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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
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23: ...n]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the South American continent.
27: *[[Robert Bartlett]] ([[1875]]-[[1946]]), notable Arctic explorer
30: *[[Ibn Battuta|Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta]], ([[1304]]?-[[1377]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]]...
32: *[[Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen]], [[Russians|Russian]] ex... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ..._columbus_99w.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]'''C...
2: ...er_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
3: ...round the planet without running out of food or getting stuck in windless regions. Although his explo...
5: ...de (today's Newfoundland). [[Giovanni Caboto]] (better known as John Cabot) was first to reach the Ame...
10: ...C2_columbus21.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]] - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ...ge of Joan of Arc, [[painting|painted]] between [[1450]] and [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Na...
2: ...[[Battle of Orleans | siege of Orl顮s]], the [[Battle of Patay]] and other engagements in [[1429]] an...
16: She arrived at the [[Battle of Orl顮s|besieged city of Orl顮s]] on [[Apri...
18: ...h and Scots. This allowed the Royal army to now attempt a march toward Reims for Charles' coronation.
24: ...disaster when Jeanne was shot in the leg and the attack was called off against her will. Charles orde... - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
4: ...k to Prehistoric times. Most [[Stone Age]] statuettes were made of ivory or soft stone, however some ...
6: ...nlays. [[Clay]] was used for pottery and terra cotta sculpture. Stone was generally rare and had to ...
16: ...|Palette]] of King Narmer, from 3100 BC. The palette, which was used for mixing eye make-up, was carv...
27: ...east of [[Athens]]. Cycladic culture developed pottery, often decorated with rectangular, circular, o...
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)
13: national_motto = ''Morir antes que esclavos vivir''<br>([[Engli...
59: ...ad dissipated by the 13th century A.D. In about [[1450]], the [[Quechua]]-speaking [[Incas]] entered the...
85: ...wers in the Chapare region. The policy produced little net reduction in coca, and in the mid-1990s Bol...
103: ...dash; social divisions, a radical opposition committed to extra-parliamentary action, and an ongoing f...
156: ...ofits. The continuing legal battle has attracted attention from anti-globalization and anti-capitalist... - Biography (6028 bytes)
1: ...her forms of media like [[film]], based on the written accounts of individual lives. While a biograph...
8: The first known biographies were written by [[scribes]] commissioned by the various rule...
12: ...ttributed to [[John]], [[Luke]], [[Mark]] and [[Matthew]] in the [[New Testament]] of the [[Bible]] we...
16: The [[Middle Ages]] (AD [[400]] to [[1450]]) began with the [[Dark Ages]], a period of mass...
24: ...ohnson]]'s conversations as well as many of his letters, it presented its subject to the reader with a... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
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38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]])
102: *[[Jennifer Bartlett]] ([[1941]]-)
124: *[[Kamaleddin Behzad]] ([[1450]]-)
130: *[[Bernardo Bellotto]] ([[1721]]-[[1780]]) - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
2: ...umb|200px|Medieval Musicians. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
3: ...g of the [[Renaissance]] is admittedly arbitrary, 1450 is used here.
17: ... system for rhythm in which one of six possible patterns was denoted by a particular succession of not...
18: ...thumb|200px|left|Lute Guitar. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
19: ...usly. Many scholars, citing a lack of positive attributory evidence, now consider "Virty"'s treatise... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...n European countries except England between about 1450 and 1600. The Gregorian calendar as promulgated i...
30: ...eater New York. The four initial boroughs, [[Manhattan]], [[Brooklyn]], [[Queens]], and [[The Bronx]],...
43: *[[1937]] - The first [[Cotton Bowl (game)|Cotton Bowl]] game is played in [[Dallas, Texas]].
58: *[[1971]] - [[Cigarette]] [[advertisement]]s are banned on [[United Stat...
59: ...reland]], and the [[Republic of Ireland]] are admitted into the [[European Community]]. - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
15: ...ing the "world's tallest..." depends greatly on matters of definition.
19: This table is adapted from [http://www.emporis.com/en/bu/sk/st/tp/wo/] and utiliz...
119: |38||[[Bank of America Tower]]||[[Seattle]]||285 m||937 ft||76||1985 ||
164: |[[Manhattan Life Insurance Building]]||1894||Destroyed||348...
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: ...t scholarship has shown that he was born around [[1450]], and did not go to Italy until the early [[1470...
8: ...n the Duke's name. While there he also wrote a setting of the [[Miserere]], Psalm 50, for five voices...
14: ...er composer, ...but [[Heinrich Isaac|Isaac]] is better able to get along with his colleagues." His fa...
18: ...hed by [[Ottaviano Petrucci|Petrucci]], [[Pierre Attaignant]] (1533), [[Tielman Susato|Tylman Susato]]... - Fra Angelico (13116 bytes)
1: ...Florence]] [[1395]] – [[Rome]] [[1455]]), better known in the English-speaking world as '''Fra A...
7: ...g the orders). Still a young boy he asked for admittance at the convent of San Domenico in [[Fiesole]]...
23: ...ooperation of his pupil [[Benozzo Gozzoli]]. In [[1450]], Fra Angelico became Prior of the convent of Sa...
25: ...st]]'s work must stay with Christ always". This motto granted the epithet "Blessed Angelico", "''becau...
35: ...ve been ascribed to the more famous artist. Benedetto may perhaps have assisted Giovanni in the fresco... - Hieronymus Bosch (3386 bytes)
1: ...eronymus Bosch''', also '''Jeroen Bosch''', (c. [[1450]] – [[August]], [[1516]]) was a prolific [[...
8: ...rks of three paintings on wooden panels that are attached to each other. Among his most famous is ''[[...
10: ...ish style of paintings, where the smooth surface attempts to hide the fact that the painting is man-ma...
16: ...in all, about 25 paintings remain today that are attributed to him. [[Philip II of Spain]] bought many...
24: ...ights Into His Life and Work'', NAi Publishers, Rotterdam 2001, ISBN 90-5662-214-5. - 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: ...ction. Unlike other Flemish masters, Roger used little underdrawing for his oil paintings, only blocki...
21: * ''Madonna with Saints'' ([[1450]]), [[Stadel Institute]], [[Frankfurt]]
35: ...of these latter, and others, are only doubtfully attributed to the master. The ''Crucifixion'' in the ... - 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: ...sfied with their own disgraceful barrenness, permitted the fruit of other minds, and the writings that...
10: ...t of the trip, composed considerably later as a letter to his friend [[Francesco Dionigi]]. At the tim...
12: ...n 1362, shortly after the birth of a daughter, Eletta, they joined Petrarch in [[Venice]], to flee the...
14: Petrarch settled about 1367 in [[Padua]], where he passed his r... - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
3: ...es) within the Anglo-French unit" that was both battlefield and prize (Braudel 1984 p. 353).
8: ...e [[Vikings]] of [[Rollo of Normandy|Rollo]] to settle in a part of his kingdom known as [[Normandy]] ...
27: ...d, and the [[homage]] for this possession was a matter more difficult to resolve. Philip VI wanted Edw...
29: ... by King Edward and [[Edward Balliol]] at the [[Battle of Halidon Hill]] in July 1333.
31: ...Edward had broken his oath (a [[felony]]) by not attending to the needs and demands of his lord. Edwar... - History of the world (21975 bytes)
21: ...after the conquest of [[Chimor]]. However, very little archaeological research has been done in Peru s...
23: ...noan civilization|Minoan]], [[Mycenaean]] and [[Hittite]] civilisations around [[12th century BC|1200 ...
25: ...ucianism]]. The Confucian tradition, which would attain predominance, looked not to the force of law, ...
31: ...ess of military annexation and the formation of settlements to become agricultural centres. The relati...
39: ...lly conquering nearly all of northern China and setting up many small kingdoms. The [[Sui Dynasty]] re... - Venice (22017 bytes)
24: ... He removed the gates of the [[Venetian Ghetto|Ghetto]] and ended the restrictions on when and where J...
29: ...ng skills were encouraged through races and [[regatta]]s.
35: ...anding army was organized, consisting of ''[[condottieri]]'' on contract. In its alliance with [[Flore...
44: ... still in common use by Venetians are the ''traghetti'', foot passenger [[ferry|ferries]] crossing the...
94: ..., Venetians protected themselves from land-based attacks by diverting all the major rivers flowing int... - Hittites (17910 bytes)
1: ...guage]] and established a kingdom centered in [[Hattusa]] (the modern village of Boğazk?n north-c...
3: ...ear gap from 1500 to 1400 BC. After 1200 BC the Hittite polity disintegrated into several independent ...
5: ...— conventionally called [[Hattic language|Hattic]].
7: ...The archaeologists who discovered the Anatolian Hittites in the 19th century initially believed the tw...
9: ...for their skill in building and using [[Chariot#Hittite|chariot]]s. - Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
1: ...humbnail|300px|Mayan Temple Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]The '...
18: ... were one of the few civilizations where artists attached their name to their work.
31: ...city layouts evolved as nature dictated, careful attention was placed on the directional orientation o...
41: ...platforms. As all structures were built, little attention seems to have been given to their utilitari...
43: ...ften instigated by a new ruler or for political matters, as opposed to matching the calendar cycle. H...
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