As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. 15th century - Events. 1401: Timur sacks Baghdad. 1402: The Ottoman and Timurid Empires fought at the Battle of Ankara resulting in Timur's capture of Bayezid I. The Ottoman Empire descends into civil war until 1413. 1402: The conquest of the Canary Islands signals the start of the Spanish Empire. 1402: Sultanate of Malacca founded by Par ...

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The Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC) was fought between Egyptian forces under the command of the pharaoh Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh. It is the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as reliable detail. Various precise dates have been suggested for the battle. The date most accepted by Egyptologists is May 9, 1457 BC (according to the accepted Middle Chrono ...

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Easter Island (Rapa Nui: Rapa Nui ("navel of the world"); Polynesian: Te Pito o te Henúa ("Navel of the World") or Mata-ki-te-Rangi ("Eyes [Speaking] from the Heavens"); Spanish: Isla de Pascua) is an island in the south Pacific Ocean, a territory of Chile. Located 3600 km (2,237 statute miles) west of continental Chile and 2075 km (1290 statute miles) east of Pitcairn Island, it is the most isolated inhabited island in the world. It is located at 27°09'S 109°27'W, with a latitude close to that of the Ch ...

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Easter Island - Early Settlement and overview Easter Island - Moai-carving culture ?5th century CE - ?14th/15th century CE Easter Island - The Birdman cult ?14th/15th century CE - 18th century CE Easter Island - Breakdown of native culture 18th - 20th century CE Easter Island - Today
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Easter Island - The Moai Easter Island - Rongorongo
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The Crown - Head of State Cortes Generales - Legislative branch    Congress of Deputies    Senate    Regional legislatures Political parties in Spain Elections in Spain: 1977 - 1979 - 1982 - 1986 1989 - 1993 - 1996 - 2000 2004 Government - Executive branch    President of the Government    Council of ...

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Assamese (অসমীয়া) or Asamiya or Oxomiya is the language spoken by some of the natives of the state of Assam in northeast India. It is also the official language of Assam. It is spoken in parts of Arunachal Pradesh and other northeast Indian states. Small pockets of Assamese speakers can be found in Bhutan and Bangladesh. Immigrants from Assam have carried the language with them to other parts of the world. The eastern most of Indo-European languages, it is spoken by over 20 million people. As ...

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Assamese language - Early Assamese 6th to 15th century AD Assamese language - Middle Assamese 17th to 19th Century AD Assamese language - Modern Assamese

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At the end of the reign of the Egyptian queen-regent Hatshepsut, local rulers in the vicinity of modern-day Syria chose that time to try and throw off Egyptian influence. The Canaanites united and allied with the Kingdom of Mitanni on the banks of the Euphrates. The driving force behind this revolt was the King of Kadesh. The powerful fortress of Kadesh offered protection to him and the city. The King of Megiddo, with an equally strong fortress, joined the alliance. Following the death of his aunt Hatshepsut, Thu ...

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Battle of Megiddo 15th century BC, Battle of Megiddo 15th century BC - Canaanite revolt, Battle of Megiddo 15th century BC - Egyptian campaign, Battle of Megiddo 15th century BC - Battle and siege, Battle of Megiddo 15th century BC - Results

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The Pharaoh recognized the opportunity. He set up camp and, during the night, arrayed his forces close to the enemy. The next morning they attacked. The rebels were on high ground adjacent to the fortress. The Egyptian line was arranged in a concave formation that threatened both rebel flanks. The Pharaoh led the attack from the center. The combination of position and numbers, along with an early, bold attack, broke the enemy's will; their line immediately colla ...

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Battle of Megiddo 15th century BC, Battle of Megiddo 15th century BC - Canaanite revolt, Battle of Megiddo 15th century BC - Egyptian campaign, Battle of Megiddo 15th century BC - Battle and siege, Battle of Megiddo 15th century BC - Results

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Thutmose III gathered an army chariots and infantry that numbered as much as 10,000 men. This high number is consistent with the length of the line-of-march described, which was apparently several kilometers long. The army assembled at its border fortress Tjaru (called Sile in Greek) and arrived 10 days later into the Egyptian-loyal city of Gaza. After one day's rest it left for the far city of Yehem, which was reached after 11 days. Here the Pharaoh sent scouts to investigate the area. To continue north, they must pass the Mount Carmel ridge. Behind it the city ...

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Battle of Megiddo 15th century BC, Battle of Megiddo 15th century BC - Canaanite revolt, Battle of Megiddo 15th century BC - Egyptian campaign, Battle of Megiddo 15th century BC - Battle and siege, Battle of Megiddo 15th century BC - Results

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Prior to the Second World War, in June 1939, Lord Lovat resigned his commission in the Scots Guards. In August, as war approached, Lord Lovat was mobilised as a captain in the Lovat Scouts. The following year he volunteered to join one of the new commando units being formed by the British Army, and was eventually attached to No. 4 Commando. On 3 March 1941, Nos 3 and 4 Commando launched a raid on the German-occupied Lofoten Islands. The raid was successful; the commandos destroyed a significant number of fish-oil factories, petrol dumps and ...

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Simon Fraser 15th Lord Lovat, Simon Fraser 15th Lord Lovat - Early Life, Simon Fraser 15th Lord Lovat - World War II, Simon Fraser 15th Lord Lovat - Later life

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The Flemish miniature did not, however, hold the favor of western Europe without a rival. That rival had arisen in the south, and had come to perfection concurrently with the miniature of the Low Countries in the 15th century. This was the Italian miniature, which passed through the same stages as the miniatures of England and France and the Low Countries. Intercommunication between the countries of Europe was too well established for the case to be otherwise. In Italian manuscripts of the normal type the influence of Byzantine art is very m ...

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Miniature illuminated manuscript, Miniature illuminated manuscript - Italy and Byzantium 3rd–6th centuries, Miniature illuminated manuscript - North-west Europe 8th–12th centuries, Miniature illuminated manuscript - Northwest Europe 13th–15th centuries, Miniature illuminated manuscript - Italy 13th–15th centuries, Miniature illuminated manuscript - Persia

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1470: Lisa, Dracula's second wife, was condemned to death by Inquisition. Dracula's grief and hatred was profound. He blamed this on all of humanity, and hated humans. In six years, his war with the humans and the Belmonts began. 1476: (The events of Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse) Dracula's war with humanity began. The people cry out for a champion. However, the Belmont clan had been feared for their supernatural powers and exiled from Transylvania, but with the new threat of the evil count, and the impending d ...

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Castlevania timeline, Castlevania timeline - 11th Century, Castlevania timeline - 12th-14th Centuries, Castlevania timeline - 15th Century, Castlevania timeline - 16th Century, Castlevania timeline - 17th Century, Castlevania timeline - 18th Century, Castlevania timeline - 19th Century, Castlevania timeline - 20th Century, Castlevania timeline - 21st Century

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Diplomatically, the kingdom established tributary relations with China during its Ming and Qing Dynasties. It also developed trade relations with Japan, Korea and many Southeast Asian countries, including Siam, Pattani, Malacca, Champa, Hue, and Java. Between the 15th and 16th centuries, the Ryukyu Kingdom emerged as the main trading intermediary in Eastern Asia. Japanese products (silver, swords, fans lacquerware, folding screens) and Chinese products (medical herb, minted coins, glazed ceramics, brocades, textiles) were traded withi ...

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Ryukyu Kingdom, Ryukyu Kingdom - History, Ryukyu Kingdom - Asian trade 15th-16th century, Ryukyu Kingdom - Japanese invasion 1609, Ryukyu Kingdom - Major events, Ryukyu Kingdom - List of Ryukyu Kings

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Erotokritos is undoubtedly the masterpiece of this period, and perhaps the supreme achievement of modern Greek literature. It is a verse romance written around 1600 by Vitsentzos Kornaros (1553-1613). In over 10,000 lines of rhyming fifteen-syllable couplets, the poet relates the trials and tribulations suffered by two young lovers, Erotokritos and Aretousa, daughter of Heracles, King of Athens. It was a tale that enjoyed enormous popularity among its Greek readership and succeeded in making itself something of a folk hero, whose pedi ...

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Modern Greek literature, Modern Greek literature - The emergence of modern Greek literature 11th - 15th century, Modern Greek literature - Cretan literature 15th - 17th centuries, Modern Greek literature - Enlightenment era 17th century - 1821, Modern Greek literature - 19th century literature 1821 - 1880, Modern Greek literature - Early 20th century 1880 - 1930, Modern Greek literature - 1930 -1974

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Entering the 13th century, we reach the period when the miniature may be said to justify the modern false etymology which has connected the title with minuteness. The broad, bold style of the 12th century gives place to the precise and minute. Books in general exchanged their form from the large folio to the octavo and smaller sizes. There was a greater demand for books; and vellum was limited in quantity and had to go further. Handwriting grew smaller and lost the roundness of the 12th century. Contractions and abbreviations in the texts la ...

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Miniature illuminated manuscript, Miniature illuminated manuscript - Italy and Byzantium 3rd–6th centuries, Miniature illuminated manuscript - North-west Europe 8th–12th centuries, Miniature illuminated manuscript - Northwest Europe 13th–15th centuries, Miniature illuminated manuscript - Italy 13th–15th centuries, Miniature illuminated manuscript - Persia

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St. Sergius was declared patron saint of the Russian state in 1422. The same year the first stone cathedral was built by a team of Serbian monks who had found refuge in the monastery after the Battle of Kosovo. The relics of St. Sergius still may be seen in this cathedral, dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The greatest icon painters of medieval Russia, Andrei Rublev and Daniil Chyorny, were summoned to decorate the cathedral with frescoes. Traditionally, Muscovite royals were baptize ...

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Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra, Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra - 14th century, Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra - 15th century, Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra - 16th century, Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra - 17th century, Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra - 18th and 19th centuries, Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra - 20th century

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In 711, Arabs and Berbers had converted to Islam, a religion founded in the 7th century by prophet Muhammad and which by the 8th century dominated all the north of Africa. A raiding party led by Tariq ibn-Ziyad was sent to intervene in a civil war in the Visigothic kingdoms in Iberia. Crossing the Strait of Gibraltar, it won a decisive victory in the summer of 711 when the Visigoth king Roderic was defeated and killed on July 19th at the Battle of Guadalete. Tariq's commander, Musa bin Nusair quickly crossed with substantial reinforcements, ...

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History of Spain, History of Spain - Early history, History of Spain - Visigothic Hispania 5th-8th centuries, History of Spain - Al-Andalus 8th-15th centuries, History of Spain - Reconquista 8th-15th centuries, History of Spain - Spain under the Habsburgs 16th-17th centuries, History of Spain - The Enlightenment: Spain under the Bourbons 18th century, History of Spain - Napoleonic Wars: War of Spanish Independence 1808-1814, History of Spain - Spain in the nineteenth century 1814-1873, History of Spain - First Spanish Republic 1873-1874, History of Spain - The Restoration 1874-1931, History of Spain - Second Spanish Republic 1931-1939, History of Spain - Spanish Civil War 1936-1939, History of Spain - The dictatorship of Francisco Franco 1936-1975, History of Spain - The transition to democracy 1975-1978, History of Spain - Spain since 1978

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The expulsion of the Muslims was reputedly started by the first King of Asturias, named Pelayo (718-737), who started his fight against the Moors in the mountains of Covadonga (722). Later, his sons and descendants continued with his work until all of the Muslims were expelled. Meanwhile, in the east of the peninsula the Frankish emperors established the Marca Hispanica across the Pyrenees in pa ...

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The main forms and themes of this period include scholarly and popular epic songs celebrating the new champions of Hellenism; long compositions; verse romance, which bore the stamp of influence from western courtly tradition, but a genre nevertheless rooted in the Hellenistic and Roman imperial ages; ancient stories reviving mythical and historical figures such as Achilles and Theseus and Alexander the Great; and didactic, sardonic texts, concerned with philosophy and the allegory of daily life, with birds and animals taking the leading role ...

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Modern Greek literature, Modern Greek literature - The emergence of modern Greek literature 11th - 15th century, Modern Greek literature - Cretan literature 15th - 17th centuries, Modern Greek literature - Enlightenment era 17th century - 1821, Modern Greek literature - 19th century literature 1821 - 1880, Modern Greek literature - Early 20th century 1880 - 1930, Modern Greek literature - 1930 -1974

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Chinese teachings and ideas, flowed into Japan from the sixth to the ninth century. Along with the introduction of Buddhism came the Chinese system of writing and its literary tradition, and Confucianism. By the ninth century, Heian-kyo (today's Kyoto), the imperial capital, had five institutions of higher learning, and during the remainder of the Heian period, other schools were established by the nobility and the imperial court. During the medieval period (1185-1600), Zen Buddhist monasteries were especially important centers of learning, and the Ashikaga School (Ashikaga Gakko ...

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History of education in Japan, History of education in Japan - 6th to 15th century, History of education in Japan - 16th century, History of education in Japan - Edo period, History of education in Japan - Meiji period, History of education in Japan - Pre-war 20th century, History of education in Japan - Occupation period, History of education in Japan - Post-occupation period, History of education in Japan - 1980s, History of education in Japan - History of Women's Education

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