched at Bb at A=440, which is equivalent to A at A=466. Other period so...
16: ... most often played by [[cornett]]s or [[shawm]]s, with the [[violin]] sometimes replacing the cornett... - Slovenia (19318 bytes)
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52: ...y]] to the west, the [[Adriatic Sea]] to the southwest, [[Croatia]] to the south and east, [[Hungary]...
54: Slovenia was part of [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugosla...
59: ...lovenian state and the first stable Slavic state, was formed in the [[7th century]]. In [[745]], Cara... - Country (4192 bytes)
1: ...ays,'' Compare the concept of ''[[nation]]'', below.
3: All internationally recognized states follow to some degree international standards in terms o...
7: ...on the island of [[Great Britain]] – are known as countries, even though they are effectively g...
11: ...'', as in ''national capital'', ''international law''
12: ...[government]], and an entity in [[international law]]
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