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- Lighthouse of Alexandria (3491 bytes)
1: ...se]] of [[Alexandria]]''' (often called the "''Pharos of Alexandria''" after the island on which it re...
3: ...and remained operational until it was largely destroyed by two [[earthquake]]s in the 14th century.
5: ...mage:Pharos_of_Alexandria1.jpg|thumb|200px|The Pharos of Alexandria, an ancient lighthouse, is depicte...
7: ... one on every corner of the building. Also in the Roman period there was a statue atop the tower.
9: ...d. Probably more accurate is the claim the light from the lighthouse could be seen 35 miles (56 km) ou... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...thers. He was an [[explorer]] and [[trade]]r who crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and reached the [[Amer...
2: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
3: ...ate was over whether it would be possible to get around the planet without running out of food or gett...
5: ...rica was known to the general public throughout Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[p...
9: ...large-scale [[colonization]] of the Americas by Europeans. - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
2: ...Queen consort]] of King [[Edward IV of England]] from [[1464]] until his death in [[1483]].
6: ...claimant to the throne.) Elizabeth had two sons from the marriage, [[Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dor...
10: ..., and when Elizabeth's relatives, especially her brother, [[Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers|Earl Ri...
12: ..., the most outrageous being when her 20-year-old brother John Woodville married [[Lady Katherine Nevil...
16: ... came to the fore when a priest (believed to be [[Robert Stillington]], Bishop of Bath and Wells), tes... - Sackbut (3802 bytes)
1: ...c performance]] in recent years has brought many trombonists to the sackbut.
4: ...gan (music)|organ]]. Compared to a modern tenor trombone, the tenor sackbut has a considerably smalle...
10: ...be an alto in D, tenor in A, and bass in D; some groups are beginning to use D and A positions in perf...
16: ...rch music]] both for instrumental service music (brought to a fine art by the [[Gabrieli]] family in l...
18: ...," the earliest known piece for accompanied solo trombone. - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
16: *[[Yamagata Hiro]] (born 1964), author
17: *[[Yamamoto Isoroku]] (1884-1943), Japanese admiral
23: *[[Yan Chia-kan]] (1905-1993), ROC politician
27: ...nkovic|Yankovic, "Weird Al"]] (born 1959), US [[parody]] musician
31: ...ssociation|NBA]] [[Basketball]] player, [[Houston Rockets]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] an...
44: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] ([[1595]]-[[1654]])
46: *[[Alessandro Allori]] ([[1577]]-[[1621]])
51: *[[Albrecht Altdorfer]] ([[1480]]-[[1538]])
52: *[[Altichiero]] ([[1320]]-[[1395]]) - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
1: ...lly in [[Japan]]. ''Silk road'' is a translation from the [[German language|German]] ''Seidenstraߥ'',...
3: ...hern Anatolia into the [[Mediterranean Sea]] or through the [[Levant]] into [[Egypt]] and [[North Afri...
5: ..., if ever, covered the whole distance between [[Europe]], or the [[Middle East]], and [[China]], by la...
7: The last missing railroad link on the Silk Road was completed in [[1992]], when the internation...
10: ===Cross-continental travel=== - Rhodes (9349 bytes)
3: ...ph provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
5: ...tal of the District of the Dodecanese and of the Province of Rhodes, which also includes the nearby is...
10: ... the city in Paradisi. The road network radiates from the city along the east and west coasts.
12: ...] fruits, [[wine]] grapes, vegetables, and other crops flourish in the [[Mediterranean climate]].
17: ...tant cities of [[Lindos]], [[Ialysos]] and [[Kameiros]], which together with [[Kos]], [[Cnidus]] and [... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ... he helped advance the study of [[anatomy]], [[astronomy]], and [[civil engineering]].
7: ...iddle East|Middle Eastern]] [[slave]] owned by Piero.
9: ...ci", which means "Leonardo, son of Mister Piero, from Vinci". Leonardo himself simply signed his works...
11: ...o also worked with [[Lorenzo di Credi]] and [[Pietro Perugino]].
16: ...[Jacopo Saltarelli]], who was a notorious male [[prostitute]]. After two months in jail, he was acquit... - Spanish Inquisition (11421 bytes)
1: [[image:inquisition2.jpg|right|thumb|250px|[[Pedro Berruguete]]. ''Saint Dominic Presiding over an [...
3: ...sition was the result of the reconquest of Spain from the [[Muslim]]s and the policy of converting Spa...
6: ...from the [[Middle Ages]], as in the rest of the European countries, but not in the Kingdom of Castile ...
8: ... of Castile, and [[Barcelona]], capital of the [[Crown of Aragon]], had large [[Jew]]ish populations c...
10: ...astile even had an unofficial Crown [[Rabbi]], a professing [[Jew]]. - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
2: ...ed in the [[Philippines]] and never returned to Europe, 18 members of the crew and one ship of the fle...
5: ...Alda de Mesquita, Magellan had two siblings: his brother Diogo de Sousa, named after his grandmother, ...
7: ...on, becoming interested in [[geography]] and [[astronomy]]. Some speculate that he may even have been ...
9: ...nstall Francisco de Almeida as a Portuguese [[viceroy]] there and establish military and naval bases a...
11: ...the [[Spice Islands]]. In [[1510]], Magellan was promoted to the rank of [[captain]]. However, after s... - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
4: ...a]]n mainland, he and his men being the first [[Europe]]ans since the [[Viking]]s verifiably known to ...
6: ...s give [[Genoa]], others [[Gaeta]]. The date was around [[1451]], but he moved to [[Venice]] in his yo...
10: ...m the [[equator]], so the voyage from western [[Europe]] to eastern Asia would be shorter at higher la...
12: ...d finde, whatsoever iles, countreyes, regions or provinces of the heathen and infidelles, whatsoever t...
16: ...t seaport in England, and during the years from [[1480]] onwards several expeditions had been sent out t... - Phoenix, Arizona (34271 bytes)
4: ...capital]], largest [[City|city]] and largest [[metropolitan area]] in the state of [[Arizona]], [[Unit...
6: * the 14th largest metropolitan area of the United States, with a populati...
8: * the eighth-fastest growing metropolitan area in the U.S. (2000 census)
11: ...unty]] and the principal city of the [[Phoenix metropolitan area]].
32: metro pop = 3,251,876 | - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
11: *[[John Abercrombie]], (1780-1844)
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
22: *[[Robert Adamson]], (1852-1902) - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...id to have come to an end following its ejection from Malta by [[Napoleon]]. The '''Sovereign Military...
5: ...e of [[Jesus]]. It was served by [[Benedictine]] Brothers.
7: ...it to Jerusalem but the order soon extended into providing an armed escort to pilgrims. The escort soo...
9: ...h located near [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]]. The property of the Order was divided into [[priories]], ...
15: ... surrendered to the knights. They also gained control a number of neighboring islands, as well as the ...
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