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- Printing (4400 bytes)
4: ... [[ink]] on [[paper]] using a [[printing press]]. It is an essential part of [[publishing]].
11: ... first discovered and developed in [[China]]. Primitive ''[[Woodblock printing]]'' was already in use ...
13: ...ic]] world. [[Johann Gutenberg]], of the German city of Mainz, developed European printing technology...
15: ...n Juan Pablos set up an imported press in Mexico City, Mexico. Stephen Day built the first printing pr...
18: ...od. [[Alois Senefelder|Senefelder]] discovered [[lithography]]. [[Blake]] made relief etchings. Early ... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
7: ...tes or even several whole chronologies as possibilities. Consequently, there may be discrepancies betw...
9: It should be noted that there is a 60 year discrepan...
15: ...Predynastic Egypt is from [http://xoomer.virgilio.it/francescoraf/ Late Predynastic and Early Dynastic...
17: * The dates of Dynasties 11 to 20 are from Kitchen, "The Basics of Egyptian Chronology in Relati...
18: * The dates of Dynasties 21 to 26 are from Kitchen, ''Third Intermediate Period in Egypt'' (1973... - Arizona (24367 bytes)
12: Capital = [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] |
15: LargestCity = [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] |
16: Governor = [[Janet Napolitano]] |
25: DensityRank = 36th |
26: 2000Density = 17.43 | - Tennessee (19096 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] |
11: ...[[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] (largest [[metropolitan area]] is Nashville) |
21: DensityRank = 19<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 53.29 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 16<sup>th</sup> | - 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. - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: ... of the known '''history of California''' begins with European exploration.
5: ...lands and prodigious oil fields, and finally with its high-technology leadership.
10: ...e:Tunnel view.jpg|thumb|300px|California's [[Yosemite Valley]].]]
11: ...sland]] are among the traces of a very early inhabitation, dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin ...
13: ...ared, they found many [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] tribes living in the p... - 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... - Valley of the Kings (4430 bytes)
4: .... It is separated into the East and West Valley, with most of the important tombs in the East Valley. ...
6: ...tombs]], starting with [[Thutmose I]] and ending with [[Ramesses X]] or [[Ramesses XI|XI]].
8: ...was begun, although some wives were still buried with their husbands.
10: [[Graffiti]] on the walls of some of the tombs indicate tha...
13: ...fine material expands when it comes into contact with [[water]]. This has damaged many tombs, particul... - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
2: ... through the southeast and midwest of today's [[United States|USA]].
5: ... became commander of an equestrian unit and went with [[Francisco Fernandez de Cordoba]] on his discov...
6: ... extreme brutality and ruthlessness when dealing with natives. In a conflict for supremacy in Nicaragu...
7: In [[1528]] de Soto led his own expedition along the coast of [[Yucatan]], hoping to find...
11: ...fter Atahualpa had been arrested, DeSoto often visited him in jail, and a friendship between the two m... - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (4763 bytes)
2: ... the [[United States]]. He also helped found the city of [[Oaxaca, Oaxaca]], in [[Mexico]].
5: ...odriguez Cabrillo,'' historian [[Harry Kelsey]] writes that Cabrillo appears to have been born in Spai...
10: ...is venture (two or three ships), and stood to profit from any trade or treasure.
12: ... to turn back. On [[November 23]], [[1542]], the little fleet limped back to "San Salvador" ([[Santa C...
14: ...ition was lost; all that survives is a summary of it made by another investigator, [[Andrés de Urdane... - Tallahassee, Florida (7125 bytes)
1: ... the [[2000]] census, the population is 150,624. It is the [[county seat]] of [[Leon County, Florida|...
3: ...ersity]], and [[Tallahassee Community College]]. It is also a regional center for trade and agricultu...
5: The city is served by [[Tallahassee Regional Airport]].
7: {{Template:US City infobox|
8: city = Tallahassee | - French language (40201 bytes)
3: ...go]], [[Gabon]], [[Comoros]], [[Djibouti]], [[Mauritius]], [[Seychelles]].
5: |speakers=77 million (128 million with second language speakers)|rank=11
7: [[Italic languages|Italic]]<br>
9: [[Italo-Western languages|Italo-Western]]<br>
10: [[Western Italo-Western languages|Western]]<br> - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
2: ...oly book. It departs from some of the social traditions and structure of [[Hinduism]] and [[Islam]] (...
4: ... wanted to go beyond what was being practised by either religion and hence a well-known saying of [[Gu...
6: ...in AD [[1699]] ; and thus gave a distinctive identity to the Sikhs. The five baptised Sikhs were named...
8: ...s including [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Sanskrit]], [[Bhojpuri]] and [[Persian language|Persian]].
10: ...the "True Name" because he wanted to avoid any limiting terms for God. He taught that the True Name, a... - Pharaoh (5346 bytes)
3: '''Pharaoh''' is a title used to refer to the kings (of godly status) in...
6: ...raoh'' like a [[proper name]] rather than like a title.
10: ...rt of [[Egyptian mythology]]). If both were real, it is unknown who came first exactly.
11: ...y people fleeing to Egypt in the middle of a war. It is questioned that [[Ramesses III]] or [[Amenemha...
13: ...fter Akhenaten, [[Tutankamun]], is uncertain, and it is not even known, for certain, when Tutankhamun ... - 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 ... - Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (19760 bytes)
2: {{Copyedit|article|date=January 2008}}
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... - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
1: ...ion deep into the territory of the modern-day [[United States]], was the first European to discover th...
3: ...expedition ranged throughout the [[southeastern United States]] searching for gold and a passage to [[...
5: ...military fame after the [[Moors]] were defeated. With discovery of new lands to the west (which seemed...
7: ...ian, but was notorious for the extreme brutality with which he wielded these gifts.
9: ...he [[Orient]], profoundly influenced de Soto's ambitions.
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