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- Lighthouse of Alexandria (3491 bytes)
3: ...as built in the 3rd century BC and remained operational until it was largely destroyed by two [[earthq...
7: ...very corner of the building. Also in the Roman period there was a statue atop the tower.
9: ...n optics and reflective technology in the time period in which the lighthouse existed. Probably more a...
16: == Location ==
17: ...s) made himself king in 305 BC and began construction of the Lighthouse shortly thereafter. The buildi... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ... stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas, they ...
5: ...hroughout Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...e isles of Juana ([[Cuba]]) and Espanola ([[Hispaniola]]), as well as the coasts of [[Central America|...
9: ...[[horse]]s), and the first large-scale [[colonization]] of the Americas by Europeans.
11: ...sive boost his explorations gave to Western expansion and culture. [[Italian American]]s hail Columbus... - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
10: Edward IV had many mistresses, the most notorious being [[Jane Shore]], but Elizabeth insisted on...
12: ...oped up favours and lucrative opportunities; in [[1480]], for example, when Elizabeth's obscure brother-...
16: ...him until he promised to marry her.) This information came to the fore when a priest (believed to be [...
18: ... they had already been lodged to await the coronation. The exact fate of the so-called [[Princes in t...
20: ... could supplant Richard. Following Henry's accession in [[1485]], Elizabeth Woodville's marriage Edwa... - Sackbut (3802 bytes)
1: ...erous [[English language|English]] spelling variations including sacbut, sagbut, shagbolt and shakbuss...
4: ... Ages]], a closer to exact date would be around [[1480]]. It evolved into what we know today as the '[[T...
6: ===Construction===
7: ... slide stay, which is used to reach the long positions.
10: ... D; some groups are beginning to use D and A positions in performance for the sake of greater historic... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
31: ...ing]], (born 1980), [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] [[Basketball]] player, [[Houston Rockets]]
109: *[[Yoannis XII of Alexandria]], ([[1480]]-[[1483]]), Coptic Pope
129: *[[Thom Yorke|Yorke, Thom]], of [[Radiohead]]
148: ...oung|Young, Brigham]], (1801-1877), American religious leader
160: *[[Horatio Nelson Young|Young, Horatio Nelson]], (1845-1913), military hero - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ...[[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...6]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ...[[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
31: *[[Aetion]] ([[4th century BC]])
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]]) - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
1: ...entually in [[Japan]]. ''Silk road'' is a translation from the [[German language|German]] ''Seidenstra...
3: ...potamia]] and [[Anatolia]], and then through [[Antioch]] in Southern Anatolia into the [[Mediterranean...
5: ...ay, ancient trade was probably conducted over sections of the routes and it is probable that merchants...
7: ...[1992]], when the international railway communication [[Almaty]] - [[Urumqi]] opened.
11: ...sticated [[horse]]s around [[4000 BC]]. Domestication of the [[Bactrian camel]] followed later. - Rhodes (9349 bytes)
5: ...|city of Rhodes]], the main commercial and population center. Rhodes is the capital of the District of...
10: ...ttp://www.hcaa-eleng.gr/rhod.htm Diagoras International Airport], IATA code: RHO) is located 14 km to ...
12: ... ft (1,215 m) the island's highest point of elevation; and the appropriately named Seven Springs area....
17: The island was inhabited in the [[Neolithic]] period, although little remains of this culture. In the...
19: ...e island was said to be born of the union of [[Helios]] the sun god and the nymph [[Rhode]], and the c... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ... were rarely constructed in his lifetime. In addition, he helped advance the study of [[anatomy]], [[a...
9: ...do himself simply signed his works "Leonardo" or "Io, Leonardo" ("I, Leonardo"). Most authorities the...
11: ...n showed them to the painter [[Andrea del Verrocchio]], who subsequently took on the fourteen-year old...
12: ...d to he made himself master of with ease" ([[Giorgio Vasari|Vasari]]).
16: ..., Leonardo and the others were kept under observation by Florence's [[Officers of the Night]] - a kind... - Spanish Inquisition (11421 bytes)
1: [[image:inquisition2.jpg|right|thumb|250px|[[Pedro Berruguete]]. ''S...
3: ...[[Jew]]s and Muslims to Christianity. The Inquisition was an important tool in enforcing the ''[[limpi...
6: ...nya]] and [[Valencia]], there was a local inquisition from the [[Middle Ages]], as in the rest of the ...
8: ... [[Crown of Aragon]], had large [[Jew]]ish populations centered in ''[[ghetto|Juder�]]''.
10: ...oger]]. Jews held many prominent posts, both religious and political. [[Pedro de la Caballeria]], a ''... - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
2: ...d an expedition for the purpose of [[circumnavigation|circumnavigating]] the [[globe]]. Though Magella...
5: ...Mesquita, Magellan had two siblings: his brother Diogo de Sousa, named after his grandmother, and his ...
7: ...n Francisco Serrano, Magellan continued his education, becoming interested in [[geography]] and [[astr...
11: ...after secretly sailing a ship east without permission, he lost his command and was forced to return to...
13: ...g Manuel I]], who refused to raise Magellan's pension. - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
2: ... or at least the region that would become that nation.
4: ...s and is best known as John Cabot for his explorations made under the English flag. Most notably, in ...
12: ...cover, and finde, whatsoever iles, countreyes, regions or provinces of the heathen and infidelles, wha...
16: ...ng the years from [[1480]] onwards several expeditions had been sent out to look for [[Hy-Brazil]], an...
20: ...dland|St. John's]]. He went ashore to take possession of the land, and explored the coast for some tim... - Phoenix, Arizona (34271 bytes)
5: ...ssing [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] with 1.5 million people
6: ...opolitan area of the United States, with a population of 3,251,876 (2000 census)
7: * the largest capital city by area and population in the U.S. (including [[Washington, DC]])
46: ... on the [[Salt River]] and [[Gila River]] reservations, or the [[Tohono O'odham]] Indians who live in ...
53: ...enix'', memorializing the birth of a new civilization from the ruins left by the Hohokam. - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
30: *[[Giorgio Agamben]]
81: *[[Antiochus of Ascalon]], (c. 130-68 BC){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{...
97: *[[Ariston of Chios]], (fl. 250 BC){{fn|R}}
131: *[[Alain Badiou]], (born 1937)
170: *[[Vissarion Belinsky]], (1811-1848){{fn|R}} - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...' (see below) is the main successor to this tradition.
3: == Foundation and early history ==
5: ...]] and [[Salerno]] in [[Italy]] were given permission by the [[Caliph]] Haroun el Raschid of [[Egypt]]...
9: ...]. The property of the Order was divided into [[priories]], subdivided into [[bailiwick]]s, which in t...
15: ... eventually pushed the Knights out of their traditional holdings in Jerusalem. After the fall of the K...
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