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By freeing thought from its object, Descartes made it possible to view the latter in strictly mechanical terms, reopening the way to science, suffocated for more than fifteen centuries under religious nonsense.

The construction straddled two centuries.

He had heard stories about an ancient god who had left his land centuries before by ship.

The fundamental principles of classical mechanics were laid down by Galileo and Newton in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Few historical debates have inflamed passions as much as the debate concerning Slavisation of Greece between the 7th and 9th centuries.

Not only has eating with your fingers continued throughout the centuries, but some scholars believe that it may become popular again.

The Russo-Turkish wars span about four centuries of history, conflicts and diplomatic setbacks.

We were founded upon the ideal that all are created equal, and we have shed blood and struggled for centuries to give meaning to those words – within our borders, and around the world.

Even three centuries ago, most Western Europeans still used their fingers.

Exploring and populating the newly discovered continent happened over the course of a couple of centuries.

As a student of history, I also know civilization's debt to Islam. It was Islam – at places like Al-Azhar University – that carried the light of learning through so many centuries, paving the way for Europe's Renaissance and Enlightenment.

As the centuries went by and England became more crowded, the people found their food supply a great problem.

Christopher Columbus's secret love letters to Queen Isabella - undiscovered for centuries - have been rumored to rival, if not surpass, the Kama Sutra.

For centuries Cracow was the capital of Poland.

Even at the end of the nineteenth century, sailors in the British Navy were not permitted to use knives and forks because using them was considered a sign of weakness.

20th century

If people really landed on the moon half a century ago, why haven't they done it again?

This skull and crossbones was named based on the world-famous Captain Kidd who was active in late 17th century Britain.

Since the mid-20th century, the number of hutongs in Beijing has dropped dramatically as they are demolished to make way for new roads and buildings.

Although Iran is nowadays known for being a stronghold of Shia Islam, most Persian Muslims were Sunni until the XVth century.

And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America. The heartache and the hope, the struggle and the progress. The times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes, we can.

For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime — two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.

A woman in movement clothed in what resembles a bikini is drawn on a Sicilian mosaic from 5th century Rome.

The Viking expansion from the 9th century onwards reached areas such as Normandy, Galicia, Andalusia, Sicily and Crimea.

Abu al-Husayn ibn al-Rawandi, already in the ninth century, held that reason is man's exclusive guide to truth, a quest in which revelation is of no help.

Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunderstorm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols.