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- Renaissance (14795 bytes)
61: ...on has to prove that all civic humanist work came after 1402, whereas many such works date from the [[...
86: ...rnolfini Portrait]], by [[Jan van Eyck]], painted 1434]]
88: ...mported by King [[Francis I of France|Francis I]] after his invasion of Italy. Francis imported Italia... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
3: ...he relatively passive [[Mediterranean]] and sail safely on the open [[Atlantic]].
15: ...giving European sailors some idea of the shape of Africa and Asia.
18: ...naging to push a few miles further south and in [[1434]] the obstacle of [[Cape Bojador]] was overcome. ...
22: ...n that they hoped would bypass Portugal's lock on Africa and the Indian Ocean reaching Asia by travell...
24: ...Cape Verde]] islands; this gave them control over Africa, Asia and western South America ([[Brazil]]).... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
5: ...[[Portuguese Empire]] stretched across the world. After the rise of other colonial powers, Portugal de...
25: ...ly [[Berber]] with some [[Arab]], mainly expelled after the [[Christian]] reconquest or [[Reconquista]...
27: ...s son, [[Afonso I of Portugal|Afonso Henriques]] (Afonso I), took control of the county. The city of [...
29: ... 5]], [[1143]], Portugal was formally recognized. Afonso, aided by the [[Templar Knights]], continued ...
31: ...ile]] who would therefore be the King of Portugal after Fernando's death. However, the impending loss... - Donatello (10376 bytes)
23: ...cides with Cosimo's. Almost immediately, in May [[1434]], he signed a contract for the marble pulpit on ... - Jan van Eyck (7234 bytes)
1: ...umb|250px|''[[The Arnolfini Portrait]]'', painted 1434]]
9: After the breaking up of the prince's household in [...
13: ...rried, and his wife bore him a daughter, known in after years as a nun in the convent of Maeseyck. At ...
26: ...with the Pinks", in the Berlin Museum ([[1432]]-[[1434]]), show no relaxation of power; but later creati...
28: ...he [[National Gallery, London|National Gallery]] (1434), in which a rare insight into the detail of anim... - Florence (11538 bytes)
1: ... the kingdom of Italy. Florence was long ruled ([[1434]]-[[1494]], [[1512]]-[[1527]] and [[1530]]-[[1737...
19: ...or, and the pro-[[Papacy|Papal]] [[Guelphs]], who after their victory split in turn into feuding "Whit...
23: ...Cosimo de%27 Medici|Piero]], who was shortly thereafter succeeded by Cosimo's grandson, [[Lorenzo de%2...
25: After Lorenzo's death in 1492 and his son Piero's ex...
32: ...r following the latter's addition to the kingdom. After doubling during the 19th century, Florence's p... - Henry the Navigator (6878 bytes)
3: ... with tapping into that wealth, as well as with [[Africa]] in general, and with the legend of [[Preste...
9: ...se [[voyages of discovery]], which commenced soon after the capture of Ceuta. Henry's court rapidly g...
15: ...me the first European known to pass the cape in [[1434]].
17: ...[[1460]] the Portuguese had explored the coast of Africa as far as present-day [[Sierra Leone]].
21: ... the Portuguese possessions of Madeira and on the African coast. - March 19 (9902 bytes)
19: ...t of [[Japan]], a [[dive bomber]] hits the [[aircraft carrier]] [[USS Franklin (CV-13)|USS ''Franklin'...
33: ...peration Anaconda]] ends (started on [[March 2]]) after killing 500 [[Taliban]] and [[al Qaeda]] fight...
36: ...MiG-15|Mig-15]] in the 1950s is finally recovered after years of work. The remains of the crew are lef...
40: *[[1434]] - [[Ashikaga Yoshikatsu]], Japanese shogun (b. ... - Rome (33048 bytes)
49: ...iver and the ford, Rome was at a cross roads of traffic following the river valley and of traders trav...
52: ...th [[Mediterranean]] people, perhaps from [[North Africa]]. In the [[8th century BC]] these Italic spe...
57: After [[650 BC]], the Etruscans became dominant in I...
59: ...ruscans came into direct contact with the Greeks. After initial success in conflicts with the Greek co...
64: ...s from Gaul who had successfully invaded Etruria. After that Rome went on the offensive conquering the...
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