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- Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
2: ...obbes (portrait).jpg|thumb|Thomas Hobbes: detail from a portrait by John Michael Wright ([[National Po...
6: ...contemporary of [[René „escartes|Descartes]] and wrote one of the replies to Descartes' ''Meditations....
10: ... University]]. Hobbes was a good pupil and around 1603 he was sent to Oxford and entered at Magdalen Hal...
12: ...sh, 3rd Earl of Devonshire|William Cavendish]], Baron of Hardwick (and later [[Duke of Devonshire|Earl...
14: ...t democratic government could not survive war or provide stability and was thus undesirable. - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
11: *[[John Abercrombie]], (1780-1844)
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
22: *[[Robert Adamson]], (1852-1902) - Quran (41479 bytes)
2: ... of God's revelation to mankind, revealed to the Prophet [[Muhammad]] over a period of 23 years by the...
6: ...nely inspired. After a short opening, the Qur'an proceeds to the longest sura, and closes with some of...
10: ...ntical units resembling paragraphs and comprising roughly ten ayat each.
14: ...; Arabic. There are few other examples of Arabic from that time. (The ''[[Mu'allaqat]]'', or ''Suspend...
16: ...bscure vocabulary. Several generations after the prophet's death, many words used in the Qur'an had be... - Harp (23216 bytes)
4: Harps are found in [[Africa]], [[Europe]], [[North]] and [[South America]], and a few p...
8: ...p and modern concert harp. ''Public domain image from Websters Dictionary 1911.'' <small>([[Media:Harp...
12: ...The oldest documented references to the harp are from [[30th century BC|3000 BC]] in [[Mesopotamia]] a...
14: ...of the single-action pedal harp. Later, a second row of hooks was installed along the neck to allow f...
16: The European harp tradition seems to have originated in an... - Origami (9154 bytes)
3: ...pan]]ese [[paper folding]]. In English, the term properly only refers to the art of paper folding in J...
5: ...which has been practiced since the [[Edo era]] ([[1603]]-[[1867]]), has often been less strict about the...
9: ...]] or Cocotte in [[French language|French]]), is probably the baptismal certificate of [[16th century]...
11: ...are now frequently [[wet-folded]] or constructed from materials other than just paper and foil. The Ja...
13: ...s and 30s. His methods, which involved sheets of round paper that were folded into spirals and curved... - Akkadian language (3224 bytes)
6: Akkadian (''lišānum akkadītum'') is divided into dial...
16: ... for languages demonstrating the [[triconsonantal root]]. Sumerian cuneiform also distinguished betwee...
23: ...adian, unlike [[Arabic language|Arabic]], has no broken plurals, although some masculine words take fe...
27: ...ound in the fact that direct and indirect object pronouns are suffixed to the verb. Word order seems ...
31: ...ttp://www.sron.nl/~jheise/akkadian/ A detailed introduction to Akkadian] - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
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45: ...ing to the Empire's position as gateway between Europe and Asia. In its day, the Ottoman Empire was al...
47: ...antinople]] (modern [[Istanbul|İstanbul]]) from the [[Byzantine Empire]], it became the Ottoman ... - Libya (12985 bytes)
3: ... "Libya". In [[ancient Greece]], the term had a broader meaning, encompassing all of [[North Africa]]...
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6: ...#1575;لإشتراكية<br>al-Jamāhīrīyah a...
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1: ...ning elements of [[chemistry]], [[physics]], [[astrology]], [[art]], [[semiotics]], [[metallurgy]], [[...
2: ...cea]], a remedy that would cure all diseases and prolong life indefinitely. The [[philosopher's stone]...
4: ....jpg|thumb|150px|left|Chemistry Clipart .Clipart provided by
6: [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
8: ...nd have been later connected with ancient Egypt through what linguists term a "[[folk etymology]]." - Sword (24928 bytes)
2: ...roto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]] root ''*swer-'' "to wound, to hurt") is a term for a...
5: ===Bronze Age===
6: {{main|Bronze Age sword}}
10: ...potamia]]. Swords from the [[Nordic Bronze Age]] from ca. [[1400 BC]] show characteristic spiral patte...
11: ...ord production in [[China]] is attested from the Bronze Age [[Shang Dynasty]]. - Hyksos (23575 bytes)
2: ... of Egypt, (ca. 1674-1548 B.C.E. See [[Egyptian chronology]]), ruling Lower and Middle Egypt for over ...
4: ...from the [[Phoenicia|Phoenicians]]. The Hyksos introduced new tools of warfare into Egypt, most notabl...
6: ... names of the Fifteenth Dynasty Hyksos are known from Egyptian monuments, scarabs and other small obje...
9: ... "Hyksos", because not only do they bear Egyptian royal titles, but they are specifically called Hykso...
13: ...e person. This period of Egyptian history is a chronological nightmare that only additional datable a... - Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
7: ...nd, on his return to France on [[September 20]], wrote an account of his travels called ''Des sauvages...
9: ...[Bay of Fundy]] to found the [[Habitation at Port-Royal]] (which had been located with Champlain's ass...
19: ...e Champlain]]. Having had no encounters with the Iroquois at this point many of the men headed back, l...
21: ...ed and fled. This was to set the tone for French-Iroquois relations for the next one hundred years.
23: ...warehouse for their fur trade and, in return, the Rouen merchants would support the settlement. Champl... - Aymara language (3573 bytes)
5: ...itics say that these may simply be the result of prolonged interaction between the two languages or an...
19: ...e language spoken in [[Tiwanaku]]. This can't be proven, but it is known that the language was spoken ...
25: ...[Puno]] in Peru. While understood by Aymaristas from other regions, the Aymara spoken in Huancane and...
31: - Theories and sociology of the history of science (16096 bytes)
7: ...le amount of cross-fertilization between distant groups and individuals.
9: ...linary limitations to the scientific publication process.
13: ...[[Berlin]] [[1700]]. Early scientific societies provided valuable functions, including a community op...
15: ...pe, in a practical sense it has usually centered around wherever it could find the most funding.
17: Early scientific societies provided valuable functions, including a community op... - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
4: ...c groups. The section called the "Old City" is surrounded by walls and consists of four quarters: [[Je...
6: ...ctory in the [[1967]] [[Six-Day War]], it has controlled the entire city and claims sovereignty over i...
9: ...thumbnail|300px|Jerusalem and the Old City. View from the Mount of Olives]]
16: ...bnail|150px|[[Archaeology|Archaeological]] ruins from [[King David]]'s time]]
18: ...ebusites in war and captured the city without destroying it. David then expanded the city to the sout...
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