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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ...hington Irving]]. Contrary to this belief, most people at that time accepted that the earth was round...
5: ...s of expeditions to the Americas by a variety of peoples throughout time; see '''[[Pre-Columbian trans...
11: ...ns, if not hundreds, of millions of [[indigenous people]]s, exploitation of the Americas by Europe, an...
21: ...e younger brothers, [[Bartolomeo Columbus|Bartolomeo]], Giovanni Pellegrino, and Giacomo, and a sister...
25: ... studied [[cartography]] with his brother Bartolomeo. Christopher received almost no formal education;... - Steel (28384 bytes)
26: ...n recovered from meteorite falls allowed ancient peoples to manufacture small numbers of iron artifact...
28: ...obert Peary]] shipped the largest piece of the meteorite to the [[American Museum of Natural History]]...
32: ...g|smelted]] iron objects (distinguishable from meteoric iron by their lack of [[nickel]]) appear in [...
36: ... of debate among archaeologists. One prominent theory is that warfare and mass migrations beginning a...
44: Archaeologists and historians debate whether bloomery-bas... - Politics (7193 bytes)
6: One theorist, [[Harold Lasswell]], has defined politics as...
25: ...]] re-emerged as politics by the people, for the people. In the 19th century [[Karl Marx]] believed t...
34: ...n of authority]]). He proposed three reasons why people followed the orders of those who gave them:
40: ... leads them. Examples include [[Hitler]], [[Napoleon]], and [[Mao Zedong|Mao]] (however, Mao ruled lo...
77: [[eo:Politiko]] - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
1: [[Image:Leonardo da Vinci.jpeg|thumb|Leonardo da Vinci]]
2: ...masterly paintings, such as ''[[The Last Supper (Leonardo)|The Last Supper]]'' and ''[[Mona Lisa]]''. ...
7: Leonardo was born in [[Anchiano]], near [[Vinci, Ital...
9: ...ost authorities therefore refer to his works as "Leonardos", not "da Vincis". Presumably he did not us...
11: ...ear old Leonardo as an apprentice. In this role, Leonardo also worked with [[Lorenzo di Credi]] and [[... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
5: ...father and was admitted to [[Lincoln's Inn]] in [[1496]]. In [[1501]] More became a [[barrister]].
19: ... sought to reexamine and revitalize Christian [[theology]] by studying the [[Bible]] and the writings ...
39: ...n parliament and proclaiming the opinion of the theologians at Oxford and Cambridge that the marriage ... - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
2: '''Hernando de Soto''' (born [[1496]] or [[1500]], [[Jerez de los Caballeros]], [[Ext...
28: ...edition in the wrong directions. [[Archeology|Archeological]] reconstructions and the [[oral history]]...
30: ...hich could have served as indications for the archeologists. The commonly assumed ''De Soto Trail'' ru...
40: ...or Pedro, from modern-day [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], who spoke several of the local tribes' lan...
42: ... the only place on the entire route where the archeologists agree that de Soto's expedition effectivel... - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
7: ... even have been taught by [[Martin Behaim]]. In [[1496]], Magellan became a [[squire]].
53: ...cate with the native peoples because his [[Malay people|Malay]] interpreter could understand their lan...
64: ...], [[1521]], and were guided to [[Brunei]], [[Borneo]] by Moro pilots, who could navigate the shallow ...
81: ...> <td>Juan de Acurio<!-- Acuario? -->, from [[Bermeo]]</td> <td > Pilot </td> </tr>
125: ...armada15001900.net/tripulantesmagallanes.htm 107 people] - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
16: ...an]] according to [[Celts|Celtic]] legends. Some people think [[Newfoundland]] may have been found on ...
20: ...[May 20]], [[1497]] (he had also made a voyage in 1496, but got no further than [[Iceland]]). He sailed ... - Fashion (7767 bytes)
20: ...] (left) with her counterpart from [[Venice]], in 1496-97. The Venetian lady's high [[clogs]] make her t...
25: ... or different clothes a fashion trend may start; people who like or respect them may start to wear clo...
27: ...er people. The term "fashion victim" refers to someone who slavishly follows the current fashions (imp...
35: ...y things unnecessarily. Others, especially young people, enjoy the diversity that changing fashion can...
44: ... to keep 'in fashion' to display their position; people who do not keep 'in fashion' within a so-calle... - William Howard Taft (15237 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[Theodore Roosevelt]]
18: ...e backing of his predecessor and close friend [[Theodore Roosevelt]].
20: ...on]] of [[United States Senate|senators]] by the people instead of by the [[state legislature]]s. Taf...
27: ...rnor-General of the Philippines]]. In [[1903]], Theodore Roosevelt named Taft as [[United States Secre...
35: After serving nearly two full terms, popular [[Theodore Roosevelt]] refused to run in [[U.S. presiden... - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
1: ... De Soto''' (c.1496/1497 - 1542) was a [[Spanish people|Spanish]] explorer and [[conquistador]] who, w...
5: ...on of poverty and hardship from which many young people looked for ways to seek their fortune elsewher...
7: ...clever schemes for the extortion of [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|native villages]] for their c...
20: ...rked from [[Havana]] on seven of the King's [[Galleon|ships]] and [[Caravel|two]] of de Soto's. With t...
27: ...ississippi]], [[Arkansas]] and [[Texas]]. Other theories argue for a northern route through [[Tennesse... - Flight (3194 bytes)
9: ...were a group of flying [[vertebrate]]s contemporaneous with the [[dinosaur]]s.
57: [[he:טיסה]] - Temperature (22519 bytes)
15: ...f matter|phase]] ([[solid]], [[liquid]], [[gas|gaseous]] or [[plasma]]), [[density]], [[solubility]], ...
17: ...t to [[climate change]] or [[Earth]]'s [[geology|geologic]] past see: [[Temperature record]]
21: ... used much in practice, but is important from a theoretical standpoint is the '''gas thermometer''' me...
50: ...l energy]]. An important unit of temperature in theoretical physics is the [[Planck temperature]] (1.4...
157: ==Theoretical foundation of temperature==
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