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- Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
2: ...anded female roles; although Pisan in fact was merely describing a standard feudal practice whereby th...
4: When she was 24 her husband ɴienne du Castel died, and Pizan became a court writer employed by...
9: ...urse to [[literature | letters]] as a means of livelihood.
11: ...poets, and between that time and 1405, as she herself declares, she composed some fifteen important wo...
13: ...him as his own; the boy, after Salisbury's death (1400) being received by [[Philip of Burgundy]], at who... - Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
1: ...sh to extend it into the [[18th century]]. Nevertheless, the basic themes of the revolution are readil...
3: ...he century, science was highly [[Aristotle|Aristotelian]]; at its end, science was [[mathematics|mathe...
9: ...ought, and to many other observers, it seems entirely clear that ''a'' scientific revolution took plac...
15: ...ary motion. (This and Galen's anatomy, though largely superseded by later work, are none the less impo...
20: *Uniform acceleration of falling bodies (Galileo) - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
3: ...evivals, the artists crafts, and the artists themselves.
5: ...art into major periods and movements. They are [[Celtic art]], [[Early Christian art]], [[Migration Pe...
9: ... seen as the history of the interplay between the elements of classical, early Christian and "Barbaria...
17: ...e period some Viking inspirations were added in Ireland.
25: ... an early formative stage from 600-900 and the development of regional styles from 900-1500. - Jewellery (4234 bytes)
1: ...is made from less valuable materials. However, jewellery can and has been made out of almost every kin...
3: ...ments or [[Body piercing jewelry|body piercing jewellery]].
5: ... which was [[anglicise]]d from the Old French "jouel" in around the [[13th century]]. Further tracing...
7: ...stians]] wearing a [[crucifix]] in the form of jewellery, or, as is the case in many Western cultures,...
9: Jewellery in various forms has been made and worn by bo... - Clavichord (3295 bytes)
5: In the clavichord the strings run transversely from an anchorage at the left-hand end to tuning...
7: ...hey are usually chosen so that notes which are rarely heard together (such as C and C#) are on the one...
9: ...rded as organ repertoire were in fact more accurately written for the pedal clavichord.
11: ...tian Bach|J. S. Bach]]'s son [[Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach]] was a great proponent of the instrument.
15: ...ock and roll|rock music]]—is essentially an electric clavichord which uses a magnetic pickup to ... - Nile (13738 bytes)
8: ...ma;υπτος), which itself is the source of the name "Egypt".
14: ...mately 5584 km (3470 miles). It drains approximately 2.8 million to 3.4 million km² (1.1 million...
24: ...o be the source of the Nile, although the lake itself has feeder rivers of considerable size from the ...
26: ...the Bahr al Jabal with the [[Bahr el Ghazal]], itself 720 km (445 miles) long, the river beomes known ...
32: ...[:Image:Nile River and delta from orbit.jpg|Nile delta]])]] - Slovenia (19318 bytes)
59: ...45]], Carantania lost its independence, being largely subsumed into the Frankish empire. Many [[Slavs]...
67: '''See also''' [[Timeline of Slovenian history]]
72: ...rs or [[cabinet (government)|cabinet]], which are elected by the parliament.
74: ...ry four years, while National Council members are elected indirectly every 5 years.
91: ...a (the [[Littoral Region]]). [[White Carniola]] (Bela krajina) and [[Zasavje]] are sometimes considere... - Great Sphinx of Giza (7181 bytes)
3: ...large half-human [[Sphinx]] statue in [[Egypt]]. Believed by Egyptologists to have been built by [[anc...
9: ... within the confines of the [[Giza|Giza pyramid field]], so that when approching from [[Memphis, Egypt...
11: ...in Caviglia]], uncovered the Sphinx' chest completely. The entirety of the Sphinx was finally dug out ...
18: ... whom it was built. These mysteries have collectively earned the title "Riddle of the Sphinx", a nod t...
22: ...of the [[Pharaoh]] [[Khafre]] (also known by the hellenised version of his name, [[Chephren]]), which ... - Ancient Egypt (16131 bytes)
6: ...srael]] to the east. The [[Nile]] has been the lifeline for Egyptian culture since the [[Stone Age]].
14: ...tian pharaohs of the [[Twelfth dynasty of Egypt|twelfth dynasty]] using the natural lake of the Fayyum...
16: ...ncient_egyptpapyrus.html#berlin] and complex [[Timeline of mathematics|mathematical formularizations]]...
18: ===Timeline of Ancient Achievements===
36: ...- possible [[Suez Canal|Nile-Red Sea Canal]] ([[Twelfth dynasty of Egypt]]) - Iron Age (8996 bytes)
3: ...ding differing agricultural practices, religious beliefs and artistic styles.
7: ...e arrival of iron use in various areas is listed below, broadly in chronological order.
10: ...inguishable from meteoric iron by the lack of nickel in the product) appear in [[Anatolia]], [[Egypt]...
13: ...ron and steelmaking|Steel: History of iron and steelmaking]]), dating to circa [[1200 BC]].
15: ...working in [[West Africa]] in [[500 BC]] (see [[smelting]]). Iron and copper working then continued to... - Sun (20830 bytes)
2: {| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border: 1...
27: ! align="left" | Velocity
55: ! align="left" | [[Escape velocity]]<br> from the surface
59: | 5780 [[kelvin|K]]
87: ! align="left" | Rotation velocity<br>at equator - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[scu...
15: *[[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[paint...
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]])
43: *[[Else Alfelt]] ([[1910]]-[[1974]]) - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
1: ...'an]], [[China]] with [[Antioch]], [[Syria]], as well as other points. Its influence carries over on t...
5: ...is probable that merchants and travellers very rarely, if ever, covered the whole distance between [[E...
10: ===Cross-continental travel===
11: ...d [[4000 BC]]. Domestication of the [[Bactrian camel]] followed later.
13: ...hant]]s, mounted [[warrior]]s and caravans to travel immense distances without arousing the hostility ... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
1: {| border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0.5em 0 1em 1e...
27: ...ost of North Africa, and later conquer Sicily as well.
35: | The Emperor Romanus IV is defeated by the [[Seljuk Turks]] at the [[Battle of Manzikert]]. Most ...
41: ...ated by the Byzantine emperor of [[Nicaea]], Michael Palaeologus.
46: ...f [[Hellenization]] and [[Christianization]] was well underway. - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
3: ...Roman Empire]] ([[476]] CE) and ends in approximately the middle of the fifteenth century. Though esta...
11: ...tiple texts and instrumental accompaniment has developed by the end of the era.
14: ...ical notation|notation]] was a relatively late development, reconstruction of this music, especially b...
17: ...lues (in the Ars Cantus Mensurabilis of approximately 1260), an innovation which had a massive impact ...
19: ...e history of rhythmic notation. The first definitely identifiable scholar to accept and explain the m... - Geologic time scale (26014 bytes)
1: ... and other scientists to describe the timing and relationships between events that have occurred durin...
3: ...rent spans of time on the time scale are usually delimited by major [[geology|geologic]] or [[paleonto...
13: ... the same time in different areas could have entirely different appearances; 3) The strata of any give...
15: ..." remained in use as names of geological periods well into the 20th century.
17: ...inely and precisely. It also enabled them to correlate strata across national (or even continental) b... - Illinois (27007 bytes)
10: ...Capital = [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]] |
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33: LowestElev = 85 |
39: ...]] of Illinois is [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]] while its largest city is [[Chicago]], along t... - Crossbow (7510 bytes)
2: ...to its invention in China, but the crossbow nonetheless played a significant role in the history of Eu...
5: ... as [[arrow]]s do. The stock and trigger of hand-held firearms may have been copied from crossbows.
10: ...ck''). Typically, the nut is at the end of the shelf (also called the bolt rest).
12: ...her exotic as they were constructed of inlays as well as specialized woods. The prod is attached to th...
14: ...straight groove for the bolt to rest upon and travel along as it is shot. - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
1: ...e Connoisseur'' drawn c. 1565 is thought to be a self portrait]]
3: ...name and started signing his paintings as '''Bruegel'''.
5: ...hen returned to Antwerp before settling in [[Brussels]] permanently 10 years later. He died there on [...
7: ...ter Brueghel the Younger]] and [[Jan Brueghel the Elder]] who both became painters, but as they were s...
9: ...when the context does not make clear which "Brueghel" is being referred to. - Roger van der Weyden (3397 bytes)
1: ... (c.1435) Oil on oak panel, 220 x 262 cm [[Museo del Prado]], Madrid]]
3: ...s Roger de la Pasture, Rogier de Bruxelles, (c. [[1400]] - [[June 18]], [[1464]]) was a [[Flanders|Flemi...
9: ...hing to Italian models; and he returned to [[Brussels]], where he died.
15: ...ngs, only blocking out the positions of the major elements in the composition. [[Hans Memling]] was h...
19: ...ss'' ([[1443]]), Sint-Pieterskerk, [[Leuven]], [[Belgium]]
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