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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...t utility vehicle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For th...
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: ...Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...fonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]]) - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (3639 bytes)
1: ... of the southwest of what is now the [[United States]].
7: ...n of 340 Spanish, 300 Indian allies, and 1000 slaves, both native Americans and Africans.
9: ...thing like the great golden city fray Marcos had described, it was just a simple [[pueblo]] of the [[Z...
11: ...nt northwest, and heard of a great river further west (the [[Colorado River (U.S.)|Colorado]]). [[Garc...
12: ...his winter quarters in one of them, [[Tiguex]] (present-day [[Bernalillo]] near [[Albuquerque, New Mex... - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
8: ...[[Anu Agarwal|Agarwal, Anu]], (1969-), Indian actress
19: *[[James Agee|Agee, James]], (fl. early 20th century), American poet
20: ...99), Sudanese immigrant to Germany who died as a result of an deportation attempt
21: ...[[Brigadier General]] in the [[Israel Defence Forces]]
25: *[[Agnes de Poitou]], (1020-1077), regent of the [[Holy Ro... - Ponce De Leon (5480 bytes)
2: ...nown to have visited what is now the [[United States]] when he set foot in [[Florida]] in 1513.
4: ...e sailors brought with them and to which the natives had no immunity. Ponce de León, however, became ...
7: ...his newly found discoveries, the Spanish authorities refused to grant the same privilege to his son [[...
9: ...e los Castellanos'' of [[Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas]].
12: ...but was somewhere on the northeast coast of the present State of Florida. Ponce de León claimed "La F... - Flag of Arizona (872 bytes)
3: ... The [[copper]] colored star in the center signifies Arizona's copper-mining industry. The blue in the...
5: ...17]], [[1917]]. It was designed by Colonel [[Charles W. Harris]] who was the general and chief admini...
10: [http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/flags/az_flag.htm Arizona flag history] - Texas (39610 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] |
25: ...]]-7/[[Daylight saving time|-6]] <small>(part of west Texas)</small> |
30: HighestElev = [[Guadalupe Peak]], 2,667 |
32: LowestElev = 0 |
36: '''Texas''' joined the [[United States|United States of America]] as its 28th member [[U.S. state|stat... - Tennessee (19096 bytes)
2: Name = Tennessee |
3: Fullname = State of Tennessee |
4: Flag = Tennessee state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Tennessee]] |
6: Seal = Tennesseestateseal.jpg | - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
9: Motto = Crescit eundo (It grows as it goes) |
11: LargestCity = [[Albuquerque, New Mexico|Albuquerque]] |
31: HighestElev = Wheeler Peak, 13,161 ft, 4,014 |
33: LowestElev = Red Bluff Reservoir, 2,817 ft, 859 |
38: ...nguage|Spanish]] are officially recognized languages in the state. In [[Spain|European]] [[Spanish la... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...s|political]], and [[economics|economic]] structures.
4: ...]] government on issues of [[taxation]] and [[representation]].
6: ==Motives for exploration and colonization==
9: ...seafaring]] technologies needed to make long voyages across open water.
11: ...uickly mounted an effort of colonization and conquest. Within a few years, they had divided up lucrati... - Spanish Inquisition (11421 bytes)
1: ...umb|250px|[[Pedro Berruguete]]. ''Saint Dominic Presiding over an [[Auto-da-fe]]'' ([[1475]]).]]
3: ...a de sangre]]'' ("cleanliness of blood") against descendants of converted Jews or Muslims. It was als...
6: ...dle Ages]], as in the rest of the European countries, but not in the Kingdom of Castile & Leon!
8: ...s still under [[Moorish]] rule. The large cities, especially [[Seville]], [[Valladolid]], capital of C...
10: ...ile even had an unofficial Crown [[Rabbi]], a professing [[Jew]]. - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
1: [[Image:AC2_desoto77.jpg|thumb|Hernando de Soto|Image provided by...
2: ...the southeast and midwest of today's [[United States|USA]].
5: ... sword. In [[1516]], he became commander of an equestrian unit and went with [[Francisco Fernandez de ...
6: ...d the treason and defeated Gonzales's army. As a result, Davilas leadership was secured and de Soto ga...
9: ...ntly though, his aim was to achieve a similar success as [[HernᮠCort鳝] in the defeat of the [[Azte... - Francisco Coronado (5090 bytes)
1: ... of the southwest of what is now the [[United States]]. He was born in [[Salamanca]], [[Spain]].
5: ...of which was [[Juan de Padilla]], and several slaves, both native Americans and Africans.
8: ...thing like the great golden city fray Marcos had described, it was just a simple [[pueblo]] of the [[Z...
10: ...he brutal [[Tiguex War]], which resulted in the destruction of the Tiguex pueblos and the death of hu...
12: ...rther to Quivira, and he reached a village near present-day [[Lindsborg, Kansas]]. But his disappointm... - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
1: [[Image:Cortes-Hernando-LOC.jpg|thumb|250px|Hernán Cortés]]
2: ...[1485]]–[[December 2]], [[1547]]) was the [[conquistador]] who conquered [[Mexico]] for [[Spain]]. He was ...
7: ...in Italy, or trying his luck in the Spanish colonies of the [[New World]].
10: ...ds|Canaries]] (eliminating the indigenous [[Guanches]]) but would prove devastating in the New World.
12: ...pedition, but Cortés' brother-in-law killed the messenger and told him what the letter said. Thus war... - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (4763 bytes)
2: ...of present day [[California]] in the [[United States]]. He also helped found the city of [[Oaxaca, Oax...
5: ...riguez Cabrillo,'' historian [[Harry Kelsey]] writes that Cabrillo appears to have been born in Spain,...
7: ==Voyages==
8: ...Guatemala]], made him one of the richest of the [[conquistador]]s in Mexico.
10: ...[[Hudson Bay]], providing a route for the [[Northwest Passage]]. Cabrillo, who had started life as a s... - History of Christianity (35391 bytes)
2: ...s the history of '''[[Christianity]]''' and provides links to relevant topics.
8: ...early rift between Christianity and the temple priesthood, and later rabbinic Judaism.
10: ...interpretations of various passages from the Old Testament (or [[Tanakh]]).
12: ...iblical canon|canonized]] the books of the [[New Testament]].
15: ...[prophecies allegedly fulfilled by Christ|prophecies]] - Native American (42651 bytes)
1: ...f_Red_Bird.jpg|thumb|A [[Sioux]] in traditional dress including [[war bonnet]], about 1908]]
3: ...many of them still enduring as political communities. A comprehensive tribal list can be found under "...
5: ...al and genetic commonality with other arctic peoples not native to the American continent, such as tho...
7: ...onstitution with various treaty rights, some long established and many more currently under negotiatio...
9: ... people (Canada)|M鴩s]] of [[Canada]] and the [[Mestizo]]s and [[Zambo]]s of [[Latin America]]. - Teotihuacan (6370 bytes)
1: ... which at its greatest extent included much of [[Mesoamerica]].
3: ...], approximately 40 [[kilometre|km]] (about 25 miles) northeast of [[Mexico City]], which covers a tot...
7: ... the city is unknown. Recently the glyph that represents the city has been translated as "The place of...
9: ...red to as ''[[Tollan]]'', a name also used centuries later for the [[Toltec]] capital of [[Tula, Hidal...
15: ... there was extensive trade with other regions of Mesoamerica. - Toltec (2981 bytes)
3: ...Maya civilization|Maya]] of [[Yucatᮝ] is heavy, especially evident at the city of [[Chichen Itza]]. ...
5: ...for centuries earlier, going back to [[Olmec]] times. In Toltec (and later Aztec) mythology Quetzalcoa...
7: ...y of the Aztecs claimed to descend from Toltec ancestry via the sacred city of [[Colhuacᮝ].
9: ...[[HernᮠCort鳝] and the Spanish [[conquistador]]es.
11: ...ge" in Central Mexico, together with some references by the Maya. Toltec rulers are said to have inclu... - Inca Empire (25571 bytes)
4: ... the last Inca, was killed on the orders of the [[Conquistador]] [[Francisco Pizarro]], marking the beginning of...
6: ...Quechua, although over seven hundred local languages were spoken. The Inca leadership encouraged the w...
9: ...gions between", which referred to the four provinces whose corners met at the empire's capital, [[Cusc...
13: == Origin stories ==
17: ...]] sent forth his four sons and four daughters to establish a village. Along the way, [[Sinchi Roca]] ... - Tenochtitlan (3092 bytes)
3: ... on top of the ruins and, over the ensuing centuries, most of Lake Texcoco has gradually been drained....
5: ...e Aztecs, a tribe of people who came in from the west, that the area acquired its importance.
7: ...cs migrated following an ancient legend that prophesied that they would find the site for their new ci...
9: ...routes were developed that brought goods from places as far as the [[Gulf of Mexico]], the [[Pacific O...
11: ... with bridges. The city was interlaced with a series of canals, so that all sections of the city could...
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