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- Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ...rior eastern region that would become the first european-inhabited area of that country.
5: ...s part of a respectable family of mariners and improved his social status in 1520 by marrying Catherin...
9: ...t Cartier made three voyages of discovery in dangerous and hitherto unknown waters without losing a sh...
11: ==First Voyage 1534==
13: ... the sons of Huron [[Chief Donnacona]], back to Europe. - Aleksandra Lisowska (1848 bytes)
3: ...''Roxelana''', '''Roxolana''', '''Roxelane''', '''Rossa''', '''Ruziac''', but more often known by her ...
5: ...then [[Poland]] (now [[Ukraine]]), possibly in [[Rohatyn]]. She was captured and taken to [[Istanbul]...
7: ...son, together with his mother, sent away to be a provincial governor, before apparently persuading S?n...
11: ...ngage in several major works of public building, from [[Mecca]] to [[Jerusalem]], and the first to end...
19: ...history/tutor/islam/empires/ottoman/roxelana.html Roxelana] - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...ve arguments or evidence to the contrary, please provide them on the talk page, and wait until the con...
3: ... of the many "main" articles about Canada linked from this article, e.g., [[Politics of Canada]], [[Ge...
8: ...of Canada|territories]]. Initially constituted through the [[British North America Acts|British North...
15: ...overnor General of Canada]], who exercises the prerogatives of the head of state (the monarch), and th...
21: ...deposits, [[nuclear energy]] generation, and [[hydroelectric power]] capacity. Its diversified [[Econo... - Texas (39610 bytes)
38: The state name derives from a word in a [[Caddoan languages|Caddoan language...
55: ...and [[Arkansas]] on the east. To the southwest, across the [[Rio Grande]], Texas borders the [[Mexico|...
57: ...m you talk to (and which part of Texas they come from), Texas forms part of the [[U.S. Southern States...
70: ...kapan]], [[Bidai]], [[Caddo]], [[Comanche]], [[Cherokee]], [[Kiowa]], [[Tonkawa]], and [[Wichita (trib...
76: ...[?var N?Cabeza de Vaca]] became the first known European to set foot on Texas. - Alexander of Aphrodisias (2599 bytes)
1: ...xegetes'' ("the expositor"), was a native of [[Aphrodisias]] in [[Caria]].
4: ...etism]] of [[Ammonius Saccas|Ammonius]] and to reproduce the pure doctrine of Aristotle.
9: *the ''Meteorologica''
11: ...a'', i-v, together with an abridgment of what he wrote on the remaining books of the ''Metaphysica''.
16: ...an is material (''nous ulikos'') and inseparable from the body. - 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]]) - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
3: ...]] suspended or dissolved in water. Although the grounds used in watercolor painting vary, the most co...
6: ... the [[12th century]] the conquering [[Moors]] introduced papermaking to [[Spain]] and the technology ...
10: The forerunner of watercolor painting in Europe was [[Fresco|buon fresco painting]] — wal...
12: The earliest known use of European watercolor painting is by [[Italy|Italian]] [...
14: - History of California (38344 bytes)
1: ...k|This article covers the History of California through 1900; for events in the 20th century and beyon...
3: ...e known '''history of California''' begins with European exploration.
5: ...49, then with its fertile agricultural lands and prodigious oil fields, and finally with its high-tech...
11: ... Woman]] on [[Santa Rosa Island, California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces of a very early i...
13: ...othills collected [[acorn]]s from [[oak]] trees, ground them, and leached out the acidic [[tannin]] to... - 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: | rowspan="2" | <small>Simon Peter</small><br>'''—... - 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.... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...lso led to the [[Counter-Reformation]] within the Roman Catholic Church.
3: == Roots of the Reformation ==
20: ...cal and demographic forces that contributed to a growing disaffection with the wealth and power of the...
22: ...stry. Accumulation of surplus, competitive [[overproduction]], and heightened competition to maximize ...
24: ...e stimulated, landowners increasingly moved away from the [[Manorialism|manorial]] economy. Woolen man... - 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) - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
2: ... Granth Sahib]], the Sikh holy book. It departs from some of the social traditions and structure of [...
4: ...ain ritualistic practices that distracted people from focusing on [[God]]. He wanted to go beyond what...
6: ...s successor and to lead the Sikh community. This procedure was continued, and the tenth and last Guru,...
10: ...rance that it is a blend of insights originating from two very different faiths. Sikhism's coherence i...
12: ...es (consumerism). This materialism prevents them from seeing the ultimate reality, as God created matt... - 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... - 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 ... - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
1: ...the modern-day [[United States]], was the first European to discover the [[Mississippi River]].
3: A vast undertaking, de Soto's expedition ranged throughout the [[southeastern United States]] searchin...
5: ...quista|reconquest]] of the [[Iberian peninsula]] from Islamic forces. Spain and [[Portugal]] were fill...
9: ..., who first sailed that ocean to the [[Orient]], profoundly influenced de Soto's ambitions.
12: ...ca]]), de Soto was in charge of one of the three groups of mounted soldiers. The Spanish captured Atah...
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