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  1. Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
    6: ...orn circa [[1437]] at [[Grafton Regis]], [[Northamptonshire]], the daughter of [[Richard Woodville, 1s...
    10: ...May 1]], [[1464]], at her family home in [[Northamptonshire]]. At the time, Edward's adviser, [[Richa...
    18: ...f England|Richard III]], accepted the crown and kept the two princes in the [[Tower of London]], where...
    36: * Bridget Plantagenet (1480-1517), nun at Dartford Priory, Kent
  2. Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
    1: ...ell as the [[Protestant Reformation]] starting in 1517. These various changes all mark the beginning of...
    14: ...ikings]] were still capable of causing major disruption to the newly emerging societies of Western Eur...
    30: ...o the lands of western Europe. With the brief exception of the [[Mongol]] incursions, major barbarian ...
    34: ..., and there were major advances in [[art]], [[sculpture]], [[music]] and [[architecture]]. Large [[cat...
    38: ...and eastern borders. Muslim armies conquered [[Egypt]], the rest of [[North Africa]], [[Jerusalem]], [...
  3. Cairo (12536 bytes)
    1: ...|Although technically in [[Giza]], The Great [[Egyptian Pyramids|Pyramids]] have become a symbol of Ca...
    2: ...x101;hirah'') is the [[capital]] [[city]] of [[Egypt]] and has a [[metropolitan area]] population of a...
    6: ...to the city as many armies were destroyed in attempts to invade Cairo or defeated elsewhere by troops ...
    7: ...humb|200px|Egypt, with Cairo [[Governorates of Egypt|governorate]] highlighted.]]
    10: [[Image:ClimateCairoEgypt.PNG|thumb|200px|right|Average temperature and pre...
  4. Egypt (18830 bytes)
    6: ... Arab Republic of Egypt 1984.png|125px|Flag of Egypt (since 1984)]]
    7: ...40px" | [[Image:Coat of arms of Egypt.png|80px|Egypt COA]]
    9: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Flag of Egypt]]
    10: ...ign="center" width="140px" | [[Coat of Arms of Egypt|The Great Seal of the Republic]]<!--
    16: ...span=2 | [[image:LocationEgypt.png|Location of Egypt]]
  5. History of Egypt (1881 bytes)
    1: {{History of Egypt}}
    2: [[Image:Egypt.Hathor.02.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Hathor]]]]
    4: ...cult country to attack, which is why Pharaonic Egypt was for so long an independent and self-contained...
    6: ...sh;1970) remarked that he was the first native Egyptian to exercise sovereign power in the country sin...
    8: In this encyclopedia Egyptian history has been divided into six periods:
  6. Israel (51605 bytes)
    1: ...s of [[Lebanon]], [[Syria]], [[Jordan]], and [[Egypt]] (listed clockwise from north to south). Israel ...
    68: ...fore becoming part of the [[Ottoman Empire]] from 1517 until 1918. Throughout the centuries the size of ...
    73: ...of [[Nazism]] in [[1933]] and the subsequent attempted extermination of the Jewish people in the [[Sho...
    78: ...en-Gurion showed a willingness to essentially accept about 1/3 of the land that would ultimately be wo...
    83: ...ict over its status. Immediately following the adoption of the Partition Plan by the United Nations Ge...
  7. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    10: ... Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
    11: ...inci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
    103: *[[Fra Bartolommeo]] ([[1474]]-[[1517]])
    123: *[[Captain Beefheart]] ([[1941]]-)
    251: *[[Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin]] ([[1699]]-[[1779]])
  8. Crusade (28507 bytes)
    2: ...atholic Church|Roman Catholic]] endeavors to re-capture the [[Holy Land]] from the [[Islam|Muslims]], ...
    9: ...te [[Friday abstinence]] with prayer or alms (except during [[Lent]]).
    23: ... behind, were hard to beat: they knew nothing except fighting, they had no gardens and libraries to de...
    25: ...lands of [[Syria]], [[Lebanon]], [[Israel]], [[Egypt]], and so on had been conquered by [[Muslim]] arm...
    26: for holy war to defend Christendom, and to recapture the lost lands, starting at the most important...
  9. Thomas More (15893 bytes)
    2: ...efly remembered for his principled refusal to accept King [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]'s claim...
    12: ... as an honest and effective public servant. In [[1517]] More entered the king's service as councilor an...
    41: ...nry's marriage to Catherine. In [[1531]] he attempted to resign after being forced to take an oath de...
    44: ...nd. Shortly thereafter More was charged with accepting [[bribe]]s, but the charges had to be dismisse...
    46: ... Act of Succession|Act of Succession]]. More accepted Parliament's right to declare Anne the legitima...
  10. Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
    17: The word was also adopted by some of Machiavelli's contemporaries, often ...
    29: ...ssibility within Modernity through which we are kept awake at night...
    33: ...e]]'' (''The Prince''). It was written in an attempt to return to politics as an advisor to [[Lorenzo ...
    35: ...e. (Machiavelli references this in the second chapter of The Prince, which begins with the line: "Se...
    43: ...etc.,'' [[1502]] (''Description of the Methods Adopted by the Duke Valentino when Murdering Vitellozzo...
  11. Spanish Inquisition (11421 bytes)
    20: ...1492]], every Jew in the King's states had been baptised ([[New Christian]]s) or expelled. If they con...
    24: ...of "Most [[Catholic King]]", and his ongoing attempts to woo the Pope to his side politically, Ferdina...
    33: ... know which texts and pictures are accurate descriptions of the inquisition procedures.]]
    63: *[[Cardinal Cisneros]], Grand Inquisitor 1507-1517
  12. Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
    11: ...[1510]], Magellan was promoted to the rank of [[captain]]. However, after secretly sailing a ship east...
    18: ...e]], the main port of Spain, on [[October 20]], [[1517]], and from there went to [[Valladolid]] to see t...
    24: ... the contract, Magellan and Faleiro, as joint [[captain]]s-general, would receive one-twentieth of all...
    28: ...agellan's [[flagship]], and besides Faleiro the captains for the other four were Juan de Cartegena, Go...
    34: ...lmost prevented Magellan from sailing, but on [[September 20]], Magellan set sail from Sanl?de Barrame...
  13. Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
    12: ... with a letter saying that he was no longer the captain of the expedition, but Cortés' brother-in-law...
    15:
    22: ...uture (such as Quetzalcoatl's return). (This concept of Mexica cosmology is convincingly argued agains...
    24: ...ing|scuttled]] (not burned as legend has it), except for one small ship with which to communicate with...
    27: ...ortés said that if the men of Tlaxcala would accept Christianity, become his allies and vassals to hi...
  14. Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
    47: ... I]], during which most of its territories were captured by the [[Allies]], Ottoman elites established...
    53: ...st to [[Hungary]] in the northwest, and from [[Egypt]] in the south to the [[Caucasus]] in the north. ...
    59: ...Janissaries]] were disbanded, and a modern conscripted army was formed.
    61: ...defending itself from foreign occupation (e.g. Egypt occupied by the French in 1798, Cyprus occupied b...
    76: ...g the characteristic Ottoman culture. After the capture of Constantinopole (later dubbed Istanbul) in ...
  15. Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
    5: image_caption= Luther at age 46 (Lucas Cranach the Elder, 15...
    19: ..., [[1483]] in [[Eisleben]], [[Germany]] and was baptized on the feast day of [[Martin of Tours|St. Mar...
    31: ...h;he immersed himself in the teachings of the Scripture and the early church. Luther recounted that hi...
    37: ...s first public challenge of papal power came in [[1517]], over the selling of [[indulgence]]s. The ques...
    39: ... and was disgusted at the Papacy's greed and corruption.
  16. History of Germany (53864 bytes)
    12: ...nelius Tacitus]], author of ''Germania'', a descriptive work about the Germanic people at the Roman fr...
    21: .... In 496 AD the Franks defeated the Alemanni, accepted the Catholic faith and so gained the support of...
    69: ...e Holy Roman Emperor until [[1806]] (with the exception of the years between [[1742]] and [[1745]]). H...
    78: In 1517 the [[Reformation]] began: [[Martin Luther|Luther...
    93: ...re to increase their power and the Emperor's attempt to achieve the religious and political unity of t...
  17. Manganese (14965 bytes)
    45: ...g point]] </td><td>1517 [[Kelvin|K]] (2271 ?[[Fahrenheit|F]])</td></tr>
    55: ... </td><td>121 [[Pascal|Pa]] at 1517 K</td></tr>
    90: ...</td><td>[[1 E5 s|5.591 d]] </td><td>[[electron capture|&epsilon;]]</td><td>4.712</td><td><sup>52</sup...
    100: ...ndard temperature and pressure|STP]] are used except where noted.</font></th>
    119: ...used by the Spartans. Some speculate that the exceptional hardness of Spartan steels derives from the ...
  18. First Crusade (34670 bytes)
    2: ...lled over land and by sea towards Jerusalem and captured the city in July [[1099]], establishing the [...
    9: ... to the general public the idea of a Crusade to capture the Holy Land with the famous words: "God will...
    12: ... Further east, Anatolia, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt were all under Muslim control, but were political...
    16: ...yzantines and that they would be content with recapturing Syria, leaving Palestine alone; they did not...
    26: ...but whose [[millennialism|millennial]] and apocalyptic yearnings found release from the daily oppressi...
  19. Medieval History (23198 bytes)
    2: ...l as the [[Protestant Reformation]] starting in [[1517]]. These various changes all mark the beginning ...
    16: ...ikings]] were still capable of causing major disruption to the newly emerging societies of Western Eur...
    32: ...o the lands of western Europe. With the brief exception of the [[Mongol]] incursions, major barbarian ...
    36: ..., and there were major advances in [[art]], [[sculpture]], [[music]] and [[architecture]]. Large [[cat...
    40: ...and eastern borders. Muslim armies conquered [[Egypt]], the rest of [[North Africa]], [[Jerusalem]], [...
  20. Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
    12: ...nelius Tacitus]], author of ''Germania'', a descriptive work about the Germanic people at the Roman fr...
    21: .... In 496 AD the Franks defeated the Alemanni, accepted the Catholic faith and so gained the support of...
    69: ...e Holy Roman Emperor until [[1806]] (with the exception of the years between [[1742]] and [[1745]]). H...
    78: In 1517 the [[Reformation]] began: [[Martin Luther|Luther...
    93: ...re to increase their power and the Emperor's attempt to achieve the religious and political unity of t...

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