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- Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
5: ...y but not including any of the major revision proposals that have also been made in that time.
7: ... particular rulers. Often there are also several possible spellings of the names.
9: ...re is a 60 year discrepancy between the dates proposed by these two authors. There is no attempt to re...
63: ===Position uncertain===
65: *Ba (two different writings, possibly two separate kings) - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: ...'s coast until becoming part of the mainland in [[1525]].
60: ...long the coast. Berber kingdoms began to emerge, most notably [[Numidia]], and seized the opportunity ...
62: ...he Berbers adopted [[Islam]] ''en masse'', but almost immediately expelled the Caliphate from Algeria,...
66: ...im Algerians remained outside of French law, and possessed neither French citizenship nor the right to...
68: ...succeeded in pushing the French out in [[1962]]. Most of the 1,025,000 ''[[pied-noir|pieds-noirs]]'', ... - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
13: national_motto = ''Morir antes que esclavos vivir''<br>([[English language|English]]: "To die...
14: national_anthem = ''[[Bolivianos, el hado propicio]]'' |
59: ...he area until the [[Spain|Spanish]] conquest in [[1525]].
62: ...duced much of the Spanish empire's wealth, and Potos�site of the famed Cerro Rico — "Rich Moun...
67: ... Pacific]] ([[1879]]–[[1883|83]]), when it lost its seacoast, and the adjoining rich [[nitrate]]... - 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]]) - January 17 (12233 bytes)
8: ...in [[James Cook]] becomes the first explorer to cross the [[Antarctic Circle]].
15: * [[1899]] - The [[United States]] takes possession of [[Wake Island]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]...
20: ...] - [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] forces capture the almost completely destroyed [[Poland|Polish]] city of [...
21: ...ration camp]] as [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] forces close in.
25: ...al more than $2 million from an armored car in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
3: ...ieter Brueghel the Elder''' or '''Bruegel''' (c.[[1525]] – [[September 9]], [[1569]]) was a [[Flem...
5: ...f [[Pieter van Aelst|Pieter Coecke van Aelst]], whose daughter Mayke he later married, and was in [[15...
9: ...n his art is the older Dutch master [[Hieronymus Bosch]]. He is nicknamed 'Peasant Brueghel' to distin...
64: ...vel in which a young art historian discovers the lost painting from ''The Months'' cycle. - 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... - 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... - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
6: ... from vague references in his writings. He was almost certainly [[illegitimate]]. His father was a [[...
8: ...revived classical culture of [[Italy]]. Erasmus chose to lead the life of an independent scholar, unhi...
10: He was offered many positions of honour and profit throughout the academi...
12: ...efuge in Basel, where under the shelter of Swiss hospitality he could express himself freely and where...
14: ...th of the traditional [[doctrine]], nor from any hostility to the organization of the Church itself. R... - Hittites (17910 bytes)
1: ...Boğazk?n north-central [[Turkey]]), through most of the second millennium BC.
14: ... it. Shortly after this, [[Archibald Sayce]] proposed that the Anatolian Hatti was identical with the...
32: The early Hittites, whose prior whereabouts are unknown, borrowed heavily ...
34: ... be used in the Hittite kingdom for religious purposes, and there is substantial continuity between th...
43: ... home, and the Hittite Empire was plunged into chaos. The [[Hurrians]], a people living in the mountai... - 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... - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
4: ...r his explorations made under the English flag. Most notably, in [[1497]], he set sail from [[Bristol...
12: ... will have in saide ships, upon their own proper costes and charges, to seeke out, discover, and finde...
20: ...ewfoundland|St. John's]]. He went ashore to take possession of the land, and explored the coast for so...
26: ...looking for [[silver]] along the [[River Plate]] (1525-8).
31: ...n, [[Basque]], Portuguese and English fishermen crossed the ocean to catch fish on the [[Grand Banks|N... - Demographics of Estonia (4738 bytes)
3: ...age 16. The first book in Estonian was printed in 1525.
5: ...g the Soviet era, the [[Russia]]n language was imposed for official use.
10: ...ies are at least 80 percent ethnic Estonian, the most homogenous being Hiiumaa, where Estonians accoun...
64: ...e population define themselves as believers, of those the majority are Lutheran, whereas the Russian m... - 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) - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
12: ... other Christian traditions (a broad movement composed of many congregations and church bodies). His c...
14: ...g in Christianity. His marriage on [[June 13]], [[1525]] to [[Katharina von Bora]] began the tradition o...
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... - History of Italy during foreign domination and the unification (3859 bytes)
6: ...rence) were reduced to a lesser role. The papacy lost much of its importance both because of military ...
10: ...[[Charles VIII]] of [[France]] invaded Italy unopposed. Charles entered [[Naples]] on [[February 22, 1...
27: *[[Battle of Pavia]] Feb. 24, 1525
35: ...me kings of Sardinia by increasing their Italian possessions, which now included Sardinia and the nort...
37: ...ess of Vienna]] ([[1814]]) restored a situation close to that of [[1795]], dividing Italy between Aust... - Persian rug (6404 bytes)
3: ...hus carpet-[[weaving]] is undoubtedly one of the most distinguished manifestations of [[Persian]] ([[I...
12: ... in Ala?edin Mosque in [[Konya]] and Ashrafoghlu Mosque in Beyshehir, [[Turkey]]. These pieces attract...
14: ...history of evolution and experience in this art. Most experts believe that the Pazyryk carpet is a lat...
20: Although carpet production has mostly become mechanized today, the traditional hand ...
25: ...jpg|right|thumb|260px|A rug depicting the famous mosque of Isfahan.]] - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
4: ...pain]], to a family of lesser nobility, Cortés chose to pursue a livelihood in the New World. He went...
10: ...ndo are all equally correct. The latter two were most commonly used during his lifetime, but the forme...
18: ...e and later in [[Hispaniola]], would give him a close acquaintance with the legal codes of Castile tha...
26: ...anlucai, and Seville, listening to the tales of those returning from the Indies, who told of discovery...
29: ... is rife with accounts of rivalry, jockeying for positions, mutiny, and betrayal.
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