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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: ...[[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...[[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
9: *[[Afonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portugue...
24: *[[William Baffin]], ([[1584]]-[[1622]])
25: *[[Samuel Baker]], Africa - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
27: ... [[Khios]] (an island in the [[Aegean Sea]]) and, after a brief visit home, spent a year in Khios. It ...
31: ...on. At times, the brothers worked together as [[draftsmen]] and book collectors.
33: ...] to purchase sugar, and along the coasts of West Africa between [[1482]] and [[1485]], reaching the P...
39: ...ing posts and later colonies along the coast of [[Africa]]. Columbus had another idea. By the [[1480s]...
43: ... landmass (for Europeans of the time, Eurasia and Africa) occupied 180 degrees of the terrestrial sphe... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
3: It was named after its founder, [[Alexander the Great]], and as t...
25: A few months after the foundation, Alexander left Egypt for the E...
27: ...that body were restored by [[Septimius Severus]], after temporary abolition by [[Augustus]].
46: ...e general [[Amr ibn al-As]], captured it for good after a siege that lasted fourteen months. The city...
48: === After Amr === - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
3: ...he relatively passive [[Mediterranean]] and sail safely on the open [[Atlantic]].
15: ...giving European sailors some idea of the shape of Africa and Asia.
18: ...access to the [[Indian Ocean]] was possible. In [[1498]] [[Vasco da Gama]] made good on this promise by ...
22: ...n that they hoped would bypass Portugal's lock on Africa and the Indian Ocean reaching Asia by travell...
24: ...Cape Verde]] islands; this gave them control over Africa, Asia and western South America ([[Brazil]]).... - Alexander of Aphrodisias (2599 bytes)
20: ... in the Aldine edition of Aristotle, Venice, 1495-1498; his ''De Fato'' and ''De Anima'' were printed al... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
15: *[[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Ita...
271: *[[Juraj Julije Klovic|Giorgio Giulio Clovio]] ([[1498]]-[[1578]])
394: *[[Mikhail Evstafiev]] ([[1963]]-)
487: *[[Anton Graff]] ([[1736]]-[[1813]])
502: *[[Olaf Gulbransson]] ([[1873]]-[[1958]]) - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
16: ...cause no witnesses stepped forward. For some time afterwards, Leonardo and the others were kept under ...
18: ...rtue which, joining men together with the diverse affections of friendship, makes it so that from a te...
23:
31: ...le-entry bookkeeping]]) for [[Mantua]], moving on after 2 months to [[Venice]] (where he was hired as ...
33: ... Milan, now in the hands of [[Maximilian Sforza]] after [[Swiss mercenaries]] had driven out the Frenc... - Florence (11538 bytes)
19: ...or, and the pro-[[Papacy|Papal]] [[Guelphs]], who after their victory split in turn into feuding "Whit...
23: ...Cosimo de%27 Medici|Piero]], who was shortly thereafter succeeded by Cosimo's grandson, [[Lorenzo de%2...
25: ...can government, influenced until his execution ([[1498]]) by the teachings of the radical Dominican prio...
32: ...r following the latter's addition to the kingdom. After doubling during the 19th century, Florence's p...
57: ...the plaza commemorates that event), followed in [[1498]] by the execution of its its instigator, [[Girol... - History of India (31279 bytes)
36: ...Ganges-Yamuna Doab]], [[Gujarat]], and northern [[Afghanistan]]. The civilization is noted for its cit...
47: ...across the Indian sub-continent, spreading from [[Afghanistan]] to [[Bengal]]. A number of [[kingdom]]...
58: ...he mighty empire of the Mauryans began to decline after the death of Ashoka.
66: ... included ancient Bactria (in the north of modern Afghanistan and southern Tajikistan. Their power als...
71: ...n Regions according to the ''Hou Hanshu''." 2nd Draft Edition.[http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkro... - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
22: ...ot find the mainland until his third voyage, in [[1498]], and letters referring to a voyage by [[Amerigo...
24: ...of �20 a year was granted him. The next year, [[1498]], he departed again, with 5 ships this time. The...
31: In [[1498]]-[[1500]] a few [[Portugal|Portuguese]] traveler... - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (4763 bytes)
5: ...ey to believe he was born of poor parents "around 1498 or 1500," and then worked for his keep in the hom... - Ancient India (31279 bytes)
36: ...Ganges-Yamuna Doab]], [[Gujarat]], and northern [[Afghanistan]]. The civilization is noted for its cit...
47: ...across the Indian sub-continent, spreading from [[Afghanistan]] to [[Bengal]]. A number of [[kingdom]]...
58: ...he mighty empire of the Mauryans began to decline after the death of Ashoka.
66: ... included ancient Bactria (in the north of modern Afghanistan and southern Tajikistan. Their power als...
71: ...n Regions according to the ''Hou Hanshu''." 2nd Draft Edition.[http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkro...
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