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- Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
1: [[Image:Christine de Pisan - Project Gutenberg eBook 12254.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|Christine...
2: ... to take charge in his absence. This practice had been the norm for centuries rather than Pizan's inve...
4: ... 24 her husband ɴienne du Castel died, and Pizan became a court writer employed by various ducal and ...
9: ... fifteen Christine married ɴienne du Castel, who became Charles's notary and secretary. After the kin...
11: ...d some fifteen important works, chiefly in prose, besides minor pieces. - Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
1: ...entific revolution''' was the period that roughly began with the discoveries of [[Johannes Kepler|Kepl...
3: ...h scientists worked was radically changed. At the beginning of the century, science was highly [[Arist...
11: ...causes of the revolution (Margolis, 2002). It may be summarized in the following lists of significant ...
33: ...red against everything discovered in the previous 1400 years, it is no contest. (Margolis, 2002; p. 139)
36: ... this interpretation these extraordinary changes, beginning with Copernicus and extending to the early... - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
9: ...l art can be seen as the history of the interplay between the elements of classical, early Christian a...
15: ...Christian art'' covers the period from about 200 (before which no distinct Christian form survives), u...
17: ... [[Anglo-Saxon]]s creating what is called the [[Hiberno-Saxon]] style, and then finally late in the pe...
19: ...nderung|Migration period]] from about 300-900 (to be completed).
21: ''Pre-Romanesque art'' (to be completed) - Jewellery (4234 bytes)
1: ...aluable materials. However, jewellery can and has been made out of almost every kind of material.
7: ...ored in the form of jewellery. Jewellery can also be symbolic, as in the case of [[Christianity|Christ...
9: ...abited continent. Personal [[adornment]] seems to be a basic human tendency.
21: ...ypt and Iran makeing simple [[hammer]]ed [[iron]] beads
24: * [[2600 BC]] - Beaded [[wire]]s began to be used. - Clavichord (3295 bytes)
3: ...nd Iberia. Although most of the instruments built before the 1730s were small (perhaps 4 x 1 x 1/3 fee...
5: ...string, which is known as ''[[bebung]]'', and can be used to give a form of [[vibrato]].
7: ...lities of the instrument, since only one note can be played at a time on each string. As a result ther...
9: ...re is speculation that some practice [[etude]]s labelled ''organ'' by the composers and now regarded a...
11: ...usic)|organ]] from the period circa 1400-1800 can be played on the clavichord; however, it is too quie... - Nile (13738 bytes)
12: ...ies far less water than the mighty Amazon, partly because it receives not a single tributary from its ...
14: ...am — the Ruvyironza — is taken as the beginning and followed to the Mediterranean, the Nil...
24: ...] River. The Kagera flows for 690 km (429 miles) before reaching Lake Victoria.
26: ...azal]], itself 720 km (445 miles) long, the river beomes known as the Bahr al Abyad, or the [[White Ni...
36: ... sea. From that point north, the Nile diminishes because of evaporation. - Slovenia (19318 bytes)
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54: ...an Union]] on [[1 May]] [[2004]]. It is also a member of the [[Council of Europe]], [[NATO]], and has ...
59: ...]]. In [[745]], Carantania lost its independence, being largely subsumed into the Frankish empire. Man...
61: ...rst ever Slavic dialect documents in [[Latin alphabet|Latin]] script, were written around [[1000]]. Du...
65: ...of Yugoslavia]], officially declared on [[29 November]] [[1945]]. Present-day Slovenia was formed on [... - Great Sphinx of Giza (7181 bytes)
3: ...e in [[Egypt]]. Believed by Egyptologists to have been built by [[ancient Egyptians]] about 4,500 year...
5: ... Great Sphinx faces due east, with a small temple between its paws.
11: ...granite stela known as the [[Dream Stela]] placed between the paws. It was only in [[1817]] that the f...
13: The body of the Sphinx was carved out of solid bedrock whose removed stones some weighing upwards o...
18: ...s Greek namesake, although this phrase should not be confused with the original [[Sphinx#Greek_Sphinx|... - Ancient Egypt (16131 bytes)
6: ...ne]] and [[Israel]] to the east. The [[Nile]] has been the lifeline for Egyptian culture since the [[S...
14: ...f the [[First dynasty of Egypt|First dynasty]] or before, the Egyptians [[Mining|mined]] [[turquoise]]...
16: ...]]. An awareness of the [[Golden ratio]] seems to be reflected in many constructions, such as the [[Eg...
22: .../mad/Ancient-Africa/mad_ancient_egyptpapyrus.html#berlin]
37: * [[1800 BCE]] - world's oldest known [[alphabet]] - Iron Age (8996 bytes)
3: ...uding differing agricultural practices, religious beliefs and artistic styles.
7: ...he arrival of iron use in various areas is listed below, broadly in chronological order.
10: ...than [[gold]]. Some sources suggest that iron was being created then as a by-product of [[copper]] ref...
13: ...dagger with a golden hilt. Also an Egyptian sword bearing the name of [[pharaoh]] [[Merneptah]] and a ...
15: ... superior Bantu spread across southern Africa and became rich and powerful, producing iron for tools a... - Sun (20830 bytes)
128: ...tal speed]] is 217 km/s, i.e. 1 light-year in ca. 1400 years, and 1 AU in 8 days.
132: ... one's [[eyesight]].''' [[#Sun_and_eye_damage|See below for details]].
136: ...which is offset from the center of the Sun mostly because of the large mass of [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupi...
138: ...un has well defined interior structure, described below. The Sun's radius is measured from centre to ...
145: ...eld). A [[fusion reactor]], which some physicists believe may one day provide power for human use, wou... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
24: *[[Edwin Austin Abbey]] ([[1852]]-[[1911]])
26: *[[Bernard Accama]] ([[1697]]-[[1756]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]]) - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
5: ... very rarely, if ever, covered the whole distance between [[Europe]], or the [[Middle East]], and [[Ch...
11: ... rapidly. For example, the [[dromedary]] may have been domesticated as early as circa [[11th century B...
13: Grasslands stretch like a long ribbon between the desert and the main agricultural and urb...
16: ... Road]] (constructed [[5th century BC]]) may have been in use as early as [[3500 BC]]. There is eviden...
18: [[Lapis lazuli]] was being traded from its only known source in the ancie... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
15: | [[527]] || Justinian I becomes emperor.
41: | Constantinople is liberated by the Byzantine emperor of [[Nicaea]], Mich...
46: ...ntium'') is the term conventionally used to describe the [[Greek language|Greek]]-speaking [[Roman Emp...
51: ...ced by the rift caused by the 9th century dispute between Romans (Byzantines as we render them today) ...
53: ... not intended in a demeaning manner since he ascribed his changes to ''historiography'' and not ''hist... - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
3: ... establishing the end of the Medieval era and the beginning of the [[Renaissance]] is admittedly arbit...
9: .... The notation system is weak, and rhythm cannot be specified. The simplicity of chant, with unison ...
11: ...Rhythmic notation allows for complex interactions between multiple vocals lines in a repeatable fashio...
14: ...lopment, reconstruction of this music, especially before the [[12th century]], is currently subject to...
17: ...period, Franco of Cologne, was the first to describe a system of notation in which differently shaped ... - Geologic time scale (26014 bytes)
1: ...ientists to describe the timing and relationships between events that have occurred during the [[histo...
3: ... [[mass extinction]]s. For example, the boundary between the [[Cretaceous]] period and the [[Palaeoge...
7: ...emblages. In many cases, such faunal stages have been adopted in building the geologic nomenclature, ...
9: ...erminology and define universal horizons that can be used around the world.
13: ... older than those above it and younger than those below it. Steno's principles were simple; applying ... - Illinois (27007 bytes)
25: AdmittanceDate = [[December 3]], [[1818]] |
37: ...ek]] people, a [[consortium]] of [[Algonquin]] tribes that thrived in the area. The word ''Illiniwek''...
45: ...[[Potawatomi]], [[Miami]], [[Sauk]], and other tribes.
48: ...as ceded to the new United States in [[1783]] and became part of the [[Northwest Territory]].
51: ...e [[1832]] [[Black Hawk War]], the last native tribes were driven out of northern Illinois. - Crossbow (7510 bytes)
5: ... stock and trigger of hand-held firearms may have been copied from crossbows.
7: Crossbow bolts must be made to have consistent weights as the mechanical...
12: ...[bridle]], it tends to loosen over time, and must be carefully respliced when appropriate.
16: ...ngs for a crossbow are typically made of strong fibers that would not tend to fray. According to W. F....
18: ... ultimately producing a "hair trigger" that could be shot with very little finger strength. - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
1: ...and The Connoisseur'' drawn c. 1565 is thought to be a self portrait]]
3: ...of [[Breda (Netherlands)|Breda]] or the [[Belgium|Belgian]] town of [[Bree]], called Breda in Latin, i...
5: ...nently 10 years later. He died there on [[9 September]], [[1569]].
7: ...Younger]] and [[Jan Brueghel the Elder]] who both became painters, but as they were still infants when...
9: ...e context does not make clear which "Brueghel" is being referred to. - 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: ...], where in [[1427]] he entered the studio of [[Robert Campin]], previously known as the Master of Fle...
19: ...oss'' ([[1443]]), Sint-Pieterskerk, [[Leuven]], [[Belgium]]
20: * [[triptych]] ([[1438]]-[[1440]]), [[Berlin Museum]]
22: * ''[[Last Judgment]]'' ([[1451]]), hospital of [[Beaune]], [[France]]
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