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85 matches to Near Eastern Crisis
Near Eastern Crisis. 1839-41. Eastern Crisis.
Alvarez, Luis. 1911-88. US physicist. Linear accelerator, bubble chamber.
Bronze Age. 3500-500BC. First uses of metal for arms and tools. Began in Near East. Society more structured. Specialization begins. Iron Age.
Byzantine Architecture. 330-600. Ecclesiastic style. Domes. Vaults. Hagia Sophia 537.
Byzantine Art. 6C-1453. Miniature enamels, mosaics, frescoes.
Cimabue, Giovanni. c1240-1302. Italian painter. Broke from Byzantine to natural style by characterizing individuals. St. John. Pisa Cathedral. Sta Trinita Madonna c1290.
Cumae. 750BC-1205. Oldest Greek colony in Italy. Near Naples.
Escurial. 1557. Spanish monastery near Madrid built by Philip II to commemorate St-Quentin victory.
Field of Cloth of Gold. 1520. Kings of France and England meet near Calais to propose alliances.
Giotto. c1266-1337. Florentine fresco painter. First to abandon Byzantine style. Arena Chapel frescoes 1305. Madonna and Child c1314.
Linear A. 1700BC Undeciphered Cretan script.
Lisbon Earthquake. 1755.
Mar, John, Earl of. 1675-1732. Led unsuccessful Jacobite Rebellion, 1715.
Nearchus. -312BC. Macedonian general under Alexander.
Ojibwa. (Chippewa). North American Indians near Great Lakes. Supported French vs British in 7 Years War, British vs Americans in Revolution.
Ottoman Empire. 1300-1922. Turkish empire in Balkans, Near East, N Africa. Conquered Byzantine Empire. 1402 Destroyed by Tamerlane. 1413 Rebuilt by Mehmed. 1453 Conquered Constantinople. Eastern Question. Mehmed II. Süleiman the Magnificent. Turkey.
Oughtred, Wm. 1574-1660. English. Slide rule c1630 (circular), 1633 (rectilinear).
Pombal, Marquês de. 1699-1782. Portuguese. Led reconstruction after 1755 Lisbon earthquake.
Powhatan War. 1622-44. Indians attack settlers in Virgina, Maryland. Reprisals nearly wipe out tribe.
Régence. c1700-30. Decorative arts style: Transition from heavy, linear to Rococo. Watteau.
Romanesque Architecture. 4-15C. Barrel vault. Plain. Massive piers. Masonry vaulting. Blend of Byzantine and Roman influences. Gothic.
Romanesque Art. 11-12C Powerful imagery, grand conception. Fused Byzantine, Teutonic, Roman.
Stone Age. Period before use of metal tools. Date varies by region: Near east -c3500BC Paleolithic. Neolithic.
Thirty-nine Articles. 1571 Doctrine of Church of England.
Warren, Earl. 1891-1974. US Chief Justice 1953-69. Decisions on segregation, accused rights. Led inquiry into John F. Kennedy assassination. Concluded Oswald acted alone.