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- Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
2: ...adies how to manage their family's estates and military affairs in their husband's absence and is ther...
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5: ...]] and attacked the ''[[Romance of the Rose]]'' written by [[Jean de Meung]].
9: ...n her. This determined her to have recourse to [[literature | letters]] as a means of livelihood.
11: ...as love poems were the fashion she continued to write other--''lais'', ''virelais'', ''rondeaux'' and ... - Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
1: ...rnicus]] in [[1543]], while others wish to extend it into the [[18th century]]. Nevertheless, the basi...
3: ...science was highly [[Aristotle|Aristotelian]]; at its end, science was [[mathematics|mathematical]], [...
7: ...oses in such debates may arise from lack of recognition of these fundamental differences.
9: ...ed in the modern world; there is no concern here with "other narratives" or alternate ways of knowing,...
11: ...of the causes of the revolution (Margolis, 2002). It may be summarized in the following lists of signi... - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
3: ...lamic art history|Middle East]] and North Africa. It includes the major art movements, national art, g...
5: ...n each "nation" or culture in the Middle Ages had its own distinct artistic style and these are looked...
9: ...y [[Christian church]]. These sources were mixed with the vigorous "Barbarian" artistic culture of Nor...
13: ... subject and art historians traditionally look at it based on about nine large-scale movements, or per...
17: ...t mixed with Germanic traditions through contact with the [[Anglo-Saxon]]s creating what is called the... - Jewellery (4234 bytes)
1: ...namental devices worn by persons, typically made with [[gem]]s and [[precious metal]]s. [[Costume jew...
3: ...[necklace]]s, rings, and [[earring]]s, as well as items like hair ornaments or [[Body piercing jewelry...
7: ...an also be symbolic, as in the case of [[Christianity|Christians]] wearing a [[crucifix]] in the form ...
9: ...every (if not every) human culture, on every inhabited continent. Personal [[adornment]] seems to be a...
27: * 2500 BC - The intentional addition of [[silver]] and copper to gold. - Clavichord (3295 bytes)
3: ...ast instruments built were up to seven feet long with a six octave range.
5: ...be changed by striking harder or softer, and the pitch can also be varied by varying the force of the ...
7: ...ury, clavichords were often built ''unfretted'', with a separate pair of strings for each key.
9: ...s organ repertoire were in fact more accurately written for the pedal clavichord.
11: ...00-1800 can be played on the clavichord; however, it is too quiet to use in any but the smallest ensem... - Nile (13738 bytes)
2: ... 830|3 400 000|[[Africa]]|the [[Mediterranean]]||[[Uganda]] - [[Sudan]] - [[Egypt]]}}
8: ...gamma;υπτος), which itself is the source of the name "Egypt".
12: ...bara River]] in [[Sudan]] all the way to the [[Mediterranean Sea]].
14: ... a length of approximately 5584 km (3470 miles). It drains approximately 2.8 million to 3.4 million k...
20: There are two great branches of the Nile: the White Nile, from equatorial East Africa, and the Blue ... - Slovenia (19318 bytes)
12: ...lovenian language|Slovenian]], [[Italian language|Italian]]<sup>1</sup>, [[Hungarian language|Hungaria...
13: capital = [[Ljubljana]] |
15: largest_city = [[Ljubljana]] |
17: leader_titles = [[List of Presidents of Slovenia|President]]...
20: area_magnitude = 1_E10 | - Great Sphinx of Giza (7181 bytes)
3: ...] Plateau on the west bank of the [[Nile River]], it is the largest single-stone statue on Earth.
5: ...phinx faces due east, with a small temple between its paws.
9: ...s located on the west bank of the [[Nile River]] within the confines of the [[Giza|Giza pyramid field]...
11: ...[1925]], to the great pleasure of its numerous visitors.
15: ...iven to it based on the legendary Greek creature with the body of a lion and the head of a woman, but ... - Ancient Egypt (16131 bytes)
1: ...ry)]]. As a civilization based on [[irrigation]], it is the quintessential example of a [[hydraulic em...
6: ...on the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and the [[Red Sea]]; it borders [[Libya]] to the west, [[Sudan]] to the s...
10: ...cation of [[Yam (Location)|Yam]] is disputed. And it is unknown if [[Alashiya]] was actually the islan...
14: ...t in Egypt, such as accurately determining the position of points and the distances between them (know...
16: ...yptians. The ancient Egyptians are also credited with devising the world's earliest known [[alphabet]]... - Iron Age (8996 bytes)
3: ...ent. The adoption of this new material coincided with other changes in past societies often including ...
5: ...n Europe and Asia whilst in the rest of the world it was adopted directly after one or other sub-phase...
7: ... "cheaper" than bronze and contributed greatly to its adoption as the most commonly used metal. The ar...
10: ... being fashioned from iron recovered from [[meteorite]]s (see [[Iron#History|Iron: History]]). By [[30...
13: ...xcavation of [[Ugarit]] (see [[Ugarit#History|Ugarit: History]] and [[Steel#History of iron and steelm... - Sun (20830 bytes)
13: ! align="left" | [[Apparent magnitude|Visual brightness]] (''V'')
16: ! align="left" | [[Absolute magnitude]]
19: ...or="#ffffc0" colspan="2" align="center" | '''[[Orbit]]al characteristics'''
27: ! align="left" | Velocity
48: ! align="left" | Density - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: ...[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
15: ...llo Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[painter]]
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
105: *[[Georg Baselitz]] ( [[1938]]-) - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
1: ... [[Antioch]], [[Syria]], as well as other points. Its influence carries over on to [[Korea]] and termi...
3: ...gh [[Antioch]] in Southern Anatolia into the [[Mediterranean Sea]] or through the [[Levant]] into [[Eg...
5: ...robably conducted over sections of the routes and it is probable that merchants and travellers very ra...
11: ... of efficient [[pack animal]]s increased the capacity for [[prehistory|prehistoric]] peoples to carry ...
13: ...avel immense distances without arousing the hostility of more settled peoples. - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
10: | Constantine makes Constantinople his capital.
13: | The Empire is permanently split into Eastern and Western halves, following the de...
21: | Justinian's generals reconquer North Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Ostrogoths]].
24: ...Lombard]] invasion results in the loss of most of Italy.
29: ...emaining Italian territories, aside from some territories in the south. - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
3: ...beginning of the [[Renaissance]] is admittedly arbitrary, 1450 is used here.
7: ... general trend in Medieval music is toward complexity in harmony, rhythm, text, and orchestration.
9: ...m cannot be specified. The simplicity of chant, with unison voice and natural declamation, is most co...
17: .... The line, once it had its mode, would remain in it until another ligature indicated a change. A Ger...
18: [[Image:Lute_guitar.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Lute Guitar. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com... - Geologic time scale (26014 bytes)
1: ...y]], and uses the standard color codes of the [[United States Geologic Survey]].
3: ... spans of time on the time scale are usually delimited by major [[geology|geologic]] or [[paleontology...
7: ...gnized faunal stages than defined geologic time units.
9: ...omian]] stages in [[East Asia]] and [[Siberia]]. It is a key aspect of the work of the International ...
13: ...d, distorted, tilted, or even inverted after deposition; 2) Strata laid down at the same time in diffe... - Illinois (27007 bytes)
10: Capital = [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]...
11: LargestCity = [[Chicago]] |
22: DensityRank = 11<sup>th</sup> |
23: 2000Density = 86.27 |
24: AdmittanceOrder = 21<sup>st</sup> | - Crossbow (7510 bytes)
2: ...ow bolts]] or [[quarrel]]s. Most sources point to its invention in China, but the crossbow nonetheless...
5: ...]] stock, which has a mechanism to wind and shoot its bolts. These bolts are typically called [[quarre...
12: ...'' of the crossbow. Much as a horse's [[bridle]], it tends to loosen over time, and must be carefully ...
14: ...ove for the bolt to rest upon and travel along as it is shot.
16: ...w]] were used as well. Even [[cotton]] was tried with some success. - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
1: ...eur'' drawn c. 1565 is thought to be a self portrait]]
3: ...cords that he was born in Broghel near Breda, but it is unsure whether the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] town ...
5: ...painters' guild of [[Antwerp]]. He travelled to [[Italy]] soon after, and then returned to Antwerp bef...
7: ...they were still infants when their father died; neither received any training from him.
9: ...peasant]]s, painted in a simpler style than the [[Italianate]] art that prevailed at the time. The mos... - Roger van der Weyden (3397 bytes)
1: ...ge:Weyden Deposition.jpg|right|thumb|350px|''Deposition'' by Roger van der Weyden (c.1435) Oil on oak ...
3: ...s Roger de la Pasture, Rogier de Bruxelles, (c. [[1400]] - [[June 18]], [[1464]]) was a [[Flanders|Flemi...
9: ...ows no result on his style, which owes nothing to Italian models; and he returned to [[Brussels]], whe...
15: ... the positions of the major elements in the composition. [[Hans Memling]] was his greatest pupil.
21: ... ''Madonna with Saints'' ([[1450]]), [[Stadel Institute]], [[Frankfurt]]
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