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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...ration merged to create the familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
5: == Prehistoric times ==
7: ...tself as a cultural center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically significa...
14: ...f the ''Three Dynasties'' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 三代; [[pinyin]]: sāndài) t...
18: ... [[Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood. - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
1: ...x|''[[Book of Judith|Judith]] Beheading [[Holofernes]]'' (1612-21) Oil on canvas 199 x 162 cm Galleria...
3: ...ligious paintings, at a time when such heroic themes were considered beyond a mere woman's reach.
7: ...o Gentileschi]], one of the greatest representatives of the school of [[Caravaggio]]. Artemisia was in...
12: ...promise and Orazio reported Tassi to the authorities.
14: ...the [[feminism|feminist]] view of Atermisia Gentileschi during the [[20th century]] - Crocus (3680 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Asparagales]]}}
11: ...vision | color = lightgreen | plural_taxon = Species}}
15: ...ocuses appear in [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]] frescos at [[Santorini]]), across Central Asia.
17: ...it is not uncommon in these regions for the crocuses to bloom early, only to suddenly wither and die f...
19: ...amens of ''Crocus sativus'', a fall-blooming species. - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...topher Columbus]], [[Vasco da Gama]], [[Pedro ?vares Cabral]], [[John Cabot]], [[Juan Ponce de Le,...
3: ...e a combination of traditional European and Arab designs were the first ships that could leave the rel...
7: ...ns in hopes of finding coverts, or the fabled [[Prester John]].
9: The first of these travelers was [[Giovanni de Plano Carpini]] who ...
11: ...[[Ottoman Empire]] further limited the possibilities for Europeans. - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...cal form many years before another inventor improves the invention into a practical form. Where there ...
7: ...uage|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
14: * 26 KYA: [[Venus of Dolni Vestonice|Ceramics]] in [[Moravia]]
19: ...iculture#History|Agriculture]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
30: * [[Irrigation]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]] - Pilgrims (4873 bytes)
2: ==Experiences and politics in Europe==
3: ...ome in [[Scrooby]] and sailed to [[Amsterdam]] to escape religious persecution at the hands of their c...
5: ...h]], bound for the [[United States|Americas]]. These people became known as the [[Pilgrims|Pilgrim Fa...
8: ... the Dutch government began to comply and the exiles decided that it was time to leave.
10: ...ly in the minds of the English, as a conditioned response to the hard-line policy of the by then, dead... - Mayflower (4074 bytes)
2: ... [[United States|United States of America]]) in [[1620]], leaving Plymouth on [[September 6]] and droppi...
6: ... and [[1623]] it was mastered by [[Christopher Jones]], who was Captain on the trans-atlantic voyage, ...
8: ...ptember 22, 1956), to make it as much like its namesake as possible.
11: ...ade in the ''Mayflower'' alone. Their intended destination was a section of land in the area near th...
13: As a result of the delay, the settlers did not arrive unti... - Plymouth Colony (2283 bytes)
1: ...hich had been granted a charter for the land in [[1620]].
3: ...[[Mayflower]] landed at [[Plymouth Rock]] on the western shore of [[Cape Cod Bay]] in southeastern [[M...
5: ...owned, and yet strangely ill-fated colonial ventures in America. When the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]]...
7: ...adford to [[The Freemen]] in 1640, minus a small reserve of three tracts of land. On [[March 22]], 16...
17: ...of Mayflower passengers who died in the winter of 1620 - 1621]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ..., ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ..., ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
33: *[[Jacques-Laurent Agasse]] ([[1767]]-[[1848]])
42: *[[Mikolas Ales]] ([[1852]]-[[1913]]) - Great Wall of China (10504 bytes)
1: ...of [[Ethnic groups in Chinese history|nomadic tribes]] coming from areas now in modern day [[Mongolia]...
3: The Wall stretches over a formidable [[1 E6 m|6,350 km]] (3,946 [[mi...
5: ...side of the wall could not cross with their [[horses]] or return easily with stolen property.
11: # [[1138]] - [[1198]] (the [[Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period]])
12: # [[1368]]-[[1620]] (from [[Hongwu Emperor]] until [[Wanli Emperor]... - Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
5: ...sen]], claimed by later writers ([[Pierre Borel]] 1620 - 1671 or 1628 - 1689 and [[Willem Boreel]] 1591 ...
7: * [[1612]] - Galileo presents ''occhiolino'' to [[Poland|Polish]] king [[Si...
8: ...ndon]], a compound microscope with two convex lenses.
9: * c.[[1622]] - Drebbel presents his invention in [[Rome]].
10: ...o presents his ''occhiolino'' to Prince Federico Cesi, founder of the ''Accademia dei Lincei'' (in Eng... - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...f thought]], particularly with [[science]], in [[Western society]].
7: ... explored science and made many landmark discoveries.
10: ...on. These are the primary justifications for his description as "father of science."
12: ... determine the law of acceleration of falling bodies, for instance, required accurate measurements of ...
14: ...he experiments and even indicated the particular results that led to the time-squared law (Drake, 1973... - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...y motion|laws of planetary motion]]. He is sometimes referred to as "the first [[theory|theoretical]] ...
4: Kepler was a [[professor]] of [[mathematics]] at the [[University of Gr...
6: ...er, since he wrote his ''magnum opus'' '''harmonices mundi''' ("The Harmony of the world") in Linz dur...
9: ...s said to have been a weak and sickly child, but despite his ill health, he was precociously brilliant...
15: ...f teacher of mathematics and astronomy at the Protestant school in Graz, Austria. He accepted the pos... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...scount St Albans''' in [[1621]]; both peerage titles becoming extinct upon his death.
4: ...erimentation, observation, and testing of hypotheses. In the context of his time, such methods were co...
8: He was the youngest of five sons of [[Nicholas Bacon|Sir Nicholas Ba...
12: At Cambridge he first met the Queen, who was impressed by his precocious intellect, and was accustome...
14: ...ed barren, disputatious, and wrong in its objectives. - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''1600 to 1699'''...
8: *[[1607]]-Settlement of [[Jamestown, Virginia]]
11: *[[1608]]-[[France|French]] establish colony at [[Quebec]]
12: ...enry Hudson]], hired by the Dutch, explores the present-day [[Hudson River]]
13: *[[1609]]-The [[United Provinces]] ([[the Netherlands]]) lays claim to the [[Hudso... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...s|political]], and [[economics|economic]] structures.
4: ...]] government on issues of [[taxation]] and [[representation]].
6: ==Motives for exploration and colonization==
9: ...seafaring]] technologies needed to make long voyages across open water.
11: ...uickly mounted an effort of colonization and conquest. Within a few years, they had divided up lucrati... - Jan Brueghel the Younger (1191 bytes)
1: ...mb|260px|Paradise by Jan Brueghel the Younger (c. 1620). Oil on oak. Gem䬤egalerie, Berlin, Germany]]
6: ...distinguishable from that of his parent by being less well executed and lighter.
8: ...he Younger's best works are his extensive landscapes, either under his own name or made for other arti... - Diwali (5677 bytes)
2: Diwali is the [[Hindu]] '''Festival of Lights''' and marks the victory of good o...
4: ...[Kerala]] and [[Tamil Nadu]] respectively. These festivals occur at about the same time, generally du...
5: references: [http://www.hindutemple.org/brochures/tamil_new_year_celebrations_2003.htm] and
6: ...ear as the new year is celebrated at different times.)
10: ...onth inserted approximately every seven years to resynchronize the calendar with the [[season]]s. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
16: *[[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] (Italy, [[1718]] - [[1799]])
18: *[[Ahmes]] (Egypt, roughly around [[17th century BC]])
23: *[[Giacomo Albanese]] (Italy, Brazil)
29: ...ian)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]] - [[1620]])
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
26: *[[Aedesius]], (d. 355)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
44: *[[Alcibiades]], (c. 450-404 BC)
51: *[[Alexander of Hales]], (d. 1245){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
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