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- Printing (4400 bytes)
4: ...g''' is an [[industry|industrial]] process for reproducing copies of [[text]]s and [[image]]s, typical...
11: ... the more sophisticated [[block printing]] dates from 868 AD (The ''[[Diamond Sutra]]'' of AD [[868]],...
13: ...developed the use of raised and movable type and from the start used oil based inks.
15: ...as developed in England by [[William Caxton]]; in 1539, the Italian Juan Pablos set up an imported press...
18: ...ymer]], [[Friedrich Koenig|Koenig]] and others introduced new kinds of type presses, which for strengt... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
1: This is a '''Conventional Egyptian chronology'''.
3: ==Introduction==
5: ...tury but not including any of the major revision proposals that have also been made in that time.
7: ...er several possible dates or even several whole chronologies as possibilities. Consequently, there may...
9: ...ional Chronology” that is quoted by [[David Rohl]] in ''A Test of Time'' (1995, Century). - Arizona (24367 bytes)
50: Fish = [[Trout|Arizona Trout]] |
57: Flower = [[Saguaro]] Blossom |
62: StateRock = [[Petrified wood]] |
72: Ships = U.S.S. Arizona (Destroyed 1941) |
88: ...s the maps were republished and circulated in [[Europe]], the name Arizona became attached to the whol... - Tennessee (19096 bytes)
11: ... = [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] (largest [[metropolitan area]] is Nashville) |
39: ...amed [[Tanasi]] (or "Tanase") in present-day [[Monroe County, Tennessee]]. The town was located on a r...
41: ...d are uncertain. Some accounts suggest it is a Cherokee modification of an earlier [[Yuchi]] or possib...
43: ...ence during the [[1750s]]. In [[1788]], [[North Carolina]] named the third county to be established in...
46: ...abited the [[Tennessee River]] Valley prior to Cherokee migration into the river's headwaters. - 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... - 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... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ... human life as well, opening the door to young astronomers everywhere to challenge the facts and never...
7: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
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... - Valley of the Kings (4430 bytes)
2: ...ology#New Kingdom|New Kingdom]], the Eighteenth through Twentieth Dynasties.
4: ... located on the west bank of the [[Nile]] across from [[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]] (modern [[Luxor]]). It ...
6: The Valley was used from approximately [[1539 BC]] to [[1075 BC]], and contains some [[Burials ...
8: ...es and children of both the nobles and pharaohs. Around the time of [[Ramesses I]] the [[Valley of the...
10: ...that this was an attraction during [[Roman Empire|Roman]] times. - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
1: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
2: ...largest expedition of the 16th and 17th century through the southeast and midwest of today's [[United ...
5: ...doba]] on his discovery and colonization voyage through [[Nicaragua]] and [[Honduras]].
6: ...an ex-officer of Davila, had tried to break away from him. De Soto denunciated the treason and defeate...
11: ...he Inca ruler [[Atahualpa]] when he preceded Pizarro to Cajamarca on their invasion march. After Atahu... - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (4763 bytes)
2: ... for [[Spain]]. Cabrillo was the first [[Europe|European]] explorer to navigate the coast of present d...
5: ...," and then worked for his keep in the home of a prominent Seville merchant.
8: Rodríguez Cabrillo shipped for [[Havana]] as a lad ...
10: ...enture (two or three ships), and stood to profit from any trade or treasure.
11: [[Image:Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho mon.jpg|thumb|205px|right|The Cab... - Tallahassee, Florida (7125 bytes)
23: metro pop = |
35: ...d in March of the following year it was formally proclaimed the capital. Florida did not become a stat...
37: ...f November, 1823, John Lee Williams (1823:22-23) wrote to Congressional Delegate (and later Florida Go...
40: ...l mission sites were established with the aim of procuring food and labor for the colony at St. August...
42: ...oto|Hernando de Soto]] spent the winter of 1538 - 1539 encamped at the Apalachee village of Anhaica, whi... - French language (40201 bytes)
3: ...ic]], [[Republic of the Congo]], [[Gabon]], [[Comoros]], [[Djibouti]], [[Mauritius]], [[Seychelles]].
4: |region=[[Africa]], [[Europe]], [[Americas]]
6: |family=[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]]<br>
8: [[Romance languages|Romance]]<br>
12: ... [[Gallo-Romance languages|Gallo-Romance]]<br> - 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... - Pharaoh (5346 bytes)
1: ...rovided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]{{Egyptian Dynasty list}}
6: ...the Hebrew original, treats ''Pharaoh'' like a [[proper name]] rather than like a title.
8: ==Open problems==
10: ...e first pharaoh of Egypt. It may have been the pharoahs [[Menes]] or [[Narmer]] (or they could be part...
13: The exact circumstances surrounding the dissapearance of [[Akhenaten]]'s wife, ... - Estevanico the moor (3698 bytes)
2: ...African origins, possibly from [[Azemmour]], [[Morocco]]. He is mentioned in various 16th century [[...
5: ...rade. He was converted to [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]]. He was sold in 1520 to Andrés ...
8: ...ar as present-day southeastern [[Arizona]], and through the [[Sonoran Desert]] to the region of [[Sina...
10: ...use his medicine gourd was trimmed with feathers from an [[owl]], a bird that symbolized death to the ...
13: ...of references to Estevanico in later accounts is proof enough of the explorer's death. - Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (19760 bytes)
3: [[Image:Coronado-Remington.jpg|thumb|right|Coronado Sets Out to the North, by [[Frederic Remingto...
5: ...estern [[United States]] between 1540 and 1542. Coronado had hoped to conquer the mythical [[Seven Cit...
7: ==Background==
8: ...ta Rica]]. <ref> [http://genforum.genealogy.com/coronado/messages/30.html Origin of Vázquez de
9: Coronado family] </ref> - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
2: ...arge portions of mainland [[Mexico]] under the [[Crown of Castile|King of Castile]], in the early 16th...
4: ...ile the more prestigious title of [[New Spain|Viceroy]] was given to a high-ranking nobleman, [[Antoni...
6: Because of the controversial undertakings of Cortés and the scarcity o...
14: ... of [[Rodrigo de Monroy y Almaraz, 5th Lord of Monroy]], and wife Mencía de Orellana y Carvajal.
16: ...tings and actions suggest he studied [[Law]] and probably [[Latin language|Latin]]. - 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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