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- Lighthouse of Alexandria (3491 bytes)
1: ...'" after the island on which it resided), was considered one of the [[Seven Wonders of the World]].
7: ...ee stages, a lower square with a central core, a middle octagonal section, and at the top a circular s...
17: ... The [[lighthouse]] was built by [[Sostratus of Cnidus]] in the [[3rd century BC]], the project having...
20: ...he ruin. Even the stubby remnant disappeared in [[1480]], when the then-Sultan of Egypt, [[Qaitbay]], us...
23: * [[Knidos]] - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...hristopher_columbus_99w.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
2: ...:Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
3: ...that Columbus fought with opposition based on the idea that the earth was flat is a literary [[myth]] ...
5: ...t to reach the American mainland (which Columbus did not reach until his third voyage). However, there...
7: ...g in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]]. - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
6: ...rs) and [[Jacquetta of Luxembourg]]. She was a maid of honor to [[Margaret of Anjou]], Queen of [[He...
10: ...vers]], began to be favored over him, he changed sides.
12: ...[[Norfolk, England|Norfolk]]. Katherine had been widowed three times and was nearly 80 years old but v...
16: ... the same thing Elizabeth Woodville did later: A widow who caught Edward's eye, she refused to give in...
18: On the basis of his evidence, all Elizabeth's children by Edward, includin... - Sackbut (3802 bytes)
1: ...ern [[trombone]]. The name is derived from the [[Middle French]] ''sacquer'' and ''bouter'' ("push" an...
4: ...odern tenor trombone, the tenor sackbut has a considerably smaller [[bore]], and a smaller, more conic...
7: ...heir longer slides, have a hinged handle on the slide stay, which is used to reach the long positions.
16: The sackbut replaced the slide trumpet in the [[15th Century]] [[alta capella]]...
18: In the 17th century, a considerable repertoire of [[chamber music]] using sackb... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
42: ...Mitsuda]], (born [[1972]]), [[Japan|Japanese]] [[video game]] music composer
71: ...[[Boris Yeltsin|Yeltsin, Boris]] (b. 1931) [[President of Russia]]
109: *[[Yoannis XII of Alexandria]], ([[1480]]-[[1483]]), Coptic Pope
122: ...imomura]], (born [[1970]]), [[Japan|Japanese]] [[video game]] music composer
135: *[[David Yost|Yost, David]] US actor - List of painters (54090 bytes)
45: *[[David Allan]] ([[1744]]-[[1796]])
51: *[[Albrecht Altdorfer]] ([[1480]]-[[1538]])
110: *[[David Bates (painter)|David Bates]] ([[1952]]-)
144: *[[George Biddle]] ([[1885]]-[[1973]])
162: *[[David G. Blythe]] ([[1815]]-[[1865]]) - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
1: ...anslation from the [[German language|German]] ''Seidenstraߥ'', the term first used by [[Germany|Germa...
5: ... the whole distance between [[Europe]], or the [[Middle East]], and [[China]], by land.
11: ...s among widely separated populations developed rapidly. For example, the [[dromedary]] may have been d...
13: ...trespassing on agricultural lands. This presented ideal conditions for [[merchant]]s, mounted [[warrio...
16: ...e been in use as early as [[3500 BC]]. There is evidence that [[Ancient Egypt|Ancient Egyptian]] [[exp... - Rhodes (9349 bytes)
3: ...s of the medieval city of Rhodes'' Photograph provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip...
5: ...at 130,000, of which between 60,000 and 70,000 resided permanently in the [[Rhodes, Greece|city of Rho...
10: ... shaped like a spearhead, 79.7 km long and 38 km wide with a total area of approximately 1,398 sq km a...
14: Outside of the city of Rhodes, the [[Faliraki]] resort, ...
17: ...nd [[Kameiros]], which together with [[Kos]], [[Cnidus]] and [[Halicarnassus]] (on the mainland) made ... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
7: ...on scanty evidence, that she was a [[Middle East|Middle Eastern]] [[slave]] owned by Piero.
9: ...s as "Leonardos", not "da Vincis". Presumably he did not use his father's name because of his illegiti...
12: ...ndrea's pupils was Leonardo da Vinci, in whom, besides a beauty of person never sufficiently admired a...
18: ... about his relations with his assistant, Salai, "Did you play the game from behind which the Florentin...
20: ...ivate life particularly secret, and there is no evidence that Leonardo was ever intimately involved wi... - Spanish Inquisition (11421 bytes)
1: ...b|250px|[[Pedro Berruguete]]. ''Saint Dominic Presiding over an [[Auto-da-fe]]'' ([[1475]]).]]
6: ...ncia]], there was a local inquisition from the [[Middle Ages]], as in the rest of the European countri...
8: ...e large cities, especially [[Seville]], [[Valladolid]], capital of Castile, and [[Barcelona]], capital...
16: ...single state to be left to his heir. However, he did not want the [[Pope]] to control the [[Inquisitio...
18: The Pope did not want the Inquisition established in Spain at ... - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
2: '''Ferdinand Magellan''' (Spring [[1480]] – [[April 27]], [[1521]]; was a [[Portuga...
9: ...le: when a local king refused to pay tribute, Almeida's party attacked, conquering the [[Muslim]] city...
13: ... took a leave of the army without permission, Almeida gave a poor report of the sailor to the Portugue...
18: ... 20]], [[1517]], and from there went to [[Valladolid]] to see the teenaged king, [[Charles V, Holy Rom...
22: ... forming a large bay-like [[river delta]]. He decided to pioneer this route to reach the [[Moluccas]]... - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
10: ...Columbus]]'s discovery of 'the Indies' that he decided to find a route to the west for himself. He wen...
12: ...reyes, regions or provinces of the heathen and infidelles, whatsoever they bee, and in what part of th...
16: ...t seaport in England, and during the years from [[1480]] onwards several expeditions had been sent out t...
22: ...nent since the Vikings: [[Christopher Columbus]] did not find the mainland until his third voyage, in ...
33: ...ty and by a statue of the explorer on the harbourside. - Phoenix, Arizona (34271 bytes)
59: ...|Maricopa County]], the sixth in the state, by dividing Yavapai County. Maricopa county gave up porti...
63: On [[April 10]], [[1874]], President Grant issued a [[land patent]] for the present...
65: ...oenix Charter Bill, incorporating Phoenix and providing for a mayor-council government. The bill was ...
72: ... bus terminal now stands. This building also provided temporary offices for the territorial governmen...
74: ...s for reclamation purposes. Valley of the Sun residents were quick to supplement this federal action ... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
95: *[[Aristides (Apologist)|Aristides]], (fl. 2nd century)
102: *[[David Malet Armstrong]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{f...
154: *[[Basilides]], (c. 117-138){{fn|C}}
159: *[[David Baumgardt]], (1890-1963){{fn|R}} - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...r the King of Sicily. The medi涡l Order can be said to have come to an end following its ejection fro...
5: ...given permission by the [[Caliph]] Haroun el Raschid of [[Egypt]] to rebuild the hospice in [[Jerusale...
7: ...to Jerusalem but the order soon extended into providing an armed escort to pilgrims. The escort soon g...
9: ...ivided into [[bailiwick]]s, which in turn were divided into [[commanderies]].
17: ...ypt in [[1444]] and another by [[Mehmed II]] in [[1480]], who after the [[fall of Constantinople]] made ...
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