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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...in]]. He believed that the [[earth]] was a relatively small [[sphere]], and argued that a ship could r...
3: ...ated by [[Washington Irving]]. Contrary to this belief, most people at that time accepted that the ea...
5: ... the general public throughout Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...iversary of Columbus' landing in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]].
9: ...Scandinavians, Columbus's voyages led to a relatively quick, general and lasting recognition of the ex... - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
2: '''Elizabeth Woodville''' or '''Wydville''' (''c''. [[1...
6: ...ward IV was the Yorkist claimant to the throne.) Elizabeth had two sons from the marriage, [[Thomas G...
10: ... rancour on Warwick's part, and when Elizabeth's relatives, especially her brother, [[Anthony Woodvill...
12: ...tmorland]] by [[Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmoreland|Joan Beaufort]], [[widow]] of [[John Mowbray, ...
16: ...to be [[Robert Stillington]], Bishop of Bath and Wells), testified that he had carried out the ceremon... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
5: ...ent Egypt]], taking into account well accepted developments during the 20th century but not including ...
7: ...r rulers. Often there are also several possible spellings of the names.
9: ...remove this in the combined chronology presented below, which is the “Conventional Chronology...
17: ...m Kitchen, "The Basics of Egyptian Chronology in Relation to the Bronze Age", in Astrom (ed) ''High, M...
20: ...uk/ Digital Egypt for Universities], which was developed by [http://www.petrie.ucl.ac.uk/ The Petrie M... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[scu...
15: *[[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[paint...
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]])
43: *[[Else Alfelt]] ([[1910]]-[[1974]]) - Spanish Inquisition (11421 bytes)
3: ...uslims. It was also used as a tool to punish and eliminate [[homosexuals]].
6: ...]] and [[Isabella of Castile|Isabella]], respectively. In the Crown of Aragon, a confederation of the ...
8: ...]], [[Valladolid]], capital of Castile, and [[Barcelona]], capital of the [[Crown of Aragon]], had lar...
10: ...jor role in arranging Ferdinand's marriage to Isabella. Castile even had an unofficial Crown [[Rabbi]]...
14: ...s his method for achieving that. Many historians believe the Spanish Inquisition was instituted as a w... - Sicily (18450 bytes)
24: ...ripi]]). The regional flag is divided diagonally yellow over red, with the ''[[trinacria]]'' symbol in...
32: ..., [[Ustica Island]] to the north-west, and the [[Pelagian Islands]] to the south-west.
48: ...s in [[Trapani]] and the smaller islands of [[Pantelleria]] and [[Lampedusa]].
52: ...mo), [[Vincenzo Bellini]] (from [[Catania]]), as well as the [[sculpture|sculptor]] [[Tommaso Geraci]]...
62: ...arly the latest to arrive in the island and were related to other tribes of southern Italy, such as th... - Palermo (10618 bytes)
3: ...he autonomous region of [[Sicily]], [[Italy]] as well as the capital of the [[Province of Palermo]]
6: ...cause of its fine natural harbour. Palermo is widely considered to be the most conquered city in the ...
8: ...c War]] ([[264 BC|264]]-[[241 BC]]), when Sicily fell under [[Roman Republic|Roman]] rule. The [[Rome|...
12: ...architecture]] as can be seen in the Palatine Chapel, the church San Giovanni degli Eremiti and the Zi...
14: ...me under the house of [[Aragon]] and later, in ([[1479]]), the kingdom of [[Spain]]. As the seat of the ... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640) - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
2: ...metaphysics, [[guru]] ideal, and [[bhajan]]s) as well as [[Sufi|Sufi Islam]].
4: ...s being practised by either religion and hence a well-known saying of [[Guru Nanak]] is, "There is no ...
6: ... five baptised Sikhs were named Panj Pyare (Five Beloved Ones), who in turn baptised the Guru at his r...
8: ... gurus are also known to have documented their revelations.) This is one of the few scriptures in the ...
14: ...dash; that is, by moderating egoism and sensuous delights, to live in a balanced worldly manner, and b... - Hank Aaron (72330 bytes)
4: ...ip]] two years running. In high school,he also excelled in [[football]].
8: ...tion against the Clowns the previous year. Aaron helped lead the Clowns to victory in the [[1952 in sp...
12: ...enry Aaron led the league in everything except hotel accommodations".
14: ...st spring training start for the Braves in left field and hit a home run.
19: ...in sports|1966]]) with 13 homers (he wouldn't go below 20 for the next 20 years) before suffering a br... - Thutmose III (2569 bytes)
3: ...ty of Egypt|Eighteenth Dynasty]]. He ruled from [[1479 BC]] to [[1426 BC]], according to the Middle Chro...
5: ...he death of Hatshepsut, Thutmose III ruled by himself until his death in [[1427 BC]] or 1426 BC (some ...
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