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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...l [[sphere]], and argued that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
2: [[Image:Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [ht...
3: ...icas, they inaugurated permanent contact between the New and Old Worlds.
5: ...t Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...tober]], the anniversary of Columbus' landing in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]]. - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
1: :''For the Italian ship named after Vespucci, see [[Amerigo ...
4: ...one, including [[Christopher Columbus]], thought the seafaring trailblazers setting out from European ...
8: ... a respected family. His father was a notary for the Money Changers' [[Guild]] of Florence.
10: ... two letters were forgeries written by others of the same period.
12: ...an Italian form of ''[[Haimirich]]'' (in English, Henry). - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
2: ...37]]–[[7 June|7]]/[[8 June]] [[1492]]) was the [[Queen consort]] of King [[Edward IV of England]...
6: ...ant to the throne.) Elizabeth had two sons from the marriage, [[Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset|T...
10: ...vers|Earl Rivers]], began to be favored over him, he changed sides.
12: ...[Catherine Woodville]], to her 11-year-old ward [[Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham]].
16: ...th and Wells), testified that he had carried out the ceremony. - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
3: ...editerranean_Relief.jpg|350px|thumb|300px|Map of the Mediterranean Sea]]
4: ...tinguish it from other [[mediterranean sea]]s in the world.
6: ...he Mediterranean]] is important to understanding the origin and development of [[Western Civilization]...
9: The term ''Mediterranean'' derives from the [[Latin]] ''mediterraneus'', 'inland' (''medius''...
11: ...[Turkish language|Turkish]], it is ''Akdeniz'', "the white sea". - Thebes, Egypt (3900 bytes)
2: ...triking testimony to Egyptian civilization at its height.
4: ...s'', "City of Zeus" ([[Zeus]] being the god whom the Greeks identified with [[Amun]]).
6: ...of the temple of [[Karnak]], which is located in the city.
8: ...important temples that stood on the outskirts of the city.
10: ==Important archaeological sites in Thebes== - Ammonius Hermiae (1773 bytes)
1: ...ias]] or Hermeias, a fellow-pupil of [[Proclus]]. He taught at [[Alexandria]], and had among his schol...
4: ...mentary on the ''Isagoge'' of [[Porphyry (philosopher)|Porphyry]] (Venice, 1500 fol.);
5: ...on the ''Categories'' (Venice, 1503 fol.), the authenticity of which is doubted by Brandis;
6: .... Graeca''. The special section on fate was published separately by J. C. Orelli, ''Alex. Aphrod., Amm...
7: ...ntaries on the Topics and the first six books of the [[Metaphysics]] of [[Aristotle]] still exist in m... - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
1: ... largest church in Christendom and often used by the Pope.]]
2: ...]s have been buried there, too. Construction of the [[basilica]] began in [[1506]] and was completed ...
4: ...ich is no longer used. These are the sources of the confusion.
7: ...Council convened in the Basilica of Saint Peter. The high canopy or baldocchino was designed by Bernin...
8: ... Constantine]] officially recognized Christianity he started construction in [[324]] of a great basili... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painte...
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
22: *[[Hans von Aachen]] ([[1552]]-[[1615]])
27: *[[Andreas Achenbach]] ([[1815]]-[[1910]]) - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...th Night]], a holiday when gifts were exchanged. There are 364 days remaining (365 in [[leap year]]s).
6: *[[45 BC]] - The [[Julian calendar]] first takes effect.
8: *[[990]] - Russia adopts the Julian calendar.
10: *[[1600]] - [[Scotland]] begins using the [[Julian calendar]].
13: *[[1700]] - [[Russia]] begins using the [[Julian calendar]]. - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
2: ...e central figure of the [[Dutch School (music)|Netherlands]] style.
6: ...Ercole I of [[Ferrara]] hired him for the chapel there; so Josquin returned to Italy.
8: ...'s name. While there he also wrote a setting of the [[Miserere]], Psalm 50, for five voices, widely a...
10: ...tion to them has been discovered by researchers. He remained at Condé µntil his death in 1521.
14: ...Baroque music|Baroque]] era, with the decline of the polyphonic style. - List of popes (77758 bytes)
2: This is a '''list of Popes of the Roman Catholic Church'''.
4: ... source counts [[#Notes on numbering of popes|Stephen II]].
6: ...rovince'' and ''[[Servus Servorum Dei|Servant of the Servants of God]].''
7: ...overeign]] in the State of the [[Vatican City]] (the [[Holy See]]).
22: | '''Petrus''', <small>Head of the Church</small> - Saint Peter (16028 bytes)
1: ...al chasuble and pallium holding keys, was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus.]]
2: ...re generalized concept and doctrine of sainthood where all Christians are saints and non-Christians ar...
4: ...s of heaven, as prescribed in the [[Gospel of Matthew]].
7: ... depicted in art holding the keys to the gates of heaven.]]
8: ...ivalent of the name Peter. When the Bible lists the Apostles, Peter is always listed first, and [[Jud... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ... in his lifetime. In addition, he helped advance the study of [[anatomy]], [[astronomy]], and [[civil ...
7: ... been suggested, albeit on scanty evidence, that she was a [[Middle East|Middle Eastern]] [[slave]] ow...
9: ...not "da Vincis". Presumably he did not use his father's name because of his illegitimate status.
11: ...ndrea del Verrocchio]], who subsequently took on the fourteen-year old Leonardo as an apprentice. In t...
12: ... of intellect that whatever he turned his mind to he made himself master of with ease" ([[Giorgio Vasa... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...oor to young astronomers everywhere to challenge the facts and never take anything at face value.
8: ...a, married a businessman and city councillor, Barthel Gertner.
10: ...ria Novara da Ferrara]], a famous [[astronomer]]. He followed his lessons and became a disciple and as...
12: ...irst observation Copernicus made in [[1497]] together with Domenico Novara, are recorded in ''De revol...
14: ...re he could observe a lunar [[eclipse]] and where he gave some lessons of astronomy or maths (unfortun... - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
2: ...nds|Dutch]] [[humanism|humanist]] and [[theology|theologian]].
6: ...attack in his lifelong assault upon the evils of the Church.
8: ...the rest of his life as an English [[professor]]. He stayed at [[Queens' College, Cambridge]] and may ...
10: ...dus Manutius]] at [[Venice]], but apart from this he had a less active association with Italian schola...
12: ... the great publisher [[Froben]], and to him came the multitude of his admirers from all quarters of Eu... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...ereign Military Order of Malta''' (see below) is the main successor to this tradition.
5: ...f [[Jesus]]. It was served by [[Benedictine]] Brothers.
7: ...nded into providing an armed escort to pilgrims. The escort soon grew into a substantial force.
9: ...ar [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]]. The property of the Order was divided into [[priories]], subdivided i...
15: ...trol a number of neighboring islands, as well as the Anatolian ports of [[Bodrum]] and [[Castellorizon... - Sidon (4751 bytes)
1: ...of the capital [[Beirut]]. Its name means ''a fishery''.
4: ... from here that a colonising party went to found the city of [[Tyre]].
6: ...t-Shem-Ba‘al'' '‘Ashtart the name of the Lord', a title also found in an [[Ugaritic]] text...
8: ...|Romans]] in the years before [[Jesus]]. [[Herod the Great]] visited Sidon; both Jesus and [[St Paul]]...
10: ...ain destroyed by the [[Mongols]]. The remains of the original walls are still visible. - Arsenic (12497 bytes)
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49: | [[Crystal structure]] || rhombohedral
56: ...[Kelvin|K]] (817.2 ?[[Celsius|C]] / 1503 ?[[Fahrenheit|F]])
63: | [[Heat of vaporization]] || 34.76 [[kilojoule per mole...
65: | [[Heat of fusion]] || 369.9 kJ/mol - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
1: ...n, about the same time as the publication of ''[[The Origin of Species]]''.]]
2: ...] who achieved lasting fame as originator of the theory of [[evolution]] through [[natural selection]]...
4: ...ory forced early joint [[publication of Darwin's theory]].
6: ...in Relation to Sex]]'' and ''[[The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals]]''. His last book wa...
8: ...[Westminster Abbey]], close to [[Sir William Herschel]] and [[Sir Isaac Newton]]. - Protein (17280 bytes)
1: ..., which led to them receiving a [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]].]]
2: ... by [[peptide bond]]s. Proteins are essential to the structure and function of all living [[cell (biol...
3: ...[[amino acids]] for [[organism]]s that do not synthesize those amino acids natively.
5:
12: ...s determined by its sequence of amino acids. Biochemists refer to four distinct aspects of a protein'...
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