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- Margaret of Anjou (3729 bytes)
3: ...ene I of Naples]], Duke of [[Anjou]], King of [[Naples]] and [[Sicily]] and [[Isabella, Duchess of Lor...
12: ...on [[October 13]], [[1453]], he had suffered a complete mental breakdown. Rumours were rife that he w...
16: ...oyed. Margaret had both beheaded, and ordered the placing of their heads on the gates of the city of Y... - Renaissance (14795 bytes)
5: ... ancient classical texts and learning and their applications in the arts and sciences. Second, it mean...
7: ...[[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s [[Vitruvian Man]], an example of the blend of art and science during the Renai...
9: ===Multiple Renaissances===
10: ...e [[periodization|periodisation]], [[Lumpers and splitters]])
19: ...aces for when the Middle Ages ended. The starting place of the Renaissance is almost universally ascri... - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
1: ...l [[Monarchy|monarchies]], of European overseas exploration, the invention and diffusion of printing, ...
6: ...Germanic]] and later [[Slavic Peoples|Slavic]] peoples. The era of the migrations has historically bee...
8: ...ntagel]] in [[Cornwall]] had managed to obtain supplies of Mediterranean luxury goods well into the 6t...
12: ...conquerors were soon converted, following the example of the pagan Frank [[Clovis I]]. The interaction...
14: ...tianity or with classic Roman culture. Warrior people such as the [[Vikings]] were still capable of ca... - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
1: ...hurch of the Holy Wisdom]] in former [[Constantinople]]—the image of Christ on the walls of the ...
3: ...''Medieval Art''' covers a vast scope of time and place, over 1000 years of [[art history]] in [[Weste...
9: ...dieval art can be seen as the history of the interplay between the elements of classical, early Christ...
17: ... of native [[Celtic language|Celtic speaking]] peoples of Ireland and Britain from about the 5th centu...
19: ...g|Migration period]] from about 300-900 (to be completed). - Printing press (12986 bytes)
12: ...two or three people that could read, and a few people to support the effort. Each sheet still had to b...
14: ...ot only did the [[Roman Curia|papal court]] contemplate making printing presses an industry requiring ...
16: ...s Europe. Within thirty years of its invention in 1453, towns from Hungary to Spain, and from Italy to B...
35: ...he hands of the people, [[Latin]] was gradually replaced by the national languages. This development w...
40: ...nsidered a true art form. [[Typesetting]], or the placement of the characters on the page, including t... - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ...Western world|Western civilization]] and the birthplace of [[democracy]], Greece has a long and rich h...
52: ...n world|western civilization]] and being the birthplace of [[democracy]], [[philosophy]], the [[Olympi...
57:
65: ...nglish/greece/living/read_greek/alphabet.html]. [[Plato]] described how the Greeks live round the Aege...
68: ...he Byzantine Empire, centered around [[Constantinople]] (known in ancient times as [[Byzantium]]), rem... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
1: {{List_of_people}}
12: ...xander Yakushev|Yakushev, Alexander]], ice hockey player
31: ...ional Basketball Association|NBA]] [[Basketball]] player, [[Houston Rockets]]
108: *[[Yoannis XI of Alexandria]], ([[1428]]-[[1453]]), Coptic Pope
128: *[[Mike York|York, Mike]], ice hockey player - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
281: *[[John Singleton Copley]] ([[1737]]-[[1815]])
616: *[[Leon Kaplinski]] ([[1826]]-[[1873]])
958: *[[Stefan Planinc]] ([[1925]]-)
959: *[[Jan Bogumil Plersch]] ([[1732]]-[[1817]]) - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
7: ...e Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul (Constantinople).</small>
10: | Constantine makes Constantinople his capital.
13: | The Empire is permanently split into Eastern and Western halves, following the ...
32: ...urch in Rome breaks with the Church in Constantinople.
38: | Constantinople is occupied by crusaders; Latin empire formed. - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
3: ...an Philippe de Vries suggested that it had "taken place at a more or less provincial level." Fernand B...
8: ...n Frankish [[Carolingian]] ruler [[Charles the Simple]] allowed the [[Vikings]] of [[Rollo of Normandy...
17: ...hese lost lands became a major focus of English diplomacy. Another effect of the war was to galvanize...
27: ...st by his father. A compromise homage in [[1329]] pleased neither side, but in [[1331]], facing seriou...
31: In [[1336]], Philip made plans for an expedition to restore David to the Scot... - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
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: ...ne thousand years after they were created, and displays of imperial majesty were common from the earli...
19: ... ambitions seemed to threaten the republic - now placidly accepted one man rule.
42: ...ustan Age include [[Tacitus]], [[Dio Cassius]], [[Plutarch]] and [[Suetonius]]. [[Josephus]]'s ''[[Jew... - Russia (28007 bytes)
13: ...through the eighth century. They in turn were displaced by a group of Scandinavians, the [[Varangian...
15: ...be applied to the Varangians and the Slavs who peopled the region. In the [[10th century|10th]] to [[1...
17: ... of Kievan Rus divided the [[Russians |Russian people]] in the north from the [[Belarusians]] and [[Uk...
23: ...territories. After the fall of Constantinople in 1453 Russia remained the only more or less functional ...
37: ...he struggle. It is estimated that over 200,000 people have died in this conflict. Minor conflicts also... - History of Christianity (35391 bytes)
8: ... to an early rift between Christianity and the temple priesthood, and later rabbinic Judaism.
12: ...music]] in hymns and prayer, and [[ascetic]] disciplines such as [[fasting]] and [[alms|almsgiving]]. ...
40: *[[Polycarp]], bishop of Smyrna and disciple of [[John the Evangelist]]
64: ...ced by [[Nestorius]], a [[patriarch of Constantinople]])
73: ...adherents. This was observed quite early, for example, the second century [[Celsus]] (whose words are ... - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
20: | [[Istanbul|İstanbul]] ([[Constantinople]]/[[Asitane]]/[[Konstantiniyye]] )
45: ...en referred to as the ''[[Sublime Porte]]'' or simply as ''the Porte'', from the [[French language|Fre...
47: ... [[Fall of Constantinople|captured]] [[Constantinople]] (modern [[Istanbul|İstanbul]]) from the ...
53: ...ing). With the capture of [[Constantinople]] in [[1453]], the state became a mighty [[empire]] with [[Me...
55: ...e. In Aceh, the Ottomans built a fortress and supplied huge cannon. The [[the Netherlands|Dutch]] [[... - Hagia Sophia (7132 bytes)
3: ...[museum]], in [[Istanbul]], formerly [[Constantinople]]. It is universally acknowledged as one of the ...
10: ...of [[geometry]] at the [[University of Constantinople]]; Anthemius, however, died within the first yea...
12: ...cs]] and [[marble]] pillars and coverings. The temple itself was so richly and artistically decorated ...
22: ...terior crowned by the main dome, a sequence unexampled in antiquity.
24: ...e collapsed after an earthquake in [[558]]; its replacement fell in [[563]]. There were additional par... - Konya (2390 bytes)
1: ...onium''') is a city in [[Turkey]], on the central plateau of [[Anatolia]]. It has a population of 742 ...
3: ...Acts]]. In Christian legend, it was also the birthplace of [[Acts of Paul and Thecla|Saint Thecla]].
9: ...aramanid fell to the [[Ottoman Empire]] and, in [[1453]], Konya was made the provincial capital of the O... - Byzantine art (10470 bytes)
1: ...ntury]] until the fall of [[Constantinople]] in [[1453]]. (The Roman Empire during this period is conven...
3: ... under the rule of the [[Ottoman Empire]] after [[1453]]. In some respects the Byzantine artistic tradit...
7: ...anism|humanist]] ethic of Ancient Greek art was replaced by a [[Christian]] ethic. If the purpose of c...
11: In place of the nude, the figures of God the Father, Je...
15: ...f Byzantine high relief carving in ivory, which replaced the free-standing statues of the classical wo... - Byzantine coinage (4605 bytes)
4: ...ctions. The new bronze coins were made up of multiples of this coin such as the 40 nummi, 20 nummi, 10...
10: ...model for the Islamic Dinar (whose name also is applied to the silver Dinar (weight roughly 1.5g) whic...
12: ...lation until the end of the Byzantine Empire in [[1453]], though after the second half of the fourteenth... - Constantinople (4125 bytes)
1: ...anbul]] in today's [[Turkey]]. Today, Constantinople is the area between the [[Golden Horn]] and the ...
3: ...lorin]], is synonomous with Byzantium (Constantinople), where most gold coins circulating in Europe ca...
5: ...r provinces to the east in Asia beyond Constantinople, allowing the east to develop relatively unmoles...
7: Constantinople was captured and sacked by the [[Fourth Crusade]...
9: ..., the capital was moved to [[Ankara]]; Constantinople was officially renamed Istanbul in [[1930]]. - Medieval History (23198 bytes)
2: ...l [[Monarchy|monarchies]], of European overseas exploration, the invention and diffusion of printing, ...
8: ...Germanic]] and later [[Slavic Peoples|Slavic]] peoples. The era of the migrations has historically bee...
10: ...ntagel]] in [[Cornwall]] had managed to obtain supplies of Mediterranean luxury goods well into the 6t...
14: ...conquerors were soon converted, following the example of the pagan Frank [[Clovis I]]. The interaction...
16: ...tianity or with classic Roman culture. Warrior people such as the [[Avars]] and the [[Vikings]] were s...
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