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Hace 4 días · By the middle of the 14th century, the power of the Mongols was declining, and the Grand Princes felt able to openly oppose the Mongol yoke. In 1380, at Battle of Kulikovo on the Don River , the Mongols were defeated, [53] and although this hard-fought victory did not end Tatar rule of Russia, it did bring great fame to the Grand Prince Dmitry Donskoy .
Hace 1 día · Sundials and water clocks were first used in ancient Egypt c. 1200 BC and later by the Babylonians, the Greeks and the Chinese. Incense clocks were being used in China by the 6th century. In the medieval period, Islamic water clocks were unrivalled in their sophistication until the mid-14th century.
Hace 2 días · The 14th century was a period of great upheaval in the Iberian realms. After the death of Peter the Cruel of Castile (reigned 1350–69), the House of Trastámara succeeded to the throne in the person of Peter's half brother, Henry II (reigned 1369–79).
Hace 4 días · Edward IV, king of England from 1461 until October 1470 and again from April 1471 until his death in 1483. He was a leading participant in the Yorkist-Lancastrian conflict known as the Wars of the Roses. Learn more about Edward IV’s life and reign in this article.
Hace 3 días · Featuring a truly global collection of primary sources from the medieval period, the Global Medieval Sourcebook (GMS) is a fantastic model of an open access teaching and research platform that features an innovative modular user interface perfect for teaching and learning translation. A constantly growing depository of medieval texts from 600 ...
Hace 5 días · 3rd Century B.C. The Parisii settle the banks of the Seine. 1163 Construction of Notre-Dame Cathedral begins. 1200 The Palais du Louvre and its fortress are built. 1772 A fire on the Île de la Cité destroys most of the buildings on the river island. 1793 Marie-Antoinette is tried & imprisoned at the Conciergerie.
Hace 4 días · Though saltpeter had been utilised for weapons since the 14th century, its nature and properties were a mystery which were investigated by successive generations of alchemists, natural philosophers and military technicians.
