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- Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
7: dead=dead |
8: date_of_death = [[30 April]] [[1945]] |
9: place_of_death = [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]
11: ...[[Germany]] from [[1933]] to his death. He was leader of the [[National Socialist German Workers Party...
13: ...eople, including 6 million [[Jew]]s, in a [[genocide]] now known as [[the Holocaust]]. - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
7: ...ific]] coast of that isthmus; the pirates then raided Spanish settlements in [[Peru]] before returning...
9: ...of ten vessels. In Mexico Cook died, and a new leader, Captain Davis, took command. Dampier transferre...
11: ...e ship was being [[careening|careened]] Dampier made notes on the fauna and flora he found there. Late...
20: On the return voyage to England, ''Roebuck'' foundered near [[Ascension Island]] on [[21 February]] [...
22: ...as able to save many new charts of coastlines, trade winds and currents in the seas around Australia a... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
1: ... American colonies]]. The war, which eventually widened far beyond [[British North America]], resulted...
3: ...fers solely to the military campaign; for the broader perspective, including the origins and aftermath...
10: ..." army). Each colony instead provided for its own defenses through the use of local [[militia]]. Milit...
12: ...st number of men that Washington personally commanded in the field at any one time was fewer than 17,0...
15: ...g the war years. However, according to reliable modern estimates, total British strength in the coloni... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
1: ...pg|thumb|right|300px|Benjamin Franklin Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
2: ...klin was a member of the [[Freemasons]], corresponded with members of the [[Lunar Society]] and was al...
4: Franklin's [[invention]]s include the [[Franklin stove]], the medical [[catheter]],...
9: ...[[Ecton]], [[Northamptonshire]], [[England]] on [[December 23]], [[1657]] the son of Thomas Franklin, ...
11: ...ing half-siblings of Benjamin Franklin. They included: Elizabeth ([[March 2]] [[1678]]), Samuel ([[May... - Charles Babbage (13539 bytes)
2: ...roto-) [[computer scientist]] who originated the idea of a ''programmable'' [[computer]]. Parts of hi...
5: ...t [[Teignmouth]], and Charles' father became a warden of the nearby St. Michael?s Church.
8: ...n near Cambridge, Charles said, "I fear I did not derive from it all the advantages that I might have ...
12: ...uate with honors. He instead received an honorary degree without examination in 1814.
16: ...ve of the marriage. The couple lived happily at 5 Devonshire Street, Portland Place, London. They had ... - Battle of the Wilderness (11082 bytes)
1: ...h and Indian War]] battle, see [[Battle of the Wilderness 1755]].''
4: battle_name=Battle of the Wilderness
7: |image=[[Image:Battle of the Wilderness.png|300px]]
8: |caption=''Battle of the Wilderness'' by Kurz and Allison.
14: |combatant2=[[Confederate States of America]] - Information (13474 bytes)
2: ...''''Information''''' is a term with many meanings depending on context, but is as a rule closely relat...
4: ... "information" is often used without careful consideration of the various meanings it has come to acqu...
6: ...e bee's nervous system uses the information to guide the bee to the flower, where the bee often finds ...
8: ...ing sections roughly in order of narrowest to broadest.
12: ...mation in this sense is simply any message the sender chooses to create. - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
2: ...marqués del Valle de Oaxaca''' ([[1485]]–[[December 2]], [[1547]]) was the [[conquistador]] who...
5: ...o]], who later conquered the [[Inca]] empire of modern-day [[Peru]] (not to be confused with another F...
10: ...ting the indigenous [[Guanches]]) but would prove devastating in the New World.
12: ... the west. Governor Velázquez forbade him to invade the mainland (a privilege he reserved for himself...
14: ==Cartas de Relacion== - Germanic tribes (16394 bytes)
3: ...allis]], [[Walloon]], and [[Wallachia]] have been derived.
5: ...ed free, led by their own hereditary or chosen leaders.
10: ...egarding the question of ethnic origins, evidence developed by both archaeologists and linguists sugge...
12: ...ural features at that time included small, independent settlements and an economy strongly based on th...
14: ...(2-3 degrees warmer than today) deteriorated considerably, which not only dramatically changed the flo... - March 21 (10586 bytes)
6: *[[1788]] - A [[fire]] destroys 856 buildings in [[New Orleans]] and leaves...
7: ...]] with a temporary [[Papal Tiara|papal tiara]] made of [[papier-m⣨靝.
9: *[[1804]] - [[Napoleonic code|Code Napol鯮]] was adopted as [[France|French]] [[civ...
19: ...en fire on a group of unarmed black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180
20: *[[1963]] - [[Alcatraz]], a federal [[penitentiary]] on an island in [[San Francis... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
2: ...Thomas Hobbes (portrait).jpg|thumb|Thomas Hobbes: detail from a portrait by John Michael Wright ([[Nat...
4: ...Thomas Hobbes''' ([[April 5]], [[1588]] – [[December 4]], [[1679]]) was a noted [[English (peopl...
6: ...artes|Descartes]] and wrote one of the replies to Descartes' ''Meditations.''
10: ...abandoning his three children to the care of an older brother Francis. Hobbes was educated at Westport...
12: ... Hardwick (and later [[Duke of Devonshire|Earl of Devonshire]]), and began a lifelong connection with ... - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (15483 bytes)
1: ...th Century Germany's movement of philosophical [[idealism]]. It would come to have a profound impact o...
5: ...on]] and collaborated in a [[critique]] of the [[idealist]] philosophies of [[Immanuel Kant]] and his ...
7: ...hy were compiled from the lecture notes of his students and published posthumously.
9: ...of rational [[government]] and the revolutionary ideals of freedom and equality.
11: ...o an infinite antithesis; that, viz. between the Idea in its free, universal form - in which it exists... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
23: *[[Adelard of Bath]], (12th century){{fn|C}}
26: *[[Aedesius]], (d. 355)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
37: *[[Alain de Lille]], (c. 1128-1202)
44: *[[Alcibiades]], (c. 450-404 BC) - History of Christianity (35391 bytes)
2: ...es the history of '''[[Christianity]]''' and provides links to relevant topics.
8: ...e Christian claim of exclusivity, that only its understanding of "Jewish" teaching is valid, led to an...
10: ...s [[Jesus]] (the [[Incarnation]]), and became the deliverer of both Israel and of all mankind. Christi...
29: ...t to follow what would later be called the [[Noahide Laws]] subset of the [[Law of Moses]]. The [[Dida...
32: ...[[Syria]] is the site of the earliest discovered identifiable Christian house church. - Islam (36809 bytes)
6: ... the word ''Islām'' and means one who "surrenders" or "submits" to God.
12: ...over the succession of authority after Muhammad's death; these are known as [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] , [[...
14: ... but God; Muhammad is the messenger of God." In order to become a Muslim, one needs to recite and beli...
26: ...life. God has given the free will to do and make decisions.)
29: ...ood and Evil are from God, and Resurrection after death be Truth. - Quran (41479 bytes)
6: ... believe they were revealed) but in a different order, roughly by size, also believed by Muslims to be...
8: == The Qur'an as divided for reading and recitation ==
10: ...into four quarters. A different structure is provided by the [[ruku'at]], semantical units resembling ...
14: ...at time. (The ''[[Mu'allaqat]]'', or ''Suspended Odes'', are believed by some to be examples of pre-Is...
16: ...ography soon became important sciences, and the model for the literary language remains to this day th... - Egyptian mythology (14567 bytes)
1: ...rly three thousand years, and beliefs varied considerably over time.
14: ...] initially absorbing the details of the other goddesses, but ultimately being absorbed into [[Isis]]....
16: ...t centre - [[Abydos, Egypt|Abydos]] for Osiris, [[Dendara]] for Isis, and [[Edfu]] for Horus. Even by ...
18: ==Death==
19: ...f the Pharaoh, even after death, the person who made the cut in the abdomen with a rock knife was cere... - Egyptian soul (5527 bytes)
1: ....jpg|thumb||170px|left|Ancient Egypt Clipart provided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom C...
2: ...an mythology]], the [[human]] '''[[soul]]''' is made up of five parts: the Ka, the Ba, the Akh, the Sh...
5: ...protect it for eternity. Conversely, the names of deceased enemies of the state, such as [[Akhenaten]]...
12: ...he difference between a living and a dead person, death occurring when the ''ka'' left the body. The K...
14: ...on food and drink offerings were presented to the dead, though it was the ''kau'' (''k3w'') within the... - Tiger (11674 bytes)
15: ..., to the poaching for the fur, tiger numbers have decreased in size and have been placed on the endang...
23: ...tually a silvery-grey tone, though no reliable evidence has been found.
25: ...urpose of stripes is [[camouflage]], serving to hide these animals from their prey (few large animals ...
35: ...ese are the surviving subspecies, in descending order of wild population:
37: ...iving in India and Bangladesh. These tigers are under severe pressure from both habitat reduction and ... - Sliding puzzle (2847 bytes)
1: ...'sliding tile puzzle''' challenges a player to slide usually flat pieces along certain routes (usually...
8: ...lay for free on-line from many web pages. It is a descendant of the [[jigsaw puzzle]] in that its poin...
10: ...game]]s, just as mazes are, and like them is considered by many fans of such games as a time-filler.
15: ...y Press]], ISBN 0-19-853204-0)) is said to be the definitive volume on this type of puzzle.
16: ... [[Elwyn Ralph Berlekamp]] et al., [[1982]], [[Academic Press]])
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