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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...[[Spanish language|Spanish]]-speaking country in the world.
17: national_anthem = ''[[Mexicanos, al grito de guerra]]'' |
42: established_events = • Declared<br> • R...
43: established_dates = From [[Spain]]<br>[[September 16]], [[18...
62: ...he [[Aztec]], the [[Olmec]], the [[Toltec]], and the [[Maya civilization|Maya]]. - 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 - Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
1: ...rtment at the end of the 14th or commencement of the 15th century]]
2: ... This practice had been the norm for centuries rather than Pizan's invention.
4: ...s ducal and Royal households, in order to support her three children.
5: ...ege of Orleans]] and attacked the ''[[Romance of the Rose]]'' written by [[Jean de Meung]].
9: ... three children depending on her. This determined her to have recourse to [[literature | letters]] as ... - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
1: ...the image of Christ on the walls of the upper southern gallery.]]
3: ...s, revivals, the artists crafts, and the artists themselves.
5: ...afts, such as [[mosaic]]s and [[sculpture]]; and there were many unique genres of art, such as [[Crusa...
9: ... be seen as the history of the interplay between the elements of classical, early Christian and "Barba...
13: Art in the Middle Ages is a broad subject and art historians... - 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.]] - 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]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
1: ...mage:Columbus.jpg|thumb|In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue]]
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns ev...
7: ...on one of the [[Bahamas]] Islands, "discovering" the [[New World]] (for [[15th century]] [[Europe]])
8: *[[1494]]-[[Treaty of Tordesillas]] divides the New World between [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]]
9: ...ng]]s to reach the North American mainland, which he claims for [[England]] - 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: ...archers. 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> - 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''. - 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]] - Bahrain (16123 bytes)
1: ...nk Bahrain to Qatar as the longest fixed link in the world.
42: ...dence]]'''<br />- From [[Iran|Persia]]<br>- From the [[United Kingdom]]<br />
51: | '''[[National anthem]]''' || [[Bahrainona]] (Our Bahrain)
61: ...rsian]] name [[Mishmahig]] when it was a part of the [[Persian Empire]].
63: ...of water, sweet water springs and salty water in the surrounding seas. - 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... - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
1: [[Image:Cortes-Hernando-LOC.jpg|thumb|250px|Hernán Cortés]]
2: ...ered [[Mexico]] for [[Spain]]. He was known as '''Hernando''' or '''Fernando Cortés''' during his lif...
5: ... Francisco Pizarro who joined Cortés to conquer the [[Aztec]]s).
7: ...y, or trying his luck in the Spanish colonies of the [[New World]].
9: ==Arrival in the New World== - Sweden (27111 bytes)
1: ...eas of Sweden|metropolitan areas]], with most of the inland consisting of large peaceful forests and m...
3: ...[[17th century]]. In the 17th and 18th centuries the [[Realm of Sweden]] was through warfare extended ...
5: ...[[welfare state]] in the early [[20th century]]. The country is today defined by liberal tendencies an...
19: national_anthem = ''[[Du gamla, Du fria]]''<br>([[Swedish langua...
27: established_events = | - Tenochtitlan (3092 bytes)
3: ...City]] was erected on top of the ruins and, over the ensuing centuries, most of Lake Texcoco has gradu...
5: ... tribe of people who came in from the west, that the area acquired its importance.
7: ... Tenochtitlan (the [[Nahuatl language]] name for the city) was founded in [[1325]].
9: ...Mexico]], the [[Pacific Ocean]] and perhaps even the [[Tahuantinsuyu|Inca Empire]].
11: ...that all sections of the city could be visited either on foot or via canoe. - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
3: subject_name=Martin Luther |
4: image_name=Luther46c.jpg |
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... - 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...
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