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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
88: | [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]
221: [[he:מדינות ארצות הבר... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
22: *[[Pêro de Barcelos]] ([[15th century]]/[[16th century]] [[Portuguese...
33: *[[Joseph René Bellot]] [[France|French]] [[Arctic]] ex...
42: *[[Lafayette Bunnell]], (1824-1903), described [[Yosemite Valley]]
47: ...ian]] navigator in [[England|English]] service, crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to [[North America]]
51: *[[Alvise Cadamosto]] (1432-1488), [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[Venice|Venetian]] ... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...hers. He was an [[explorer]] and [[trade]]r who crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and reached the [[Ameri...
3: ...nd. The main debate was over whether it would be possible to get around the planet without running out...
5: ...Columbian trans-oceanic contact]]''', one of the most consistent is the first exploration (before 1472...
9: ...]], the [[Columbian Exchange]] of species (both those harmful to humans, such as [[virus]]es, [[bacter...
11: ...est Indies]]. Others honour him for the massive boost his explorations gave to Western expansion and c... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ...njamin Netanyahu]] is a native-born [[Israeli]] whose family moved to [[Philadelphia]] when he was a t...
14: ...e was 18. She began speaking and advocating. She hosted visitors from [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]]...
20: ... also began to emerge as a leader. Her kibbutz chose her to represent them at [[Histadrut]], the Gen...
28: ...erican history as a schoolgirl and I read about those who signed the [[United States Declaration of In...
33: ...rowd.jpg|right|thumb|Jewish [[High Holidays]] in Moscow, 1948. Golda Meir in the crowd (est. 50,000) o... - Esther (5002 bytes)
2: '''Esther''' ('''אֶסְתֵּר...
5: ...''satarah'' meaning [[star]] — the myrtle blossom resembles a twinkling star.
14: ...ew]]s throughout the Persian empire. By the interposition of Esther this terrible catastrophe was aver... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
1: ... ceiling of the [[Sistine Chapel]] is one of the most famous works of art in the world.]]
4: Adam—אָדָם in [[Standard Hebrew...
13: ...ch means "red earth"), and God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and gave him dominion ov...
17: ... an unconscious state took one of his ribs, and closed up his flesh again; and of this rib he made a w...
20: ...d was removed from the Garden of Eden, making it possible for [[humanity]] to return to Paradise. - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
3: ...n]] [[Jew]]ish woman who became a [[Partisans (Yugoslavia)|partisan]].
9: ...e office in the [[anti-semitism|anti-Semitic]] atmosphere. She joined ''Maccabea'', a Hungarian [[Zion...
13: ... her mission and was interned in the [[Horthy Miklos Prison]] where she was tortured. She did not talk...
17: ...more time to find a verdict, followed by another postponment, this one due to the appointment of a new...
37: ...0;י, אלי, שלא יגמר לע•... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...tly [[Jew]]ish with a large non-Jewish minority, mostly comprising [[Muslim]], [[Christian]], and [[Dr...
6: ...1491;ינת ישראל<br>("Medinat Yisra'el")<br>دو...
18: leader_names = [[Ariel Sharon]]<br>[[Moshe Katsav]] |
60: ...ce in Jewish religious obligations and Judaism's most important sites, including the remains of the [[...
62: ...udaism's most important religious texts, were composed in Palestine during this period. The province b... - Thebes, Egypt (3900 bytes)
2: ...[[Middle Kingdom of Egypt|Middle Kingdom]]), and most of the [[Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt|Eighteenth ...
4: ...on;σπολις ''Diospolis'', "City of Zeus" ([[Zeus]] being the god wh...
6: ...rm of ancient Egyptian ''t3 ipt-swt'' (lit. "The Most-select of Places"), one of the names of the temp...
24: *[[Colossi of Memnon]] (mortuary temple of [[Amenhotep II...
27: ...’arch鯬ogie orientale du Caire. (Reprinted Osnabr?tto Zeller Verlag, 1975). 75, 76. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
158: *[[Ross Bleckner]] ([[1949]]-)
171: *[[Rosa Bonheur]] ([[1822]]-[[1899]]) - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
1: ...em;">[[image:DESPREZ.JPG|Josquin Des Prez]]<br>''Josquin Des Prez''</div>
2: ...naissance]]. He was the most famous European composer between [[Guillaume Dufay]] and [[Giovanni Pier...
6: ...f [[Ferrara]] hired him for the chapel there; so Josquin returned to Italy.
8: In Ferrara Josquin wrote the exquisite ''Missa Hercules Dux Ferr...
10: ...y border between Belgium and France, becoming provost of the cathedral there. During this time he had... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
40:
42: Prior to [[World War II]], he was mostly known as a [[tactician]] of [[tank]] battles a...
50: Young Charles de Gaulle chose a military career and spent four years at the [[...
52: ... possibility of a further career in Poland, but chose instead to return to France. He was heavily infl...
56: - Hieronymus Bosch (3386 bytes)
1: ...nd 1560)]]'''Hieronymus Bosch''', also '''Jeroen Bosch''', (c. [[1450]] – [[August]], [[1516]]) ...
3: ...nish language|Spanish]] he is often called '''El Bosco'''.
5: ...up of some 40 influential citizens of 's-Hertogenbosch.
7: [[Image:Hieronymus Bosch - The Garden of Earthly Delights - Hell.jpg|thu...
8: ...anels that are attached to each other. Among his most famous is ''[[The Garden of Earthly Delights]]''... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
7: ...a young [[lawyer]] and his mother, Caterina, was most likely a peasant girl. It has also been suggeste...
9: ...thorities therefore refer to his works as "Leonardos", not "da Vincis". Presumably he did not use his ...
16: ...Jacopo Saltarelli]], who was a notorious male [[prostitute]]. After two months in jail, he was acquitt...
20: ...Devil)). Gian entered Leonardo's household around 1488 at the age of 10, becoming his servant and assist...
29: ... [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci#rossiPage33], employed Leonardo and permitted him to ... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
53: *[[Agostino Carlini]] (1718 - 1790)
60: *[[Cosimo Cenni]]
66: *[[Rossella Cosentino]]
72: *[[Cameron Cross]] (1963- )
83: *[[Alceo Dossena]] (1878 - 1937) - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
2: ...us for piloting the first solo non-stop flight across the [[Atlantic Ocean]] in [[1927]].
6: ... was a lawyer and later a U.S. congressman who opposed the entry of the U.S. into [[World War I]]; his...
8: ==First solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean==
11: ...op across the [[Atlantic Ocean]], flying from [[Roosevelt Airfield]] ([[Nassau County, New York|Nassa...
26: ...of being in the spotlight and still mourning the loss of their son, the Lindberghs moved to [[Europe]]... - African American (19830 bytes)
1: ...thnic group in the [[United States of America]] whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were ind...
6: ... American" generally does not include Afro-[[Latinos]], who tend to use the term "Latino" or "Hispanic...
10: ...ny U.S. city in 2000, with 85 percent, followed closely by [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]], [[Michigan]]...
15: ...olitics. The growth of [[abolitionism]], which opposed the institution of slavery, culminated in the [...
17: ..., ratified in 1865, freed all slaves, including those in states that had not seceded. During [[Reconst... - Henry the Navigator (6878 bytes)
3: ...t of [[Ceuta]], on the [[North Africa]]n coast across the [[Straits of Gibraltar]] from the Iberian pe...
5: ...ore and more devoted to Christianity. For the purposes of his interest in exploration, however, the ap...
9: ...e the complicated return voyages, headed upwind, possible; without it, the brothers Ugolino and Guido ...
13:
15: ...stal explorations, [[Cape Bojador]] remained the most southerly point known to Europeans on the unprom... - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
13: ...tish colonial rule]] to world attention. His philosophy of non-violence, for which he coined the term...
20: ...udy in England, which he viewed as "a land of philosophers and poets, the very centre of civilization....
23: ...atsky]] to further universal brotherhood. The Theosophists were devoted to the study of [[Buddhist]] ...
25: ...ed a year-long contract from an Indian firm to a post in [[KwaZulu-Natal Province|Natal]], [[South Afr...
29: ...t of his race. This experience led him to more closely examine the hardships his people suffered in S... - Himalaya (16334 bytes)
1: ...er, the [[Karakoram]], the [[Hindu Kush]], and a host of minor ranges extending from the [[Pamir Knot]...
3: The Himalaya stretch across five nations — [[Pakistan]], [[India]], [[...
10: ...and [[Darjeeling]] are located here. The northernmost range is called the ''Higher Himalaya'' and is a...
12: ...iving way to a permanent [[snow line]] in the topmost regions. The far eastern Himalaya also have [[ev...
14: ...chal]], [[Sikkim]] and [[Arunachal Pradesh]] lie mostly in the Himalayas.
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