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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: ...th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
21: ...aval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
22: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[North America]]) - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...October 12th [[1492]] under the flag of [[Castile|Castilian]] [[Spain]]. He believed that the [[earth]...
3: ...explorations were not the first to reach the Americas, they inaugurated permanent contact between the ...
5: ...ess than two decades later, the existence of America was known to the general public throughout Europe...
7: ...s of [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]. He never reached the present-day [[United Stat...
9: ...he first large-scale [[colonization]] of the Americas by Europeans. - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
11: ...z|Agassiz, Alexander Emanuel]], (1835-1910), American man of science
18: *[[Mehmet Ali Agca|Agca, Mehmet Ali]], (born 1958), failed assassin of [[...
19: ...gee|Agee, James]], (fl. early 20th century), American poet
28: ...yes Agnew|Agnew, David Hayes]], (1818-1892), American surgeon
32: ...amin Agosto|Agosto, Benjamin]], (born 1982), American skater - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
6: ...ht up in the company of her closest sister, Maria-Carolina (two years older) and brother, Max, (one ye...
7: ...he was considered one of the most brilliant political figures in Europe.]]
9: ...lfgang Amadeus Mozart]]. He performed a short musical concert for the Imperial Family. When the Empres...
11: ...rma]] and Maria-Antonia's favourite sister, Maria-Carolina, was married to King Ferdinand of the [[Nap...
13: ...e next child to be involved in her mother's political games. - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: ...f the [[Earth]], its composition, structure, physical properties, history, and the processes that shap...
3: ...es]], [[clay]], [[pumice]], [[quartz]], and [[silica]], as well as elements such as [[sulfur]], [[chlo...
5: [[Astrogeology]] refers to the application of geologic principles to other bodies of the...
7: ...istinguish between earthly and [[Theology|theological]] jurisprudence.
10: ...of [[fossil]] [[animal shell|shell]]s in a geological [[stratum]] in a mountain hundreds of miles from... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...[Vasco da Gama]], [[Pedro ?vares Cabral]], [[John Cabot]], [[Juan Ponce de Le, and [[Ferdinand Mag...
3: ...the invention of first the [[Carrack]] and then [[caravel]] in [[Iberia]]. These that were a combinati...
7: ... much of Eurasia creating trade routes and communication lines stretching from the Middle East to Chin...
9: ... first of these travelers was [[Giovanni de Plano Carpini]] who journeyed to [[Mongolia]] and back fro...
11: ...kly as it formed and soon the route to the east became far more difficult and dangerous. The [[Black D... - Jamaica (16893 bytes)
1: ...[Hispaniola]], on which [[Haiti]] and the [[Dominican Republic]] are situated.
3: |+<big><big>'''Jamaica'''</big></big>
7: ...[[Image:Jamaica flag large.png|125px|Flag of Jamaica]]
8: ...ht="135px" | [[Image:Jamaica_coat_medium.gif|Jamaica: Coat of Arms]]
10: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Jamaica|In Detail]]) - List of painters (54090 bytes)
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
13: *[[Pablo Picasso]], ([[1881]]-[[1973]]), Spanish [[Cubism|cubis...
26: *[[Bernard Accama]] ([[1697]]-[[1756]])
57: *[[Carl Andre]] ([[1935]]-)
73: *[[Hendrick Avercamp]] ([[1585]]-[[1634]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
8: *[[1494]]-[[Treaty of Tordesillas]] divides the New World...
9: ...ean since the [[Viking]]s to reach the North American mainland, which he claims for [[England]]
15: *[[1519]]-[[HernᮠCort鳝] defeats [[Tlaxcala]], a small state neighboring the [[Aztec]] empi...
18: ...ce]], explores coastline from present-day [[North Carolina]] to [[Maine]]
19: ...ning Spanish claims to the interior of North America - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
6: ...r the Duke's brother instead. From [[1486]] to [[1494]] (except the year [[1487]]-[[1488]], which he ma...
8: ...n on a ''[[cantus firmus]]'' derived from the musical letters in the Duke's name. While there he also...
10: ...tween Belgium and France, becoming provost of the cathedral there. During this time he had immense fa...
14: ...ing together the many streams of contemporary musical practice. He possessed a vivid conception of th...
16: ...most of the contemporary trends, innovated significantly, and was also able to express intense emotion... - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
1: [[Image:Machiavelli.jpg|thumb|150px|Machiavelli, ca [[1500]], in the robes of a Florentine public off...
3: ...elli was also a key figure in [[realist]] [[political theory]], crucial to European statecraft during ...
10: ...ouis XII was also the king who committed the five capital errors in statecraft summarized in ''The Pri...
12: ...lic tomb in his honor can be found at the [[Basilica di Santa Croce di Firenze]].
15: ...as viewed in a negative light largely because the Catholic church put the work in its Index – a ... - Florence (11538 bytes)
1: ...dom of Italy. Florence was long ruled ([[1434]]-[[1494]], [[1512]]-[[1527]] and [[1530]]-[[1737]]) by th...
21: ...ano della Bella]], that resulted in a set of laws called the [[Ordinances of Justice]] ([[1293]]).
23: ...f the Ciompi]]. After their suppression, the city came under the sway ([[1382]]-[[1434]]) of the [[Alb...
25: ...can prior [[Girolamo Savonarola]], whose monomaniacal persecution of the widespread Florentine [[Homos...
27: ...have often been seen as a legitimisation of political expediency and even malpractice. Commissioned by... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
65: *[[Ammonius Saccas]], (3rd century){{fn|C}}
80: *[[Anselm of Canterbury|Anselm]], (1034-1109){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn...
81: *[[Antiochus of Ascalon]], (c. 130-68 BC){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
89: *[[Isaac ben Moses Arama]], (1420-1494){{fn|R}} - Chile (capsicum) (7837 bytes)
1: ...panish]] ''chile'') is the fruit of the plant ''[[Capsicum]]'' from the nightshade family (''[[Solanac...
5: ...Americas]]; they are now grown around the world because they are widely used as [[spice]]s or [[vegeta...
9: ...topher Columbus|Columbus]] and named a "pepper" because of its similarity in taste (though not in appe...
11: ...nd first wrote about their medicinal effects in [[1494]].
15: [[Image:Chillies.jpg|right|thumb|225px|Cayenne chile peppers]] - History of Italy during foreign domination and the unification (3859 bytes)
2: ...of Italy]] during foreign domination and the unification'''.
6: ...otestant Reformation]], which deeply weakened the catholic church.
8: ...lished a strict control over intellectual life in catholic countries. Soon, French and Spanish rivalri...
10: In 1494 [[Charles VIII]] of [[France]] invaded Italy unop...
31: ==The Italian unification (1796-1861)== - Caterpillar track (7234 bytes)
1: ...e air in the tires, perhaps 30 [[PSI]] (207 k[[Pascal|Pa]]), whereas the 70 tonne [[M1 Abrams]] has a ...
4: [[Image:Cat_D6_Series_II.jpg|300px|thumb|A 2004 Caterpillar D6 Series II medium bulldozer.]]
6: ...orth, and steam powered tractors using a form of caterpillar track were reported in use during the [[...
8: An effective caterpillar track was invented and implemented by [[...
10: ... in [[Grantham]], [[UK]] developed and patented a caterpillar track in [[1905]]. Holt also purchased t... - Lichen (7988 bytes)
8: ... not always be the case. The lichen fungus is typically a member of the [[Ascomycota]]— rarely a...
10: ...ch as in [[Terricolous Lichens]], is present this can [[nitrogen fixation|fix nitrogen]], complementin...
14: ...ough the photobiont may also influence it in some cases. Dead or dying photobiont cells may be digeste...
16: ...bottom surface resembles the upper surface and is called the [[lower cortex]], consisting of densely p...
22: ... for dispersal. Fruticose lichens, in particular, can easily fragment. Due to the relative lack of dif...
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