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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...a explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technolog...
26: ...rich Barth]] ([[1821]]-[[1865]]), Northern and Central Africa
29: *[[George Bass]] - [[Australia]]n explorer
30: ...isited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]], [[Tomboucto...
31: ... [[France|French]] explorer, mapped the West [[Australia]]n coastline. - Margaret of Anjou (3729 bytes)
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12: ... was a few months old and his actions had been controlled by [[regent]]s. When he married Margaret, h...
16: ...he Duke of York and the Earl of Salisbury were destroyed. Margaret had both beheaded, and ordered the ...
18: On March 4, [[1461]], the Lancastrian army was beaten at the [[Battle of Towton]] by... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ...1491;ָּה מֵאִיר''') (b. '''Golda Mabovitz'''; [[Ma...
20: ...r duties there included picking almonds, planting trees, caring for chickens, and running the kitchen....
22: ...her. Her husband died in [[1951]], Golda was away traveling at the time.
30: ... forces from [[Egypt]], [[Syria]], [[Lebanon]], [[Transjordan]] and [[Iraq]]. She was issued Israel's...
42: ... governing coalition, and serious questions over strategic misjudgments and general lack of leadership... - Ponce De Leon (5480 bytes)
2: '''Juan Ponce de León''' (c. 1460 – July 1521) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[conq...
4: ...forced the Tainos to work in the mines and to construct fortifications. The Tainos subsequently died i... - Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
9: ...). Egyptian chronology is in a constant state of transition, with much of the terminology and dating ...
13: ...o the previous "firm" dates cannot be supported astronomically.
15: ...on]]'s text has long been interpreted such that a 1460 year long [[Sothic cycle]] ended in [[139|139 CE]...
21: ...arbon-14]], dated that the boat of Pharaoh [[Sesostris III]] about 3,621 years before c. 1950 CE.
25: ===Astronomical dates=== - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...controls, including the [[West Bank]] and [[Gaza Strip]], borders the states of [[Lebanon]], [[Syria]]...
5: {{Infobox Country |
60: ...ael (about 25% of the Jewish population, see [[Destruction of Jerusalem]]). After crushing [[Bar Kokhb...
68: ...s subject to waves of invasions and changes of control, including rule by the [[Seljuks]], [[Fatimids]...
73: ...ory into two parts. The eastern portion, called [[Transjordan]], became the Arab state of [[Jordan]] i... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
14: ...[1912]]-[[1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
175: *[[Francesco Bonsignori]] ([[1460]]-[[1519]])
179: *[[Hieronymus Bosch]] (ca.[[1460]] - [[1518]])
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
206: *[[Bertram Brooker]] ([[1888]]-[[1955]]) - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
7: ...eserved today at the entrance of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul (Constantinople).</small>
21: ...rth Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Ostrogoths]].
29: ...[[730]]-[[787]]; [[813]]-[[843]] || Iconoclasm controversies. This results in the loss of most of the...
46: ...n of [[Theodosius I]] (379-395) and Christendom's triumph over paganism, or, following his death in 39...
51: ...ly thereby renouncing their eastern neighbours as true Romans. The [[Donation of Constantine]], one of... - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
2: ...estrina]], and is usually considered to be the central figure of the [[Dutch School (music)|Netherland...
6: ...aint-Quentin]] at an early age, probably around [[1460]], and may have studied counterpoint under [[Joha...
14: ...s]], was still using examples from Josquin in his treatises on composition; and his fame was only ecli...
16: ...neously brought together most of the contemporary trends, innovated significantly, and was also able t...
18: ... Josquin were published by [[Ottaviano Petrucci|Petrucci]], [[Pierre Attaignant]] (1533), [[Tielman Su... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...f human life as well, opening the door to young astronomers everywhere to challenge the facts and neve...
8: ... his father, a wealthy businessman and [[copper]] trader, died. Little is known of his mother, Barbara...
10: ...[Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara]], a famous [[astronomer]]. He followed his lessons and became a dis...
14: ...r [[eclipse]] and where he gave some lessons of astronomy or maths (unfortunately nothing of this rema...
18: ...ely became ill. Throughout his lifetime he made astronomical observations and calculations, but always... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
22: *[[Pietro da Barga]]
33: *[[Treffle Berthlaume]] (1803 - 1884)
57: *[[Machado de Castro]] (1731 - 1822)
112: *[[Nikolaus Gerhaert]] (works ca. 1460 - 1473)
190: *[[Pietro Masni]] - Henry the Navigator (6878 bytes)
1: ...([[March 4]], [[1394]] – [[November 13]], [[1460]]), a prince of [[Portugal]], looms large as an i...
3: ...or Ceuta served as a terminus for that trade. The trade dried up after [[Battle of Ceuta|Ceuta fell in...
5: ... at [[Sagres]], near [[Cape St Vincent]] at the extreme southwestern tip of Portugal (Braudel 1985). ...
7: ...granted Henry a "royal fifth" of all profits from trading within the areas discovered as well as the s...
9: ...ool of navigators and map-makers and became the patron of the Portuguese [[voyages of discovery]], whi... - Des Moines, Iowa (13222 bytes)
8: Des Moines is located in the south central part of the state. The [[Des Moines River]] (fr...
14: ...km) [[skyway|skywalk]] system, allowing people to travel between buildings without going out of doors.
26: area = 200.1 [[square kilometre|km²]] (77.2 [[square mile|mi²]]) |
31: metro pop = 481,394|
33: time zone = Central| - Columbus, Ohio (27104 bytes)
4: ...cothe and Marion), Columbus ranks 24th in the country with 1.84M, behind #19 Cincinnati (2.05M) and #1...
27: metro pop = 1.84 million|
35: ...ty Relations. Also located in Columbus and its metro area are [[Ohio Wesleyan University]] in Delawar...
37: ...h each of the suburbs also having fairly large districts as well, sometimes overlapping municipal boun...
44: ...vision of Abbott Laboratories, makers of Ensure nutritional drink and Similac infant formula, is also ... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
15: ...udah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
102: *[[David Malet Armstrong]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
185: *[[Bernard of Chartres]], (d. 1130){{fn|C}}
187: *[[Bernard Silvestris]] (or ''Bernard of Tours''), (1147-1178){{fn|R}... - Sumer (14409 bytes)
10: ...]]s, each centered on a temple dedicated to the patron [[god]] of the city and ruled over by a king, w...
12: ...er rights, trade routes, and tribute from nomadic tribes.
14: ... [[Kings of Sumer|Sumerian king list]] contains a traditional list of the early dynasties, much of it ...
16: ...ing Kish, Uruk, Ur, and [[Larsa]], and reduced to tribute the city-state of [[Umma]], arch-rival of La...
21: ...ut the [[Kassites]] defeated the Babylonians in [[1460 BC]]. The Kassites were in turn defeated by the [... - Sidon (4751 bytes)
1: ...ā'''; [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] '''צִידוֹן''', [[Standar...
10: ...[[Kingdom of Jerusalem]]. In 1260 it was again destroyed by the [[Mongols]]. The remains of the origin...
21: ...er city of [[Tyre]]. It lay within the lot of the tribe of Asher, but was never subdued (Judges 1:31)....
24: ...e with the Sidonians, and thus their form of idolatrous worship found a place in the [[land of Israel]... - Britain in the Middle Ages (12239 bytes)
5: ...ain were conquered by [[Germanic peoples|Germanic tribes]] from the contemporary [[Jutland]] area. Sim...
7: ...s. After the [[Norman Conquest]], English power intruded into Wales with increasing vigour, but the pr...
10: ...Celtic marauders and invaders, and when the Roman troops left, the Britons had no effective defence.
12: ..., the Anglo-Saxons were able to take over the country in a matter of three to four years.
14: ...s and Angles are well attested, some of the other tribes supposedly involved in the conquest are very ... - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
2: ...#1468;שָׁלַיִם''' '''Yerushalayim'''; [[Arabic language|...
6: ...ment and otherwise functions as capital. Many countries do not recognize Israeli sovereignty over some...
12: ..."Heritage of Salem" or "Heritage of Peace" - a contraction of "heritage" (''yerusha'') and Salem (''Sh...
18: ...Jebusites in war and captured the city without destroying it. David then expanded the city to the sou...
20: ...nd of the reign of King Solomon, the northern ten tribes split off to form the [[Kingdom of Israel]] w...
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