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- Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
2: ...a time when aristocratic ladies were routinely educated. She is viewed by many feminists as the origin...
4: ...Pizan became a court writer employed by various ducal and Royal households, in order to support her th...
5: ...]]'' and argued against restrictions on female education and inheritance of land. Her most notable wor...
9: ...ifteen Christine married ɴienne du Castel, who became Charles's notary and secretary. After the king'...
11: ...x'' and ''jeux a vendre''--though she took the precaution to assure her readers (''Cent balades'', No.... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ...erable interest in the [[Republic of Ireland]], [[Canada]], [[United Kingdom]] and [[United States]]. ...
4: Joan of Arc's campaigns were responsible for a revitalization of [...
7: ...Jeanne d'Arc''' or '''Jehanne Darc''' was born circa [[1412]] in the small village of [[Domr魹-la-Puc...
10: ... are behind her. Oil on canvas in two joined vertical panels. [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New Y...
12: ... Archangel]], [[Saint Catherine of Alexandria|St. Catherine]], and [[Saint Margaret the Virgin|St. Mar... - Chromosome (12667 bytes)
1: ...="#0000FF">Chromatid</font>. One of the two identical parts of the chromosome after [[S phase]]. (2) <...
2: ...mas Hunt Morgan]] proved that chromosomes are the carriers of genes.
5: ...]]s''. DNA replication begins at many different locations on the chromosome.
8: ...somes initiate replication and one origin of replication.
11: Two types of [[chromatin]] can be distinguished: - Printing (4400 bytes)
4: ...producing copies of [[text]]s and [[image]]s, typically with [[ink]] on [[paper]] using a [[printing p...
6: ...hich is principally used for [[newspaper]]s and [[catalogue]]s). The largest commercial and industria...
11: ...est surviving book printed using the more sophisticated [[block printing]] dates from 868 AD (The ''[[...
13: ... Mainz, developed European printing technology in 1440. Basing the design of his machine on a wine press...
15: ...ssachusetts Bay in 1628, and helped establish the Cambridge Press. - Printing press (12986 bytes)
1: The '''printing press''' is a mechanical device for [[printing]] many copies of a [[text]...
4: ...and used words sparsely. As a new block had to be carved for each page, printing different [[book]]s w...
8: ...press in Europe is not accepted by all. The other candidate advanced is the [[The Netherlands|Dutchman...
12: ...s wrote them out by hand. Books were therefore a scarce resource. While it might take someone a year t...
14: ...r encountered in much of the Islamic world, where calligraphic traditions were extremely important, an... - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
6: ...za]] family in Milan, during the period when it became one of the largest and most famous choirs in Eu...
8: ...n on a ''[[cantus firmus]]'' derived from the musical letters in the Duke's name. While there he also...
10: ...tween Belgium and France, becoming provost of the cathedral there. During this time he had immense fa...
14: ...ing together the many streams of contemporary musical practice. He possessed a vivid conception of th...
16: ...most of the contemporary trends, innovated significantly, and was also able to express intense emotion... - Donatello (10376 bytes)
7: ...ung Donatello. While pursuing their studies and excavations on classic soil, which gained them the rep...
10: ...ts of the classical ideal. All these figures were carved in marble and are admirably conceived in rela...
14: ...n the Baptist'', ''Habakkuk'' (the statue is also called ''Zuccone'', meaning Pumpkin, for its bald he...
16: ...tonio]] in [[Padua]] and of the pulpit of [[Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze|San Lorenzo]] in Floren...
18: ...egun about [[1425]]) and the tomb of Cardinal Brancacci at San Angelo a Nib in [[Naples]] ([[1427]]). ... - Roger van der Weyden (3397 bytes)
7: ...ere in [[1427]] he entered the studio of [[Robert Campin]], previously known as the Master of Flemalle...
9: ...ussels]] about [[1435]]. He was in [[Italy]] in [[1440]]-[[1450]], but his visit shows no result on his ...
18: * ''Descent from the Cross'' ([[1440]]), [[Madrid]]
20: * [[triptych]] ([[1438]]-[[1440]]), [[Berlin Museum]] - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
5: ...ies. It is often viewed as one of the most significant conflicts in [[medieval warfare]].
8: ...ct can be found 400 years earlier when Frankish [[Carolingian]] ruler [[Charles the Simple]] allowed t...
13: ...p III of Navarre|Philip, count of Evreux]], who became [[List of Navarrese monarchs|king consort Phili...
17: ...ng the English lords of Aquitaine, many of whom became sympathizers of [[Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of M...
19: ...nfant daughter yet to be born. The senior line of Capetian dynasty had ended in [[tail male]], creatin... - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
4: ...s or property on board a ship or aircraft. Piracy can also be committed against a ship, aircraft, pers...
10: ...sold as [[slave]]s.<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Parliament/2587/trade.html Phoenician Ec...
12: ...nsom was paid, Caesar raised a fleet, pursued and captured the pirates, and had them put to death.
14: ...are managed to suppress the threat. (See [[Pompey#Campaign against the pirates]]).
16: ...antly raiding the [[Adriatic Sea]], the Illyrians caused many conflicts with the [[Roman Republic]]. I... - Phoenix, Arizona (34271 bytes)
4: '''Phoenix''' is the [[capital]], largest [[City|city]] and largest [[metro...
7: * the largest capital city by area and population in the U.S. (inc...
13: Phoenix is called ''Hoodzo'' (lit. 'the place is hot') in [[Nav...
46: ...35 miles (217 km) of canals. Their disappearance ca. 1450 A.D. remains a mystery. Prolonged drought ...
49: ...]], he and others from Wickenburg had dug a short canal from the Salt River and founded a small farmin... - Hafnium (9162 bytes)
17: | [[Chemical series]]
23: | [[Density]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]]
34: | [[Atomic radius]] (calc.)
55: ...lspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="ffc0c0"|'''Physical Properties'''
76: | 1.12 [[Pascal|mPa]] at 2500 K - Padua (12961 bytes)
2: ...he city is picturesque, with a dense network of arcaded streets opening into large communal ''piazze''...
7: ...[Stefano da Ferrara]], working from [[1425]] to [[1440]].
9: ...]] - [[1526]]), and close by is the [[Palazzo del Capitanio]], the residence of the Venetian governors...
10: ...stians before the Judges'', hangs in the city's [[cathedral]].]]
11: ...n [[1453]], the first full-size equestrian bronze cast since antiquity. - February 22 (10772 bytes)
1: ... is the 53rd day of every year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]]. There are 312 days remaining, 313 in [[l...
3: {{FebruaryCalendar}}
13: ...s|American]] troops drive off 15,000 [[Mexico|Mexican]].
15: ...6]] - The [[United States Republican Party|Republican Party]] opens its first national meeting in [[Pi...
18: * [[1879]] - In [[Utica, New York]], [[Frank Woolworth]] opens the first ...
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