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- Printing (4400 bytes)
4: ...producing copies of [[text]]s and [[image]]s, typically with [[ink]] on [[paper]] using a [[printing p...
6: ...hich is principally used for [[newspaper]]s and [[catalogue]]s). The largest commercial and industria...
11: ...est surviving book printed using the more sophisticated [[block printing]] dates from 868 AD (The ''[[...
15: ...ssachusetts Bay in 1628, and helped establish the Cambridge Press.
17: In ''Prints and Visual Communication'', [[William Ivins]] offers the following con... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
27: ... [[Protodynastic Period of Egypt|Dynasty 0]] ''circa'' 3100?2920 ===
211: ...=[[Seventeenth dynasty of Egypt|17th Dynasty 1606-1539]]===
220: *[[Ahmose I|Ahmose]] (Nebpehtyre) 1539-1514 - Arizona (24367 bytes)
11: Nickname = The [[Grand Canyon]] State, The Copper State |
12: Capital = [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] |
46: Nickname = The Grand Canyon State |
47: Capital = [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] |
48: Bird = [[Cactus Wren]] | - Tennessee (19096 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]]...
39: ...-day [[Monroe County, Tennessee]]. The town was located on a river of the same name (now known as the ...
41: ...atelib/pubsvs/faq.htm#01][http://www.tngenweb.org/campbell/hist-bogan/tennessee.html]
43: ...ounty". When a [[constitutional convention (political meeting)|constitutional convention]] met in [[17...
48: ...o [[Indian Territory]] west of [[Arkansas]]. This came to be known as the [[Trail of Tears]], as an es... - 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... - History of California (38344 bytes)
1: ... in the 20th century and beyond, see [[History of California (20th century)]].}}
3: ...zation means that most of the known '''history of California''' begins with European exploration.
7: ...California Poppy|California golden poppies]] ''circa'' [[1910]].]]
10: [[Image:Tunnel view.jpg|thumb|300px|California's [[Yosemite Valley]].]]
11: ...Arlington Springs Woman]] on [[Santa Rosa Island, California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces ... - 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: ...where in [[1503]] received his doctoral degree in canon law. It has been supposed that it was in Padua... - Valley of the Kings (4430 bytes)
4: The valley is located on the west bank of the [[Nile]] across from [...
6: The Valley was used from approximately [[1539 BC]] to [[1075 BC]], and contains some [[Burials ...
10: ...[Graffiti]] on the walls of some of the tombs indicate that this was an attraction during [[Roman Empi...
16: ...ransacked, including Tutankhamun's, though in his case, it seems that the robbers were interrupted, so...
18: ...onomy leading to the emergence of tomb robbers. Because of this, it was also the last year that the va... - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
2: ... the side of Pedro Arias d'Avila (Pedrarias), [[Nicaragua]] and was with [[Francisco Pizarro]] in [[Pe...
4: == Travels and Career ==
5: ...his discovery and colonization voyage through [[Nicaragua]] and [[Honduras]].
6:
7: ...oto led his own expedition along the coast of [[Yucatan]], hoping to find a direct connection by sea b... - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (4763 bytes)
2: ...]. He also helped found the city of [[Oaxaca, Oaxaca]], in [[Mexico]].
5: ...rth and parentage are also unknown, but events in Cabrillo’s life lead Kelsey to believe he was born...
8: Rodríguez Cabrillo shipped for [[Havana]] as a lad and joined ...
10: ... providing a route for the [[Northwest Passage]]. Cabrillo, who had started life as a shipbuilder's bo...
11: ...ght|The Cabrillo National Monument in San Diego, California]] - Tallahassee, Florida (7125 bytes)
1: ...te]] of the [[United States|United States of America]]. As of the [[2000]] census, the population is ...
33: ...orial government was established, but the impracticalities of alternately meeting in [[St. Augustine, ...
35: ...the following year it was formally proclaimed the capital. Florida did not become a state, however, un...
37: ...r), Richard Keith Call, about the location of the capital: <blockquote>
40: ...ly stems from the [[Creek (people)|Creek]] (later called [[Seminole (tribe)|Seminole)]] Indians that m... - French language (40201 bytes)
3: ... [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], [[Togo]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Republic of the Congo]], [[Gabon]]...
4: |region=[[Africa]], [[Europe]], [[Americas]]
17:
19: ...e world, being spoken by about 77 million people (called [[Francophones]]) as a [[mother tongue]], and...
25: - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
2: ...ture of [[Hinduism]] and [[Islam]] (such as the [[caste system]] and [[purdah]], respectively). Sikhis...
4: ...[Sri Lanka]], east to [[Bengal]] and west to [[Mecca]] and [[Baghdad]]) Guru Nanak preached to Hindus,...
6: [[Guru Nanak]] was opposed to the caste system. His followers referred to him as the g...
10: ... Creator. Guru Nanak called God the "True Name" because he wanted to avoid any limiting terms for God....
12: ...il, so that only spiritual minds, free of desire, can penetrate it by the grace of the Guru (Gurprasad... - Pharaoh (5346 bytes)
6: ...) this usage had been extended and was now used occasionally just as '''''hm.f''''' "His Majesty" was ...
10: ...ythology]]). If both were real, it is unknown who came first exactly.
11: ... II]] defended Egypt against the [[Sea People]] because they were invading or were they people fleeing...
15: ...on which sailed from the [[Red Sea]] around [[Africa]] back to the mouth of the [[Nile]].
25: ...Twelfth dynasty of Egypt|Twelfth Dynasty]], and became a part of the official titulary. - 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... - Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (19760 bytes)
5: ... and 1542. Coronado had hoped to conquer the mythical [[Seven Cities of Gold]].
8: ...ernor]] and first ''[[Adelantado]]'' of [[Costa Rica]]. <ref> [http://genforum.genealogy.com/coronado/...
11: ...s to prove this assertion. -- comment hidden as I can find no reliable source on either side of this q...
14: ...e told about a city of vast wealth, a golden city called [[Quivira and Cíbola|Cíbola]], and that Est...
16: ... an expedition with two components. One component carried the bulk of the expedition's supplies, and t... - 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. - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
5: ...ily were also interred. The age of the Conquerors came on the heels of the Spanish [[Reconquista|recon...
7: ... the [[History of Panama|Conquest of Central America]]. He gained fame as an excellent horseman, fight...
9: ...alboa]], who discovered the [[Pacific Ocean]] (he called it the "South Sea" below Panama), and [[Ferdi...
12: ...t day de Soto was again sent to the camp of the Incan army, where he and his men plundered Atahualpa's...
14: ...d soldier's share of the plunder from Atahualpa's camp, Atahualpa's ransom, and the plunder from Cuzco...
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