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- Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
27: ... [[Protodynastic Period of Egypt|Dynasty 0]] ''circa'' 3100?2920 ===
200: ...=[[Fifteenth dynasty of Egypt|15th Dynasty]] 1633-1525=== - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: ...'s coast until becoming part of the mainland in [[1525]].
17: | align="center" colspan=2 | [[image:LocationAlgeria.png]]
23: | '''[[Capital]]'''<br><br> - Population:<br> - [...
53: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]'''
60: ...als. The [[Byzantine Empire]] then retained a precarious grip on the east of the country until the co... - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
2: ...[landlocked]] [[country]] in central [[South America]]. It is bordered by [[Brazil]] on the north and ...
8: native_name = República de Bolivia |
12: image_map = LocationBolivia.png |
16: capital = [[La Paz]], [[Sucre]]<sup>1</sup> |
36: GDP_PPP_per_capita = $3,049 | - 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]]) - 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]]. - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
3: ...da]] or the [[Belgium|Belgian]] town of [[Bree]], called Breda in Latin, is meant. From 1559 he droppe...
7: ...unger]] and [[Jan Brueghel the Elder]] who both became painters, but as they were still infants when t...
9: Bruegel specialised in landscapes populated by [[peasant]]s, painted in a simple...
11: ...drop to a religious [[allegory]]. His winter landscapes of 1565 are corroborative evidence of the seve...
18: ...cape with a bird trap.jpg|thumb|250px|Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap]] - 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 ... - 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]], [... - 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: ...ny positions of honour and profit throughout the academic world, but declined them all, preferring the...
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... - 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... - 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... - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
2: '''Hernán(do) Cortés, marqués del Valle de Oaxaca''' ([[1485]]–[[December 2]], [[1547]]) was ...
5: ...[Francisco Pizarro]], who later conquered the [[Inca]] empire of modern-day [[Peru]] (not to be confus...
7: Cortés took classes at [[Salamanca]] but bitterly disappointed his parents by return...
10: ...d so well in the conquest of the [[Canary Islands|Canaries]] (eliminating the indigenous [[Guanches]])...
12: - 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 ... - Demographics of Estonia (4738 bytes)
1: ...e Finns and Hungarians. [[Archaeology|Archaeological]] research supports the existence of human activ...
3: ...age 16. The first book in Estonian was printed in 1525.
5: ...guage of the country. One-third of the standard vocabulary is derived from adding suffixes to root wor...
7: ...the removal of the Russian military bases in 1994 caused the proportion of ethnic Estonians in Estonia...
9: ...at, as a whole, it is multicultural, but geographically, it is largely homogenous. - 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}} - 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'... - History of Italy during foreign domination and the unification (3859 bytes)
2: ...of Italy]] during foreign domination and the unification'''.
6: ...otestant Reformation]], which deeply weakened the catholic church.
8: ...lished a strict control over intellectual life in catholic countries. Soon, French and Spanish rivalri...
27: *[[Battle of Pavia]] Feb. 24, 1525
31: ==The Italian unification (1796-1861)== - Persian rug (6404 bytes)
3: ...sential part of [[Persia]]n art and culture. Thus carpet-[[weaving]] is undoubtedly one of the most di...
5: ...e hunt or feasting scenes. The majority of these carpets are [[wool]], but several [[silk]] examples ...
8: ...ularly useful discoveries during archaeological excavations, save for special circumstances.
10: ...ragments do not help very much in recognizing the carpet-weaving characteristics of pre-Seljuk period ...
14: ...n this art. Most experts believe that the Pazyryk carpet is a late achievement of at least one thousan... - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
2: ...t phase of the [[Spanish colonization of the Americas]].
4: ...warded the title of ''Marqués del Valle de [[Oaxaca]]'', while the more prestigious title of [[New Sp...
6: ...és as an individual. As a result of these historical trends, descriptions of Cortés tend to be simpl...
10: ...z''' ({{IPA-es|kɔrˈtɛθ|IPA}}), in his time he called himself ''Hernando'' or ''Fernando Cortés''....
14: ... Lord of Monroy]], and wife Mencía de Orellana y Carvajal.
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