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Primavera. Primavera ( Italian pronunciation: [primaˈvɛːra], meaning "Spring"), is a large panel painting in tempera paint by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli made in the late 1470s or early 1480s (datings vary). It has been described as "one of the most written about, and most controversial paintings in the world", [1] and ...
In the history of the Americas, the pre-Columbian era, also known as the pre-contact era, spans from the original peopling of the Americas in the Upper Paleolithic to European colonization, which began with Christopher Columbus 's voyage of 1492. Usually, the era covers the history of Indigenous cultures until significant influence by Europeans ...
A Kaqchikel family in the hamlet of Patzutzun, Guatemala, 1993. There is no generally accepted definition of Indigenous peoples, although in the 21st century the focus has been on self-identification, cultural difference from other groups in a state, a special relationship with their traditional territory, and an experience of subjugation and discrimination under a dominant cultural model.
Euthymenes of Massalia explored the coast of West Africa in the early sixth century BC. The West African coast may have been explored by Hanno the Navigator in an expedition c. 500 BC. [2] The report of this voyage survives in a short Periplus in Greek, which was first cited by Greek authors in the 3rd century BC.
Elixir is in all European languages today. [52] erg (landform), hamada (landform), sabkha (landform), wadi (landform) عرق ʿerq [ʕirq] ( listen ⓘ ), sandy desert landscape. حمادة hamāda, craggy desert landscape with very little sand. Those two words are in use in English in geomorphology and sedimentology.
Provand's Lordship. 1470 – Church and lighthouse tower, Westkapelle, Walcheren, completed. 1471 – Provand's Lordship, Glasgow, Scotland, built. [1] 1472–1474 – The Ordos Wall, first substantial section of the Ming Great Wall of China, built. 1473 – Work on Cologne Cathedral west front and towers suspended until 19th century.
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