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- Margaret of Anjou (3729 bytes)
1: ...[[1471]], and a major proponent in the [[Wars of the Roses]].
3: .... She married King Henry VI, who was eight years her senior, on April 23, [[1445]], at [[Titchfield]]...
12: ...a child and that the new [[Prince of Wales]] was the result of an adulterous liaison on Margaret's par...
14: ...said to have witnessed her commander, [[James Touchet, Lord Audley]] defeated by a Yorkist army under ...
16: ...ichard Neville, Earl of Warwick]], and recaptured her husband. - Renaissance (14795 bytes)
1: ...]] in [[Italy]] and the [[16th century]] in [[northern Europe]]. It is also known as "'''Rinascimento'...
5: ...ation|classical learning and knowledge]] through the rediscovery of ancient texts, and a rebirth of Eu...
7: ...n example of the blend of art and science during the Renaissance]]
10: ...rate. The entire period is now often replaced by the term "[[Early Modern]]". (See [[periodization|per...
12: ...ssance as the transition from the Middle Ages to the Modern Age. - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
1: ...ing of the [[Early Modern]] period that preceded the [[Industrial Revolution]].
4: ==The Early Middle Ages==
5: ...lourished in the early '''Middle Ages''': [[Hildesheim]].]]
6: ...ed and its technologies undeveloped, compared to the preceding culture.
8: ...tary infrastructure quickly vanished, leading to the rise of illiteracy among leadership. - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
1: ...the image of Christ on the walls of the upper southern gallery.]]
3: ...s, revivals, the artists crafts, and the artists themselves.
5: ...afts, such as [[mosaic]]s and [[sculpture]]; and there were many unique genres of art, such as [[Crusa...
9: ... be seen as the history of the interplay between the elements of classical, early Christian and "Barba...
13: Art in the Middle Ages is a broad subject and art historians... - Printing press (12986 bytes)
1: ...by LIFE Magazine. Apart from Gutenberg, the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Laurens Janszoon Coster]] has als...
3: ==Development of the printing press==
4: ...of peasant illiteracy at the time, texts such as the "Pauper's Bibles" emphasized illustrations and us...
6: ...oduced in relatively recent times (thus bringing the technology full circle).
8: ...all. The other candidate advanced is the [[The Netherlands|Dutchman]] [[Laurens Janszoon Coster]]. - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ...le of [[Western world|Western civilization]] and the birthplace of [[democracy]], Greece has a long an...
17: | '''[[Capital]]''' || [[Athens]]
19: | '''Largest city''' || [[Athens]]
29: ...r> - Declared<br> - Recognised || From the [[Ottoman Empire]]<br/>[[25 March]] [[1821]]<br/>...
42: | '''[[National anthem]]''' || [[Hymn to Freedom]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
12: *[[Alexander Yakushev|Yakushev, Alexander]], ice hockey player
21: ...nese lieutenant general in Malaya, Singapore and the Philippines
25: ...9995;, 1883-1936), famous [[T'ai Chi Ch'uan]] teacher
34: *[[Chelsea Quinn Yarbro|Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn]], (born 1942), US horror author
39: *[[Kerri Yascheshyn|Yascheshyn, Kerri]], ([[1985]] - [[2003]]), [[cancer]] p... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painte...
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
22: *[[Hans von Aachen]] ([[1552]]-[[1615]])
27: *[[Andreas Achenbach]] ([[1815]]-[[1910]]) - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
7: ...] dynasty, as preserved today at the entrance of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul (Constantinop...
13: ...stern and Western halves, following the death of Theodosius I.
18: | Justinian builds the church of [[Hagia Sophia]] (Αγί	...
21: ...s generals reconquer North Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Ostrogoths]].
24: | The [[Lombard]] invasion results in the loss of most of Italy. - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
1: ...map of Europe in the [[1430s]], at the height of the Hundred Years' War]]
3: ...d as a province (or a group of provinces) within the Anglo-French unit" that was both battlefield and ...
5: ...and new monarchies. It is often viewed as one of the most significant conflicts in [[medieval warfare]...
8: ...[[Anglo-Norman]] power structure as William took the English throne as William I of England.
10: ...mer kingdom, and personal desires on the part of the nobility to gain wealth and increase prestige. - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
3: ...since the structure of the power in that age was the one of a republic.
5: ...etter known as the [[Byzantine Empire]], fell to the [[Ottoman Turks]].
7: ...d interchangably throughout this article to mean the same as Roman Empire.
9: ...al majesty were common from the earliest days of the Empire.
11: ...ssian/Kiev]] dynasties (see [[tsar|czars]]), and the [[German Empire]] (see [[Kaiser]]). See also [[Ro... - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ...d in population, following [[China]], [[India]], the [[United States]], [[Indonesia]], [[Brazil]], [[P...
4: ...991]]. In the [[Soviet Union]] Russia was called the [[Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic]] (...
6: ...luence is notable, but is still far from that of the former Soviet Union.
13: ...s the [[Merya]], the [[Muromian]]s and the [[Meshchera]].
15: ... centuries]] this state of [[Kievan Rus]] became the largest in Europe and was quite prosperous, due t... - History of Christianity (35391 bytes)
2: This article outlines the history of '''[[Christianity]]''' and provides li...
6: === The Jewish background ===
8: ...d, led to an early rift between Christianity and the temple priesthood, and later rabbinic Judaism.
10: ...fferent interpretations of various passages from the Old Testament (or [[Tanakh]]).
12: ...r also [[biblical canon|canonized]] the books of the [[New Testament]]. - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
11: ...n Empire]]<br/><small>''The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power''</small>
14: | ''El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious'' (as written in tugra)
23: | [[Sultan]]s of the [[Osmanli|Osmanli Dynasty]]
31: | '''[[Rise of the Ottoman Empire|Establishment]]'''
34: | '''[[Fall of the Ottoman Empire|Dissolution]]''' - Hagia Sophia (7132 bytes)
3: ...ly acknowledged as one of the great buildings of the world.
7: ...ond was built by [[Constantius II|Constantius]], the son of
8: ...ots]] of [[532]]. The building was rebuilt under the personal supervision of emperor [[Justinian I]] a...
10: ...ation of [[563]], which followed the collapse of the main dome.
12: ...o have proclaimed "[[Solomon]], I have surpassed thee!" (''Νενίκηκ&... - Konya (2390 bytes)
1: ...nya]] [[Provinces of Turkey|Province]], which is the biggest province areawise.
3: ...he birthplace of [[Acts of Paul and Thecla|Saint Thecla]].
5: ...ultanate of R?]], though temporarily occupied by the [[Crusaders]] [[Godfrey of Bouillon]] (August [[1...
7: ...ed the capital of the Turkish puppet-ruler under the Mongol warlord [[M?e Khan]].
9: ...1453]], Konya was made the provincial capital of the Ottoman Province of Karamanid. - Byzantine art (10470 bytes)
1: ...re during this period is conventionally known as the [[Byzantine Empire]].)
3: ...ia]] and other [[Eastern Orthodox]] countries to the present day.
7: ...ication of man, the purpose of Byzantine art was the glorification of [[God]], and particularly of his...
9: ...m its roots in [[Judaism]], and the nude was banished from its dominant position in art.
11: ... used as an object of veneration in Orthodox churches and private homes. - Byzantine coinage (4605 bytes)
2: ...est, consisted of mainly two types of [[coin]]s: the [[gold]] [[solidus (coin)|solidus]] and a variety...
4: ...lue of the denomination represented according to the [[Greek numerals|Greek numbering system]] (M=40,K...
6: ...as the [[6th century]], but seems most common in the seventh through ninth centuries. Small transactio...
8: ...dash;[[1034]]). Until that time, the fineness of the gold remained consistent at about .955-.980.
10: ...n the Near East) and later Venetian and other northern Italian coinage. - Constantinople (4125 bytes)
1: ...;τιον''). Constantine named the city [[Nova Roma]] (New Rome, ''Νέα...
3: ..., is synonomous with Byzantium (Constantinople), where most gold coins circulating in Europe came from...
5: ...to develop relatively unmolested, while Rome and the west collapsed.
7: ...tured by [[Nicaean Empire|Nicaean]] forces under the command of [[Michael VIII Palaeologus]] in [[1261...
9: ... Republic of [[Turkey]] was founded in [[1923]], the capital was moved to [[Ankara]]; Constantinople w... - Medieval History (23198 bytes)
2: ...ing of the [[Early Modern]] period that preceded the [[Industrial Revolution]].
4: (The corresponding adjective, from the Latin ''medius aevus'', is spelled '''''medieval'...
6: ==The Early Middle Ages==
7: ...lourished in the early '''Middle Ages''': [[Hildesheim]].]]
8: ...ed and its technologies undeveloped, compared to the preceding culture.
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