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- Renaissance (14795 bytes)
1: ...[Italy]] and the [[16th century]] in [[northern Europe]]. It is also known as "'''Rinascimento'''" (in...
5: ... rediscovery of ancient texts, and a rebirth of European culture in general.
10: ...s the need for fitting "The Renaissance" into a chronology that previously held that it was preceded b...
12: ...concentrate on the Renaissance as the transition from the Middle Ages to the Modern Age.
21: ...the humanist method of learning. These new ideas from the past (called the "new learning" at the time)... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...[[Christopher Columbus]], [[Vasco da Gama]], [[Pedro ?vares Cabral]], [[John Cabot]], [[Juan Ponce de ...
3: ...]. These that were a combination of traditional European and Arab designs were the first ships that co...
6: ...he most accurate world maps prior to the age of European exploration]]
7: ...East was almost completely controlled by traders from the Italian city states. Their close links to th...
9: ...'[[Travels]]'' and the work was read throughout Europe. - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ..., and is the westernmost country in continental Europe. Portugal is bordered by [[Spain]] to the north...
5: ...ural power. The [[Portuguese Empire]] stretched across the world. After the rise of other colonial pow...
7: ...]. Portugal made significant social and economic progress in the subsequent decades, with a clear slow...
13: ...'''[[Lusitanian|Pre-Roman]]''' and '''[[Lusitania|Roman Lusitania]]'''''
15: - Donatello (10376 bytes)
7: ...the [[Pantheon, Rome|Pantheon]] dome and of other Roman buildings. These investigations helped him dev...
10: ...and at a later date received [[Michelangelo Buonarroti|Michelangelo]]'s unstinted admiration.
14: ... life with all their angularities and deviations from the lines of beauty.
16: ...at relief sculpture. The relief, ''The Feast of Herod'', shows a power of dramatic narration and the a...
18: ...nce architecture, even before his second visit to Rome. - Jan van Eyck (7234 bytes)
1: ...umb|250px|''[[The Arnolfini Portrait]]'', painted 1434]]
5: ...[Van Eyck]] family of painters and was a younger brother of [[Hubert van Eyck]].
7: ... court painters to [[Philip the Good|Philip of Charolais]].
9: ... of 100 [[livre tournois|livres]] per annum, and from that time till his death Jan van Eyck remained t...
15: Numerous altarpieces and portraits now give proof of Van Eyck's extensive practice. As finished w... - Florence (11538 bytes)
1: ... the kingdom of Italy. Florence was long ruled ([[1434]]-[[1494]], [[1512]]-[[1527]] and [[1530]]-[[1737...
3: A centre of medieval [[Europe]]an trade and finance, the city is sometimes co...
9: ...ht|thumb|300px|The bridges of Florence at sunset from Piazzale Michelangelo]]
17: ...rienced subsequent periods of [[Byzantine]], [[Ostrogothic]], [[Lombard]] and [[Frankish rule]], durin...
19: ... by the White Guelph [[Dino Compagni]] in his [[Chronicles of Florence]]. - Henry the Navigator (6878 bytes)
1: ...rge as an important figure in the early days of European [[colonial]] expansion.
3: ...ere Henry saw the fruits of the [[Sahara]]n trade routes, for Ceuta served as a terminus for that trad...
5: ...pointment proved important as a source of funds through the [[1440s]].
7: ...nged for the colonization of the Azores during Pedro's regency (1439–1448).
9: ...oyages, headed upwind, possible; without it, the brothers Ugolino and Guido Vivaldo had sailed into ob... - March 19 (9902 bytes)
7: *[[1687]] - Explorer [[Robert Cavelier de La Salle]], searching for the mou...
8: ...f New York]] becomes the site of the first [[bank robbery]] in [[United States history]] ($245,000 tak...
10: ... forces have retreated from [[Greenville, North Carolina]].
14: ...U.S. Congress]] establishes [[time zone]]s and approves [[daylight saving time]].
17: *[[1942]] - The [[Thoroughbred Racing Association]] is established in [[C... - Rome (33048 bytes)
2: ...cing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-co...
3: |+ style="font-size: larger;"|'''Roma'''
8: |align="center" width="140px"|[[Image:Rome city flag.png|100px]]
9: |align="center" width="140px"|[[Image:Roma01.jpg|100px|]]
15: ...dash; [[SPQR]]''<br>(The Senate and the People of Rome)</small>
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