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- List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: *[[Evaristo Abaco|Abaco, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
15: ...bandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
30: ...rge Abbot|Abbot, George]], (1603-1648), English writer
31: ... Abbot|Abbot, Robert]], (1588?-1662?), English Puritan divine - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: | [[Image:Elizabeth_I_(Ermine_Portrait).jpg|thumb|right|220px|'''Elizabeth I''' <br><sma...
7: ...]] – [[24 March]] [[1603]]) was [[List of British monarchs|Queen of England]] and [[King of Irel...
9: ...[Trinity College, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[British East India Company]] ([[1600]]).
11: ...m|honours and dignities]]. Only eight peerage dignities, one [[earl|earldom]] and seven [[baron|baroni...
13: ...orth America]] and afterwards a member of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Vir... - Peru (12264 bytes)
20: | '''[[Capital]] and largest city''' || [[Lima]]
28: ...al ([[2002]])<br> - [[Population density|Density]] || [[List of countries by population|World ran...
48: ...of the province of [[Tarapaca]]), political stability was achieved, during the early years of the [[19...
51: ''Main article: [[Political division of Peru]]''
53: Peru's territory is divided into 25 [[region]]s. These regions ... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...ddition, Portugal includes several [[island]] territories in the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]], such as ...
5: ...th centuries]], Portugal was a major economic, political, and cultural power. The [[Portuguese Empire]...
7: ...and economic progress in the subsequent decades, with a clear slow-down in the last few years.
12: ===Lusitania===
13: ...tanian|Pre-Roman]]''' and '''[[Lusitania|Roman Lusitania]]''''' - 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]]
60: *[[Sofonisba Anguissola]] ([[1532]]-[[1625]])
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]]) - Ludovico Ariosto (4416 bytes)
1: ...]], [[1474]] – [[July 6]], [[1533]]) was an Italian poet, author of the [[epic]] poem ''[[Orland...
3: ...Francesco Sforza]]. Ariosto thus lost the opportunity of learning Greek, as he intended.
6: ...arly paid during the period that the poet enjoyed it.
8: ...e was mistaken and might withdraw his boon--which it seems the cardinal did.
10: ... as a diplomat, chiefly on the occasion of two visits to [[Rome]] as ambassador to [[Pope Julius II]].... - 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== - Inca Empire (25571 bytes)
8: ...he Lost City of the Incas," now an archaelogical site.]]
9: ...ur provinces whose corners met at the empire's capital, [[Cusco]] (Qosqo).
17: ...ici Viracocha of Colina de las Ventanas in [[Pacaritambo]] sent forth his four sons and four daughters...
19: ...om the depths of [[Lake Titicaca]] and found the city of Cuzco. They traveled by means of underground ...
21: ...of oral tradition, since the Incas did not have writing. There probably did exist a Manco Capac who be... - Andes (13210 bytes)
5: ...de in some parts (widest between 18° to 20°S latitude), and of an average height of about 4,000 m (1...
6: ...tion, parallel with the coast, being broken up at its beginning into a number of islands and afterward...
8: ...he point on the Earth's surface most distant from its center, because of the [[equatorial bulge]]. The...
12: ...he descending Nazca plate is young and buoyant [[lithosphere]], which resists subduction, causing a lo...
13: ...on of the Andes began in the [[Jurassic]] period. It was during the [[Cretaceous]] Period that the And... - Rubidium (10211 bytes)
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21: ...ment|1(IA)]], [[period 5 element|5]], [[atomic orbital|s]]
23: | [[Density]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]]
24: | 1532 [[kilogram per cubic metre|kg/m<sup>3</sup>]], 0....
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5: ...ronado had hoped to conquer the mythical [[Seven Cities of Gold]].
8: ...z, [[Majorat]]s of his family, ''[[Corregidor (position)|Corregidor]]'' of [[Segovia]] and [[Jerez de ...
11: ...mment hidden as I can find no reliable source on either side of this question, just lots of blogs and ...
13: ==Mounting the expedition== - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
2: ...in|Spanish]] ''[[conquistador]]'' who led an expedition that caused the [[conquest of the Aztec Empire...
4: ... to Spain in 1541 where he died peacefully but embittered.
6: ...scriptions of Cortés tend to be simplistic, and either damning or idealizing.
14: ...mpire of modern-day [[Peru]] (not to be confused with another Francisco Pizarro who joined Cortés to ...
16: ...as to the nature of Cortés' studies, his later writings and actions suggest he studied [[Law]] and pr... - Padua (12961 bytes)
2: ...]] and [[Ugo Foscolo]]. The city is picturesque, with a dense network of arcaded streets opening into ...
7: ... till the fire of [[1420]], when the Venetian architects who undertook the restoration removed them, t...
9: ...eat door, the work of [[Falconetto of Verona]], [[1532]].
10: ...Two Christians before the Judges'', hangs in the city's [[cathedral]].]]
11: ...irst full-size equestrian bronze cast since antiquity.
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