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- 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... - 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... - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
2: '''Elizabeth Woodville''' or '''Wydville''' (''c''. [[1...
6: ...ward IV was the Yorkist claimant to the throne.) Elizabeth had two sons from the marriage, [[Thomas G...
10: ... rancour on Warwick's part, and when Elizabeth's relatives, especially her brother, [[Anthony Woodvill...
12: ...tmorland]] by [[Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmoreland|Joan Beaufort]], [[widow]] of [[John Mowbray, ...
16: ...to be [[Robert Stillington]], Bishop of Bath and Wells), testified that he had carried out the ceremon... - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
1: ...ranian_Sea_16.61811E_38.99124N.jpg|thumb|300px|Satellite image]]
3: [[Image:Mediterranean_Relief.jpg|350px|thumb|300px|Map of the Mediterranean...
4: ...is a part of the [[Atlantic Ocean]] almost completely enclosed by land, on the north by [[Europe]], on...
6: ...] is important to understanding the origin and development of [[Western Civilization]].
11: ...literal adaptation of the German equivalent ''Mittelmeer''. In [[Turkish language|Turkish]], it is ''A... - 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: - Ammonius Hermiae (1773 bytes)
1: ...her]], and the son of [[Hermias]] or Hermeias, a fellow-pupil of [[Proclus]]. He taught at [[Alexandri...
5: #A commentary on the ''Categories'' (Venice, 1503 fol.), the authenticity of which is doubted by Br...
6: ...ction on fate was published separately by J. C. Orelli, ''Alex. Aphrod., Ammonii, et aliorum de Fato q...
9: ...tin translation and scholia, at Leiden, 1621, at Helmstadt, 1666, and at Paris, 1850. - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
2: ...of Rome]]. Tradition holds that his [[tomb]] is below the baldochino and [[altar]]. [[Pope]]s have b...
4: ...place at St. Peter's. The basilica also holds a relic of the ''[[Cathedra]] Petri'', the episcopal th...
8: ...ich had previously been a cemetery for pagans as well as Christians.
10: ...entury]] [[Pope Sixtus IV]] had the [[Sistine Chapel]] started nearby.
12: ...After Michelangelo's death his student [[Giacomo della Porta]] continued with the unfinished portions ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[scu...
15: *[[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[paint...
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]])
43: *[[Else Alfelt]] ([[1910]]-[[1974]]) - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...as]] and occasionally [[Twelfth Night (holiday)|Twelfth Night]], a holiday when gifts were exchanged. ...
12: *[[1673]] - Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston.
18: ...f [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] and [[Kingdom of Ireland]] is completed to form [[United Kingdom]]
22: *[[1818]] - [[Mary Shelley]]'s [[novel]] ''[[Frankenstein|Frankenstein, or The Modern Pr...
25: ...laim under the [[Homestead Act]] is made by [[Daniel Freeman]] for a farm in [[Nebraska]]. - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
6: ...uke Ercole I of [[Ferrara]] hired him for the chapel there; so Josquin returned to Italy.
8: ...f the [[Miserere]], Psalm 50, for five voices, widely acknowledged to be one of his masterpieces.
10: ...is time he had immense fame, and although he was well known to the Netherlands court and his works wer...
14: ...s [[polyphony|polyphonic]] dexterity and supreme melodic skill. During his lifetime he acquired immen...
16: ..., and thus venerated Palestrina as the peak of development of polyphony; contemporary musicology tends... - 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: ...r>'''שמעון בן יונה'''<br>(Shimon ben Y...
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]])... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...ory affected many other aspects of human life as well, opening the door to young astronomers everywher...
8: ..., married a businessman and city councillor, Barthel Gertner.
10: ...ion and wished for him to become a [[bishop]] as well. However, while studying [[canon law|canon]] and...
12: ...ara, are recorded in ''De revolutionibus orbium coelestium''.
14: ...ave some lessons of astronomy or maths (unfortunately nothing of this remains to us). - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
6: ... one of the chief objects of his attack in his lifelong assault upon the evils of the Church.
8: ... time in England was fruitful in the making of lifelong friendships with the leaders of English though...
12: ... of Swiss hospitality he could express himself freely and where he was surrounded by devoted friends. ...
14: ...ise seem full of contradictions. Erasmus held himself aloof from all entangling obligations; yet he wa...
16: ...ation. This edition was published by Froben of Basel in [[1516]] and was the basis of most of the scie... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...The '''Sovereign Military Order of Malta''' (see below) is the main successor to this tradition.
5: ...ohn the Baptist]], took in Christian pilgrims traveling to visit the birthplace of [[Jesus]]. It was s...
9: ...ght of the Kingdom of Jerusalem the Hospitallers held seven great forts and 140 other estates in the a...
15: ...ll as the Anatolian ports of [[Bodrum]] and [[Castellorizon]].
19: ...nder the command of [[Suleiman the Magnificent]] delivered 200,000 men to the island. Against this for... - Sidon (4751 bytes)
1: ...]] '''צִידוֹן''', [[Standard Hebrew]] '''Ẓidon''', [[Tib...
8: ... said to have visited it (see ''Biblical Sidon'' below).
12: ...sted by [[England]] and [[France]], captured and held the city in the nineteenth century. During [[WWI...
15: ...ncient port is now used only by small coastal vessels. There is also a refinery here.
20: ...ast of Canaan, and from its extensive commercial relations became a "great" city. (Joshua 11:8; 19:28... - Arsenic (12497 bytes)
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7: ... | [[germanium]] – '''arsenic''' – [[selenium]]
17: ... [[List of elements by symbol|Symbol]], [[List of elements by number|Number]]
23: | [[group 15 element|15 (VA)]], [[period 4 element|4]], [[p-block|p]] - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
2: ...of the theory of [[evolution]] through [[natural selection]].
4: ...but in [[1858]] the information that [[Alfred Russel Wallace]] now had a similar theory forced early j...
6: ...nkind in ''[[The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex]]'' and ''[[The Expression of the Emo...
8: ...Westminster Abbey]], close to [[Sir William Herschel]] and [[Sir Isaac Newton]].
19: ...scovery that black spores often found in oyster shells were the eggs of a skate leech. Darwin also sat... - Protein (17280 bytes)
1: ...rew]] in 1958, which led to them receiving a [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]].]]
2: ...ture and function of all living [[cell (biology)|cells]] and [[virus]]es.
3: ...]]s that do not synthesize those amino acids natively.
5:
7: ... is [[transcription (genetics)|transcribed]] to yield [[RNA]], which serves as a template for [[transl...
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