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- Religion in China (12456 bytes)
3: ...emple]]s of many different religions dot the landscape of China. The most widespread religion of China...
5: ...f system as either a religion or a [[philosophy]] can be problematic. Thus, some regard [[Confucianism...
7: ...Buddhism while the reverse is not necessarily the case.
11: ...was regarded as the [[Son of Heaven]], and he typically led the imperial court in performing elaborate...
28: ... centered on 'the way', an understanding of which can be likened to recognising the true nature of the... - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
1: ...Image:Mid_horoscope_catherine_de_medici.jpg|thumb|Catherine de' Medici]]
3: ..., and later lived in [[France]] under the name '''Catherine de M餩cis''', was Queen of France as the ...
5: ...rly age, Catherine was sent to a convent to be educated; she was only fourteen when she was married (1...
7: ...royal house, would listen to such a proposal. But Catherine did produce children, and Francis lived lo...
9: ...hen her maternal aunt the Duchess of Albany died, Catherine inherited the [[County of Auvergne]]. - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...he best known of the Scottish monarchs, in part because of the tragedy of her life.
14: ...ons, who were listed in that parliamentary act, because the legitimacy of Robert's children of first m...
15: ...emi-Salic]] situation, Mary ascended the throne because all other male lines of the royal house had go...
17: ...e birth and prophesied, "The devil go with it! It came with a lass, it will gang with a lass!" The Ste...
19: ...riage proposition, went into hiding in [[Stirling Castle]], where preparations were made for Mary's co... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
1: ...ith]] Beheading [[Holofernes]]'' (1612-21) Oil on canvas 199 x 162 cm Galleria degli [[Uffizi]], Flore...
3: ...irst female painter to become a member of the [[Accademia dell' Arte del Disegno]] in Florence. She wa...
7: ...er father's style took heavily inspiration from [[Caravaggio]] during that period, her style was just ...
10: ...e of the [[Bologna]] school (which had [[Annibale Carracci]] among its major artists).
12: ...iosi Palace]] in [[Rome]], so Orazio hired the Tuscan painter to tutor his daughter privately. The unf... - Circulatory system (8794 bytes)
1: The '''circulatory system''' or '''cardiovascular system''' is the [[organ (anatomy)|or...
2: [[Image:Heart_crca.jpg|thumb|200px|Human Heart Clipart provided by [...
15: ...ph]] in this case) through the arteries to spaces called [[sinuses]] which surround the organs, allowi...
18: ...e system of blood vessels consisting of arteries, capillaries and veins.
20: ...gh the capillaries of the [[gill]]s and on to the capillaries of the body tissues. This is known as ''... - List of people by name: X (1295 bytes)
4: *[[Callistus Xanothopoulos|Xanothopoulos, Callistus]], patriarch of Constantinople
7: *[[Francis Xavier|Xavier, Francis]], ([[1506]]-[[1552]]), [[Spain|Spanish]] [[missionary]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
13: *[[Pablo Picasso]], ([[1881]]-[[1973]]), Spanish [[Cubism|cubis...
22: *[[Hans von Aachen]] ([[1552]]-[[1615]])
26: *[[Bernard Accama]] ([[1697]]-[[1756]])
57: *[[Carl Andre]] ([[1935]]-) - Zoology (5641 bytes)
10: ...'logos'' = word) is the [[biology|biological]] [[academic discipline|discipline]] which involves the s...
28: In addition the various taxonomically oriented-disciplines such as [[mammalogy]], [[...
31: == Systems of classification ==
33: ''Main article:'' [[Scientific classification]]
35: ...|Hunter]] and [[Georges Cuvier|Cuvier]], [[anatomical]] study has associated itself with the more supe... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ... "[[research institute]]". For purposes of [[publication]], he owned a [[printing press]] and [[paper ...
8: ...ng's court. [[Beate Bille]], Tycho's mother, also came from an important family which had produced lea...
10: ...hich they moved, and where Tycho began a Latin education until he was 12 years old.
12: ...ut also studied a variety of other subjects and became interested in [[astronomy]]. It was, however, t...
14: ... of mapping the heavens conducted from a single location over a period of several years.'' -Tycho Brah... - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
4: <tr><td>[[image:mercator.jpg|200px|Gerardus Mercator]]</td></tr>
7: ...pher]] of German descent, remembered for the [[Mercator projection]] named after him.
9: ...] to construct a terrestrial [[globe]]. Later, Mercator produced a map of [[Palestine (region)|Palesti...
11: ...rmapFullEurope16thcentury.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Mercator map of Europe]]
12: ...552]], he moved to [[Duisburg]] where he opened a cartographic workshop. He completed a six-panel map ... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...elow in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
12: ... Abraham|Ralph H. Abraham]] (USA, [[University of California, Santa Cruz]])
33: *[[Petrus Apianus]] (Germany, [[1495]] - [[1552]])
37: *[[Cahit Arf]] (Turkey, [[1910]] - [[1997]])
99: *[[Carlo Emilio Bonferroni]] (Italy [[1892]] - [[1960]]... - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
2: ...ture of [[Hinduism]] and [[Islam]] (such as the [[caste system]] and [[purdah]], respectively). Sikhis...
4: ...[Sri Lanka]], east to [[Bengal]] and west to [[Mecca]] and [[Baghdad]]) Guru Nanak preached to Hindus,...
6: [[Guru Nanak]] was opposed to the caste system. His followers referred to him as the g...
10: ... Creator. Guru Nanak called God the "True Name" because he wanted to avoid any limiting terms for God....
12: ...il, so that only spiritual minds, free of desire, can penetrate it by the grace of the Guru (Gurprasad... - Sebastiano Serlio (4494 bytes)
1: ...Fontainebleau. Serlio helped canonize the [[classical order]]s of architecture in his influential trea...
4: ...lioChurchFacade.jpg|thumb|right|Serlio's church facade of 1537 crystallized a format that lasted into ...
6: ...lberti]]'s [[Santa Maria Novella]] in Florence (''ca.'' 1458). The idea was in the air in the 1530s: s...
8: ...t attracted the attention of Francois I. Serlio's career took off when he was invited to France by [[F...
10: ...s major contribution, however, remained his practical treatise on architecture. Serlio pioneered the u... - Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
7: ===China, Hong Kong and Macau===
10: ...Many customs, including sending [[Christmas cards|cards]], exchanging gifts, and hanging stockings are...
12: Both [[Hong Kong]] and [[Macau]] designate Christmas as a public holiday on Dec...
14: ...enon, and, sometimes, as part of retail marketing campaigns.
20: ...ion stations are known to air Christmas films and cartoon specials popular in the Western countries. I... - Judge (10187 bytes)
5: ...ir|county fair]] might award prizes to the best [[cattle]] or best home-made [[jam]], while a judge at...
11: ...humb|right|French appeal and [[court of cassation|cassation]] judges, in solemn and [[Assize Court]] h...
13: ...(see [[separation of powers]]); especially, political leaders and the executive should not be able to ...
17: ...dversarial system]] of [[justice]] under the applicable rules of [[civil procedure]].
21: ... or not – having an individual vote. Civil cases, however, are heard exclusively by legally tra...
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