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Hace 2 días · Mid 15th century: The Arquebus (also spelled Harquebus) is invented, possibly in Spain. 1480s: Mariner's astrolabe in Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa; Early modern era 16th century. 16th century: Chintz or printed clothing in Golconda, India
Hace 5 días · At some point, perhaps as late as the 15th century, coffee plants were taken across the Red Sea to southern Arabia (Yemen) and placed under cultivation. Tradition holds that Sufi monks were among the first to brew coffee as a beverage and used the stimulation to pray through the night.
Hace 4 días · history of Latin America, history of the region from the pre-Columbian period and including colonization by the Spanish and Portuguese beginning in the 15th century, the 19th-century wars of independence, and developments to the end of the 20th century.
Hace 4 días · The issues that forced crusading to adapt were exerting an impact on many aspects of life in 15th-century Europe. In addition to monographs, articles and related publications, Norman Housley has now edited three collections of essays solely dedicated to the topic of crusading in the 15th century.
Hace 2 días · The Battle of Agincourt as depicted in the 15th-century 'St Albans Chronicle' by Thomas Walsingham. Most importantly, the victory at Agincourt inspired and boosted the English morale, while it caused a heavy blow to the French as it further aided the English in their conquest of Normandy and much of northern France by 1419.
Hace 5 días · Laynesmith explores a wide range of themes within the ‘ideology and practice of queenship’ during this last half-century of the medieval epoch, in which four quite different women were crowned as queen of England.
Hace 4 días · The invention of the mainspring in the early 15th century—a device first used in locks and for flintlocks in guns— allowed small clocks to be built for the first time.
