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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
27: *[[Robert Bartlett]] ([[1875]]-[[1946]]), notable Arctic ...
30: ... ([[1304]]?-[[1377]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]] [[Berber]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, trave...
32: *[[Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen]], [[Russians|Russian]] explorer
33: *[[Joseph René Bellot]] [[France|French]] [[Arctic]] explorer
34: *[[Moric Benovsky]], [[Slovakia|Slovak]] - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ...cifically, the interior eastern region that would become the first european-inhabited area of that cou...
5: ...us in 1520 by marrying Catherine des Granches, member of a leading ship-owning family. His good name ...
7: No contemporary portrait of Jacques Cartier has been found and the most familiar portrait (see right...
9: ...e lost were victims of an epidemic ashore, he may be considered one of the most conscientious explorer...
13: ...the first time at present day [[Gaspé|Gaspé, Quebec]] where he planted a cross and claimed the terri... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...d by her successor, [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]].
13: ...poor health has been theorised by some authors to be from congenital [[syphilis]] transferred to her f...
15: ...e|Greek]], [[science]], and [[music]]. In July [[1520]], when scarcely four and a half years old, she e...
17: ...ung child, the Princess Mary's marital future was being negotiated by her father. When she was but tw...
21: ...ady Shelton]], to her own infant half-sister Elizabeth, then living in [[Hatfield, Hertfordshire|Hatfi... - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
1: ...Wiltshire, England. The Bible was hand written in Belgium, by Gerard Brils, for reading aloud in a mon...
2: ...ive [[writing]]. A style of calligraphy is described as a ''hand''.
4: Calligraphy should be distinguished from the studies of [[epigraphy]] o...
8: ...e does not have to know Chinese to appreciate its beauty. Calligraphy, in essence, is an abstract art...
12: ...they are ''tensho'' (seal style), ''reisho'' (scribe's style), ''kaisho'' (block style), ''gyosho'' (s... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
15: *[[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[painter]]
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
24: *[[Edwin Austin Abbey]] ([[1852]]-[[1911]])
26: *[[Bernard Accama]] ([[1697]]-[[1756]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]]) - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
6: Watercolor painting began with the invention of [[paper]] in [[China]] s...
10: ...example of buon fresco is the [[Sistine Chapel]], begun in [[1508]] and completed in [[1514]].
12: ...issance]] painter [[Raffaello Santi]] ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), who painted full-scale cartoons as precursors...
29: ...ercolor paint is applied with brushes, but it may be applied with other implements in experimental app...
31: The paint is thinned before application to allow for lighter areas within... - March (3907 bytes)
4: ...gn of [[Aries]]. Astronomically speaking, the sun begins in the constellation of [[Aquarius]] and ends...
6: ...n god]] of war and was considered a lucky time to begin a war.
8: ...]'s calendar [[Julian calendar|reform]] in 45 BCE began the year on [[January]] 1. The tradition of st...
18: ... of [[Gustav I of Sweden|Gustav Vasa]]'s run in [[1520]].
19: ...arch 10, is dedicated to those who are willing to be of service to humanity and recognize all individu... - Raphael (3466 bytes)
2: ...37th birthday, [[April 6]] [[1520]] (see the note below about earlier confusion about these dates). H...
4: His life was described in [[Giorgio Vasari]]'s ''Vite.'' Born in [[Urbi...
8: ...] ''Stanze'' (rooms), for [[Pope Julius II]]. The best known of these works are ''[[Raphael Rooms|The ...
12: ..., and character formed his lips."[http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/1/3/8/11387/11387-h/11387-h.htm]
18: ...Calendar]]. Clearly, these statements cannot all be true. - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
1: ...pg|thumb|150px|Machiavelli, ca [[1500]], in the robes of a Florentine public official]]
8: ...Nelli. His father was a lawyer of some repute and belonged to an impoverished branch of an influential...
12: ...unknown, however a symbolic tomb in his honor can be found at the [[Basilica di Santa Croce di Firenze...
15: ...ince'', it was viewed in a negative light largely because the Catholic church put the work in its Inde...
23: ...n the two and actually divorces them. '''Politics becomes technique'''! - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
9: == Reformation begins ==
20: ...even revolution, since the system must eventually be adjusted or disintegrate, and the failure of the ...
22: ...e]], and [[Spain]] the move toward centralization begun in the thirteenth century was carried to a suc...
24: ...nd the [[Netherlands]] and new textile industries began to develop.
28: ...philosophical arguments, eroding the old alliance between [[reason]] and [[faith]] of the medieval per... - Nubia (8928 bytes)
9: ...culture developed known as the [[A-Group]], which began roughly at the same time as the [[First dynast...
11: ...s caused by Egyptian invasions and pillaging that began at this time.
13: ...a Desert]] was becoming too arid to support human beings and it is possible that there was a sudden in...
15: ...Thutmose I]] in 1520 BC all of northern Nubia had been annexed.
26: ...ingdoms replaced it: northernmost was [[Nobatia]] between the first and second cataract of the [[Nile ... - History of India (31279 bytes)
5: ...o the [[Indus Valley Civilization]], which peaked between the [[26th century BC|2600 BC]] and the [[20...
8: ...ontributed greatly to India's cultural landscape. Beginning around [[180 BC]], a series of invasions f...
11: ...ands, which facilitated the establishment of a number of indigenous dynasties. We find reference, in t...
14: Following the Islamic invasions in the beginning of the second millennium, much of India wa...
20: ...tered out by the European powers. Initial rivalry between the French and the English companies finally... - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
2: ... Spain in [[1522]], having circumnavigated the globe.
5: ...a, named after his grandmother, and his sister Isabel.
7: ...aught by [[Martin Behaim]]. In [[1496]], Magellan became a [[squire]].
13: ...gal trade with the Islamic [[Moors]]. He had also been involved in conflict with Almeida: after Magell...
18: ...hed [[Seville]], the main port of Spain, on [[October 20]], [[1517]], and from there went to [[Vallado... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...t in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
11: *[[John Abercrombie]], (1780-1844)
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}} - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
35: | [[October 29]] [[1923]]
45: ...kish Empire'' or ''Turkey'', though it should not be confused with the modern [[nation-state]] of that...
47: ...x130;stanbul]]) from the [[Byzantine Empire]], it became the Ottoman capital. Following [[World War I]...
53: ...ture of [[Constantinople]] in [[1453]], the state became a mighty [[empire]] with [[Mehmed II]] as its...
58: ...ms, and actually lost a large territory which had been in Ottoman possession for two centuries. - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
6: date_of_birth=[[November 10]], [[1483]] |
7: place_of_birth=[[Eisleben]], [[Germany]] |
10: place_of_death=Eisleben, Germany
12: ...Martin Luder''' or '''Martinus Luther''') ([[November 10]], [[1483]]–[[February 18]], [[1546]]) ...
14: ...n [[June 13]], [[1525]] to [[Katharina von Bora]] began the tradition of [[clerical marriage]] within ... - Argon (6952 bytes)
1: ...left=[[chlorine]] | right=- | above=[[neon|Ne]] | below=[[krypton|Kr]] | color1=#c0ffff | color2=green...
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34: ...l=[[1 E9 s|269]] [[year|y]] | dm=[[beta emission|β<sup>-</sup>]] | de=0.565 | pn=39 | ps=[[potas... - Ancient India (31279 bytes)
5: ...o the [[Indus Valley Civilization]], which peaked between the [[26th century BC|2600 BC]] and the [[20...
8: ...ontributed greatly to India's cultural landscape. Beginning around [[180 BC]], a series of invasions f...
11: ...ands, which facilitated the establishment of a number of indigenous dynasties. We find reference, in t...
14: Following the Islamic invasions in the beginning of the second millennium, much of India wa...
20: ...tered out by the European powers. Initial rivalry between the French and the English companies finally... - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
4: ...9 BC]], with a preceding [[Proto-Elamite]] period beginning around [[3200 BC]].
5: ...[Persian Empire]] that succeeded it, and may thus be considered the starting point of the [[history of...
13: ...[[Indus script|Harappan pictographs]] have yet to be deciphered. Several stages of the language are at...
19: ...ally trace Elamite history from records dating to beginning of the [[Akkadian Empire]], ca. [[2300 BC]...
27: ...by Iranian and Syrian influence. 539 BC marks the beginning of the Achaemenid period) - Estevanico the moor (3698 bytes)
2: ...logs as a slave servant in the Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca's party.
5: ...tholic Church|Roman Catholicism]]. He was sold in 1520 to Andrés Dorantes de Carranza, a [[Spanish nobi...
8: ...nous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] tribes along the way. The party traversed the continent...
10: ...; the tribe regarded him with mistrust, partially because his medicine gourd was trimmed with feathers...
13: ...village after being imprisoned. He may have then been hidden by the Pimas, who held him in high regar...
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