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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
47: *[[John Cabot]] (Giovanni Caboto), (c. 1450 – 1499), [[Italy|Italian]] navigator in [[Engla...
78: *[[Bartolomeu Dias]], (1450-1500), [[Portuguese]] explorer who first rounded ...
140: ...p it to [[Albany, New York|Albany]], discovered [[Hudson Bay]]
141: *[[Alexander von Humboldt]], (1769-1859), German naturalist, explored...
142: *[[Hamilton Hume]] - [[Australia]]n explorer - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
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9: ...[bacteria]], and [[parasite]]s, and beneficial to humans, such as [[tomato]]es, [[potato]]es, [[maize]...
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11: ...tly or indirectly, for the deaths of tens, if not hundreds, of millions of [[indigenous people]]s, exp... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ...ge of Joan of Arc, [[painting|painted]] between [[1450]] and [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Na...
2: ...rs and an official [[Saint]] to [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholics]] since the early [[20th centu...
4: ...II of France|Charles VII]]'s faction during the [[Hundred Years' War]].
10: [[Image:JoanOfArcLarge.jpeg|350px|right|thumb|[[Jules Bastien-Lepage]]'s [[1879]] portrayal o...
11: ...e:Jeanne d' Arc (Eugene Thirion).jpg|200px|right|thumb|''Jeanne d' Arc'' by Eugene Thirion ([[1876]]) ... - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
4: ...re made of ivory or soft stone, however some clay human and animal figures have been found. Small fem...
13: Also well-known is the lamassu, a human-headed winged lion from 883-859 BC. A unique ...
27: ...c of their sculpture are marble sculptures of the human figure ranging from a few inches in size to li...
31: ...he shape of a bull was found in Knossos from 1500-1450 BC. In addition, there are many double-bladed ax... - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
15: ...l_languages = [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Quechua]], [[Aymara]] |
59: ...he 13th century A.D. In about [[1450]], the [[Quechua]]-speaking [[Incas]] entered the area of modern ...
62: ...nt came from the Audiencia de Charcas located in Chuquisaca (La Plata — modern Sucre). Bolivian ...
76: ...ssively during most of Banzer's presidency, but [[human rights]] violations and eventual fiscal crises...
79: ...nd violent coup. His government was notorious for human rights abuses, [[narcotics]] trafficking, and ... - Biography (6028 bytes)
16: ...es. Their subjects were usually restricted to [[church father]]s, [[martyr]]s, [[papacy|popes]] and [...
18: ...as an account of the life of the fabled [[King Arthur]] and his [[Knights of the Round Table]]. After... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
84: *[[Ludolf Bakhuysen]] ([[1631]]-[[1708]])
89: *[[Balthus]] ([[1908]]-[[2001]])
124: *[[Kamaleddin Behzad]] ([[1450]]-)
187: *[[Arthur Boyd]] ([[1920]]-[[1999]])
264: *[[Frederick Edwin Church]] ([[1826]]-[[1900]]) - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
2: [[Image:Medieval_musicians4.jpg|thumb|200px|Medieval Musicians. Image provided by [ht...
3: ...g of the [[Renaissance]] is admittedly arbitrary, 1450 is used here.
18: [[Image:Lute_guitar.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Lute Guitar. Image provided by [http...
19: ...ible the free and quite complex music of the next hundred years. In some ways the modern system of rhy...
25: ...anting. The eastern traditions of the Byzantine Church were also an influence. - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...n European countries except England between about 1450 and 1600. The Gregorian calendar as promulgated i...
9: ... - [[Albert II of Habsburg]] is crowned King of [[Hungary]].
76: *[[1988]] - The [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]] comes into existence, creating th...
103: *[[1484]] - [[Huldrych Zwingli]], Swiss Protestant leader (d. [[15...
104: *[[1516]] - [[Margareta Leijonhufvud]], Queen of [[Sweden]] (d. [[1551]]) - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
1: ...age:31-January-2004-Taipei101-Complete.jpg|right|thumb|[[Taipei 101]], the world's tallest skyscraper ...
13: [[Image:FrankfurtMain.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Frankfurt with its skyscrapers]]
18: [[Image:SearsTower-thumb.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Sears Tower]] in [[Chicago]], the w...
19: ... [[spire]] is adjudged to be a large antenna and thus excluded. This results in such rankings as the [...
44: |8||[[Shun Hing Square]]||[[Shenzhen]]||384 m||1,260&n... - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
2: ...of "Joseph"; latinized Josquinus Pratensis) (c. [[1450]] – [[August 27]], [[1521]]) was a [[Dutch ...
6: ...records, he became a choir boy in the collegiate church of [[Saint-Quentin]] at an early age, probably...
16: ...imitive forms to ever increasing perfection, and thus venerated Palestrina as the peak of development ... - Fra Angelico (13116 bytes)
3: ...int Lawrence]] receives<br> the treasures of the Church''', painted [[1447]].]]
13: ...nd the ''Deposition of Christ'' executed for the Church of the [[Holy Trinity]] in [[Florence]], paint...
17: ...es in the [[Brancacci]] chapel in the Florentine church of the Carmine and also the paintings of [[Orc...
23: ...ied in Rome in 1455, where he lies buried in the church of S. Maria sopra Minerva. He decorated many o...
27: [[Image:Frangelo.JPG|thumb|The Annunciation was one of the subjects Fra An... - Hieronymus Bosch (3386 bytes)
1: ...6th century. Many of his works depict [[sin]] and human [[morality|moral]] failings; they contain comp...
7: ...osch - The Garden of Earthly Delights - Hell.jpg|thumb|180px|left|''Hell'', the right panel from the t... - Roger van der Weyden (3397 bytes)
1: [[Image:Weyden Deposition.jpg|right|thumb|350px|''Deposition'' by Roger van der Weyden (c...
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]]
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...
3: ... [[Italy|Italian]] scholar, [[poet]], and early [[humanist]]. Petrarch and [[Dante Alighieri|Dante]] a...
12: ...lar and poet-diplomat. Petrarch's career in the Church did not allow him to marry, but he did father ...
17: ...e may have been [[Laure de Noves]], the wife of [[Hugues de Sade]] and an ancestor of the [[Marquis de...
24: ...ne"), a self-help book which remained popular for hundreds of years; ''Itinerarium'' ("Petrarch's Guid... - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
1: ... of Europe in the [[1430s]], at the height of the Hundred Years' War]]
3: The '''Hundred Years' War''' is the name modern historians ...
21: ... of the crown, having forced her politically weak husband to abdicate in favor of their teenage son, [...
34: ''Main article: [[Hundred Years' War (1337-1360)]]''
38: ...ged the English government into a bankruptcy with huge damages to Edward III?s prestige. At sea, Franc... - History of the world (21975 bytes)
5: ...iving. During this period, all humans lived as [[hunter-gatherer]]s, who were generally [[nomadic]].
7: ...egions of today were extremely inhospitable. Yet, humans had colonized nearly all the ice-free parts o...
31: ...roblems such as those associated with maintaining huge armies and the support of the bureaucracy. Thes...
43: ...pg|thumbnail|250px|right|The ruins of [[Machu Picchu]], "the Lost City of the Incas," has become the m...
55: ... refers to the invention of the printing press in 1450s Germany, and to Life Magazine's comments on it. ... - Venice (22017 bytes)
1: [[Image:Venice_italy_2.jpg|thumb]]
9: [[Image:VEN74_1625W.jpg|thumb|]]
11: [[Image:VEN74_1627LW.jpg|thumb]]
14: ...s, but the social order was entirely [[feudal]]. Church and various private properties were tied to mi...
15: [[Image:VEN74_1631W.jpg|thumb]] - Hittites (17910 bytes)
3: ...ut 1680 BC to 1200 BC, with an as yet unexplained hundred-year gap from 1500 to 1400 BC. After 1200 BC...
15: ...guage as the Egyptian letters from Kheta — thus confirming the identity of the two names. He als...
40: [[Image:Hitt Egypt Perseus.png|thumb|350px|The Hittite Empire at the height of its p...
43: ... the Hittite Empire was plunged into chaos. The [[Hurrians]], a people living in the mountainous regio...
46: ...y struggles and wars with neighbouring Assyrians, Hurrians and Egyptians, especially when the Hittites... - Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
1: [[Image:Mayan_17.jpg|right|thumbnail|300px|Mayan Temple Clipart provided by [htt...
17: [[Image:Mayan Jade .jpg|thumb|Mayan jadeite "pectoral", 195mm high]]
18: ..., showing a grace and accurate observation of the human form that reminded early archaeologists of Cla...
23: [[Image:Tazumal.jpg|thumb|250 px|right|Temple ruins at [[Tazumal]], [[El ...
29: ...th other great Mesoamerican cities such as [[Teotihuacan]] and its rigid grid-like construction.
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