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  1. Mexico (27255 bytes)
    66: ...th century]], and their defeat of the Mexica in [[1521]], marked the beginning of the 300 year-long colo...
    72: ...n citizenship. It also forbade the importation of slaves, a condition that, like the others, was large...
    87: ...jority in the legislature. The president also legislates by executive decree in certain economic and f...
    176: ...stic Product|GDP]] fell 0.3% in 2001, with the US slowdown the principal cause. Positive developments ...
    194: ...h]], and other expatriate communities; Mexico's Muslims number only a few thousand or less.
  2. List of explorers (24013 bytes)
    30: ...]]?-[[1377]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]] [[Berber]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to ...
    34: *[[Moric Benovsky]], [[Slovakia|Slovak]]
    53: ...ry]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[Atlantic]] islands)
    66: ... to the [[Indies]]; discovered various lands and islands and established a colony on [[Hispaniola]]
    67: ...Pacific]], discovering or mapping many lands and islands
  3. Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
    25: ...s dames'' was translated by Brian Anslay (London, 1521).
  4. Medieval art (6359 bytes)
    3: ...story]] in [[Western art history|Europe]], the [[Islamic art history|Middle East]] and North Africa. I...
    5: ...art]], [[Trecento art]], [[Byzantine art]] and [[Islamic art]]. In addition each "nation" or culture i...
    19: ...ation Period art'' describes the art of Germanic, Slavic and other peoples during the [[V?rwanderung|M...
    25: ''Islamic art'' during the Middle Ages covers a wide va...
    29: ...ed such as [[Manueline Gothic]] in Portugal (1495-1521), [[Perpendicular Gothic]] in England (1332), [[D...
  5. Ponce De Leon (5480 bytes)
    2: '''Juan Ponce de León''' (c. 1460 – July 1521) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[conquistador]]. Juan P...
    4: ...[[Agueybana]], and quickly gained control of the island. As a result, Ponce de Leon was named Governor...
    7: ...lected Ponce de León to colonize and govern the island of Puerto Rico. In the meantime Diego Columbus...
    9: ...ll of which he hoped to find at Bimini and other islands. The story of Ponce de León searching for th...
    12: ... 1513. On [[March 27]] [[1513]], he sighted an [[island]], but sailed on without landing. Later, on Ap...
  6. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    125: *[[Zdzislaw Beksinski]] ([[1929]]-)
    131: *[[George Wesley Bellows]] ([[1882]]-[[1925]])
    289: *[[Piero di Cosimo]] ([[1462]]-[[1521]])
    302: *[[Boleslaw Cybis]] ([[1895]]-[[1957]])
    305: *[[Wladyslaw Czachorski]] ([[1850]]-[[1911]])
  7. Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
    7: ...opher Columbus]] lands on one of the [[Bahamas]] Islands, "discovering" the [[New World]] (for [[15th ...
    17: *[[1521]]-Cortes destroys the Aztec empire
  8. Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
    2: ... Pratensis) (c. [[1450]] – [[August 27]], [[1521]]) was a [[Dutch School (music)|Franco-Flemish]] ...
    10: ...archers. He remained at Cond頵ntil his death in 1521.
    16: ...as such Josquin is seen as someone who simultaneously brought together most of the contemporary trends...
    18: ...d in the libraries of [[Munich]], [[Vienna]], [[Basle]], [[Berlin]], the [[Ratisbon]] cathedral, and [...
  9. List of popes (77758 bytes)
    836: | <small>[[Posthumous execution|Posthumously executed]] following the [[Cadaver Synod]]</smal...
    1638: | <small>[[9 March]] [[1513]] to [[1 December]] [[1521]]</small>
    1697: | <small>Michele Ghislieri</small>
    2007: ... the first historian to number the popes continuously. His list ends in [[1049]] with [[Pope Leo IX]] ...
    2014: ...Martin III respectively, and so, somewhat erroneously, Simon de Brion became [[pope Martin IV]].
  10. Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
    21: ... an ambassador, this time for Mantuan Dukes. In [[1521]] Pope Leo X conceded him the ''tonsura'' (first ...
    24: On the other side, quite outrageously, Alonso de Valdes (brother of Juan de Valdes and...
    30: ...d in the classics as well. The book was soon translated into Spanish, German, French, and English, an...
  11. Thomas More (15893 bytes)
    2: ...utopia]]", a name he gave to an ideal, imaginary island nation whose political system he described in ...
    7: To his father's great displeasure, More seriously contemplated abandoning his legal career in orde...
    12: ...], More was knighted and made undertreasurer in [[1521]]. As secretary and personal advisor to King Hen...
    17: ...er left-hand corner describing to a listener the island of Utopia, whose layout is schematically shown...
    19: ...hy. More and Erasmus collaborated on a Latin translation of the works of [[Lucian]], which was publis...
  12. Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
    51: *''Andria,'' comedy translated from [[Terence]], 1513 (?)
    61: *''Istorie fiorentine,'' 8 books, [[1521]]-[[1525]] (''[[Florentine Histories]]'')
    76: ...itings of Niccolò Machiavelli'' ; edited and translated by David Wootton, Indianapolis : Hackett Pub...
  13. Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
    11: * ''[[Exsurge Domine]]'', [[Diet of Worms]] ([[1521]]), [[Peasants' War]]
    36: ... rendered the clerical establishments even more disliked in the cities.
    66: ...he old order; the edict by the [[Diet of Worms]] (1521) prohibited all innovations. Meanwhile, in these ...
    70: ...the fundamental theological questions quite seriously, their followers tended to split along socio-eco...
  14. Bahrain (16123 bytes)
    1: ...'''''), is a [[borderless country|borderless]] [[island nation]] in the [[Persian Gulf]] ([[Southwest ...
    61: ...y the [[Arabs]], under whom the island became [[Muslim]]. Bahrain was in the ancient times known as [[...
    63: ..., meaning "Two Seas" refers to the fact that the islands contain the two sources of water, sweet water...
    67: ...is was Iqlim Al-Bahrain (Province of Bahrain). In 1521, the Portuguese separated Awal (now Bahrain) from...
    69: ...olitics of Bahrain by handpicking an Emir of the island. Eventually Iran and Britain agreed that the m...
  15. Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
    2: ...ellan''' (Spring [[1480]] &ndash; [[April 27]], [[1521]]; was a [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[List of sea ex...
    9: ...ute, Almeida's party attacked, conquering the [[Muslim]] city of [[Kilwa]] in present-day [[Tanzania]]...
    11: ...506]], taking part in expeditions to the [[Spice Islands]]. In [[1510]], Magellan was promoted to the ...
    13: ..., Magellan was accused of illegal trade with the Islamic [[Moors]]. He had also been involved in confl...
    22: ...e Islands), the key to the strategic and tremendously lucrative spice trade. He allegedly declared him...
  16. Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
    10: ...d worked so well in the conquest of the [[Canary Islands|Canaries]] (eliminating the indigenous [[Guan...
    18: ...had learned a Mayan dialect during seven years of slavery, though he proved less and less useful as it...
    29: ...e locals planned to murder the Spaniards in their sleep. Although he did not know if this was true or ...
    35: ...e valiant resistance, the city fell on August 13, 1521. Decomposed bodies littered the destroyed city an...
    46: ...me of his death his estate contained at least 200 slaves who were either native Africans or of African...
  17. Sweden (27111 bytes)
    63: ...eichsel glaciation]]. The region developed rather slowly compared to southern Europe; while the [[Rom...
    76: ...v I of Sweden]] (Vasa) ultimately broke free in [[1521]] and established a nation state, considered the ...
    95: Legislative power was shared between king and parliament...
    96: ...ey obviously are against constitutional laws. Legislation may be initiated by the [[Cabinet of Sweden|...
    122:
  18. Tenochtitlan (3092 bytes)
    3: ...l of the [[Aztec]] empire, which was built on an island in [[Lake Texcoco]] in what is now central [[M...
    7: ...ross this vision on what was then a small swampy island in Lake Texcoco. Not deterred by the unfavoura...
    9: ...land was perpetually enlarged as an [[artificial island]] as Tenochtitlan grew to become the largest a...
    17: ...eventually conquered the city on [[August 13]], [[1521]], after a struggle that lasted months in which m...
  19. Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
    7: place_of_birth=[[Eisleben]], [[Germany]] |
    10: place_of_death=Eisleben, Germany
    14: ... and added several principles to the art of [[translation]]. Luther's [[hymn]]s sparked anew the devel...
    19: ...' Lindemann, on [[November 10]], [[1483]] in [[Eisleben]], [[Germany]] and was baptized on the feast ...
    49: ...n at Heidelberg, where he presented theses on the slavery of man to sin and on divine grace. In the co...
  20. Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
    5: ...ecks. Although Christians were not allowed to buy slaves, male or female, and had few other privileges...
    9: ... distinguish itself in battles with the [[Islam|Muslims]], its soldiers wearing a black surcoat with a...
    15: ...They also gained control a number of neighboring islands, as well as the Anatolian ports of [[Bodrum]]...
    19: ...n the Magnificent]] delivered 200,000 men to the island. Against this force the Knights had about 7,00...
    25: ...ord the King of Sicily. Their annual fee for the island was a single [[Maltese falcon]], which they ha...

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