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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...eplacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
12: ... Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
17: ...[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a sin...
21: ...(1796—1878), [[British Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]...
23: ...9]]), [[Spain|Spanish]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving Europ... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ... regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas, they inaugurated perman...
5: ...wever, there is one thing that sets off Columbus' first voyage from all of these: less than two decade...
9: ...[[potato]]es, [[maize]], and [[horse]]s), and the first large-scale [[colonization]] of the Americas b...
11: Columbus remains a controversial figure. Some – including many [[Native America...
27: ...[[1474]], Columbus joined a ship of the [[Spinola Financiers]], who were Genoese patrons of his father... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ...ge of Joan of Arc, [[painting|painted]] between [[1450]] and [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Na...
2: ...] and [[World War II|Second]] World Wars and an official [[Saint]] to [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Ca...
10: ...ge]]'s [[1879]] portrayal of Joan of Arc when she first heard her call; [[Michael (archangel)|Saint Mi...
12: ...ks by theologians at [[Poitiers]] before granting final acceptance. She was then brought to a success...
14: ...esus" and "Mary" on the side. With her piety, confidence, and enthusiasm, she boosted the morale of t... - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
4: ...een found. Small female statues known as [[Venus figurines]] have been found mainly in central [[Euro...
13: ...e feature of this piece is that it is carved with five legs, so that it can have four legs visible if ...
27: ...ging from a few inches in size to life-size. The figures are usually nude females with their arms cro...
31: ...d axes, called "labrys", probably related to sacrifice. Some of the axes are taller than an adult.
35: ...tel (top of the doorway), two lions are carved to fit into a triangular shape. - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
15: official_languages = [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Q...
59: ...ad dissipated by the 13th century A.D. In about [[1450]], the [[Quechua]]-speaking [[Incas]] entered the...
67: ... its seacoast, and the adjoining rich [[nitrate]] fields, together with the port of [[Antofagasta]], t...
69: ...]] [[Capitalism|capitalist]] policies through the first third of the century.
76: ...ncy, but [[human rights]] violations and eventual fiscal crises undercut his support. He was forced to... - Biography (6028 bytes)
1: ...n reference to non-fiction. As opposed to a [[profile]] or [[curriculum vitae]], a biography develops...
8: The first known biographies were written by [[scribes]] ...
16: ...[priest]]s used this historic period to write the first modern biographies. Their subjects were usual...
22: ...iographical writing used today. In [[1683]], the first [[English language]] biography appeared in his...
24: ...'[[Life of Johnson]]'' (first edition, [[1791]]). Filled with seemingly verbatim accounts of the write... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
120: *[[Jasmine Becket-Griffith]]
124: *[[Kamaleddin Behzad]] ([[1450]]-)
218: *[[Charles Ephraim Burchfield]] ([[1893]]-[[1967]])
318: *[[Gerard David]] (ca.[[1450]]-[[1523]])
381: *[[Beverly K. Effinger]] ([[1955]]-) - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
3: ...g of the [[Renaissance]] is admittedly arbitrary, 1450 is used here.
9: ...otation system is weak, and rhythm cannot be specified. The simplicity of chant, with unison voice an...
11: ...lop. Harmony, in consonant intervals of fourths, fifths, and octaves, begins to be seen. Rhythmic no...
17: ... of the 13th century uses the rhythmic modes as defined by Garlandia.
19: ...of rhythmic notation. The first definitely identifiable scholar to accept and explain the mensural sy... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...uary 1 was to be either [[New Year's Day]] or the first day of its numbered year. Although England beg...
6: *[[45 BC]] - The [[Julian calendar]] first takes effect.
16: *[[1788]] - First edition of ''[[The Times]]'' of [[London]], pr...
19: *[[1801]] - The first known [[asteroid]] [[1 Ceres]] is discovered b...
22: ...ein|Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus]]'' is first published. - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
3: ...e tall buildings, but it tends to be applied specifically to residential buildings.
9: ...]]-[[1885]] and was destroyed in [[1931]] for the Field's building. Another contender for the title i...
15: ...rld's tallest..." depends greatly on matters of definition.
19: ...nclude free-standing buildings that are not classified as high rises, such as the [[CN Tower]], [[TV m...
40: |6||[[Two International Finance Centre]]||[[Hong Kong]]||415 m||1,362&n... - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
2: ...na]], and is usually considered to be the central figure of the [[Dutch School (music)|Netherlands]] s...
6: ...t scholarship has shown that he was born around [[1450]], and did not go to Italy until the early [[1470...
8: ...rote a setting of the [[Miserere]], Psalm 50, for five voices, widely acknowledged to be one of his ma...
10: ...izens fled as well). His position at Ferrara was filled by [[Jacob Obrecht]] in [[1505]], who died of...
16: ...r most of the contemporary trends, innovated significantly, and was also able to express intense emoti... - Fra Angelico (13116 bytes)
1: ...e," which is merely the name of the town where he first took the vows. His life was described in [[Gio...
7: ... death, but was not properly [[beatification|beatified]] until [[1984]].
9: ...f [[Cosimo de' Medici]]. According to Vasari, the first paintings of this artist were in the [[Certosa...
13: ...he ''Coronation of the Virgin'' in the convent of Fiesole, and the ''Deposition of Christ'' executed f...
15: ...rnina]]. From [[1418]] to [[1436]] he was back at Fiesole; in 1436 he was transferred to the Dominican... - Hieronymus Bosch (3386 bytes)
1: ... original, imaginative, and dense use of symbolic figures and [[iconography]], some of which was obscu...
5: ...uses in the town were destroyed by a catastrophic fire, which the then about 13-year-old Bosch may hav...
8: ...ft panel, the earthly delights with numerous nude figures and tremendous fruit and birds on the middle...
14: ...he created paintings with a small number of large figures who appear to almost leave the painting and ... - 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]]
15: ...d [[Germany]]. His great family portrait in the Ufizzi Gallery in Florence had an important influence...
21: * ''Madonna with Saints'' ([[1450]]), [[Stadel Institute]], [[Frankfurt]]
24: ...e Bold]] (c. [[1456]]-[[1458]]), Royal Museums of Fine Arts, [[Brussels]] - Petrarch (10447 bytes)
1: .... Detached fresco. 247 x 153 cm. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Artist: Andrea di Bartolo di ...
8: ... the charge of earlier generations, who, not satisfied with their own disgraceful barrenness, permitte...
17: ...vely to look at, fair-haired, with a modest, dignified bearing.
19: ... [[1348]], the poet finds that his grief is as difficult to live with as was his former despair. Later...
24: ...n writings are difficult to find today. It is difficult to assign any precise dates to his writings b... - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
3: ...within the Anglo-French unit" that was both battlefield and prize (Braudel 1984 p. 353).
5: ...chies. It is often viewed as one of the most significant conflicts in [[medieval warfare]].
13: The specific events that led up to the war in the early 14th ...
27: ...homage]] for this possession was a matter more difficult to resolve. Philip VI wanted Edward's recogni...
31: ...shop of Lincoln]] arrived in [[Paris]] with the defiance of the King of England. War had been declared... - History of the world (21975 bytes)
5: ... complex. At some point, humans had begun using [[fire]] for [[heat]] and for [[cooking]]. Humans als...
12: ...agriculture until relatively modern times. Recent findings of considerable quantities of grains in the...
14: ...as led to what has been called [[civilization]]; first in the [[Sumeria|Sumerian]] civilization of lo...
16: ... BC|2500 BCE]], but the first dynasty to be identified by archaeology is that of the [[Shang Dynasty|S...
39: ...ry of turmoil, the [[Northern Song Dynasty]] reunified China in [[982]]. However, pressure from nomadi... - Venice (22017 bytes)
6: ... other three being [[Genoa]], [[Pisa]], and [[Amalfi]]). Its strategic position at head of the Adriati...
10: ...r west as the [[Adda River]], were known as "Terrafirma", and were acquired partly as a buffer against...
12: ...]], symbol of Venice. Only Venetian ships could efficiently transport the men, supplies, and (especial...
16: ... [[oligarchy|oligarchical]] peers to resign the office and retire into [[monastery|monastic]] seclusio...
24: ...that Venice became perhaps the most elegant and refined city in [[Europe]], greatly influencing [[art]... - Hittites (17910 bytes)
7: ...ed the two peoples to be the same, but this identification is still disputed.
12: The first archaeological evidence for the Hittites appea...
14: ...ts, and with the biblical Hittites. Sayce's identification came to be widely accepted over the course ...
15: ...s the Egyptian letters from Kheta — thus confirming the identity of the two names. He also prove...
37: ...a small [[city-state]], which has yet to be identified by archaeologists) conquered the neighbouring ... - Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
18: ...nque and the [[statuary]] of Copᮠare especially fine, showing a grace and accurate observation of th...
37: ...that one instance, in the city of [[Comalcalco]], fired-clay [[brick]]s have been found as a substitut...
41: ...ten were built of a cut and stucco stone exterior filled with densely packed gravel. As is the case w...
43: ...the sum total of 1,500 years of architectural modifications.
48: ...ion platform, these were often accented by carved figures, altars and perhaps ''[[tzompantli]]'', a st...
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