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- Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
13: ...him as his own; the boy, after Salisbury's death (1400) being received by [[Philip of Burgundy]], at who...
19: ...de la cite des dames''. She was devoted to her adopted country. During the civil wars she wrote a ''La...
25: ..., Sir John Fastolf, and is preserved in a manuscript at Longleat. This was edited (1904) for the Roxbu... - Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
7: ...n. To some extent this arises from different conceptions of what the revolution was; some of the ranco...
15: *[[Ptolemy]]'s calculations of planetary motion. (This ...
33: ...red against everything discovered in the previous 1400 years, it is no contest. (Margolis, 2002; p. 139)
40: ... millennia, the [[geocentric model]] had been accepted by all but a few astronomers. The idea that the...
42: ... the end of the 17th century it was generally accepted by astronomers. - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
5: ...was of many crafts, such as [[mosaic]]s and [[sculpture]]; and there were many unique genres of art, s...
15: ...the East. During this period Christian artists adopted the Roman crafts of painting, mosaic, carving a...
25: ...e variety of crafts including illustrated manuscripts, textiles, ceramics, metalwork and glass. There ...
29: ...(1285), and [[Flamboyant Gothic]] in France (1370-1400).
40: ***[[Sculpture]] - Jewellery (4234 bytes)
17: * [[5000 BC]] - Uses of copper in [[Egypt]].
18: ...0 BC]] - [[Smelting]] technology for copper in Egypt and Iran.
19: ... - Use of natural [[zinc]]/copper [[alloy]] in Egypt.
20: ... [[3500 BC]] - [[Gold]] makes an appearance in Egyptian jewellery.
21: * [[3000 BC]] - Egypt and Iran makeing simple [[hammer]]ed [[iron]] bea... - Clavichord (3295 bytes)
11: ...and [[organ (music)|organ]] from the period circa 1400-1800 can be played on the clavichord; however, it... - Nile (13738 bytes)
1: ...[[Image:Nile_river.jpg|290px|]]<br>The Nile in Egypt
2: ... [[Mediterranean]]||[[Uganda]] - [[Sudan]] - [[Egypt]]}}
8: ...maf;), which itself is the source of the name "Egypt".
40: ...ross the Sahara Desert towards Lake Nasser and Egypt. Photograph ISS006-E-43181 taken from the [[Inte...
42: ...annel downriver from the city of [[Asyut]], and empties into the [[Fayum]]. Where the Nile meets the M... - Slovenia (19318 bytes)
61: ...dialect documents in [[Latin alphabet|Latin]] script, were written around [[1000]]. During the [[14th ...
139: ...o 3500 mm for the Alps, 800 mm for south east and 1400 mm for central Slovenia. - Great Sphinx of Giza (7181 bytes)
1: ...pg|right|140px|thumb|The Great Sphinx at Giza, Egypt. Image courtesy
3: ... Egyptologists to have been built by [[ancient Egyptians]] about 4,500 years ago, on the [[Giza]] Plat...
7: ==Description==
9: ...eld]], so that when approching from [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]], the Sphinx is seen in profile in front...
11: ...dig, supervised by [[Giovanni Battista Caviglia|Captain Caviglia]], uncovered the Sphinx' chest comple... - Ancient Egypt (16131 bytes)
1: ...oomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]'''Ancient Egypt''' was an organized [[civilization]] of the [[Gre...
2: ...ient Egypt.png|thumb|250px|left|Map of Ancient Egypt]]
6: ...e east. The [[Nile]] has been the lifeline for Egyptian culture since the [[Stone Age]].
8: ...lers of the Two Kingdoms, viz. upper and lower Egypt.
14: ...ynasty of Egypt|First dynasty]] or before, the Egyptians [[Mining|mined]] [[turquoise]] in [[Sinai Pen... - Iron Age (8996 bytes)
3: ...ements as tools and weapons is preeminent. The adoption of this new material coincided with other chan...
5: ...nd Asia whilst in the rest of the world it was adopted directly after one or other sub-phases of the [...
7: ...er" than bronze and contributed greatly to its adoption as the most commonly used metal. The arrival o...
10: ...kel in the product) appear in [[Anatolia]], [[Egypt]] and [[Mesopotamia]]. However, their use appears...
13: ...tian sword bearing the name of [[pharaoh]] [[Merneptah]] and a [[battle axe]] with an iron blade and g... - Sun (20830 bytes)
76: | 7.25[[degree (angle)|?]] <br>(to the [[ecliptic]]) <br>67.23? <br>(to the [[Milky Way|galactic ...
128: ...tal speed]] is 217 km/s, i.e. 1 light-year in ca. 1400 years, and 1 AU in 8 days.
162: ..., interspersed with atomic [[absorption line|absorption lines]] from the tenuous layers above the phot...
173: spectrum of emission and absorption lines. It is called the ''[[chromosphere]]'' ...
183: ...um of the Sun showing thousands of elemental absorption lines ([[fraunhofer lines]]).]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: ... Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
11: ...inci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
123: *[[Captain Beefheart]] ([[1941]]-)
128: *[[Jacopo Bellini]] (ca.[[1400]]-[[1470]])
251: *[[Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin]] ([[1699]]-[[1779]]) - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
3: ...rranean Sea]] or through the [[Levant]] into [[Egypt]] and [[North Africa]].
16: ...There is evidence that [[Ancient Egypt|Ancient Egyptian]] [[explorers]] may have originally cleared an...
18: ...stan]] – as far as [[Mesopotamia]] and [[Egypt]] by the second half of the [[4th millennium BC]]...
22: ===Egyptian maritime trade===
23: ... the [[Fifth dynasty of Egypt|Fifth Dynasty]], Egyptians are returning with huge [[cedar]] trees. Sahu... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
27: | Arab armies conquer the Levant and Egypt. In the following decades, they take most of Nor...
51: ...ed empire, and in concert with the [[Pope]], attempted to legitimize their conquests by claiming inher...
68: ...itain]], [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] or [[Egypt]].
84: ...ovinces were all overrun. Mesopotamia, Syria, Egypt, and the [[Exarchate of Africa]] were permanently...
90: ...me the largest city in the Christian world. Attempts by the Arabs to conquer Constantinople failed in... - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
17: ...nces over previous practice, most of them in conception and notation of rhythm. The most famous music ...
19: ... The first definitely identifiable scholar to accept and explain the mensural system was Johannes de M...
27: ...nd and this music was later suppressed in an attempt to enforce conformity on the entire liturgy. In M...
36: ...prising similarity of mode, shape and phrase conception to later western music.
46: ...France, which contains the best-preserved manuscript of this repertory). In "florid organum" the orig... - Geologic time scale (26014 bytes)
7: .... In many cases, such faunal stages have been adopted in building the geologic nomenclature, though i...
15: ...entury. The most influential of those early attempts (championed by [[Abraham Werner]], among others)...
19: ...]], and the name "Carboniferous" was simply an adaptation of "the Coal Measures," the old British geol...
73: ... sea. Primitive [[Aves|birds]] gradually replace pterosaurs. [[Monotremes]], [[marsupial]]s and [[pl...
92: ...mammal-like. First [[dinosaur]]s, [[mammal]]s, [[pterosaur]]s, and [[crocodilia]]. ''[[Dicrodium]]''... - Illinois (27007 bytes)
45: ...le, Illinois]]. That civilization vanished circa 1400-1500 for unknown reasons. The next major power i...
56: ...nion Army, more than any other northern state except New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Beginning with P...
60: ...s is modeled after the federal government with adaptations originating from traditions cultivated duri...
78: ...rn Illinois, or [[Little Egypt (region)|Little Egypt]], distinguished from the other two by its warmer...
116: ...est Protestant denominations in Illinois are: [[Baptist]] (15% of total state population), [[Lutheran]... - Crossbow (7510 bytes)
4: ==Description==
18: ...own to have been used on crossbows from the early 1400s. [[Leonardo da Vinci]] designed many complicated...
32: ...ore uniform, except in very cold weather. About [[1400]] the use of the crossbow changed, with the butt ...
36: ...andled with a bow. Moreover, crossbows could be kept cocked and ready to shoot for some time, allowing...
40: ... mercenaries were usually killed immediately on capture, unlike others who may be ransomed or let go. ... - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
3: ...Elder''' or '''Bruegel''' (c.[[1525]] – [[September 9]], [[1569]]) was a [[Flemish]] [[painter]]...
5: ...ermanently 10 years later. He died there on [[9 September]], [[1569]].
30: * ''Flight To Egypt'' 1563, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London
35: ** ''[[:Image:DSCN2653-hunters-in-the-snow crop 1400x1000.jpg|The Hunters in the Snow]] (Dec.-Jan.)'' ...
38: ** ''[[The Harvesters]] (Aug.-Sept.)'' 1565, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - 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: ...nd expressive painting and popular religious conceptions had considerable influence on the art of Flan...
20: * [[triptych]] ([[1438]]-[[1440]]), [[Berlin Museum]]
26: * the triptych from Middelburg, Berlin Museum
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