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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... - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ... region that would become the first european-inhabited area of that country.
5: ...ppearance in baptismal registers as godfather or witness.
7: ... was painted by a Russian artist in 1839 for the city of Saint-Malo.
9: ...ed and departed some fifty undiscovered harbours without serious mishap and that the only sailors he l...
13: ...ec]] where he planted a cross and claimed the territory for France. During this trip he took [[Domagay... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
1: :''For other people with this name, see [[Mary Tudor]]''
8: ...– [[17 November]] [[1558]]) was [[List of British monarchs|Queen of England]] and [[King of Irel...
10: Mary I is sometimes confused with her first cousin, once removed [[Mary I of Scotl...
13: ...s been theorised by some authors to be from congenital [[syphilis]] transferred to her from her mother...
15: ...harpsichord|virginals]]. A great part of the credit of her early education was undoubtedly due to her... - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
1: ...y Abbey, Wiltshire, England. The Bible was hand written in Belgium, by Gerard Brils, for reading aloud...
2: ...graphos'' "writing") is the art of decorative [[writing]]. A style of calligraphy is described as a '...
4: ...[palaeography]]. Examples of ancient Roman [[graffiti]] are of interest to both calligraphers and pala...
8: ..., one does not have to know Chinese to appreciate its beauty. Calligraphy, in essence, is an abstract...
10: ...e]]'' 書藝, all meaning "the way of writing") is considered an important art in [[East Asi... - 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]]-) - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
6: ...e oldest paper manufactures include [[Fabriano]], Italy, opened in [[1276]], and Arches, France, opene...
12: ...issance]] painter [[Raffaello Santi]] ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), who painted full-scale cartoons as precursors...
16: ...sed watercolor painting to supplement their work with [[oil paint]], including [[van Dyck]] ([[1599]]-...
18: ...1725]]–[[1809]]) was called the father of British watercolor.
23: ...e term ''watercolor'' most often to refers to traditional transparent watercolor or [[gouache]] (an op... - March (3907 bytes)
2: ...ian Calendar]] and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 [[day]]s.
4: *March begins (astrologically, non-sidereal) with the sun in the sign of [[Pisces]] and ends in th...
8: ... [[France]] in [[1564]]. [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]] and her colonies continued to use March 25 u...
11: ...r goddess [[Rhedam]]); ancient [[Britons]] called it hyld-monath (meaning loud or stormy).
18: ... of [[Gustav I of Sweden|Gustav Vasa]]'s run in [[1520]]. - Raphael (3466 bytes)
1: [[Image:Sanzio 00.jpg|framed|right|self-portrait]]
2: ...83]] and died on his 37th birthday, [[April 6]] [[1520]] (see the note below about earlier confusion abo...
4: ...ietro Perugino]]; but after moving to [[Florence, Italy|Florence]] he soon adopted the styles of [[Leo...
8: ...the first depicting the [[philosopher]]s of Antiquity grouped around [[Plato]] and [[Aristotle]] and t...
10: Under [[Pope Leo X]] he was chief architect of [[Saint Peter's Basilica]] in [[1514]] and ... - 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 ... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...t]]s. It also led to the [[Counter-Reformation]] within the Roman Catholic Church.
5: * [[Avignon Papacy]] ("Babylonian Captivity of the Church"), [[Avignon]], [[Western Schism|G...
20: ...wealth and power of the [[elite]] [[clergy]], sensitizing the population to the financial and moral co...
22: ...ional restrictions on the exercise of their authority. In [[England]], [[France]], and [[Spain]] the m...
24: ...e to exclude [[peasant]]s from [[common land]]s. With trade stimulated, landowners increasingly moved ... - Nubia (8928 bytes)
1: ...] and in northern [[Sudan]], but in ancient times it was an independent kingdom.
5: ...s texts dating from the 8th and 9th centuries AD. It is considered ancestral to modern day Nobiin.
9: ...ttle]]. It is known from its distinctive burial rituals and pottery.
11: ... far poorer. The causes of this is uncertain, but it was perhaps caused by Egyptian invasions and pill...
13: ...was becoming too arid to support human beings and it is possible that there was a sudden influx of Sah... - History of India (31279 bytes)
5: ...[[India]]: [[Stone Age]] rock shelters decorated with paintings. The first known permanent settlements...
8: ...ies of invasions from [[Central Asia]] followed, with the successive establishment in northern India o...
11: ...ience]], [[Indian art|Art]], [[Indian literature|literature]], [[Indian Mathematics|mathematics]], [[I...
14: ...n by the [[Vijayanagara Empire]], which declined with the 16th Century AD.
20: ...ed in India coming under the direct rule of the British crown. - 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... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
6: *[[Firmin Abauzit]], (1679-1767)
43: *[[Rogers Albritton]]
112: *[[Titus Pomponius Atticus]], (110-32 BC)
163: *[[James Beattie (writer)|James Beattie]], (1735-1803){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
239: *[[Richard-Bevan Braithwaite]], (1900-1990){{fn|O}} - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
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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... - Argon (6952 bytes)
14: {{Elementbox_heatcapacity_jpmolkat25 | 20.786 }}
20: {{Elementbox_ionizationenergies4 | 1520.6 | 2665.8 | 3931 }}
43: ...hemical element is colorless and odorless in both its liquid and gaseous forms.
44: ...ne]], was reported by researchers at the [[University of Helsinki]] in 2000, but has not been confirme...
46: ...s]] with [[water (molecule)|water]] when atoms of it are trapped in a lattice of the water molecules. ... - Ancient India (31279 bytes)
5: ...[[India]]: [[Stone Age]] rock shelters decorated with paintings. The first known permanent settlements...
8: ...ies of invasions from [[Central Asia]] followed, with the successive establishment in northern India o...
11: ...ience]], [[Indian art|Art]], [[Indian literature|literature]], [[Indian Mathematics|mathematics]], [[I...
14: ...n by the [[Vijayanagara Empire]], which declined with the 16th Century AD.
20: ...ed in India coming under the direct rule of the British crown. - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
4: ... BC]] to [[539 BC]], with a preceding [[Proto-Elamite]] period beginning around [[3200 BC]].
5: ... [[Achaemenid]] [[Persian Empire]] that succeeded it, and may thus be considered the starting point of...
8: ...cates this word was borrowed prehistorically). Additionally, the Haltamti were known as ''Elam'' in th...
10: ...estan]] for the duration of their empire, the Elamites had extended their civilisation into the provin...
12: ==Elamite language== - Estevanico the moor (3698 bytes)
2: ...ited States|Southwestern]] [[United States]] expeditionary logs as a slave servant in the Spanish expl...
5: ...arranza, a [[Spanish nobility|Spanish nobleman]] with whom he developed close ties.
8: ...resent-day [[Mexico]]), where they were reunited with their countrymen.
10: ...partially because his medicine gourd was trimmed with feathers from an [[owl]], a bird that symbolized...
13: ...gh regard. For most historians, however, the eye-witness accounts of various associates, and the lack ...
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