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Hace 1 día · The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD 500), the Middle Ages (AD 500–1500), and the modern era (since AD 1500). The first early European modern humans appear in the fossil record about 48,000 years ago, during the Paleolithic era.
Hace 2 días · Early 3rd century BC: Canal lock in Canal of the Pharaohs under Ptolemy II (283–246 BC) in Hellenistic Egypt; 3rd century BC: Cam during the Hellenistic period, used in water-driven automata. By the 3rd century BC: Water wheel.
Hace 3 días · The Reconquista gathered momentum during the 12th century, leading to the establishment of the Christian kingdoms of Portugal, Aragon, Castile and Navarre and by 1250, had reduced Muslim control to the Emirate of Granada in the south-east.
Hace 6 días · Whether there is any historical reality behind the Trojan War remains an open question. Many scholars believe that there is a historical core to the tale, though this may simply mean that the Homeric stories are a fusion of various tales of sieges and expeditions by Mycenaean Greeks during the Bronze Age.
Hace 3 días · The first half of the book examines changes to the conception and relationship of royal and aristocratic power in the 12th century. The second half provides an in-depth examination of the development of the main bureaucratic institutions set alongside the changes outlined in the first half.
Hace 4 días · Æthelstan’s reputation in the millennium since his death has endured several peaks and troughs. In the late 10th and 11th centuries he was a hero, and the relative attention he received in Anglo-Saxon sources carried his fame through into the writings of 12th-century historians.
Hace 5 días · Town advowsons also were bestowed on religious foundations, for most of the medieval Cambridge churches seem to have been founded in the 12th century or earlier by burgesses, 'sometimes clubbing together in a guild'.
