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- Margaret of Anjou (3729 bytes)
3: ...rs her senior, on April 23, [[1445]], at [[Titchfield]] in [[Hampshire]].
12: ... of Westminster]], was born, on [[October 13]], [[1453]], he had suffered a complete mental breakdown. ...
14: ...aptured, Margaret, managed to escape, and immediately began raising an army in Wales and the north of ...
16: ...e gained a major success at the [[Battle of Wakefield]] on December 30, [[1460]], when the combined ar...
18: ...isted that Warwick return to England to prove himself, before she followed. He did so, restoring Henr... - Renaissance (14795 bytes)
5: ...es. Second, it means that the results of these intellectual activities created a ''revitalization'' of...
10: ... and followed by the [[Reformation]], which many believe to not be accurate. The entire period is now ...
17: ...el Fiore.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The [[Santa Maria del Fiore]] church of [[Florence]], [[Italy]]. Floren...
21: ...literary advancement, and not as a series of set religious events. Re-birth meant the rediscovery of a...
23: ...e, and it perhaps represented the end of the old religious order in Europe. - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
1: ...arly [[16th century]] in [[Northern Europe]], as well as the [[Protestant Reformation]] starting in 15...
6: ...l senses were unevolved and its technologies undeveloped, compared to the preceding culture.
8: ...to obtain supplies of Mediterranean luxury goods well into the 6th century, this connection too was lo...
12: ...ional support for large scale chattel slavery largely disappeared.
14: ...sole unifying cultural influence, preserving its selection from Latin learning, maintaining the art of... - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
3: ...evivals, the artists crafts, and the artists themselves.
5: ...art into major periods and movements. They are [[Celtic art]], [[Early Christian art]], [[Migration Pe...
9: ... seen as the history of the interplay between the elements of classical, early Christian and "Barbaria...
17: ...e period some Viking inspirations were added in Ireland.
25: ... an early formative stage from 600-900 and the development of regional styles from 900-1500. - Printing press (12986 bytes)
3: ==Development of the printing press==
4: ...les" emphasized illustrations and used words sparsely. As a new block had to be carved for each page, ...
6: ...ean style printing press was introduced in relatively recent times (thus bringing the technology full ...
12: ... Johann Gutenberg and the year 1500, are collectively referred to as [[incunabulum|incunabula]].
14: ...c world, where calligraphic traditions were extremely important, and also in the Far East. - Greece (54754 bytes)
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44: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.gr]]
50:
52: ... and the [[Middle East]]. Today, Greece is a [[developed nation]], member of the [[European Union]] si... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
13: *[[Elihu Yale|Yale, Elihu]] (1649-1721), [[Yale University]] benefactor
34: *[[Chelsea Quinn Yarbro|Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn]], (born 1942), US horror author
45: ...es, Dornford]], ([[1885]] - [[1960]]), British novelist
48: ... W.]], ([[1747]]-[[1826]]), Continental Congress delegate from [[New York]]
50: ...t)|Yates, Richard]], ([[1926]]-[[1992]]), U.S. novelist - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[scu...
15: *[[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[paint...
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]])
43: *[[Else Alfelt]] ([[1910]]-[[1974]]) - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
1: {| border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0.5em 0 1em 1e...
27: ...ost of North Africa, and later conquer Sicily as well.
35: | The Emperor Romanus IV is defeated by the [[Seljuk Turks]] at the [[Battle of Manzikert]]. Most ...
41: ...ated by the Byzantine emperor of [[Nicaea]], Michael Palaeologus.
43: | [[1453]] - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
3: ...h unit" that was both battlefield and prize (Braudel 1984 p. 353).
5: ... roles of nobles and peasants, and overall key developments in the early growth of nations and new mon...
10: ...ven up the dream of one day reconquering their homeland in Normandy; it was a very rich land and Engla...
13: ...e|Philip IV]] died, leaving three male heirs. The eldest son, [[Louis X of France|Louis X]], died in [...
21: ...hew of King Charles, was his closest living male relative and was the only surviving male descendant o... - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
5: ...mpire, better known as the [[Byzantine Empire]], fell to the [[Ottoman Turks]].
7: ... for such a long period of time [[31 BC]] – 1453, there are certain alternative names used by hist...
9: ...itizen", the only title Augustus would permit himself) the realities of dictatorship were concealed be...
11: ...government, law, and monumental architecture, as well as many other aspects of Western life remains in...
14: ===Political Developments=== - Russia (28007 bytes)
13: ...and slowly assimilated both the Scandinavians as well as native [[Finno-Ugric]] tribes, such as the [[...
17: ...ssians |Russian people]] in the north from the [[Belarusians]] and [[Ukrainians]] in the west.
19: ...ies that affected the rest of the country. Nevertheless it had to fight the Germanic crusaders who att...
21: ...ule retarded the country's economic and social development. Asian autocratic influences degraded many ...
23: ...territories. After the fall of Constantinople in 1453 Russia remained the only more or less functional ... - History of Christianity (35391 bytes)
2: ... of '''[[Christianity]]''' and provides links to relevant topics.
8: ...al [[doctrines]] such as [[monotheism]], and the belief in a moshiach ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] term...
10: ... the time Christianity was born until now, often relying on different interpretations of various passa...
12: ...ious [[calendar]] in which certain events and/or beliefs are specifically commemorated on certain days...
21: *The [[Apostle|Twelve Apostles]] - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
1: {| border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0.5em 0 1em 1e...
14: | ''El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious'' (as written ...
45: ...h gate", due to the greeting ceremony the sultan held for foreign ambassadors at the Palace Gate. This...
47: ...ritories were captured by the [[Allies]], Ottoman elites established modern [[Turkey]] during the [[Tu...
53: ...ing). With the capture of [[Constantinople]] in [[1453]], the state became a mighty [[empire]] with [[Me... - Hagia Sophia (7132 bytes)
12: ...d [[marble]] pillars and coverings. The temple itself was so richly and artistically decorated that Ju...
20: ...nbroken arcade of arched windows under it, which help flood the colorful interior with light. The dome...
22: ...omed [[exedra]]s. Thus a hierarchy of dome-headed elements builds up to create a vast oblong interior ...
24: ... after an earthquake in [[558]]; its replacement fell in [[563]]. There were additional partial collap...
32: ...incipal mosque of Istanbul, Ayasofya served as model for many of the Ottoman mosques of Constantinople... - Konya (2390 bytes)
5: ...[1243]] it was the capital of the [[Seljuk Turks|Seljuk]] [[Sultan]]s of [[Sultanate of R?]], though t...
7: ... II]]. In 1243, Konya was captured by Mongols as well. The city remained the capital of the Turkish pu...
9: ...aramanid fell to the [[Ottoman Empire]] and, in [[1453]], Konya was made the provincial capital of the O...
11: Both [[Saladin]] and the Ottoman Sultan [[Selim II]] has built mosques in Konya. The tomb of [[...
13: ... Turkey for the [[piety]] of its residents ("Citadel of Islam") and, paradoxically, for the high consu... - Byzantine art (10470 bytes)
1: ...ntury]] until the fall of [[Constantinople]] in [[1453]]. (The Roman Empire during this period is conven...
3: ... under the rule of the [[Ottoman Empire]] after [[1453]]. In some respects the Byzantine artistic tradit...
7: ...Greece (see [[Greek art]]), and at least before [[1453]] never lost sight of its classical heritage, but...
9: ...eginnings, and the female nude had been similarly elevated from the [[4th century BC]] onwards. But th...
11: ...nts]] and [[martyrs]] of Christian tradition were elevated, and became the dominant - indeed almost ex... - Byzantine coinage (4605 bytes)
4: ...stem]] (M=40,K=20,I=10,E=5). Silver coins were rarely produced.
8: ...ed a standard of international commerce until the eleventh century, when it began to be debased under ...
10: ...truck in imitation of the Roman Denarius which widely circulated in the Near East) and later Venetian ...
12: ...lation until the end of the Byzantine Empire in [[1453]], though after the second half of the fourteenth...
17: ...aped) coins known as trachy were issued in both [[electrum]] (debased gold) and [[billon]] (debased si... - Constantinople (4125 bytes)
5: ...nstantinople, allowing the east to develop relatively unmolested, while Rome and the west collapsed.
7: ...pire|Nicaean]] forces under the command of [[Michael VIII Palaeologus]] in [[1261]].
9: ...y fell to the [[Ottoman Empire]] on [[May 29]], [[1453]], during the reign of Constantine Paleologos (&#...
24: *[http://www2.arch.uiuc.edu/research/rgouster Welcome to Constantinople], documenting the monuments... - Medieval History (23198 bytes)
2: ...arly [[16th century]] in [[Northern Europe]], as well as the [[Protestant Reformation]] starting in [[...
4: ... adjective, from the Latin ''medius aevus'', is spelled '''''medieval''''' in [[American English]] and...
8: ...l senses were unevolved and its technologies undeveloped, compared to the preceding culture.
10: ...to obtain supplies of Mediterranean luxury goods well into the 6th century, this connection too was lo...
14: ...ional support for large scale chattel slavery largely disappeared.
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