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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 - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ...y, the interior eastern region that would become the first european-inhabited area of that country.
5: ...equent appearance in baptismal registers as godfather or witness.
7: ...ght) was painted by a Russian artist in 1839 for the city of Saint-Malo.
9: ...dered one of the most conscientious explorers of the period.
13: ...is trip he took [[Domagaya]] and [[Taignoagny]], the sons of Huron [[Chief Donnacona]], back to Europe... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
1: :''For other people with this name, see [[Mary Tudor]]''
8: ...policies, however, were in many cases reversed by her successor, [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]...
10: ... I, Queen of Scots]], who lived at approximately the same time.
13: ...ife had again failed to produce a healthy son; Catherine's sixth and last child was a stillborn daught...
15: ...ct, but was herself the Princess Mary's first teacher in Latin. - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
1: ...display in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England. The Bible was hand written in Belgium, by Gerard Bril...
2: ...φος ''graphos'' "writing") is the art of decorative [[writing]]. A style of callig...
4: ...e of interest to both calligraphers and palaeographers.
8: Calligraphy is an art dating back to the earliest day of history, and widely practiced thr...
10: ...considered an important art in [[East Asia]] and the most refined form of East Asian [[painting]]. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painte...
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian...
15: *[[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[painter]]
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
22: *[[Hans von Aachen]] ([[1552]]-[[1615]]) - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
3: ...ude [[papyrus]], bark papers, [[plastic]]s, [[leather]], [[fabric]], wood, and [[canvas]].
6: ...e [[Fabriano]], Italy, opened in [[1276]], and Arches, France, opened in [[1492]].
10: ...ster]]. One well-known example of buon fresco is the [[Sistine Chapel]], begun in [[1508]] and complet...
12: ...issance]] painter [[Raffaello Santi]] ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), who painted full-scale cartoons as precursors...
14: ...]]) painted watercolors in the [[15th century]]. The first school of watercolor painting in Europe was... - March (3907 bytes)
2: ...alendar]] and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 [[day]]s.
4: ...in the constellation of [[Aquarius]] and ends in the constellation of [[Pisces]].
6: ...]], March was called ''Martius'', so named after the [[Roman Mythology|Roman god]] of war and was cons...
8: ...5 until 1752, the same year they finally adopted the Gregorian calendar.
10: ...4357;生). In [[Finnish language|Finnish]], the month is called ''maaliskuu'', of obscure origin. - Raphael (3466 bytes)
2: ...elow about earlier confusion about these dates). He was also called '''Raffaello Sanzio, Raffaello Sa...
4: ...styles of [[Leonardo da Vinci|Leonardo]] and [[Michelangelo]].
7: ...umb|300px|right|''[[Raphael Rooms|The School of Athens]]'' ([[1509]])]]
8: ...]] and the second depicting Christian [[theology|theologian]]s grouped under [[Jesus]].
10: ...ect of [[Saint Peter's Basilica]] in [[1514]] and he was named as a sort of supervisor for Roman [[arc... - 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''. - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...t also led to the [[Counter-Reformation]] within the Roman Catholic Church.
3: == Roots of the Reformation ==
4: ...ovements: [[Cathar]]ism, [[Waldensian]]ism, and others
5: * [[Avignon Papacy]] ("Babylonian Captivity of the Church"), [[Avignon]], [[Western Schism|Great Sch...
7: * [[Northern Renaissance]] - Nubia (8928 bytes)
1: ...south of [[Egypt]], along the [[Nile]] and in northern [[Sudan]], but in ancient times it was an indep...
5: ...] was used in mostly religious texts dating from the 8th and 9th centuries AD. It is considered ancest...
9: ...of semi-nomadic groups who subsided by herding [[sheep]], [[goat]]s, and some [[cattle]]. It is known...
11: ... that B-Group was merely A-Group but far poorer. The causes of this is uncertain, but it was perhaps c...
13: ... to support human beings and it is possible that there was a sudden influx of Saharan nomads. - History of India (31279 bytes)
5: ...aked between the [[26th century BC|2600 BC]] and the [[20th century BC|1900 BC]].
8: ...ry]] onwards the [[Gupta|Gupta dynasty]] oversaw the period referred to as India's "Golden Age".
11: ...y|philosophy]] flourished under the patronage of these kings.
14: ...the [[Vijayanagara Empire]], which declined with the 16th Century AD.
17: ...[Madhya Pradesh]] built by emperor [[Ashoka]] in the 3rd century BC .]] - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
2: ...ned to Spain in [[1522]], having circumnavigated the globe.
5: ...s brother Diogo de Sousa, named after his grandmother, and his sister Isabel.
7: ...eography]] and [[astronomy]]. Some speculate that he may even have been taught by [[Martin Behaim]]. I...
9: ...ay tribute, Almeida's party attacked, conquering the [[Muslim]] city of [[Kilwa]] in present-day [[Tan...
11: ... secretly sailing a ship east without permission, he lost his command and was forced to return to Port... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...opher]]s''' ''(and non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabeticall...
13: *[[Johann Heinrich Abicht]], (1762-1816)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
25: *[[Theodor Adorno]], (1903-1969){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
32: *[[Agrippa the Sceptic]], (1st/2nd century){{fn|R}} - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
11: ...n Empire]]<br/><small>''The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power''</small>
14: | ''El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious'' (as written in tugra)
23: | [[Sultan]]s of the [[Osmanli|Osmanli Dynasty]]
31: | '''[[Rise of the Ottoman Empire|Establishment]]'''
34: | '''[[Fall of the Ottoman Empire|Dissolution]]''' - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
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5: image_caption= Luther at age 46 (Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1529) |
12: ...dly impacted upon the [[Counter-Reformation]] in the [[Roman Catholic Church]].
14: ...e 13]], [[1525]] to [[Katharina von Bora]] began the tradition of [[clerical marriage]] within several... - Argon (6952 bytes)
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5: ...aked between the [[26th century BC|2600 BC]] and the [[20th century BC|1900 BC]].
8: ...ry]] onwards the [[Gupta|Gupta dynasty]] oversaw the period referred to as India's "Golden Age".
11: ...y|philosophy]] flourished under the patronage of these kings.
14: ...the [[Vijayanagara Empire]], which declined with the 16th Century AD.
17: ...[Madhya Pradesh]] built by emperor [[Ashoka]] in the 3rd century BC .]] - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
1: ...''For biblical characters named Elam, see [[Elam (Hebrew Bible)]].''
4: ... [[Susa]], in what is now southwestern [[Iran]]. The Elamite period is considered to last from ca. [[2...
5: ...and may thus be considered the starting point of the [[history of Iran]].
8: ...ring of Elam, eldest son of [[Shem]] (see [[Elam (Hebrew Bible)]]).
10: ...ame [[Khuzestan|Khuzestān]] is derived from the Old Persian root ''Hujiyā'', which means "El... - Estevanico the moor (3698 bytes)
2: ...tates]] expeditionary logs as a slave servant in the Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca's party.
5: ...a [[Spanish nobility|Spanish nobleman]] with whom he developed close ties.
8: ...t-day [[Mexico]]), where they were reunited with their countrymen.
10: ...from an [[owl]], a bird that symbolized death to the Zuni.
13: ... Estevanico in later accounts is proof enough of the explorer's death.
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