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- 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.
11: ==First Voyage 1534== - Aleksandra Lisowska (1848 bytes)
3: ...urrem''' (or '''H?'' or '''Karima'''), meaning ''the laughing one''.
5: ...]. She was captured and taken to [[Istanbul]] in the [[1520s]] as a [[slave]], but was selected for S?...
7: ...m strangled - see [[Suleiman the Magnificent|S?n the Magnificent]] for details.
9: ... acted as S?n's advisor on matters of state, and she was also active in foreign affairs and internatio...
11: ...c building, from [[Mecca]] to [[Jerusalem]], and the first to endow a [[mosque]] in Istanbul. - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...d wait until the consensus changes before making the edit. Thank you.
3: ...se consider adding information instead to one of the many "main" articles about Canada linked from thi...
6: ...extend north into the [[Arctic Ocean]] as far as the [[North Pole]].
8: ...[Elizabeth II of Canada|Queen Elizabeth II]] as [[head of state]].
15: ...e Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]], who is the head of government, have official residences in Otta... - Texas (39610 bytes)
30: HighestElev = [[Guadalupe Peak]], 2,667 |
36: ... member [[U.S. state|state]] in [[1845]]. It has the [[U.S. Postal Service|postal abbreviation]] '''TX...
38: ...rs mistakenly applied the word to the people and their location.
41: * [[state flower]] — the [[bluebonnet]] (''Lupinus texensis'')
43: ... on several historical flags of Texas, including the current Texas flag [http://www.50states.com/bio/n... - Alexander of Aphrodisias (2599 bytes)
1: ...styled, by way of pre-eminence, ''o exegetes'' ("the expositor"), was a native of [[Aphrodisias]] in [...
3: ...he end of the [[2nd century]] AD, became head of the [[Lyceum]] and lectured on [[peripatetic]] [[phil...
4: ...of [[Ammonius Saccas|Ammonius]] and to reproduce the pure doctrine of Aristotle.
6: Commentaries by Alexander on the following works of Aristotle are still extant:
7: *the ''Analytica Priora'', i - 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]]) - 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: The earliest known use of European watercolor paintin...
14: - History of California (38344 bytes)
1: ...istory of California through 1900; for events in the 20th century and beyond, see [[History of Califor...
3: ...s after European colonization means that most of the known '''history of California''' begins with Eur...
5: ...ty and wealth, first with the Gold Rush of 1849, then with its fertile agricultural lands and prodigio...
11: ...he traces of a very early inhabitation, dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin glaciation]]) about...
13: ...m, and leached out the acidic [[tannin]] to make the flour edible. - 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> - 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. - 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]] - 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}} - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
2: ...structure of [[Hinduism]] and [[Islam]] (such as the [[caste system]] and [[purdah]], respectively). S...
4: ...Singh]] reinforced these words by saying "Regard the whole human race as equal".
6: ... Pyare (Five Beloved Ones), who in turn baptised the Guru at his request.
8: ... founders of a faith during their own life time. The Sikh Holy Scripture is particularly unique in tha...
10: ...eternally One, the Sovereign and omnipotent God (the Truth of Love). - 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... - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
1: ...ted States]], was the first European to discover the [[Mississippi River]].
3: ... [[China]]. De Soto died in 1542 on the banks of the [[Mississippi River]] at present-day [[Lake Villa...
5: ...pers of glory and wealth were too compelling for the poor.
7: ... for the extreme brutality with which he wielded these gifts.
9: ...inand Magellan]], who first sailed that ocean to the [[Orient]], profoundly influenced de Soto's ambit...
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