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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... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...lom'' in [[Catalan]], ''Cristoforo Colombo'' in [[Italian]], ''Cristóbal Colón'' in [[Spanish]], ''C...
3: ...er it would be possible to get around the planet without running out of food or getting stuck in windl...
5: ... his claims. There are also many theories of expeditions to the Americas by a variety of peoples throu...
7: ...h America]]. He never reached the present-day [[United States]] where "Columbus Day" ([[12 October]], ...
9: ...ns, such as [[virus]]es, [[bacteria]], and [[parasite]]s, and beneficial to humans, such as [[tomato]]... - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
7: *[[Ajit Agarkar|Agarkar, Ajit]], (1977-), Indian cricketer
24: *[[Gianni Agnelli|Agnelli, Gianni]], (1921-2003), Italian industrialist
25: *[[Agnes de Poitou]], (1020-1077), regent of the [[Holy Roman Empi...
26: ...tana Agnesi|Agnesi, Maria Gaetana]], (1718-1799), Italian polymath
27: ..., Spiro]], (1918-1996), [[Vice President of the United States]] - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
7: ...hen she was six years old. She continued to live with her mother Katherine Szenes and a brother.
9: ...ot take the office in the [[anti-semitism|anti-Semitic]] atmosphere. She joined ''Maccabea'', a Hungar...
11: ...gun a paratrooper training in [[Egypt]] for the British [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]].
15: ...ndow one at the time. She tried to keep their spirits up by singing.
21: After the Cold War, a Hungarian military court officially exonerated her. Her kin in Is... - 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... - Americas (7154 bytes)
1: ...ften considered a single continent) or to the [[United States]] (in English and colloquially in other ...
8: ...ic flag]] represent the five parts of the world, with a single ring representing all of the Americas.
13: ...people pertaining to the USA but the word ''Statunitense'' is also popular.
15: ... States" (''Estados Unidos Mexicanos''), although its residents do not refer to themselves as "estadou...
23: ...on of [[Renaissance]] era voyagers, had died in [[1506]] (believing, to the end, that he'd discovered an... - Switzerland (22270 bytes)
1: ...f [[neutral country|political and military neutrality]], but also of international co-operation, and i...
3: ...n is similarly used; for example, it is used as Switzerland's [[country code top-level domain|ccTLD]],...
6: common_name = Switzerland |
7: native_name = Switzerland |
8: image_flag = Switzerland flag large.png | - 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 people by name: X (1295 bytes)
7: *[[Francis Xavier|Xavier, Francis]], ([[1506]]-[[1552]]), [[Spain|Spanish]] [[missionary]]
15: ...e Ximenes|Ximenes, Ettore]], ([[1855]]-[[1919]]), Italian painter - Influenza (10335 bytes)
1: ...s being instances of influenza), see [[gastroenteritis]].}}
3: '''Influenza''' (or as it is commonly known, '''the flu''' or '''the grippe...
4: ...n the form of health care costs and lost productivity. Major genetic changes in the virus have caused ...
12: ...rgo [[antigenic drift]] and have more similarity with previous strains.
18: ... [[pandemic]]s. There is no exact scientific definition of a superflu. - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
2: ...too. Construction of the [[basilica]] began in [[1506]] and was completed in [[1626]].
4: ...iovanni in Laterano]]. However, due to the proximity of the Papal residence, most Papal ceremonies ta...
8: ...eror Constantine]] officially recognized Christianity he started construction in [[324]] of a great ba...
10: ... should be rebuilt. [[Pope Nicholas V]] asked architect [[Bernardo Rossellino]] to start adding to the...
12: ...he church. [[Carlo Maderno]] became the chief architect later on, and designed the entrance. - 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]]-) - 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: ... plague that year, and by [[Antoine Brumel]] in [[1506]], who stayed until the disbanding of the chapel ...
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. - List of popes (77758 bytes)
4: ...tenure of [[Pope Siricius]], and there have been either 265 or 266 popes, depending on whether a sourc...
6: ... [[Archbishop]] and [[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus Servor...
7: ...been [[Sovereign]] in the State of the [[Vatican City]] (the [[Holy See]]).
23: ... <small>Simon Peter</small><br>'''שמעון בן יו–...
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 Sep... - Saint Peter (16028 bytes)
2: ...Furthermore, most [[Protestant]]s do not use the title of saint in reference to Peter as a matter of d...
4: ...ath the [[Basilica of Saint Peter]] in [[Vatican City]]. He is often depicted in art as holding the k...
8: ...de|Šhimʿon}} and in [[Tiberian Hebrew]] it is pronounced as {{unicode|Šhimʿ?. Acc...
13: ... 5:1-10; [[Gospel of John|John]] 1:40-42), along with his brother [[Saint Andrew|Andrew]]. Seeing them...
17: ...s Iscariot|Judas]] (1:15); he is twice examined, with [[John]], by the [[Sanhedrin]] (4:7-22; 5:18-42)... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ...ut were rarely constructed in his lifetime. In addition, he helped advance the study of [[anatomy]], [...
7: ...y a peasant girl. It has also been suggested, albeit on scanty evidence, that she was a [[Middle East|...
9: ...did not use his father's name because of his illegitimate status.
11: ...n apprentice. In this role, Leonardo also worked with [[Lorenzo di Credi]] and [[Pietro Perugino]].
12: ... he turned his mind to he made himself master of with ease" ([[Giorgio Vasari|Vasari]]). - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
8: He was born in [[Mantua]], [[Italy]] to an ancient family from [[Lombardy]] that ...
10: ...in Milan of Louis XII. For Gonzaga he travelled quite often; during one of his missions to [[Rome]], h...
13: ...ural life that produced a brilliant literary activity.
15: ... echoes of both ancient and contemporary poetry, with recalls [[Vergil]], [[Poliziano]], [[Sannazzaro]...
17: ...ar to diplomacy, though in a literary form, like with [[Ludovico da Canossa]]. - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
1: [[Image:Thomas More.png|250px|thumb|right|Portrait of Sir Thomas More by [[Hans Holbein the Younger]...
2: ...he [[patron saint]] of statesmen, lawyers, and politicians.
5: ..., where he studied law with his father and was admitted to [[Lincoln's Inn]] in [[1496]]. In [[1501]]...
9: ... previous husband. More provided his daughters with an excellent classical education at a time when ...
11: ==Early political career== - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
3: ...iavelli was also a key figure in [[realist]] [[political theory]], crucial to European statecraft duri...
10: ...argely occupied with events arising out of the ambitions of [[Pope Alexander VI]] and his son, [[Cesar...
12: ...rea in Percussina]], where he devoted himself to literature. He died in Florence in [[1527]] and his r...
15: ...n its Index – a list of books against the faith.
17: ...emporaries, often used in the introductions of political tracts of the sixteenth century that offered ... - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
6: ...s of monastic or semi-monastic schools. He was admitted to the [[priesthood]] and took [[monk|monasti...
8: ...dge]], he was [[Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity]], and had the option of spending the rest of hi...
10: ...t from this he had a less active association with Italian scholars than might have been expected.
12: ...eat publisher [[Froben]], and to him came the multitude of his admirers from all quarters of Europe.
14: ... men of the highest importance in the world of politics and of thought, and his advice on all kinds of...
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