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- 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... - 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... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
2: ... 31.21667). [http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html]
4: ...is typically called simply by the name of the country, ''Mişr'' (Arabic, مصر) p...
6: ...attempts to invade Cairo or defeated elsewhere by troops sent from Cairo. ([[Mongols]], Crusaders & Ot...
11: ...y of Cairo, Egypt, seen as a large bright area centre left of the image, Credit-ESA 2004.]]
25: ... Cairo has the largest concentration of medi涡l structures in the world.]] - Egypt (18830 bytes)
34: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 29th]] <br /> [[1 E12 m2|1,001,...
37: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 15th]] <br /> 74,718,797 ...
54: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]'''
58: ...[Southwest Asia]]), while the majority of the country is located in [[North Africa]]. It shares land b...
62: ...ly regarded as the main political and cultural centre of the Arab and Middle Eastern regions. - History of Egypt (1881 bytes)
4: ...gypt's peculiar geography made it a difficult country to attack, which is why Pharaonic Egypt was for ...
6: ...e Egyptian to exercise sovereign power in the country since [[Pharaoh]] [[Nectanebo II]], deposed by t...
12: *[[History of early Arab Egypt]]: [[639]] to [[1517]]
13: *[[History of Ottoman Egypt]]: [[1517]] to [[1805]] - 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: ...fore becoming part of the [[Ottoman Empire]] from 1517 until 1918. Throughout the centuries the size of ...
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]]
103: *[[Fra Bartolommeo]] ([[1474]]-[[1517]])
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
206: *[[Bertram Brooker]] ([[1888]]-[[1955]])
219: *[[William Partridge Burpee]] ([[1846]]-[[1940]]) - Crusade (28507 bytes)
2: ...mage:Medievalcolor_003.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Illustration provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Cla...
7: ...es of the year. This was somewhat successful, but trained warriors always sought an outlet for their v...
9: ...ng both a papal standard (the ''vexillum sancti Petri'') and an [[indulgence]] to those who were kille...
11: ...ame personally engaged in a dramatic religious controversy. The result was an awakening of intense Chr...
13: ...wever, the Muslim armies' successes were putting strong pressure on the [[Eastern Orthodox]] [[Byzanti... - 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! - Spanish Inquisition (11421 bytes)
3: ... [[Inquisition]] acting in [[Spain]] under the control of the [[Kings of Spain]]. This Inquisition was...
6: ...Middle Ages]], as in the rest of the European countries, but not in the Kingdom of Castile & Leon!
10: ...ted [[Abiathar Crescas]], a Jew, as his court [[astrologer]]. Jews held many prominent posts, both rel...
14: ...and was not above using religion as a means of controlling his people. He wanted the Jewish and Muslim...
16: ...heir. However, he did not want the [[Pope]] to control the [[Inquisition]] in Spain, as he was jealous... - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
5: ...brosa]] (near [[Vila Real]], in the province of [[Tr᳭dos-Montes]] of north [[Portugal]]) or in [[Por...
7: ...ion, becoming interested in [[geography]] and [[astronomy]]. Some speculate that he may even have been...
9: ...perience battle: when a local king refused to pay tribute, Almeida's party attacked, conquering the [[...
13: ...f several medals, Magellan was accused of illegal trade with the Islamic [[Moors]]. He had also been i...
15: ...at he would have no further employment in his country's service after [[May 15]], [[1514]]. Magellan f... - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
5: ...llín (Spain)|Medellín]], in the province of [[Extremadura]], in the [[Castile|Kingdom of Castile]] i...
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...
18: ...less useful as it became apparent that Marina was trilingual: she spoke Maya, Nahuatl (the language of... - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
45: ...'the Porte'', from the [[French language|French]] translation of the [[Ottoman language|Ottoman]] name...
47: ...aliph of Islam]], and the Ottoman Empire was from 1517 until [[1922]] (or [[1924]]) synonymous with the ...
53: ... [[Suleiman I]] in the [[16th century]], when it stretched from the [[Persian Gulf]] in the east to [[...
55: ...[spice]] trade. In Aceh, the Ottomans built a fortress and supplied huge cannon. The [[the Netherlan...
57: ...lemate with their European and Asian neighbor countries, the European development went into overdrive.... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
12: ...of the [[Bible]] resulted in the formation of new traditions within Christianity and his teachings und...
14: ...of [[clerical marriage]] within several Christian traditions.
19: ...earby [[Mansfeld]]. Having risen from the [[peasantry]], his father was determined to see his son asce...
23: ...torm in the summer of 1505. A [[lightning bolt]] struck near to him as he was returning to school. Ter...
25: ==Luther's struggle to find peace with God== - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
5: ...e [[Low Countries]], and parts of northern and central [[Italy]]. But its sovereign was usually the Ge...
10: ...[[Germanic tribes]], [[Confederations of Germanic Tribes]], [[Germania]], [[Germania Inferior]], [[Ger...
15: ...e Rhine. Roman forts were built at [[Cologne]], [[Trier]], [[Koblenz]], [[Mainz]] and elsewhere to sec...
17: ... the emergence of a number of large West Germanic tribes - Alemanni, Franks, Chatti, Bajuwari, Saxons,...
19: ...heir own ancestral land. The mingling of Germanic traditions and the Christian religion gave rise to t... - Manganese (14965 bytes)
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8: <tr><td align="center">[[Image:Mn-TableImage.png]] - First Crusade (34670 bytes)
2: ...n power]], and was the only crusade – in contrast to the many that followed – to achieve i...
7: ...nd [[Aragon]] were all actively fighting Islamic strongholds in [[Majorca]] and [[Sardinia]], freeing ...
9: ... to the European nations. Muslims occupied the centre of the Christian universe, Jerusalem, which, alo...
12: ...onsolidating their own territories and gaining control of their neighbours, than with cooperating agai...
14: ...theastern Syria and northern Mesopotamia. They controlled Jerusalem until 1098. In eastern Anatolia an... - 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... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
5: ...e [[Low Countries]], and parts of northern and central [[Italy]]. But its sovereign was usually the Ge...
10: ...[[Germanic tribes]], [[Confederations of Germanic Tribes]], [[Germania]], [[Germania Inferior]], [[Ger...
15: ...e Rhine. Roman forts were built at [[Cologne]], [[Trier]], [[Koblenz]], [[Mainz]] and elsewhere to sec...
17: ... the emergence of a number of large West Germanic tribes - Alemanni, Franks, Chatti, Bajuwari, Saxons,...
19: ...heir own ancestral land. The mingling of Germanic traditions and the Christian religion gave rise to t...
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