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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...on]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] ...
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
11: ...]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
21: ...sh Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]] - 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... - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
14: *[[Agatho of Alexandria]], (pope 665-681), religious figure
17: ...n|Agazarian, Jack]], (1916-1945), [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]] agent, WW II hero
20: ...ant to Germany who died as a result of an deportation attempt
36: *[[Johannes Agricola|Agricola, Johannes]], (1494-1566), Protestant reformer
47: *[[Antonio Aguilar|Aguilar, Antonio]], Mexican singer - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ... guillotined at the height of the [[French Revolution]].
13: ...red as child, Maria-Antonia had little real education. She was flighty, artistic and read almost nothi...
15: ...g which had being going on intermittently since [[1494]] would finally end. [[Louis XV]]'s heir was his ...
22: ...lection of gems was valued at approximately 2 million [[livre]]s. Marie-Antoinette then received King ...
27: ...nt back to [[Austria]]. The young dauphine's position was not helped by the fact that she had earned t... - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: ...science]] and study of the [[Earth]], its composition, structure, physical properties, history, and th...
3: ...ch as [[iron]], [[copper]], and [[uranium]]. Additional economic interests include minerals such as [[...
5: [[Astrogeology]] refers to the application of geologic principles to other bodies of the so...
10: ...[mountain]]s and by [[Deposition (geology)|deposition]] of [[silt]].
12: ...ot overturned until after the [[Scientific Revolution]]. It was translated into [[Latin]] and the othe... - 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... - Jamaica (16893 bytes)
1: ...ated south of [[Cuba]] and to the west of [[Hispaniola]], on which [[Haiti]] and the [[Dominican Repub...
13: | align="center" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: Out of Many One People''</small>
15: ...pan=2 style="background: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationJamaica.png]]
35: | '''[[Population]]'''
37: <br> - [[Population density|Density]] - 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]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] con...
8: *[[1494]]-[[Treaty of Tordesillas]] divides the New World...
16: *1520s-Spanish begin conquest of [[Maya civilization]]
18: *[[1524]]-[[Giovanni da Verrazano]], working for [[France]], expl...
19: ...River]], strengthening Spanish claims to the interior of North America - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
2: ...opean composer between [[Guillaume Dufay]] and [[Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina|Palestrina]], and is...
6: ...r the Duke's brother instead. From [[1486]] to [[1494]] (except the year [[1487]]-[[1488]], which he ma...
10: ...orks were often performed there, no direct connection to them has been discovered by researchers. He ...
14: ...examples from Josquin in his treatises on composition; and his fame was only eclipsed after the beginn...
16: ...icantly, and was also able to express intense emotion with economy of means. - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
7: [[Image:Firenze.PalVecchio.Machiavelli.JPG|thumb|200px|Bust of Machiavelli]]
10: ...gely occupied with events arising out of the ambitions of [[Pope Alexander VI]] and his son, [[Cesare ...
17: ...tate, most notably those of [[Jean Bodin]] and [[Giovanni Botero]].
21: ...uted to him but this was essentially NOT his position. And that is the whole point with Modern politic...
23: ...all means potentially necessary"'''! '''Justification''' with the [[Jesuits]] is essentially a '''mora... - Florence (11538 bytes)
1: ...dom of Italy. Florence was long ruled ([[1434]]-[[1494]], [[1512]]-[[1527]] and [[1530]]-[[1737]]) by th...
5: ...:FlorenceSymbol-giglio.png|thumb|right|127px|"Giglio di Firenze" - symbol of the city]]
17: ...]] and [[Frankish rule]], during which the population may have fallen to as few as 1,000.
19: ...hs, one of whom was [[Dante Alighieri]]. This factional strife was later recorded by the White Guelph ...
23: ...9. Lorenzo was a great patron of the arts, commissioning works by [[Michelangelo]], [[Leonardo da Vinc... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
30: *[[Giorgio Agamben]]
81: *[[Antiochus of Ascalon]], (c. 130-68 BC){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{...
89: *[[Isaac ben Moses Arama]], (1420-1494){{fn|R}}
97: *[[Ariston of Chios]], (fl. 250 BC){{fn|R}}
131: *[[Alain Badiou]], (born 1937) - Chile (capsicum) (7837 bytes)
5: The chile peppers and their various [[cultivar]]s originate in [[the Americas]]; th...
11: ...nd first wrote about their medicinal effects in [[1494]].
30: ...n even burn the skin on contact in high concentrations (habanero peppers, for example, are routinely p...
32: ... to their validity, and lack independent verification. Pure capsaicin rates at 16,000,000 Scoville uni...
43: ...hile with any other ingredients such as garlic, onion, shallots, salt, vinegar and sugar. It is very p... - History of Italy during foreign domination and the unification (3859 bytes)
2: ...Italy]] during foreign domination and the unification'''.
4: ==Foreign domination (16th-18th centuries)==
6: ...e of military defeats and of [[Protestant Reformation]], which deeply weakened the catholic church.
8: ...sors, and started the so-called [[Counter-Reformation]], with which it established a strict control ov...
10: ... son of [[Alfonso II]] starts the Spanish acquisition of Naples with the help of a Ventian fleet and t... - Caterpillar track (7234 bytes)
1: ...used on [[tank]]s, [[engineering vehicle|construction equipment]] and certain other off-road vehicles....
12: ...rpillar tracks have since revolutionized construction vehicles and land [[warfare]]. The tracks system...
14: ... to be found in theories of [[pre-historic]] erection of large stone monuments, when [[megalith]]s may...
18: ...zkum מזקו"ם ''(or זחלים for short), which en...
25: ...on to even out the ride over rough ground. Suspension design is a major area of research; early design... - Lichen (7988 bytes)
3: ...age:Lichen.jpg|thumb|230 px|right|Crustose and foliose lichens on a wall]]
4: ...image:Lichen_squamulose.jpg|thumb|230 px|right|Foliose lichen on basalt]]
8: ...ichen taxonomists place lichens in their own division, the '''Mycophycophyta''', but this practice ign...
10: ...us Lichens]], is present this can [[nitrogen fixation|fix nitrogen]], complementing the activities of ...
14: ...s healthy during the functional period of the symbiosis with the exchange of nutrients being "voluntar...
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