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- Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
1: This is a '''Conventional Egyptian chronology'''.
3: ==Introduction==
5: ...h century but not including any of the major revision proposals that have also been made in that time.
9: ...ology presented below, which is the “Conventional Chronology” that is quoted by [[David Ro...
15: * Predynastic Egypt is from [http://xoomer.virgilio.it/francescoraf/ Late Predynastic and Early Dynas... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: ...'s coast until becoming part of the mainland in [[1525]].
15: ...ll>''[[National motto]] (translation): The Revolution by the people and for the people''</small>
17: | align="center" colspan=2 | [[image:LocationAlgeria.png]]
21: ...French unofficial but commonly used in administration]]
23: | '''[[Capital]]'''<br><br> - Population:<br> - [[Coordinates]]:||[[Algiers]] &... - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
12: image_map = LocationBolivia.png |
13: national_motto = ''Morir antes que esclavos vivir''<br>...
14: national_anthem = ''[[Bolivianos, el hado propicio]]'' |
26: population_estimate = 8,857,870 |
27: population_estimate_year = July 2005 | - 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 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... - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
3: ...ieter Brueghel the Elder''' or '''Bruegel''' (c.[[1525]] – [[September 9]], [[1569]]) was a [[Flem...
9: ...ate]] art that prevailed at the time. The most obvious influence on his art is the older Dutch master ...
11: ...eir own sake, rather than as a backdrop to a religious [[allegory]]. His winter landscapes of 1565 are...
32: * ''The Procession to Calvary'' 1564, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien...
33: * ''The Adoration of the Kings'' 1564, The National Gallery, London - 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... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...abaptist]]s. It also led to the [[Counter-Reformation]] within the Roman Catholic Church.
3: == Roots of the Reformation ==
9: == Reformation begins ==
16: * Reformation in [[France]] -- [[Huguenot]]s, [[Pierre Viret]]
20: ... the population to the financial and moral corruption of the secular [[Renaissance]] church. - 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... - 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? - 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: ...r said. Thus warned, Cortés organized his expedition and set sail on the morning of [[January 18]], [...
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... - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
2: ... or at least the region that would become that nation.
4: ...s and is best known as John Cabot for his explorations made under the English flag. Most notably, in ...
12: ...cover, and finde, whatsoever iles, countreyes, regions or provinces of the heathen and infidelles, wha...
16: ...ng the years from [[1480]] onwards several expeditions had been sent out to look for [[Hy-Brazil]], an...
20: ...dland|St. John's]]. He went ashore to take possession of the land, and explored the coast for some tim... - Demographics of Estonia (4738 bytes)
1: ...upports the existence of human activity in the region as early as 8,000 BC, but by 3,500 BC the princi...
3: ...age 16. The first book in Estonian was printed in 1525.
7: ... Russian military bases in 1994 caused the proportion of ethnic Estonians in Estonia to increase from ...
10: ..., where Estonians account for 98.4% of the population.
11: ...population in Harju county, and 70% of the population in Ida-Viru county. - 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}} - 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 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... - Persian rug (6404 bytes)
1: ==Introduction==
2: [[image:Qalibaf-isfahan.jpg|right|thumb|A traditional rug weaver in Isfahan. See special page on [[I...
3: ...doubtedly one of the most distinguished manifestations of [[Persian]] ([[Iranian]]) culture and art, a...
5: ...abesque]]s, [[palmette]]s, [[cloud band]]s, medallions, and overlapping geometric compartments. Some s...
8: ...y useful discoveries during archaeological excavations, save for special circumstances. - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
2: ...t began the first phase of the [[Spanish colonization of the Americas]].
4: ...oy]] was given to a high-ranking nobleman, [[Antonio de Mendoza]]. Cortés returned to Spain in 1541 w...
6: .... As a result of these historical trends, descriptions of Cortés tend to be simplistic, and either da...
14: ... Ovando y Cáceres]], the third Governor of Hispaniola. His paternal grandfather was a son of [[Rodrig...
16: ...re of Cortés' studies, his later writings and actions suggest he studied [[Law]] and probably [[Latin...
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