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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
88: | [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]
221: ...1491;ינות ארצות הברית... - 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 [[Ven... - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (3639 bytes)
1: '''Francisco Vásquez de Coronado''' (ca. [[1510]] - [[September 22]],[[1554]]) was a [[Spain|Span...
7: ... voyage to the north, to [[New Mexico]]. When Marcos returned he told about a wealthy, golden city, ca...
9: ... a simple [[pueblo]] of the [[Zuni]] Indians. Marcos was sent back to [[Mexico]] in disgrace.
11: ...ered Cibola, and explored the other six Zuni pueblos. He also sent out various expeditions. [[Melchior...
14: ...ere no rich people at all, the village consisted mostly of thatched huts, and not even small amounts o... - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
30: *[[Joaquim Agostinho|Agostinho, Joaquim]], (1942-1984), Portuguese cyclist
31: *[[Paolo Agostino|Agostino, Paolo]], (1593-1629), Italian musician
32: *[[Benjamin Agosto|Agosto, Benjamin]], (born 1982), American skater
33: *[[Jose Miguel Agrelot|Agrelot, Jose Miguel]], (1927-2004), Puerto Rican entertainer
35: *[[Mikael Agricola|Agricola, Mikael]], (1510-1557), Finnish theologian & scholar and creator o... - Aleksandra Lisowska (1848 bytes)
3: ...'Roxelana''', '''Roxolana''', '''Roxelane''', '''Rossa''', '''Ruziac''', but more often known by her T...
5: ... in what was then [[Poland]] (now [[Ukraine]]), possibly in [[Rohatyn]]. She was captured and taken t...
11: ...a]] to [[Jerusalem]], and the first to endow a [[mosque]] in Istanbul.
13: ... in a mausoleum with her husband at the [[S?niye Mosque]]. - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...tly [[Jew]]ish with a large non-Jewish minority, mostly comprising [[Muslim]], [[Christian]], and [[Dr...
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...
68: ...cted [[Arab]] settlers. After a brief period of prosperity under the [[Umayyad]] Caliphate, the territ... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
65: * [[3rd century BC|200s BC]]: [[Crossbow]] in [[History of China|China]]
70: ...[[Clockwork]] (the [[Antikythera mechanism]]): [[Posidonius]]?
82: * [[673]]: [[Greek fire]]: [[Kallinikos]]
110: * [[1510]]: [[Pocket watch]]: [[Peter Henlein]]
118: * [[1609]]: [[Microscope]]: [[Galileo Galilei]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
108: *[[Jacopo Bassano]] (ca.[[1510]]-[[1592]])
158: *[[Ross Bleckner]] ([[1949]]-) - Aristotle (37648 bytes)
4: ...sidered to be one of the two most influential philosophers in [[Western world|Western]] thought. He w...
8: ...lato and Aristotle form the core of [[Ancient philosophy]].
10: ...the world. To attain such true knowledge, the philosopher must make use of the "royal science" of dial...
12: ...eclectic, dense and difficult to read. Among the most important ones are ''Physics'', ''Metaphysics'',...
14: ...eteorology]], [[physics]],and [[zoology]]. In philosophy, Aristotle wrote on [[aesthetics]], [[economi... - 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... - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: ...habitants after European colonization means that most of the known '''history of California''' begins ...
5: ...e, the area has gone from a [[Spain|Spanish]] outpost of interest primarily populated by [[missionary|...
10: ...Image:Tunnel view.jpg|thumb|300px|California's [[Yosemite Valley]].]]
11: ...Woman]] on [[Santa Rosa Island, California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces of a very early in...
13: ...from [[mussel]] shells using stone tools, while those in the northern [[Cascade Range]] traded [[obsid... - 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: ...re, been assumed that he was a [[homosexuality|homosexual]]. One of his loves may have been Gian Giaco...
29: ... [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci#rossiPage33], employed Leonardo and permitted him to ... - Sandro Botticelli (8995 bytes)
1: ...nce]] [[March 1]], [[1445]] – [[May 17]], [[1510]]) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[painter]] of the Fl...
13: .... The heretical notions seem to be [[Gnosticism|gnostic]] in character:
14: ... Our Lady'' with zones of patriarchs, prophets, apostles, evangelists, martyrs, confessors, doctors, v...
20: ...ano de' Medici]], and Cosimo's son [[Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici|Giovanni]], were effusively describ...
22: ...It is a marvellous work in colour, design and composition, and the wonder and admiration of all artist... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...me he gave to an ideal, imaginary island nation whose political system he described in a book publishe...
9: ...Jane Colt, who died in [[1511]]. He remarried almost immediately, to a rich widow named Alice Middlet...
12: ...f the two undersheriffs of the city of London, a position of considerable responsibility in which he e...
14: ...came chancellor of the [[Duchy of Lancaster]], a position that entailed administrative and judicial co...
17: ... describing to a listener the island of Utopia, whose layout is schematically shown above him.]] - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
3: ...]]) was a [[Florence|Florentine]] [[political philosopher]], [[musician]], [[poet]], and romantic come...
12: ...persons supposedly involved in a conspiracy to oppose Medici rule. He was briefly imprisoned, and tort...
17: ...ered more 'just' reasons of state, most notably those of [[Jean Bodin]] and [[Giovanni Botero]].
21: ...tributed to him but this was essentially NOT his position. And that is the whole point with Modern pol...
25: ...aissance and Machiavelli certainly is one of its most distinguished sons, having carefully described t... - Francesco Guicciardini (1068 bytes)
7: * ''Storie fiorentine'' (1508-1510)
17: * ''Le cose fiorentine'' (1528-1531) - 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]]... - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
2: ..., and the first to lead an expedition for the purpose of [[circumnavigation|circumnavigating]] the [[g...
5: ...] (near [[Vila Real]], in the province of [[Tr᳭dos-Montes]] of north [[Portugal]]) or in [[Porto]]. ...
11: ...retly sailing a ship east without permission, he lost his command and was forced to return to Portugal...
20: ...werful Juan Rodriguez de Fonseca, bishop of [[Burgos]] and the persistent enemy of [[Christopher Colum...
34: ...es were wary of the Portuguese [[admiral]] and almost prevented Magellan from sailing, but on [[Septem... - Francisco Coronado (5090 bytes)
1: '''Francisco Vásquez de Coronado''' (ca. [[1510]] - [[September 22]],[[1554]]) was a [[Spain|Span...
5: ...exican Indian allies, four Franciscan monks, the most notable of which was [[Juan de Padilla]], and se...
8: ... a simple [[pueblo]] of the [[Zuni]] Indians. Marcos was sent back to [[Mexico]] in disgrace.
10: ...ch resulted in the destruction of the Tiguex pueblos and the death of hundreds of Indians.
12: ...ere no rich people at all, the village consisted mostly of thatched huts, and not even small amounts o... - Phoenix, Arizona (34271 bytes)
49: ...ly free of rocks, and beyond the reach of heavy frost or snow. All it needed was water. By [[1868]], ...
55: ...d [[June 15]], [[1868]], with Jack Swilling as [[postmaster]].
61: ...nue), a short distance north of where the San Carlos Hotel now stands. Miss Nellie Shaver, a newcomer...
63: ...ent]] for the present site of Phoenix. The total cost of the Phoenix Townsite of 320 acres (1.3 km<sup...
67: ===Prosperity and modernity===
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