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- 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... - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
1: ...ell as the [[Protestant Reformation]] starting in 1517. These various changes all mark the beginning of...
5: [[Image:MCD_001.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Romanesque]] [[architecture]] flourished in the earl...
6: ...rn European historians. That term has now fallen from favor, partly to avoid the entrenched stereotype...
8: ..., and patterns of property ownership. The ''[[Pax Romana]]'', with its accompanying benefits of safe c...
12: ...ty. The centralised administrative systems of the Romans did not withstand the changes, and the instit... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
1: ...an Pyramids|Pyramids]] have become a symbol of Cairo internationally]]
2: ...ost populous metropolitan area]] in the world. Cairo is located at 30°2' North, 31°13' East (3...
4: ...y, ''Mişr'' (Arabic, مصر) pronounced ''Maşr'' in the local dialect.
6: ...airo or defeated elsewhere by troops sent from Cairo. ([[Mongols]], Crusaders & Ottomans are examples)
7: ...age:EgyptAlQahirah.png|thumb|200px|Egypt, with Cairo [[Governorates of Egypt|governorate]] highlighted... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
1: ...cing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-co...
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25: | [[Cairo]]
40: | from the [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br />[[28 February]], ...
45: | '''[[Time zone]]'''<br/> - in [[European Summer Time|summer]] - History of Egypt (1881 bytes)
6: ...ians]], [[Ancient Greece|Greeks]], [[Ancient Rome|Romans]], [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]], [[Arabs]]...
11: *[[History of Greek and Roman Egypt]]: [[332 BC]] to [[639]] AD
12: *[[History of early Arab Egypt]]: [[639]] to [[1517]]
13: *[[History of Ottoman Egypt]]: [[1517]] to [[1805]] - 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]]) - Crusade (28507 bytes)
2: ...Muslims]], but some were directed against other Europeans, such as the [[Fourth Crusade]] against [[Co...
6: == Historical background ==
7: ... violence. A plea for help from the Byzantine Emperor [[Alexius I]] in opposing [[Muslim]] attacks thu...
9: ...ts]] and some [[mercenaries]] from elsewhere in Europe in the fight against the Islamic [[Moors]]. In ...
11: ...me personally engaged in a dramatic religious controversy. The result was an awakening of intense Chri... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...an Catholic Church]], in which he became the [[patron saint]] of statesmen, lawyers, and politicians.
9: ...own her daughter by her previous husband. More provided his daughters with an excellent classical ed...
12: ...[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]], More was knighted and made undertre...
14: ...ion that entailed administrative and judicial control of much of northern England.
17: ...e:Utopia.jpg|300px|thumb|left|[[Woodcut]] by [[Ambrosius Holbein]] for a [[1518]] edition of ''Utopia.... - 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]]. - 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... - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
5: ...] (not to be confused with another Francisco Pizarro who joined Cortés to conquer the [[Aztec]]s).
10: ...iminating the indigenous [[Guanches]]) but would prove devastating in the New World.
12: ...nger the captain of the expedition, but Cortés' brother-in-law killed the messenger and told him what...
15: ...bout the Aztec empire and the clash between the European and Indian cultures. However, as early as the...
18: ...oken only to and in front of the Mexica/Aztec emperor. - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
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11: | colspan=2 style="text-align: center; background: white;" | [[Image:Ottoman 1683.png|Map of the...
45: ...ing to the Empire's position as gateway between Europe and Asia. In its day, the Ottoman Empire was al...
47: ...antinople]] (modern [[Istanbul|İstanbul]]) from the [[Byzantine Empire]], it became the Ottoman ... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
12: ...mpacted upon the [[Counter-Reformation]] in the [[Roman Catholic Church]].
17: ...ht|220px|The "Luther house" where Luther boarded from ages 14 to 17 while attending private school at ...
19: ...pper]] mine in nearby [[Mansfeld]]. Having risen from the [[peasantry]], his father was determined to ...
21: ...505]]. According to his father's wishes, Martin enrolled in the law school of that university.
26: ...ood works to please [[God]] and to serve others through prayer for their souls. Yet peace with God esc... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: ...they exerted influence upon Western civilization from its very beginnings.
5: ...nown as the second Reich to indicate its descent from the medieval empire. By the same reasoning, [[Ad...
7: This article begins with the Roman-Germanic period and ends with the Unification ...
9: ==The Germans and the Romans==
12: ...tive work about the Germanic people at the Roman frontier on the Rhine]] - Manganese (14965 bytes)
5: ...">[[chromium]] – '''manganese''' – [[iron]]</td>
7: <tr><td rowspan="3" valign="center">'''Mn'''<br>[[Technetium...
18: ...riod]], [[periodic table block|Block]]</td><td>[[group 7 element|7 ]], [[period 4 element|4]], [[d-blo...
24: ...n="2" align="center" bgcolor="#ffc0c0">'''Atomic properties'''</th></tr>
34: <td>[[Electron configuration]] </td><td><... - First Crusade (34670 bytes)
2: ...asants from many different nations of [[western Europe]], with little central leadership, travelled ov...
4: ==Background==
5: ...ry little to do but fight among themselves and terrorize the peasant population.
7: ...ardinia]], freeing the coasts of Italy and Spain from [[Muslim]] raids.
9: ...ian universe, Jerusalem, which, along with the surrounding land, was considered one giant [[relic]], t... - Medieval History (23198 bytes)
2: ...l as the [[Protestant Reformation]] starting in [[1517]]. These various changes all mark the beginning ...
4: (The corresponding adjective, from the Latin ''medius aevus'', is spelled '''''medi...
7: [[Image:MCD_001.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Romanesque]] [[architecture]] flourished in the earl...
8: ...rn European historians. That term has now fallen from favor, partly to avoid the entrenched stereotype...
10: ..., and patterns of property ownership. The ''[[Pax Romana]]'', with its accompanying benefits of safe c... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
3: ...they exerted influence upon Western civilization from its very beginnings.
5: ...nown as the second Reich to indicate its descent from the medieval empire. By the same reasoning, [[Ad...
7: This article begins with the Roman-Germanic period and ends with the Unification ...
9: ==The Germans and the Romans==
12: ...tive work about the Germanic people at the Roman frontier on the Rhine]]
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