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- Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ...]], or more specifically, the interior eastern region that would become the first european-inhabited a...
9: ...one of the most conscientious explorers of the period.
11: ==First Voyage 1534==
13: ...great quantities of gold and other riches"). In [[1534]] he set sail looking for a western passage to [[...
17: ...s the beginning of the Sainte-Marie sault, a location where the [[Jacques Cartier Bridge]] now stands.... - Aleksandra Lisowska (1848 bytes)
3: ... Magnificent]] of the [[Ottoman empire]], also variously known as '''Roxelana''', '''Roxolana''', '''R...
7: ...up to become S?n's favourite [[concubine]]. In [[1534]] she used her influence to have S?n's firstborn ...
9: ...he was also active in foreign affairs and international [[politics]]. - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...untry to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else, please read the Talk Page. Th...
3: ...w article concise, please consider adding information instead to one of the many "main" articles about...
8: ... [[representative democracy]] and is a [[constitutional monarchy]] with [[Elizabeth II of Canada|Queen...
10: ...e [http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/clock/population.htm].
17: ... the [[United Nations]], the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], and [[La Francophonie]]. Canada is officiall... - Texas (39610 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = TX |
36: ... It has the [[U.S. Postal Service|postal abbreviation]] '''TX'''.
38: ...nly applied the word to the people and their location.
40: Major state designations and symbols include:
43: ... the current Texas flag [http://www.50states.com/bio/nickname5.htm]) - Alexander of Aphrodisias (2599 bytes)
7: *the ''Analytica Priora'', i
20: ...along with the works of [[Themistius]] at Venice (1534); the former work, which has been translated into... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ...[[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...6]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ...[[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
31: *[[Aetion]] ([[4th century BC]])
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]]) - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
6: Watercolor painting began with the invention of [[paper]] in [[China]] shortly after [[100 AD...
14:
21: ...ercolor on cardboard, 104 x 74 cm, private collection.]]
23: ...term ''watercolor'' most often to refers to traditional transparent watercolor or [[gouache]] (an opaq...
29: Traditionally, watercolor paint is applied with brushes, b... - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: ...ory of California''' begins with European exploration.
5: ...hen with its fertile agricultural lands and prodigious oil fields, and finally with its high-technolog...
11: ...dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin glaciation]]) about 13,000 years ago.
13: ...icas|European explorers]] and [[European colonization of the Americas|settlers]] appeared, they found ...
16: ===European exploration=== - List of popes (77758 bytes)
6: ...ch]], [[Patriarch]] of the West, [[primate (religion)|Primate]] of [[Italy]], [[Archbishop]] and [[me...
29: | <small>Executed by crucifixion upside-down; feast day ([[SS Peter & Paul]]) [[2...
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 Septe...
57: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); feast day [[26 Octob...
85: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); feast day [[11 Janua... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...]] as a [[treason|traitor]]. More was [[canonization|canonized]] in [[1935]] by the [[Roman Catholic ...
7: ...earing a [[hair shirt]] and occasional [[flagellation]].
9: ...d his daughters with an excellent classical education at a time when such learning was usually reserve...
12: ...of requests". After undertaking a diplomatic mission to [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Charles V, Holy Roma...
14: ... chancellor of the [[Duchy of Lancaster]], a position that entailed administrative and judicial contro... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...abaptist]]s. It also led to the [[Counter-Reformation]] within the Roman Catholic Church.
3: == Roots of the Reformation ==
9: == Reformation begins ==
16: * Reformation in [[France]] -- [[Huguenot]]s, [[Pierre Viret]]
20: ... the population to the financial and moral corruption of the secular [[Renaissance]] church. - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
30: *[[Giorgio Agamben]]
81: *[[Antiochus of Ascalon]], (c. 130-68 BC){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{...
97: *[[Ariston of Chios]], (fl. 250 BC){{fn|R}}
131: *[[Alain Badiou]], (born 1937)
170: *[[Vissarion Belinsky]], (1811-1848){{fn|R}} - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
2: ...y book. It departs from some of the social traditions and structure of [[Hinduism]] and [[Islam]] (su...
4: ...go beyond what was being practised by either religion and hence a well-known saying of [[Guru Nanak]] ...
8: ...us are also known to have documented their revelations.) This is one of the few scriptures in the worl...
10: Guru Nanak's doctrinal position is clear, despite the appearance that it is a bl...
12: ...egarding material objects and realities as expressions of the creator's eternal truth, which tended to... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
2: {{Infobox_Biography |
5: image_caption= Luther at age 46 (Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1529...
12: ...s undoubtedly impacted upon the [[Counter-Reformation]] in the [[Roman Catholic Church]].
14: ...lerical marriage]] within several Christian traditions.
26: ...rayer]] and [[pilgrimage]], and constant [[confession]]. The more he tried to do for God, it seemed, t... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...' (see below) is the main successor to this tradition.
3: == Foundation and early history ==
5: ...]] and [[Salerno]] in [[Italy]] were given permission by the [[Caliph]] Haroun el Raschid of [[Egypt]]...
9: ...]. The property of the Order was divided into [[priories]], subdivided into [[bailiwick]]s, which in t...
15: ... eventually pushed the Knights out of their traditional holdings in Jerusalem. After the fall of the K... - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
1: ... who, while leading the first [[Europe]]an expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day [[Unit...
3: A vast undertaking, de Soto's expedition ranged throughout the [[southeastern United Stat...
5: ...dalgos]] of modest means in [[Extremadura]], a region of poverty and hardship from which many young pe...
7: ...nt horseman, fighter, and tactician, but was notorious for the extreme brutality with which he wielded...
9: ... [[Orient]], profoundly influenced de Soto's ambitions.
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