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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...sion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
21: ...tish Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
30: ...7]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]] [[Berber]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central...
35: *[[Vitus Bering]]
36: *[[Vittorio Bottego]] (1860,1897), Italian explorer of the [[Giuba]] region in north-ea... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...lom'' in [[Catalan]], ''Cristoforo Colombo'' in [[Italian]], ''Cristóbal Colón'' in [[Spanish]], ''C...
3: ...er it would be possible to get around the planet without running out of food or getting stuck in windl...
5: ... his claims. There are also many theories of expeditions to the Americas by a variety of peoples throu...
7: ...h America]]. He never reached the present-day [[United States]] where "Columbus Day" ([[12 October]], ...
9: ...ns, such as [[virus]]es, [[bacteria]], and [[parasite]]s, and beneficial to humans, such as [[tomato]]... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ...ge of Joan of Arc, [[painting|painted]] between [[1450]] and [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Na...
2: ... of Arc as a notable woman of valor, vigor, and faith.
4: Joan of Arc's campaigns were responsible for a revitalization of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]...
7: ...]] granted the throne to Henry V's heirs, disinheriting Charles, the [[Dauphin]] ([[crown prince]]), a...
10: ...els. [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New York City]].]] - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
6: ...variety of precious stones were used for high quality sculpture and inlays. [[Clay]] was used for pot...
8: ...hem are a wooden harp with gold and mosaic inlay with a black-bearded golden bull's head.
11: ...urabi|code of law]]. A bearded head, made of diorite, is believed to represent Hammurabi. The head h...
13: ...mia]]), and was donated to the [[New York Metropolitan Museum of Art]] by [[John D. Rockefeller, Jr.]]...
18: ...eat Sphinx of Giza]], located near the pyramids. It is about 60 feet high and 240 feet long, and was ... - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
2: ...ocked]] [[country]] in central [[South America]]. It is bordered by [[Brazil]] on the north and east, ...
16: capital = [[La Paz]], [[Sucre]]<sup>1</sup> |
19: leader_titles = [[President of Bolivia|President]] |
21: largest_city = [[La Paz]] |
24: area_magnitude = 1 E12 | - Biography (6028 bytes)
1: ...birth, education, work, relationships and death. It also delves into the emotions of experiencing suc...
8: ...bes]] commissioned by the various rulers of antiquity: ancient [[Assyria]], ancient [[Babylonia]], anc...
16: ...people, vehicles for [[conversion]] to [[Christianity]].
22: ...English language]] biography appeared in history with the publication of a biography of [[Plutarch]] b...
24: ... letters, it presented its subject to the reader with an intimacy and detail rarely seen before that t... - 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]]-) - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
3: ...g 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... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...anuary 1 was called ''New Year's Day'', and was, with [[Christmas]] and occasionally [[Twelfth Night (...
7: *[[404]] - Last known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes place.
16: *[[1788]] - First edition of ''[[The Times]]'' of [[London]], previously...
17: ...[1797]] - Albany replaces New York City as the capital on New York.
18: ...d [[Kingdom of Ireland]] is completed to form [[United Kingdom]] - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
3: ...se'' is also used to describe tall buildings, but it tends to be applied specifically to residential b...
5: ...ntury]], buildings of over six stories were rare. It was impractical to have people walk up so many fl...
9: ...the Field's building. Another contender for the title is the 1892 ten-story [[Wainwright Building]] b...
11: ... hang off this frame like curtains--hence the architectural term curtain wall for tall systems of glas...
13: ...rankfurtMain.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Frankfurt with its skyscrapers]] - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
2: ...of "Joseph"; latinized Josquinus Pratensis) (c. [[1450]] – [[August 27]], [[1521]]) was a [[Dutch ...
6: ... him for the chapel there; so Josquin returned to Italy.
8: ...site ''Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariae'', which is written on a ''[[cantus firmus]]'' derived from the mu...
10: ...two thirds of the citizens fled as well). His position at Ferrara was filled by [[Jacob Obrecht]] in ...
14: ... beginning of the [[Baroque music|Baroque]] era, with the decline of the polyphonic style. - Fra Angelico (13116 bytes)
1: ...His life was described in [[Giorgio Vasari]]'s ''Vite''.
7: ...to him at an early date and which we find in use within thirty years after his death, but was not prop...
9: ...the [[convent]]s he lived in, but this did not limit his art, that very soon became famous. He had the...
13: ...hrist'' executed for the Church of the [[Holy Trinity]] in [[Florence]], paintings that Vasari indicat...
15: ...he painted in the convent of S. Domenico in this city; as a fresco-painter, he may have worked under, ... - Hieronymus Bosch (3386 bytes)
1: ...Many of his works depict [[sin]] and human [[morality|moral]] failings; they contain complex, highly o...
3: ... '''van Aken'''. He signed some of his paintings with ''Bosch'' (pronounced as ''Boss'' in Dutch), der...
5: ...servative religious group of some 40 influential citizens of 's-Hertogenbosch.
8: ...ruit and birds on the middle panel, and [[hell]] with depictions of fantastic punishments of the vario...
10: ...application of paint; this contrasts with the traditional Flemish style of paintings, where the smooth... - 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 ...
9: ...ows no result on his style, which owes nothing to Italian models; and he returned to [[Brussels]], whe...
13: ...hilip.jpg|thumb|250px|Philip the Good, painted c. 1450 by Roger van der Weyden]]
15: ... the positions of the major elements in the composition. [[Hans Memling]] was his greatest pupil.
21: ... ''Madonna with Saints'' ([[1450]]), [[Stadel Institute]], [[Frankfurt]] - Petrarch (10447 bytes)
1: ...o. 247 x 153 cm. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Artist: Andrea di Bartolo di Bargilla (c. 142...
3: ...4]] – [[July 19]], [[1374]]) was an [[Italy|Italian]] scholar, [[poet]], and early [[humanist]]....
6: ...ch was primarily interested in writing and Latin literature.
8: ...adopted, and greatly embellished, by subsequent writers.
10: ... mountain for no other reason than the experience itself. Therefore, April 26th, 1336 is regarded as t... - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
3: ...r a group of provinces) within the Anglo-French unit" that was both battlefield and prize (Braudel 198...
5: ...n the early growth of nations and new monarchies. It is often viewed as one of the most significant co...
10: ...dom, and personal desires on the part of the nobility to gain wealth and increase prestige.
13: ...Capetian dynasty]] had ruled for over 320 years, with one male heir after the next taking the throne (...
15: ...st brother, [[Charles IV of France|Charles IV]], without question. - History of the world (21975 bytes)
2: ==Paleolithic==
3: ''See main article about the [[Paleolithic]]''.
5: ... developed [[language]] sometime during the Paleolithic, as well as a conceptual repertoire that inclu...
7: ...n temperate regions of today were extremely inhospitable. Yet, humans had colonized nearly all the ice...
9: ==Neolithic Revolution== - Venice (22017 bytes)
1: [[Image:Venice_italy_2.jpg|thumb]]
2: ...agoon]] along the [[Adriatic Sea]] in northeast [[Italy]]. The saltwater lagoon stretches along the sh...
6: ...oa]], [[Pisa]], and [[Amalfi]]). Its strategic position at head of the Adriatic made Venetian naval an...
8: ...o silver from Germany; the last autocratic doge, Vitale Michiele, died in 1172.
10: ...llied to the defence of Venetian sovereignty when it was threatened by invaders. - Hittites (17910 bytes)
1: The '''Hittites''' is the conventional English-language term fo...
3: ...te polity disintegrated into several independent city-states, some of which survived until around 700 ...
5: ...om the "[[Hattians]]", an earlier people who inhabited the same region until the beginning of the 2nd ...
7: ...ered the Anatolian Hittites in the 19th century initially believed the two peoples to be the same, but...
9: ...r their skill in building and using [[Chariot#Hittite|chariot]]s. - Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
1: ...ze]], western [[Honduras]], and [[El Salvador]]) with some 3,000 years of history. The Maya were part...
5: ...ce shows the Maya started to build ceremonial architecture at approximately 1000 BCE. There is some di...
9: ...entually, the Olmec culture faded after spreading its influence into the [[Yucatan]] peninsula, presen...
11: ...'', or "Tree-stones"), which depict rulers along with hieroglyphic texts describing their [[genealogy]...
17: [[Image:Mayan Jade .jpg|thumb|Mayan jadeite "pectoral", 195mm high]]
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