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- 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. - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
4: ...ght the seafaring trailblazers setting out from European docks were travelling to [[East Asia]].
10: ...ing deliberate fabrications, others have instead proposed that the two letters were forgeries written ...
14: ...yage was made in [[1497]] (which allegedly began from [[C�diz]] on [[May 10th]] of that year). Littl...
16: ...mazon River]] and reaching 6�S, before turning around and seeing [[Trinidad]] and the [[Orinoco Rive...
18: ...doubtful, since his account does not mention the broad estuary of the [[Rio de la Plata]], which he mu... - 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... - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
4: ...nean Sea'' in [[oceanography]] to distinguish it from other [[mediterranean sea]]s in the world.
6: ...ians]], [[Ancient Greece|Greeks]], [[Ancient Rome|Romans]], and the [[Middle-East]] (Arab/Persian/Semi...
9: The term ''Mediterranean'' derives from the [[Latin]] ''mediterraneus'', 'inland' (''med...
11: ...1497;ם התיכון), "the middle sea", a literal adaptation of the ...
13: ... contraction for the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding regions when employed in informal speech. - Thebes, Egypt (3900 bytes)
1: ...rovided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
2: ... Egypt|New Kingdom]]), though the administration probably remained located at [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis...
4: ...as rendered Διοσπολις ''Diospolis'', "City of Z...
6: ...''Thebes'' is often mistakenly thought to derive from the Greek as there is a city in Greece with this...
27: ...es textes hi鲯glyphiques''. Vol. 3 of 7 vols. Cairo: Imprimerie de l’Institut fran硩s d’... - Ammonius Hermiae (1773 bytes)
1: ... of [[Hermias]] or Hermeias, a fellow-pupil of [[Proclus]]. He taught at [[Alexandria]], and had among...
3: Of his reputedly numerous writings, his commentaries on [[Plato]] and [[P...
5: #A commentary on the ''Categories'' (Venice, 1503 fol.), the authenticity of which is doubted by Br...
6: ... published separately by J. C. Orelli, ''Alex. Aphrod., Ammonii, et aliorum de Fato quae supersunt'' (... - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
2: ...[[Bishop of Antioch]] and later first [[Bishop of Rome]]. Tradition holds that his [[tomb]] is below ...
4: ...throne of the basilica's namesake when he led the Roman church, but which is no longer used. These ar...
8: ...ry. After [[Constantine I of the Roman Empire|Emperor Constantine]] officially recognized Christianity...
10: ...t. [[Pope Nicholas V]] asked architect [[Bernardo Rossellino]] to start adding to the old church. This...
12: ...ons were officially called). [[Michelangelo Buonarroti|Michelangelo]], who served as main architect fo... - 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]]) - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...n about 1450 and 1600. The Gregorian calendar as promulgated in [[1582]] did ''not'' specify that Janu...
7: ...404]] - Last known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes place.
9: *[[1438]] - [[Albert II of Habsburg]] is crowned King of [[Hungary]].
11: *[[1651]] - [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] crowned King of [[Scotland]]
14: *[[1707]] - [[John V of Portugal|John V]] is crowned King of [[Portugal]] - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
2: ...ce music|Renaissance]]. He was the most famous European composer between [[Guillaume Dufay]] and [[Gi...
6: ...t of the time, and he likely stayed there until [[1503]], when Duke Ercole I of [[Ferrara]] hired him fo...
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... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
2: This is a '''list of Popes of the Roman Catholic Church'''.
4: ...tself has been used officially by the head of the Roman Catholic Church since the tenure of [[Pope Sir...
6: ...[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus Servorum Dei|Servant of the...
21: | rowspan="2" | '''[[Pope Peter]]'''<br><small>Saint P...
23: ...r>'''שמעון בן יונה'''<br>(Shimon ben Y... - Saint Peter (16028 bytes)
2: ... of later [[Christianity]]. Furthermore, most [[Protestant]]s do not use the title of saint in refere...
4: ...rding to tradition, Saint Peter is buried in the grottoes underneath the [[Basilica of Saint Peter]] i...
8: ... I also say to you that you are Peter and on this rock I will build my church" (Matthew 16:17-19). In...
13: ...[[Gospel of John|John]] 1:40-42), along with his brother [[Saint Andrew|Andrew]]. Seeing them cast a n...
15: ...oid being arrested himself. When he heard a cock crow, he remembered what Jesus had said, and wept. (M... - 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... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ... human life as well, opening the door to young astronomers everywhere to challenge the facts and never...
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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... - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
1: ...re provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
2: ...derius Erasmus of Rotterdam''') ([[October 27]], probably [[1466]] – [[July 12]], [[1536]]) was ...
6: ... cared for by his parents till their early death from the [[plague]] in [[1483]], and then given the b...
8: ...of spending the rest of his life as an English [[professor]]. He stayed at [[Queens' College, Cambridg...
10: ... Press|Aldus Manutius]] at [[Venice]], but apart from this he had a less active association with Itali... - 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 ... - Sidon (4751 bytes)
1: ...]] '''צִידוֹן''', [[Standard Hebrew]] '''Ẓidon''', [[Tib...
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... - Arsenic (12497 bytes)
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22: | [[periodic table group|Group]], [[periodic table period|Period]], [[periodic...
23: | [[group 15 element|15 (VA)]], [[period 4 element|4]], [...
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41: | [[Electron configuration]] - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
2: ...me as originator of the theory of [[evolution]] through [[natural selection]].
4: ...sity. Five years on [[the Voyage of the Beagle]] brought him eminence as a [[geology|geologist]] and f...
6: ...cation in nature. He continued his research and wrote a series of books on plants and animals, now in...
15: ...e fifth of six children of [[Robert Waring Darwin|Robert]] and [[Susannah Wedgwood|Susannah]] Darwin (...
19: ... a demonstration of his method of using wires to prop up birds to draw or paint them in natural positi... - Protein (17280 bytes)
1: ...ing coloured [[alpha helix|alpha helices]]. This protein was the first to have its structure solved by...
2: ... of [[amino acid]]s joined by [[peptide bond]]s. Proteins are essential to the structure and function ...
3: ...transport of various [[ligand]]s. In nutrition, proteins serve as the source of [[amino acids]] for [...
5: Proteins are one of the classes of bio-[[macromolecules]], alongside [[polysaccharide]]s, [[lipi...
7: Most natural proteins are encoded by [[DNA]]. DNA is [[transcript...
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