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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
47: *[[John Cabot]] (Giovanni Caboto), (c. 1450 – 1499), [[Italy|Italian]] navigator in [[Engla...
66: *[[Christopher Columbus]], (1451-1506), reached [[the Am...
77: ...ns|Russian]] explorer, first European who sailed through [[Bering Strait]]
78: *[[Bartolomeu Dias]], (1450-1500), [[Portuguese]] explorer who first rounded ...
230: *[[John Rae]], (1813-1893), travelled widely through the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]] - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...p://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]'''Christopher Columbus''' ([[1451]]<sup>[[#Early life|1...
2: [[Image:Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided...
5: ...tence of America was known to the general public throughout Europe. This is likely due to the inventio...
13: ...ature reads ''[[Chi-Rho|Xpo]] ferens'' ("Bearing Christ").
21: ...daughter of a woollens merchant. Christopher had three younger brothers, [[Bartolomeo Columbus|Bartolo... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ...ge of Joan of Arc, [[painting|painted]] between [[1450]] and [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Na...
7: ...n [[1420]], the [[Treaty of Troyes]] granted the throne to Henry V's heirs, disinheriting Charles, the...
12: ...additionally insisted on having her examined for three weeks by theologians at [[Poitiers]] before gra...
24: ...nne's "great diligence" (according to one of the chroniclers who served in her army). A day of skirmis...
38: ...was first brought to [[Saint-Ouen]] cemetery and threatened with summary execution unless she signed a... - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
6: ...st, (the area between the [[Tigris]] and the [[Euphrates]] Rivers), the [[Sumeria]]n, [[Akkadia]]n, an...
25: ... The Aegean civilization can be broken down into three main divisions, the [[Cycladic]], the [[Minoan ...
31: ...he shape of a bull was found in Knossos from 1500-1450 BC. In addition, there are many double-bladed ax...
35: ...that is carved into a flat area, so it is like a three dimensional picture. A famous example of this ...
42: ... religious themes. Actually politics was enacted through religious themes. - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
59: ...ad dissipated by the 13th century A.D. In about [[1450]], the [[Quechua]]-speaking [[Incas]] entered the...
69: ...issez-faire]] [[Capitalism|capitalist]] policies through the first third of the century.
76: ...R divided. In [[1964]], a military [[junta]] overthrew President Paz Estenssoro at the outset of his t...
81: ...ry rebellion forced out Garc�Meza in [[1981]], three other military governments in 14 months struggl...
85: ...d the Chapare coca-growing region, from [[1994]] through [[1996]]. The Sᮣhez de Lozada government pu... - Biography (6028 bytes)
16: ...onal to people, vehicles for [[conversion]] to [[Christianity]]. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
34: *[[Christoph Ludwig Agricola]] ([[1667]]-[[1719]])
83: *[[Leonard Bahr]] ([[1905]]-[[1990]])
124: *[[Kamaleddin Behzad]] ([[1450]]-)
167: *[[Aaron Bohrod]] ([[1907]]-[[1992]])
218: *[[Charles Ephraim Burchfield]] ([[1893]]-[[1967]]) - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
3: ...g of the [[Renaissance]] is admittedly arbitrary, 1450 is used here.
19: ...osition or section of one, into groups of two or three smaller values by use of a "mensuration sign," ...
25: ... of singing [[psalms]] was a strong influence on Christian chanting. The eastern traditions of the By...
27: ...rican music. The Mozarabic liturgy even survived through [[Muslim]] rule, though this was an isolated ...
36: ...w a not surprising similarity of mode, shape and phrase conception to later western music. - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...1 was called ''New Year's Day'', and was, with [[Christmas]] and occasionally [[Twelfth Night (holiday...
52: ...Cuba|President of the Republic of Cuba]], is overthrown by [[Fidel Castro]]'s forces.
124: *[[1904]] - [[Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry]], [[Pakistan]]i politician (d. [[1982]])
171: *[[1559]] - [[Christian III of Denmark]] and Norway (b. [[1503]])
175: *[[1782]] - [[Johann Christian Bach]], German composer (b. [[1735]]) - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
3: ...[[office building]]s or [[hotel]]s. The term ''highrise'' is also used to describe tall buildings, but...
71: |19||[[Chrysler Building]]||New York City||319 m||1,046...
180: |[[Chrysler Building]]||1930||Present||925 ft||282&...
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: ...nes Ockeghem|Ockeghem]], whom he greatly admired throughout his life (on Ockeghem's death in [[1497]] ...
20: ...f which became very popular, and were circulated throughout Europe; many of them are sung regularly by... - Fra Angelico (13116 bytes)
13: ... the convent of Fiesole, and the ''Deposition of Christ'' executed for the Church of the [[Holy Trinit...
23: ...ooperation of his pupil [[Benozzo Gozzoli]]. In [[1450]], Fra Angelico became Prior of the convent of Sa...
25: ...ay "He who does [[Christ]]'s work must stay with Christ always". This motto granted the epithet "Bless...
31: ...ho illustrates the acts of Christ should be with Christ. It is averred that he never handled a brush w...
33: ... of the saintly painter. The subject is a Glory, Christ with the banner of the [[Resurrection]], and a... - Hieronymus Bosch (3386 bytes)
1: ...eronymus Bosch''', also '''Jeroen Bosch''', (c. [[1450]] – [[August]], [[1516]]) was a prolific [[...
8: He produced several [[triptych]]s, works of three paintings on wooden panels that are attached to... - 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]]
21: * ''Madonna with Saints'' ([[1450]]), [[Stadel Institute]], [[Frankfurt]]
27: * ''Entombment of Christ'', [[National Gallery, London|National Gallery...
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...
8: ... had produced by toil and application, to perish through insufferable neglect. Although they had nothi...
12: ...e latter part of his life he spent in journeying through northern Italy as an international scholar an...
21: ...his name. Romantic composer [[Franz Liszt]] set three of Petrarch's Sonnets (47, 104, and 123) to mus...
24: ...to his writings because he tended to revise them throughout his life. - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
8: ...an]] power structure as William took the English throne as William I of England.
13: ... [[Philip IV of France|Philip IV]] died, leaving three male heirs. The eldest son, [[Louis X of France...
15: To secure his claim to the throne, Philip's second-oldest son (Louis X's younger...
17: ... Wigmore]], who would later invade England and dethrone Edward II.
21: ...l law, this made Edward III the next heir to the throne of France. - History of the world (21975 bytes)
23: The [[diffusion (anthropology)|diffusion]] of ironworking technology was...
25: ...ks of [[Plato]] and [[Aristotle]], were diffused throughout Europe and the Middle East by the conquest...
29: ...nt Rome|Romans]] began expanding their territory through conquest and colonisation from the beginning ...
35: Throughout the temperate zones of Eurasia, America, a...
37: ...[5th century]] CE coincided with the spread of [[Christianity]] westward from the [[Middle East]]. The... - Venice (22017 bytes)
6: ...ssocracy]] or ''Repubblica Marinara'', the other three being [[Genoa]], [[Pisa]], and [[Amalfi]]). Its...
10: ... the defence of Venetian sovereignty when it was threatened by invaders.
14: ...ment’s consent. Venice remained a republic throughout its independent period and politics and th...
20: ...ng into conflict with the [[Papacy]]. Venice was threatened with the [[interdict]] on a number of occa...
29: ...owing the galleys. Rowing skills were encouraged through races and [[regatta]]s. - Hittites (17910 bytes)
1: ...lage of Boğazk?n north-central [[Turkey]]), through most of the second millennium BC.
17: ...c|Czech]] linguist, [[Bedrich Hrozny|Bedřich Hrozný]] ([[1879]]–[[1952]]), who on [[24...
37: ...he early history of the Hittite kingdom is known through tablets which may have been first written in ...
43: ... [[Tigris River|Tigris]] and [[Euphrates River|Euphrates]] rivers took advantage of the situation to s...
51: ===Conventional chronology=== - Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
22: ...ties, including Chichen Itza, Tikal, and Uxmal. Through observation of the numerous consistent elemen...
27: As Maya cities spread throughout the varied geography of Mesoamerica, the e...
31: ...f lesser nobles, smaller temples, and individual shrines: the less sacred and less important structure...
33: [[Mesoamerican chronology|Classic Era]] Maya urban design could easi...
54: ...tories due to the precise positioning of the sun through the small temples when viewed from the pyrami...
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