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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... - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
10: ...spucci was exaggerating his role and constructing deliberate fabrications, others have instead propose...
12: It may have been the publication and widespread circulation of his letters that led [[Marti...
14: ...rally accepted by historians that no voyage was made in [[1497]] (which allegedly began from [[C�diz...
16: ...etermined his longitude celestially on August 23, 1499, while on this voyage. But his claim is clearly f...
18: ...t does not mention the broad estuary of the [[Rio de la Plata]], which he must have seen if he had got... - Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
1: '''Diane de Poitiers''' ([[September 3]], [[1499]] - [[April 25]], [[1566]]) was a fixture at the ...
3: ...ng Fran篩s I]], she gained the title of Duchesse de Valentinois.
5: ...e noble foreigner [[Catherine de' Medici]], Diane de Poitiers would remain his lifelong true love. The...
7: [[Image:DianedePoitiers.jpg|left|frame|Diane de Poitiers]]
9: ...Paul III]] sent the new Queen Catherine the "[[Golden Rose]]", he did not forget to present the royal ... - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
6: ...an]] is important to understanding the origin and development of [[Western Civilization]].
9: The term ''Mediterranean'' derives from the [[Latin]] ''mediterraneus'', 'inlan...
11: ...eer''. In [[Turkish language|Turkish]], it is ''Akdeniz'', "the white sea".
17: ...whereas the Black Sea is generally not. The man-made [[Suez Canal]] in the south-east connects the Med...
19: [[Tide]]s are very limited in the Mediterreanean as a re... - Switzerland (22270 bytes)
1: ... landlocked federal state in [[Europe]], which borders [[Germany]], [[France]], [[Italy]], [[Austria]]...
3: ... example, it is used as Switzerland's [[country code top-level domain|ccTLD]], [[.ch]].
16: government_type = [[Federal republic]] |
17: leader_titles = [[Swiss Federal Council|Federal Council]]|
18: ...[[Samuel Schmid]] <small>([[President of the Confederation (Switzerland)|Pres. 2005]])</small><br>[[Mi... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...ba]] (also known as Gulf of [[Eilat]]), and the [[Dead Sea]].
16: government_type = [[Parliamentary democracy]] |
17: leader_titles = [[Prime Minister]]<br>[[President]] |
18: leader_names = [[Ariel Sharon]]<br>[[Moshe Katsav]] |
22: area_magnitude = 1 E10 | - Cotton (7876 bytes)
4: ...gether and interlocked. This interlocked form is ideal for [[spinning]] into a fine [[yarn]].
9: ...a domesticated different species of cotton independently thousands of years ago.
13: ...preposterous belief: "There grew there India a wonderful tree which bore tiny lambs on the ends of its...
28: ...able. Historically, one of the most economically destructive pests in cotton production has been the ...
30: ...on is a perennial crop in the tropics and without defoliation or freezing, the plant will continue to ... - 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]]) - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ... for designing many inventions that anticipated modern technology but were rarely constructed in his l...
7: .... It has also been suggested, albeit on scanty evidence, that she was a [[Middle East|Middle Eastern]]...
9: As he was born before modern naming conventions developed in [[Europe]], his full name was "Leonardo...
11: ...s father soon showed them to the painter [[Andrea del Verrocchio]], who subsequently took on the fourt...
12: ...ntellect that whatever he turned his mind to he made himself master of with ease" ([[Giorgio Vasari|Va... - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
1: ...'Baldassare Castiglione, count of Novellata''' ([[December 6]], [[1478]] – [[February 2]], [[152...
10: ...f a noble family, soon his duties would have included representative offices for the court; for instan...
13: ...edici]], [[Cardinal Bibbiena]], Ottaviano and [[Federico Fregoso]], [[Cesare Gonzaga]] (a cousin of bo...
15: ...ond the figures of three shepherds, he originally depicts the court of Urbino. The work contains echoe...
19: ...s expedition against [[Venice]] and this made him deserve the title of Novellata, a county near Pesaro... - 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. - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
2: ...ion|explorer]] who is popularly credited as the modern discoverer of [[Canada]], or at least the regio...
4: ...hew]]'' looking for a sea route to [[Asia]]. He ended up in the [[North America]]n mainland, he and hi...
10: ... to eastern Asia would be shorter at higher latitudes.
12: ...eyes, regions or provinces of the heathen and infidelles, whatsoever they bee, and in what part of the...
20: ...d, and explored the coast for some time, probably departing on [[July 20]]. On the homeward voyage his... - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (4763 bytes)
2: ...e]] version ''João Rodrigues Cabrilho'') (ca. [[1499]] – [[January 3]], [[1543]]) was a [[Portug...
5: ...en his nationality is uncertain; most biographies describe him as Portuguese, but in his exhaustive 19...
8: ...his landholdings to mine gold in [[Guatemala]], made him one of the richest of the [[conquistador]]s i...
10: ... or three ships), and stood to profit from any trade or treasure.
12: ...s buried. His second-in-command brought the remainder of the party back to Navidad, where they arrived... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
29: *[[Alexander Anderson (mathematician)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]] - [[1620]])
30: *[[Adolf Anderssen]] (Germany, [[1818]] - [[1879]])
36: *[[Archimedes]] (Syracuse, [[287 BC|287 B.C.]] - [[212 BC|212 ...
52: *[[Claude Gaspard Bachet de M麩riac]] (France, [[1581]] - [[1638]]) - 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)
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