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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
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64: ...l plateau, the Mexica, or Aztecs, as they were sometimes called in memory of [[Aztlan], the starting p...
66: ...th century]], and their defeat of the Mexica in [[1521]], marked the beginning of the 300 year-long colo...
72: ...rom the United States, on the condition that the settlers convert to Catholicism and assume Mexican ci... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
11: ...ury]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
23: ...an]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the South American continent.
27: *[[Robert Bartlett]] ([[1875]]-[[1946]]), notable Arctic explorer
28: *[[Willem Barents]], ([[1550]]?-[[1597]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Nort...
37: *[[Pietro Savorgnan di Brazza|Pierre Savorgan de Brazza]]... - Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
2: ...n their husband's absence and is therefore interpreted as a feminist push for expanded female roles; a...
9: ...etermined her to have recourse to [[literature | letters]] as a means of livelihood.
11: ...99]] she began to study the [[Latin]] poets, and between that time and 1405, as she herself declares, ...
15: ...ay of defence against those who objected to her pretensions as a moralist. [[Henry IV of England]] des...
19: ...ion of Paris by the English and Burgundians, she retired to a [[convent]]. - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
9: ... art can be seen as the history of the interplay between the elements of classical, early Christian an...
15: ...he Roman crafts of painting, mosaic, carving and metalwork.
19: ...Migration period]] from about 300-900 (to be completed).
21: ''Pre-Romanesque art'' (to be completed)
23: ''Romanesque art'' (to be completed) - Ponce De Leon (5480 bytes)
2: ...isited what is now the [[United States]] when he set foot in [[Florida]] in 1513.
4: ...to [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]]). He was greeted with open arms by the [[Taino]] [[Cacique]], [[...
6: ...ge:Agueybana.JPG|right|thumb|Cacique Agueybana greeting Juan Ponce de León]]
7: ...f Christopher Columbus, who had been appointed lifetime military governor of his newly found discoveri...
12: ...'', meaning ''flowery'', either because of the vegetation in bloom he saw there, or because he landed ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|im...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian pai...
30: *[[Pieter Aertsen]] ([[1508]]-[[1575]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
8: ...-[[Treaty of Tordesillas]] divides the New World between [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]]
17: *[[1521]]-Cortes destroys the Aztec empire
21: ...h]] founds [[Roanoke Colony]], the first English settlement in the New World, in the [[Virginia]] terr... - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
2: ...the central figure of the [[Dutch School (music)|Netherlands]] style.
6: ...ara]] hired him for the chapel there; so Josquin returned to Italy.
8: ...in the Duke's name. While there he also wrote a setting of the [[Miserere]], Psalm 50, for five voice...
10: ...archers. He remained at Cond頵ntil his death in 1521.
14: .....but [[Heinrich Isaac|Isaac]] is better able to get along with his colleagues." His fame lasted long... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
1: ...thumb|Popes buried in [[St. Peter's Basilica|St. Peter's]]]]
4: ...have been either 265 or 266 popes, depending on whether a source counts [[#Notes on numbering of popes...
6: ...taly]], [[Archbishop]] and [[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus...
21: ...wspan="2" | '''[[Pope Peter]]'''<br><small>Saint Peter</small>
22: | '''Petrus''', <small>Head of the Church</small> - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
10: ...ften; during one of his missions to [[Rome]], he met [[Guidubaldo da Montefeltro]], duke of [[Urbino]]...
13: ...Notably, guests used to organise intellectual competitions which resulted in an interesting, stimulati...
15: ...ontains echoes of both ancient and contemporary poetry, with recalls [[Vergil]], [[Poliziano]], [[Sann...
17: ...t his works and of those of other guests in some letters to other princes, maintaining an activity ver...
21: ... an ambassador, this time for Mantuan Dukes. In [[1521]] Pope Leo X conceded him the ''tonsura'' (first ... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...lawyer]], writer, and politician. During his lifetime he earned a reputation as a leading [[humanism...
5: ...ere he studied [[Latin]] and [[logic]]. He then returned to London, where he studied law with his fat...
9: ...ost immediately, to a rich widow named Alice Middleton who was several years his senior. His new wife...
12: ...ing official documents, and serving as a liaison between the king and his Lord Chancellor: [[Thomas Ca...
19: ...) Erasmus also described More as a model man of letters in his communications with other European hum... - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
3: ...ne]] [[political philosopher]], [[musician]], [[poet]], and romantic comedic [[playwright]]. Machiavel...
10: ...work ''The Prince'' from the European leaders he met. His first mission was in [[1499]] to [[Caterina ...
12: ...iavelli and sent him into [[exile]]. Machiavelli returned to [[Sant'Andrea in Percussina]], where he d...
21: ... here is why: "The ends justify the means", is sometimes (all too often!!) attributed to him but this ...
23: ...ort and a historical Novum clearly distinguishes between the two and actually divorces them. '''Politi... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
10: * [[Martin Luther]], [[Johann Tetzel]], [[Philipp Melanchthon]], [[Indulgences]], '...
11: * ''[[Exsurge Domine]]'', [[Diet of Worms]] ([[1521]]), [[Peasants' War]]
16: ...ation in [[France]] -- [[Huguenot]]s, [[Pierre Viret]]
20: ...sually yields a lot of new thinking as to how society should be organized. This was the case leading u...
22: ...ompetitive [[overproduction]], and heightened competition to maximize economic advantage, contributed ... - Bahrain (16123 bytes)
12: ...n="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Bahrain|In Detail]])
32: ...s by area|Ranked 175th]] <br /> 665 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br /> 0%
53: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.bh]]
63: ... the islands contain the two sources of water, sweet water springs and salty water in the surrounding ...
65: ...ed to Bahrain the "Life of Eternity", "Paradise", etc. Bahrain was also called the "Pearl of the Persi... - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
2: ...18 members of the crew and one ship of the fleet returned to Spain in [[1522]], having circumnavigated...
11: ...ermission, he lost his command and was forced to return to Portugal.
24: ...int [[captain]]s-general, would receive one-twentieth of all profits and they and their heirs would ga...
34: ... from sailing, but on [[September 20]], Magellan set sail from Sanl?de Barrameda with 270 men.
37: ...rrived at the [[Cape Verde]] Islands, where they set course for Cape St. Augustine in [[Brazil]]. On [... - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
2: ...ortés''' during his lifetime and signed all his letters '''Fernán Cortés'''.
7: ...udying law like his grandfather. He had a choice between seeking fame and glory in a war in Italy, or ...
10: Due to setbacks, Cortés did not arrive in the New World unt...
12: ...hus warned, Cortés organized his expedition and set sail on the morning of [[January 18]], [[1519]], ...
15: ...and creates a heightened sense of realism in his letters." [http://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/inter... - Sweden (27111 bytes)
1: ...y in all but its [[Metropolitan Areas of Sweden|metropolitan areas]], with most of the inland consist...
5: ... dogmatic [[Protestantism]], until its natural assets – timber, [[iron ore]], grains – all...
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48: utc_offset = +1 | - Tenochtitlan (3092 bytes)
7: ...d the ''[[chinampa]]'' system to dry the land by setting up small plots in which they produced all the...
9: ...l around Mexico. The small natural island was perpetually enlarged as an [[artificial island]] as Teno...
15: ...II]], thinking Cort鳠to be the returning god [[Quetzalcoatl]], welcomed him with great pomp. Some of ...
17: ...eventually conquered the city on [[August 13]], [[1521]], after a struggle that lasted months in which m... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
12: ...ns and church bodies). His call to the Church to return to the teachings of the [[Bible]] resulted in ...
19: ...ing risen from the [[peasantry]], his father was determined to see his son ascend to [[civil service]]...
23: ... [[lightning bolt]] struck near to him as he was returning to school. Terrified, he cried out, "Help,[...
26: ... to serve others through prayer for their souls. Yet peace with God escaped him. He devoted himself to...
28: ... Bachelor's degree in the ''[[Sentences]]'' by [[Peter Lombard]] (the main textbook of theology in the... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
5: ...wear wooden crosses, half a metre long by half a metre wide, around their necks. Although Christians w...
9: Together with the [[Knights Templar]], who were formed ...
15: ...e their new home. His successor [[Fulkes de Villaret]] executed the plan, and on [[August 15]], [[1309...
17: ... Constantinople]] made the Knights a priority target.
19: ...h the survivors were allowed to leave Rhodes and retreated to the [[Kingdom of Sicily]]. In exchange, ...
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