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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...lorations]], [[Sea explorer|sea explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[Hi...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] ex...
8: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
15: *[[Diego de Almagro]] - Margaret of Anjou (3729 bytes)
1: ...471]], and a major proponent in the [[Wars of the Roses]].
3: Margaret was born in the province of [[Lorraine]] in [[France]], the daughter ...
12: ...ew [[Prince of Wales]] was the result of an adulterous liaison on Margaret's part.
14: ... England, where she was assisted by Henry's half-brother, [[Jasper Tudor]]. In [[1459]], hostilities r...
16: ...e Duke of York and the Earl of Salisbury were destroyed. Margaret had both beheaded, and ordered the p... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ...9]] to [[April 11]][[1974]]. Golda Meir was the "Iron Lady" of Israeli politics years before the epith...
6: ...up the front door in response to rumors of a [[pogrom]]. Her life there was tough; she and her two sis...
10: ... carpenter in [[Milwaukee]] and her mother ran a grocery store. Beginning when she was only eight yea...
14: ...gan speaking and advocating. She hosted visitors from [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]].
16: She eventually graduated from teachers' college and taught in the public schoo... - Ponce De Leon (5480 bytes)
2: ...he Spanish Crown. He is regarded as the first [[Europe]]an known to have visited what is now the [[Uni...
4: ...er exposure to the European diseases the sailors brought with them and to which the natives had no imm...
7: ... won his rights. Ponce de León was then removed from office in 1512 and felt his good name had been d...
9: ...and personal enrichment, not a physical rebirth through the waters of the Fountain of Youth. The Taino...
11: ...as made in [[New York]] in 1882 using the bronze from English Cannons seized after the English attacke... - Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
1: ...nventional Egyptian chronology]] is a type of [[chronology]] worked on for decades by scholars of [[Eg...
5: ...f an Egyptian chronology a difficult task. As Dr. Robert A. Hatch of the University of Florida puts it...
7: ...I-REV-Teaching/HIS-SCI-STUDY-GUIDE/0006_egyptianChronolgoy.html]
9: ... 106), has properly called it "the rather fluid chronology of the [[Pharaoh]]s and the [[Hittite]]s," ...
13: ... the previous "firm" dates cannot be supported astronomically. - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...a]], [[Jordan]], and [[Egypt]] (listed clockwise from north to south). Israel shares the coastlines of...
18: leader_names = [[Ariel Sharon]]<br>[[Moshe Katsav]] |
38: established_dates = From the League of Nations mandate administered by th...
58: === Historical roots ===
60: ...cia [[Syria Palaestina]]'', a Greek name derived from ''[[Philistine]]'' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] &... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] an...
44: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] ([[1595]]-[[1654]])
46: *[[Alessandro Allori]] ([[1577]]-[[1621]])
52: *[[Altichiero]] ([[1320]]-[[1395]])
54: *[[Rodolfo Amoedo]] ([[1857]]-[[1941]]) - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
1: ...=0 width=300 style="margin: 0.5em 0 1em 1em; background: #ffffff; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-co...
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15: | [[527]] || Justinian I becomes emperor.
21: ...th Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Ostrogoths]].
29: ...he Empire's remaining Italian territories, aside from some territories in the south. - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
2: ...ce music|Renaissance]]. He was the most famous European composer between [[Guillaume Dufay]] and [[Gi...
6: ...]. In the later [[1490s]] he was in [[France]], probably in the service of [[Louis XII of France|Loui...
8: ...letters in the Duke's name. While there he also wrote a setting of the [[Miserere]], Psalm 50, for fi...
10: ...-day border between Belgium and France, becoming provost of the cathedral there. During this time he ...
14: ...psed after the beginning of the [[Baroque music|Baroque]] era, with the decline of the polyphonic styl... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ... human life as well, opening the door to young astronomers everywhere to challenge the facts and never...
7: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
8: ...us' father. His brother Andrew became canon in [[Frombork]]. A sister, Barbara, became a [[Benedictine...
10: ...Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara]], a famous [[astronomer]]. He followed his lessons and became a disc...
14: ... [[eclipse]] and where he gave some lessons of astronomy or maths (unfortunately nothing of this remai... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
11: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] (1595 - 1654)
22: *[[Pietro da Barga]]
32: *[[Miguel Berrocal]] (1933 - )
45: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]] (1475 - 1564)
54: *Sir [[Anthony Caro]] (1924 - ) - Henry the Navigator (6878 bytes)
1: ...rge as an important figure in the early days of European [[colonial]] expansion.
3: ...ere Henry saw the fruits of the [[Sahara]]n trade routes, for Ceuta served as a terminus for that trad...
5: ...pointment proved important as a source of funds through the [[1440s]].
7: ...nged for the colonization of the Azores during Pedro's regency (1439–1448).
9: ...oyages, headed upwind, possible; without it, the brothers Ugolino and Guido Vivaldo had sailed into ob... - Des Moines, Iowa (13222 bytes)
4: ...Des Moines''' ([[International Phonetic Alphabet|pronounced]] {{IPA|/dɪˈmɔɪn/}} in...
8: ...ral part of the state. The [[Des Moines River]] (from [[French language|French]] ''Rivi貥 des Moines'...
9: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
10: ... Des Moines, including the [[Principal Financial Group]], Equitable of Iowa, Allied Insurance, and Ame...
31: metro pop = 481,394| - Columbus, Ohio (27104 bytes)
1: ...20px|Skyline of downtown Columbus, Ohio, viewed across the Scioto River.]]
4: ...behind #19 Cincinnati (2.05M) and #14 Cleveland-Akron (2.95M).
27: metro pop = 1.84 million|
35: ...y Relations. Also located in Columbus and its metro area are [[Ohio Wesleyan University]] in Delaware...
42: ...ublic [[Ohio State University]], government jobs provide the largest single source of employment withi... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
11: *[[John Abercrombie]], (1780-1844)
15: ...udah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}} - Sumer (14409 bytes)
2: ...r'') formed the southern part of [[Mesopotamia]] from the time of settlement by the Sumerians until th...
4: == Background ==
5: ...dian language|Akkadian]] which belongs to the [[Afro-Asiatic languages]].
10: ...]s, each centered on a temple dedicated to the patron [[god]] of the city and ruled over by a king, wh...
12: ...are over water rights, trade routes, and tribute from nomadic tribes. - Sidon (4751 bytes)
1: ...ā'''; [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] '''צִידוֹן''', [[Standar...
4: ... in producing glass and purple dyes. It was also from here that a colonising party went to found the c...
6: ...t appears that he was a "king of the Sidonians," probably in the [[5th century BCE]], and that his mot...
8: ... Rome|Romans]] in the years before [[Jesus]]. [[Herod the Great]] visited Sidon; both Jesus and [[St P...
10: ...[Kingdom of Jerusalem]]. In 1260 it was again destroyed by the [[Mongols]]. The remains of the origina... - Britain in the Middle Ages (12239 bytes)
3: ... the [[Hundred Years' War]] and the [[Wars of the Roses]].
5: ...I]] and [[John Knox]]'s Reformation in Scotland. From a linguistic and political point of view, the [[...
7: ...rom [[William I of England|William]] to [[Oliver Cromwell]] and is not a medi�val feature.
10: ...eltic marauders and invaders, and when the Roman troops left, the Britons had no effective defence.
12: ...cipants were seated Celt and Saxon alternatingly around the table. At a certain point, Hengest announc... - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
2: ...#1468;שָׁלַיִם''' '''Yerushalayim'''; [[Arabic language|...
4: ...c groups. The section called the "Old City" is surrounded by walls and consists of four quarters: [[Je...
6: ...ctory in the [[1967]] [[Six-Day War]], it has controlled the entire city and claims sovereignty over i...
9: ...thumbnail|300px|Jerusalem and the Old City. View from the Mount of Olives]]
16: ...bnail|150px|[[Archaeology|Archaeological]] ruins from [[King David]]'s time]]
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