Science and Medicine
In the late sixteenth century, Europeans began journeying to the region in North America that became the original thirteen colonies. Many explorers reported on the features of the...
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Question 1 of 10:Which Renaissance masterpiece did
Leonardo da
Vinci
complete in 1506?The Last Supper
The Mona Lisa
The Madonna LittaThe Proportions of ManQuestion 2 of 10:In 1513, the Italian th...
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Sarajevo (dpa) - The Turkish government is to finance the
restoration of the famous old bridge over the Drina River in the
eastern Bosnia-Herzegovina town of Visegrad, media...
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A court extended the bail of an Indian actor by almost a month Thursday while he awaits sentencing for illegal arms possession in connection with the 1993 Mumbai bombings that killed 257 people.Jud...
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Moscow (dpa) - Millions of orthodox Christians worldwide were
celebrating Easter on the night from Saturday to Sunday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and other pol...
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New Delhi (dpa) - Several towns in India's northern Uttar Pradesh
state were on high alert Wednesday following a series of blasts and
the discovery of explosives at a railwa...
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Authorities suspended a prison guard and were investigating eight others for hugging and shaking hands with Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt after he was temporarily released on bail last week, a prison...
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Since the 16th century, when they ferried King Henry VIII between his riverside palaces, Thames boatmen have plied the waters, fathers passing detailed knowledge of the river to their sons.Now, a n...
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Science and Medicine
A Quiz on the 16th Century
