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- Lighthouse of Alexandria (3491 bytes)
7: ...y; a [[fire]] was lit at night. As it can be seen from images of the Lighthouse on Roman coins struck ...
9: ...ed. Probably more accurate is the claim the light from the lighthouse could be seen 35 miles (56 km) o...
13: ... [[Romance languages]], such as [[French language|French]] (''phare''),
20: ...he ruin. Even the stubby remnant disappeared in [[1480]], when the then-Sultan of Egypt, [[Qaitbay]], us... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...ns claim he could have been born in other places, from the [[Aragonese_Empire|Crown of Aragó]] to the...
5: ...is one thing that sets off Columbus' first voyage from all of these: less than two decades later, the ...
29: ... Atlantic Ocean. The fleet came under attack by [[French privateers]] off the [[Cape of St. Vincent]],...
31: ...and]], [[Madeira]], [[Azores|the Azores]], and [[Africa]]. Columbus's brother Bartolomeo worked as a ...
33: ... to purchase sugar, and along the coasts of West Africa between [[1482]] and [[1485]], reaching the Po... - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
2: ...[Queen consort]] of King [[Edward IV of England]] from [[1464]] until his death in [[1483]].
6: ... claimant to the throne.) Elizabeth had two sons from the marriage, [[Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Do...
10: ...ick]], was negotiating a marriage alliance with [[France]]. When the marriage to Elizabeth Woodville ...
12: ...oped up favours and lucrative opportunities; in [[1480]], for example, when Elizabeth's obscure brother-...
36: * Bridget Plantagenet (1480-1517), nun at Dartford Priory, Kent - Sackbut (3802 bytes)
1: ... is used to differentiate the historic instrument from its modern counterpart. Increasing interest in...
4: ... Ages]], a closer to exact date would be around [[1480]]. It evolved into what we know today as the '[[T...
16: ...[17th Century]] [[Italian music]]. Sackbuts also frequently played courtly [[dance music]].
21: ...com Concerto Palatino], [http://www.lafenice.asso.fr/ La Fenice], [http://www.piffaro.com Piffaro], th... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
46: *[[Frank Yates|Yates, Frank]], ([[1902]]-[[1994]]), statistician
48: ...[[1747]]-[[1826]]), Continental Congress delegate from [[New York]]
57: *[[Yazdegerd I of Persia]], from [[399]] to [[420]].
58: *[[Yazdegerd II of Persia]], from [[438]] to [[457]].
59: *[[Yazdegerd III of Persia]], from [[632]] to [[651]]. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
7: *[[Paul Cezanne]], ([[1839]]-[[1906]]), French artist
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
17: *[[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
29: *[[Franklin Adams]]
51: *[[Albrecht Altdorfer]] ([[1480]]-[[1538]]) - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
1: ...ally in [[Japan]]. ''Silk road'' is a translation from the [[German language|German]] ''Seidenstraߥ''...
3: ...hrough the [[Levant]] into [[Egypt]] and [[North Africa]].
13: ... the way from the shores of the [[Pacific]] to [[Africa]], and deep into the heart of [[Europe]]. Thes...
18: [[Lapis lazuli]] was being traded from its only known source in the ancient world R...
28: ...ains, routes across them were, apparently, in use from very early times. - Rhodes (9349 bytes)
10: ...f the city in Paradisi. The road network radiates from the city along the east and west coasts.
12: ...rocky, arable sandy strips exist where [[citrus]] fruits, [[wine]] grapes, vegetables, and other crops...
21: ...], but by this time Rhodes had withdrawn entirely from the conflict and had decided to go her own way.
41: ...]] of Egypt in [[1444]] and of [[Mehmed II]] in [[1480]]. Finally, however, Rhodes fell to the large arm...
43: In [[1912]], Rhodes was seized from the Turks by the [[Italy|Italians]], and in [[1... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
9: ...nci", which means "Leonardo, son of Mister Piero, from Vinci". Leonardo himself simply signed his work...
18: ...with his assistant, Salai, "Did you play the game from behind which the Florentines love so much?"
20: ...ntimately involved with any woman, nor in a close friendship with one. He also surrounded himself with...
22: In 1506, Leonardo met [[Count Francesco Melzi]], the 15 year old son of a [[Lombar...
23: ... [[Niccolchiavelli]], [[Cesare Borgia]] and [[Franchinus Gaffurius]]. - Spanish Inquisition (11421 bytes)
3: ...isition was the result of the reconquest of Spain from the [[Muslim]]s and the policy of converting Sp...
6: ...] and [[Valencia]], there was a local inquisition from the [[Middle Ages]], as in the rest of the Euro...
22: ...on]], who threatened to withhold military support from his kingdom of [[Sicily]]. Sixtus issued the [[...
26: ...in the midst of all these threats, in August of [[1480]] the Sultan had attacked [[Italy]] itself, at th...
36: ...often used to gain repentance. Punishments ranged from public shame to burning at the stake—dead... - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
2: ...ho sailed for [[Spain]]. He was the first to sail from [[Europe]] westwards to [[Asia]], the first [[E...
7: ... had gone two years before. Here, with his cousin Francisco Serrano, Magellan continued his education,...
9: ... In [[1505]] he was sent to [[India]] to install Francisco de Almeida as a Portuguese [[viceroy]] the...
15: ...ices to the court of [[Spain]], changing his name from "''Fern㯠de Magalh㥳''" to "''Fernando de Mag...
18: ...n port of Spain, on [[October 20]], [[1517]], and from there went to [[Valladolid]] to see the teenage... - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
4: ...ish flag. Most notably, in [[1497]], he set sail from [[Bristol]] on his ship the ''[[Matthew (ship)|...
10: ...urther one is from the [[equator]], so the voyage from western [[Europe]] to eastern Asia would be sho...
12: ...Henry VII of England]] gave him a grant "full and free authoritie, leave, and power, to sayle to all p...
16: ...t seaport in England, and during the years from [[1480]] onwards several expeditions had been sent out t...
20: ...nd]]). He sailed to [[Dursey Head]], [[Ireland]], from where he sailed due west to Asia - or so he tho... - Phoenix, Arizona (34271 bytes)
46: ...water from the Salt River. Their name is derived from the [[Pima]] (Akimel O'otham) phrase, ''Ho Ho K...
49: ... and others from Wickenburg had dug a short canal from the Salt River and founded a small farming colo...
53: ...'', memorializing the birth of a new civilization from the ruins left by the Hohokam.
61: ...Hotel now stands. Miss Nellie Shaver, a newcomer from Wisconsin, was appointed as the first female sc...
65: ...nment. The bill was signed by Governor [[John C. Fremont]] on [[February 25]], [[1881]]. Phoenix wa... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
55: *[[Francesco Algarotti]], (1712-1764)
62: *[[Henri-Fr餩ric Amiel]], (1821-1881)
109: *[[Georg Anton Friedrich Ast]], (1778-1841)
122: *[[Alfred Ayer|Alfred Jules Ayer]], (1910-1989){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...aid to have come to an end following its ejection from Malta by [[Napoleon]]. The '''Sovereign Militar...
5: ...im's mother was Christian. In [[1023]], merchants from [[Amalfi]] and [[Salerno]] in [[Italy]] were gi...
9: ... by the Papacy, for example, the order was exempt from all authority save that of the Pope, and it pai...
11: [[Image:knights_hospitaller.JPG|framed|right]]
17: ...ypt in [[1444]] and another by [[Mehmed II]] in [[1480]], who after the [[fall of Constantinople]] made ...
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