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4 days ago · Early Netherlandish painting is the body of work by artists active in the Burgundian and Habsburg Netherlands during the 15th- and 16th-century Northern Renaissance period, once known as the Flemish Primitives. It flourished especially in the cities of Bruges, Ghent, Mechelen, Leuven, Tournai and Brussels, all in present-day Belgium.
2 days ago · 1430s. 1439 in art – Jan van Eyck completes Portrait of Margaret van Eyck; Birth of Cosimo Rosselli; 1438 in art – Jan van Eyck completes Madonna in the Church; Fra Angelico completes the San Marco Altarpiece; 1437 in art – Jan van Eyck completes the Dresden Triptych; 1436 in art – Paolo Uccello completes the Funerary Monument to Sir ...
2 days ago · The Ming treasure voyages were maritime expeditions undertaken by Ming China's treasure fleet between 1405 and 1433. The Yongle Emperor ordered the construction of the fleet in 1403. The grand project resulted in seven far-reaching ocean voyages to the coastal territories and islands of the South China Sea and Indian Ocean .
4 days ago · This system also forced soldiers to serve hereditarily in the army; although effective in initially taking control of the empire, this military system proved unviable in the long run and collapsed in the 1430s, with Ming reverted to a professional volunteer army similar to Tang, Song and Later Han.
10 hours ago · This people's most widely known ethnonym, Ainu ( Ainu: アィヌ; Japanese: アイヌ; Russian: Айны ), means 'human' in the Ainu language, particularly as opposed to kamui, 'divine beings'. Ainu also identify themselves as Utari ('comrades' or 'people'). Official documents use both names.
4 days ago · The latest badge promoting the Intel Core branding. The following is a list of Intel Core processors. This includes the original Core (Solo/Duo) mobile series based on the Enhanced Pentium M microarchitecture, as well as Core 2 (Solo/Duo/Quad/Extreme), Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, Core i9, Core M (m3/m5/m7), Core 3, Core 5 and Core 7 branded processors.
3 days ago · Hallhill existed by 1406, and Bank House, west of Hallhill, existed as Audley Bothesley in the later 1430s. (fn. 17) Until the earlier 19th century Smedley Sytch, Boosley Grange, and Bank House were linked by a road which crossed Oakenclough brook at Shining Ford.
