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- Marco Polo (6716 bytes)
1: ... known as one of the world's greatest explorers — some skeptics see him as the world's greatest ...
7: ... from the island of [[Korcula|Korčula]] in today's [[Croatia]] (then known as ''Curzola'') in the...
18: ...ranslations. The book became an instant success — quite an achievement in a time when printing w...
23: ...served as a special emissary for [[Kublai Khan]]—which is puzzling, given the careful record-kee...
29: ...n is circumstantial, and there are no arguments today that refute any of the descriptions that he did ... - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
7: ==Early origins: 911–1314==
10: ... nobles had never fully given up the dream of one day reconquering their homeland in Normandy; it was ...
12: ==Immediate precursors: 1314–1337==
13: ...rance|Louis X]], died in [[1316]], leaving only a daughter, [[Joan II of Navarre|Joan II]], who in 132...
15: ...had been set. When Philip V died in [[1322]], his daughters were put aside in favor of the last brothe... - Venice (22017 bytes)
10: ...jor power-broker in the [[Near East]]. By the standards of the time, Venice's stewardship of its mainl...
14: ...] systems, but the social order was entirely [[feudal]]. Church and various private properties were ti...
29: ...e city itself or from its possessions, especially Dalmatia. Those from the city were chosen by lot fro...
33: ...ecruited from the lagoon, plus feudal levies from Dalmatia and Istria. In times of emergency, all male...
92: ...ill intact after centuries of submersion. The foundations rest on the piles, and buildings of [[brick]... - Padua (12961 bytes)
7: ...s refrescoed by [[Nicolo' Miretto]] and [[Stefano da Ferrara]], working from [[1425]] to [[1440]].
11: ...atue of "Gattamelata" ([[Erasmo of Narni | Erasmo da Narni]]), the Venetian general ([[1438]]-[[1441]]...
13: ...[[Jacopo]] ([[1324]]) and [[Ubertino]] ([[1345]]) da Carrara, lords of Padua, and for the chapel of SS...
27: ... foundations are all that remain of Roman Padua today. The simple people fled to the hills and returne...
36: ...eat families of [[Camposampiero]], [[Este]] and [[Da Romano]] began to emerge and to divide the Paduan...
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