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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]] - 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]] - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (3639 bytes)
1: '''Francisco Vásquez de Coronado''' (ca. [[1510]] - [[September 22]],[[1554]]) was a [[Spain|Span...
3: ...do expedition.jpg|thumb|500px|The Coronado Expedition 1540-1542.]]
7: ...d]]. He set out in 1540, joined by a large expedition of 340 Spanish, 300 Indian allies, and 1000 slav...
11: ...los. He also sent out various expeditions. [[Melchior Diaz]] was sent out to the mouth of the Colorado...
12: ...] was sent east, and found villages around the [[Rio Grande]]. Coronado set up his winter quarters in ... - 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
35: *[[Mikael Agricola|Agricola, Mikael]], (1510-1557), Finnish theologian & scholar and creator o...
45: *[[Agueybana]], (died 1510), Puerto Rican Indian, Taino leader - Aleksandra Lisowska (1848 bytes)
3: ... Magnificent]] of the [[Ottoman empire]], also variously known as '''Roxelana''', '''Roxolana''', '''R...
9: ...he was also active in foreign affairs and international [[politics]]. - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...Jacob wrestled God, Genesis 32:24-32). The population of Israel is predominantly [[Jew]]ish with a lar...
10: national_motto = n/a |
11: image_map = LocationIsrael.png |
12: national_anthem = ''[[Hatikvah]]'' |
24: population_estimate = 6,876,883 | - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
30: * [[Irrigation]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
48: ** [[Fermentation]] to produce [[beer]] in [[Sumeria]]
54: * [[Spoke|Spoked]] wheel [[chariot]] in the [[Ancient Near East|Middle East]] - 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]]) - Aristotle (37648 bytes)
3: ...stotle''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Αριστοτέλη&s...
4: ..., [[poetry]], [[zoology]], [[government]], and [[biology]].
6: == Introduction ==
8: ...resocratic]] [[Greek philosophy]] into the foundations of [[Western philosophy]] as we know it. Socrat...
10: ..., an [[idealism|idealist]] and a [[rationalism|rationalist]]. - 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. - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: ...ory of California''' begins with European exploration.
5: ...hen with its fertile agricultural lands and prodigious oil fields, and finally with its high-technolog...
11: ...dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin glaciation]]) about 13,000 years ago.
13: ...icas|European explorers]] and [[European colonization of the Americas|settlers]] appeared, they found ...
16: ===European exploration=== - 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... - Sandro Botticelli (8995 bytes)
1: ...Lorenzo de' Medici]], was characterized by [[Giorgio Vasari]] as a "[[golden age]]", a thought, suitab...
5: ... In [[1470]] he opened his own independent ''studio''.
7: ...ng to Vasari. The ''Birth of Venus'' (''illustration, right'') was at the Medici villa of Castello.
11: ...tion and creating conditions ideal for his production of several masterpieces.
13: ...e requirement in such a subject. The heretical notions seem to be [[Gnosticism|gnostic]] in character: - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...]] as a [[treason|traitor]]. More was [[canonization|canonized]] in [[1935]] by the [[Roman Catholic ...
7: ...earing a [[hair shirt]] and occasional [[flagellation]].
9: ...d his daughters with an excellent classical education at a time when such learning was usually reserve...
12: ...of requests". After undertaking a diplomatic mission to [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Charles V, Holy Roma...
14: ... chancellor of the [[Duchy of Lancaster]], a position that entailed administrative and judicial contro... - 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... - Francesco Guicciardini (1068 bytes)
3: ...lli's ''[[Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio]]''. In these as well as his ''Maxims'' (''Ricord...
7: * ''Storie fiorentine'' (1508-1510)
8: * ''Diario di Spagna'' (1512)
10: * ''Relazione di Spagna'' (1514)
12: * ''Oratio accusatoria'' (1527) - 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... - 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. - Francisco Coronado (5090 bytes)
1: '''Francisco Vásquez de Coronado''' (ca. [[1510]] - [[September 22]],[[1554]]) was a [[Spain|Span...
3: ==Biography==
5: ...old. He set out in 1540, joined by a large expedition of 335 Spanish, 1,300 Mexican Indian allies, fou...
10: ...al [[Tiguex War]], which resulted in the destruction of the Tiguex pueblos and the death of hundreds ...
14: ...f his men came back with him. Although the expedition was a complete failure, he remained governor of ... - 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.
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