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- Archaeopteryx (8771 bytes)
2: ...the [[Oxford University Museum of Natural History|Oxford University Museum]]}}
19: ...ecimens of ''Archaeopteryx'' have been found, all from the Late [[Jurassic]] [[Solnhofen limestone]] o...
25: ...birds, but ''Archaeopteryx'' was rather different from any bird we know of today: it had jaws lined wi...
28: ...s a powerful piece of evidence that birds evolved from [[dinosaur]]s. The skeleton is most similar to ...
34: ... [[flight|fly]], or only hop around and [[glide]] from [[tree]]s. The lack of a large [[breastbone]] s... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
25: | <small>Disciple of [[Jesus]] from whom, according to {{bibleverse||Matthew|16:18-...
91: | <small>[[Aquileia]], Friuli, Italy</small>
119: | <small>[[North Africa|Northern Africa]]</small>
165: ===From 250===
255: | <small>Africa</small> - Pope Telesphorus (1411 bytes)
1: ...cio" says that he was Greek by birth, and reigned from [[127]] or [[128]] to [[137]] or [[138]]. The t...
6: ...d Dictionary of Popes.'' (1986). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. - Compass (8275 bytes)
3: ...g directions. It consists of a magnetised pointer free to align itself accurately with [[Earth's magne...
5: ...ent]] with a magnetized bar or [[needle]] turning freely upon a pivot and pointing in a [[north]]erly ...
17: ...un Feng Xiang Song (Fair Winds for Escort) in the Oxford [[Bodleian Library]] contains great details about...
24: In the Mediterranean, however, the practice from ancient times had been to curtail sea travel be...
30: ...ed so the user can distinguish the north-pointing from the south-pointing end; in modern convention th... - Sandro Botticelli (8995 bytes)
5: ...ting hall of the Mercanzia, a cloth-merchants' confraternity, and Botticello contributed to the set th...
9: [[Image:10ec_ita.png|frame|right|Botticelli's ''Venus'' graces the first ...
11: He was influenced in his art by [[Fra Filippo Lippi]] and [[Antonio Pollaiuolo]]. The ...
14: ...ors, virgins, and the orders of angels, the whole from a design given to him by Matteo, who was a wort...
19: ...lustrate the sentiments that are actually derived from medieval courtly love. ([[Jean Seznec]]'s book ... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...ic offices, including that of [[Lord Chancellor]] from [[1529]] to [[1532]]. More coined the word "[[...
5: ...ellous man". Thomas attended the [[University of Oxford]] for two years, where he studied [[Latin]] and [...
7: ...o Lincoln's Inn while he considered joining the [[Franciscan]] order. Perhaps because he judged himse...
12: From [[1510]] to [[1518]], More served as one of the...
14: ...er served as high steward for the universities of Oxford and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]]. In [[... - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
1: [[Image:Shakespeare.jpg|frame|right|William Shakespeare ([[National Portrait...
8: ...tp://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Shakespeare quotations from Shakespearean plays], the [[List of titles of w...
31: ...re.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Shakespeare's signature, from his will]]
33: ...company took its name, like others of the period, from its aristocratic sponsor, the [[Lord Chamberlai...
35: ...aker for his landlord's daughter. Legal documents from 1612, when the case was brought to trial, show ... - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ... popularly regarded as a martyr to the cause of [[freedom of thought]] because his ideas went against ...
7: ...rdano on becoming a [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] friar at the [[Monastery]] of Saint Domenico near [[...
9: ...t [[Egypt]]. They are now believed to date mostly from about [[300]] A.D. and to be associated with [[...
13: ...ernicus|Copernicanism]] and forced to leave for [[France]].
17: ...powerful French patrons, including [[Henry III of France|Henry III]]. During this period, he published... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...rk for the [[American Revolution|American]] and [[French Revolution]]s, the Latin American independenc...
14: ...ne. This idea became central to the Enlightenment from Newton through to Jefferson.
16: ...d by the ideas of [[Blaise Pascal|Pascal]], [[Gottfried Leibniz|Leibniz]], [[Galileo Galilei|Galileo]]...
18: ...ies. If the previous era was the age of reasoning from first principles, Enlightenment thinkers saw th...
20: ...figures such as Sir [[Francis Bacon (philosopher)|Francis Bacon]] with the axiomatic approach of Desca... - Computer (32773 bytes)
3: ...erical]] or [[logic]]al terms. Computers are made from [[digital circuit|components]] that perform sim...
24: ...logue]], [[digital]] and [[electronic]]. However, from the context of the citation, it is obvious thes...
39: *[[Mainframe|Mainframe computer]]
51: ...uter development means new uses for computers are frequently found and current definitions quickly bec...
54: ... purely [[electronic]] computers were constructed from [[thermionic valve]]s (tubes). In the [[1950s]]... - Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (14006 bytes)
5: ...eometry]] at [[Oxford]]. In the family and to his friends he was known as Stephe (rhymes with Livy). H...
11: ...dia]]. In [[1895]] he held special service in [[Africa]] and returned to India in [[1897]] to command...
13: ...oon transferred to the British secret service. He frequently travelled disguised as a butterfly collec...
15: ...ful campaign in [[Ashanti Confederacy|Ashanti]], Africa, and at the age of 40 was promoted to lead the...
17: ...as responsible for the organisation of a force of frontiersmen to assist the regular army. Whilst arra... - Philosophy (30964 bytes)
1: The term '''philosophy''' derives from a combination of the [[Greek language|Greek]] w...
5: ...is tradition distinct and distinct field of study from Western philosophy. This article will discusse...
15: ...t to be beautiful? How do beautiful things differ from the everyday? What is [[Art]]?
19: [[Image:laozi3.jpg|frame|right|[[Lao Zi]] ]]
25: The word "philosophy" is derived from the ancient Greek (''Φιλο&#... - History of astronomy (13532 bytes)
2: ...woven with astronomy, and not completely separate from it until about 1750‑1800 in the [[Western...
26: The other important names of astronomers from India are [[Madhava]] and [[Nilakantha]].
50: ...y cultured, and many important works of knowledge from [[ancient Greece]] were translated into Arabic,...
54: ...[[Medieval university|Universities]]"). The model from the Greeks most remembered through the [[Middle...
62: ...observe the sky, and after constructing a 20x [[refractor telescope]] he discovered the four largest [... - Hittites (17910 bytes)
3: ...0 BC, with an as yet unexplained hundred-year gap from 1500 to 1400 BC. After 1200 BC the Hittite poli...
5: ... language]]. The Hittites should be distinguished from the "[[Hattians]]", an earlier people who inhab...
7: ...rchs (Bible)|Patriarch]]s up to [[Ezra]]'s return from [[Babylonian captivity of Judah|Babylonian capt...
14: ...I]] and his son [[Akhenaton]]. Two of the letters from a "kingdom of Kheta", apparently located in the...
15: ...the same unknown language as the Egyptian letters from Kheta — thus confirming the identity of t... - Bill Clinton (59225 bytes)
19: ...) was the 42nd [[President of the United States]] from [[1993]] to [[2001]]. Before his Presidency, C...
23: ... conviction of many staff members, associates and friends, though never himself. He became the second ...
25: ...ssumption of office marked a "generational shift" from the former Presidents who were mostly World War...
27: ...-the-time the largest American [[budget deficit]] from his predecessor [[George H. W. Bush|President G...
34: ...to the [[University of Oxford]] in England. After Oxford, Clinton attended [[Yale Law School]], where he m... - Harry S. Truman (30022 bytes)
9: | preceded=[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]
32: <tr><td>'''Predecessor:'''</td><td>[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]</td></tr>
51: ...s]], succeeding to the office upon the death of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]].
58: ...the bulk of his formative years. After graduating from high school in [[1901]], Truman worked at a ser...
61: ...eye and 20/400 in the left eye. Before heading to France, Harry was sent for training at [[Fort Sill]]... - Catapult (3598 bytes)
1: ...thumb|300px|Replica catapult at Châ´¥au des Baux, France]]
5: The name is derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] κατ...
12: ...catapults were [[tension]]al catapults, developed from the [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] [[ballista]]. A mem...
16: ...s thrown from a bucket attached to a rope hanging from the top end of the arm, essentially like a [[sl...
23: ...es of diseased animals and those who had perished from the Black Death or other diseases were loaded u... - History of India (31279 bytes)
8: ...] kingdoms, and finally of the [[Kushan Empire]]. From the [[3rd century]] onwards the [[Gupta|Gupta d...
11: Southern India suffered little or no incursion from foreign lands, which facilitated the establishm...
14: ...ed south, where the [[Hoysala Empire]] flourished from the 11th to the end of the 13th century AD, fol...
20: ... the European powers. Initial rivalry between the French and the English companies finally ended with ...
23: ...modern state, followed. India gained independence from British rule on [[August 15]] [[1947]], later b... - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: ...ing Roman influence into what has become modern [[France]], an accomplishment whose direct consequence...
4: ...ltering government of the weak republic. Caesar's friend [[Marcus Brutus]] conspired with others to as...
6: Caesar's military campaigns are known in detail from his own written [[Literary works of Julius Caes...
23: ...ing the funerals Caesar delivered eulogy speeches from the [[rostra]]. Julia's funeral was filled wit...
26: ...umbnail|right|250px|'''Julius Caesar''', depicted from the bust in the [[British Museum]], in ''Cassel... - Blimp (3839 bytes)
1: ... to non-rigid [[airship]]s. These airships differ from rigid airships (e.g., [[Zeppelin]]s) in that th...
7: ...non-rigids as 'limp'. Further, according to the [[Oxford Dictionary]], the first appearance of the word in...
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