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- History of China (45919 bytes)
7: ...ages were founded; the most archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
14: ...gust Ones and the Five Emperors#The Five Emperors|Five Emperors]] (三皇五帝). ...
22: ...d as the last of the six capitals of the Shang (c 1300–1046 BC).
28: ...C)|Zhou]] king until [[256 BC]], he was largely a figurehead and held little real power.
30: ...ang Di|First Emperor]] (Shi Huangdi), forming the first Chinese empire under the [[Qin Dynasty]]. This... - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
8: *[[Alvar Aalto|Aalto, Alvar]], (1898-1976), Finnish architect
11: *[[Aaron]], (ca. 1300 BC), [[Bible|Biblical]] figure - Actinium (7046 bytes)
41: | [[Electron configuration]]
61: | 22.55 [[scientific notation|×]]10<sup>-6</sup> [[cubic metre ...
76: | [[Specific heat capacity]]
136: ...as a [[neutron source]]. Otherwise it has no significant industrial applications.
146: ...nium fluoride with lithium vapor at about 1100 to 1300?C. - Renaissance (14795 bytes)
1: ...vement]] which brought about a period of [[scientific revolution]] and artistic transformation, at the...
5: ...[19th century]]. ''Rebirth'' is used in two ways. First, it means ''rediscovery'' of ancient classical...
10: ...cularly useful because it eliminates the need for fitting "The Renaissance" into a chronology that pre...
17: ...Fiore.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The [[Santa Maria del Fiore]] church of [[Florence]], [[Italy]]. Florence ...
19: ... Alighieri|Dante]] ([[1265]]–[[1321]]), the first writer to embody the spirit of the Renaissance... - Ptolemy (10609 bytes)
5: Ptolemy was the author of two important scientific treatises. One is the astronomical treatise that...
7: ... computational '[[Tables of Toledo]]') were of sufficient accuracy to satisfy the needs of astronomers...
11: The first part of the ''Geography'' is a discussion of t...
16: ...emy's ''Geography'' however, date only from about 1300, after the text was rediscovered by [[Maximus Pla...
18: ...ps; an edition printed at [[Ulm]] in 1482 was the first one printed north of the Alps. The maps look d... - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
3: ...It survived as an independent state until about [[1300 BC]]. Archeological evidence indicates that a dev...
15: * [[First Intermediate Period of Egypt|First Intermediate Period]] (7th–11th Dynastie...
27: ...another culture of [[hunting|hunters]], [[fishing|fishers]] and [[hunter-gatherer|gathering]] peoples ...
29: ...zed the benefits of a more sedentary life. Scientific analysis of the remains of their culture indicat...
33: ...not have actually existed and is sometimes indentified with Narmer (the last king of Dynasty 0) or Aha... - Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
5: ...sider the creation of an Egyptian chronology a difficult task. As Dr. Robert A. Hatch of the Universit...
13: ...ling modern Egyptian chronology, so the previous "firm" dates cannot be supported astronomically.
21: ...hres]] was a king of the [[fifth dynasty of Egypt|fifth dynasty]] that had begun with [[Userkaf]] and ...
23: ...uthorities in different decades offered different figures (5513, 5568, 5700, 5730, or 5770) years for ...
29: ...heliacal rising]] of [[Sirius]] took place on the first day of the seventh year of [[Sesostris III]] o... - Azerbaijan (15031 bytes)
23: | '''[[Official language]]''' || [[Azerbaijani language|Azerb...
56: ...eans "the land of eternal flames" or "the land of fire." Some Azeri historians also contend that the n...
58: ...an Albania]]. However, the precise location identified by this name has shifted somewhat over time, cu...
60: ... present-day Azerbaijan had no clear ethnic identification and referred to themselves primarily as "Mu...
67: The first state to emerge in the territory of present-da... - Great Pyramid of Giza (20454 bytes)
17: ...f [[Lincoln Cathedral]] was completed in around [[1300]]CE. The accuracy of work is such that the four s...
24: ...y as little as 1/50th of an inch as well as being fit so perfectly together that the tip of a knife co...
26: ...t is the largest of the three and appears to be unfinished, roughly cut in stone. The middle chamber o...
28: ...mposed of nine large granite blocks, separated by five small relief chambers. It contains a huge grani...
30: ... ascending, leading into the burial chamber. This final asscending corridor is a fantastic space with ... - Ancient Egypt (16131 bytes)
14: ...ns. From the time of the [[First dynasty of Egypt|First dynasty]] or before, the Egyptians [[Mining|mi...
16: ...e roots of the [[Scientific method#History|Scientific method]] may be traced back to the ancient Egypt...
25: ...2900 BC|2900 BCE]] - [[Senet]], world's oldest confirmed [[board game]]
33: ...ructures|world's tallest structure]] until [[1300|1300 CE]]
44: * [[1300 BCE]] - [[Ebers papyrus|Brugsch Papyrus]] - Iron Age (8996 bytes)
5: ...pe where the Iron Age distinction was first identified; the [[Nordic]] Iron Age and [[Roman Iron Age]]...
10: ...eing created then as a by-product of [[copper]] refining, as [[sponge iron]], and was not reproducible...
21: ...ntacts with the area in which iron technology was first developed at the time that it was developing.
24: ...[14th century BC]] was excavated.After the scientific examination, this kind of iron came from [[aero...
27: ... age, found at ֬and large.jpg|thumb|200px|Bronze figurine, found at ֬and]] - Memphis, Egypt (1908 bytes)
1: ...ypt]] from its foundation until around [[1300s BC|1300 BC]]. The ruins are 19 km (12 miles) south of [[C...
5: ...sian Empire|Persian]] satraps before falling into firm second place following the foundation of [[Alex...
15: *[http://www.maat.sofiatopia.org/memphis.htm On the Memphis Theology] - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
3: ...] CE) and ends in approximately the middle of the fifteenth century. Though establishing the end of th...
9: ...otation system is weak, and rhythm cannot be specified. The simplicity of chant, with unison voice an...
11: ...lop. Harmony, in consonant intervals of fourths, fifths, and octaves, begins to be seen. Rhythmic no...
17: ... of the 13th century uses the rhythmic modes as defined by Garlandia.
19: ...of rhythmic notation. The first definitely identifiable scholar to accept and explain the mensural sy... - Jupiter (24639 bytes)
134: | [[Hydrogen sulfide]]
138: '''Jupiter''' is the fifth [[planet]] from the [[Sun]] and by far the [[S...
140: ...o the planet as the ''Wood Star'', based on the [[Five Elements]].
145: ...warf]], although the latter possesses rather specific spectral lines, but in any case it would need to...
149: ...o]] (now known as the [[Galilean moon]]s) was the first discovery of a celestial motion not apparently... - Polar bear (6417 bytes)
15: ...les weigh from 400 to 600 [[kilogram|kg]] (900 to 1300 lbs) and occasionally exceed 800 kg (1750 lbs). F...
18: ...an]]s. Neither does the hair have [[Optical fiber|fibre-optic]] properties, a commonly perpetuated [[u...
22: ...[rodent]]s. As a pure carnivore predating upon [[fish]]-eating carnivores, the polar bear ingests lar...
28: ...ature commonly depicted in [[cartoon]]s and other fictional depictions of polar bears, including a 199... - Giant Panda (7693 bytes)
15: ...hite cat-foot") is a [[mammal]] now usually classified in the [[bear]] family, [[Ursidae]], that is na...
21: ...ion time is short, ranging from thirty seconds to five minutes, but the male may mount repeatedly to e...
25: ... in helping with raising the cub. When the cub is first born, it is pink, naked and blind and sucks fr...
27: For many decades the precise taxonomic classification of the panda was under debate as both the G...
31: ..." and five fingers; the "thumb" is actually a modified [[wrist]]-[[bone]]. [[Image:Panda_bear_thailand... - Religion (72319 bytes)
1: ...h such belief. In its broadest sense some have defined it as the sum total of answers given to explai...
5: [[image:FishersOfMen.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Fishers of men; Oil on panel by [[Adriaen van de Ve...
10: ...from one of two combinations of Latin roots. The first is ''re + legio'' or "re-reading," a meaning a...
12: ===Defining "religion"===
15: Beyond the above, very broad definition of religion, there are a variety of uses an... - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
3: ...within the Anglo-French unit" that was both battlefield and prize (Braudel 1984 p. 353).
5: ...chies. It is often viewed as one of the most significant conflicts in [[medieval warfare]].
13: The specific events that led up to the war in the early 14th ...
27: ...homage]] for this possession was a matter more difficult to resolve. Philip VI wanted Edward's recogni...
31: ...shop of Lincoln]] arrived in [[Paris]] with the defiance of the King of England. War had been declared... - Medieval Inquisition (8204 bytes)
7: ...nge for the Church. However, the Cathars were the first mass heretical organization that posed a serio...
11: ...were decentralized. Authority rested with local officials based on guidelines from the Pope, but there...
13: The first medieval inquisition, the episcopal inquisitio...
15: ...medieval documents from the Middle Ages involving first-person speech by medieval peasants come from p...
23: ...procedures and rules to identify likely heretics. First, the townspeople would be gathered in a public... - Hittites (17910 bytes)
7: ...ed the two peoples to be the same, but this identification is still disputed.
12: The first archaeological evidence for the Hittites appea...
14: ...ts, and with the biblical Hittites. Sayce's identification came to be widely accepted over the course ...
15: ...s the Egyptian letters from Kheta — thus confirming the identity of the two names. He also prove...
37: ...a small [[city-state]], which has yet to be identified by archaeologists) conquered the neighbouring ...
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