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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...d that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
3: ...hout running out of food or getting stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the...
5: ...s likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...]]. He never reached the present-day [[United States]] where "Columbus Day" ([[12 October]], the anniv...
9: ...ficial to humans, such as [[tomato]]es, [[potato]]es, [[maize]], and [[horse]]s), and the first large-... - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
1: ...density|by population density]], [[list of countries by date of nationhood|by date of nationhood]] and...
3: ... for some explanation of the difference between these.
5: '''Countries listed by [[continent]] and their [[capital]]s:''...
34: *[[Lesotho]] - [[Maseru]]
50: *[[Saint Helena]] - [[Jamestown]] (United Kingdom) - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
4: *[[List of capitals and larger cities by country]]
5: *[[list of capitals of subnational entities]]
11: <tr><td>[[Abu Dhabi]] <td>[[United Arab Emirates]]
51: <tr><td>[[Bucharest]] <td>[[Romania]]
52: <tr><td>[[Budapest]] <td>[[Hungary]] - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...cean|Atlantic]], such as the [[Azores Islands|Azores]]and [[Madeira Islands|Madeira and Porto Santo]] ...
5: ...omic, political, and cultural power. The [[Portuguese Empire]] stretched across the world. After the r...
7: ...cial and economic progress in the subsequent decades, with a clear slow-down in the last few years.
13: ''Main articles: '''[[Lusitanian|Pre-Roman]]''' and '''[[Lusitani...
15: ...9, "A Lusit⮩a" paragraph 1}} The [[Conii]] were established in southern Portugal for a long time. Th... - Pope Sergius II (1785 bytes)
1: ... this pontificate Rome was ravaged, and the churches of [[St. Peter's Basilica|St. Peter]] and [[Basil...
3: ...lity elected Sergius, and the opposition was suppressed, with Sergius intervening to save John's life....
10: Predecessor=[[Pope Gregory IV|Gregory IV]]|
11: Successor=[[Pope Leo IV|Saint Leo IV]]|Dates=844–847}} - Pope Marinus I (1000 bytes)
3: ...g of Photius. He died in May or June 884, his successor being [[Pope Adrian III|Adrian III]].
6: Predecessor=[[Pope John VIII|John VIII]]|
7: Successor=[[Pope Adrian III|Saint Adrian III]]|Dates=882–884}} - Pope Formosus (4107 bytes)
2: ...]] ([[869]] and [[872]]), and he persuaded [[Charles the Bald]], King of France, to be crowned by the ...
4: ...omised never to return to Rome or exercise his priestly functions.
6: ...pe Marinus I]] in [[883]] restored him to his Diocese of Porto. Following the reigns of Marinus, [[Pop...
8: ...[[France|French]] crown, the pope sided with Charles.
14: ...onferred by him were declared invalid. The papal vestments were torn from his body, the three fingers ... - Pope Stephen VII (1936 bytes)
3: ...an]] families, the house of [[Spoleto]], that contested the papacy at the time.
5: ... corpse was found guilty, stripped of its sacred vestments, deprived of three fingers of its right han...
7: ...of the deed may actually have been Formosus' enemies, [[Lambert of Spoleto]] and his mother [[Ageltrud...
10: There is an ambiguity in numbering the Popes Stephen -- see [[Pope Stephen II]] for the explan...
14: ==References== - Pope Theodore II (608 bytes)
1: ...arch of Constantinople]]. He was ordained as a priest by [[Pope Stephen VI]]; also his brother Theotiu...
4: Predecessor=[[Pope Romanus|Romanus]]|
5: Successor=[[Pope John IX|John IX]]|Dates=897}} - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
2: ...]. Though Magellan himself died in the [[Philippines]] and never returned to Europe, 18 members of the...
5: ...de Magalh㥳, the mayor of the town, and Alda de Mesquita, Magellan had two siblings: his brother Diog...
7: ..., Magellan continued his education, becoming interested in [[geography]] and [[astronomy]]. Some specu...
9: ... conquering the [[Muslim]] city of [[Kilwa]] in present-day [[Tanzania]].
11: Magellan next journeyed to the [[East Indies]] in [[1506]], taking part in expeditions to the ... - Rock formations (10410 bytes)
1: ...stratigraphic]] and [[petrology|petrologic]] studies.
5: Geologists classify rocks into three types according to their origin. A rock structure can b...
7: ...ed by wind, ice, or water. [[Erosion]] later exposes them in their current form. An example is [[Bryce...
9: ... into another kind of rock, usually by heat and pressure. An example is [[Mount Rushmore]] National Mo...
11: ...es or [[volcanic]] extrusives. Again, erosive forces sculpt their current forms. An example is [[Iao N...
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