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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. - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...ugal]] among others. He was an [[explorer]] and [[trade]]r who crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and reac...
3: ...ry [[myth]] created by [[Washington Irving]]. Contrary to this belief, most people at that time accep...
5: ...f peoples throughout time; see '''[[Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact]]''', one of the most consiste...
7: ...]), as well as the coasts of [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]. He never reached the p...
11: Columbus remains a controversial figure. Some – including many [[Nat... - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
6: *[[John Agapetus|Agapetus, John]], patriarch of Constantinople
8: *[[Anu Agarwal|Agarwal, Anu]], (1969-), Indian actress
13: *[[Agathangelus I]], patriarch of Constantinople
16: *[[Agathon]] (c. 448-400 BCE), Athenian tragic poet
24: ...elli|Agnelli, Gianni]], (1921-2003), Italian industrialist - Anne Neville (4967 bytes)
1: ...t]] of King [[Richard III of England]] [[1483]]-[[1485]].
9: ...ted -- but they were either married or formally betrothed (the legal equivalent of marriage) at the Ch...
11: ...working as a servant in [[London]]. Whatever the truth, it is likely that Richard's desire to marry h...
21: ...d, probably of [[tuberculosis]], on [[March 16]], 1485, at [[Westminster Abbey|Westminster]], where she ...
25: ...enman]], which presents a strongly sympathetic portrayal of Richard. - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
6: ...61]], fighting for the [[House of Lancaster|Lancastrian]] cause. (This was ironic, as Edward IV was t...
10: Edward IV had many mistresses, the most notorious being [[Jane Shore]], bu...
12: ...ges the queen arranged for her family, the most outrageous being when her 20-year-old brother John Woo...
16: ...ding contract that rendered any other marriage contract invalid as bigamous. (It was said that Eleano...
20: ...n]] and was buried on [[June 12]] in the same chantry as her husband King [[Edward IV of England|Edwar... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
2: ...and the [[betrothal|betrothed]] of [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]]. The area of [[Christian]] [[theolo...
8: ...hodox Christian churches, are based on [[faith]], traditions of the Church Fathers, and their interpre...
13: ...there they found shelter in the inn provided for strangers (Luke 2:6, 7). But as the inn was crowded,...
17: ...present at the inauguration of Jesus' public ministry when, at the marriage in [[Cana]]; her intercess...
19: ...t is held by many Christians that she is again portrayed as the heavenly Woman of Revelation (Revelati... - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
1: ... [[Early Modern]] period that preceded the [[Industrial Revolution]].
6: ... has now fallen from favor, partly to avoid the entrenched stereotypes associated with the phrase, but...
8: ...t. Administrative, educational and military infrastructure quickly vanished, leading to the rise of il...
12: ...d a new model for society. The centralised administrative systems of the Romans did not withstand the ...
14: ...e urban control of bishops and the territorial control exercised by dukes and counts. The rise of urba... - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
2: ...n(do) Cortés, marqués del Valle de Oaxaca''' ([[1485]]–[[December 2]], [[1547]]) was the [[conqu...
5: ... the [[Castile|Kingdom of Castile]] in Spain in [[1485]], the only child of Martín Cortés and Catalina...
7: ...ween seeking fame and glory in a war in Italy, or trying his luck in the Spanish colonies of the [[New...
12: ... to be taken without prior authorization, "in the true interests of the realm." At the last minute, t...
15: ... generally accepted that Cortés does not write a true “history,” but rather combines history with... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
31: *[[Rodolphus Agricola]], (1443-1485){{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}... - Medieval History (23198 bytes)
2: ... [[Early Modern]] period that preceded the [[Industrial Revolution]].
8: ... has now fallen from favor, partly to avoid the entrenched stereotypes associated with the phrase, but...
10: ...t. Administrative, educational and military infrastructure quickly vanished, leading to the rise of il...
14: ...d a new model for society. The centralised administrative systems of the Romans did not withstand the ...
16: ...e urban control of bishops and the territorial control exercised by dukes and counts. The rise of urba... - 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 ... - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
2: ... Valle de Oaxaca''' ({{IPA-es|erˈnan korˈtes}}; 1485 – December 2, 1547) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] ''[...
4: ... Cortés, he fought them and won, using the extra troops as reinforcements. Cortés wrote letters dire...
6: ...as an individual. As a result of these historical trends, descriptions of Cortés tend to be simplisti...
14: ... [[Captain (OF-2)|captain]] of distinguished ancestry but slender means. Hernán's mother was Catalina...
16: ...udy at the [[University of Salamanca]] in west-central Spain. This was Spain's great center of learnin...
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