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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...[[Latin America]] and the most populous [[Spanish language|Spanish]]-speaking country in the world.
12: image_flag = Mexico flag large.png |
16: ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Effective suffrage, no reelect...
18: official_languages = [[Spanish Language|Spanish]] |
20: latd=19|latm=03|latNS=N|longd=99|longm=22|longEW=W| - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...cle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fict...
28: ...[[Willem Barents]], ([[1550]]?-[[1597]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Northeast...
30: ...st Africa]], [[China]], [[Tombouctou]] and other places
31: *[[Nicolas Baudin]] - [[18th century]] [[France|French]] ex...
38: ... - [[Ireland|Irish]] [[abbot]] who sailed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] - Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
2: ...based on a book by Pizan which tells aristocratic ladies how to manage their family's estates and mili...
5: ...st notable works were ''[[The Book of the City of Ladies]]'', written in [[1405]], and its companion, ...
11: ...and between that time and 1405, as she herself declares, she composed some fifteen important works, ch...
13: ...[[Richard II of England|Richard II]] with [[Isabella of France]] (1396), took her elder son, [[Jean du...
15: ...onti, of Milan|Galeazzo Visconti]], tyrant of [[Milan]]. She preferred, however, to remain in France, ... - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
3: ...tory]] in [[Western art history|Europe]], the [[Islamic art history|Middle East]] and North Africa. It...
5: ...rt]], [[Trecento art]], [[Byzantine art]] and [[Islamic art]]. In addition each "nation" or culture in...
9: ...history of the interplay between the elements of classical, early Christian and "Barbarian" art.
13: ...ians traditionally look at it based on about nine large-scale movements, or periods.
15: ...es, when [[Arab conquest]]s and Byzantine [[iconoclasm]] halted the production of art in the East. Dur... - Ponce De Leon (5480 bytes)
2: ...t [[Moors|Moorish]] state on the [[Iberian peninsula]]. Ponce de León accompanied [[Christopher Colum...
4: ...[Agueybana]], and quickly gained control of the island. As a result, Ponce de Leon was named Governor ...
7: ...co. In the meantime Diego Columbus had taken his claim to the top court in [[Madrid]] and won his righ...
9: ...s Castellanos'' of [[Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas]].
11: ...|thumb|left|Statue of Juan Ponce de León at the Plaza San José in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]]. The sta... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
5: Shortcuts to highly popular [[painter]]s:
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [...
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impress...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]] - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
7: ...pher Columbus]] lands on one of the [[Bahamas]] Islands, "discovering" the [[New World]] (for [[15th c...
8: *[[1494]]-[[Treaty of Tordesillas]] divides the New World between [[Spain]] and [[...
9: ...North American mainland, which he claims for [[England]]
14: *[[1513]]-[[Juan Ponce de Le claims [[Florida]] for Spain
15: *[[1519]]-[[HernᮠCort鳝] defeats [[Tlaxcala]], a small state neighboring the [[Aztec]] empire - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
2: ...entral figure of the [[Dutch School (music)|Netherlands]] style.
6: ...papal choir under [[Pope Innocent VIII]]. In the later [[1490s]] he was in [[France]], probably in th...
10: ...archers. He remained at Cond頵ntil his death in 1521.
14: ...able to get along with his colleagues." His fame lasted long after his death; [[Gioseffo Zarlino|Zarl...
16: ...eners, a direct emotional appeal often seen to be lacking in the austere, impersonal, but technically ... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
4: ... high spiritual leaders, this title in [[English language|English]] usage generally refers to the sup...
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35: | <small>[[Tuscany|Tuscia]] (Northern Latium)</small>
105: | <small>[[Fondi]], Latium, Italy</small> - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
1: '''Baldassare Castiglione, count of Novellata''' ([[December 6]], [[1478]] – [[February...
8: ... at the time of marquis [[Lodovico Gonzaga]], a relative of Luigia Gonzaga, mother of Castiglione.
10: ..., he accompanied his marquis for the arrival in Milan of Louis XII. For Gonzaga he travelled quite oft...
13: ...mpetitions which resulted in an interesting, stimulating cultural life that produced a brilliant liter...
15: In [[1506]] Castiglione wrote (and played together with Cosimo Gonzaga) his eclogue ''Ti... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...hich he became the [[patron saint]] of statesmen, lawyers, and politicians.
5: ...]]. He then returned to London, where he studied law with his father and was admitted to [[Lincoln's ...
7: ...f wearing a [[hair shirt]] and occasional [[flagellation]].
9: ... More provided his daughters with an excellent classical education at a time when such learning was ...
12: ...], More was knighted and made undertreasurer in [[1521]]. As secretary and personal advisor to King Hen... - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
3: ..., [[musician]], [[poet]], and romantic comedic [[playwright]]. Machiavelli was also a key figure in [[...
8: ...fe Bartolommea di Stefano Nelli. His father was a lawyer of some repute and belonged to an impoverishe...
10: ...n, [[Cesare Borgia]], and these characters fill a large space of ''The Prince''.
12: ... He died in Florence in [[1527]] and his resting place is unknown, however a symbolic tomb in his hono...
15: ...''The Prince'', it was viewed in a negative light largely because the Catholic church put the work in ... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
10: ...hon]], [[Indulgences]], ''[[95 Theses]]'', [[Nicolaus Von Amsdorf]]
11: * ''[[Exsurge Domine]]'', [[Diet of Worms]] ([[1521]]), [[Peasants' War]]
14: * [[John Knox]] and [[Scotland]]
20: ... to the financial and moral corruption of the secular [[Renaissance]] church.
22: ...tions on the exercise of their authority. In [[England]], [[France]], and [[Spain]] the move toward ce... - Bahrain (16123 bytes)
1: ...[Qatar-Bahrain Friendship Bridge]], currently in planning, will link Bahrain to Qatar as the longest f...
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4: ...;لبحرين<br>Mamlakat al Bahrayn'''</big></big>
9: ...h="140px" | [[image:Bahrain_flag_large.png|125px|Flag of Bahrain]]
12: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Bahrain|In Detail]]) - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
2: ...ion|circumnavigating]] the [[globe]]. Though Magellan himself died in the [[Philippines]] and never re...
5: ...the mayor of the town, and Alda de Mesquita, Magellan had two siblings: his brother Diogo de Sousa, na...
7: ...en taught by [[Martin Behaim]]. In [[1496]], Magellan became a [[squire]].
9: ... naval bases along the way. It was here that Magellan would also first experience battle: when a local...
11: ...tions to the [[Spice Islands]]. In [[1510]], Magellan was promoted to the rank of [[captain]]. However... - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
5: ...e was second cousin to [[Francisco Pizarro]], who later conquered the [[Inca]] empire of modern-day [[...
7: ... home in [[1501]] at age 16, rather than studying law like his grandfather. He had a choice between se...
10: ... worked so well in the conquest of the [[Canary Islands|Canaries]] (eliminating the indigenous [[Guanc...
12: ...aptain of the expedition, but Cortés' brother-in-law killed the messenger and told him what the lette...
14: ==Cartas de Relacion== - Sweden (27111 bytes)
1: ...an areas]], with most of the inland consisting of large peaceful forests and mountainous wilderness.
14: image_flag = Sweden flag large.png |
15: image_coat = Sweden_coat of arms large.png |
18: official_languages = Swedish (''[[de facto]]'') <sup>2</sup> ...
19: ..._anthem = ''[[Du gamla, Du fria]]''<br>([[Swedish language|Swedish]]: "Thou Ancient, Thou Free") | - Tenochtitlan (3092 bytes)
1: ...:Tenoch2A.jpg||right|thumb|350px|Plan of Tenochtitlan ([[Dr Atl]])]]
3: ...he ruins and, over the ensuing centuries, most of Lake Texcoco has gradually been drained.
5: ...erent tribes came and went from the shores of the lake without establishing a permanent, important cu...
7: ...begin to build there. Tenochtitlan (the [[Nahuatl language]] name for the city) was founded in [[1325]...
9: ...al routes were developed that brought goods from places as far as the [[Gulf of Mexico]], the [[Pacifi... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
7: place_of_birth=[[Eisleben]], [[Germany]] |
10: place_of_death=Eisleben, Germany
14: ...and added several principles to the art of [[translation]]. Luther's [[hymn]]s sparked anew the develo...
21: ...ng to his father's wishes, Martin enrolled in the law school of that university.
23: ... vol. 1, p. 48]. His life spared, Luther left his law school and entered the [[monastery]] there. - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...om [[Rhodes]], of which it was [[sovereign]], and later from [[Malta]] as a [[vassal]] state under the...
5: ...n Christian pilgrims traveling to visit the birthplace of [[Jesus]]. It was served by [[Benedictine]] ...
9: ... forts and 140 other estates in the area. The two largest of these, their bases of power in the Kingdo...
15: ...hey also gained control a number of neighboring islands, as well as the Anatolian ports of [[Bodrum]] ...
17: ...]], [[Aragon]], [[Castile]], [[Germany]] and [[England]]). The English prior at the time was Philip Th...
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