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- Timeline of the French Revolution (9550 bytes)
20: ...mbly of notables]], called by [[Charles Alexandre de Calonne]] against a background of state financial...
21: ...[ɴienne Charles de Lom鮩e de Brienne]] replaces de Calonne as Contoller-General of Finances.
35: ... (others) votes for the common verification of credentials, in opposition to the First Estate (the cle...
36: ... Assembly (French Revolution)|National Assembly]] declared
37: ...] in which the National Assembly vows to continue despite royal prohibition - Sebastiano Serlio (4494 bytes)
1: ...nebleau. Serlio helped canonize the [[classical order]]s of architecture in his influential treatise, ...
3: ...Baldassare Peruzzi]], where he stayed until the [[Sack of Rome]] in 1527 put all architectural projects ...
4: ...oChurchFacade.jpg|thumb|right|Serlio's church facade of 1537 crystallized a format that lasted into th...
6: ... Maria Novella]] in Florence (''ca.'' 1458). The idea was in the air in the 1530s: several contemporar...
8: ...ⴥau of Fontainebleau]], where a team of Italian designers and craftsmen were assembled. Serlio took ... - Hyksos (23575 bytes)
2: ...Asiatic people who appeared in the eastern [[Nile Delta]] during the [[Second Intermediate Period]]. T...
4: ...nach]] refers to them as [[Canaanites]], and decendents of [[Ham, son of Noah]]. The Hyksos had names ...
9: ...in Egyptian texts like the [[Turin King List]] to describe the rulers of neighboring lands. This expr...
11: ...if any supporters, and the Hyksos are widely regarded as Semitic.
13: ...he fifth name of an Egyptian pharaoh; it was preceded by the royal title ''sa Ra'', or Son of (the sun... - Sargon II of Assyria (8855 bytes)
1: ... himself as a new man, rarely referring to his predecessors, and he took the name '''Sharru-kinu''', t...
3: ...ning of his rule, Sargon made a pact with the Chaldean [[Merodach-baladan|Marduk-apla-iddin]]. He free...
6: ...red [[Gaza]] in [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]], destroyed [[Raphia]] and won a victory over Egyptian...
8: ... Kar-Nergal (Kishesim). He built new bases in [[Medes|Media]] as well, the main being Harhar and Kar-S...
12: ... (with the king still in the chariot), the latter describes how ways had to be cut into the intractabl... - First Crusade (34670 bytes)
1: {{Crusade}}
2: ...tern world|Western power]], and was the only crusade – in contrast to the many that followed &nd...
5: ...mbined with the relative stability of European borders after the [[Christianization]] of the [[Viking]...
9: ...eminated to the general public the idea of a Crusade to capture the Holy Land with the famous words: "...
12: ...eighbours, than with cooperating against the crusaders. - Culture of Spain (17671 bytes)
4: ...s or nationalities — even those that least identify themselves as Spanish — have contribut...
6: ..., the [[Basque Country]] and [[Catalonia]] have widespread [[nationalism|nationalist]] sentiment. Many...
8: ...lism, but generally without aspirations to independent statehood and generally with a smaller percenta...
10: ...panish nationalist feeling, have strong regional identities: [[Cantabria]], [[Asturies]], [[Rioja]], [...
12: ...of [[Murcia]]. [[Castile]] was the core kingdom under which Spain eventually unified after centuries o... - Giraffes (7566 bytes)
16: Native to [[Africa]], the giraffe is related to [[deer]] and [[cattle]], but is placed in a separate f...
20: ...ight white lines. The blocks may sometimes appear deep red and may also cover the legs. Range: northea...
24: ...n an off-white background and no spots on inner sides of the legs or below the hocks. Range: eastern S...
25: ... brown, blotched or rectangular spots with poorly defined cream lines. Hocks may be spotted. Range: Ug...
26: ...th African Giraffe (''G.c. giraffa'') — rounded or blotched spots, some with star-like extension... - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
4: ...southwestern [[Iran]]. The Elamite period is considered to last from ca. [[2700 BC]] to [[539 BC]], wi...
5: ... Empire]] that succeeded it, and may thus be considered the starting point of the [[history of Iran]].
8: ...], where they are called the offspring of Elam, eldest son of [[Shem]] (see [[Elam (Hebrew Bible)]]).
10: ...n provincial name [[Khuzestan|Khuzestān]] is derived from the Old Persian root ''Hujiyā'', w...
13: ...ndus script|Harappan pictographs]] have yet to be deciphered. Several stages of the language are attes... - Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
8: ...b|left|A large artificial [[Christmas tree]] outside a shopping mall in [[Hong Kong]]]]
10: ...mas-like festivities even though they do not consider themselves Christians. Many customs, including s...
12: ...acau]] designate Christmas as a public holiday on December 25. Both are former [[colony|colonies]] of ...
14: ...become increasingly prevalent during the month of December in large urban centers of mainland China, r...
20: ... of stores and buildings are displaying Christmas decorations. - Santa Claus (16146 bytes)
5: ...visits children on the [[New Year's Day]] and is identified with [[Saint Basil]] whose memory is celeb...
8: ...reenland]], or [[Caesarea_Mazaca|Caesarea]] when identified as [[Saint Basil]]; [[traditions]] vary.
10: ...o distinguish fantasy from reality improves and older children disillusion them.
12: ...olk tale, and that it can help children gain confidence in their maturity in themselves to discover th...
15: The modern Santa Claus is a composite character made up from the merging of two quite separate figures... - Wheat (11378 bytes)
21: ...A [[ploidy|hexaploid]] species that is the most widely cultivated in the world.
23: ...s. Cultivated in ancient times but no longer in widespread usage.
24: ...r. ''durum'') The only tetraploid form of wheat widely used today.
30: ...er, self-sowing seeds to become the ancestor of modern wheat.
35: [[Image:Wheat in sack.jpg|thumb|250px|Sack of wheat]] - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
4: ...oups. The section called the "Old City" is surrounded by walls and consists of four quarters: [[Jew]]i...
12: ...brew]] ''Ir Shalem'' ("city of Salem"). Some consider a connection between the name and ''Shalim'' the...
18: .... David then expanded the city to the south, and declared it the capital city of the united [[Kingdom...
22: ... history, the kings of Judah become historically identifiable, and the significance the Temple had in ...
24: ... burnt, and the city's walls were ruined, thus rendering what remained of the city unprotected.
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