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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...sion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
21: ...tish Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
30: ...7]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]] [[Berber]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central...
35: *[[Vitus Bering]]
36: *[[Vittorio Bottego]] (1860,1897), Italian explorer of the [[Giuba]] region in north-ea... - Margaret of Anjou (3729 bytes)
3: ...ht years her senior, on April 23, [[1445]], at [[Titchfield]] in [[Hampshire]].
12: ...ent]]s. When he married Margaret, his mental condition was already unstable, and by the time their on...
14: ...of Blore Heath]], where Margaret is said to have witnessed her commander, [[James Touchet, Lord Audley...
16: ...n the gates of the city of York. She followed up with a victory at [[St Albans]] on 22 February 1461, ...
18: ...nd was now seeking revenge for the loss of his political influence. Warwick's daughter, [[Anne Nevill... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
1: [[Image:Goldmeir at whitehouse.jpg|frame|right|Golda Meir was the fourth [...
2: ...srael after graduate school and was never a U.S. citizen).
6: ...da looked up to Shayna. Her father left for the United States in [[1903]], and the rest of the family ...
8: ==Emigration to the United States, 1906==
14: ... She began speaking and advocating. She hosted visitors from [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]]. - Ponce De Leon (5480 bytes)
2: ...ope]]an known to have visited what is now the [[United States]] when he set foot in [[Florida]] in 151...
4: ...ht with them and to which the natives had no immunity. Ponce de León, however, became rich while serv...
7: ... wishing to serve Diego, Ponce de León obtained title to explore the areas north of [[Cuba]].
9: ...misconceived. He was seeking a spiritual rebirth with new glory, honor, and personal enrichment, not a...
12: ...ed the land ''La Florida'', meaning ''flowery'', either because of the vegetation in bloom he saw ther... - Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
5: ...Robert A. Hatch of the University of Florida puts it:
7: ...em is reconciling dates in the Egyptian calendar with attested dates in other calendaric systems, for ...
9: ...of these questions while others may last for eternity.
13: ...ulers and even overlapping dynasties. The possibility of a calendar reform called ''Menophres Era'' ma...
15: ...d important article has observed that Theon explicitly stated, and [[Al-Biruni]] supported him, that t... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...ares the coastlines of the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]], the [[Gulf of Aqaba]] (also known as G...
14: capital = [[Jerusalem]]<sup>[[#Footnotes|1]]</sup> |
17: leader_titles = [[Prime Minister]]<br>[[President]] |
19: largest_city = [[Jerusalem]] |
22: area_magnitude = 1 E10 | - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: ...[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
15: ...llo Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[painter]]
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
105: *[[Georg Baselitz]] ( [[1938]]-) - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
10: | Constantine makes Constantinople his capital.
13: | The Empire is permanently split into Eastern and Western halves, following the de...
21: | Justinian's generals reconquer North Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Ostrogoths]].
24: ...Lombard]] invasion results in the loss of most of Italy.
29: ...emaining Italian territories, aside from some territories in the south. - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
6: ... him for the chapel there; so Josquin returned to Italy.
8: ...site ''Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariae'', which is written on a ''[[cantus firmus]]'' derived from the mu...
10: ...two thirds of the citizens fled as well). His position at Ferrara was filled by [[Jacob Obrecht]] in ...
14: ... beginning of the [[Baroque music|Baroque]] era, with the decline of the polyphonic style.
16: ...ly, and was also able to express intense emotion with economy of means. - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ... modern [[astronomy]] and modern science itself, (it inaugurated the [[scientific revolution]]). His t...
8: ...her sister, Katharina, married a businessman and city councillor, Barthel Gertner.
10: ...he studied [[law]] and [[medicine]] at the universities of [[Bologna]] and [[Padua]]. His uncle financ...
12: ...observation Copernicus made in [[1497]] together with Domenico Novara, are recorded in ''De revolution...
14: ...n in the Frombork [[cathedral]], but he waited in Italy for the great [[Roman Jubilee|Jubilee]] of [[1... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
34: *[[Karl Bitter]] (1867 - 1915)
110: *[[Vincenzo Gemito]] (1852 - 1929)
112: *[[Nikolaus Gerhaert]] (works ca. 1460 - 1473)
166: ...talie Krol]] [http://www.nataliekrol.com Gallery Site]
177: *[[Sol LeWitt]] - Henry the Navigator (6878 bytes)
1: ...([[March 4]], [[1394]] – [[November 13]], [[1460]]), a prince of [[Portugal]], looms large as an i...
3: ...alth, as well as with [[Africa]] in general, and with the legend of [[Prester John]].
5: ...assed he became more and more devoted to Christianity. For the purposes of his interest in exploration...
7: ... regency during [[Alphonso V of Portugal]]'s minority, and in return received a confirmation of this t...
9: ... return voyages, headed upwind, possible; without it, the brothers Ugolino and Guido Vivaldo had saile... - Des Moines, Iowa (13222 bytes)
2: ...|thumb|300px|The State Capitol of Iowa, featuring its golden dome.]]
4: ...]] in [[French language|French]]) is the capital city of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Iowa]], which was inc...
5: ... was in [[Iowa City, Iowa|Iowa City]] until after it was shortened to "Des Moines" in [[1857]]. [http:...
6: ...ng to the [[2000]] census, the population of the city is 198,682.
8: ...meet just south of the downtown and serve as the city's primary water supply. - Columbus, Ohio (27104 bytes)
2: ...tate|state]] of [[Ohio]] in the [[United States|United States of America]].
4: ... and Marion), Columbus ranks 24th in the country with 1.84M, behind #19 Cincinnati (2.05M) and #14 Cle...
6: ...t]] of [[Franklin County, Ohio|Franklin County]]. It also extends into [[Delaware County, Ohio|Delawar...
11: {{Template:US City infobox|
12: city = Columbus | - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
6: *[[Firmin Abauzit]], (1679-1767)
15: ...udah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
43: *[[Rogers Albritton]]
112: *[[Titus Pomponius Atticus]], (110-32 BC)
163: *[[James Beattie (writer)|James Beattie]], (1735-1803){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}} - Sumer (14409 bytes)
2: ...uneiform]] script may precede any other form of writing, and dates to no later than about [[3500 BCE]]
5: ...a [[language isolate]] in [[Linguistics]] because it belongs to no known language family, as compared,...
10: ... who was intimately tied to the city's religious rites.
12: ...sh]], [[Uruk]], [[Ur]], and [[Nippur]]. As these cities developed, they sought to assert primacy over ...
14: ... traditional list of the early dynasties, much of it probably mythical. The first name on the list wh... - Sidon (4751 bytes)
1: ...]] and 30 miles south of the capital [[Beirut]]. Its name means ''a fishery''.
4: ...m here that a colonising party went to found the city of [[Tyre]].
6: ...name of the Lord', a title also found in an [[Ugaritic]] text.
8: ...th Jesus and [[St Paul]] are said to have visited it (see ''Biblical Sidon'' below).
10: ...eigneury in the [[Kingdom of Jerusalem]]. In 1260 it was again destroyed by the [[Mongols]]. The remai... - Britain in the Middle Ages (12239 bytes)
3: ... England. Major historical events in Medi�val British history include the [[Christianisation]] of [[...
5: ...ritain in two distinct phases of cultural and political history.
7: ...an Conquest]], English power intruded into Wales with increasing vigour, but the process of consolidat...
10: ...d invaders, and when the Roman troops left, the Britons had no effective defence.
12: ...eside him. With the entire leadership of Celtic Britain dead, the Anglo-Saxons were able to take over ... - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
2: ...e to the [[religion]]s of [[Judaism]], [[Christianity]], and [[Islam]].
4: ...consists of four quarters: [[Jew]]ish, [[Christianity|Christian]], [[Armenian (people)|Armenian]], and...
6: ...nize Israeli sovereignty over some or all of the city and enforce this view by maintaining their embas...
7: ...]]s also claim all or part of Jerusalem as the capital of a future [[Palestinian state]].
9: ....jpg|right|thumbnail|300px|Jerusalem and the Old City. View from the Mount of Olives]]
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