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5 giorni fa · A stained glass panel from Canterbury Cathedral, c. 1175 – c. 1180. It depicts the Parable of the Sower, a biblical narrative. In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted approximately from 500 AD to 1500, although some prefer other start and end dates. The Middle Ages is the second of the three traditional divisions of Western ...
1 giorno fa · In general, the early modern period is considered to have lasted from the 16th to the 19th centuries (about 1500–1800). In a European context, it is defined as the period following the Middle Ages and preceding the advent of modernity, sometimes defined as the "late modern period". In the context of global history, the early modern period is ...
2 giorni fa · The period ends around 1450–1500, with events like the rise of moveable-type printing in Europe, the voyages of Christopher Columbus, and the Ottoman Empire's conquest of Constantinople. Sub-Saharan African societies have broadly been labelled " oral civilisations ", contrasted with " literate civilisations ", due to the emphasis placed on oral tradition and the important place it has in ...
7 apr 2024 · The global spread of the printing press began with the invention of the printing press with movable type by Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz, Germany c. 1439. [1] Western printing technology was adopted in all world regions by the end of the 19th century, displacing the manuscript and block printing . In the Western world, the operation of a press ...
8 apr 2024 · Hundred Years’ War. Battle of Formigny, (April 15, 1450), a French victory in the last phase of the Hundred Years’ War against the English: it was perhaps the most decisive incident in France’s reconquest of Normandy and was also the first occasion of the French use of field artillery. French successes in Normandy in the autumn of 1449 ...
21 apr 2024 · Solimano I, detto "il Magnifico" (tra gli occidentali) o Kanuni (tra i turchi), ovvero il Legislatore (in turco moderno: I. Süleyman; in turco ottomano: سليمان, Sulaymān; Trebisonda, 6 novembre 1494 – Szigetvár, 6 settembre 1566), fu sultano e padiscià dell'Impero ottomano dal 1520 fino alla sua morte, e uno dei monarchi più importanti dell'Europa del XVI secolo.
2 giorni fa · Samarkand or Samarqand ( / ˈsæmərkænd / SAM-ər-kand; Uzbek and Tajik: Самарқанд, pronounced [sæmærqænd, -ænt]; Persian: سمرقند) is a city in southeastern Uzbekistan and among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Central Asia. Samarqand is the capital of Samarqand Region and a district-level city, that includes the ...
