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- Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
4: When she was 24 her husband ɴienne du Castel died, and Pizan became a court writer employed ...
9: ...les V]]. At fifteen Christine married ɴienne du Castel, who became Charles's notary and secretary. Aft...
13: ...him as his own; the boy, after Salisbury's death (1400) being received by [[Philip of Burgundy]], at who...
19: ...'Livre de la paix'' (1412-1413), but after the disasters of the [[battle of Agincourt|campaign of Aginc...
25: ...) by Stephen Scrope for his stepfather, Sir John Fastolf, and is preserved in a manuscript at Longleat.... - Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
33: ...red against everything discovered in the previous 1400 years, it is no contest. (Margolis, 2002; p. 139)
40: ...entric model]] had been accepted by all but a few astronomers. The idea that the earth moved around the...
42: ... of the 17th century it was generally accepted by astronomers.
46: Not only [[astronomy]] and [[mechanics]] were greatly changed. [...
66: ...y observe with an open mind -- was in strict contrast with the earlier, [[Aristotle|Aristotelian]] appr... - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
3: ...story|Europe]], the [[Islamic art history|Middle East]] and North Africa. It includes the major art mov...
15: ...iconoclasm]] halted the production of art in the East. During this period Christian artists adopted the...
27: ...most of which have not survived due to natural disasters and the re-appropriation of churches to [[mosq...
29: ...(1285), and [[Flamboyant Gothic]] in France (1370-1400). - Jewellery (4234 bytes)
16: ...es of [[copper]] in [[Anatolia]], [[Iran]] and [[Eastern Europe]].
22: * 3000 BC - [[The Middle East]] employ semi-[[mass-production]]
26: ...0 BC - True iron production technology in [[Near East]].
31: * [[1400 BC]] - Egypt Amarna period, using [[resin]] and m...
32: * 1400 BC - Deliberate addition of zinc to copper in [[P... - Clavichord (3295 bytes)
3: ...4 x 1 x 1/3 feet and four octaves in range), the last instruments built were up to seven feet long with...
11: ...se in any but the smallest ensembles. [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J. S. Bach]]'s son [[Carl Philipp Emmanue...
13: ...cordings of the instrument have been made in the past 70 years. Leading modern exponents of the instrum... - Nile (13738 bytes)
18: [[Image:Nile_boat.jpg|thumbnail|left|East Africa, showing the course of the River Nile]]
20: ...oth branches formed on the western flanks of the East African Rift, which is the southern African part ...
36: ... Khartoum. The Nile is also unusual in that its last tributary (the Atbara) joins it approximately hal...
42: ...y currents nurture the fishing industries of the Eastern Mediterranean, or used to before the Aswan Hig...
46: ...ago [[desiccation|desiccated]] the [[pastoralism|pastoral]] lands of Egypt to form the [[Sahara]] and t... - Slovenia (19318 bytes)
52: ...] to the south and east, [[Hungary]] to the northeast, and [[Austria]] to the north.
91: The last two are usually considered together as Primorska ...
139: ...o 3500 mm for the Alps, 800 mm for south east and 1400 mm for central Slovenia.
210: * [[Coast of Slovenia]]
226: ...tp://www.pro-vreme.com/indexeng.php/ Weather forecast for Slovenia] - Great Sphinx of Giza (7181 bytes)
5: The Great Sphinx faces due east, with a small temple between its paws.
11: .... The first attempt to dig it out dates back to [[1400 BC]], when the young [[Tutmosis IV]], falling asl...
22: ...ich would place its construction in the Fourth Dynasty ([[28th century BC|2723 BC]]–[[26th centur...
24: ...d [[Ra]] in order to restore respect for their dynasty.{{fn|1}}
36: ...is new data, in conjuction with the corresponding astronomical alignments of the Sphinx and pyramids of... - Ancient Egypt (16131 bytes)
6: ...aza Strip]], [[Palestine]] and [[Israel]] to the east. The [[Nile]] has been the lifeline for Egyptian ...
14: ...the time of the [[First dynasty of Egypt|First dynasty]] or before, the Egyptians [[Mining|mined]] [[tu...
35: * [[2400 BCE]] - [[Egyptian calendar|Astronomical Calendar]], used even in the [[Middle Ag...
36: ...e [[Suez Canal|Nile-Red Sea Canal]] ([[Twelfth dynasty of Egypt]])
49: ** c.[[1400 BCE]] - [[Tulli Papyrus]] - Iron Age (8996 bytes)
3: ...his new material coincided with other changes in past societies often including differing agricultural ...
5: The Iron Age is the last principal period in the [[three-age system]] for ...
10: ...BC]], iron was used increasingly in the [[Middle East]] but did not supplant the dominant use of [[bron...
13: ...uction of steel occurred around [[1400 BC]] in [[East Africa]] ([http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/CIVAFRCA/...
20: ===Near East=== - Sun (20830 bytes)
122: ...rable other bodies including other [[planet]]s, [[asteroid]]s, [[meteoroid]]s, [[comet]]s and [[dust]].
128: ...tal speed]] is 217 km/s, i.e. 1 light-year in ca. 1400 years, and 1 AU in 8 days.
130: The [[Astronomical symbols|astronomical symbol]] for the Sun is a [[circle with ...
187: ...re. This makes it possible for the Sun to rotate faster at its equator (about 25 days) than it does at ...
191: ... rise, set and transit times among many others of astronomical objects. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
128: *[[Jacopo Bellini]] (ca.[[1400]]-[[1470]])
376: *[[Alfred East]] ([[1849]]-[[1913]])
549: *[[Vlastimil Hofman]] ([[1881]]-[[1970]])
979: *[[Maurice Prendergast]] ([[1861]]-[[1924]]) - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
3: ...ing through the [[Bulgar]]-[[Kypchak]] zone to [[Eastern Europe]] and the [[Crimean peninsula]], and fr...
5: ...ole distance between [[Europe]], or the [[Middle East]], and [[China]], by land.
7: The last missing railroad link on the Silk Road was comple...
11: ... century BC|1100 BC]], and the [[nomads]] of the vast Eurasian [[steppe]]-lands had domesticated [[hors...
18: ...world – [[Badakshan]], in what is now northeastern [[Afghanistan]] – as far as [[Mesopotami... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
7: ...0px]]<br/><small>Emblem of the [[Palaeologus]] dynasty, as preserved today at the entrance of the Ecume...
13: | The Empire is permanently split into Eastern and Western halves, following the death of The...
35: ... Most of Asia Minor is lost. The same year, the last Byzantine outposts in Italy are conquered by the ...
46: ...dicate, thus leaving to the emperor in the Greek East sole imperial authority. In any case, the changeo...
51: ...f Roman rights in Italy thereby renouncing their eastern neighbours as true Romans. The [[Donation of C... - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
25: ...s a strong influence on Christian chanting. The eastern traditions of the Byzantine Church were also a...
32: ...stable, relatively literate setting of western monasteries during the reign of Charlemagne.
38: Chant survived and prospered in monasteries and religious centers throughout the chaotic...
44: ...round the end of the ninth century, singers in monasteries such as St. Gall in Switzerland began experi...
46: ...s the [[school of St. Martial]] (named after a monastery in south-central France, which contains the be... - Geologic time scale (26014 bytes)
3: ...d. The geologic or ''[[deep time]]'' of Earth's past has been organized into various units according t...
9: ...n]], [[Atdabanian]] and [[Botomian]] stages in [[East Asia]] and [[Siberia]]. It is a key aspect of th...
54: ...s became recognizable. [[Equidae|Horses]] and [[mastodont]]s diverse. [[Grass]]es become ubiquitous. ...
126: ...d [[nautiloid]]s in decline. [[Glaciation]] in East [[Gondwana]].
203: | style="background:#DDC288" | 1400 <sup>6</sup> - Illinois (27007 bytes)
45: ...le, Illinois]]. That civilization vanished circa 1400-1500 for unknown reasons. The next major power i...
51: ...ents. With the [[1832]] [[Black Hawk War]], the last native tribes were driven out of northern Illinoi...
72: ...[Kentucky]] to the south, and [[Indiana]] to the east. Illinois also borders Michigan, but only via a w...
74: ...ficantly increased their suburban support in the past decade.
78: ... crops (including some [[cotton]] farming in the past), more rugged unglaciated topography, [[coal]] mi... - Crossbow (7510 bytes)
18: ...own to have been used on crossbows from the early 1400s. [[Leonardo da Vinci]] designed many complicated...
26: ...idence suggesting its true origins to be in Southeast Asia. One of the most distinctive Chinese invent...
32: ...ore uniform, except in very cold weather. About [[1400]] the use of the crossbow changed, with the butt ...
36: ...w had greater range, better accuracy, and a much faster rate of fire than an average crossbow, but the... - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
5: ...later married, and was in [[1551]] accepted as a master in the painters' guild of [[Antwerp]]. He trave...
9: ... from other members of the [[Brueghel|Brueghel dynasty]], but is also the one generally meant when the ...
35: ** ''[[:Image:DSCN2653-hunters-in-the-snow crop 1400x1000.jpg|The Hunters in the Snow]] (Dec.-Jan.)'' ...
42: * ''[[:Image:DSCN2652-brueghel-massacre rot crop 1400 1000.jpg|Massacre of the Innocents]]'' c. 1565, H... - Roger van der Weyden (3397 bytes)
3: ...s Roger de la Pasture, Rogier de Bruxelles, (c. [[1400]] - [[June 18]], [[1464]]) was a [[Flanders|Flemi...
7: ...io of [[Robert Campin]], previously known as the Master of Flemalle.
15: ...tle, jewel-like perfection. Unlike other Flemish masters, Roger used little underdrawing for his oil pa...
22: * ''[[Last Judgment]]'' ([[1451]]), hospital of [[Beaune]], ...
35: ... der Weyden in some of the principal figures at least, though Memling may have completed the picture.
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