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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval ...
9: *[[Afonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] na...
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer... - Renaissance (14795 bytes)
1: ...e [[Modern Age]]. The Renaissance is usually considered to have begun in the [[14th century]] in [[Ita...
5: ... by French historian [[Jules Michelet]], and expanded upon by [[Switzerland|Swiss]] historian [[Jacob ...
10: ...riod is now often replaced by the term "[[Early Modern]]". (See [[periodization|periodisation]], [[Lum...
12: ...e as the transition from the Middle Ages to the Modern Age.
17: ...del Fiore.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The [[Santa Maria del Fiore]] church of [[Florence]], [[Italy]]. Flore... - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
5: ...] [[Mentuhotep II]] from [[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]] defeated the last king of the [[Tenth dynasty of Egy...
6: ...Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Clipart provided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom C...
8: ...s a palace coup by Amenemhat that resulted in the death of Mentuhotep IV.
10: ...es lasted throughout the Twelfth dynasty and provided great stability.
14: ...centralized government though) and established trade connections with Nubia and a war seems to be cond... - Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
1: ...y]] is a type of [[chronology]] worked on for decades by scholars of [[Egyptology]].
5: ...ist with no satisfactory solution. Scholars consider the creation of an Egyptian chronology a difficu...
7: ...ages/03-Sci-Rev/SCI-REV-Teaching/HIS-SCI-STUDY-GUIDE/0006_egyptianChronolgoy.html]
9: ...plete, also (with relics and artifacts missing or destroyed). Egyptian chronology is in a constant sta...
13: ...phres Era'' may radically modify the prevailing modern Egyptian chronology, so the previous "firm" dat... - Barbados (21887 bytes)
3: ...re also dotted with large sugarcane estates and wide [[pastures]] with many good views to the sea.
5: ...ntry in the world. The island is a major tourist destination.
9: ...]], and [[Mapp's Cave]]. According to accounts by descendants of the aboriginal Arawak tribes on other...
11: ...bled beards. Between Campos' sighting in 1536 and 1550, [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|Spanish]]...
13: ...]] until independence in [[1966]], Barbados was under uninterrupted British control. Nevertheless, Bar... - Slovenia (19318 bytes)
16: government_type = Democratic [[republic]] |
17: ...er_titles = [[List of Presidents of Slovenia|President]]<br>[[Prime Minister of Slovenia|Prime Ministe...
18: leader_names = [[Janez Drnovsek|Janez Drnovšek]]<b...
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28: population_density = 96 | - Ancient Egypt (16131 bytes)
1: ... around [[3300 BC]] until the conquest of [[Alexander the Great]] in [[332 BC]]. Although recent excav...
6: ... [[Mediterranean Sea]] and the [[Red Sea]]; it borders [[Libya]] to the west, [[Sudan]] to the south, ...
7: [[Image:Giza_ph2.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
8: Ancient Egypt was divided into two kingdoms, known as the [[Upper and Lowe...
14: ...al breadbaskets of the ancient world. There is evidence of ancient Egyptian pharaohs of the [[Twelfth ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impression...
36: *[[Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz]] ([[1852]]-[[1916]])
49: *[[Lawrence Alma-Tadema]] ([[1836]]-[[1912]])
117: *[[Romare Bearden]] ([[1914]]-[[1988]])
137: *[[Alexander Benois]] ([[1870]]-[[1960]]) - List of popes (77758 bytes)
4: ...s]], and there have been either 265 or 266 popes, depending on whether a source counts [[#Notes on num...
6: ...] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus Servorum Dei|Servant of the Servants of God]].''
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29: | <small>Executed by crucifixion upside-down; feast day ([[SS Peter & Paul]]) [[29 June]]...
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 September]]</small> - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ... the cause of [[freedom of thought]] because his ideas went against church doctrine.
7: ...ook the name Giordano on becoming a [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] friar at the [[Monastery]] of Saint ...
10: ... illustration of one of Giordano Bruno's mnemonic devices: in the spandrels are the four [[classical e...
11: ...covered ideas of [[Plato]]. Other influences included [[Thomas Aquinas]], [[Averroes]], [[Duns Scotus]...
13: ...for the same reason and abandoned the Dominican order. He travelled to [[Geneva]] and briefly joined t... - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ...ant center of commerce (especially the [[spice trade]]) and [[art]] in the [[Renaissance]].
6: ... Its strategic position at head of the Adriatic made Venetian naval and commercial power almost invuln...
8: ... Venice were laid: the [[Venetian Arsenal]] was under construction in 1104; Venice wrested control of ...
10: ...enetian sovereignty when it was threatened by invaders.
12: ...stablished the [[Latin Empire]]. Considerable plunder was brought back to Venice, including the [[Mark... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
29: *[[Alexander Anderson (mathematician)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]] - [[1620]])
30: *[[Adolf Anderssen]] (Germany, [[1818]] - [[1879]])
36: *[[Archimedes]] (Syracuse, [[287 BC|287 B.C.]] - [[212 BC|212 ...
52: *[[Claude Gaspard Bachet de M麩riac]] (France, [[1581]] - [[1638]]) - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
3: ...[[timber]], [[concrete]] or other material. The underlying support maintains the rails at a fixed dist...
8: ...he car on two four wheel support trucks. Fully loaded, the contact between each wheel and the rail is ...
9: ...air resistance]] and thus energy usage. In all, under the right circumstances, a [[train]] needs 50-70...
11: Rail transport is also one of the safest modes of transport, and also makes a highly efficient ...
15: ...t have in some times and places been reduced in order to save money (see [[Beeching Axe]]). Conversely... - 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) - Native American (42651 bytes)
3: ...ities. A comprehensive tribal list can be found under "[[Classification of Native Americans]]."
5: ...erms "Amerindian" and "Indian", both of which are derivatives of "American Indian" (as is "[[Amerind]]...
7: ..., some long established and many more currently under negotiation.
9: ...erican may be construed to either include or exclude the [[M鴩s people (Canada)|M鴩s]] of [[Canada]]...
11: ...an continent]]) are a diversity of [[Pacific Islanders]] including: [[Native Hawaiians]] (also known a... - Ashkelon (5935 bytes)
1: ...th of [[Gaza]]. Ashkelon is also the name of a modern city in the western [[Negev]], in the [[Souther...
5: Ashkelon was the oldest and largest seaport in ancient [[Canaan]], one ...
6: ...ntine Empire|Byzantine]], [[Islam]]ic, and [[Crusade]]r occupation.
8: ...aster, to support the superstructure: it is the oldest such [[vault]] ever found.
10: ...alon on the landward side. On the sea it was defended by a high natural bluff. - Mycenaean Greece (6175 bytes)
8: ...acy]]. Around [[1400 BC]] the [[Mycenaeans]] extended their control to [[Crete]], center of the [[Mino...
10: ...in a sitting position, and some of the nobility underwent [[mummy|mummification]].
12: ...teracy. Historians have traditionally blamed this decline on an invasion by another wave of Greek peop...
17: The beginnings of the Mycenean decorated pottery on the Greek mainland date to the ...
18: ...rumark 1-333) that is used internationally in the description of Mycenean and Minoan pottery. - Calcium (9166 bytes)
2: <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="right...
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13: <th colspan="2" align=center bgcolor="#FFDEAD">'''General'''</th></tr>
21: ...ty]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]] </td><td>1550 [[kilogram per cubic metre|kg/m<sup>3</sup>]], 1....
25: <th colspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#FFDEAD">'''Atomic properties'''</th></tr> - Timeline of railway history (5902 bytes)
3: *''c''[[1550]] Horse-drawn [[wagonways]] appear in [[Germany]]...
15: ...ar [[Wurzen]], in [[1839]] the line reaches [[Dresden]].
17: * [[1853]] Passenger train makes in debut in [[Bombay]], India
21: *[[1863]] World's first [[underground railway]] opened in [[London]].
22: ...on proves rare for steam locomotives but is the model for most future diesel and electric locomotives. - Slavery (26455 bytes)
3: ==Definitions==
4: The [[1926 Slavery Convention]] described slavery as "...the status or condition of ...
6: ...y synonymous with slavery, because serfs are considered to have had some rights.
8: ...preferred term of many scholars, because of the wide variety of ambiguities which may be attached to w...
10: ... Many [[left wing]] thinkers have discussed the idea of "[[wage slavery]]", although it is generally ...
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