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  1. List of explorers (24013 bytes)
    1: ...eplacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
    12: ... Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
    17: ...[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a sin...
    21: ...(1796—1878), [[British Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]...
    23: ...9]]), [[Spain|Spanish]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving Europ...
  2. Margaret of Anjou (3729 bytes)
    3: ...ears her senior, on April 23, [[1445]], at [[Titchfield]] in [[Hampshire]].
    16: ... at the [[Battle of Wakefield]] on December 30, [[1460]], when the combined armies of the Duke of York a...
    18: ...d with him into [[Wales]] and later [[Scotland]]. Finding her way to France, she made an ally of King ...
  3. Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
    2: ... her as "the only man in the Cabinet." She is the first (and to date only) female [[Prime Minister of ...
    20: ...d to join Kibbutz Merhavia and was turned down at first, but eventually accepted into the community. ...
    30: ...nsjordan]] and [[Iraq]]. She was issued Israel's first passport and sent to the United States to rais...
    32: ...eir handing certificates to the [[USSR|Soviet]] officials.]]
    34: When she returned, she was assigned to be the first ambassador to the [[Soviet Union]]. She served...
  4. Ponce De Leon (5480 bytes)
    2: ...tment of the Spanish Crown. He is regarded as the first [[Europe]]an known to have visited what is now...
    4: ...Tainos to work in the mines and to construct fortifications. The Tainos subsequently died in great num...
    7: ...is rights. Ponce de León was then removed from office in 1512 and felt his good name had been damaged...
    9: ...im and govern for Spain, all of which he hoped to find at Bimini and other islands. The story of Ponce...
  5. Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
    5: ...sider the creation of an Egyptian chronology a difficult task. As Dr. Robert A. Hatch of the Universit...
    13: ...ling modern Egyptian chronology, so the previous "firm" dates cannot be supported astronomically.
    15: ...on]]'s text has long been interpreted such that a 1460 year long [[Sothic cycle]] ended in [[139|139 CE]...
    21: ...hres]] was a king of the [[fifth dynasty of Egypt|fifth dynasty]] that had begun with [[Userkaf]] and ...
    23: ...uthorities in different decades offered different figures (5513, 5568, 5700, 5730, or 5770) years for ...
  6. Israel (51605 bytes)
    1: ...1491;ִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵ...
    13: official_languages = [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], [[Ara...
    60: ...d contains many locations of great spiritual significance in Judaism, Christianity, and [[Islam]]. Sta...
    73: ...ficant [[Immigration to Israel|immigration]]. The first waves of Jewish immigration to the then Turkis...
    78: ...e one government. The policy was viewed as a significant defeat for the Jewish side, as it placed seve...
  7. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    120: *[[Jasmine Becket-Griffith]]
    175: *[[Francesco Bonsignori]] ([[1460]]-[[1519]])
    179: *[[Hieronymus Bosch]] (ca.[[1460]] - [[1518]])
    218: *[[Charles Ephraim Burchfield]] ([[1893]]-[[1967]])
    237: *[[Vittore_Carpaccio|Carpaccio]] (ca.[[1460]]-[[1525]])
  8. Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
    46: ...ts capital in [[Constantinople]]. In certain specific contexts, usually referring to the centuries tha...
    51: ...played a crucial role in this. Henceforth, it was fixed policy in the West to refer to the emperor in ...
    57: "[[Byzantium]] may be defined as a multi-ethnic empire that emerged as a Chr...
    61: Byzantines identified themselves as Ρωμαί&#9...
    63: The official dissolution of the Byzantine state in the [[1...
  9. Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
    2: ...na]], and is usually considered to be the central figure of the [[Dutch School (music)|Netherlands]] s...
    6: ...aint-Quentin]] at an early age, probably around [[1460]], and may have studied counterpoint under [[Joha...
    8: ...rote a setting of the [[Miserere]], Psalm 50, for five voices, widely acknowledged to be one of his ma...
    10: ...izens fled as well). His position at Ferrara was filled by [[Jacob Obrecht]] in [[1505]], who died of...
    16: ...r most of the contemporary trends, innovated significantly, and was also able to express intense emoti...
  10. Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
    3: ...dern science itself, (it inaugurated the [[scientific revolution]]). His theory affected many other as...
    8: ...hat time the capital of Poland), moved there in [[1460]] and became a respected citizen of Toruń as...
    10: ...versities of [[Bologna]] and [[Padua]]. His uncle financed his education and wished for him to become ...
    12: The first observation Copernicus made in [[1497]] togeth...
    16: ...Ancients on the movement of the Earth, having the first intuition of his theory. His collection of obs...
  11. List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
    42: *[[Filippo Brunelleschi]]
    95: *[[Mino da Fiesole]] (c.1429 - 1484)
    96: *[[Steve Fiorilla]]
    97: *[[Victor Fisher]] (1938-)
    112: *[[Nikolaus Gerhaert]] (works ca. 1460 - 1473)
  12. Henry the Navigator (6878 bytes)
    1: ...ince of [[Portugal]], looms large as an important figure in the early days of European [[colonial]] ex...
    7: ...ortugal]]'s minority, and in return received a confirmation of this tax. Henry also arranged for the ...
    11:
    15: ...mmander of one of Henry's expeditions, became the first European known to pass the cape in [[1434]].
    17:
  13. Des Moines, Iowa (13222 bytes)
    10: ...uartered in Des Moines, including the [[Principal Financial Group]], Equitable of Iowa, Allied Insuran...
    52: ... was 550,659. (Before metropolitan areas were redefined in [[2003]], the Des Moines metropolitan area ...
    73: .... Census)|Asian]], 0.05% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 3.52% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|othe...
    89: ..., [[Hartsfield International Airport|Atlanta Hartsfield]] and [[Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport...
    94: * [[WOI-AM]] 640, [[National Public Radio|NPR]] affiliate (generally talk)
  14. Columbus, Ohio (27104 bytes)
    6: ... Ohio|Delaware]] and [[Fairfield County, Ohio|Fairfield]] counties.
    20: ...|Delaware]],<br> and [[Fairfield County, Ohio|Fairfield counties]] |
    35: ... a 48,003 total enrollment according to the OSU Office of University Relations. Also located in Colum...
    44: ...hite Castle]], with Wendy's still operating their first store downtown as both a museum and a working ...
    46: ... it one of the world's leading centers for scientific information distribution.
  15. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    6: *[[Firmin Abauzit]], (1679-1767)
    15: ...udah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
    267: *[[Claude Buffier]], (1661-1737){{fn|R}}
    348: *[[Andrea Christofidou]]
    387: *[[Lady Anne Finch Conway]], (1631-1679){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
  16. Sumer (14409 bytes)
    5: ...n invaders or migrants, although it has proven difficult to determine exactly when this event occurred...
    14: ...rly dynasties, much of it probably mythical. The first name on the list whose existence is authentica...
    16: ...known through important monuments, and one of the first empires in recorded history was that of '''Ean...
    21: ...ut the [[Kassites]] defeated the Babylonians in [[1460 BC]]. The Kassites were in turn defeated by the [...
    24: ...heir primary transport animal. Sumerians hunted [[fish]] and [[fowl]].
  17. Sidon (4751 bytes)
    1: ...th of the capital [[Beirut]]. Its name means ''a fishery''.
    8: ...[Egypt|Egyptians]]; [[Ancient Greece|Greeks]] and finally [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] in the years before ...
    10: ... the Crusades it was sacked several times: it was finally destroyed by the [[Saracens]] in 1249. It be...
    15: ... only by small coastal vessels. There is also a refinery here.
    19: * It received its name from the "first-born" of [[Canaan]], the grandson of [[Noah]] ...
  18. Britain in the Middle Ages (12239 bytes)
    12: ...xons rapidly repelled the Celtic invaders and pacified the land. After this, there was a vast victory ...
    14: ...s supposedly involved in the conquest are very difficult to locate. In general, however, Bede's eviden...
    23: Ethelbert held the largely honorific title of among the kingdoms, and the re-Christia...
    42: ...sh position on the island, a tendency only intensified by the [[Black Death]] and English involvement ...
    44: == The fifteenth century ==
  19. Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
    2: ...#1468;&#1513;&#1473;&#1464;&#1500;&#1463;&#1497;&#1460;&#1501;''' '''Yerushalayim'''; [[Arabic language|...
    6: ...puted. The [[1949 Armistice Agreements|1949 cease-fire line]] between [[Israel]] and [[Jordan]], also ...
    12: ...ection between the name and ''Shalim'' the personification of dusk in [[Ugarit|Ugaritic]] myth. See al...
    20: ...according to the Bible, the [[Temple in Jerusalem|First Jewish Temple]] was built in Jerusalem by [[Ki...
    22: ...ah become historically identifiable, and the significance the Temple had in Jewish religious life is c...

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