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- Lighthouse of Alexandria (3491 bytes)
1: The '''[[Lighthouse]] of [[Alexandria]]''' (often called the "''Pharos of Alexandria''" after the isla...
7: ...uring the day; a [[fire]] was lit at night. As it can be seen from images of the Lighthouse on Roman c...
13: ''Pharos'' later became the etymological origin of the word 'lighthouse' in many [[Romanc...
16: == Location ==
17: ...ide of the harbour of [[Alexandria]]. As the landscape in the area was very flat and lacking in the ki... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...October 12th [[1492]] under the flag of [[Castile|Castilian]] [[Spain]]. He believed that the [[earth]...
3: ...explorations were not the first to reach the Americas, they inaugurated permanent contact between the ...
5: ...ess than two decades later, the existence of America was known to the general public throughout Europe...
7: ...s of [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]. He never reached the present-day [[United Stat...
9: ...he first large-scale [[colonization]] of the Americas by Europeans. - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
6: ...ghting for the [[House of Lancaster|Lancastrian]] cause. (This was ironic, as Edward IV was the Yorki...
10: ...eth Woodville became common knowledge, it was the cause of considerable rancour on Warwick's part, and...
12: ...ry wealthy. The queen also married her sister, [[Catherine Woodville]], to her 11-year-old ward [[Hen...
16: ... Bishop of Bath and Wells), testified that he had carried out the ceremony.
18: ...zabeth now lost the title of Queen Mother and was called The Dame Elizabeth Grey. She and her other c... - Sackbut (3802 bytes)
1: ...nd shakbusshe. In [[France]], the instrument was called ''sacqueboute'';in [[Germany]], ''posaune'', ...
4: ...derably smaller [[bore]], and a smaller, more conical [[bell]].
10: ...ons in performance for the sake of greater historical accuracy, rather than transposing their parts up...
13: ...ent. Its dynamic flexibility lends itself to a vocal style of playing and facilitates effective shapi...
16: ... the slide trumpet in the [[15th Century]] [[alta capella]] wind bands that were common in towns throu... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
39: ...hyn|Yascheshyn, Kerri]], ([[1985]] - [[2003]]), [[cancer]] patient
41: *[[Carl Yastrzemski|Yastrzemski, Carl]], (born [[1939]]), [[Baseball Hall of Fame]]
109: *[[Yoannis XII of Alexandria]], ([[1480]]-[[1483]]), Coptic Pope
146: *[[Andrew Young|Young, Andrew]], (b. 1932), American civil rights activist & diplomat
148: ...Brigham Young|Young, Brigham]], (1801-1877), American religious leader - List of painters (54090 bytes)
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
13: *[[Pablo Picasso]], ([[1881]]-[[1973]]), Spanish [[Cubism|cubis...
26: *[[Bernard Accama]] ([[1697]]-[[1756]])
51: *[[Albrecht Altdorfer]] ([[1480]]-[[1538]])
57: *[[Carl Andre]] ([[1935]]-) - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
1: ...[[Syria]], as well as other points. Its influence carries over on to [[Korea]] and terminated eventual...
3: ...ugh the [[Levant]] into [[Egypt]] and [[North Africa]].
5: These exchanges were critical not only for the development and flowering of th...
7: ...n [[1992]], when the international railway communication [[Almaty]] - [[Urumqi]] opened.
11: ...ound [[4000 BC]]. Domestication of the [[Bactrian camel]] followed later. - Rhodes (9349 bytes)
5: ... Rhodes is the capital of the District of the Dodecanese and of the Province of Rhodes, which also inc...
7: Historically, it was known for its [[Colossus of Rhodes]], ...
10: ...oras International Airport], IATA code: RHO) is located 14 km to the southwest of the city in Paradisi...
12: ...[deer]] and [[peacock]]s. Features include the so-called Petaludes or Petaloudes Valley, or Valley of ...
14: ...u]], Embona, and [[Trianta]] (Ialysos) are significant. The economy of the whole island is geared towa... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
7: ...sant girl. It has also been suggested, albeit on scanty evidence, that she was a [[Middle East|Middle ...
9: ...s". Presumably he did not use his father's name because of his illegitimate status.
14: Later, he became an independent painter in Florence.
16: ...e]]. After two months in jail, he was acquitted because no witnesses stepped forward. For some time af...
20: ...al]]. One of his loves may have been Gian Giacomo Caprotti da Oreno (nicknamed Salai (Little Devil)). ... - Spanish Inquisition (11421 bytes)
6: ...the European countries, but not in the Kingdom of Castile & Leon!
8: ...ladolid]], capital of Castile, and [[Barcelona]], capital of the [[Crown of Aragon]], had large [[Jew]...
10: ...le in arranging Ferdinand's marriage to Isabella. Castile even had an unofficial Crown [[Rabbi]], a pr...
14: ...uisitor whom Ferdinand installed in [[Saragossa]] Cathedral was assassinated by [[New Christian]]s (fo...
16: ...ies with St. Peter's in Rome as part of his political manoeuvering, aimed at consolidating the indepen... - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
2: '''Ferdinand Magellan''' (Spring [[1480]] – [[April 27]], [[1521]]; was a [[Portuga...
7: ...ght by [[Martin Behaim]]. In [[1496]], Magellan became a [[squire]].
9: ...llan would also first experience battle: when a local king refused to pay tribute, Almeida's party att...
11: ... [[1510]], Magellan was promoted to the rank of [[captain]]. However, after secretly sailing a ship ea...
13: ...nee wound while fighting against the Moorish-Moroccan stronghold. Although wounded and the recipient o... - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
2: ... popularly credited as the modern discoverer of [[Canada]], or at least the region that would become t...
4: ...oute to [[Asia]]. He ended up in the [[North America]]n mainland, he and his men being the first [[Eur...
6: ... he moved to [[Venice]] in his youth, and later became a Venetian citizen.
8: ...mage:Johncabotbonavista.jpg|left|thumb|150px|John Cabot in Bonavista, Newfoundland]]
10: ...for himself. He went with his plans to England, because he incorrectly thought [[spices]] were coming ... - Phoenix, Arizona (34271 bytes)
4: '''Phoenix''' is the [[capital]], largest [[City|city]] and largest [[metro...
7: * the largest capital city by area and population in the U.S. (inc...
13: Phoenix is called ''Hoodzo'' (lit. 'the place is hot') in [[Nav...
46: ...35 miles (217 km) of canals. Their disappearance ca. 1450 A.D. remains a mystery. Prolonged drought ...
49: ...]], he and others from Wickenburg had dug a short canal from the Salt River and founded a small farmin... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
65: *[[Ammonius Saccas]], (3rd century){{fn|C}}
80: *[[Anselm of Canterbury|Anselm]], (1034-1109){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn...
81: *[[Antiochus of Ascalon]], (c. 130-68 BC){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
165: *[[Cesare, Marquis of Beccaria]], (1738-1794){{fn|C}} - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...tate under the King of Sicily. The medi涡l Order can be said to have come to an end following its eje...
5: ...rno]] in [[Italy]] were given permission by the [[Caliph]] Haroun el Raschid of [[Egypt]] to rebuild t...
7: ...epulchre]] in Jerusalem. Initially the group just cared for those pilgrims who made it to Jerusalem bu...
9: ...e [[Krak des Chevaliers]], and [[Margat]], both located near [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]]. The propert...
15: ...s well as the Anatolian ports of [[Bodrum]] and [[Castellorizon]].
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