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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: ...th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
21: ...aval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
22: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[North America]]) - 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. - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
11: ...z|Agassiz, Alexander Emanuel]], (1835-1910), American man of science
18: *[[Mehmet Ali Agca|Agca, Mehmet Ali]], (born 1958), failed assassin of [[...
19: ...gee|Agee, James]], (fl. early 20th century), American poet
28: ...yes Agnew|Agnew, David Hayes]], (1818-1892), American surgeon
32: ...amin Agosto|Agosto, Benjamin]], (born 1982), American skater - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
3: ...as a [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[Jew]]ish woman who became a [[Partisans (Yugoslavia)|partisan]].
9: ...mitism|anti-Semitic]] atmosphere. She joined ''Maccabea'', a Hungarian [[Zionism|Zionist]] student org...
11: ...d the [[Haganah]]. February 4, 1942 she visited [[Caesarea]]. In 1943 she enlisted in the British army...
13: ...sed the Hungarian border in small groups. She was captured before she could begin her mission and was ...
15: Szenes communicated with other prisoners with large cut-out letter... - Ponce De Leon (5480 bytes)
2: ...] on his second voyage to the [[New World]]. He became the first [[Governor of Puerto Rico]] by appoin...
4: ...tives had no immunity. Ponce de León, however, became rich while serving as Governor.
6: [[Image:Agueybana.JPG|right|thumb|Cacique Agueybana greeting Juan Ponce de León]]
7: In 1506, upon the death of Christopher Columbus, who had ...
9: ...ed in the ''Historia general de los hechos de los Castellanos'' of [[Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas]... - Americas (7154 bytes)
1: ...]]'', which may refer to either the Americas (typically in languages other than [[English language|Eng...
3: ...e.JPG|250px|thumb|right|Map of America by Jonghe. Ca. 1770]]
5: == Geographical Location and Status ==
6: ...d geographically part of North America. The Americas are often also described collectively as the '''...
8: ..., with a single ring representing all of the Americas. - Switzerland (22270 bytes)
1: ...has a strong tradition of [[neutral country|political and military neutrality]], but also of internati...
3: ''Confederatio Helvetica'' (CH), the [[Latin]] version of the official nam...
10: image_map = LocationSwitzerland.png |
14: capital = [[Bern]] |latd=46|latm=57|latNS=N|longd=...
18: ...Switzerland)|Pres. 2005]])</small><br>[[Micheline Calmy-Rey]]<br>[[Christoph Blocher]]<br>[[Hans-Rudol... - Israel (51605 bytes)
11: image_map = LocationIsrael.png |
14: capital = [[Jerusalem]]<sup>[[#Footnotes|1]]</sup> |
34: GDP_PPP_per_capita = $22,944 |
35: GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 30th |
46: calling_code = 972 | - List of people by name: X (1295 bytes)
4: *[[Callistus Xanothopoulos|Xanothopoulos, Callistus]], patriarch of Constantinople
7: *[[Francis Xavier|Xavier, Francis]], ([[1506]]-[[1552]]), [[Spain|Spanish]] [[missionary]] - Influenza (10335 bytes)
1: ...a'''. For the digestive-system diseases commonly called "stomach '''flu'''" (and widely misunderstood...
2: ...px|Negatively stained flu virions. These were the causative agent of the [[Hong Kong Flu]] pandemic. ]...
4: ... [[astrology|astrological]] ''influences'' as the cause of the disease.
12: ...nd to have more resistance to influenza B and C because they only undergo [[antigenic drift]] and have...
14: ...uses can be further classified based on the viral capsid proteins [[haemagglutinin]] (HA or H) and [[n... - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
1: ...mage:VAT74_0643_W.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Basilica of Saint Peter, portrayed by Viviano Codazzi in a...
2: ...too. Construction of the [[basilica]] began in [[1506]] and was completed in [[1626]].
4: ...edra]] Petri'', the episcopal throne of the basilica's namesake when he led the Roman church, but whic...
7: ...convened in the Basilica of Saint Peter. The high canopy or baldocchino was designed by Bernini.]]
8: ... started construction in [[324]] of a great basilica in this exact spot, which had previously been a c... - 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]]) - 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]]). - Saint Peter (16028 bytes)
2: ...erence to Peter as a matter of doctrine against [[canonization]], in favor of a more generalized conce...
4: ...derneath the [[Basilica of Saint Peter]] in [[Vatican City]]. He is often depicted in art as holding ...
8: ...tles, Peter is always listed first, and [[Judas Iscariot]] is always listed last.
11: ...other-in-law was healed by Jesus at their home in Capernaum (Matt. 8:14-17; Mark 1:29-31; Luke 4:38f),...
13: ... his brother [[Saint Andrew|Andrew]]. Seeing them cast a net for fish, He told them "Follow me, and I ... - 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)). ... - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
1: '''Baldassare Castiglione, count of Novellata''' ([[December 6]], ...
4: <tr><td>[[Image:Castiglione.jpg]]</td></tr>
5: <tr><td>'''Baldassare Castiglione'''</td></tr>
8: ...onzaga]], a relative of Luigia Gonzaga, mother of Castiglione.
10: ... [[Milan]], where he was a pupil of Merula and of Calcondila. He practiced the court of [[Ludovico il ... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...] by the [[Roman Catholic Church]], in which he became the [[patron saint]] of statesmen, lawyers, and...
5: ...[Lincoln's Inn]] in [[1496]]. In [[1501]] More became a [[barrister]].
7: ...ent in the form of wearing a [[hair shirt]] and occasional [[flagellation]].
9: ...ided his daughters with an excellent classical education at a time when such learning was usually rese...
11: ==Early political career== - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
1: [[Image:Machiavelli.jpg|thumb|150px|Machiavelli, ca [[1500]], in the robes of a Florentine public off...
3: ...elli was also a key figure in [[realist]] [[political theory]], crucial to European statecraft during ...
10: ...ouis XII was also the king who committed the five capital errors in statecraft summarized in ''The Pri...
12: ...lic tomb in his honor can be found at the [[Basilica di Santa Croce di Firenze]].
15: ...as viewed in a negative light largely because the Catholic church put the work in its Index – a ... - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
6: ...[plague]] in [[1483]], and then given the best education open to a young man of his day in a series of...
8: ...sh [[professor]]. He stayed at [[Queens' College, Cambridge]] and may have been an [[alumnus]].
10: ... rewards of independent literary activity. From [[1506]] to [[1509]] he was in Italy. He spent part of ...
12: ...s with the great publisher [[Froben]], and to him came the multitude of his admirers from all quarters...
14: ...criticism applied frankly and without fear to the Catholic Church. This conviction gives unity and con...
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