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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]] - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
3: ... de' [[Medici family|Medici]]''' ([[April 13]], [[1519]] – [[January 5]], [[1589]]), born in Italy...
7: ...ible that Francis, alarmed at the possible extinction of his royal house, would listen to such a propo...
11: ...l de l'H?al]], who advocated a policy of conciliation.
13: ...ly shrank women's waists from their natural dimensions to as little as 43, 38, or even fewer centimetr...
15: ... the troubled period of the [[French Wars of Religion]]. At first she listened to the moderate counsel... - Painting (4567 bytes)
2: ...is used especially if this is his or her [[profession]]. Evidence indicates that humans have been pai...
8: ...] and black pigment and show horses, rhinoceros, lions, buffalo, and mammoth. There are examples of [[...
20: *[[Pointillism]] (aka divisionism, 'stippling')
34: ...riety of artists' paints available for the professional or ameteur artist.]] Different types of paint...
52: ...sense has fallen out of favour in academic discussions about contemporary painting, though it continue... - 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... - Texas (39610 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = TX |
36: ... It has the [[U.S. Postal Service|postal abbreviation]] '''TX'''.
38: ...nly applied the word to the people and their location.
40: Major state designations and symbols include:
43: ... the current Texas flag [http://www.50states.com/bio/nickname5.htm]) - List of painters (54090 bytes)
11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
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]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
3: ...entions named after people]], [[timeline of invention]], [[inventor]].
23: ...ird]], (1888-1946), [[Scotland]] — [[television]]
25: ...[Trevor Baylis]], (1937- ) — [[clockwork radio]]
56: ...ullen]] — mechanical / chemical [[refrigeration]]
62: *[[Leonardo da Vinci|Leonardo DaVinci]], (1452-1519), [[Italy]] — [[euclidean geometry]] - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] con...
15: *[[1519]]-[[HernᮠCort鳝] defeats [[Tlaxcala]], a small...
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 - 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... - 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... - 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]]. - 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]] - 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. - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
10: ...til 1506. He took part in the conquest of [[Hispaniola]] and [[Cuba]] and was granted a large estate o...
12: ... and set sail on the morning of [[January 18]], [[1519]], just as Velázquez arrived at the dock in pers...
14: ==Cartas de Relacion==
15: ...s." [http://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/international/pages/SECOLAS/CAFryer.htm]
20: Cortés landed his party in a location he named La Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz, now know... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
30: *[[Giorgio Agamben]]
81: *[[Antiochus of Ascalon]], (c. 130-68 BC){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{...
97: *[[Ariston of Chios]], (fl. 250 BC){{fn|R}}
131: *[[Alain Badiou]], (born 1937)
170: *[[Vissarion Belinsky]], (1811-1848){{fn|R}} - Aztec (38742 bytes)
3: ...of the later Republic of [[Mexico]]. The civilization has a rich [[Aztec mythology|mythology]] and cul...
7: ... article deals with the historical Aztec civilization, not with modern-day Nahuatl speakers.
9: ...Aztec referred to themselves as Mexica ([[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]: {{IPA|[meˈʃihkah]}}...
13: ...om the god [[Huitzilopochtli]] signaling the location where their capital city [[Tenochtitlan]] should...
14: ...ge "Mexica" is increasingly applied. The Museo Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, for example, refer... - Tenochtitlan (3092 bytes)
7: ...cactus. The Aztecs eventually came across this vision on what was then a small swampy island in Lake T...
11: ...terlaced with a series of canals, so that all sections of the city could be visited either on foot or ...
15: ...nople]]. The most common estimates put the population at around 200,000 to 300,000 people. [[Aztec]] r... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
2: {{Infobox_Biography |
5: image_caption= Luther at age 46 (Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1529...
12: ...s undoubtedly impacted upon the [[Counter-Reformation]] in the [[Roman Catholic Church]].
14: ...lerical marriage]] within several Christian traditions.
26: ...rayer]] and [[pilgrimage]], and constant [[confession]]. The more he tried to do for God, it seemed, t... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: ...ury, they exerted influence upon Western civilization from its very beginnings.
5: ... known as the "Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation". The [[German Empire]] of 1871–1918 was o...
7: ...given at the beginning of the sections and subsections. The [[History of Germany since 1945]] continue...
10: ...ermania]], [[Germania Inferior]], [[Germania Superior]]''
15: ... the [[Roman Empire]], giving way to the Romanisation of the left bank of the Rhine. Roman forts were ... - Europium (8579 bytes)
10: <div align="right"><small>[[Periodic table (standard)|Full table]]</small></div>
21: ...p|Group]], [[periodic table period|Period]], [[periodic table block|Block]]
22: | [[group _ element|_]], [[period 6 element|6]], [[f-block|f]]
44: | [[Electron configuration]]
50: | [[Oxidation state]]s ([[Oxide]])
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