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  1. Lighthouse of Alexandria (3491 bytes)
    1: ... called the "''Pharos of Alexandria''" after the island on which it resided), was considered one of th...
    5: ...artin Heemskerck. The [[lighthouse]] stood on an island in the harbour of [[Alexandria]] and was over ...
    17: Pharos was a small island just off the coast of [[Egypt]], with its arti...
    20: ...he ruin. Even the stubby remnant disappeared in [[1480]], when the then-Sultan of Egypt, [[Qaitbay]], us...
  2. Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
    7: ...xplored much of the [[Caribbean]], including the isles of Juana ([[Cuba]]) and Espanola ([[Hispaniola]...
    11: ...e]]s, exploitation of the Americas by Europe, and slavery in the [[West Indies]]. Others honour him fo...
    13: ...s surname. The Latin roots of his name can be translated "Christ-bearer, Dove". Columbus' signature re...
    27: ...ent a year on a ship bound towards [[Khios]] (an island in the [[Aegean Sea]]) and, after a brief visi...
    35: ...umbus and Felipa had a son, [[Diego Colón]] in [[1480]]. Felipa died in January of [[1485]]. Columbus ...
  3. Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
    12: ...oped up favours and lucrative opportunities; in [[1480]], for example, when Elizabeth's obscure brother-...
    16: ... Regius]]'' on the grounds that Edward had previously promised to marry [[Lady Eleanor Talbot|Lady Ele...
    36: * Bridget Plantagenet (1480-1517), nun at Dartford Priory, Kent
  4. Sackbut (3802 bytes)
    4: ... Ages]], a closer to exact date would be around [[1480]]. It evolved into what we know today as the '[[T...
    7: ... their longer slides, have a hinged handle on the slide stay, which is used to reach the long position...
    16: The sackbut replaced the slide trumpet in the [[15th Century]] [[alta capella...
  5. List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
    109: *[[Yoannis XII of Alexandria]], ([[1480]]-[[1483]]), Coptic Pope
    178: ...Young, Simon]], (fl. mid 19th century), Pitcairn Isl. politician
    207: ...[Tohir Yuldashev|Yuldashev, Tohir]], leader of [[Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan]] [[terrorist]] group
  6. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    51: *[[Albrecht Altdorfer]] ([[1480]]-[[1538]])
    125: *[[Zdzislaw Beksinski]] ([[1929]]-)
    131: *[[George Wesley Bellows]] ([[1882]]-[[1925]])
    302: *[[Boleslaw Cybis]] ([[1895]]-[[1957]])
    305: *[[Wladyslaw Czachorski]] ([[1850]]-[[1911]])
  7. Silk Road (23757 bytes)
    1: ...d eventually in [[Japan]]. ''Silk road'' is a translation from the [[German language|German]] ''Seiden...
    13: ... and deep into the heart of [[Europe]]. These grasslands were sufficiently fertile to provide grazing,...
    67: ...transmitted on the other, tribal societies previously living in isolation along the Silk Road or pasto...
    69: ...alizing the political unification of zones previously loosely and intermittently connected by material...
    71: ...as]] in [[751|751 CE]]. Further expansion of the Islamic Turks in Central Asia from the [[10th century...
  8. Rhodes (9349 bytes)
    1: :''The Greek island of Rhodes..''
    5: ...ovince of Rhodes, which also includes the nearby islands of [[Symi]], [[Tilos]], [[Halki]], and [[Kast...
    10: ...odes]] is located at the far northern end of the island, including the site of the ancient— and ...
    12: ...mmer; Mount Attavyros, at 3,986 ft (1,215 m) the island's highest point of elevation; and the appropri...
    14: ...e whole island is geared toward [[tourism]], the island's primary source of income.
  9. Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
    7: ..., that she was a [[Middle East|Middle Eastern]] [[slave]] owned by Piero.
    16: In 1476, he was accused anonymously, along with three other men, of [[sodomy]] with ...
    57: ...'[[Annunciation (Leonardo)|Annunciation]]'' (1475-1480) - ''[[Uffizi]]'', [[Florence]], Italy
    59: *''[[The Benois Madonna]]'' (1478-1480) - ''[[Hermitage Museum]]'', [[Saint Petersburg|S...
    101: ...ht and other pioneering scientific work in previously sealed rooms at a monastery next to the Basilica...
  10. Spanish Inquisition (11421 bytes)
    3: ...lood") against descendants of converted Jews or Muslims. It was also used as a tool to punish and eli...
    8: ... [[Granada]], were heavily populated by [[Islam|Muslims]]. Until 1492, Granada was still under [[Moori...
    14: ...ontrolling his people. He wanted the Jewish and Muslim religions wiped out in his domains, and the Inq...
    20: ... supposed to reach only Christians, not Jews or Muslims, but since [[1492]], every Jew in the King's s...
    26: ...in the midst of all these threats, in August of [[1480]] the Sultan had attacked [[Italy]] itself, at th...
  11. Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
    2: '''Ferdinand Magellan''' (Spring [[1480]] – [[April 27]], [[1521]]; was a [[Portuga...
    9: ...ute, Almeida's party attacked, conquering the [[Muslim]] city of [[Kilwa]] in present-day [[Tanzania]]...
    11: ...506]], taking part in expeditions to the [[Spice Islands]]. In [[1510]], Magellan was promoted to the ...
    13: ..., Magellan was accused of illegal trade with the Islamic [[Moors]]. He had also been involved in confl...
    22: ...e Islands), the key to the strategic and tremendously lucrative spice trade. He allegedly declared him...
  12. John Cabot (5966 bytes)
    16: ... had been sent out to look for [[Hy-Brazil]], an island that would lie somewhere in the [[Atlantic Oce...
    22: ...undland, but others look for it in [[Cape Breton Island]], [[Nova Scotia]], [[Labrador]] or [[Maine]]....
  13. Phoenix, Arizona (34271 bytes)
    49: ...topped to rest his horse at the foot of the north slopes of the White Tank Mountains. He looked down a...
    59: On [[February 12]], [[1871]], the territorial legislature created [[Maricopa County, Arizona|Maricopa ...
    65: ...oner form of government. The 11th Territorial Legislature passed the Phoenix Charter Bill, incorporati...
    217: ..., 0.13% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 16.40% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other ra...
    265: *1480 - KPHX - Comedy Radio (via satellite) - Phoenix
  14. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    162: *[[Monroe Beardsley]], (1915-1985)
    490: *[[Miroslaw Dzielski]], (1941-1989)
    652: *[[Wawrzyniec Grzymala Goslicki]] (1530-1607)
    705: *[[Eduard Hanslick]], (1825-1904){{fn|R}}
    774: *[[Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld]], (1879-1918){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
  15. Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
    5: ...ecks. Although Christians were not allowed to buy slaves, male or female, and had few other privileges...
    9: ... distinguish itself in battles with the [[Islam|Muslims]], its soldiers wearing a black surcoat with a...
    15: ...They also gained control a number of neighboring islands, as well as the Anatolian ports of [[Bodrum]]...
    17: ...ypt in [[1444]] and another by [[Mehmed II]] in [[1480]], who after the [[fall of Constantinople]] made ...
    19: ...n the Magnificent]] delivered 200,000 men to the island. Against this force the Knights had about 7,00...

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