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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
35: | [[Delaware]]
36: | [[Dover, Delaware|Dover]]
56: | [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]
108: | [[Helena, Montana|Helena]]
184: | [[Montpelier, Vermont|Montpelier]] - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...in]]. He believed that the [[earth]] was a relatively small [[sphere]], and argued that a ship could r...
3: ...ated by [[Washington Irving]]. Contrary to this belief, most people at that time accepted that the ea...
5: ... the general public throughout Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...iversary of Columbus' landing in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]].
9: ...Scandinavians, Columbus's voyages led to a relatively quick, general and lasting recognition of the ex... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: * [[1576]] - [[Eighty Years' War]]: In [[Belgium]], [[Spain]] captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwer...
14: ...d States Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Grover Cleveland]] defeats [[United States Republican Party|Rep...
15: * [[1889]] - [[Menelik II of Ethiopia|Menelek of Shoa]] obtains the allegiance of a large maj...
16: ...lliam Street]] and [[Stockwell tube station|Stockwell]].
19: ... 40,000 [[sailor]]s take over the [[port]] in [[Kiel]]. - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
4: ...lblazers setting out from European docks were travelling to [[East Asia]].
10: ...pucci was exaggerating his role and constructing deliberate fabrications, others have instead proposed...
12: ... (See also [[Naming of America]].) ''Amerigo'' itself is an Italian form of ''[[Haimirich]]'' (in Engl...
16: ...enzo di Medici, that he determined his longitude celestially on August 23, 1499, while on this voyage....
18: ...f [[South America]]. If his own account is to be believed, he reached the latitude of [[Patagonia]] be... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
1: ...Golda Meir was the fourth [[Prime Minister of Israel]]]]
2: ...ia]] when he was a teenager; he moved back to Israel after graduate school and was never a U.S. citize...
12: ...ool for work and to marry an older man. Golda rebelled and ran away. She went to Denver, where her o...
16: ...d began planning to emigrate to the [[Land of Israel]], then [[British Mandate of Palestine]]. The cou...
22: ... Her husband died in [[1951]], Golda was away traveling at the time. - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
2: ...'Mary''' ([[Aramaic language|Jud毭Aramaic]] '''מרים''' '''Maryām''' "Bitte...
6: ...Book of Acts]], although not by name in the [[Gospel of John]].
8: ...d of Mary is given in the mid-2nd century ''[[Gospel of James]]''.The [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Ca...
11: ...ering the [[Annunciation]] to Mary. Painting by [[El Greco]] (1575)]]
13: ...ters) from Nazareth; and while there they found shelter in the inn provided for strangers (Luke 2:6, 7... - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
9: ...icism|Catholics]] and Jews. However, when she was elected to the school's literary society, she could ...
13: ...re her mother as well. The mother was eventually released.
17: ...vember 7, 1944. Her remains were brought to [[Israel]] in 1950 and buried in the cemetery on [[Mount H...
21: ...y court officially exonerated her. Her kin in Israel were informed November 5, 1993.
37: ...00;י, שלא יגמר לעולם - Argentina (30219 bytes)
52: ... as gifts. The news about the legendary [[Sierra del Plata]] – a mountain rich in silver –...
57: ...nist groups waged a lengthy conflict between themselves to determine the future of the nation. Nationa...
59: ... [[United States]], the migrants who worked to develop Argentina's resources—especially the west...
61: ...to Argentina's rapidly expanding middle class as well as to groups previously excluded from power. The...
63: ...n developing support for her husband. Peron reelection in [[1952]], but the military sent him into... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...ypt]] (listed clockwise from north to south). Israel shares the coastlines of the [[Mediterranean Sea|...
6: ...7;שראל<br>("Medinat Yisra'el")<br>دولة اس&...
7: common_name = Israel |
8: image_flag = Israel_flag_large.png |
9: image_coat = Israel-coa-medium.png | - Thebes, Egypt (3900 bytes)
2: ...the seat of government moved to the [[Nile Delta|Delta]]. Its archaeological remains offer a striking ...
4: ...| Nahum]] 3:8). In Greek this name was rendered Διοσπολ&iot...
6: ... ancient Egyptian ''t3 ipt-swt'' (lit. "The Most-select of Places"), one of the names of the temple of...
22: *[[Deir el-Bahri]] (temples of [[Montuhotep II]], [[Hatsheps...
27: - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
8:
10: ...known example of buon fresco is the [[Sistine Chapel]], begun in [[1508]] and completed in [[1514]].
12: ... [[Italy|Italian]] [[Renaissance]] painter [[Raffaello Santi]] ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), who painted full-s...
25: Watercolor paint is made of finely-ground [[pigment]] or dye mixed with [[gum arabi...
33: ... used in transparent watercolor. Opaque paint is seldom used for whites or to ''overpaint''. - List of popes (77758 bytes)
4: ...d of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. The title itself has been used officially by the head of the Roma...
6: ...Church]], [[Patriarch]] of the West, [[primate (religion)|Primate]] of [[Italy]], [[Archbishop]] and ...
23: ...n="2" | <small>Simon Peter</small><br>'''שמעון בן י•...
74: | '''[[Pope Telesphorus]]'''<br><small>Saint Telesphorus</small>
75: | '''Telesphorus''', <small>Episcopus Romanus</small> - Saint Peter (16028 bytes)
1: ...asuble and pallium holding keys, was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus.]]
2: ...p]], declaring that the office of bishop was a development of later [[Christianity]]. Furthermore, mo...
4: ...o the gates of heaven, as prescribed in the [[Gospel of Matthew]].
8: ...0;ετρα meaning rock. The Gospel of Matthew proclaims that Saint Peter professes J...
11: ....e.'', Peter) was a fisherman. The [[synoptic gospels]] all recount how his mother-in-law was healed b... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ...ely constructed in his lifetime. In addition, he helped advance the study of [[anatomy]], [[astronomy]...
7: ... [[lawyer]] and his mother, Caterina, was most likely a peasant girl. It has also been suggested, albe...
9: ...o, son of Mister Piero, from Vinci". Leonardo himself simply signed his works "Leonardo" or "Io, Leona...
11: ... father soon showed them to the painter [[Andrea del Verrocchio]], who subsequently took on the fourte...
12: ...t that whatever he turned his mind to he made himself master of with ease" ([[Giorgio Vasari|Vasari]])... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...any public offices, including that of [[Lord Chancellor]] from [[1529]] to [[1532]]. More coined the ...
5: ...ho declared that young Thomas would become a "marvellous man". Thomas attended the [[University of Ox...
7: ... of wearing a [[hair shirt]] and occasional [[flagellation]].
9: ...husband. More provided his daughters with an excellent classical education at a time when such learn...
12: ...g as a liaison between the king and his Lord Chancellor: [[Thomas Cardinal Wolsey]], [[Archbishop of Y... - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
1: [[Image:Machiavelli.jpg|thumb|150px|Machiavelli, ca [[1500]], in the robes of a Florentine publ...
3: ...et]], and romantic comedic [[playwright]]. Machiavelli was also a key figure in [[realist]] [[politica...
6: [[Image:Macchiavelli01.jpg|thumb|Statue at the [[Uffizi]]]]
7: ...ecchio.Machiavelli.JPG|thumb|200px|Bust of Machiavelli]]
8: ...elli. His father was a lawyer of some repute and belonged to an impoverished branch of an influential ... - African American (19830 bytes)
6: ...lly coined refers to only those descended from a relative handful of black colonial [[indentured servi...
10: ... U.S. city in 2000, with 85 percent, followed closely by [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]], [[Michigan]], ...
15: ...nstitution of slavery, culminated in the [[1860]] election of President of the [[United States]] [[Abr...
17: ... the right to vote and to hold public office, as well as a number of other civil rights they previousl...
19: ...rowing African American intellectual and cultural elite in the [[Northern United States]], led to a st... - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
10: place_of_death=[[New Delhi]], [[India]]
15: ...imple; drawn from traditional [[Hinduism|Hindu]] beliefs: [[truth]] (''satya''), and [[non-violence]] ...
18: ...ury to living beings, vegetarianism, fasting for self-purification, and mutual tolerance between membe...
20: ... did not stay there long, however, as his family felt he must become a [[barrister]] if he were to con...
22: ...aph, please note that "practise" is the correct spelling of the verb in the UK and Indian varieties of... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640) - Republican Party (United States) (31573 bytes)
4: ...[Image:Republicanlogo.png|200px|"Republican Party Elephant" logo]] |
7: senateleader= [[Bill Frist]]|
8: houseleader= [[Tom DeLay]]|
18: ...f Representatives|House of Representatives]], as well as in governorships. In the modern political era...
22: ...irst convention of the U.S. Republican Party was held on [[July 6]], [[1854]], in [[Jackson, Michigan]...
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