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- Renaissance (14795 bytes)
1: ...vement]] which brought about a period of [[scientific revolution]] and artistic transformation, at the...
5: ...[19th century]]. ''Rebirth'' is used in two ways. First, it means ''rediscovery'' of ancient classical...
10: ...cularly useful because it eliminates the need for fitting "The Renaissance" into a chronology that pre...
17: ...Fiore.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The [[Santa Maria del Fiore]] church of [[Florence]], [[Italy]]. Florence ...
19: ... Alighieri|Dante]] ([[1265]]–[[1321]]), the first writer to embody the spirit of the Renaissance... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
3: ...of traditional European and Arab designs were the first ships that could leave the relatively passive ...
7: ... [[Papacy]] also launched expeditions in hopes of finding coverts, or the fabled [[Prester John]].
9: The first of these travelers was [[Giovanni de Plano Car...
11: ... East was always be too long and difficult for profitable trade and it was also controlled by Islamic ...
15: ...cient Greek geography]] was rediscovered, for the first time giving European sailors some idea of the ... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
7: ...European Union]]) in [[1986]]. Portugal made significant social and economic progress in the subsequen...
15: In the early [[first millennium BC]], several waves of [[Celts]] i...
17: ...success was only achieved by bribing Lusitanian officials to kill their own leader. During this period...
31: ...n I]]), with the help of [[Nuno ?vares Pereira]], finally defeated the Castilians in Portugal's most h...
40: ...ces in geographic knowledge. The discoveries were financed by the wealth of the [[Order of Christ]], a... - Donatello (10376 bytes)
2: ...|right|thumb|150px|Statue of Donatello at the [[Uffizi]]]]
7: ...ntually construct the cupola of [[Santa Maria del Fiore]] in Florence, while Donatello acquired his kn...
10: ...stinct elements of the classical ideal. All these figures were carved in marble and are admirably conc...
14: ...inally occupied a niche at Orsanmichele, were the first works in bronze which owed their origin to the...
16: ...and of the pulpit of [[Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze|San Lorenzo]] in Florence. - Jan van Eyck (7234 bytes)
1: ...umb|250px|''[[The Arnolfini Portrait]]'', painted 1434]]
3: ...] [[Flanders|Flemish]] [[painter]] and one of the first to popularize [[oil painting|oil paint]]. It i...
11: ...rawing his salary at [[Bruges]], yet settled in a fixed abode at [[Lille]].
13: ...ed the duke's choice. After his return he settled finally at Bruges, where he married, and his wife bo...
15: ...w give proof of Van Eyck's extensive practice. As finished works of art and models of conscientious la... - Florence (11538 bytes)
1: ... the kingdom of Italy. Florence was long ruled ([[1434]]-[[1494]], [[1512]]-[[1527]] and [[1530]]-[[1737...
3: ...naissance]]. Florence is famous for its wealth of fine [[art]] and [[architecture]].
5: ...nceSymbol-giglio.png|thumb|right|127px|"Giglio di Firenze" - symbol of the city]]
7: ...ght|thumb|300px|An Overview of Florence (Italian: Firenze)]]
23: ...[[Cosimo de%27 Medici|Cosimo de' Medici]] was the first Medici family member to essentially control th... - Henry the Navigator (6878 bytes)
1: ...ince of [[Portugal]], looms large as an important figure in the early days of European [[colonial]] ex...
7: ...ortugal]]'s minority, and in return received a confirmation of this tax. Henry also arranged for the ...
11:
15: ...me the first European known to pass the cape in [[1434]].
17: ...sels sailed from Lagos on Henry's behalf, and the first private mercantile expeditions began. At some ... - March 19 (9902 bytes)
8: ...[[City Bank of New York]] becomes the site of the first [[bank robbery]] in [[United States history]] ...
9: *[[1861]] - The [[First Taranaki War]] ends in [[New Zealand]].
12: ... [[Pluto (planet)|Pluto]] is photographed for the first time but was not recognized as a [[planet]].
13: ...anes take off in pursuit of [[Pancho Villa]], the first [[United States]] air-combat mission in histor...
15: ...the [[Treaty of Versailles]] for the second time (first time was on [[November 19]], [[1919]]). - Rome (33048 bytes)
49: ...er and the ford, Rome was at a cross roads of traffic following the river valley and of traders travel...
68: ...us]] and his successors: if anything, the [[Great Fire of Rome]] during the reign of [[Nero]] acted as...
70: ...and even these did not stop the city being sacked first by [[Alaric I|Alaric]] in [[410]] and then by ...
80: ...nder the supervision of a [[prefect]] and other officials appointed by and responsible to the Byzantin...
82: ...ither the remaining senators or local Byzantine officials. In practice, local power in Rome devolved t...
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