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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]] - 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. - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
17: ...Special Operations Executive|SOE]] agent, WW II hero
25: ...es de Poitou]], (1020-1077), regent of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] [[1056]]-[[1068]]
27: *[[Spiro Agnew|Agnew, Spiro]], (1918-1996), [[Vice President of the United St...
36: ...nnes Agricola|Agricola, Johannes]], (1494-1566), Protestant reformer
38: *[[Rodolphus Agricola|Agricola, Rodolphus]], (1443-1485), Dutch scholar and humanist - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
4: ...ony of Padua, ''Josepha'' in honour of her elder brother, [[Joseph II|Archduke Josef]] and ''Johanna''...
6: ...d Ferdinand-Karl ? already had important official roles within the [[Hapsburg]] Empire.
7: ... one of the most brilliant political figures in Europe.]]
11: ...a]] and Maria-Antonia's favourite sister, Maria-Carolina, was married to King Ferdinand of the [[Naple...
15: ...heir was his grandson, Louis-Auguste, and it was proposed that he should marry one of [[Maria Theresa ... - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: ...structure, physical properties, history, and the processes that shape it. It is one of the [[Earth sci...
3: ...]] and [[coal]], as well as [[metals]] such as [[iron]], [[copper]], and [[uranium]]. Additional econo...
5: [[Astrogeology]] refers to the application of geologic pr...
7: ...used by Jean-Andreluc in the year [[1778]] and introduced as a fixed term by Horace-Bedict de Saussure...
10: ...ocean, he inferred that the land was formed by [[erosion]] of the [[mountain]]s and by [[Deposition (g... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...[[Christopher Columbus]], [[Vasco da Gama]], [[Pedro ?vares Cabral]], [[John Cabot]], [[Juan Ponce de ...
3: ...]. These that were a combination of traditional European and Arab designs were the first ships that co...
6: ...he most accurate world maps prior to the age of European exploration]]
7: ...East was almost completely controlled by traders from the Italian city states. Their close links to th...
9: ...'[[Travels]]'' and the work was read throughout Europe. - Jamaica (16893 bytes)
2: ...cing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-co...
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8: | align="center" width="140px" rowspan="2" height="135px" | [[Image:Jamaica_coat_me...
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44: | <font size="1">From [[West Indies Federation]] and [[United Kingdom|... - 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]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
7: ...ring" the [[New World]] (for [[15th century]] [[Europe]])
8: *[[1494]]-[[Treaty of Tordesillas]] divides the New World...
9: *[[1497]]-[[John Cabot]] is the first European since the [[Viking]]s to reach the North Amer...
13: *[[1513]]-[[Vasco N?de Balboa]] crosses isthmus of [[Panama]], sees [[Pacific Ocean]]
17: *[[1521]]-Cortes destroys the Aztec empire - 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... - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
1: ....jpg|thumb|150px|Machiavelli, ca [[1500]], in the robes of a Florentine public official]]
3: ...in [[realist]] [[political theory]], crucial to European statecraft during the [[Renaissance]].
5: ==Background==
10: ...as also the king who committed the five capital errors in statecraft summarized in ''The Prince'', and...
12: ...is honor can be found at the [[Basilica di Santa Croce di Firenze]]. - Florence (11538 bytes)
1: ...dom of Italy. Florence was long ruled ([[1434]]-[[1494]], [[1512]]-[[1527]] and [[1530]]-[[1737]]) by th...
3: A centre of medieval [[Europe]]an trade and finance, the city is sometimes co...
9: ...ht|thumb|300px|The bridges of Florence at sunset from Piazzale Michelangelo]]
17: ...rienced subsequent periods of [[Byzantine]], [[Ostrogothic]], [[Lombard]] and [[Frankish rule]], durin...
19: ... by the White Guelph [[Dino Compagni]] in his [[Chronicles of Florence]]. - 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) - Chile (capsicum) (7837 bytes)
1: ...le'') is the fruit of the plant ''[[Capsicum]]'' from the nightshade family (''[[Solanaceae]]'').
5: ...riginate in [[the Americas]]; they are now grown around the world because they are widely used as [[sp...
11: ...nd first wrote about their medicinal effects in [[1494]].
20: ...hich includes the hottest peppers such as [[habanero]]s and [[Scotch bonnet]]s
21: ... pubescens'', which includes the South American [[rocoto]] peppers - History of Italy during foreign domination and the unification (3859 bytes)
6: ...rtance both because of military defeats and of [[Protestant Reformation]], which deeply weakened the c...
8: ...rmation]], with which it established a strict control over intellectual life in catholic countries. So...
10: ...n of Naples with the help of a Ventian fleet and troops under the command of [[Gonzalo de C�rdoba]].
39: ... until [[1870]]) and the north-eastern provinces around Venice (most of which were annexed in [[1866]]...
42: * [[List of Holy Roman Emperors]] - Caterpillar track (7234 bytes)
1: ...|Pa]]), whereas the 70 tonne [[M1 Abrams]] has a ground pressure of just over 15 PSI (103 kPa).
8: ...jamin Holt]], paid Lombard $60,000 so they could produce vehicles under his patent.
12: ...illery over the difficult terrain of the Western Front.
14: ...pment of the axle which keep a rotating cylinder from moving.
18: ...ed on the Israeli [[Merkava]] tank which helps improve mobility and speed, some of the Israeli patents... - Lichen (7988 bytes)
2: ...e.jpg|thumb|500 px|right|Yellow and white lichen growing on a tree]]
5: ... px|right|''Usnea australis'', a fruticose form, growing on a tree branch]]
6: [[Image:Lichen02.jpg|thumb|230px|right|Lichen on rock]]
8: ...otic]] organisms made up by the association of microscopic [[green alga]]e or [[cyanobacteria]] and fi...
10: ...], is present this can [[nitrogen fixation|fix nitrogen]], complementing the activities of the green a...
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