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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
47: *[[John Cabot]] (Giovanni Caboto), (c. 1450 – 1499), [[Italy|Italian]] navigator in [[Engla...
78: *[[Bartolomeu Dias]], (1450-1500), [[Portuguese]] explorer who first rounded ...
246: *[[Scylax of Caryanda]] - a [[Hellenic civilization|Gree...
306: [[pl:Najwięksi odkrywcy]] - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
48: ... ended up being more important than factual accuracy.
126: ...took his surname, but later tried to hide his piracy. Some Basque historians have claimed that he was ...
147: ...Portugal as or "adopted language of culture" from 1450. This same Spanish is used by poets like [[Ferná...
192: ...bus :an exploration of the man, the myth, the legacy'', Knopf, 1991, hardcover: ISBN 0679404767, trade... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ...ge of Joan of Arc, [[painting|painted]] between [[1450]] and [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Na...
16: ..."sign" that she had said would verify her legitimacy as a visionary—gained her the support of pr...
18: ... on the 15th, followed by the surrender of Beaugency on the 17th. A greater victory was achieved on t...
34: ...ther sources, which additionally attest to the mercy she showed toward enemy soldiers. It was, ironic...
68: ...ecret so she kneeled, confessed and begged for mercy. Later she was forced to admit her imposture in ... - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
25: ...n be broken down into three main divisions, the [[Cycladic]], the [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]] and t...
27: ...ands in the Aegean Sea, southeast of [[Athens]]. Cycladic culture developed pottery, often decorated ...
31: ...he shape of a bull was found in Knossos from 1500-1450 BC. In addition, there are many double-bladed ax... - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
41: currency = [[Boliviano]] |
42: currency_code = BO |
59: ...ad dissipated by the 13th century A.D. In about [[1450]], the [[Quechua]]-speaking [[Incas]] entered the...
76: ...grew impressively during most of Banzer's presidency, but [[human rights]] violations and eventual fis...
85: ...oca by its growers in the Chapare region. The policy produced little net reduction in coca, and in the... - Biography (6028 bytes)
16: ...tricted to [[church father]]s, [[martyr]]s, [[papacy|popes]] and [[saint]]s. Their works were meant t...
24: ...presented its subject to the reader with an intimacy and detail rarely seen before that time or since. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
124: *[[Kamaleddin Behzad]] ([[1450]]-)
302: *[[Boleslaw Cybis]] ([[1895]]-[[1957]])
303: *[[Jan Cybis]] ([[1897]]-[[1972]])
304: *[[Cydney]] ([[1909]]-[?])
318: *[[Gerard David]] (ca.[[1450]]-[[1523]]) - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
3: ...g of the [[Renaissance]] is admittedly arbitrary, 1450 is used here.
19: ...he breve, which ultimately achieved the same primacy over rhythmic structure as our modern "measure") ...
34: ...from the early ninth century, though the consistency of the music across a wide area implies that some...
38: ...e were the places of greatest stability and literacy.
71: ...ythmic modes and sometime (with increasing frequency) substitution of secular songs for chant in the t... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...n European countries except England between about 1450 and 1600. The Gregorian calendar as promulgated i...
62: *[[1979]] - Formal [[diplomacy|diplomatic relations]] are established between th...
90: *[[1999]] - The [[Euro]] currency is introduced.
186: *[[1986]] - [[Alfredo Binda]], Italian cyclist (b. [[1902]]) - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
188: |[[Sears Tower]]||1974||Present||1450 ft||442 m||1730 ft||527 m||11... - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
2: ...of "Joseph"; latinized Josquinus Pratensis) (c. [[1450]] – [[August 27]], [[1521]]) was a [[Dutch ...
6: ...t scholarship has shown that he was born around [[1450]], and did not go to Italy until the early [[1470... - Fra Angelico (13116 bytes)
23: ...ooperation of his pupil [[Benozzo Gozzoli]]. In [[1450]], Fra Angelico became Prior of the convent of Sa...
37: ...ge of the human frame was restricted. The brilliancy and fair light scale of his [[tint (visual arts)|...
48: ...tti, William Michael]]. Angelico, Fra. ''[[1911 Encyclopædia Britannica]]''. - Hieronymus Bosch (3386 bytes)
1: ...eronymus Bosch''', also '''Jeroen Bosch''', (c. [[1450]] – [[August]], [[1516]]) was a prolific [[... - Roger van der Weyden (3397 bytes)
9: ...about [[1435]]. He was in [[Italy]] in [[1440]]-[[1450]], but his visit shows no result on his style, wh...
13: ...hilip.jpg|thumb|250px|Philip the Good, painted c. 1450 by Roger van der Weyden]]
21: * ''Madonna with Saints'' ([[1450]]), [[Stadel Institute]], [[Frankfurt]]
37: [[Image:Weyden Ivo.jpg|thumb|250px|''St Ivo'' (c.1450) Oil on oak panel, 45 x 35 cm National Gallery, L...
39: There was a younger Roger van der Weyden (c. [[1450]]-[[1529]]), to whom a brilliant ''Mary Magdalen'... - Petrarch (10447 bytes)
1: ...px|From the ''Cycle of Famous Men and Women.'' c. 1450. Detached fresco. 247 x 153 cm. Galleria degli Uf...
30: ==Legacy==
38: ...cathen/11778a.htm Petrarch] from the [[Catholic Encyclopedia]]. - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
17: ...lost lands became a major focus of English diplomacy. Another effect of the war was to galvanize oppo...
38: ...ard III?s prestige. At sea, France enjoyed supremacy for some time, and several towns on the English c...
42: ...osses until the French were forced to retreat. Crecy was a crushing defeat for the French.
50: ...lish archers repeated the same tactics used at Crecy, and the Gascon noble [[Captal de Buch]] led a fl...
70: ...-occupied Calais. In a campaign reminiscent of Crecy, he found himself outmaneuvered and low on suppli... - History of the world (21975 bytes)
23: ...ing the transition in the early Iron Age, [[currency|coinage]] was introduced in [[Lydia]]. Chinese ci...
31: ...ining huge armies and the support of the bureaucracy. These costs fell most heavily on the peasantry, ...
55: ... refers to the invention of the printing press in 1450s Germany, and to Life Magazine's comments on it. ...
69: ...revolutions in the late [[18th century]]. Democracy would grow to have a profound effect on world eve...
81: ... technology, and a large increase in life expectancy and standard of living for the majority of humani... - Venice (22017 bytes)
6: ...ice was a [[city state]] (an Italian [[thalassocracy]] or ''Repubblica Marinara'', the other three bei...
10: ...islands in the [[Aegean Sea|Aegean]], including [[Cyprus]] and [[Crete]], and became a major power-bro...
20: ...ts frequently coming into conflict with the [[Papacy]]. Venice was threatened with the [[interdict]] o...
29: By [[1450]], more than 3,000 Venetian merchant ships were i...
31: ...[14th century]] from among the younger [[aristocracy]] and served aboard both war-galleys and armed me... - Hittites (17910 bytes)
32: ...n particular the cuneiform writing and the use of cylindrical [[seal (device)|seal]]s.
49: ... as late as the [[5th century BC]], and their legacy can be traced in several small independent states...
54: *Middle Hittite Kingdom (1500 - [[1450 BC]])
55: *New Hittite Kingdom (Empire) (1450 - [[1180 BC]]): [[Suppiluliumas I]] conquers [[Sy...
156: Because of this perceived discrepancy and other reasons, many Biblical scholars reject ... - Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
31: ...important structures had a greater degree of privacy. Outside of the constantly evolving urban core we...
43: ...ical matters, as opposed to matching the calendar cycle. However, the process of rebuilding on top of...
75: ==Writing and literacy==
100: '''Literacy'''
102: ...rite the language numbered in the hundreds, literacy was not necessarily widespread beyond the elite c...
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