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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]]) - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
1: [[Image:Cartier.png|thumb|200px|right|Jacques Cartier]]
3: ...e major discoverers of [[Canada]], or more specifically, the interior eastern region that would become...
5: ...nd improved his social status in 1520 by marrying Catherine des Granches, member of a leading ship-own...
7: No contemporary portrait of Jacques Cartier has been found and the most familiar portrai...
9: ...ties can be easily ascertained. Considering that Cartier made three voyages of discovery in dangerous... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...''. Her religious policies, however, were in many cases reversed by her successor, [[Elizabeth I of En...
13: ...s wife had again failed to produce a healthy son; Catherine's sixth and last child was a stillborn dau...
15: ...ls]]. A great part of the credit of her early education was undoubtedly due to her mother, who not on...
17: ...is or his second son, [[Henry, Duke of Orl顮s]]. Cardinal Wolsey, Henry VIII's chief advisor, managed...
19: ... appeals from the decisions of English ecclesiastical courts to the Pope were abolished, and the King ... - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
1: ...graphy.malmesbury.bible.arp.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Calligraphy in a Latin Bible of AD 1407 on display i...
2: ...is the art of decorative [[writing]]. A style of calligraphy is described as a ''hand''.
4: ...ncient Roman [[graffiti]] are of interest to both calligraphers and palaeographers.
6: == East Asian calligraphy ==
8: ...ot have to know Chinese to appreciate its beauty. Calligraphy, in essence, is an abstract art. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
13: *[[Pablo Picasso]], ([[1881]]-[[1973]]), Spanish [[Cubism|cubis...
15: *[[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[painter]]
26: *[[Bernard Accama]] ([[1697]]-[[1756]])
57: *[[Carl Andre]] ([[1935]]-) - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
1: ...ngst av Carl Larsson 1897.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Carl Larsson]], ''Crayfishing'', watercolor, 1897]]
3: ...[plastic]]s, [[leather]], [[fabric]], wood, and [[canvas]].
6: ...[Spain]] and the technology spread to [[Italy]] decades later. Some of the oldest paper manufactures i...
12: ...nti]] ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), who painted full-scale cartoons as precursors for tapestry designs.
18: ...]], [[Paul Sandby]] ([[1725]]–[[1809]]) was called the father of British watercolor. - March (3907 bytes)
1: {{MarchCalendar}}
2: ...rd]] [[month]] of the [[year]] in the [[Gregorian Calendar]] and one of seven Gregorian months with th...
4: ...ces]] and ends in the sign of [[Aries]]. Astronomically speaking, the sun begins in the constellation ...
6: *In [[Roman Empire|ancient Rome]], March was called ''Martius'', so named after the [[Roman Mytho...
8: ... the same year they finally adopted the Gregorian calendar. - Raphael (3466 bytes)
2: ...arlier confusion about these dates). He was also called '''Raffaello Sanzio, Raffaello Santi, Raffael...
8: ...] he was called to [[Rome]] to decorate the [[Vatican]] ''Stanze'' (rooms), for [[Pope Julius II]]. Th...
10: ...] he was chief architect of [[Saint Peter's Basilica]] in [[1514]] and he was named as a sort of super...
12: ...funeral. His last work, the Transfiguration, was carried before him in the funeral procession. The un...
18: ...[Gregorian Calendar]]. Clearly, these statements cannot all be true. - 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 ... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...d to the [[Counter-Reformation]] within the Roman Catholic Church.
4: * Anti-hierarchical movements: [[Cathar]]ism, [[Waldensian]]ism, and others
5: * [[Avignon Papacy]] ("Babylonian Captivity of the Church"), [[Avignon]], [[Western Sc...
13: * [[John Calvin]] and [[Geneva]]
15: * Radical Reformers -- [[Thomas_Muentzer|Müntzer]], [... - Nubia (8928 bytes)
9: ...sided by herding [[sheep]], [[goat]]s, and some [[cattle]]. It is known from its distinctive burial r...
11: ...e causes of this is uncertain, but it was perhaps caused by Egyptian invasions and pillaging that bega...
15: ...ds. By the end of the reign of [[Thutmose I]] in 1520 BC all of northern Nubia had been annexed.
23: ...[Nubian languages|Nubian]] language group has indicated that the Nile-Nubian languages must have split...
26: ...victory in a [[Greek language|Greek]] inscription carved in the wall of the temple of Talmis (modern [... - History of India (31279 bytes)
8: ...a]], contributed greatly to India's cultural landscape. Beginning around [[180 BC]], a series of invas...
26: ...h a series of five more tests in [[1998]]. Significant economic reforms beginning in [[1991]], have tr...
36: ...dia was the '''Indus Valley Civilization''', also called the Harappan civilization, which thrived betw...
38: ...gh India may bear some of the most extreme geological and climatic features, these difficult condition...
40: ...h large scale growth in so small a period of time can be attributed to two factors, an organized civil... - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
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...
20: ...f Charles and the powerful Juan Rodriguez de Fonseca, bishop of [[Burgos]] and the persistent enemy of... - 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}} - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
19: | '''[[Capital]]'''
26: | ''ca'' 40 million
45: ...tolia]], the [[Middle East]], part of [[North Africa]], and south-eastern [[Europe]]. It was establish...
47: ...ar I]], during which most of its territories were captured by the [[Allies]], Ottoman elites establish...
53: ...west, and from [[Egypt]] in the south to the [[Caucasus]] in the north. The Empire was situated in the... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
5: image_caption= Luther at age 46 (Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1529) |
12: ...d upon the [[Counter-Reformation]] in the [[Roman Catholic Church]].
14: ...atharina von Bora]] began the tradition of [[clerical marriage]] within several Christian traditions.
26: ...ied to do for God, it seemed, the more aware he became of his sinfulness.
28: ...rg]]. Luther earned his Bachelor's degree in Biblical Studies on [[March 9]], [[1508]] and a Bachelor'... - Argon (6952 bytes)
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29: {{Elementbox_cas_number | 7440-37-1 }} - Ancient India (31279 bytes)
8: ...a]], contributed greatly to India's cultural landscape. Beginning around [[180 BC]], a series of invas...
26: ...h a series of five more tests in [[1998]]. Significant economic reforms beginning in [[1991]], have tr...
36: ...dia was the '''Indus Valley Civilization''', also called the Harappan civilization, which thrived betw...
38: ...gh India may bear some of the most extreme geological and climatic features, these difficult condition...
40: ...h large scale growth in so small a period of time can be attributed to two factors, an organized civil... - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
1: :''For biblical characters named Elam, see [[Elam (Hebrew Bible)...
4: ...]]. The Elamite period is considered to last from ca. [[2700 BC]] to [[539 BC]], with a preceding [[Pr...
8: ...brew Bible|Hebrew Old Testament]], where they are called the offspring of Elam, eldest son of [[Shem]]...
10: ...ital, [[Susa]], and geographers after [[Ptolemy]] called it ''Susiana''. Though primarily centred in t...
19: ...s dating to beginning of the [[Akkadian Empire]], ca. [[2300 BC]]. - Estevanico the moor (3698 bytes)
2: ...slave servant in the Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca's party.
5: ...ism]]. He was sold in 1520 to Andrés Dorantes de Carranza, a [[Spanish nobility|Spanish nobleman]] wi...
7: ==American explorer==
8: ... [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] tribes along the way. The party traversed the ...
10: ...the tribe regarded him with mistrust, partially because his medicine gourd was trimmed with feathers f...
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