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- 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...
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...
28: * Mary Plantagenet (1467-1482), buried in [[St. George's Chapel, Windsor|St Geo... - Margaret of Anjou (3729 bytes)
1: ...jou''' ([[March 23]], [[1429]] - [[August 25]], [[1482]]) was the Queen consort of [[Henry VI of England...
3: ...married King Henry VI, who was eight years her senior, on April 23, [[1445]], at [[Titchfield]] in [[H...
12: ...t]]s. When he married Margaret, his mental condition was already unstable, and by the time their only...
14: ...usband was threatened with deposition by the ambitious [[Richard, Duke of York]]. With the king captur...
18: ...f King [[Louis XI of France]], and at his instigation she allowed an approach from Edward's former sup... - Ptolemy (10609 bytes)
3: ...sh as '''Ptolemy''', was a [[Hellenistic civilization|Greek]] [[geographer]], [[astronomer]], and [[as...
5: ...ar name) and only made available in Latin translation (by [[Gerard of Cremona]]) in the 12th century. ...
7: ...]] is ancestral to the modern system of constellations, but unlike the modern system they did not cove...
9: ...work is his ''Geography''. This too is a compilation, of what was known about the world's [[geography...
11: ...in the ''Almagest'', Ptolemy put all this information into a grand scheme. He assigned coordinates to... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...o them. Among the most famous explorers of the period were [[Christopher Columbus]], [[Vasco da Gama]]...
3: ...[Iberia]]. These that were a combination of traditional European and Arab designs were the first ships...
5: ==Exploration by land==
6: ...e world maps prior to the age of European exploration]]
7: ...further east. The [[Papacy]] also launched expeditions in hopes of finding coverts, or the fabled [[Pr... - 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... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
10: *[[Aleijadinho]] - Antonio Francisco Lisboa (1730 or 1738 - 1814)
20: *[[Giovanni di Balduccio]]
21: *[[Baccio Bandinelli]] (1493 - 1560)
51: *[[Antonio Canova]] (1757 - 1822)
65: *[[Clodion]] - Aluminium (26079 bytes)
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18: {{Elementbox_section_atomicprop | color1=#cccccc | color2=black }} - Tutankhamun (15224 bytes)
2: .... [[1341 BC]] – [[1323 BC]]), during the period known as the [[New Kingdom]]. His original name,...
4: ...this young king's tomb naturally leads to speculation on what might have been contained in the plunder...
6: ...922. The mask appears in the background of the National Geographic forensic image (below left).]]
8: ...hamun ruled Egypt for eight to ten years; examinations of his [[mummy]] show that he was a young adult...
10: ...khaten. Because of his age at the time these decisions were made, it is generally thought that most if... - List of U.S. states by elevation (16995 bytes)
6: '''List of [[U.S. states]] by [[elevation]]'''
16: ...on !! Lowest Elevation !! Mean Elevation !! Elevation Difference
98: | 98 m ([[Ohio River]])
102: | [[Iowa]]
104: | 146 m ([[Keokuk, Iowa|Keokuk]]) - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
2: ...le East]]ern city of key importance to the [[religion]]s of [[Judaism]], [[Christianity]], and [[Islam...
4: ...nal, religious, and socioeconomic groups. The section called the "Old City" is surrounded by walls and...
6: ...e country's seat of government and otherwise functions as capital. Many countries do not recognize Isr...
12: ...n between the name and ''Shalim'' the personification of dusk in [[Ugarit|Ugaritic]] myth. See also [[...
18: ...uled by [[Melchizedek]], regarded in Jewish tradition as being a priest of God and identical to [[Shem...
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