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- 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]]
48: *[[Pedro Álvares Cabral]], (c. 1467-c. 1520), [[Portuguese]] navigator, discovered [[Brazil]]... - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
5: ...ily of mariners and improved his social status in 1520 by marrying Catherine des Granches, member of a l...
7: ...rtrait of Jacques Cartier has been found and the most familiar portrait (see right) was painted by a R...
9: ...epidemic ashore, he may be considered one of the most conscientious explorers of the period.
13: ...ay [[Gaspé|Gaspé, Quebec]] where he planted a cross and claimed the territory for France. During thi...
17: ...sons. Cartier left his main ships in a harbour close to Stadacona and used his smallest ship to conti... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...to [[Roman Catholicism]]. To this end, she had almost three hundred religious dissenters executed; as ...
15: ...e|Greek]], [[science]], and [[music]]. In July [[1520]], when scarcely four and a half years old, she e...
21: ...fficially null and void from the beginning. She lost the dignity of a Princess, becoming a mere "Lady...
23: ...tly expected her troubles to end when Queen Anne lost royal favour and was beheaded in [[1536]]. The ...
26: ...closer together, again improving the Lady Mary's position. - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
2: ... γραφος ''graphos'' "writing") is the art of decorative [[writing]]...
10: ...idered an important art in [[East Asia]] and the most refined form of East Asian [[painting]].
12: ...k style), ''gyosho'' (semi-cursive style), and ''sosho'' (cursive style, literally "grass writingstyle...
14: ... after the eighth century poetry collection [[Manyoshu]]. Manyogana is now obsolete. At the time this ...
16: Calligraphy has influenced most major art styles in [[East Asia]], including [[s... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
15: *[[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[painter]]
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
158: *[[Ross Bleckner]] ([[1949]]-) - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
3: ...he grounds used in watercolor painting vary, the most common is paper. Others include [[papyrus]], bar...
12: ...issance]] painter [[Raffaello Santi]] ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), who painted full-scale cartoons as precursors...
23: ...a is ''[[watermedia]]''. The term ''watercolor'' most often to refers to traditional transparent water...
25: ...for body, and [[glycerin]] or [[honey]] for [[viscosity]] and to bond the colorant to the painting sur...
35: ...ferences and [[color]] clarity are typically the most difficult properties to achieve and maintain. - March (3907 bytes)
18: ... of [[Gustav I of Sweden|Gustav Vasa]]'s run in [[1520]].
19: ... Harriet Tubman Day, March 10, is dedicated to those who are willing to be of service to humanity and...
21: ...e Australian International Air Show. Largest and most comprehensive ever staged in the [[Southern Hemi...
22: *[[March 19]] is [[Saint Joseph]]'s Day.
23: ...of the year]] the spring equinox is the time of [[Ostara]] and the autumn equinox is that of [[Mabon]]... - Raphael (3466 bytes)
2: ...83]] and died on his 37th birthday, [[April 6]] [[1520]] (see the note below about earlier confusion abo...
8: ...ch-shaped frescoes, the first depicting the [[philosopher]]s of Antiquity grouped around [[Plato]] and...
12: ...lents, when he had only attained an age at which most other men are but beginning to be useful. "We se...
14: ...n the [[Pantheon, Rome|Pantheon]], the country's most honored place.
21: ...ntil 62 years after his death, and it was not retrospective. The [[Julian Calendar]] applies to him e... - 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... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...ision and the establishment of new institutions, most importantly [[Lutheranism]], [[Reformed churches...
22: ...ugger]] banking family in [[Augsburg]] being the most prominent), textiles, [[Weapon|armaments]], espe...
24: But as recovery and prosperity progressed, enabling the population to reac...
28: ...no religious [[doctrine]] can be supported by philosophical arguments, eroding the old alliance betwee...
30: ... on reforming individuals through eloquence as opposed to reason. The European Renaissance laid the fo... - Nubia (8928 bytes)
5: .... [[Old Nubian language|Old Nubian]] was used in mostly religious texts dating from the 8th and 9th ce...
9: ...s. The first noticeable cultures in Nubia were those found throughout the region, first the [[Badaria...
11: ...re thought to have invaded from elsewhere. Today most historians believe that B-Group was merely A-Gro...
13: ...oming too arid to support human beings and it is possible that there was a sudden influx of Saharan no...
15: ...ds. By the end of the reign of [[Thutmose I]] in 1520 BC all of northern Nubia had been annexed. - History of India (31279 bytes)
11: ... in India|religion]], and [[Indian philosophy|philosophy]] flourished under the patronage of these kin...
14: ...th to the end of the 13th century AD, followed almost without intermission by the [[Vijayanagara Empir...
38: ...and monsoon. Although India may bear some of the most extreme geological and climatic features, these ...
40: ...opulation increase (making state level societies possible). The scenario of the Indus valley follows m...
47: ...mber of [[kingdom]]s and [[republic]]s emerged across the [[Indo-Gangetic plain]] and southern India d... - 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... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
38: *[[Albert of Saxony (philosopher)|Albert of Saxony]] (c. 1316-1390){{fn|C}}{{...
41: *[[Albinus (philosopher)|Albinus]] (c. 130) - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
2: ...luğu'''</big></big><br/>'''Devlet-i Aliye-i Osmaniye'''
23: | [[Sultan]]s of the [[Osmanli|Osmanli Dynasty]]
45: ...so been interpreted as referring to the Empire's position as gateway between Europe and Asia. In its d...
47: ...capital. Following [[World War I]], during which most of its territories were captured by the [[Allies...
53: ... Empire]] in the [[13th century]]. In [[1299]], [[Osman I]] declared independence of the ''Ottoman Pri... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
12: ... other Christian traditions (a broad movement composed of many congregations and church bodies). His c...
31: ... sight of several central truths. To Luther, the most important of these was the doctrine of justifica...
33: ...give sins for the sake of Christ's death on the cross.
37: ...ly the merits of Jesus Christ and the saints to those in [[purgatory]] (as purgatory itself was not th...
49: ... of the controversy on indulgences the question arose of the absolute power of the pope, since the doc... - Argon (6952 bytes)
20: {{Elementbox_ionizationenergies4 | 1520.6 | 2665.8 | 3931 }}
40: ...p 18, argon makes up about 1% of the [[Earth's atmosphere]].
53: *as a protective atmosphere for growing [[silicon]] and [[germanium]] [[...
55: *[[Cryosurgery]] procedures such as [[cryoablation]] uses ...
60: Argon ([[Greek language|Greek]] ''argos'' meaning "inactive") was suspected to be present... - Ancient India (31279 bytes)
11: ... in India|religion]], and [[Indian philosophy|philosophy]] flourished under the patronage of these kin...
14: ...th to the end of the 13th century AD, followed almost without intermission by the [[Vijayanagara Empir...
38: ...and monsoon. Although India may bear some of the most extreme geological and climatic features, these ...
40: ...opulation increase (making state level societies possible). The scenario of the Indus valley follows m...
47: ...mber of [[kingdom]]s and [[republic]]s emerged across the [[Indo-Gangetic plain]] and southern India d... - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
36: ...(c. 2094 - c. 2047 BCE). Eventually the Elamites rose in rebellion and overthrew the 3rd Ur dynasty, a...
43: ...with the rise to power of the Anzanite dynasty, whose homeland probably lay in the mountains northeast...
51: ...ressive followed this founder of a new dynasty, whose home was probably [[Susa]]; and in this period E...
68: ...their ancient and recent kings I devastated, I exposed to the sun, and I carried away their bones towa...
72: ...decline of the Assyrians were the [[Persians]], whose presence around [[Lake Urmia]], i.e. to the nort... - Estevanico the moor (3698 bytes)
2: ... and "Little Stephen") of North African origins, possibly from [[Azemmour]], [[Morocco]]. He is menti...
5: ...ility|Spanish nobleman]] with whom he developed close ties.
8: ...roup was shipwrecked on [[Galveston Island]] and most of the men either drowned, starved, or were kill...
10: ...ico was one of the four who would accompany [[Marcos de Niza]] as a guide in search of the fabled [[Se...
13: ...n by the Pimas, who held him in high regard. For most historians, however, the eye-witness accounts of...
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