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- Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
10: ...e to Elizabeth Woodville became common knowledge, it was the cause of considerable rancour on Warwick'...
12: ... in [[St. Albans Cathedral|St Albans Cathedral]] with a brass marker to rival the one for that abbey's...
16: ...ny other marriage contract invalid as bigamous. (It was said that Eleanor Talbot had done the same th...
18: ...n this or the next reign. Elizabeth now lost the title of Queen Mother and was called The Dame Elizabe...
20: ... it). At this point, Elizabeth was accorded the title of Queen Dowager. She died on [[June 8]], at [... - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
1: ...ell as the [[Protestant Reformation]] starting in 1517. These various changes all mark the beginning of...
5: ...mage:MCD_001.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Romanesque]] [[architecture]] flourished in the early '''Middle Ages'''...
6: ...ts political and social senses were unevolved and its technologies undeveloped, compared to the preced...
8: ...cture quickly vanished, leading to the rise of illiteracy among leadership.
12: ...Romans did not withstand the changes, and the institutional support for large scale chattel slavery la... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
2: ...as by population|thirteenth most populous metropolitan area]] in the world. Cairo is located at 30°...
4: ...is the official name of the city, in local speech it is typically called simply by the name of the cou...
6: ...uer of the enemies". This title was given to the city as many armies were destroyed in attempts to inv...
7: [[Image:EgyptAlQahirah.png|thumb|200px|Egypt, with Cairo [[Governorates of Egypt|governorate]] high...
10: ...G|thumb|200px|right|Average temperature and precipitations in Cairo]] - Egypt (18830 bytes)
24: | '''[[Capital]] and Largest City'''
36: ...tal (2003) <br /> - [[Population density|Density]]
40: | from the [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br />[[28 February]], [[1922]]<br ...
58: ... It is bordered to the north and east by the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and the [[Red Sea]], respectively.
60: ...f the [[Sahara]] [[Desert]] and are sparsely inhabited. - History of Egypt (1881 bytes)
4: ...bout [[3000 BC]]. Egypt's peculiar geography made it a difficult country to attack, which is why Phara...
6: ...es]], [[Arabs]], [[Turks]] and [[United Kingdom|British]]. When [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] ([[President of...
12: *[[History of early Arab Egypt]]: [[639]] to [[1517]]
13: *[[History of Ottoman Egypt]]: [[1517]] to [[1805]] - 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]])
103: *[[Fra Bartolommeo]] ([[1474]]-[[1517]]) - Crusade (28507 bytes)
2: ...]] The '''Crusades''' were a series of several military campaigns — usually sanctioned by the [[...
4: ...o have multiple meanings and connotations. For additional meanings see [[Crusade#Usage of the term "cr...
7: ...pulation. The Church tried to stem this violence with the [[Peace and Truce of God]] movements, forbid...
9: ... are allowed to substitute [[Friday abstinence]] with prayer or alms (except during [[Lent]]).
11: ...ort for the First Crusade, and the religious vitality of the 12th century. - 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 ... - Spanish Inquisition (11421 bytes)
1: [[image:inquisition2.jpg|right|thumb|250px|[[Pedro Berruguete]]. '...
3: ...gainst descendants of converted Jews or Muslims. It was also used as a tool to punish and eliminate [...
6: ...lunya]] and [[Valencia]], there was a local inquisition from the [[Middle Ages]], as in the rest of th...
8: ...olid]], capital of Castile, and [[Barcelona]], capital of the [[Crown of Aragon]], had large [[Jew]]is...
10: ... held many prominent posts, both religious and political. [[Pedro de la Caballeria]], a ''[[Marrano]]'... - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
2: ... [[Pacific Ocean]], and the first to lead an expedition for the purpose of [[circumnavigation|circumna...
5: ...agalh㥳, the mayor of the town, and Alda de Mesquita, Magellan had two siblings: his brother Diogo de...
7: ...ere his brother had gone two years before. Here, with his cousin Francisco Serrano, Magellan continued...
9: ...eida's party attacked, conquering the [[Muslim]] city of [[Kilwa]] in present-day [[Tanzania]].
11: ...n]]. However, after secretly sailing a ship east without permission, he lost his command and was force... - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
5: ...mpire of modern-day [[Peru]] (not to be confused with another Francisco Pizarro who joined Cortés to ...
7: ...choice between seeking fame and glory in a war in Italy, or trying his luck in the Spanish colonies of...
12: ...ter said. Thus warned, Cortés organized his expedition and set sail on the morning of [[January 18]],...
15: ... to say, in his narrative Cortés manipulates reality in order to achieve his overarching purpose of g...
18: ...slavery, though he proved less and less useful as it became apparent that Marina was trilingual: she s... - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
4: ... colspan=2 style="text-align: left; background: white;" |
11: ...<br/><small>''The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power''</small>
14: | ''El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious'' (as written in tugra)
19: | '''[[Capital]]'''
20: ...Istanbul|İstanbul]] ([[Constantinople]]/[[Asitane]]/[[Konstantiniyye]] ) - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
12: ...n the formation of new traditions within Christianity and his teachings undoubtedly impacted upon the ...
14: ...[clerical marriage]] within several Christian traditions.
21: ... Martin enrolled in the law school of that university.
25: ==Luther's struggle to find peace with God==
26: ... [[confession]]. The more he tried to do for God, it seemed, the more aware he became of his sinfulnes... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: ... exerted influence upon Western civilization from its very beginnings.
5: ... medieval empire. By the same reasoning, [[Adolf Hitler]] referred to [[Nazi Germany]] (1933–194...
7: ...e begins with the Roman-Germanic period and ends with the Unification of the two Germanys in [[1990]]....
12: ...lius Tacitus.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Gaius Cornelius Tacitus]], author of ''Germania'', a descriptive work a...
13: ...Germanic peoples thrust into [[Celts|Celtic]] territory from [[Schleswig-Holstein]], advancing to the ... - Manganese (14965 bytes)
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16: ...es]] </td><td>[[transition metal]]s</td></tr>
20: <td>[[Density]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]] </td><td>...
45: ... </td><td>1517 [[Kelvin|K]] (2271 ?[[Fahrenheit|F]])</td></tr>
55: ... </td><td>121 [[Pascal|Pa]] at 1517 K</td></tr> - First Crusade (34670 bytes)
2: ...rast to the many that followed – to achieve its stated goal.
5: ... to an entire class of warriors who now had very little to do but fight among themselves and terrorize...
7: ...Majorca]] and [[Sardinia]], freeing the coasts of Italy and Spain from [[Muslim]] raids.
9: ...e the Holy Land with the famous words: "God wills it!"
12: ...es and gaining control of their neighbours, than with cooperating against the crusaders. - Medieval History (23198 bytes)
2: ...l as the [[Protestant Reformation]] starting in [[1517]]. These various changes all mark the beginning ...
7: ...mage:MCD_001.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Romanesque]] [[architecture]] flourished in the early '''Middle Ages'''...
8: ...ts political and social senses were unevolved and its technologies undeveloped, compared to the preced...
10: ...cture quickly vanished, leading to the rise of illiteracy among leadership.
14: ...Romans did not withstand the changes, and the institutional support for large scale chattel slavery la... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
3: ... exerted influence upon Western civilization from its very beginnings.
5: ... medieval empire. By the same reasoning, [[Adolf Hitler]] referred to [[Nazi Germany]] (1933–194...
7: ...e begins with the Roman-Germanic period and ends with the Unification of the two Germanys in [[1990]]....
12: ...lius Tacitus.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Gaius Cornelius Tacitus]], author of ''Germania'', a descriptive work a...
13: ...Germanic peoples thrust into [[Celts|Celtic]] territory from [[Schleswig-Holstein]], advancing to the ...
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