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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... - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
4: ... new continent had been discovered, a bold contention in his day when everyone, including [[Christophe...
10: ...s were forgeries written by others of the same period.
12: ... have been the publication and widespread circulation of his letters that led [[Martin Waldseem�ller...
16: ...er]] and returning to [[Spain]] by way of [[Hispaniola]]. Vespucci claimed, in a letter to Lorenzo di ...
18: ...ount does not mention the broad estuary of the [[Rio de la Plata]], which he must have seen if he had ... - 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...
27: * [[Elizabeth of York]] (1466-1503), Queen Consort of England - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
4: ... covers an approximate area of [[1 E12 m2|2.5 million]] [[square kilometre|km²]] (965 000 [[...
6: ... the origin and development of [[Western Civilization]].
9: ... + ''terra'', 'land, earth'), in [[Greek]] "mesogeios".
11: ...1493;ן), "the middle sea", a literal adaptation of the German equivalent ''Mittelmeer''. In [[Tu...
13: ... for the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding regions when employed in informal speech. - Thebes, Egypt (3900 bytes)
2: ...s offer a striking testimony to Egyptian civilization at its height.
4: ...ron;σπολις ''Diospolis'', "City of Zeus" ([[Zeus]] being the god w...
27: *Gauthier, Henri. 1925–1931. ''Dictionnaire des noms g鯧raphiques contenus dans les te...
31: .... “Thebes.” In ''The Anchor Bible Dictionary'', edited by David Noel Freedman. Vol. 6 of 6... - Ammonius Hermiae (1773 bytes)
5: #A commentary on the ''Categories'' (Venice, 1503 fol.), the authenticity of which is doubted by Br...
6: ...y by J. C. Orelli, ''Alex. Aphrod., Ammonii, et aliorum de Fato quae supersunt'' (Zurich, 1824).
9: ...t has been printed separately, with Latin translation and scholia, at Leiden, 1621, at Helmstadt, 1666...
11: ...ogical writings of Ammonius there are various opinions. K. Prantl speaks of them with great, but hard...
13: ...e [[Johann Albert Fabricius|JA Fabricius]], ''Bibliotheca Graeca,'' v. 704-707: C. A. Brandis, ''Uber ... - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
2: ... [[Pope]]s have been buried there, too. Construction of the [[basilica]] began in [[1506]] and was co...
4: ... longer used. These are the sources of the confusion.
8: ... great basilica in this exact spot, which had previously been a cemetery for pagans as well as Christi...
12: ...o della Porta]] continued with the unfinished portions of the church. [[Carlo Maderno]] became the chi...
14: ...ago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/_Texts/Lanciani/LANPAC/3*.html#sec16 Ci... - 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]]) - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...ear's Day'', and was, with [[Christmas]] and occasionally [[Twelfth Night (holiday)|Twelfth Night]], a...
7: *[[404]] - Last known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes place.
16: ...t edition of ''[[The Times]]'' of [[London]], previously ''The Daily Universal Register'', is publishe...
18: *[[1801]] - Legislative union of [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] and [[Kingdom of...
21: *[[1808]] - Importation of [[slave]]s into the [[United States]] is bann... - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
2: ...opean composer between [[Guillaume Dufay]] and [[Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina|Palestrina]], and is...
6: ...t of the time, and he likely stayed there until [[1503]], when Duke Ercole I of [[Ferrara]] hired him fo...
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. - List of popes (77758 bytes)
6: ...ch]], [[Patriarch]] of the West, [[primate (religion)|Primate]] of [[Italy]], [[Archbishop]] and [[me...
23: ...r>'''שמעון בן יונה'''<br>(Shimon ben Y...
29: | <small>Executed by crucifixion upside-down; feast day ([[SS Peter & Paul]]) [[2...
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 Septe...
57: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); feast day [[26 Octob... - Saint Peter (16028 bytes)
2: ... Peter as a matter of doctrine against [[canonization]], in favor of a more generalized concept and do...
4: ...on]] by the [[Roman Empire]]. According to tradition, Saint Peter is buried in the grottoes underneat...
8: ...s, Peter is always listed first, and [[Judas Iscariot]] is always listed last.
11: ... wife is not known. A number of later legends mention that he had a daughter.
17: ...anhedrin]] (4:7-22; 5:18-42); he undertakes a missionary journey of [[Lydda]], [[Jaffa, Israel|Joppa]]... - 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... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...e itself, (it inaugurated the [[scientific revolution]]). His theory affected many other aspects of hu...
5: ==Biography==
10: ...gna]] and [[Padua]]. His uncle financed his education and wished for him to become a [[bishop]] as wel...
12: ...with Domenico Novara, are recorded in ''De revolutionibus orbium coelestium''.
16: ...ntuition of his theory. His collection of observations and ideas on the theory started in [[1504]]. - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
4: ==Biography==
6: ...ague]] in [[1483]], and then given the best education open to a young man of his day in a series of mo...
8: ...argaret's Professor of Divinity]], and had the option of spending the rest of his life as an English [...
10: ... but apart from this he had a less active association with Italian scholars than might have been expec...
12: .... He represented this lack of sympathy as persecution, and sought refuge in Basel, where under the she... - 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... - Sidon (4751 bytes)
1: ...]] '''צִידוֹן''', [[Standard Hebrew]] '''Ẓidon''', [[Tib...
6: ...f Sidon' (who may or may not be the same) are mentioned as chief gods of the Sidonians. ‘Ashtart...
15: ...own of 10,000 inhabitants; in [[2000]] its population was around 200,000. Although there is little lev...
18: The [[Bible]] describes Sidon at various places:
20: ...of Canaan, and from its extensive commercial relations became a "great" city. (Joshua 11:8; 19:28). - Arsenic (12497 bytes)
12: <div align="right"><small>[[Periodic table (standard)|Full table]]</small></div>
20: | [[periodic table series|Series]] || [[metalloid]]s
22: ...p|Group]], [[periodic table period|Period]], [[periodic table block|Block]]
23: | [[group 15 element|15 (VA)]], [[period 4 element|4]], [[p-block|p]]
41: | [[Electron configuration]] - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
1: ...harles Darwin, about the same time as the publication of ''[[The Origin of Species]]''.]]
2: ...e theory of [[evolution]] through [[natural selection]].
4: ...had a similar theory forced early joint [[publication of Darwin's theory]].
6: ...tion to Sex]]'' and ''[[The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals]]''. His last book was about...
8: In a national recognition of Darwin's pre-eminence, he was buried in [[Wes... - Protein (17280 bytes)
1: [[image:Myoglobin.png|thumb|200px|A representation of the 3D structure of [[myoglobin]], showing ...
2: ...the structure and function of all living [[cell (biology)|cells]] and [[virus]]es.
3: ...e and transport of various [[ligand]]s. In nutrition, proteins serve as the source of [[amino acids]]...
5:
7: ...s a template for [[translation (genetics)|translation]] by [[ribosome]]s.
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