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- Margaret of Anjou (3729 bytes)
1: ...]], and a major proponent in the [[Wars of the Roses]].
3: ... of [[Naples]] and [[Sicily]] and [[Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine]]. She married King Henry VI, who w...
12: ...ild and that the new [[Prince of Wales]] was the result of an adulterous liaison on Margaret's part.
14: ...ret is said to have witnessed her commander, [[James Touchet, Lord Audley]] defeated by a Yorkist army...
16: ...ruary 1461, at which she defeated the Yorkist forces of [[Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick]], and reca... - Renaissance (14795 bytes)
1: ...sitional period between the end of the [[Middle Ages]] and the start of the [[Modern Age]]. The Renais...
5: ...ns that the results of these intellectual activities created a ''revitalization'' of European culture ...
9: ===Multiple Renaissances===
10: ...viously held that it was preceded by the Middle Ages and followed by the [[Reformation]], which many b...
12: ...e Renaissance as the transition from the Middle Ages to the Modern Age. - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
1: ...formation]] starting in 1517. These various changes all mark the beginning of the [[Early Modern]] pe...
4: ==The Early Middle Ages==
5: ... flourished in the early '''Middle Ages''': [[Hildesheim]].]]
6: ...nd social senses were unevolved and its technologies undeveloped, compared to the preceding culture.
8: ...gel]] in [[Cornwall]] had managed to obtain supplies of Mediterranean luxury goods well into the 6th c... - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
1: ...px|Byzantine art was the high art of the Middle Ages and monumental Church mosaics were the crowing gl...
3: ...vals, the artists crafts, and the artists themselves.
5: ...and [[sculpture]]; and there were many unique genres of art, such as [[Crusade art]] or [[animal style...
9: ...acy of the early [[Christian church]]. These sources were mixed with the vigorous "Barbarian" artistic...
13: Art in the Middle Ages is a broad subject and art historians traditional... - Printing press (12986 bytes)
1: ...ent has been awarded number 1 of the Top 100 Greatest Events of the Millennium by LIFE Magazine. Apar...
3: ==Development of the printing press==
4: ...racy at the time, texts such as the "Pauper's Bibles" emphasized illustrations and used words sparsely...
6: ...ting press was introduced in relatively recent times (thus bringing the technology full circle).
8: ...t Gutenberg introduced or invented the printing press in Europe is not accepted by all. The other cand... - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ... rich history during which its culture has proven especially influential in [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [...
19: | '''Largest city''' || [[Athens]]
21: | '''[[List of Presidents of Greece|President]]''' || [[Karolos Papoulias|KᲯlos Papo?]]
25: ...sp;- Total<br> - % water || [[List of countries by area|Ranked 94th]]<br/>[[1 E11 m2|131,940 km&s...
27: ...[Population density|Density]] || [[List of countries by population|Ranked 70th]]<br/>10,665,989<br/>82... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
17: *[[Yamamoto Isoroku]] (1884-1943), Japanese admiral
18: *[[Yamamoto Tsunetomo]] (1659-1719), Japanese Author of [[Hagakure]]
19: ...[Akira Yamaoka|Yamaoka, Akira]] (born 1968), Japanese composer
20: ...saki|Yamasaki, Minoru]] (1912-1986), [[United States|US]] [[architect]]
21: ...ant general in Malaya, Singapore and the Philippines - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ..., ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ..., ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
33: *[[Jacques-Laurent Agasse]] ([[1767]]-[[1848]])
42: *[[Mikolas Ales]] ([[1852]]-[[1913]]) - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
7: ...small>Emblem of the [[Palaeologus]] dynasty, as preserved today at the entrance of the Ecumenical Patr...
10: | Constantine makes Constantinople his capital.
13: ...is permanently split into Eastern and Western halves, following the death of Theodosius I.
15: | [[527]] || Justinian I becomes emperor.
24: | The [[Lombard]] invasion results in the loss of most of Italy. - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
3: ...England acted as a province (or a group of provinces) within the Anglo-French unit" that was both batt...
5: ...ts in the early growth of nations and new monarchies. It is often viewed as one of the most significan...
8: ...gland around 150 years later in the [[Norman Conquest]] of [[1066]], defeating the [[Anglo-Saxon]] lea...
10: ...art of the nobility to gain wealth and increase prestige.
13: ...ip, count of Evreux]], who became [[List of Navarrese monarchs|king consort Philip III of Navarre]]. - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
3: ...gustus, the pre-Augustan state is conventionally described as the [[Roman Republic]], since the struct...
5: ...[Constantinople]]. After another millennium, in [[1453]], the Eastern Empire, better known as the [[Byza...
7: ...zantine Empire]], [[Eastern Roman Empire]] and [[Western Roman Empire]], which are used interchangably...
9: ...ays of imperial majesty were common from the earliest days of the Empire.
11: ...]), the [[History of Russia|Russian/Kiev]] dynasties (see [[tsar|czars]]), and the [[German Empire]] (... - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ...donesia]], [[Brazil]], [[Pakistan]], and [[Bangladesh]].
4: ...l member of the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]], since the union's dissolution in December [[19...
13: ...ch as the [[Merya]], the [[Muromian]]s and the [[Meshchera]].
15: ...ies]] this state of [[Kievan Rus]] became the largest in Europe and was quite prosperous, due to diver...
17: ...om the [[Belarusians]] and [[Ukrainians]] in the west. - History of Christianity (35391 bytes)
2: ...s the history of '''[[Christianity]]''' and provides links to relevant topics.
8: ...early rift between Christianity and the temple priesthood, and later rabbinic Judaism.
10: ...interpretations of various passages from the Old Testament (or [[Tanakh]]).
12: ...iblical canon|canonized]] the books of the [[New Testament]].
15: ...[prophecies allegedly fulfilled by Christ|prophecies]] - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
31: | '''[[Rise of the Ottoman Empire|Establishment]]'''
43: ... center;" | Part of the [[History of Turkey]] series
45: ... the [[Osmanlı]] dynasty. In diplomatic circles it was often referred to as the ''[[Sublime Porte...
47: ...s were captured by the [[Allies]], Ottoman elites established modern [[Turkey]] during the [[Turkish W...
53: ...Eastern culture|East]] and the [[Western Culture|West]]. - Hagia Sophia (7132 bytes)
7: ...same site during the 4th century. Following the destruction of the first church, a second was built b...
10: ... died within the first year. The construction is described in [[Procopius]]' ''On Buildings'' (De Aedi...
12: ...gia Sophia is one of the greatest surviving examples of [[Byzantine architecture]]. Of great artistic ...
16: ...ce, both architecturally and liturgically, was widespread and enduring in the [[Eastern Orthodox]], [[...
18: == Description == - Konya (2390 bytes)
1: ...[Provinces of Turkey|Province]], which is the biggest province areawise.
7: ...ea]]. In [[1219]], the city was filled with refugees from the [[Khwarezmid Empire]] in [[Persia]], fle...
9: ...aramanid fell to the [[Ottoman Empire]] and, in [[1453]], Konya was made the provincial capital of the O...
11: ... there and therefore Konya is one of the holy cities of [[Islam]].
13: ..., for the high consumption of [[raki]] (both of these have become something of 'urban legends' in Turk... - Byzantine art (10470 bytes)
1: ...ntury]] until the fall of [[Constantinople]] in [[1453]]. (The Roman Empire during this period is conven...
3: ...and other [[Eastern Orthodox]] countries to the present day.
7: ...ation of [[God]], and particularly of his son, [[Jesus]].
9: This had a number of consequences. The depiction of the male nude had been at the c...
11: ...of veneration in Orthodox churches and private homes. - Byzantine coinage (4605 bytes)
1: [[Image:ByzantineBronzes.jpeg|thumb|Anastasius 40 ''nummi'' (''M'') and 5 ...
2: ... the fall of the West, consisted of mainly two types of [[coin]]s: the [[gold]] [[solidus (coin)|solid...
4: ...(back) featured the value of the denomination represented according to the [[Greek numerals|Greek numb...
6: ...s most common in the seventh through ninth centuries. Small transactions were conducted with bronze co...
8: ...1028]]–[[1034]]). Until that time, the fineness of the gold remained consistent at about .955-.9... - Constantinople (4125 bytes)
3: ...own as the "Queen of Cities", the richest and largest city both culturally and economically. [[Bezant...
5: ...evelop relatively unmolested, while Rome and the west collapsed.
7: ...hen re-captured by [[Nicaean Empire|Nicaean]] forces under the command of [[Michael VIII Palaeologus]]...
9: ...y fell to the [[Ottoman Empire]] on [[May 29]], [[1453]], during the reign of Constantine Paleologos (&#...
23: ... Foundation for the Advancement of Sephardic Studies and Culture - Medieval History (23198 bytes)
1: {{Middle Ages Tall}}
2: ...ation]] starting in [[1517]]. These various changes all mark the beginning of the [[Early Modern]] pe...
4: ...'medieval''''' in [[American English]] and sometimes '''''mediaeval''''' or '''''medi涡l''''' in [[En...
6: ==The Early Middle Ages==
7: ... flourished in the early '''Middle Ages''': [[Hildesheim]].]]
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