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- Lighthouse of Alexandria (3491 bytes)
17: ... artificial connection to the mainland (the [[Heptastadion]]) forming one side of the harbour of [[Alex...
20: ...he ruin. Even the stubby remnant disappeared in [[1480]], when the then-Sultan of Egypt, [[Qaitbay]], us...
25: * [[list of disasters]] - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...]], and argued that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
7: ...) and Espanola ([[Hispaniola]]), as well as the coasts of [[Central America|Central]] and [[South Ameri...
9: ...s voyages led to a relatively quick, general and lasting recognition of the existence of the [[New Worl...
33: ...e post [[São Jorge da Mina]] at the [[Guinea]] coast.
35: ...umbus and Felipa had a son, [[Diego Colón]] in [[1480]]. Felipa died in January of [[1485]]. Columbus ... - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
6: ...1461]], fighting for the [[House of Lancaster|Lancastrian]] cause. (This was ironic, as Edward IV was ...
12: ...oped up favours and lucrative opportunities; in [[1480]], for example, when Elizabeth's obscure brother-...
20: ...hapel, Windsor|St George's Chapel]] in [[Windsor Castle]].
28: ... Chapel, Windsor|St George's Chapel]], [[Windsor Castle]]
34: ... Chapel, Windsor|St George's Chapel]], [[Windsor Castle]] - Sackbut (3802 bytes)
4: ... Ages]], a closer to exact date would be around [[1480]]. It evolved into what we know today as the '[[T...
18: ...ontinuo]], appeared. Composers included [[Dario Castello]], [[Giovanni Battista Fontana]], [[Heinrich ... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
41: *[[Carl Yastrzemski|Yastrzemski, Carl]], (born [[1939]]), [[Baseball Hall ...
68: ...|Yegorov, Boris Borisovich]] (1937-1994), Russian astronaut
70: ...eksei Yeliseyev|Yeliseyev, Aleksei]] (born 1934), astronaut
86: *[[Yi Jachun]], ([[1315]] - [[1360]]),[[Yuan Dynasty]] officer
109: *[[Yoannis XII of Alexandria]], ([[1480]]-[[1483]]), Coptic Pope - List of painters (54090 bytes)
51: *[[Albrecht Altdorfer]] ([[1480]]-[[1538]])
376: *[[Alfred East]] ([[1849]]-[[1913]])
549: *[[Vlastimil Hofman]] ([[1881]]-[[1970]])
979: *[[Maurice Prendergast]] ([[1861]]-[[1924]])
1068: *[[Stanislaw Samostrzelnik]] ([[1480]]-[[1541]]) - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
3: ...ing through the [[Bulgar]]-[[Kypchak]] zone to [[Eastern Europe]] and the [[Crimean peninsula]], and fr...
5: ...ole distance between [[Europe]], or the [[Middle East]], and [[China]], by land.
7: The last missing railroad link on the Silk Road was comple...
11: ... century BC|1100 BC]], and the [[nomads]] of the vast Eurasian [[steppe]]-lands had domesticated [[hors...
18: ...world – [[Badakshan]], in what is now northeastern [[Afghanistan]] – as far as [[Mesopotami... - Rhodes (9349 bytes)
5: ...islands of [[Symi]], [[Tilos]], [[Halki]], and [[Kastellorizo]] belong.
10: ... radiates from the city along the east and west coasts.
21: ...ugh it was still a member of the League. The war lasted until [[404 BC]], but by this time Rhodes had w...
25: ...a school at Rhodes; [[Apollonius of Rhodes]], the astronomers [[Hipparchus]] and Geminus, the rhetorici...
32: ...des, when the [[Roman empire]] was split and the eastern half became a Greek empire. Although part of B... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ...on, he helped advance the study of [[anatomy]], [[astronomy]], and [[civil engineering]].
7: ...ty evidence, that she was a [[Middle East|Middle Eastern]] [[slave]] owned by Piero.
12: ...t whatever he turned his mind to he made himself master of with ease" ([[Giorgio Vasari|Vasari]]).
25: ...spect for life led him to being a vegetarian at least part of his life, and Vasari reports a story that...
29: ...n Cavallo" [[horse]] [[statue]] (see below) were cast into weapons for the Duke in an attempt to save [... - Spanish Inquisition (11421 bytes)
6: ...he European countries, but not in the Kingdom of Castile & Leon!
8: ...pecially [[Seville]], [[Valladolid]], capital of Castile, and [[Barcelona]], capital of the [[Crown of ...
10: ...e in arranging Ferdinand's marriage to Isabella. Castile even had an unofficial Crown [[Rabbi]], a prof...
14: ...had used to pursue the alliance by marriage with Castile, and many of these debts would be wiped if the...
16: Ferdinand was an astute politician, and developed close ties with St. ... - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
2: '''Ferdinand Magellan''' (Spring [[1480]] – [[April 27]], [[1521]]; was a [[Portuga...
7: ...ation, becoming interested in [[geography]] and [[astronomy]]. Some speculate that he may even have bee...
11: ...aptain]]. However, after secretly sailing a ship east without permission, he lost his command and was f...
24: Ruy Faleiro, an [[astronomer]] and Portuguese [[exile]], aided him in h...
26: ...ia de Triana, giving money to the monks of the monastery so they would pray for his success. - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
2: ...d as the modern discoverer of [[Canada]], or at least the region that would become that nation.
10: ...ator]], so the voyage from western [[Europe]] to eastern Asia would be shorter at higher latitudes.
12: ...sayle to all partes, countreys, and seas, of the East, of the West, and of the North, under our banners...
16: ...t seaport in England, and during the years from [[1480]] onwards several expeditions had been sent out t...
20: ...o take possession of the land, and explored the coast for some time, probably departing on [[July 20]].... - Phoenix, Arizona (34271 bytes)
8: * the eighth-fastest growing metropolitan area in the U.S. (2000 ce...
49: ...l farming colony approximately four miles (6 km) east of the present city (about 22 miles west of Mesa,...
51: ...ould later become Hellinwg Mill, Mill City, then East Phoenix. As for the town that was to be built, S...
55: ...June 15]], [[1868]], with Jack Swilling as [[postmaster]].
70: ...became a trade center with its products reaching eastern and western markets. In recognition of the inc... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
109: *[[Georg Anton Friedrich Ast]], (1778-1841)
110: *[[Mary Astell]], (1666-1731){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
128: *[[Gaston Bachelard]], (1884-1962){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}...
155: *[[Sebastiano Basso]], (16th century)
311: *[[Hector-Neri Casta]], (1924-1991){{fn|C}} - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
5: ...he hospice, which was built on the site of the monastery of Saint [[John the Baptist]], took in Christi...
7: The monastic hospitaller order was founded following the [[F...
15: ... well as the Anatolian ports of [[Bodrum]] and [[Castellorizon]].
17: ...ypt in [[1444]] and another by [[Mehmed II]] in [[1480]], who after the [[fall of Constantinople]] made ...
19: ..., and the walls of the city. The resulting siege lasted six months, at the end of which the survivors w...
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