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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
47: *[[John Cabot]] (Giovanni Caboto), (c. 1450 – 1499), [[Italy|Italian]] navigator in [[Engla...
55: ...d sailed up it to [[Montreal]]; failed in an attempt to set up a colony
78: *[[Bartolomeu Dias]], (1450-1500), [[Portuguese]] explorer who first rounded ...
90: *[[Leifur Eiríksson]], (born 970), attempted to colonize [[Vinland]], discovered [[the Ameri...
128: *[[Hannu]], [[ancient Egypt|ancient Egyptian]] explorer (around 2750 BC) and the first expl... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ...rary to this belief, most people at that time accepted that the earth was round. The main debate was o...
13: It has generally been accepted that he was [[Genoa|Genovese]], although doubts...
43: ... distance to the Indies. Most scholars accepted [[Ptolemy]]'s claim that the terrestrial landmass (for...
46: Columbus accepted the calculations of [[Pierre d'Ailly]], that th...
54: ... of lobbying at the Spanish court, where he was kept on a salary to prevent him from taking his ideas ... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ...ge of Joan of Arc, [[painting|painted]] between [[1450]] and [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Na...
2: ...lier appeal]] after her death. Her posthumous reception history is a lengthy one: she was revered by t...
12: ...logians at [[Poitiers]] before granting final acceptance. She was then brought to a succession of tow...
18: ...d Scots. This allowed the Royal army to now attempt a march toward Reims for Charles' coronation.
22: ...t out from [[Gien-sur-Loire]] on [[June 29]], accepting the neutrality of the Burgundian-held city of ... - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
1: ...pture''' is varied and is illustrative of how sculpture has changed extensively over the ages.
3: == Sculpture in ancient times==
4: [[Sculpture]] as an art form goes back to Prehistoric time...
6: ...[[Clay]] was used for pottery and terra cotta sculpture. Stone was generally rare and had to be impor...
8: ...es, and long beards on the men. Votive stone sculptures of this type from 2700 BC were discovered at ... - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
59: ...ad dissipated by the 13th century A.D. In about [[1450]], the [[Quechua]]-speaking [[Incas]] entered the...
89: ...ceived a significant amount of public-sector corruption. Both factors contributed to increasing social...
97: ...omic reactivation (and job creation), anti-[[corruption]], and social inclusion.
101: In September [[2001]], following the advice of the [[Worl...
116: ...and lower courts, has long been riddled with corruption and inefficiency. Through revisions to the con... - Biography (6028 bytes)
8: ...complishments. The [[Judaism|Jewish]] [[holy scripture]] is an [[anthology]] of some of the earliest ...
16: The [[Middle Ages]] (AD [[400]] to [[1450]]) began with the [[Dark Ages]], a period of mass...
26: ...de it easier for authors to assemble vast manuscripts, biographies of a thousand pages or more became ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: ... Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
11: ...inci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
123: *[[Captain Beefheart]] ([[1941]]-)
124: *[[Kamaleddin Behzad]] ([[1450]]-)
251: *[[Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin]] ([[1699]]-[[1779]]) - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
3: ...g of the [[Renaissance]] is admittedly arbitrary, 1450 is used here.
17: ...nces over previous practice, most of them in conception and notation of rhythm. The most famous music ...
19: ... The first definitely identifiable scholar to accept and explain the mensural system was Johannes de M...
27: ...nd and this music was later suppressed in an attempt to enforce conformity on the entire liturgy. In M...
36: ...prising similarity of mode, shape and phrase conception to later western music. - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...n European countries except England between about 1450 and 1600. The Gregorian calendar as promulgated i...
8: *[[990]] - Russia adopts the Julian calendar.
15: ...discovered by [[France|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]].
28: *[[1892]] - [[Ellis Island]] opens to begin accepting immigrants to the [[United States]].
50: ...Sudan]] achieves independence from the [[Egypt|Egyptian Republic]] and the [[United Kingdom|United Kin... - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
19: This table is adapted from [http://www.emporis.com/en/bu/sk/st/tp/wo/...
188: |[[Sears Tower]]||1974||Present||1450 ft||442 m||1730 ft||527 m||11... - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
2: ...of "Joseph"; latinized Josquinus Pratensis) (c. [[1450]] – [[August 27]], [[1521]]) was a [[Dutch ...
6: ... brother instead. From [[1486]] to [[1494]] (except the year [[1487]]-[[1488]], which he may have spe...
14: ...rary musical practice. He possessed a vivid conception of the meaning and dramatic possibilities of t...
16: ...wards or away from perfection but as trends of adaptation and influence; as such Josquin is seen as so...
18: ... and [[Venice]]. Others were preserved in manuscript in the archives of the papal choir in [[Rome]] an... - Fra Angelico (13116 bytes)
7: ...own but seemingly well-to-do parentage, and was baptized Guido or Guidolino (friars used to change the...
17: .... Here he decorated the cells, the hall of the Chapter, the corridors, the [[colonnade]], the church [...
21: ...him, and declined by him on the grounds of his inaptitude for so elevated and responsible a station.
23: ...ooperation of his pupil [[Benozzo Gozzoli]]. In [[1450]], Fra Angelico became Prior of the convent of Sa...
31: ...r handled a brush without fervent prayer and he wept when he painted a [[Crucifixion]]. The [[Last Jud... - Hieronymus Bosch (3386 bytes)
1: ...eronymus Bosch''', also '''Jeroen Bosch''', (c. [[1450]] – [[August]], [[1516]]) was a prolific [[...
7: ...|180px|left|''Hell'', the right panel from the triptych ''[[The Garden of Earthly Delights]]'']]
8: ...s ''[[The Garden of Earthly Delights]]''. This triptych depicts paradise with [[Adam and Eve]] and man...
10: ...style of paintings, where the smooth surface attempts to hide the fact that the painting is man-made. - Roger van der Weyden (3397 bytes)
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]]
15: ...nd expressive painting and popular religious conceptions had considerable influence on the art of Flan...
20: * [[triptych]] ([[1438]]-[[1440]]), [[Berlin Museum]]
21: * ''Madonna with Saints'' ([[1450]]), [[Stadel Institute]], [[Frankfurt]] - Petrarch (10447 bytes)
1: ...px|From the ''Cycle of Famous Men and Women.'' c. 1450. Detached fresco. 247 x 153 cm. Galleria degli Uf...
8: ...e concept of the [[Dark Ages]] which was later adopted, and greatly embellished, by subsequent writers...
17: ...ormation in Petrarch's work concerning Laura, except that she is lovely to look at, fair-haired, with ...
19: ...persuasive, and wrote prose that showed his contempt for men who pursue women. Upon her death in [[13...
31: ...at the skull found in the casket was not his, prompting calls for the return of Petrarch's skull. - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
27: ...claims to the French throne. In effect, England kept Gascony in return for Edward giving up his claims...
38: ...sh coast were sacked. But in [[1340]], in an attempt to hinder the English army from landing, the Fren...
42: ...Countries, pillaging as he went, rather than attempt to take and hold territory. Finding himself unabl...
44: ...in the [[Battle of Neville's Cross]] led to the capture of David II and greatly reduced the threat fro...
50: ...uch]] led a flanking movement that succeeded in capturing the new Valois king, [[John II of France]], ... - History of the world (21975 bytes)
5: ...ometime during the Paleolithic, as well as a conceptual repertoire that included systematic burial of ...
12: ...ley in [[China]], the [[Nile River|Nile]] in [[Egypt]], and the [[Indus River|Indus Valley]]. Some peo...
14: ...ia]] ([[4th millennium BC|3500 BCE]]), then in Egypt along the Nile ([[4th millennium BC|3000 BCE]]) a...
41: Northern India was ruled by the [[Gupta Empire|Guptas]] in these times. In southern India, three prom...
55: ... refers to the invention of the printing press in 1450s Germany, and to Life Magazine's comments on it. ... - Venice (22017 bytes)
14: ...ndent period and politics and the military were kept completely separate. War was regarded as a contin...
29: By [[1450]], more than 3,000 Venetian merchant ships were i...
31: ... merchantmen, with the privilege of sharing the captain's cabin.
33: ...re [[cavalry|cavalrymen]] while the city's conscripts fought as [[infantry]].
35: ...eacetime. Later in that century, uniforms were adopted that featured red-and-white stripes, and a syst... - Hittites (17910 bytes)
7: ...from [[Babylonian captivity of Judah|Babylonian captivity]]; see [[Hittites in the Bible]]. The archae...
14: ...tes. Sayce's identification came to be widely accepted over the course of the early 20th century; and ...
15: ... Akkadian and the same unknown language as the Egyptian letters from Kheta — thus confirming the...
23: ...een under way since [[1932]], with wartime interruptions.
27: ...al correspondence found in various archives in Egypt and then Middle East. - Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
18: ...dipity. With the [[decipherment]] of the Maya script it was discovered that the Maya were one of the f...
41: ... facade. Commonly, these would continue uninterrupted around an entire structure and contain a variet...
57: [[Image:Palenque_temple_of_the_inscriptions.jpg|right|frame|Maya temple with intricate ro...
80: ...ial resemblance to the [[Ancient Egypt|Ancient Egyptian]] writing, to which it is not related) was a c...
84: ...f all the Maya [[book]]s. While many stone inscriptions survive, only 3 books (including the [[Madrid...
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