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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...specially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].'...
6: ...a]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...r]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
12: ...rge Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
17: ..., first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a single ship - 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]]. - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
16: *[[Agathon]] (c. 448-400 BCE), Athenian tragic poet
17: ...[[Special Operations Executive|SOE]] agent, WW II hero
21: ...d Agmon|Agmon, David]], [[Brigadier General]] in the [[Israel Defence Forces]]
25: *[[Agnes de Poitou]], (1020-1077), regent of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] [[1056]]-[[1068]]
27: ...Agnew, Spiro]], (1918-1996), [[Vice President of the United States]] - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
7: ...o live with her mother Katherine Szenes and a brother.
9: ...n the [[anti-semitism|anti-Semitic]] atmosphere. She joined ''Maccabea'', a Hungarian [[Zionism|Zionis...
11: ...he begun a paratrooper training in [[Egypt]] for the British [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]].
13: ... threatened to torture her mother as well. The mother was eventually released.
15: ...in her window one at the time. She tried to keep their spirits up by singing. - Ponce De Leon (5480 bytes)
2: ...ve visited what is now the [[United States]] when he set foot in [[Florida]] in 1513.
4: ...eases the sailors brought with them and to which the natives had no immunity. Ponce de León, however,...
7: ... Diego, Ponce de León obtained title to explore the areas north of [[Cuba]].
9: ...e los hechos de los Castellanos'' of [[Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas]].
11: ...ing the bronze from English Cannons seized after the English attacked San Juan in 1792.]] - Americas (7154 bytes)
1: ...United States]] (in English and colloquially in other languages).
3: ...onghe.JPG|250px|thumb|right|Map of America by Jonghe. Ca. 1770]]
6: ...isphere]]''' or, during the [[colonial]] era, as the '''[[New World]]'''.
8: ...he world, with a single ring representing all of the Americas.
10: == Peoples of the Americas == - Switzerland (22270 bytes)
1: ...], [[Italy]], [[Austria]] and [[Liechtenstein]]. The country has a strong tradition of [[neutral count...
3: ...ids choosing one of the four official languages. The abbreviation is similarly used; for example, it i...
12: national_anthem = [[Swiss Psalm]] |
18: ...ll><br>[[Micheline Calmy-Rey]]<br>[[Christoph Blocher]]<br>[[Hans-Rudolf Merz]]|
28: established_events =- Declared<br> - Recognised<br>Federal ... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...f Aqaba]] (also known as Gulf of [[Eilat]]), and the [[Dead Sea]].
12: national_anthem = ''[[Hatikvah]]'' |
13: official_languages = [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], [[Arabic]] |
18: leader_names = [[Ariel Sharon]]<br>[[Moshe Katsav]] |
37: ... = - [[Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel|Declaration]] | - List of people by name: X (1295 bytes)
7: *[[Francis Xavier|Xavier, Francis]], ([[1506]]-[[1552]]), [[Spain|Spanish]] [[missionary]]
9: ...ocrates]], ([[396 BC|396]] - [[314 BC]]), philosopher
10: *[[Xenophanes]], philosopher
11: ... [[360 BC]]), [[Athens|Athenian]] knight, philosopher - Influenza (10335 bytes)
1: ...ry diseases properly named '''influenza'''. For the digestive-system diseases commonly called "stomac...
2: ...d flu virions. These were the causative agent of the [[Hong Kong Flu]] pandemic. ]]
3: ...(or as it is commonly known, '''the flu''' or '''the grippe''') is a contagious
4: ...gy|astrological]] ''influences'' as the cause of the disease.
8: There are three types of the virus: - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
1: ... largest church in Christendom and often used by the Pope.]]
2: ...too. Construction of the [[basilica]] began in [[1506]] and was completed in [[1626]].
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]]) - 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 Cond頵ntil 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... - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
1: ...1478]] – [[February 2]], [[1529]]), one of the most important [[renaissance]] authors and a dipl...
8: ...ovico Gonzaga]], a relative of Luigia Gonzaga, mother of Castiglione.
10: ...te often; during one of his missions to [[Rome]], he met [[Guidubaldo da Montefeltro]], duke of [[Urbi...
13: ...sin of both Castiglione and the duke), and many others. Notably, guests used to organise intellectual ...
15: ...erds, he originally depicts the court of Urbino. The work contains echoes of both ancient and contempo... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
1: ...ht|Portrait of Sir Thomas More by [[Hans Holbein the Younger]]]]
2: ...he [[Roman Catholic Church]], in which he became the [[patron saint]] of statesmen, lawyers, and polit...
5: ...urned to London, where he studied law with his father and was admitted to [[Lincoln's Inn]] in [[1496]...
7: ...monastic practices, including self-punishment in the form of wearing a [[hair shirt]] and occasional [...
9: ... with an excellent classical education at a time when such learning was usually reserved for men. - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
1: ...lli.jpg|thumb|150px|Machiavelli, ca [[1500]], in the robes of a Florentine public official]]
3: ... theory]], crucial to European statecraft during the [[Renaissance]].
6: [[Image:Macchiavelli01.jpg|thumb|Statue at the [[Uffizi]]]]
8: ...lawyer of some repute and belonged to an impoverished branch of an influential old Florentine family.
10: ...]], and these characters fill a large space of ''The Prince''. - 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...
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