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- Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
5: ...''[[Romance of the Rose]]'' and argued against restrictions on female education and inheritance of lan...
9: ...blic]], in [[Paris]], where he held office as [[astrologer]] to King [[Charles V of France|Charles V]]...
13: ...him as his own; the boy, after Salisbury's death (1400) being received by [[Philip of Burgundy]], at who...
15: ...on on New Year's Day, [[1404]]. It possesses an introduction of great autobiographical interest. In ''...
17: ...with two great scholars of her time, [[Jean de Montreuil]] (d. 1415) and [[Gonthier Col]], who underto... - Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
1: ...y [[Isaac Newton]]. These boundaries are not uncontroversial, with some claiming that the proper start...
9: ...but in its practice and theory. Science, as it is treated in this account, is science essentially as i...
11: ...ience Howard Margolis as part of a larger (and controversial) theory of the causes of the revolution (...
15: ...ded by later work, are none the less important contributions to science.)
31: ... for filling the gap is [[Alhazen]]'s theory of intromission; that is, that vision is by means of ligh... - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
5: ...sque art]], [[Romanesque art]], [[Gothic art]], [[Trecento art]], [[Byzantine art]] and [[Islamic art]...
13: ...Middle Ages is a broad subject and art historians traditionally look at it based on about nine large-s...
17: ... the 7th and 8th centuries it mixed with Germanic traditions through contact with the [[Anglo-Saxon]]s...
25: ...es covers a wide variety of crafts including illustrated manuscripts, textiles, ceramics, metalwork an...
27: ...843 until [[1453]] there is a clear Byzantine art tradition. It was often called the best art of the M... - Jewellery (4234 bytes)
5: ... "jouel" in around the [[13th century]]. Further tracing leads back to the Latin word "jocale", meani...
26: * 2500 BC - True iron production technology in [[Near East]].
31: * [[1400 BC]] - Egypt Amarna period, using [[resin]] and m...
32: * 1400 BC - Deliberate addition of zinc to copper in [[P...
33: * 1400 BC - [[Philistine]]s have iron. - Clavichord (3295 bytes)
3: ... 1/3 feet and four octaves in range), the last instruments built were up to seven feet long with a six...
5: ... by varying the force of the tangent against the string, which is known as ''[[bebung]]'', and can be ...
7: ...ten built ''unfretted'', with a separate pair of strings for each key.
9: ...ommon in the days before the invention of the electric blower, and there is speculation that some prac...
11: ...p Emmanuel Bach]] was a great proponent of the instrument. - Nile (13738 bytes)
12: ...y Amazon, partly because it receives not a single tributary from its halfway mark at the [[Atbara Rive...
14: If the remote headstream — the Ruvyironza — is taken as the...
24: ...es]] of Africa. In particular, the farthest headstream of the Nile is the [[Ruvyironza]] River in Bur...
32: [[Image:Nile_trans.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Composite image|Compos...
36: ...rtoum. The Nile is also unusual in that its last tributary (the Atbara) joins it approximately halfwa... - Slovenia (19318 bytes)
4: {{Infobox Country|
40: time_zone= [[Central European Time|CET]] |
42: time_zone_DST= [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] |
52: ... and east, [[Hungary]] to the northeast, and [[Austria]] to the north.
61: ...d [[Gradisca]], and parts of the provinces of [[Istria]] and [[Styria]]. - Great Sphinx of Giza (7181 bytes)
9: ...e of a man and the body of a [[lion]]. It is 57 metres (260 feet) long, 6 m (20 ft) wide, and has a he...
11: .... The first attempt to dig it out dates back to [[1400 BC]], when the young [[Tutmosis IV]], falling asl...
13: ...e weighing upwards of 200 tonnes were used to construct the adjoining Sphinx Temple.
15: ...Its [[Arabic language|Arabic]] name, ''Abu al-H?, translates as "Father of Terror". The Western name "...
18: ...hinx is an international symbol of mystery and controversy. It is the world's largest statue and one o... - Ancient Egypt (16131 bytes)
6: ...the west, [[Sudan]] to the south, and the [[Gaza Strip]], [[Palestine]] and [[Israel]] to the east. Th...
8: ...[Nome (Egypt)|Nomes]] were the subnational administrative divisions. The Pharaohs were known as the ru...
14: ...a polygonal base and a point, called the apex, by triangular faces. [[Cement|Hydraulic Cement]] was f...
16: ...[Golden ratio]] seems to be reflected in many constructions, such as the [[Egyptian pyramids]].
29: ...ds#Construction techniques|Egyptian pyramids: Construction]]) - Iron Age (8996 bytes)
5: ...eties and its meaning varies depending on the country or geographical region. This variation even occu...
7: ...n more desirable and "cheaper" than bronze and contributed greatly to its adoption as the most commonl...
13: ...liest known production of steel occurred around [[1400 BC]] in [[East Africa]] ([http://www.wsu.edu:8080...
15: ...oducing iron for tools and weapons in large, industrial quantities.
21: ...ht also be noted that the [[Assyrian Empire]] had trade contacts with the area in which iron technolog... - Sun (20830 bytes)
11: | [[1 E11 m|149.6]]×10<sup>6</sup> [[kilometre|km]]<br>(92.95×10<sup>6</sup> [[mile|mi]])...
39: ...notation|×]] 10<sup>12</sup> [[square kilometre|km²]]<br>(11,900 Earths)
42: ...up3;|1.41]] × 10<sup>18</sup> [[cubic kilometre|km³]]<br>(1,300,000 Earths)
110: ! align="left" | [[Nitrogen]]
128: ...tal speed]] is 217 km/s, i.e. 1 light-year in ca. 1400 years, and 1 AU in 8 days. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
14: ...[1912]]-[[1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
128: *[[Jacopo Bellini]] (ca.[[1400]]-[[1470]])
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
206: *[[Bertram Brooker]] ([[1888]]-[[1955]])
219: *[[William Partridge Burpee]] ([[1846]]-[[1940]]) - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
1: ...tion from the [[German language|German]] ''Seidenstraߥ'', the term first used by [[Germany|German]] g...
5: ... the routes and it is probable that merchants and travellers very rarely, if ever, covered the whole d...
10: ===Cross-continental travel===
11: ...]]s around [[4000 BC]]. Domestication of the [[Bactrian camel]] followed later.
13: ...merchant]]s, mounted [[warrior]]s and caravans to travel immense distances without arousing the hostil... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
7: ...eserved today at the entrance of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul (Constantinople).</small>
21: ...rth Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Ostrogoths]].
29: ...[[730]]-[[787]]; [[813]]-[[843]] || Iconoclasm controversies. This results in the loss of most of the...
46: ...n of [[Theodosius I]] (379-395) and Christendom's triumph over paganism, or, following his death in 39...
51: ...ly thereby renouncing their eastern neighbours as true Romans. The [[Donation of Constantine]], one of... - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
3: ...eginning of the [[Renaissance]] is admittedly arbitrary, 1450 is used here.
6: === Style and trends ===
7: ...rd complexity in harmony, rhythm, text, and orchestration.
9: ...nd homorhythmic with a unison sung text and no instrumental support. The notation system is weak, and...
11: ...atable fashion. The use of multiple texts and instrumental accompaniment has developed by the end of ... - Geologic time scale (26014 bytes)
1: ...]] proposed by the [[International Commission on Stratigraphy]], and uses the standard color codes of ...
3: Current geologic [[Radiometric dating|evidence]] holds that the [[age of the E...
9: ...t of the work of the International Commission on Stratigraphy to reconcile this conflicting terminolog...
13: ...ould have entirely different appearances; 3) The strata of any given area represented only part of the...
17: ... down at the same time. Detailed studies of the strata and fossils of Europe produced, between 1820 a... - Illinois (27007 bytes)
26: ...TimeZone = [[Central Standard Time Zone|Central]]: [[UTC]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|-5]] |
37: ...niwek]] people, a [[consortium]] of [[Algonquin]] tribes that thrived in the area. The word ''Illiniwe...
45: ...he [[Potawatomi]], [[Miami]], [[Sauk]], and other tribes.
51: ... the [[1832]] [[Black Hawk War]], the last native tribes were driven out of northern Illinois.
56: ...ng throughout the war, Illinois mustered 150 infantry regiments (see [[Illinois in the Civil War]]), w... - Crossbow (7510 bytes)
5: ... depend upon lift as [[arrow]]s do. The stock and trigger of hand-held firearms may have been copied f...
10: A crossbow contains a string which is held in place by a nut when the bolt ...
12: ...[[hemp]] rope, [[linen]], [[whipcord]], or other strong cording. This cording is called the ''bridle''...
14: ...h a straight groove for the bolt to rest upon and travel along as it is shot.
16: ...on|sinew]] were used as well. Even [[cotton]] was tried with some success. - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
1: ...isseur'' drawn c. 1565 is thought to be a self portrait]]
5: ... master in the painters' guild of [[Antwerp]]. He travelled to [[Italy]] soon after, and then returned...
7: ...ants when their father died; neither received any training from him.
14: ...sh Proverbs'', [[1559]], with peasant scenes illustrating over 100 [[proverb]]s]]
18: ...trap.jpg|thumb|250px|Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap]] - Roger van der Weyden (3397 bytes)
3: ...s Roger de la Pasture, Rogier de Bruxelles, (c. [[1400]] - [[June 18]], [[1464]]) was a [[Flanders|Flemi...
15: ...of Flanders and [[Germany]]. His great family portrait in the Ufizzi Gallery in Florence had an impor...
20: * [[triptych]] ([[1438]]-[[1440]]), [[Berlin Museum]]
23: * [[portrait]] of [[Philip the Good]] (c. [[1456]]-[[1458]]...
24: * portrait of [[Charles the Bold]] (c. [[1456]]-[[1458]])...
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