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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer...
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
21: ...] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
23: ...]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the...
38: *[[Saint Brendan]] - [[Ireland|Irish]] [[abbot]] who sailed the [... - Margaret of Anjou (3729 bytes)
3: ...n the province of [[Lorraine]] in [[France]], the daughter of [[Rene I of Naples]], Duke of [[Anjou]],...
16: ... at the [[Battle of Wakefield]] on December 30, [[1460]], when the combined armies of the Duke of York a...
18: ...r the loss of his political influence. Warwick's daughter, [[Anne Neville]], was married to Margaret'...
20: By the time Margaret, her son and daughter-in-law were ready to follow Warwick back to... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
1: [[Image:Goldmeir at whitehouse.jpg|frame|right|Golda Meir was the fourth [[Prime Minister of Israel]]]...
2: ...nly man in the Cabinet." She is the first (and to date only) female [[Prime Minister of Israel]], the ...
6: ...ld. Her sisters' names were Shayna and Zipke. Golda looked up to Shayna. Her father left for the Unit...
10: ... Beginning when she was only eight years old, Golda oversaw the store for a short time each morning a...
12: ...up school for work and to marry an older man. Golda rebelled and ran away. She went to Denver, where... - Ponce De Leon (5480 bytes)
2: ... the [[United States]] when he set foot in [[Florida]] in 1513.
7: ...om office in 1512 and felt his good name had been damaged. Not wishing to serve Diego, Ponce de León ...
9: ... the ''Memoir'' of [[Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda]], and was later included in the ''Historia gener...
12: ...lorida Day'', April 2, is a legal holiday in Florida.
14: ...led back south to [[Havana]], and then up to Florida again, stopping at the Bay of ''Chequesta'' ([[Bi... - Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
5: ... As Dr. Robert A. Hatch of the University of Florida puts it:
7: ...yptian calendar with attested dates in other calendaric systems, for example, Greek, Jewish, Assyrian,...
9: ...ite]]s," adding that [[Ramses II]]'s accession is dated by various [[Egyptology|Egyptologist]]s to 130...
11: ==Dating and eras==
13: ...odern Egyptian chronology, so the previous "firm" dates cannot be supported astronomically. - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...orders the states of [[Lebanon]], [[Syria]], [[Jordan]], and [[Egypt]] (listed clockwise from north to...
6: ...5;سرائيل<br>("Dawlat Israil") |
38: established_dates = From the League of Nations mandate administered by the [[United Kingdom]]<br>[[May...
60: ...Emperor [[Hadrian]] renamed ''Provincia [[Judea|Judaea]]'' to ''Provincia [[Syria Palaestina]]'', a Gr...
62: ...he [[Mishnah]] and [[Jerusalem Talmud]], two of Judaism's most important religious texts, were compose... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sc...
29: *[[Franklin Adams]]
45: *[[David Allan]] ([[1744]]-[[1796]])
110: *[[David Bates (painter)|David Bates]] ([[1952]]-) - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
7: ...em of the [[Palaeologus]] dynasty, as preserved today at the entrance of the Ecumenical Patriarchate i...
21: ...ls reconquer North Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Ostrogoths]].
46: ... Empire'''. There is no consensus on the starting date of the Byzantine period. Some place it during t...
51: ...te between Romans (Byzantines as we render them today) and [[Franks]], who, under [[Charlemagne]]'s ne...
63: ...]], albeit the former has now retreated to a secondary folkish name rather than a national synonym as ... - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
2: ...ween [[Guillaume Dufay]] and [[Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina|Palestrina]], and is usually considere...
6: ...aint-Quentin]] at an early age, probably around [[1460]], and may have studied counterpoint under [[Joha...
10: ...n of Cond鬠southeast of [[Lille]] on the present-day border between Belgium and France, becoming prov...
14: ...and was much in demand. Duke Ercole I sent an (undated) letter to his secretary with the interesting ...
16: ...towards or away from perfection but as trends of adaptation and influence; as such Josquin is seen as ... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...y (observation)|discoveries]] ever, and is the fundamental starting point of modern [[astronomy]] and ...
8: ...hat time the capital of Poland), moved there in [[1460]] and became a respected citizen of Toruń as...
10: ...ara]], he met his teacher [[Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara]], a famous [[astronomer]]. He followed h...
14: In [[1497]] his uncle was ordained the bishop of Warmia and Copernicus was named...
22: ...bing his ideas about the heliocentric hypothesis—available to his friends. From there he continu... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
19: *[[César Baldaccini]]
22: *[[Pietro da Barga]]
58: *[[Danese Cattaneo]]
63: *[[Eduardo Chillida]] (1924-2002)
75: *[[Jules Dalou]] (1838 - 1902) - Henry the Navigator (6878 bytes)
1: ..., looms large as an important figure in the early days of European [[colonial]] expansion.
3: ...] dynasty; and of [[Philippa of Lancaster]], the daughter of [[John of Gaunt]]. In [[1414]] he report...
7: ...ation of the Azores during Pedro's regency (1439–1448).
9: ...f geography and navigation added over time. [[Jehuda Cresques]], a noted cartographer, received an inv...
13: - Des Moines, Iowa (13222 bytes)
43: ... county departments and programs have been consolidated.
52: ... Moines metropolitan area only consisted of Polk, Dallas, and Warren counties.)
66: * [[Urbandale, Iowa|Urbandale]]
89: ... International Airport|Atlanta Hartsfield]] and [[Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport]]. Despite i...
99: * [[KXNO]] 1460, sports talk, [[Iowa State University]] sports - Columbus, Ohio (27104 bytes)
37: ...icts as well, sometimes overlapping municipal boundaries. CPS offers many alternative schools as well,...
46: ... northwest of Columbus and produces all of the Honda Accords, Civics, motorcycles and many of Acura's ...
51: ... Due to its central location within Ohio and abundance of outbound roadways, nearly all of the state'...
61: ...area, including Alum Creek, Big Walnut Creek, and Darby Creek. By and large, Columbus is fairly flat,...
67: ...le Cliff]], [[Valleyview]], [[New Rome]], [[Briggsdale]], [[Urbancrest]], [[Linden]], [[Eastmoor]], [[... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
15: ...udah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
19: *[[Adam Parvipontanus]], (d. 1181)
20: *[[Marilyn McCord Adams]], (born 1943){{fn|O}}
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}} - Sumer (14409 bytes)
2: ...script may precede any other form of writing, and dates to no later than about [[3500 BCE]]
21: ...ut the [[Kassites]] defeated the Babylonians in [[1460 BC]]. The Kassites were in turn defeated by the [...
24: ...[millet]], [[wheat]], [[turnip]]s, [[Date (fruit)|date]]s, [[onion]]s, [[garlic]], [[lettuce]], [[leek...
44: ... Food is all about, yet my food is hunger. On the day shares were allotted, my allotted share was suff...
51: ...that were scarce in Mesopotamia. In particular, cedar from Lebanon was prized. - Sidon (4751 bytes)
1: ...460;ידוֹן''', [[Standard Hebrew]] '''Ẓidon''', [[Tiberian Hebrew]]...
14: ==Sidon today==
23: ...ts glory began to wane, and [[Tyre]], its "virgin daughter" (Isaiah 23:12), rose to its place of pre-e...
31: *[[Sanchuniathon]] makes Sidon a goddess, daughter of Sea son of [[Nereus]]. - Britain in the Middle Ages (12239 bytes)
5: ...y, the end of the medi�val period is ordinarily dated by the rise of what is often referred to as th...
7: ...with increasing vigour, but the process of consolidation was continuous from [[William I of England|Wi...
12: ... saxas). Each Saxon drew out his ''saxa'' (a long dagger whose name was associated with the tribe) and...
36: ...death and the accession of [[David II of Scotland|David II]]. The Scottish victory at Bannockburn howe...
46: ... Agincourt|Agincourt]] in 1415. Henry married the daughter of the French king, [[Charles VI of France|... - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
2: ...ity of key importance to the [[religion]]s of [[Judaism]], [[Christianity]], and [[Islam]].
6: ...ity. Since Israel's victory in the [[1967]] [[Six-Day War]], it has controlled the entire city and cla...
16: ...|[[Archaeology|Archaeological]] ruins from [[King David]]'s time]]
18: ...war and captured the city without destroying it. David then expanded the city to the south, and decla...
20: ...pital of the southern kingdom, the [[Kingdom of Judah]].
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