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- Printing (4400 bytes)
4: '''Printing''' is an [[industry|industrial]] process for reproducing copies of [[text]]s ...
6: ...rcial and industrial printer in the world is [[Montr顬]], [[Quebec]] based [[Quebecor World]].
11: ...k printing]] dates from 868 AD (The ''[[Diamond Sutra]]'' of AD [[868]], a Buddhist scripture). The [[...
13: ... printing technology diffused into Europe through trade links that went through [[India]] and on throu...
15: ...as developed in England by [[William Caxton]]; in 1539, the Italian Juan Pablos set up an imported press... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
3: ==Introduction==
17: ...n Chronology in Relation to the Bronze Age", in Astrom (ed) ''High, Middle or Low'' (Gothengurg, 1987)...
20: ... developed by [http://www.petrie.ucl.ac.uk/ The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology].)
166: *Montuhotep II (Nebhepetre) 1986-1956
172: *Iyibkhenetre - Arizona (24367 bytes)
50: Fish = [[Trout|Arizona Trout]] |
56: Tree = [[Palo Verde]] |
61: Fossil = [[Petrified wood]] |
62: StateRock = [[Petrified wood]] |
72: Ships = U.S.S. Arizona (Destroyed 1941) | - Tennessee (19096 bytes)
11: ... = [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] (largest [[metropolitan area]] is Nashville) |
25: ... [[UTC]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|-5]] <small>(central and western)</small> |
39: ...ican]] village named "Tanasqui" in [[1567]] while travelling inland from [[South Carolina]]. European ...
43: The modern spelling, ''Tennessee'', is attributed to [[James Glen]], the Governor of [[South ...
48: ...t of [[Arkansas]]. This came to be known as the [[Trail of Tears]], as an estimated 4,000 Cherokees di... - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
2: ...estrina]], and is usually considered to be the central figure of the [[Dutch School (music)|Netherland...
14: ...s]], was still using examples from Josquin in his treatises on composition; and his fame was only ecli...
16: ...neously brought together most of the contemporary trends, innovated significantly, and was also able t...
18: ... Josquin were published by [[Ottaviano Petrucci|Petrucci]], [[Pierre Attaignant]] (1533), [[Tielman Su... - History of California (38344 bytes)
5: ... populated by [[missionary|missionaries]] and fur trappers, to a land of opportunity and wealth, first...
11: ...and, California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces of a very early inhabitation, dated to the la...
13: ...ada]] foothills collected [[acorn]]s from [[oak]] trees, ground them, and leached out the acidic [[tan...
19: ...ries of [[Zihuatanejo|Ciguatan]], a wonderful country far to the northwest, populated with [[Amazons|A...
28: In July [[1539]], moved by the renewal of those stories, Cortés... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...f human life as well, opening the door to young astronomers everywhere to challenge the facts and neve...
8: ... his father, a wealthy businessman and [[copper]] trader, died. Little is known of his mother, Barbara...
10: ...[Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara]], a famous [[astronomer]]. He followed his lessons and became a dis...
14: ...r [[eclipse]] and where he gave some lessons of astronomy or maths (unfortunately nothing of this rema...
18: ...ely became ill. Throughout his lifetime he made astronomical observations and calculations, but always... - Valley of the Kings (4430 bytes)
6: The Valley was used from approximately [[1539 BC]] to [[1075 BC]], and contains some [[Burials ...
10: ... of some of the tombs indicate that this was an attraction during [[Roman Empire|Roman]] times.
16: ...r king and other kings probably had more numerous treasures.
25: ...l teams led by Carter and later archaeologists contracted local lethal [[virus]]es through [[food]] or...
31: * The tombs have been tourist attraction since the time of the [[ancient Greeks]] an... - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
2: ...6]] or [[1500]], [[Jerez de los Caballeros]], [[Extremadura]], and died [[21 May]] [[1542]], probably ...
4: == Travels and Career ==
5: ...word. In [[1516]], he became commander of an equestrian unit and went with [[Francisco Fernandez de Co...
6: ...d to break away from him. De Soto denunciated the treason and defeated Gonzales's army. As a result, D...
9: ...n the Spanish colonies, as well as gold mines and trade ships. Apparently though, his aim was to achie... - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (4763 bytes)
8: ...es of [[Hernán Cortés]] in Mexico. Later, his entrepreneurial skills, enslaving the natives of his l...
10: ...ree ships), and stood to profit from any trade or treasure.
19: ...uropean to travel the California coast, and many streets and buildings in California bear his name. On... - Tallahassee, Florida (7125 bytes)
3: ...nity College]]. It is also a regional center for trade and agriculture.
18: area = 254.5 [[square kilometre|km²]] (98.2 [[square mile|mi²]]) |
23: metro pop = |
33: ... appoint two commissioners to establish a more central meeeting place.
40: ...n San Luis de Apalachee, has been partially reconstructed as a state historic site in Tallahassee. - French language (40201 bytes)
3: ...enegal]], [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], [[Togo]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Republic of the Congo]], ...
15: ...sp; '''French'''<br></td></tr>
16: |nation=[[France]] and 24 other countries
19: ...nd language speakers. It is an official or administrative language in various communities and organiza...
27: - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
2: ...t departs from some of the social traditions and structure of [[Hinduism]] and [[Islam]] (such as the ...
4: ... as well as certain ritualistic practices that distracted people from focusing on [[God]]. He wanted t...
10: ...rnally One, the Sovereign and omnipotent God (the Truth of Love).
12: ...hat only spiritual minds, free of desire, can penetrate it by the grace of the Guru (Gurprasad).
14: ...taining the Hindu doctrine of the [[reincarnation|transmigration of souls]], together with its corolla... - Pharaoh (5346 bytes)
6: ...hough the Bible, at least in the Hebrew original, treats ''Pharaoh'' like a [[proper name]] rather tha...
15: ...ek]] not an Egyptian. Controversy exists if Cleopatra was [[beauty|pretty]] but is is clear that she w...
27: ...ynasty of Egypt|Fourth Dynasty]], this name was introduced by the title "son of [[Ra]]."
29: ==Related entries== - Estevanico the moor (3698 bytes)
2: '''Estevanico''' (c. 1500 – 1539) (also known as "Mustafa Zemmouri", "Black Stephe...
5: ...mmour from west Africa by the trans-Saharan slave trade. He was converted to [[Roman Catholic Church|R...
8: ...exico]]), where they were reunited with their countrymen.
10: ...istrust, partially because his medicine gourd was trimmed with feathers from an [[owl]], a bird that s...
13: ...e was accepted as a deity by some Native American tribes because of his knowledge of herbs and medicin... - Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (19760 bytes)
11: ... been affirmed repeatedly and unfoundedly that Beatriz's father was a bastard son of King [[Ferdinand ...
14: ... of [[Jalisco]], [[Sinaloa]] and [[Nayarit]]). In 1539, he dispatched Friar [[Marcos de Niza]] and [[Est...
16: ...> The other component traveled by land, along the trail Friar Marcos de Niza had used. Coronado and Vi...
18: ...ings and on November 17, 1539 Diaz departs on the trail to CÍbola, with fifteen horsemen.<ref name="a...
21: ... were horsemen and foot soldiers who were able to travel quickly, while the main bulk of the expeditio... - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
4: ... Cortés, he fought them and won, using the extra troops as reinforcements. Cortés wrote letters dire...
6: ...as an individual. As a result of these historical trends, descriptions of Cortés tend to be simplisti...
14: ... [[Captain (OF-2)|captain]] of distinguished ancestry but slender means. Hernán's mother was Catalina...
16: ...udy at the [[University of Salamanca]] in west-central Spain. This was Spain's great center of learnin...
18: ...e two years at Salamanca, plus his long period of training and experience as a notary, first in Sevill... - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
5: ...anish nobility)|hidalgos]] of modest means in [[Extremadura]], a region of poverty and hardship from w...
7: ...ghter, and tactician, but was notorious for the extreme brutality with which he wielded these gifts.
12: ...tic Ocean]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] in order to trade Spain's New World fortunes with the Orient, th...
14: ... advance guard fought a pitched battle with Incan troops in front of the city, but the battle had ende...
16: ...de Almagro turned him down. De Soto packed up his treasure and returned to Spain.
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