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- Margaret of Anjou (3729 bytes)
3: ...ht years her senior, on April 23, [[1445]], at [[Titchfield]] in [[Hampshire]].
12: ... of Westminster]], was born, on [[October 13]], [[1453]], he had suffered a complete mental breakdown. ...
14: ...of Blore Heath]], where Margaret is said to have witnessed her commander, [[James Touchet, Lord Audley...
16: ...n the gates of the city of York. She followed up with a victory at [[St Albans]] on 22 February 1461, ...
18: ...nd was now seeking revenge for the loss of his political influence. Warwick's daughter, [[Anne Nevill... - Renaissance (14795 bytes)
1: ...e]]. It is also known as "'''Rinascimento'''" (in Italian).
5: ...talization'' of European culture in general. Thus it is possible to speak of the Renaissance in two di...
7: ....jpg|right|thumb|180px|[[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s [[Vitruvian Man]], an example of the blend of art and s...
10: ...[[periodization|periodisation]], [[Lumpers and splitters]])
12: ...h will concentrate on the Renaissance as the transition from the Middle Ages to the Modern Age. - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
1: ... of the Renaissance in the [[15th century]] in [[Italy]], early [[16th century]] in [[Northern Europe...
5: ...mage:MCD_001.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Romanesque]] [[architecture]] flourished in the early '''Middle Ages'''...
6: ...ts political and social senses were unevolved and its technologies undeveloped, compared to the preced...
8: ...cture quickly vanished, leading to the rise of illiteracy among leadership.
12: ...Romans did not withstand the changes, and the institutional support for large scale chattel slavery la... - 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... - Printing press (12986 bytes)
1: ...Laurens Janszoon Coster]] has also been credited with this invention.
4: ...t [[book]]s was an incredibly time consuming activity.
6: ...nal scholarly pursuits in [[Song China]] and facilitated more creative modes of printing. Nevertheless...
8: ...n 1440, Gutenberg had worked as a [[goldsmith]]. Without a doubt, the skills and knowledge of metals t...
12: ...pe had to be set manually for each page, which limited the number of different pages created per day. ... - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ..., Greece has a long and rich history during which its culture has proven especially influential in [[E...
17: | '''[[Capital]]''' || [[Athens]]
19: | '''Largest city''' || [[Athens]]
27: ...al ([[2004]])<br> - [[Population density|Density]] || [[List of countries by population|Ranked 70...
31: ...t|GDP]]'''<br> - Total<br> - GDP per capita - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
5: ...|Yadav, Laloo Prasad]] (born 1948), [[India]]n politician
11: *[[Yakubu Gowon]] (born 1934), military leader of [[Nigeria]]
13: ...ihu Yale|Yale, Elihu]] (1649-1721), [[Yale University]] benefactor
20: ... Minoru]] (1912-1986), [[United States|US]] [[architect]]
21: *[[Tomoyuki Yamashita|Yamashita, Tomoyuki]] (1885-1946), Japanese lieutenant gen... - 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]]-) - 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. - 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. - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
3: ...Ancient Roman]] polity in the centuries following its reorganization under the leadership of Octavian ...
5: ...[Constantinople]]. After another millennium, in [[1453]], the Eastern Empire, better known as the [[Byza...
7: ... for such a long period of time [[31 BC]] – 1453, there are certain alternative names used by hist...
9: ...and ornate imperial ritual. We now know that the situation was far more nuanced: certain historical fo...
11: ...e adopted by successor states and other entities with imperial pretensions, including the [[Frankish]]... - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ...pulation, following [[China]], [[India]], the [[United States]], [[Indonesia]], [[Brazil]], [[Pakistan...
13: ...d gradually merged with [[Slavs]]. The Slavs constituted the bulk of the population from the [[8th cen...
15: ...d was quite prosperous, due to diversified trade with both Europe and Asia.
17: ...and Duchy of [[Lithuania]] and [[Poland]]. The political dissolution of Kievan Rus divided the [[Russi...
19: ...at affected the rest of the country. Nevertheless it had to fight the Germanic crusaders who attempted... - History of Christianity (35391 bytes)
1: {{christianity}}
2: ...his article outlines the history of '''[[Christianity]]''' and provides links to relevant topics.
4: == Roots of Christianity ==
8: ...g is valid, led to an early rift between Christianity and the temple priesthood, and later rabbinic Ju...
10: ... the nature of the messiah from the time Christianity was born until now, often relying on different i... - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
4: ... colspan=2 style="text-align: left; background: white;" |
11: ...<br/><small>''The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power''</small>
14: | ''El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious'' (as written in tugra)
19: | '''[[Capital]]'''
20: ...Istanbul|İstanbul]] ([[Constantinople]]/[[Asitane]]/[[Konstantiniyye]] ) - Hagia Sophia (7132 bytes)
3: ...]], in [[Istanbul]], formerly [[Constantinople]]. It is universally acknowledged as one of the great b...
7: ...s of the first church that was built on the same site during the 4th century. Following the destructi...
10: ...ty of Constantinople]]; Anthemius, however, died within the first year. The construction is described ...
12: ... and [[marble]] pillars and coverings. The temple itself was so richly and artistically decorated that...
16: ...tecture. Its influence, both architecturally and liturgically, was widespread and enduring in the [[Ea... - Konya (2390 bytes)
1: ... population of 742 690 (in 2000) and it is the capital of [[Konya Province|Konya]] [[Provinces of Turk...
3: ...ing to the [[Book of Acts]]. In Christian legend, it was also the birthplace of [[Acts of Paul and The...
5: From [[1097]] to [[1243]] it was the capital of the [[Seljuk Turks|Seljuk]] [[Sultan]]s of [...
7: ...ured by Mongols as well. The city remained the capital of the Turkish puppet-ruler under the Mongol wa...
9: ...nd, in [[1453]], Konya was made the provincial capital of the Ottoman Province of Karamanid. - Byzantine art (10470 bytes)
1: ...ntury]] until the fall of [[Constantinople]] in [[1453]]. (The Roman Empire during this period is conven...
3: ...53]]. In some respects the Byzantine artistic tradition has continued in [[Greece]], [[Russia]] and ot...
7: ...ts classical heritage, but was distinguished from it in a number of ways. The most profound of these w...
9: ...], and the nude was banished from its dominant position in art.
11: ...d the [[saints]] and [[martyrs]] of Christian tradition were elevated, and became the dominant - indee... - Byzantine coinage (4605 bytes)
4: ...) of these coins featured a highly stylized portrait of the emperor while the reverse (back) featured ...
6: ...nth centuries. Small transactions were conducted with bronze coinage throughout this period.
8: ...ational commerce until the eleventh century, when it began to be debased under successive emperors beg...
10: ... Near East) and later Venetian and other northern Italian coinage.
12: ... 1400, Byzantine coinage became insignificant, as Italian money became the predominant circulating coi... - Constantinople (4125 bytes)
1: ...64;ιον''). Constantine named the city [[Nova Roma]] (New Rome, ''Νέα &#...
3: ...culating in Europe came from and were associated with.
5: ...olicism]] and [[Eastern Orthodoxy]]. Third, the city provided a defense for the eastern provinces of ...
9: ...lic of [[Turkey]] was founded in [[1923]], the capital was moved to [[Ankara]]; Constantinople was off...
24: ...tantinople, compiled by Robert Ousterhout, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign] - Medieval History (23198 bytes)
2: ... of the Renaissance in the [[15th century]] in [[Italy]], early [[16th century]] in [[Northern Europe...
7: ...mage:MCD_001.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Romanesque]] [[architecture]] flourished in the early '''Middle Ages'''...
8: ...ts political and social senses were unevolved and its technologies undeveloped, compared to the preced...
10: ...cture quickly vanished, leading to the rise of illiteracy among leadership.
14: ...Romans did not withstand the changes, and the institutional support for large scale chattel slavery la...
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