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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
32: ...[Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen]], [[Russians|Russian]] explorer
39: *[[James Bruce]]
40: *[[William S. Bruce]], (1867-1921) Scottish explorer of Antarctica
41: *[[Cornelis de Bruijn]], (1652-1727), Dutch traveler and artist
47: *[[John Cabot]] (Giovanni Caboto), (c. 1450 – 1499), [[Italy|Italian]] navigator in [[Engla... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ...ould be possible to get around the planet without running out of food or getting stuck in windless reg...
9: ...pecies (both those harmful to humans, such as [[virus]]es, [[bacteria]], and [[parasite]]s, and benefi...
27: ...in Khios. It is believed that this is where he recruited some of his sailors.
46: ....99 meters or 6,082.66 feet at the equator). The true circumference of the earth is about 40,000 km (2...
52: ...had united the largest kingdoms of Spain and were ruling them together. - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ...ge of Joan of Arc, [[painting|painted]] between [[1450]] and [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Na...
7: ...e|Charles VII]]). The groups were involved in a struggle over the government which allowed [[Henry V o...
16: ...f prominent clergy such as the [[Archbishop of Embrun]] and the prominent theologian [[Jean Gerson]], ...
24: ...g their allegiance in turn, a process which bore fruit largely due to Jeanne's "great diligence" (acco...
28: With a truce in effect, Jeanne didn't return to the field un... - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
13: ...d from the side. The piece was excavated at [[Nimrud]] (in northern [[Mesopotamia]]), and was donated...
31: ...he shape of a bull was found in Knossos from 1500-1450 BC. In addition, there are many double-bladed ax... - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
2: ...[[Argentina]] on the south, and [[Chile]] and [[Peru]] on the west.<!--
59: ...ad dissipated by the 13th century A.D. In about [[1450]], the [[Quechua]]-speaking [[Incas]] entered the...
62: ...e [[Napoleonic wars]], sentiment against colonial rule grew.
65: ...nce was proclaimed in [[1809]], but 16 years of struggle followed before the establishment of the repu...
71: ...of life and territory discredited the traditional ruling classes, while service in the army produced s... - Biography (6028 bytes)
8: ...ritten by [[scribes]] commissioned by the various rulers of antiquity: ancient [[Assyria]], ancient [[...
16: The [[Middle Ages]] (AD [[400]] to [[1450]]) began with the [[Dark Ages]], a period of mass... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
124: *[[Kamaleddin Behzad]] ([[1450]]-)
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
210: *[[Rush Brown]] ([[1948]]-)
211: *[[Jan Brueghel the Elder]] ([[1568]]-[[1625]]) - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
3: ...g of the [[Renaissance]] is admittedly arbitrary, 1450 is used here.
9: ...d homorhythmic with a unison sung text and no instrumental support. The notation system is weak, and ...
11: ...table fashion. The use of multiple texts and instrumental accompaniment has developed by the end of t...
14: ...ation]] was a relatively late development, reconstruction of this music, especially before the [[12th ...
19: ...imately achieved the same primacy over rhythmic structure as our modern "measure") could be either "pe... - 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.
13: *[[1700]] - [[Russia]] begins using the [[Julian calendar]].
20: *[[1804]] - [[France|French]] rule ends in [[Haiti]].
27: ...dinand de Lesseps]] begins [[France|French]] construction of the [[Panama Canal]]. - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
5: ... of stairs, and water pressure could only provide running water to about 50 feet (15 m).
7: ..., and [[water pump]]s have made possible the construction of extremely tall buildings, some of which a...
9: ...ance Building]]. The ten-story structure was constructed in [[1884]]-[[1885]] and was destroyed in [[1...
15: ...n of the tallest skyscrapers and other man-made structures, as determining the "world's tallest..." de...
17: == 50 Tallest Skyscrapers by Structural/Architectural Height == - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
2: ...of "Joseph"; latinized Josquinus Pratensis) (c. [[1450]] – [[August 27]], [[1521]]) was a [[Dutch ...
6: ...t scholarship has shown that he was born around [[1450]], and did not go to Italy until the early [[1470...
10: ...o died of the plague that year, and by [[Antoine Brumel]] in [[1506]], who stayed until the disbanding...
14: ...ecretary with the interesting comment "It may be true that Josquin is a better composer, ...but [[Hein...
18: ...Josquin were published by [[Ottaviano Petrucci|Petrucci]], [[Pierre Attaignant]] (1533), [[Tielman Sus... - Fra Angelico (13116 bytes)
7: ...der|Dominican]] friars were known for their rigid rules (and were called "the Observers"). He complete...
21: ...[[1445]]. If the story (first told by Vasari) is true—that this appointment was made at the suggesti...
23: ...ooperation of his pupil [[Benozzo Gozzoli]]. In [[1450]], Fra Angelico became Prior of the convent of Sa...
31: ...t fervent prayer and he wept when he painted a [[Crucifixion]]. The [[Last Judgment]] and the [[Annunc...
33: ...[dormitory]]; in the [[chapterhouse]] is a third Crucifixion, with the Virgin swooning, a composition ... - Hieronymus Bosch (3386 bytes)
1: ...eronymus Bosch''', also '''Jeroen Bosch''', (c. [[1450]] – [[August]], [[1516]]) was a prolific [[...
3: His true name was Hieronymus (or Jeroen) '''van Aken'''. ...
8: ...lights with numerous nude figures and tremendous fruit and birds on the middle panel, and [[hell]] wit...
18: [[Pieter Brueghel the Elder]] was influenced by Bosch's work a... - Roger van der Weyden (3397 bytes)
3: ...'', also known as Roger de la Pasture, Rogier de Bruxelles, (c. [[1400]] - [[June 18]], [[1464]]) was ...
9: ... nothing to Italian models; and he returned to [[Brussels]], where he died.
13: ...hilip.jpg|thumb|250px|Philip the Good, painted c. 1450 by Roger van der Weyden]]
21: * ''Madonna with Saints'' ([[1450]]), [[Stadel Institute]], [[Frankfurt]]
24: ...[1456]]-[[1458]]), Royal Museums of Fine Arts, [[Brussels]] - 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: ... their own disgraceful barrenness, permitted the fruit of other minds, and the writings that their anc...
19: ...ure love affair - my only one, and I would have struggled with it longer had not premature death, bitt...
24: ...e on the [[cardinal virtues]]; ''De Otio Religiosorum'' ("On Religious Leisure") and [[De Vita Solitar...
28: ...tive life, later politician and thinker Leonardo Bruni argued for the active life, or "civic humanism.... - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
8: ...hip and installing a new [[Anglo-Norman]] power structure as William took the English throne as Willia...
10: The Anglo-Normans ruled both Normandy and England for over 150 years. ...
13: ...gan in France, where the [[Capetian dynasty]] had ruled for over 320 years, with one male heir after t...
15: ...] obligated to buy her claims off (using also the rumor that Joan was a product of her mother's adulte...
25: ... to back it up. Navarre was accustomed to female rulers and had no Salic impediment. - History of the world (21975 bytes)
16: ...ulture|Nazca]] emerged in [[Mesoamerica]] and [[Peru]] at the end of the [[1st millennium BCE]].
21: ...ooks]] were burned in the [[Spanish conquest of Peru]]. Whole cities were still being discovered in 20...
29: ...]] and [[Han Dynasty|Han]] dynasties extended the rule of imperial government through political unity,...
41: Northern India was ruled by the [[Gupta Empire|Guptas]] in these times....
43: ...[Image:Machu-Picchu.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|The ruins of [[Machu Picchu]], "the Lost City of the Inc... - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ...major sea power and a [[staging area]] for the [[Crusade]]s, as well as a very important center of com...
8: ...ere laid: the [[Venetian Arsenal]] was under construction in 1104; Venice wrested control of the [[Bre...
10: ...ands in the [[Aegean Sea|Aegean]], including [[Cyprus]] and [[Crete]], and became a major power-broker...
12: ... became an imperial power following the [[Fourth Crusade]], which (with Venetian aid) seized [[Constan...
14: The Venetian governmental structure was a mix of Byzantine and [[Islam|Islamic]]... - Hittites (17910 bytes)
5: ..., was apparently called '''Hatti''' in the reconstructed [[Hittite language]]. The Hittites should be ...
12: ...t the [[Assyria]]n colony of [[K?]] (ancient [[Karum Kanesh]]), containing records of trade between A...
15: ...dentity of the two names. He also proved that the ruins at Boğazk?ere the remains of the capital ...
17: ...h the title ''The Language of the Hittites; Its Structure and Its Membership in the Indo-European Ling...
19: ...ent work undertakes to establish the nature and structure of the hitherto mysterious language of the H... - Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
11: ...d them ''Tetun'', or "Tree-stones"), which depict rulers along with hieroglyphic texts describing thei...
23: [[Image:Tazumal.jpg|thumb|250 px|right|Temple ruins at [[Tazumal]], [[El Salvador]]. In the [[Quic...
29: ...h as [[Teotihuacan]] and its rigid grid-like construction.
31: ...ual shrines: the less sacred and less important structures had a greater degree of privacy. Outside of...
33: ...ities develop into more fortress-like defensive structures that lacked, for the most part, the large a...
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