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- Lighthouse of Alexandria (3491 bytes)
9: ...his is highly unlikely due to the lack of modern optics and reflective technology in the time period i...
17: ...uilding was finished during the reign of his son, Ptolemy II Philadelphos.
20: ...sappeared in [[1480]], when the then-Sultan of Egypt, [[Qaitbay]], used the rubble to help build a for... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ...rary to this belief, most people at that time accepted that the earth was round. The main debate was o...
13: It has generally been accepted that he was [[Genoa|Genovese]], although doubts...
35: ...umbus and Felipa had a son, [[Diego Colón]] in [[1480]]. Felipa died in January of [[1485]]. Columbus ...
39: ...f [[Africa]]. Columbus had another idea. By the [[1480s]], he had developed a plan to travel to the [[In...
43: ... distance to the Indies. Most scholars accepted [[Ptolemy]]'s claim that the terrestrial landmass (for... - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
6: ...orn circa [[1437]] at [[Grafton Regis]], [[Northamptonshire]], the daughter of [[Richard Woodville, 1s...
10: ...May 1]], [[1464]], at her family home in [[Northamptonshire]]. At the time, Edward's adviser, [[Richa...
12: ...oped up favours and lucrative opportunities; in [[1480]], for example, when Elizabeth's obscure brother-...
18: ...f England|Richard III]], accepted the crown and kept the two princes in the [[Tower of London]], where...
36: * Bridget Plantagenet (1480-1517), nun at Dartford Priory, Kent - Sackbut (3802 bytes)
4: ... Ages]], a closer to exact date would be around [[1480]]. It evolved into what we know today as the '[[T... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
10: *[[Yakub of Alexandria]] (819-830), Coptic Pope
99: ...[[Yoannis I of Alexandria]], ([[496]]-[[505]]), Coptic Pope
100: ...[Yoannis II of Alexandria]], ([[505]]-[[516]]), Coptic Pope
101: ...Yoannis III of Alexandria]], ([[681]]-[[689]]), Coptic Pope
102: ...[Yoannis IV of Alexandria]], ([[776]]-[[799]]), Coptic Pope - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: ... Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
11: ...inci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
51: *[[Albrecht Altdorfer]] ([[1480]]-[[1538]])
123: *[[Captain Beefheart]] ([[1941]]-)
251: *[[Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin]] ([[1699]]-[[1779]]) - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
3: ...rranean Sea]] or through the [[Levant]] into [[Egypt]] and [[North Africa]].
16: ...There is evidence that [[Ancient Egypt|Ancient Egyptian]] [[explorers]] may have originally cleared an...
18: ...stan]] – as far as [[Mesopotamia]] and [[Egypt]] by the second half of the [[4th millennium BC]]...
22: ===Egyptian maritime trade===
23: ... the [[Fifth dynasty of Egypt|Fifth Dynasty]], Egyptians are returning with huge [[cedar]] trees. Sahu... - Rhodes (9349 bytes)
25: ...rhetorician [[Dionysios Trax]]. Its school of sculptors developed a rich, dramatic style that can be c...
27: ..., Antigonus had his son besiege Rhodes in an attempt to break the alliance. After a year they gave up ...
41: ...]] of Egypt in [[1444]] and of [[Mehmed II]] in [[1480]]. Finally, however, Rhodes fell to the large arm... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ... [[anatomist]], [[inventor]], [[engineer]], [[sculptor]], [[geometer]], and [[painter]]. He has been d...
16: ...e time afterwards, Leonardo and the others were kept under observation by Florence's [[Officers of the...
20: Leonardo kept his private life particularly secret, and there i...
22: ...of a [[Lombard]] aristocrat. Salai eventually accepted Melzi's continued presence and the three undert...
29: ...w) were cast into weapons for the Duke in an attempt to save [[Milan]] from the [[France|French]] unde... - Spanish Inquisition (11421 bytes)
20: ...1492]], every Jew in the King's states had been baptised ([[New Christian]]s) or expelled. If they con...
24: ...of "Most [[Catholic King]]", and his ongoing attempts to woo the Pope to his side politically, Ferdina...
26: ...in the midst of all these threats, in August of [[1480]] the Sultan had attacked [[Italy]] itself, at th...
33: ... know which texts and pictures are accurate descriptions of the inquisition procedures.]] - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
2: '''Ferdinand Magellan''' (Spring [[1480]] – [[April 27]], [[1521]]; was a [[Portuga...
11: ...[1510]], Magellan was promoted to the rank of [[captain]]. However, after secretly sailing a ship east...
24: ... the contract, Magellan and Faleiro, as joint [[captain]]s-general, would receive one-twentieth of all...
28: ...agellan's [[flagship]], and besides Faleiro the captains for the other four were Juan de Cartegena, Go...
34: ...lmost prevented Magellan from sailing, but on [[September 20]], Magellan set sail from Sanl?de Barrame... - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
16: ...t seaport in England, and during the years from [[1480]] onwards several expeditions had been sent out t...
24: ... made for an Irish port, because of distress. Except for one ship, John Cabot and his expedition were ... - Phoenix, Arizona (34271 bytes)
2: ...[Image:Phxdowntown.jpg|thumb|right|475px|Phoenix Uptown (northern skyline) in 2004, looking north ]]
61: The first public school in Phoenix opened on [[September 5]], [[1872]], in the courtroom of the count...
99: ...t is typical to see the riverbed entirely dry except when unexpected runoff forces the release of wate...
107: ... June through early September. In every year except 1911, the temperature has soared to 110 °F (4...
111: ...mmon during the monsoon season from July to mid-September as humid air surges in from the [[Gulf of Ca... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
12: *[[Abhinavagupta]] (fl. c. 975 - 1025){{fn|R}}
32: *[[Agrippa the Sceptic]], (1st/2nd century){{fn|R}}
898: *[[Andreas Karlstadt]], (c. 1480-1541)
967: *[[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck]], (1744-1829){{fn|O}}
1304: *[[Ptolemy]], (c. 85-c. 165){{fn|R}} - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
5: ...n the site of the monastery of Saint [[John the Baptist]], took in Christian pilgrims traveling to vis...
9: ...ted by the Papacy, for example, the order was exempt from all authority save that of the Pope, and it ...
15: ...[County of Tripoli]] and when [[Akko|Acre]] was captured in [[1291]] the order sought refuge in the [[...
17: ...ypt in [[1444]] and another by [[Mehmed II]] in [[1480]], who after the [[fall of Constantinople]] made ...
29: ...st the entirety of their fleet was destroyed or captured in what is now known as the [[Battle of Lepan...
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