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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
21: *[[George Back]], (1796—1878), [[British Empire|Britis...
29: *[[George Bass]] - [[Australia]]n explorer
47: *[[John Cabot]] (Giovanni Caboto), (c. 1450 – 1499), [[Italy|Italian]] navigator in [[Engla...
78: *[[Bartolomeu Dias]], (1450-1500), [[Portuguese]] explorer who first rounded ...
94: *[[George Everest]], (1790-1866) - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ...hington Irving]]. Contrary to this belief, most people at that time accepted that the earth was round...
5: ...s of expeditions to the Americas by a variety of peoples throughout time; see '''[[Pre-Columbian trans...
11: ...ns, if not hundreds, of millions of [[indigenous people]]s, exploitation of the Americas by Europe, an...
21: ...e younger brothers, [[Bartolomeo Columbus|Bartolomeo]], Giovanni Pellegrino, and Giacomo, and a sister...
25: ... studied [[cartography]] with his brother Bartolomeo. Christopher received almost no formal education;... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ...ge of Joan of Arc, [[painting|painted]] between [[1450]] and [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Na...
2: ..., [[United Kingdom]] and [[United States]]. Many people therefore regard Joan of Arc as a notable woma...
12: ...isted on having her examined for three weeks by theologians at [[Poitiers]] before granting final acce...
16: ... the [[Archbishop of Embrun]] and the prominent theologian [[Jean Gerson]], who both wrote supportive ...
36: ...ugh the [[Summa Theologica]] and other medieval theological works specifically grant an exemption in s... - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
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)
59: ...ad dissipated by the 13th century A.D. In about [[1450]], the [[Quechua]]-speaking [[Incas]] entered the...
62: ...panish royal authority weakened during the [[Napoleonic wars]], sentiment against colonial rule grew.
71: ...[1952]] revolution, the emergence of contending ideologies and the demands of new groups convulsed Bol...
83: ===Sᮣhez de Lozada and Banzer: Neoliberalizing the economy (1993)===
137: == Geography == - Biography (6028 bytes)
3: ==People by name==
4: ...]] - [[List of people by name: Y|Y]] - [[List of people by name: Z|Z]]'''
8: ...h biographies tended to be chiseled into [[Rock (geology)|stone]] or [[clay]] tablets, a method called...
12: ...these biographies were defenses of controversial people of the era they were living. The best known o...
16: .... Their works were meant to be inspirational to people, vehicles for [[conversion]] to [[Christianity... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian pai...
69: *[[George Ault]] ([[1891]]-[[1948]])
76: *[[Constantine Andreou]] ([[1917]]-)
83: *[[Leonard Bahr]] ([[1905]]-[[1990]])
95: *[[George Barker (painter)|George Barker]] ([[1882]]-[[1965]]) - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
3: ...g of the [[Renaissance]] is admittedly arbitrary, 1450 is used here.
16: === Theory and notation ===
17: ... another ligature indicated a change. A German theorist of a slightly later period, Franco of Cologne...
19: ...be written in different tempus signatures simultaneously. Many scholars, citing a lack of positive a...
21: ..., [[Jacques of Liège]], [[Johannes de Grocheo]], [[Petrus de Cruce]] (Pierre de la Croix), and ... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...n European countries except England between about 1450 and 1600. The Gregorian calendar as promulgated i...
62: ...omatic relations]] are established between the [[People's Republic of China]] and the [[United States|...
77: *[[1992]] - [[George H. W. Bush]] becomes the first [[President of ...
112: *[[1860]] - [[George Washington Carver]], American educator, invent...
119: ...[[1890]] - [[Anton Melik]], [[Slovenes|Slovene]] geographer (d. [[1966]]) - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
5: ...ix stories were rare. It was impractical to have people walk up so many flights of stairs, and water p...
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...
16: ...e; as such Josquin is seen as someone who simultaneously brought together most of the contemporary tre... - Fra Angelico (13116 bytes)
23: ...ooperation of his pupil [[Benozzo Gozzoli]]. In [[1450]], Fra Angelico became Prior of the convent of Sa... - Hieronymus Bosch (3386 bytes)
1: ...eronymus Bosch''', also '''Jeroen Bosch''', (c. [[1450]] – [[August]], [[1516]]) was a prolific [[... - Roger van der Weyden (3397 bytes)
1: ...yden (c.1435) Oil on oak panel, 220 x 262 cm [[Museo del Prado]], Madrid]]
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... - Petrarch (10447 bytes)
1: ...px|From the ''Cycle of Famous Men and Women.'' c. 1450. Detached fresco. 247 x 153 cm. Galleria degli Uf...
28: ...contemplative life, later politician and thinker Leonardo Bruni argued for the active life, or "civic ... - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
54: ...part by the deprivations suffered by the country people during the war and their hatred of the local n...
61: A contemporaneous war in Spain occupied the Black Prince's effort...
74: ...r Henry's early death in [[1422]], almost simultaneously with that of his father-in-law, his baby son ...
81: ...es that marked the war also gave Charles time to reorganize his army and government, replacing his feu...
83: ...449]], the French had retaken [[Rouen]], and in [[1450]] the count of [[Clermont]] and Arthur de Richemo... - History of the world (21975 bytes)
2: ==Paleolithic==
3: ''See main article about the [[Paleolithic]]''.
5: ...lso developed [[language]] sometime during the Paleolithic, as well as a conceptual repertoire that in...
9: ==Neolithic Revolution==
10: ''See main article about the [[Neolithic|Neolithic Period]].'' - Venice (22017 bytes)
6: ...d subject to the [[Byzantine Empire]], at least theoretically. As the community continued to develop a...
16: ...e was the [[doges of Venice|Doge]] (duke), who, theoretically, held his elective office for life. In p...
20: Though the people of Venice generally remained orthodox [[Roman ...
24: ...art]], [[architecture]], and [[literature]]. Napoleon was seen as something of a liberator by the city...
26: ...aly]], but was returned to Austria following Napoleon's defeat in [[1814]]. In [[1866]], along with t... - Hittites (17910 bytes)
1: ...onventional English-language term for an ancient people who spoke an [[Indo-European language]] and es...
5: ...istinguished from the "[[Hattians]]", an earlier people who inhabited the same region until the beginn...
7: ...s in the 19th century initially believed the two peoples to be the same, but this identification is st...
11: ==Archaeological discovery==
12: The first archaeological evidence for the Hittites appeared in tabl... - Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
1: ...] cultures. Contrary to popular myth, the [[Maya people]] never "disappeared." Millions still live in...
5: [[Archaeology|Archaeological]] evidence shows the Maya started to build...
11: ...ng palaces of their rulers. Other important archaeological remains include the carved stone slabs usu...
18: ...vation of the human form that reminded early archaeologists of Classical civilization of the Old World...
27: As Maya cities spread throughout the varied geography of Mesoamerica, the extent of site planning...
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