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- Margaret of Anjou (3729 bytes)
1: ...71]], and a major proponent in the [[Wars of the Roses]].
12: ... of Westminster]], was born, on [[October 13]], [[1453]], he had suffered a complete mental breakdown. ...
14: ...y's half-brother, [[Jasper Tudor]]. In [[1459]], hostilities resumed at the [[battle of Blore Heath]],...
18: ...ormer friend and was now seeking revenge for the loss of his political influence. Warwick's daughter,... - Renaissance (14795 bytes)
5: ...ion'' of European culture in general. Thus it is possible to speak of the Renaissance in two different...
19: ...nded. The starting place of the Renaissance is almost universally ascribed to Northern Italy, especial...
23: ... the [[fall of Constantinople]] to the Turks in [[1453]]. It was a turning point in warfare as [[cannon]...
32: ...y of the same people were involved; there was a close community of people involved in both movements. ...
36: ...icism was applied to literature and the arts. In most city-republics there was a small clique with a c... - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
8: ...ll into the 6th century, this connection too was lost. Administrative, educational and military infras...
12: ...lies, and the newly established kingdoms of the [[Ostrogoths]] in [[Italy]], [[Visigoths]] in [[Spain]...
16: ...he [[Albigensian Crusade]] and the [[Wars of the Roses]].
34: ...rchitecture]]. Large [[cathedral]]s were built across [[Europe]], first in the [[romanesque]], and lat...
38: ... appeared, however, and the military support for most crusades was drawn from limited regions of Europ... - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
1: ...g glory. One of the most famous of the surviving mosaics is in the [[Church of the Holy Wisdom]] in fo...
5: ...rt]]. Medieval art was of many crafts, such as [[mosaic]]s and [[sculpture]]; and there were many uniq...
15: ...an artists adopted the Roman crafts of painting, mosaic, carving and metalwork.
27: ...asters and the re-appropriation of churches to [[mosques]].
36: ***[[Mosaic]] - Printing press (12986 bytes)
1: ...rg, the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Laurens Janszoon Coster]] has also been credited with this invention.
4: ...nique was also known in [[Europe]], where it was mostly used to print [[Bible]]s. Because of the diffi...
8: ... [[The Netherlands|Dutchman]] [[Laurens Janszoon Coster]].
12: ...nd copy a Bible, with the Gutenberg press it was possible to create several hundred copies a year, wit...
16: ...s Europe. Within thirty years of its invention in 1453, towns from Hungary to Spain, and from Italy to B... - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ...e [[Aegean Sea]] border Greece to the east, and those of the [[Ionian Sea|Ionian]] and [[Mediterranean...
21: ...Greece|President]]''' || [[Karolos Papoulias|KᲯlos Papo?]]
23: ...ime Ministers of Greece|Prime Minister]]''' || [[Costas Caramanlis|Ks Karamanl�]
31: | '''[[Gross Domestic Product|GDP]]'''<br> - Total<br>&n...
50: .... It is bordered by [[Bulgaria]], the [[Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia]] and [[Albania]] to the... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
19: ...amaoka|Yamaoka, Akira]] (born 1968), Japanese composer
26: *[[Bosa Yankovich|Yankovich, Bosa]]
42: ...2]]), [[Japan|Japanese]] [[video game]] music composer
47: *[[Joseph C. Yates|Yates, Joseph C.]], (1768-1837), U.S. lawyer, Governor of Ne...
69: *[[A. B. Yehoshua|Yehoshua, A. B.]], author of ''Mr. Mani'' - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
158: *[[Ross Bleckner]] ([[1949]]-)
171: *[[Rosa Bonheur]] ([[1822]]-[[1899]]) - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
13: ...n and Western halves, following the death of Theodosius I.
21: ...North Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Ostrogoths]].
24: ... The [[Lombard]] invasion results in the loss of most of Italy.
27: ... and Egypt. In the following decades, they take most of North Africa, and later conquer Sicily as wel...
29: ...lasm controversies. This results in the loss of most of the Empire's remaining Italian territories, a... - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
3: ...was primarily fought in France, and though in retrospect it has the feeling of a French [[civil war]] ...
5: ...new monarchies. It is often viewed as one of the most significant conflicts in [[medieval warfare]].
10: ...wever, in [[1216]], the Anglo-Normans lost their possessions to France. English nobles in the [[14th c...
17: ...y. Another effect of the war was to galvanize opposition to Edward II among the English lords of Aqui...
21: ... III, being the nephew of King Charles, was his closest living male relative and was the only survivin... - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
5: ...[Constantinople]]. After another millennium, in [[1453]], the Eastern Empire, better known as the [[Byza...
7: ... for such a long period of time [[31 BC]] – 1453, there are certain alternative names used by hist...
29: ...was made both a Roman god and "the Thirteenth [[Apostle]]" upon his death.
33: ...e East, in Africa, in Hispania and Gaul, beyond those areas that were directly controlled.
42: ...Dio Cassius]], [[Plutarch]] and [[Suetonius]]. [[Josephus]]'s ''[[Jewish Antiquities]]'' is the import... - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ... area|largest]] country in the world, covering almost twice the territory of the next-largest nation, ...
6: Most of the area, population, and industrial producti...
15: ...us]] became the largest in Europe and was quite prosperous, due to diversified trade with both Europe ...
23: ...territories. After the fall of Constantinople in 1453 Russia remained the only more or less functional ...
27: ...is process, consolidated surrounding areas under Moscow's dominion, and annexed the vast expanses of [... - History of Christianity (35391 bytes)
8: ...erm is more commonly known as [[Christ]] (''Christos'' in [[Greek language|Greek]]). However, the Chri...
21: *The [[Apostle|Twelve Apostles]]
26: ...ne from this period. This section will examine those first 300 years.
29: ...[Law of Moses]]. The [[Didache]] found in the [[Apostolic Fathers]] collection further documents early...
32: *[[Dura-Europos]], [[Syria]] is the site of the earliest discover... - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
2: ...luğu'''</big></big><br/>'''Devlet-i Aliye-i Osmaniye'''
23: | [[Sultan]]s of the [[Osmanli|Osmanli Dynasty]]
45: ...so been interpreted as referring to the Empire's position as gateway between Europe and Asia. In its d...
47: ...capital. Following [[World War I]], during which most of its territories were captured by the [[Allies...
53: ...ing). With the capture of [[Constantinople]] in [[1453]], the state became a mighty [[empire]] with [[Me... - Hagia Sophia (7132 bytes)
3: ...rch|Greek Orthodox]] [[church]] converted to a [[mosque]], now a [[museum]], in [[Istanbul]], formerly...
10: ... The Byzantine poet [[Paulus the Silentiary]] composed an extant poetic ''ekphrasis'', probably for th...
12: ...artistic value was its decorated interior with [[mosaics]] and [[marble]] pillars and coverings. The t...
26: ... purple [[Porphyry (geology)|porphyry]] and gold mosaics, encrusted upon the brick. On the exterior, s...
30: [[image:Ac.christmosaic.jpg|thumb|left|Mosaic Icon of Christ]] - Konya (2390 bytes)
5: ...ouillon]] (August [[1097]]) and [[Frederick Barbarossa]] ([[May 18]], [[1190]]).
9: ...aramanid fell to the [[Ottoman Empire]] and, in [[1453]], Konya was made the provincial capital of the O...
11: ...]] and the Ottoman Sultan [[Selim II]] has built mosques in Konya. The tomb of [[Jalal al-Din Muhammad...
19: * [http://www.pbase.com/dosseman/konya_turkey Pictures of the city, amongst t... - Byzantine art (10470 bytes)
1: ...ntury]] until the fall of [[Constantinople]] in [[1453]]. (The Roman Empire during this period is conven...
3: ... under the rule of the [[Ottoman Empire]] after [[1453]]. In some respects the Byzantine artistic tradit...
7: ...assical art was the glorification of man, the purpose of Byzantine art was the glorification of [[God]...
9: ...m]], and the nude was banished from its dominant position in art.
11: ...t exclusive - focus of Byzantine art. One of the most important forms of Byzantine art was, and still ... - Byzantine coinage (4605 bytes)
6: ...inted as early as the [[6th century]], but seems most common in the seventh through ninth centuries. S...
8: ...0s]] under the emperor [[Romanus III|Romanos Argyros]] ([[1028]]–[[1034]]). Until that time, the...
10: ...weight. It was the model for the Islamic Dinar (whose name also is applied to the silver Dinar (weight...
12: ...lation until the end of the Byzantine Empire in [[1453]], though after the second half of the fourteenth... - Constantinople (4125 bytes)
3: ...ynonomous with Byzantium (Constantinople), where most gold coins circulating in Europe came from and w...
5: ... century. The 60 foot tall walls built by [[Theodosius II]] (413-414) were essentially invincible to ...
9: ...[[1453]], during the reign of Constantine Paleologos (Κωνσταντ...
18: * the [[Bosphorus]] - Medieval History (23198 bytes)
10: ...ll into the 6th century, this connection too was lost. Administrative, educational and military infras...
14: ...lies, and the newly established kingdoms of the [[Ostrogoths]] in [[Italy]], [[Visigoths]] in [[Spain]...
18: ...he [[Albigensian Crusade]] and the [[Wars of the Roses]].
36: ...rchitecture]]. Large [[cathedral]]s were built across [[Europe]], first in the [[romanesque]], and lat...
40: ... appeared, however, and the military support for most crusades was drawn from limited regions of Europ...
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