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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 - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
11: ...the British army. In 1944 she begun a paratrooper training in [[Egypt]] for the British [[Special Oper...
15: ...ers she placed in her window one at the time. She tried to keep their spirits up by singing.
17: ...udges had even found her guilty. She kept diary entries up until her last day, November 7, 1944. Her r...
23: ==Poetry==
37: ...500;א יגמר לעולם - Ponce De Leon (5480 bytes)
4: ...forced the Tainos to work in the mines and to construct fortifications. The Tainos subsequently died i...
7: In 1506, upon the death of Christopher Columbus, who had ... - Americas (7154 bytes)
6: ... and historical reasons. The [[isthmus]] of [[Central America]] is usually considered geographically ...
8: ... plural name ''the Americas''. In many other countries, they are considered a single continent, so (a...
23: ...on of [[Renaissance]] era voyagers, had died in [[1506]] (believing, to the end, that he'd discovered an...
25: ... however no copies survive) and that this was the true inspiration for Waldseem?
27: ... ''Amerrique'' in [[Nicaragua]]. The gold-rich district of Amerrique was purportedly visited by both V... - Switzerland (22270 bytes)
1: ...on of [[neutral country|political and military neutrality]], but also of international co-operation, a...
3: ...d; for example, it is used as Switzerland's [[country code top-level domain|ccTLD]], [[.ch]].
5: {{Infobox_Country|
31: time_zone = [[Central European Time|CET]] |utc_offset=+1 |
32: time_zone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] |utc_offset_DST=+2 ... - 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 people by name: X (1295 bytes)
4: ...istus Xanothopoulos|Xanothopoulos, Callistus]], patriarch of Constantinople
6: ...[[Isidore Xanthopoulos|Xanthopoulos, Isidore]], patriarch of Constantinople
7: *[[Francis Xavier|Xavier, Francis]], ([[1506]]-[[1552]]), [[Spain|Spanish]] [[missionary]]
17: *[[George Xiphilinus|Xiphilinus, George]], patriarch of Constantinople
18: ...Xiphilinus|Xiphilinus, John]], (died [[1078]]), patriarch of Constantinople - Influenza (10335 bytes)
1: ...rstood as being instances of influenza), see [[gastroenteritis]].}}
4: ... old medical belief in unfavourable [[astrology|astrological]] ''influences'' as the cause of the dise...
12: ...c drift]] and have more similarity with previous strains.
16: ...urther variation exists, thus specific influenza strain isolates are identified by a standard nomencla...
18: .... Thus, there is a tendency to apply the term to strains which cause [[epidemic]]s or [[pandemic]]s. T... - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
1: ...thumb|right|300px|The Basilica of Saint Peter, portrayed by Viviano Codazzi in a 1630 painting, is the...
2: ...too. Construction of the [[basilica]] began in [[1506]] and was completed in [[1626]].
4: ...silica also holds a relic of the ''[[Cathedra]] Petri'', the episcopal throne of the basilica's namesa...
8: ...officially recognized Christianity he started construction in [[324]] of a great basilica in this exac...
12: ... the chief architect later on, and designed the entrance. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
14: ...[1912]]-[[1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
206: *[[Bertram Brooker]] ([[1888]]-[[1955]])
219: *[[William Partridge Burpee]] ([[1846]]-[[1940]])
287: *[[Pietro da Cortona]] ([[1596]]-[[1669]]) - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
2: ...estrina]], and is usually considered to be the central figure of the [[Dutch School (music)|Netherland...
10: ... plague that year, and by [[Antoine Brumel]] in [[1506]], who stayed until the disbanding of the chapel ...
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... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
1: [[Image:treimann.summi_pontifices_in_hac_basilica_sepulti.jp...
6: ...aly]], [[Archbishop]] and [[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus ...
22: | '''Petrus''', <small>Head of the Church</small>
23: ... <small>Simon Peter</small><br>'''שמעון בן יו–...
28: | '''Petrus''', <small>Episcopus Romanus</small> - Saint Peter (16028 bytes)
1: ...er pprubens.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Saint Peter, portrayed by Peter Paul Rubens in a papal chasuble and ...
2: ...]], in favor of a more generalized concept and doctrine of sainthood where all Christians are saints a...
4: ...cifixion]] by the [[Roman Empire]]. According to tradition, Saint Peter is buried in the grottoes und...
8: ...Petros"). Jesus calls the church foundation as Petra or πετρα meaning rock. ...
15: ...ou, I will never desert you." Jesus answered, "In truth I tell you, this very night, before the cock c... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ..., he helped advance the study of [[anatomy]], [[astronomy]], and [[civil engineering]].
11: ...do also worked with [[Lorenzo di Credi]] and [[Pietro Perugino]].
22: ...rneys throughout Italy. Though Salai was always introduced as Leonardo's "pupil", he never produced an...
26: [[image:leonardo_self.jpg|thumb|left|[[Self-portrait]] in [[red chalk]], circa 1512 to 1515]]
31: ...t man to describe [[Double-Entry_Booking|double-entry bookkeeping]]) for [[Mantua]], moving on after 2... - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
4: <tr><td>[[Image:Castiglione.jpg]]</td></tr>
5: <tr><td>'''Baldassare Castiglione'''</td></tr>
10: ...sions to [[Rome]], he met [[Guidubaldo da Montefeltro]], duke of [[Urbino]], and in [[1504]] Gonzaga, ...
13: ...Maria Emilia Pia; among most constant guests [[Pietro Bembo]], [[Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici|Giulia...
15: ...ntains echoes of both ancient and contemporary poetry, with recalls [[Vergil]], [[Poliziano]], [[Sanna... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
1: [[Image:Thomas More.png|250px|thumb|right|Portrait of Sir Thomas More by [[Hans Holbein the Young...
2: ...man Catholic Church]], in which he became the [[patron saint]] of statesmen, lawyers, and politicians.
5: Born in Milk Street, [[London]], Thomas More was the eldest son of...
12: ...eror|Charles V]], More was knighted and made undertreasurer in [[1521]]. As secretary and personal ad...
14: ...tion that entailed administrative and judicial control of much of northern England. - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
10: ...ce after the expulsion of the Medici in [[1494]], travelling to European courts in [[France]], [[Germa...
15: ...s works and the name is now associated with the extreme view point. Notwithstanding the mitigating the...
17: ...ies, often used in the introductions of political tracts of the sixteenth century that offered more 'j...
21: ...tify the means", is sometimes (all too often!!) attributed to him but this was essentially NOT his pos...
25: ...w Epoch without dogmatic constraints! His insight truly is novel! - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
8: ...life of an independent scholar, unhindered by country, academic ties, [[religion|religious]] [[allegia...
10: ... rewards of independent literary activity. From [[1506]] to [[1509]] he was in Italy. He spent part of ...
14: ...ntangling obligations; yet he was in a singularly true sense the center of the literary movement of hi...
16: ...of ''Instrumentum''. This edition was used by the translators of the [[King James Version]] of the Bib...
17: ...his writings, were in Latin, but were immediately translated into other languages, with his encouragem...
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