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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval ...
9: *[[Afonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] na...
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...ached the [[Americas]] on October 12th [[1492]] under the flag of [[Castile|Castilian]] [[Spain]]. He ...
2: ...Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
3: ... time accepted that the earth was round. The main debate was over whether it would be possible to get ...
5: ...first voyage from all of these: less than two decades later, the existence of America was known to the...
7: Columbus landed in the [[Bahamas]] and later explored much of th... - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
11: *[[Alexander Emanuel Agassiz|Agassiz, Alexander Emanuel]], (1835-1910), American man of science
20: ...e immigrant to Germany who died as a result of an deportation attempt
21: ...n, David]], [[Brigadier General]] in the [[Israel Defence Forces]]
25: *[[Agnes de Poitou]], (1020-1077), regent of the [[Holy Roman...
27: ...ro Agnew|Agnew, Spiro]], (1918-1996), [[Vice President of the United States]] - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
4: ...ur of Saint John the Evangelist. A court official described the new baby as "a small, but completely h...
6: ...f her closest sister, Maria-Carolina (two years older) and brother, Max, (one year younger.) Her other...
7: ...een years before Antoinette's birth. She was considered one of the most brilliant political figures in...
9: ...ld like as a reward, Mozart is said to have responded by saying he would like the hand of the Empress'...
11: ...d off to European royalty. Maria-Christina, the eldest, was married to the Regent of the [[Netherlands... - Geology (12007 bytes)
3: ...d [[uranium]]. Additional economic interests include minerals such as [[asbestos]], [[perlite]], [[mic...
7: ...ween earthly and [[Theology|theological]] jurisprudence.
10: ...f the [[mountain]]s and by [[Deposition (geology)|deposition]] of [[silt]].
12: ...ks ''Peri lithōn'' by [[Theophrastus]], a student of [[Aristotle]], remained authoritative for mi...
14: ...etallica libri XII'', with an appendix ''Buch von den Lebewesen unter Tage'' (book of the creatures be... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...dro ?vares Cabral]], [[John Cabot]], [[Juan Ponce de Le, and [[Ferdinand Magellan]].
3: ...re a combination of traditional European and Arab designs were the first ships that could leave the re...
6: ...isi's world map.JPG|200px|thumb|right|This map, made by Arab geographer [[al-Idrisi]], was one of the ...
7: ...iddle East was almost completely controlled by traders from the Italian city states. Their close links...
9: The first of these travelers was [[Giovanni de Plano Carpini]] who journeyed to [[Mongolia]] and... - Jamaica (16893 bytes)
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37: <br> - [[Population density|Density]]
42: | '''[[Independence]]''' - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impression...
36: *[[Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz]] ([[1852]]-[[1916]])
49: *[[Lawrence Alma-Tadema]] ([[1836]]-[[1912]])
117: *[[Romare Bearden]] ([[1914]]-[[1988]])
137: *[[Alexander Benois]] ([[1870]]-[[1960]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
8: *[[1494]]-[[Treaty of Tordesillas]] divides the New World between [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]]
13: *[[1513]]-[[Vasco N?de Balboa]] crosses isthmus of [[Panama]], sees [[Pa...
14: *[[1513]]-[[Juan Ponce de Le claims [[Florida]] for Spain
15: *[[1519]]-[[HernᮠCort鳝] defeats [[Tlaxcala]], a small state neighboring the ...
17: *[[1521]]-Cortes destroys the Aztec empire - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
1: ...image:DESPREZ.JPG|Josquin Des Prez]]<br>''Josquin Des Prez''</div>
2: ...i da Palestrina|Palestrina]], and is usually considered to be the central figure of the [[Dutch School...
6: ...nce]]), Josquin was a member of the papal choir under [[Pope Innocent VIII]]. In the later [[1490s]] ...
8: ...of the [[Miserere]], Psalm 50, for five voices, widely acknowledged to be one of his masterpieces.
10: ...d by researchers. He remained at Cond頵ntil his death in 1521. - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
10: ...ents arising out of the ambitions of [[Pope Alexander VI]] and his son, [[Cesare Borgia]], and these c...
12: ...turned to [[Sant'Andrea in Percussina]], where he devoted himself to literature. He died in Florence i...
15: ...because the Catholic church put the work in its Index – a list of books against the faith.
19: === A critical reading on where Modernity in Politics starts ===
21: ... his position. And that is the whole point with Modern politics. - Florence (11538 bytes)
1: ...dom of Italy. Florence was long ruled ([[1434]]-[[1494]], [[1512]]-[[1527]] and [[1530]]-[[1737]]) by th...
3: ...]an trade and finance, the city is sometimes considered the birthplace of the [[Italian Renaissance]]....
17: Florence's recorded history began with the establishment in [[59 BC]...
19: ...Alighieri]]. This factional strife was later recorded by the White Guelph [[Dino Compagni]] in his [[C...
21: ...ing an anti-aristocratic movement, led by [[Giano della Bella]], that resulted in a set of laws called... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
23: *[[Adelard of Bath]], (12th century){{fn|C}}
26: *[[Aedesius]], (d. 355)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
37: *[[Alain de Lille]], (c. 1128-1202)
44: *[[Alcibiades]], (c. 450-404 BC) - Chile (capsicum) (7837 bytes)
1: ...it of the plant ''[[Capsicum]]'' from the nightshade family (''[[Solanaceae]]'').
5: ...are now grown around the world because they are widely used as [[spice]]s or [[vegetable]]s in cuisine...
11: ...nd first wrote about their medicinal effects in [[1494]].
18: * ''Capsicum annuum'', which includes many common varieties such as [[bell pepper]]s, ...
19: * ''Capsicum frutescens'', which includes the [[cayenne pepper|cayenne]] and [[tabasco]] p... - History of Italy during foreign domination and the unification (3859 bytes)
6: ... defeats and of [[Protestant Reformation]], which deeply weakened the catholic church.
8: In order to prevent the further expansion of Protestantis...
10: ...n fleet and troops under the command of [[Gonzalo de C�rdoba]].
13: In 1798 France declared war on the Kingdom of Naples
35: ...eonic)|Italian Republic]] in 1802, under the presidency of Napoleon. - Caterpillar track (7234 bytes)
1: ... on [[snowmobile]]s, the Caterpillar tracks are made or metal or some rigid material. The tracks help...
6: A crude caterpillar track was designed in 1770 by Richard Edgeworth, and steam pow...
8: ... Lombard $60,000 so they could produce vehicles under his patent.
10: ...by & Sons|Hornsby]] based in [[Grantham]], [[UK]] developed and patented a caterpillar track in [[1905...
12: ...ing the years. The first tanks to be fielded were developed from Holt tractors which were already in u... - Lichen (7988 bytes)
8: ...ichens''' are [[symbiosis|symbiotic]] organisms made up by the association of microscopic [[green alga...
10: ...gus protects the alga against drying out and provides it with minerals obtained from the [[substratum]...
14: ...e photobiont may also influence it in some cases. Dead or dying photobiont cells may be digested by th...
16: ...ple crustose lichens sometimes have a polysaccharide layer in the cortex. Although each lichen thallus...
22: ...oredium]]) are small groups of algal cells surrounded by fungal filaments that form in cavities called...
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