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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...westernmost country in [[Latin America]] and the most populous [[Spanish language|Spanish]]-speaking c...
10: native_name = Estados Unidos Mexicanos |
17: national_anthem = ''[[Mexicanos, al grito de guerra]]'' |
64: ...rts, sculpture, architecture, engraving, feather-mosiac work, the invention of the calendar, were due ...
66: ...th century]], and their defeat of the Mexica in [[1521]], marked the beginning of the 300 year-long colo... - 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... - Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
5: ...of Orleans]] and attacked the ''[[Romance of the Rose]]'' written by [[Jean de Meung]].
9: ...y. After the king's death in [[1380]] her father lost his appointment, and died soon after; and when C...
11: ...mposed some fifteen important works, chiefly in prose, besides minor pieces.
13: ...0) being received by [[Philip of Burgundy]], at whose desire Christine wrote ''Le Lure des faitz ci bo...
15: ...ells her own history, by way of defence against those who objected to her pretensions as a moralist. [... - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
1: ...g glory. One of the most famous of the surviving mosaics is in the [[Church of the Holy Wisdom]] in fo...
5: ...rt]]. Medieval art was of many crafts, such as [[mosaic]]s and [[sculpture]]; and there were many uniq...
15: ...an artists adopted the Roman crafts of painting, mosaic, carving and metalwork.
27: ...asters and the re-appropriation of churches to [[mosques]].
29: ...ed such as [[Manueline Gothic]] in Portugal (1495-1521), [[Perpendicular Gothic]] in England (1332), [[D... - Ponce De Leon (5480 bytes)
2: ...Juan Ponce de León was born in Santervás de Campos ([[Valladolid]]). As a young man he joined the wa...
4: ...ainos subsequently died in great numbers after exposure to the European diseases the sailors brought w...
9: ... ''Historia general de los hechos de los Castellanos'' of [[Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas]].
11: ...t|Statue of Juan Ponce de León at the Plaza San José in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]]. The statue was ma...
16: ... he returned to Puerto Rico where he stayed until 1521. - 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]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
13: *[[1513]]-[[Vasco N?de Balboa]] crosses isthmus of [[Panama]], sees [[Pacific Ocean]]
17: *[[1521]]-Cortes destroys the Aztec empire
20: *1570s-[[Haudenosaunee|Iroquois League]] founded - 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: ...archers. He remained at Cond頵ntil his death in 1521. - List of popes (77758 bytes)
6: ...upreme Pontiff]] of the [[One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church|Universal Church]], [[Patriarch]] of...
27: | <small>''post''[[42]]/''ante''[[57]] to [[64]]/[[67]](?)</smal...
315: | '''[[Pope Zosimus]]'''<br><small>Saint Zosimus</small>
316: | Papa '''Zosimus''', <small>Episcopus Romanus</small>
405: | <small>[[Frosinone]], Southern Latium, Italy</small> - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
1: ...]] – [[February 2]], [[1529]]), one of the most important [[renaissance]] authors and a diplomat...
10: ...a, again in the court of Gonzaga. In [[1499]] he lost his father and succeeded him in the representati...
13: ...Cardinal Bibbiena]], Ottaviano and [[Federico Fregoso]], [[Cesare Gonzaga]] (a cousin of both Castigli...
15: ...06]] Castiglione wrote (and played together with Cosimo Gonzaga) his eclogue ''Tirsi'' in which allusi...
17: ...gh in a literary form, like with [[Ludovico da Canossa]]. - 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: ...], More was knighted and made undertreasurer in [[1521]]. As secretary and personal advisor to King Hen...
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... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...ision and the establishment of new institutions, most importantly [[Lutheranism]], [[Reformed churches...
11: * ''[[Exsurge Domine]]'', [[Diet of Worms]] ([[1521]]), [[Peasants' War]]
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... - Bahrain (16123 bytes)
1: ...Fahd Causeway]], and [[Qatar]] is to the south across the [[ Persian Gulf]]. The [[Qatar-Bahrain Frie...
61: ...as in the ancient times known as [[Dilmun]], [[Tylos]] (its Greek Given name), Awal, as well as [[Pers...
63: The islands of Bahrain, positioned in the middle south of the Persian Gulf, h...
65: A strategic position between East and West, fertile lands, fresh ...
67: ...is was Iqlim Al-Bahrain (Province of Bahrain). In 1521, the Portuguese separated Awal (now Bahrain) from... - 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... - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
15: ...s reality in order to achieve his overarching purpose of gaining the favor of the king. Cortés applie...
20: ...ow known as [[Veracruz (city)|Veracruz]] ("True Cross") on Holy Thursday [[March 4]]. By establishing ...
22: ...gy is convincingly argued against by historian [[Ross Hassig]] in his book ''Time, History, and Belief...
27: ...e Tlaxcaltecas attacked his troops, but Spanish crossbows, broadswords, battle axes, horses, war dogs ...
33: ...; in Europe, only Constantinople was larger. The most common estimates put the population at around 60... - Sweden (27111 bytes)
1: ...litan Areas of Sweden|metropolitan areas]], with most of the inland consisting of large peaceful fores...
3: ...t Power]] of twice its size – subsequently lost within a century. Since [[1816]], Sweden has bee...
76: ... [[Protestant Reformation]]. Gustav Vasa is the closest to a [[Father of the Nation]] the Swedes know.
87: ...ural resources and undemolished state, making it possible to expand its industry to supply the rebuild...
92: Sweden has been a [[monarchy]] for almost a [[millennium]], with its [[taxation]] controll... - Tenochtitlan (3092 bytes)
3: ...op of the ruins and, over the ensuing centuries, most of Lake Texcoco has gradually been drained.
7: ...ched atop a cactus. The Aztecs eventually came across this vision on what was then a small swampy isla...
9: ...] as Tenochtitlan grew to become the largest and most powerful city in [[Mesoamerica]]. Commercial rou...
15: ... alongside [[Paris]] and [[Constantinople]]. The most common estimates put the population at around 20...
17: ...eventually conquered the city on [[August 13]], [[1521]], after a struggle that lasted months in which m... - 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... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...d defence of [[pilgrim|pilgrims]]. Following the loss of Christian territory in the [[Holy Land]], the...
5: ...t]] to rebuild the hospice in [[Jerusalem]]. The hospice, which was built on the site of the monastery...
7: ...n Jerusalem. Initially the group just cared for those pilgrims who made it to Jerusalem but the order ...
9: ...s, at the height of the Kingdom of Jerusalem the Hospitallers held seven great forts and 140 other est...
11: [[Image:knights_hospitaller.JPG|framed|right]]
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