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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
5: ...! Capital !! Year of current [[capitol]] construction
57: ...6]] (design), [[1884]] — [[1887]] (construction)
63: | [[Iowa]]
64: | [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]]
143: | [[Ohio]] - Hanging Gardens of Babylon (4963 bytes)
1: ...0px|Gardens of Semiramis, 20th century interpretation]]
5: ...tely substantiate what look like fanciful descriptions.
7: ...s of thought think that through the ages the location may have been confused with gardens that existed...
10: ...t|thumb|300px|Hanging Garden, Assyrian interpretation]]
11: ...den.gif|a hanging Garden, 21st century interpretation]] - 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... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
12: ...United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: * [[1884]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1884]]: [[United States Democratic Party|Democr...
15: ...ns the allegiance of a large majority of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving the way for him to be crow...
16: ... [[King William Street]] and [[Stockwell tube station|Stockwell]].
17: ...[[1899]] - [[Sigmund Freud]]'s ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'' is published. - 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 ... - Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
2: '''Maatkare Hatshepsut''' (c. [[1504 BC]] - [[1458 BC]]) was the fifth [[Pharaoh]] of ...
4: ...tion of Egypt during the [[Second Intermediate Period]].
10: ...ationship with her parents and assumed the prestigious title of ''god's wife of Amun'' before either p...
18: ::-Inscription at Djeser-Djeseru
20: ...onal explanation of Hatshepsut believe her motivation for wearing men's clothing was sexual, however h... - Isabella of Castile (4156 bytes)
2: ...o the ''de-facto'' co-ruler of her husband's dominions. This monarch is known by a variety of other na...
16: ... featured on a U.S. postal stamp, also in celebration of Columbus.
19: As a reaction, Isabella was despised by opposers to Franco.
21: ...t Isabella declared as [[blessed]] and [[canonization|later saint]].
22: ...ewish organizations, [[Liberation Theology|Liberation theologists]] and [[Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustige... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...Jacob wrestled God, Genesis 32:24-32). The population of Israel is predominantly [[Jew]]ish with a lar...
6: native_name = מדינת ישראל<br>("...
10: national_motto = n/a |
11: image_map = LocationIsrael.png |
12: national_anthem = ''[[Hatikvah]]'' | - Cotton (7876 bytes)
2: ...shrub]] native to the tropical and subtropical regions of both the [[Old World]] and the [[New World]]...
13: ...er than that it was a [[plant]]; people in the region, familiar only with [[animal]] fibers ([[wool]] ...
15: ...C, cotton was cultivated throughout the warmer regions in [[Africa]], [[Eurasia]] and [[the Americas]]...
17: ...uction capacity was further improved by the invention of the [[cotton gin]] by [[Eli Whitney]] in [[17...
19: ...ading occupations of [[slave]]s. After [[emancipation]], the [[share cropping]] system evolved which i... - 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... - 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]]) - August (4611 bytes)
4: ...tellation of [[Cancer]] and ends in the constellation of [[Leo]].
10: ...e]]) August is known as '''L?''', a modern rendition of [[Lughnasadh]], named after the god [[Lugh]] ...
18: ...ttle of Athenry]] (1316); the battle of Knockdoe (1504); the [[Battle of the Yellow Ford]] (1596); the F...
21: *[[August 6]] National Salvadoran-American Day in the [[United States...
22: ...people. Emperor Hirohito declared Japan's unconditional surrender on [[August 15]]. - January 17 (12233 bytes)
6: ... the [[Vote of No Address]], breaking off negotiations with [[Charles I of England|King Charles I]] an...
15: * [[1899]] - The [[United States]] takes possession of [[Wake Island]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]].
17: ...sociation of America|Professional Golfers Association]] (PGA) is formed.
18: ... - The [[United States]] pays [[Denmark]] $25 million for the [[U.S. Virgin Islands|Virgin Islands]].
19: ...peye|Popeye the Sailor Man]], a [[cartoon]] [[fictional character | character]] created by [[Elzie Cri... - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
2: ...opean composer between [[Guillaume Dufay]] and [[Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina|Palestrina]], and is...
6: ...fter the murder of Duke Sforza, he left this position, going to work for the Duke's brother instead. ...
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: ...506;ון בן יונה'''<br>(Shimon ben Yona)<br>Shimon Kipha<b...
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... - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
1: '''Baldassare Castiglione, count of Novellata''' ([[December 6]], [[1478]...
4: <tr><td>[[Image:Castiglione.jpg]]</td></tr>
5: <tr><td>'''Baldassare Castiglione'''</td></tr>
8: ...], a relative of Luigia Gonzaga, mother of Castiglione.
10: ...do da Montefeltro]], duke of [[Urbino]], and in [[1504]] Gonzaga, although reluctant, allowed him to pas... - 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: ...observations and ideas on the theory started in [[1504]]. - Florence (11538 bytes)
1: ...ess of 200,000. Florence is the capital of the region of Tuscany and briefly ([[1865]]-[[1871]]) the c...
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... - Hittites (17910 bytes)
1: The '''Hittites''' is the conventional English-language term for an ancient people wh...
5: ...spoke a non-Indo-European language — conventionally called [[Hattic language|Hattic]].
7: ...e two peoples to be the same, but this identification is still disputed.
9: ...skill in building and using [[Chariot#Hittite|chariot]]s.
14: ...ame "Hittite" has become attached to the civilization uncovered at Boğazk? - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
2: ... [[1902]] – [[August 26]], [[1974]]) was a pioneering [[United States]] [[aviator]] famous for p...
11: Lindbergh gained sudden great international fame as the first pilot to fly solo and non-st...
13: ...tees, including the central committee of the [[National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics]] in the [[...
15: ...nge by decreasing fuel consumption. These innovations are the basis of modern intercontinental air tr...
18: ...s.ogg|title=Flight from Paris to Belgium |description= Lindbergh's flight to Belgium to be honored aft...
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