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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
2: This is a '''list of U.S. state capitals''':
5: ! State !! Capital !! Year of current [[capitol]] construction
23: | [[California]]
24: | [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]
116: | [[Carson City, Nevada|Carson City]] - Hanging Gardens of Babylon (4963 bytes)
3: ...er, there are doubts as to whether they ever physically existed.
5: ... Some (circumstantial) evidence gathered at the excavation of the palace at [[Babylon]] has been accru...
7: ...ools of thought think that through the ages the location may have been confused with gardens that exis...
15: ...ate an alliance between the nations. The land she came from, though, was green, rugged and mountainous...
17: ...just "hanging” but "overhanging," as in the case of a terrace or balcony. - 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. - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: ...year (309th in [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
4: {{NovemberCalendar}}
7: ... [[Eighty Years' War]]: In [[Belgium]], [[Spain]] captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three day...
10: * [[1852]] - [[Count Camillo Benso di Cavour]] became the [[prime minister]] of [[Piedmont (Italy)|Pi...
12: ... of Johnsonville]] - [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] troops bombard a [[United States|Un... - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
4: ...rneys along the eastern coastline of [[South America]] convinced him that a new continent had been dis...
10: ...erating his role and constructing deliberate fabrications, others have instead proposed that the two l...
12: ...nine form ''America''. (See also [[Naming of America]].) ''Amerigo'' itself is an Italian form of ''[[...
14: ...made four voyages to America, while at most three can be verified from other sources. It is now genera...
16: ...oyage. But his claim is clearly fraudulent, which casts more doubt on Vespucci's credibility. - Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
1: ...ight|175px|Carved sphinx with face of Hatshepsut, Cairo Museum]]
2: '''Maatkare Hatshepsut''' (c. [[1504 BC]] - [[1458 BC]]) was the fifth [[Pharaoh]] of ...
6: ...and 9 months, while [[Sextus Julius Africanus|Africanus]] (who was also quoting Manetho) states her re...
13: ...nts of Egypt's then recent history, but it soon became apparent that she had only one model in mind, S...
20: ...tshepsut disagree and believe it was merely political. - Isabella of Castile (4156 bytes)
1: ...e:Isabel la Cata-2.jpg|thumb|| '''Isabella of Castile''']]
2: ...l I of Castile'' and ''Isabel La Cata'' ("the Catholic").
5: ...first wife of [[Henry of Grosmont]], [[Duke of Lancaster]] and his wife [[Isabel de Beaumont]]. Finall...
7: She was great-granddaughter of [[John I of Castile]] and his wife [[Eleanor of Aragon]], a sist...
8: ...John of Gaunt from his first wife [[Blanche of Lancaster]]. Her final set of grandparents were [[Afons... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...ge|Hebrew]]: מְדִינַת יִשְׂ...
6: native_name = מדינת ישראל<br>("...
11: image_map = LocationIsrael.png |
14: capital = [[Jerusalem]]<sup>[[#Footnotes|1]]</sup> |
34: GDP_PPP_per_capita = $22,944 | - Cotton (7876 bytes)
2: ...], a [[shrub]] native to the tropical and subtropical regions of both the [[Old World]] and the [[New ...
4: ...es of natural springs. When the cotton boll (seed case) is opened the fibers dry into flat, twisted, r...
9: ...nce that people in South America and India domesticated different species of cotton independently thou...
13: ...hern [[Europe]], without any knowledge of what it came from other than that it was a [[plant]]; people...
15: ...regions in [[Africa]], [[Eurasia]] and [[the Americas]]. - Thebes, Egypt (3900 bytes)
2: ...moved to the [[Nile Delta|Delta]]. Its archaeological remains offer a striking testimony to Egyptian c...
4: ...This found its way into the Hebrew [[Bible]] as נא אמון ''nō...
6: ...the names of the temple of [[Karnak]], which is located in the city.
10: ==Important archaeological sites in Thebes==
27: ...nstitut fran硩s d’arch鯬ogie orientale du Caire. (Reprinted Osnabr?tto Zeller Verlag, 1975). 7... - 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]])
57: *[[Carl Andre]] ([[1935]]-)
73: *[[Hendrick Avercamp]] ([[1585]]-[[1634]]) - August (4611 bytes)
1: {{AugustCalendar}}
2: ...eighth]] month of the [[year]] in the [[Gregorian Calendar]] and one of seven Gregorian months with th...
4: ...peaking, the sun begins in the constellation of [[Cancer]] and ends in the constellation of [[Leo]].
6: ...in]], since it was the sixth month in the [[Roman calendar]] which started in [[March]].
10: ...[Lugh]] and [[August 1]], (L᠌?) in the [[Irish Calendar]] is still regarded as the first day of [[A... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
1: ...'' is the 17th day of the year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]]. There are 348 days remaining (349 in [[l...
3: {{JanuaryCalendar}}
7: ...rmy at [[Falkirk]] in his ultimately unsuccessful campaign to recover the throne for the [[Jacobite]] ...
8: * [[1773]] - Captain [[James Cook]] becomes the first explorer to...
9: ...arleton]] at the Battle of [[Cowpens]] in [[South Carolina]]. - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
6: ...za]] family in Milan, during the period when it became one of the largest and most famous choirs in Eu...
8: ...n on a ''[[cantus firmus]]'' derived from the musical letters in the Duke's name. While there he also...
10: ...tween Belgium and France, becoming provost of the cathedral there. During this time he had immense fa...
14: ...ing together the many streams of contemporary musical practice. He possessed a vivid conception of th...
16: ...most of the contemporary trends, innovated significantly, and was also able to express intense emotion... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
1: ...lti.jpg|thumb|Popes buried in [[St. Peter's Basilica|St. Peter's]]]]
2: This is a '''list of Popes of the Roman Catholic Church'''.
4: ...has been used officially by the head of the Roman Catholic Church since the tenure of [[Pope Siricius]...
6: ...Apostles]], [[Supreme Pontiff]] of the [[One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church|Universal Church]], [...
7: ... has been [[Sovereign]] in the State of the [[Vatican City]] (the [[Holy See]]). - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
1: '''Baldassare Castiglione, count of Novellata''' ([[December 6]], ...
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5: <tr><td>'''Baldassare Castiglione'''</td></tr>
8: ...onzaga]], a relative of Luigia Gonzaga, mother of Castiglione.
10: ...do da Montefeltro]], duke of [[Urbino]], and in [[1504]] Gonzaga, although reluctant, allowed him to pas... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...es rendered were in [[Royal Prussia]] as church [[canon]], governor and administrator, [[jurist]], [[a...
8: ...ecame canon in [[Frombork]]. A sister, Barbara, became a [[Benedictine]] nun and the other sister, Kat...
10: ...ous [[astronomer]]. He followed his lessons and became a disciple and assistant.
14: ...nd Copernicus was named a canon in the Frombork [[cathedral]], but he waited in Italy for the great [[...
16: ...observations and ideas on the theory started in [[1504]]. - Florence (11538 bytes)
1: ...on of Tuscany and briefly ([[1865]]-[[1871]]) the capital of the kingdom of Italy. Florence was long r...
21: ...ano della Bella]], that resulted in a set of laws called the [[Ordinances of Justice]] ([[1293]]).
23: ...f the Ciompi]]. After their suppression, the city came under the sway ([[1382]]-[[1434]]) of the [[Alb...
25: ...can prior [[Girolamo Savonarola]], whose monomaniacal persecution of the widespread Florentine [[Homos...
27: ...have often been seen as a legitimisation of political expediency and even malpractice. Commissioned by... - Hittites (17910 bytes)
5: ...non-Indo-European language — conventionally called [[Hattic language|Hattic]].
7: ... the two peoples to be the same, but this identification is still disputed.
11: ==Archaeological discovery==
12: The first archaeological evidence for the Hittites appeared in tablets fo...
14: ...ith the biblical Hittites. Sayce's identification came to be widely accepted over the course of the ea... - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
6: ...ne, a [[Curtiss JN4|Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny"]], and became a [[stunt pilot]]. In 1924, he started training...
11: ...and custom built by Ryan Airlines of [[San Diego, California]]. He needed 33.5 hours for the trip. (Hi...
13: ... stature following this flight was such that he became an important voice on behalf of aviation activi...
29: .... Lindbergh's letters and diaries of the time indicate that he approved of Nazi policies and of Hitler...
31: ...nterests, but we also must look out for ours. We cannot allow the natural passions and prejudices of ...
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